Okay here is the edited version of this, I just wasn't happy with the way I ended it. Thanks to AvaWA for her advice. So I hope you like it, this was a bit hard to write. Let me know what you think and if any of you have an idea or prompt just let me know. Thanks for reading! =D

Puppy Love

Five Years Old

We had just come inside after making snow angels and I was waiting on the kettle to boil for the hot chocolate.

"Is it almost done? I'm freezing!" I laughed and turned around.

"Almost Tony, it'll be done in a minute."

I looked down to see Tony pouting before he began to pull on my arm.

"But I'm cold now."

"Come here, maybe I can help." I scooped him up into a hug and squeezed him tight.

"That better T?" He giggled and hugged me back.

"Yeah, better."

"Good." I felt him lay a slobbery kiss on my cheek.

"I love you Lisey." Grinning I kissed him back.

"I love you too Tony." He then became very serious, well as serious as a five year old can get.

"When I grow up I'm gonna marry you." I blinked in surprise.

"Well I don't know about that." He started pouting again.

"Yes! You're my Lisey."

"Okay, okay…we'll see about that. You have to grow up first." Pacified, he smiled at me.

"Okay. Is the hot chocolate done?"

Crush

Sixteen Years Old

It was one of the most annoying times of the year. Valentine's Day, or as I like to call it Singleness Awareness Day. I wanted to ignore the holiday completely but Tony insisted I participate.

He had long ago decided that he didn't want to hold my hand anymore and I couldn't hug him in public. But for some reason he wanted to get candy for Valentine's Day. It was kind of weird, he knew how much I disliked this holiday. Not wanting to be around all the lovesick dorks, I suggested we make the candy and he seemed all for it. So I wasn't complaining, if Tony wanted to spend time with me I was up for it.

By the time we were finished in the kitchen we were both covered in molasses and powdered sugar. Throwing it at each other probably didn't help. It looked like a bomb had gone off in the kitchen, one filled with sugar that is.

"Haha, look at your hair!"

I put my hand to my head and sure enough there were clumps of molasses scattered throughout.

"Yeah, but look at you."

He had a thick covering of powdered sugar all over him with a few bits of molasses on him. We looked at each other for a second before we both burst out laughing. After catching my breath I smiled at him.

"You should go get cleaned up before your dad see you like that."

He rolled his eyes.

"I guess you're right, I'll be back in a little bit."

"You better be back, you have to help me clean all this up." He smirked.

"I don't know about that."

With that he ran off down the hallway, leaving a trail of sugar behind him. I sighed and shook my head, before going to get cleaned up myself. When I got to my room I immediately noticed a small rectangle wrapped in some of Tony's graphing paper tied with wire.

Weird, Tony must have left this here. Curiously I picked it up and unwrapped it to find a cassette tape.

It was a mixtape titled 'My Lisey'.

He hadn't called me that in while. I put it in the tape player so I could listen to it while I was in the shower. And I loved it! It had all my favorite songs on it and the little message at the end was adorable.

"Happy Valentine's Day Lisey."

After finishing getting cleaned up I went to go find Tony. He was in his room fiddling with some techy thing he'd built. I stood in the doorway for a second, just watching him work before knocking on the doorframe.

"Hey you busy?"

He jerked around, eyes widening when he saw the tape in my hand. His face started to turn a bit red, but I couldn't be sure because he ducked his head down.

"So you found that, huh."

I grinned at him.

"Yeah I did, thanks Tony. I love it."

"Yeah, well it was nothing. Glad you like it."

I walked over and hugged him and ruffled his hair.

"I love you Tony. Thanks for making Valentine's fun this year"

As I turned to leave I could swear I heard him mumble something.

"Love you too Lisey."

Invisible

Twenty Two Years Old

I was excited and nervous at the same time. My boyfriend of over a year had just proposed and I was over the moon, the only thing that could bring me off of this high was Tony. He knew I was dating Loki but he had no idea we were this serious and I was worried about what he would say. He never got along with Loki and he'd disliked Steve (my ex) just as much, really he instantly hated any guy I went out with.

So tonight we were all going out for dinner at some fancy place. I would tell him then, hopefully he would be happy for me and not throw a fit. He said he had something important to tell me anyway, so now was a good a time as any to get together.

Loki couldn't get off work in time to go with me, so I was meeting him there. When I got there it wasn't hard to see that Tony was already there. He was in one of his most obnoxious cars, some flashy foreign thing parked right in front of the restaurant. I had never been here before so I was too busy taking in my surroundings to notice the person right in front of me. So I walked right into them, and I would have fallen backwards if not for them catching me.

"Are you alright?"

I looked up to see I had run into a nice looking man about my age.

"Oh, yes I'm fine. Thank you, I wasn't looking where I was going."

Before either of us could say anything I heard someone calling me.

"Lisey, there you are!"

We both turned around to see Tony coming towards us. After grinning at me, he turned to the guy I bumped into and glared.

"Well we'll just be going now."

I elbowed him.

"That wasn't very nice Tony. He kept me from falling on the floor, there was no need to be rude."

He rolled his eyes.

"Nice, more like handsy. No come on, they have a table waiting for us."

"Alright, Loki can find us. "

At the mention of Loki, his face seemed to fall.

"Right…Loki."

I followed him to the table and sat across from him. He fiddled with the silverware for a moment before blurting something out at the exact same time I did.

"I have something I need to tell you!"

We looked at each other a second before laughing.

"What did you want to tell me Tony?"

He rubbed the back of his neck.

"Uh, you go first."

"Okay, well I-"

Before I could finish, I spotted Loki near the entrance talking to the hostess. So I waved at him, in doing so the ring he had given me only last night caught the light.

"Sorry Tony, I just saw Loki and wanted to make sure knew where we were."

"What is that?"

I looked back at Tony and he looked pale. I held my hand out for him to see.

"This is what I was trying to tell you."

He took my hand in his to get a better look.

"Loki proposed last night, I'm engaged! Isn't this exciting?"

He looked down for a second, then met my eyes.

"Are you happy Lisey? Does he make you happy?"

I beamed at him.

"I've never been so happy Tony."

He sighed and then smiled at me.

"Well if you're happy, that's all that matters."

I squeezed his hand as I started to get up to meet Loki.

"Lisey wait."

I turned back to Tony and I don't think I'd ever seen him so serious.

"Yeah, what is it T?"

"I love you. I just wanted you to know that."

I laughed and pulled him into a hug.

"I know that Tony. I love you too."

As I went over to get Loki I thought I heard him say something else.

"More than you know."

Must just be my imagination.

Wedding Day

I'm a selfish person, I admit that. But I could never be so selfish as to deny her from the happiness he clearly gave her. So when she started talking wedding plans, I decided to pay for everything. That way she could have it the way she'd always dreamed of. The bigger the better right?

As the months passed and Lisey got more and more caught up in the planning, I started watching her with Loki. And as much as I hated to admit it, they were perfect for each other. I still didn't like him all that much but for her sake I put up with him.

Before I knew it the day was here. Lisey had insisted on me being in the wedding party. She wanted me to be her maid of honor or best man. She said and I quote:

"I wouldn't want anyone else standing next to me."

Sure she had a couple other bridesmaids but obviously none of them were maid of honor material. So to keep me from escorting Loki's brother down the aisle I stood opposite Lisey, on the groom's side. She seemed to be fine with that, so I complied. The rehearsal had gone off without a hitch and it was minutes til the ceremony, but no one could find the bride. As everyone started to panic, I went to look for Lisey. I found her in a broom closet wringing her hands together.

"Hey, everybody's looking for you. What are you doing?"

She looked up at me, eyes close to tears.

"I don't know if I can do this Tony."

"What do you mean?"

She stopped wringing her hands and stood up.

"This is forever we're talking about. What if it doesn't work, I mean look at how things turned out with Johnny."

I rolled my eyes.

"Johnny, the idiot who cheated on you? Rhodey helped me kick him into next week, but that's not what this is about is it? What's going on here Lisey?"

"I don't know, I guess I'm just worried. What if it happens again?"

I sighed and grabbed her hands.

"Do you love Loki? Do you want this to work?"

"Yes, I love him so much. And of course I want this to work."

"Then I don't see the problem. Loki is crazy about you and he would never do that to you, so stop worrying about things that happened in the past and start thinking about your future."

She looked at me for a second before smiling at me.

"That was incredibly mature for you Tony. Thanks, you're right I worry too much."

I smiled softly and kissed her forehead.

"You always have. Now, let's do this thing!"

She laughed and followed me out of the closet, hurrying down the hallway to the awaiting groom.

The ceremony flew by and before I knew it I was looking at the new Mrs. Loki Odinson. It was a bit surreal if you ask me. So here I was skulking by the minibar (my idea) downing a martini. So I didn't notice when someone sat down next to me.

"Hi, your Anna's brother right?"

I turned to see a pretty redhead looking at me.

"Yep, that's me. Brother of the bride, BOB not SOB."

I may have had more than one martini.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Pepper."

Hmm, Pepper where had I heard that name before?

"So how do you know Lis- my sister?"

She smiled and I found myself thinking how pretty she was.

"Ha, well I'm friends with Natasha and through her I met Anna. She was you former assistant right?"

A position that was vacant at the moment.

"Yeah she was, one of the best I've had. Too bad she had to leave."

I looked at her appraisingly.

"So, you want to get out of here?"

She snorted and rolled her eyes.

"No, you're drunk and I'm not that kind of girl."

My eyes widened, no one had ever turned me down before. Maybe I had more to drink than I thought.

"Okay…how about tomorrow you swing by Stark Industries and we talk about you being my new assistant?"

She looked at me brows raised before smirking.

"I'm busy tomorrow, but I'm free on Friday. It just so happens I' m in between jobs right now."

With that she walked away, leaving behind her number on a cocktail napkin. I just stared after her, not understanding what just happened.

I walked over to Lisey, who was talking to her new mother-in-law. I tapped her on the shoulder to get her attention, she made an excuse and followed me over to the bar.

"Hey T, what's up?"

I shook my head.

"I don't know. Who was that redhead, Pepper?"

She grinned and elbowed me in the ribs."

"Oh Pepper, she awesome! I haven't know her all that long but she was a big help with all the wedding plans. Great organizer that one. Why?"

"I think I just offered her a job."

She smiled at me.

"Good, I think she'd be great for you Tony."

I shrugged, trying not to read to deeply into her words. I watched her walked back to her waiting husband. And I found that I was happy for her. Like not just happy because she's happy, but happy for the both of them. I love Lisey, but I don't think I'm 'in love' with her.

I glanced down at the napkin in my hand, wondering if Pepper had anything to do with that. I guess I'll find out.