"Pep…" Tony tried reaching out to her to touch her shoulder as she walked towards the entrance of the hotel. He was still wearing his racing suit since he had nearly been killed by the crazed Russian only about ten minutes ago. Pepper was beyond mad on top of everything, but Tony knew she had a reason to be. Ever since he found out he was dying, he was more prone to doing stupid things. The events in the past half hour proved that.

Pepper jerked her arm away and kept walking, shoving her way through the crowd that was already gathering around Tony. People filled in the space between her and Stark, but Tony still persisted to call out to her.

"Pepper! Pep!" he yelled over the heads of the crowd. People just kept coming in though, asking billions of stupid questions that made his head hurt. He ignored absolutely everyone and shoved through the crowd and towards the elevator. She was already gone by then, but Pepper had obviously gone up to the room. He punched the button to summon the elevator and tapped his foot anxiously, wishing it would move faster.

She was in the room, packing up. Her red hair was pulled out of its ponytail so it flowed over her shoulders and down her back. She didn't acknowledge Tony's presence, even though he was obviously there. He sighed and shut the door behind him, walking in.

The room that they were standing in was a filled with light from the big window that showed of the beaches on the left side. The natural lighting of the room gave it an even brighter look, making the white bed sheets seem even whiter.

"Pepper, I'm-"

"What?" she demanded suddenly, looking up at him. There was sparks of anger in her eyes as her voice was wavering with frustration. "You're sorry? I've heard it tons of times before, Tony. The thing is though, you keep doing stuff like this."

Tony let out a deep breath and nodded, looking down at the ground.

"I know, I know… It was stupid and I was stupid and arrogant, and reckless, and…" he stopped when he noticed that Pepper had turned away from him, probably totally tuning him out. Tony let himself roll his eyes. She wasn't ready to stop being angry yet.

Instead, Tony helped her pack. They were eventually joined by Happy ten minutes later, the entire ten minute frame filled with an uneasy silence. Tony watched as they were about to leave, but Pepper abruptly stopped with a concerned look on her face.

"What?" Happy asked her in confusion as she started looking around the room for something.

"My phone…" she barely muttered, looking under pillows, on nightstands and behind lamps. Tony smirked and let her look for a while. He nonchalantly reached behind him and felt the small device in his back pocket where he had picked up her phone from being tangled in the bed sheets so she wouldn't forget it. She must have caught his expression, because she ceased her searching and narrowed her eyes at him.

"Where. Is. It." she said slowly. Tony held his hands up in surrender.

"I just took it so that you wouldn't forget it on the bed." he said defensively, reaching back to pull her phone out of his pocket. He held it up. Pepper rolled her eyes and snatched it back from him and shoved past him to follow Happy who had already started out the door. Tony let his shoulders sag. He stayed where he stood, suddenly deciding not to move.

Listening to the footsteps stop at the end of the hallway, Tony put a smug look on his face as they traced their way back. Pepper showed up in the doorframe, an aggravated look on her face.

"Come on." she blatantly said. Tony shook his head stubbornly.

"No."

"You're acting like a five year old."

"No… five year olds don't have to go to extreme measures for forgiveness."

"Well five year olds don't go around unexpectedly driving racecars into a guy with electric whips!" she snapped back. Tony crossed his arms over his chest and waited, not saying anything. Pepper looked at him with her eyebrows raised.

"Are- are you going to let up anytime soon 'cause I kinda want to go home." Tony said. Pepper let herself smile as she shook her head. Walking towards Tony with her arm extended, she took his wrist in her hand and guided him out of the room. Tony let her, smiling the whole way.