A/N I'm so sorry I meant to update but my proof reader is useless but hopefully the next one will be a lot quicker I promise. But anyway I'm starting to get into the first film now so yay. Please review it will make me so happy and happy dance will happen.

Chapter 20

Erm, not much has happened over the last four months. Well Bex and I have gotten closer. She seems to hate her name but made the mistake of letting me know so now she will never let it down.

Also, something that Bex told me was that Prina was actually her best friend but when she started going out with Tyler the condition was that she completely change and dump anyone who she was friends with previously. As much as that is so harsh and she is a bitch for going through with it, she did seem ok to me and not like that but then I don't know the circumstances.

As I was saying things have started to get settled. I mean dad still hasn't got around to doing any projects with me yet but I have been working on idobot. Yes I know, it goes with my greatness.

At the moment I'm on my way home. Tony just went to some awards ceremony to receive some award he probably doesn't give two craps about. They should just give it to someone else but he's the great Tony Stark and so of course in their effort to suck up to him no one else is more important. Walking down the street no one knows who I am because for my own safety they still haven't told the press about me. This means we can't go out in public together because we look too much alike. I'm alright at home because not many people come to the house and those that do are either Tony's friends or bimbo's seriously lacking in the brain cell department. .

I walk up the drive way after the normal security checks to find my dad's car not there. So that means he's not back yet and when he does get back he will most likely have a poor stupid girl with him.

"Welcome home Miss Green. There is dinner prepared in kitchen in case you haven't eaten but Miss Potts has asked me to remind you that it is a school night and to get some rest." Jarvis says as I stumble inside the house.

"Thanks Jarvis. Crap!" I moan whist rubbing my knee. Well I'm going to have a bruise tomorrow.

I have a bit of a dramatic stomp into the kitchen to get my food. I'm relived to find that I have a good English dinner one that I'm starting to miss. I guess Pepper knows that. She's been so nice to me, making sure I'm ok ever since my mum left. She just treats me like I'm her own.

I finish my food, do the normal routine and then crawl into bed dreading the day ahead.

"Good morning it is six thirty am, the weather in Malibu is seventy two degrees with scattered clouds"- argh! This is not happening.

"Jarvis, I have a free period this morning, I told you, you don't have to wake me up yet."

I roll over hissing as he opens the blinds to let the sun shine through.

"I am sorry Miss Green but Miss Potts asked for you to be woken at your normal time to get you out for when Mr Stark's guest wakes up. It is not appropriate for you to meet."

Ah of course because I have to live around his one night stand rather than her around me. I get up and start getting ready slowly as I have NO RUSH. I put on a white, lacy dress with brown wedges and decide that it is too hot for a jacket now. I'm used to English weather so sweat like a pig when it's hot here.

I apply my makeup and then creep down the stairs slowly and stealthily so as not to bump into bimbo. I carry on like this down the hall and then, yes I made it to the kitchen without getting caught. I'm clearly a secret ninja.

I slump down on the high stool at the breakfast bar waiting for my toast to pop. Pepper comes strolling through carrying a dry cleaning bag.

"Why aren't you eating breakfast?" She asks raising her eyebrows.

I point to the toaster and she smiles.

"Anyway, why aren't you celebrating your birthday?" Ha, my turn.

"I will be later, which reminds me Happy will be watching you this evening."

What! Really?

"Pepper really?"

"I know. He will come to the house later and stay with you. You are only fourteen and you know it's not you I don't trust, it's everyone else."

Wow did mum tell her what to say because that is word for word.

She heads out of the kitchen and I follow after her intrigued…Oh dad's one nightstand is up and wondering the house! Crap! Where can I go? Oh look a table. I dive under. Oh SHIT! My head.

I crouch under the table, I want to see how this pans out.

Damn it I've already missed the start.

"You must be the famous Pepper Potts." Blondey sneers.

"Indeed I am." Pepper replies. "Can I arrange a car to take you somewhere?"

"After all these years, Tony still has you picking up the dry cleaning?"

Oh no bitch didn't.

"I do anything and everything Mr Stark requires, including occasionally taking out the trash. Will that be all?"

OH wow, she did not just? Wow, she just, wow, go Pepper! Now blondey is stumped. Ha ha, stupid bitch.

As Peppers turns away the blond cow grabs her clothes and stalks away to get changed.

"Oh my, that was amazing!"

"Yeah, it's something you learn whist dealing with your fathers' type of women." She says brushing it off as if it was nothing which makes her even more amazing in my eyes.

She then reminds me that my dad is leaving for a presentation in Afghanistan. Something to do with a new weapon he's designed. (I don't know much about it because I really don't agree with it.) I have to say good bye for a few days.

BUZZZ. That's my phone vibrating to let me know I have a text from Bex. I arranged to meet up with her before school. Crap! I'm meant to be there in five minutes. I trample down the stairs.

"See ya Tony!" I open the door and yell at him making him jump and then sprint back up the stairs again, bumping into Pepper as I get to the top.

"Pepper could you whuf….." I try and get out, struggling to breathe. I'm really out of shape. "….give me a lift to school please?"

"Yeah sure what time?" She asks.

"Just about now!" I say running out the door.

We pull up at the cafe just across the road from school. Bex is standing there looking really pissed. I slip out of the car trying to look as innocent as possible and look at her sheepishly. Bex is really tall, about 5'10 so massive really for a girl. She has long blond hair that reaches to her lower back and these amazing crystal blue eyes. All in all she looks like someone who stepped straight out of a Norse myth. She even said that she is from Norway and she's a foster child.

This couple wanted to adopt her. They flew her all the way over to California to then find out that the woman was pregnant with her own child so they then wanted to send her back like a parcel they had changed their mind on. She's been stuck in the horror of the foster system ever since. An unknown person for reasons unknown then insisted she be sent to this school and provided the funds and reference for that to happen. The frustrating thing for Bex is she has no idea who they are or why they are doing it.

A mystery like that would drive me insane. I would probably refuse to study until I knew the who's and why's but I think Bex is just grateful for the opportunity she's been given. Plus she's way more patient than I am.

I sheepishly make my way towards her as she spots me her eyes narrow slightly.

"And where have you been?"

"Sorry. Tony is going on a business trip and I had to say good bye."

I say Tony but she doesn't know that I'm talking about Tony Stark. I thought best to keep that on the down low at school even with Bex.

"Oh and that took twenty minutes did it?"

She has one eyebrow raised. I so wish I could do that but when I try I end up looking like I've had a stroke or something.

"Well I'm here now so at least your life sucks that little bit less." I grin at her deliberately pushing my luck knowing she can't resist. Her response is to sigh and roll her eyes.

School slowly drags by as if time its self had completely frozen over and only takes its reviving breath once you are greeted by the shrill of the bell coming from the heavens, freeing you from the torturous nightmare of our own personal hell. I got an E for my creative writing! Well, screw you Ms Kinsley.

Not that that bothered me in the slightest, well as a perfectionist maybe I was slightly bothered.

Anyhow school was slow and especially draining today so I finish my homework and decide to go to bed after long talks with both mum and Kim.

As I am climbing into bed my phone springs into life indicating a video call from Tony.

"Hi Tony how's Iraq?" I ask his face filling the screen on my new iphone.

We make small talk for a few minutes before it becomes painful with neither of us knowing what to say.

"Right, well I got to go to bed before Happy comes up. He's like a little spy for Pepper. She deserves a night off for her birthday, but she treats me like a three year old sometimes. I guess it's because she forgets that some people can look after themselves." I grin.

"Don't you start now too. Good night kid." His eyes soften looking at me.

"Night Tony." I smile as I cut the call.

"Good morning Miss Green." I roll over hiding my head under the pillows.

"Go away Jarvis. Give me five minutes." I growl.

"Miss Potts has asked me to wake you and send you downstairs immediately."

"Can't it wait? Its six o'clock! Yeah? I'm going back to sleep."

"Miss Green? Miss Potts…."

"Alright fine, I'm coming"

I climb out of bed and trudge down the stairs still wrapped up in my duvet feeling grumpy. As I enter the living room I see Pepper talking to someone. She looks really upset.

"What's going on?" PLeease! It's too early to be dealing with this.

Pepper turns and reaches out to hug me. Ok, now my senses are on high alert.

"Annalisa, Tony, he ...is ...urm... he has been kidnapped!"

A/N it's kind of a cliff hanger but you already know what's going to happen so well see you later I guess. REVIEW!