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Chapter 29

Five hours later Tony and Pepper switched, she drove while humming under her breath, she felt very energized. They were getting closer to Ohio, Pepper took another route, "Pep, you just passed the exit. You have to go back…" Pepper smirked; "remember I told you I went to Ohio State University and then I moved to New York for about three months before I went to work for you."

She didn't wait for an answer, "Well, I had a boyfriend back in Ohio. I went back for a weekend and found Paul with a stunning blond." Tony sat up quickly. "I was so mad I took his car and went back to New York with it, I was distracted took a different route. I ended up in Brooklyn after six hours on the road as opposed to the regular eight hours."

"So you think we'll be in Columbus in forty minutes." He said doubtfully.

"If we were going to Columbus, but we're going to Lockbourne. So about an hour depending on traffic; I don't think there will be much of it though." She said happily.

Tony chuckled and looked at his beaming wife, he then looked back at his sleeping, drooling son. They spent that last hour listening to music. Tony put on Coldplay and hummed to Swallowed In The Sea. Pepper sang to the words.

Pepper drove through different towns, they all looked alike to him, he commented on it. She made it to a small sleepy town. They made it to a small house. It looked just like Pepper remembered; she stopped the car and pulled out some keys from her purse. "I called Lisa, she said that everything was fine. I got the keys right here." She waved them at him. "Get Alex, we'll come back for the bags once he's settled." She said bossily.

Tony did as he was told and shushed his son who rubbed his eyes and squirmed on his arms. "Alright bub, we're going inside." The baby whined and placed his head on his shoulder.

Pepper crossed to the porch and opened the door softly, "I grew up here." She said breathlessly. She looked at the living room; it was just like she remembered. After her parents died Leanne inherited the house; she sold it to keep up her drug addiction. Pepper bought the house back after paying the college loans back. She knew the house was trashed after the first owners left, she paid for the reconstruction and gave exact instructions to the interior decorator. She just never went to check the place out.

"Pep where's Alex going to sleep." Her husband asked snapping her out of her reminiscent state.

"My old room." She led the men of her life through a small hall and a flight of stairs. She opened the door to a small room with a twin-sized bed.

He set the toddler who fidgeted and whined before looking up to his dad and closing his eyes. "Sleep well bub."

Pepper looked around the room and saw that the decorator heeded all of her precise recommendations. Tony hugged her and twined his fingers over her stomach. "What are you thinking?"

She felt him kiss her neck. "I just remembered how happy I was here." She sighed when Tony tightened his hold on her body. "Give me the grand tour." He said moving forward.

Pepper showed him the porch, the rest of the living room, the kitchen, and her dad's shed. "He loved to fix things too." Pepper grabbed his hand and they went inside of the house once again. Tony got their luggage from the car and upstairs to their bedroom. It was about 2:00 AM in the morning, she was suddenly tired and wanted nothing but to sleep. She dragged her husband to the master bedroom. She unpacked a nightgown and went into the bedroom. She changed into her white shift and led her boxer-clad husband into the bed.

"The house feels the same but all the photos are missing." She said against her husband bright chest. She closed her eyes and played with one of his nipples. He groaned and she smiled. He moved slowly and faced her, "are you happy Pep?" he looked at her intensely and moved a strand of hair from her freckled face. He looked nervous, and exposed. "Why are you asking that? Of course I'm happy." She said honestly, she kissed his nose and pecked him briefly.

"I don't know is just that we haven't been close to each other for months and I'm scared honey." He said openly, Pepper knew that he was only able to confess this because they were alone and it was dark.

"I wanted us to be away, just the three of us because I felt like we would lose each other in New York." Pepper heard him attentively. The world might believe that Tony was invincible. Even his closest friends thought he was this strong, calculating and impulsive man but only his wife knew the depth of his vulnerability and his inner insecurities and fears. She was heartbroken and hugged him to her. She didn't let go or say anything for a while. Pepper felt him hug her back just as fiercely, she pressed her whole body into his. "I love you Tony." she nuzzled his neck and placed her leg over his. She kissed his shoulder and whispered quietly. "I've loved you all this time. Even when I didn't remember us, I can't stop, I don't think I'll ever will." She said seriously.

He smiled and caressed her face lovingly, "I love you too. Sometimes I think it's impossible to love someone so much. It scares me Virginia, I sincerely thought this would pass, that after making you mine, the excitement, the thrill would go away. It wouldn't matter because we're friends and we are great together as a team." Pepper kissed him. She loved these love confessions from him. Her husband had a way with words.

She moved and looked into his brown eyes. "I feel the same way, Tony I fall in love all over with you every day. Don't get me wrong, you are incredibly childish and arrogant but you manage to enthrall me. You have absolutely nothing to fear. I would burst into a trillion pieces if I could love you more. It would be possible because to be more in love with you." He ran finger against her cheek. She kissed him once more. They made love softly, unhurriedly, with supreme knowledge that they chose each other, that their love was strong and could bear any obstacles life put in front of it.