Hey! I've decided that if I continue Accidents Happen, it'll be a sequel but idk if I will or not. I'm leaning more towards yes, though. I have a good idea for it. But for now, let's stick to this storyyy.
As Pepper and Tess walked out of the factory when Tony and Rhodey got called inside for the night, Tess exploded with excitement.
"Oh, my, gosh, Pepper you CANNOT stand there and tell me you don't like him. You so totally do, I saw the way you automatically snapped to his attention back there. And furthermore, how did you manage to become best friends with Tony Stark? He's a freaking celebrity for goodness sakes! And OH GOODNESS, I think he likes you back Pepper you are SO SO SO SO SOOOOO INCREDIBLY lucky!" Tess said excitedly. Pepper blushed.
"Tess, Tony and I are just friends, okay? We met on his first day at the Tomorrow Academy, if you really wanted to know." Pepper explained.
"OOOOOH, tell me ALL about that day, I want to test how romantic it totally was!" Tess smiled. Pepper sighed.
"Tess, it wasn't very romantic at all. He was on the roof staring at Stark International and didn't realize I'd come up there. When I got up there I'd remembered reading his file on my dad's computer and I told him a little about himself. Then introduced myself and walked away." Pepper explained.
"There could be a sign in that too. What did he do?" Tess asked.
"Well, first he didn't respond then he turned and asked me how I knew all that. So I explained and then walked away. He just stared for some reason like he'd made some sort of a breakthrough or something." Pepper explained further.
"OOOOOOHHHH, he was intrigued by you! He knew he liked you from the moment he first saw you." Tess said.
"Tess, that is not true." Pepper wanted to believe it, but couldn't imagine such a thing happening to a guy like Tony.
"Whatever. You may be able to lie to yourself but you sure as heck can't lie to me." (A/N: that just made me realize, how can we be 'sure as hell' if we're not sure hell exists? Interesting.) They reached the front door of Pepper's house and walked inside.
"Hey, girls! How was your day?" Pepper's dad asked. (A/N: too many authors notes in one area, but for goodness sakes, I've got to give this dude a name in this story. I'm going to stick with Virgil because that's what I've heard his name is in comics and other places. So yah…pepper's dad's name is Virgil in this story.)
"Good, Mr. Potts! Pepper showed me EVERYTHING and then we went to meet her friends and they are SOOOO cool! It's so much fun here I wish we'd move here too!" Tess explained. Virgil laughed.
"Do you gals want some dinner?" Virgil asked. Tess and Pepper exchanged 'sure. Why not?' glances.
"Yeah, what did you make?" Pepper asked.
"Steak." Virgil explained.
"MMM. I'll take some. Tess?" Pepper asked.
"Yes, that sounds good!" Tess exclaimed.
"Alrighty, I'll warm it up for you." Virgil said as he got out of his seat on the couch and walked into the kitchen. Pepper got two plates, two forks, two knives, two napkins and two cups. She set the table for her and Tess.
"What do you want to drink? We have milk, chocolate milk, juice and soda." Pepper asked.
"What kind of soda?" Tess asked.
"Sprite." Pepper explained.
"I'll take some." Tess said.
"Alrighty, me too." Pepper poured the soda into both cups then put the bottle back into the fridge. She handed Tess her cup and set her own down by her plate.
"Two juicy steaks, served fresh out of the microwave." Virgil set the steaks on their plates and the girls began to eat.
About a half hour later, they were done and Pepper cleaned up.
"How was it?" Virgil asked.
"Real good, Mr. Potts!" Tess answered.
"Well, that's good. But it's getting late and I have work early tomorrow so I'm afraid I'll have to be off to bed. Goodnight girls!" Virgil explained as he walked into his bedroom and closed his door then locked it.
"Oh, and Pepper? Make sure the girls get to their rooms and whatever else they need OK." Virgil called from his bedroom.
"Alright, dad." Pepper called back.
"So, Mrs. McDermott, do you want to stay up and watch a movie with us or are you going to hit the sack too?" Pepper asked.
"Oh, honey I'm tired. It's been a long day, I think I'll turn in as well." Mrs. McDermott answered.
"Alright, I'll show you to the guest room." Pepper led her up the stairs and to the guest room.
"The bathroom is down the hall to the right, next to my room. I've already got one of the beds made for you, but if you want extra blankets the closet is right outside the room." Pepper explained.
"Thank you, dear." Mrs. McDermott opened her suitcase.
"No problem! Tess and I will be downstairs watching a movie if you need anything; but we can't bother my dad while he's sleeping or he'll get real mad. And if he leaves in the middle of the night, don't worry; it probably means he got called into work." Pepper explained further.
"Alright, deary. Thank you." Mrs. McDermott smiled.
"Welcome." Pepper said as she walked back downstairs.
"Alright, pick a movie. Our selections are in the cabinet below the TV." Pepper explained. Tess got up from the couch and looked through the movies while Pepper went to the kitchen and started making popcorn.
"OOH, I LOVE this movie!" Tess called.
"Which one?" Pepper asked from the kitchen.
"Octavio's Secret. That one about the girl who starts dating this guy without knowing he's a criminal mastermind but then when she finds out she starts to try and change his ways because she'd found out she's in love with him?" Tess explained. (A/N: not a real movie. I just made it up because I didn't want to use any real titles at risk of copyright stuff.)
"Oh, I love that movie!" Pepper exclaimed.
"Well how do I put it in? Where's your DVD player?" Tess asked.
"Hang on, I'll do it." Pepper finished pouring the popcorn into the bowl and set it on the coffee table by the TV. She grabbed the disk from Tess and opened the cabinet door opposite the DVD player door and hit the 'open/close' button. The disk drive slid out and Pepper put the disk in. She looked at the number she put it in, 4, and hit the button labeled '4' on the DVD player. The previews began to play.
"I love to watch previews. They're so fun." Tess said as she and Pepper sat down on the couch and started eating the popcorn.
"I know, right? They're like a mini movie before the movie you were planning to watch." Pepper said.
About two hours later, the movie was over and it was just about 9'o clock. Pepper turned off the TV and they went up to her room.
"So, Pepper, please be honest with me. Dig deep inside yourself, think hard about this. Do you really like Tony? You know, like like him?" Tess asked as they sat on Pepper's bed criss-cross-apple-sauce. (A/N: or at least that's what my elementary school teacher called it in like, first grade.) Pepper was silent for a moment. Then she sighed.
"Yes, I do." Pepper said.
"I knew it!" Tess bragged, but then realized that this was probably the first time she'd accepted that as a fact and this was a serious moment.
"It's okay to like someone, Pepper; it happens to almost everyone." Tess said.
"Almost?" Pepper asked.
"It didn't happen to me yet." Tess explained. Pepper nodded.
"I know its okay to like him, but in Whitney Stane's eyes it's not! She purely hates me." Pepper explained.
"Whitney Stane, as in the daughter of Obadiah Stane, heiress to his fortune and rich, stuck up snob?" Tess asked.
"Yep. That's the one." Pepper said.
"Why would she hate you? How would she even know you?" Tess asked.
"She enrolled at the Tomorrow Academy to be closer to Tony. She saw me and automatically hated me. But she's always ALL OVER Tony, being all flirty and disgusting. I hate it. What's worse is Tony doesn't do a thing about it!" Pepper complained.
"Pepper, you're jealous of Tony and Whitney! You're jealous that she can have him wrapped around her finger and she can steal him away from you." Tess explained.
"I am not jealous!" Pepper defended.
"You're also in denial." Tess said.
"I'm not in denial and I'm not jealous!" Pepper said. Tess gave her a 'really, pepper? You're not?' look. Pepper sighed.
"Alright, so I'm a little jealous. But why wouldn't I be when Whitney is always calling me Tony's 'pet' and his 'groupie'? I mean, what have I ever done to her to make her hate me? I never said two words to the girl. Only about her to myself when she was standing next to me." Pepper rambled.
"Pepper, it's okay." Tess said.
"How is it okay?" Pepper asked, "I'm losing Tony to Whitney." Pepper said.
"Because I know how you can get to him before she does!" Tess exclaimed.
CLIFFHANGER! DAH DAH DAAAAAAAAH! Lawlzzzz. Awesome chappaaaa, seems a little short to me though. Maybe because it was fun to write….hmmm. well, anyways, unlike I wanted to, I can't update tomorrow because I've got a band competition. I HOPES WE WINN! Lol, review!