Chapter 14

The following morning, Tony woke up to find neither of his kids in their beds asleep. Terrifying thoughts went through his mind, as he began calling through the house to try to find his kids. Surely, they wouldn't have gone in the lab without permission. It was six a.m. and they weren't anywhere to be seen. Finally, after going through all the rooms on their two personal floors, he decided to ask FRIDAY.

"Sir, Peter and Morgan are both up on the roof."

Tony was shocked at this info, "T-the roof? What for?"

"I believe they were looking at the stars and wanted to watch the sun rise." FRIDAY said calmly.

Tony went up the stairs to the rooftop. He opened the door to see both kids talking quietly and taking in the remaining sunrise.

"Peter, Morgan, there you are."

Both kids turned to see Tony standing, his expression going from worry to possibly being mad.

Peter was quick to say something, "We just wanted to look at the stars and got kind of carried away. It was my idea. Please don't be mad at Morgan."

"Just next time tell me or have FRIDAY tell me. I thought something happened." Tony said trying his best not to fly into both of them.

Morgan came up to him, "Are we in twouble?"

Tony bent down to look at his little girl in the eye, "No, of course not. Why don't you go in now and I will make you some breakfast?"

Peter sat back down on the rooftop, quieter than usual. Tony came and sat down next to his son.

"Everything okay, Pete?"

"Have you ever wanted to go to space?" Peter asked, staring out into the city of New York.

"No, not particularly. Why do you ask?"

"I just want to see the stars up close." Peter said, his mind drifting.

"Did you sleep at all last night, Pete?" Tony asked with concern.

No answer.

Tony patiently called out Peter's name. He was met with silence once more.

"Peter!"

Peter snapped his head to look at Tony, "Yes, dad?"

"I asked if you got any sleep last night?"

Peter looked down at his hands, "No, maybe a couple of hours."

"Well, it looks like both of y'all crazy kids are taking naps today." Tony said as he reached out to help Peter up.

"No, I will be fine."

"Peter, if you want to be a hundred percent better, you need to sleep."

Peter just groaned over dramatically.

"Come on, drama queen, let's feed you and your starving sister."

Around two p.m., Morgan was sitting with Peter on the couch watching a movie. Tony and Pepper decided to try to talk about the kid's escapade up to the rooftop.

"Do you think it's just Peter's way of coping? Maybe he feels closer to his family." Pepper pointed out to Tony.

"We are his family, now. Peter hasn't accepted that yet." Tony argued back.

"Give it time, Tony. At least, he is better than he was when we first had him come."

Tony snapped his fingers with an idea, "Let's have Ned over. He hasn't hardly seen Ned at all or mentioned him."

Pepper agreed and both made their way over to where the kids where when they saw that both kids had fallen asleep. The kids slept for a couple of hours, but when Tony woke them up for dinner, they were grumpy and moody. Dinner was a fiasco, as Morgan decided to throw a fit over what was on her plate to eat.

"Morgan, you like lasagna." Tony said for the second time, frustrated.

"No, it's to spicy!"

"I made it the same way I always do." Pepper interjected.

"I don't wike it!" Morgan said, as she started to cry.

Fed up with Morgan, Tony gave her the choice to either eat or she could go to bed. When all he got was more crying and louder no's as an answer, he scooped her up and took her upstairs. Tony was honestly shocked at how long her temper tantrum went on. He couldn't seem to get her to do anything he asked her too. Finally, finally, after taking twice as long to get Morgan ready to bed, Tony was able to get her to lay down in bed, even though she refused to close her eyes and go to sleep. It wasn't surprising when she came downstairs a little while later,

"I am thirsty, daddy." Morgan said, as she made her way over to Tony, who was sitting on the couch with Peter and Pepper.

Tony got up and gave her a small glass of water.

"Finished?" He asked her, noticing that she was in a slightly better mood.

Morgan nodded and rubbed her eyes.

"Time to go back to bed then, kiddo." Tony said.

"I want to look at the stars again with Peter." Morgan stated, hoping he would say yes.

"No, you two crazy kids, need to get some sleep."

Of course, not being the answer, she was looking for, Morgan started to cry.

"Morgan, you can go out and look at the stars some other night, okay? But right now, I really would like it if you went to sleep." Tony said patiently. His patience was running thin.

"But dadddddyyyy!"

Alright time to get serious. "Morgan, it's time for bed. You have had a glass of water and you said goodnight to everyone. Go back upstairs."

"I want to stay with Peter." Morgan said, as she made her way and climbed up on Peter.

Tony shook his head, "Come on, Morgan." He gently picked her up and she started to scream and cry. What was with this kid tonight?

When he took her back upstairs, he tried to calm her down, but when she made a run for the stairs. He put her in the corner, which only elicited more tears. This poor kid was so tired, and Tony knew it. After her time was up and he got an apology out of her, he was finally able to get her to go to sleep.

Peter was grumpy too but not as much as Morgan. He made his way through dinner and had only argued a little bit about helping with the dishes. Other than that, he was making it through the evening. When Tony made his way back downstairs, he noticed that Peter was no longer on the couch, rather he was sitting at the kitchen island working on his laptop.

"What are you working on, Pete?"

"It's a project for history that I need to work on. My teacher emailed it to me since I have missed the last few days." Peter said as he was really focused on his screen.

"Pete, how would you like for Ned to come spend a few nights with you here?"

Peter could hardly contain his excitement, "Seriously? Yes, yes! Thank you, dad! I am going to text him right now." Peter grabbed his phone out of his pocket.

"Woah, slow down there, little spider." Tony said. "It's late, wait till the morning. Okay?"

"Fine." Peter said dejectedly and yawned.

"Go to bed, spider." Tony pointed to the stairs and ruffled Pete's hair.

"Goodnight, dad."

"Night, spider."

Author's Note: Sorry for the shorter chapter. This week is extremely busy, being the week before Christmas! Crazy, right? Also, let me know if y'all like Tony's nickname "spider" for Peter.