Hello readers and fellow authors! :) I've come to you with a VERY long chapter! :) I'm sorry for the WEEK long break! I don't think i told you guys this, but that week when i last posted this, i wasn't feeling all that good. So, i've had a terrible cough and stuffy nose all week and i was falling asleep the instant i got home from school. And yesterday, my friend was over again, when my stomach was hurting like crazy i felt like wrapping up in a ball and crying or screaming or something. It hurt so bad...(personal info i know...but whatever i don't care.) Plus it doesn't help, that I've become addicted to Skyrim...
Well, anyways, the beginning is a bit weird, but i hope its good. Some parts seemed rushed is because i was writing with another stomach ache. OW. And you MUST remember...I am NO doctor, so don't get smart with me when you see something you know is obviously wrong.
Disclaimer: IMAA is not mine, nor with it ever be.
As many times as she repeated it to herself, she could not, for the life of her, believe it. She tried many times to tell herself that he was going to be okay, but failed every time. She knew she was probably over reacting and that he was going to be fine. After all, she and Rhodey were out of the hospital in a matter of hours. She herself was held in a bit longer due to the doctors worrying that the blade hit a major vein or artery.
So, she limped out of the hospital with tons and tons of stitches, pain meds, and a small cast that was removable and able to be placed over her pants. Easily hidden under her usual attire. Rhodey was waiting for her with a stitched up cheek and arm. Roberta had come to pick them up to hang out at Rhodey's house until Howard came with further news on how Tony was. After all, she had waited with Rhodey before Roberta stopped by for hours just waiting for the surgery to be done, only to find out there was going to be at least three different surgery procedures.
Figuring it was best for her health, Rhodey convinced her to visit him at his house after she called her dad who was still out of town, but promised to come home within the next day or two.
Now, she lay face up on Rhodey's bed while he did homework to busy his own busy and worried mind. She pretended that the white ceiling was clouds and that she was flying through the air in Tony's arms, touching the clouds. But the heavy weight of her body and the bed beneath her were all too real. Her mind seemed to wander from time to time.
Once moment it would be in the clouds, the next it was 6 feet under. Or it would be in space or even a different universe entirely, causing her to miss many things Rhodey had said to her. She might have missed a few phone calls or so, but when she focused enough to check, they were all from Happy or her dad. Both wondering if she was okay or where she was.
"You're going to have to move sometime." Rhodey's voice sounded.
She groaned saying she 'heard' him, but he knew she hadn't understood him. She was half asleep and in her own world. She wasn't going to understand a word he said. So, with a sigh, he picked her up and carried her out to Tony's old room. When he set her down on the bed, all she did was roll onto her stomach. He shrugged, said goodnight, and left to go to bed himself.
Pepper now imagined she was at a beach, but that quickly turned into a nightmare as she suddenly felt as if she was being pulled under. She felt the heavy reminder in her heart that said that Tony wasn't there to pull her out of it at the time.
Roberta came in not long later after she had realized Pepper was still awake. "Pepper?"
Pepper noticed the woman was carrying something. Pills? "You should take some pain medication. Your leg could get infected without it."
Pepper mumbled something into the pillow, but sat up anyways, accepting the pill and water. Still not able to sleep, Pepper began imagining what it would be like when he was better. Would it be like it was before? Would they still be fighting? Would they still be in an argument? Was she even still mad? Was he mad? What about Rhodey? Was he mad?
Her mind fired up with all sorts of questions. She wasn't even sure what she was so mad about. Cause really, he was just trying to protect them. Right? Maybe he was just being a bit self-confident. No. Sure, he might think he was unbeatable sometimes, but even he knew his limits. Unless he was mentally unstable like when he fought Gene. Or when He injected himself with Extremis or maybe the time Anton Harkov backstabbed Tony to get data help from Stane.
With only a few thoughts in her head, she finally passed out from exhaustion.
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The next morning, Pepper woke up to her phone ringing. She didn't answer it though. She felt heavy in her bed, but it didn't smell like her bed. It didn't smell like her house at all, but strangely, of Tony and Rhodey. She sat up wincing as she moved her thigh.
She lay in Tony's room. Well, his old one at least. Remarkably it still smelt like him. She loved that smell, though sometimes it was a very smelly, unhygienic type of smell, but when it was clean, it was one of the best smells. Only because she felt safe whenever she was around him.
She picked up her phone. Turned out she slept in past noon. She panicked at first thinking she had to go to school, but remembered that not only was it a Saturday, her dad pretty much gave her three days off of school to get settled and comfy and used to the time, since in the warehouse, there wasn't really any clock so she never went to bed at the right time.
She also had a bazillion texts and missed calls. She read the texts and listened to the messages that were left. She wasn't exactly too happy about doing so. Mainly because Rhodey had called and left a message pertaining to Tony's condition. Turns out he was put on a medically induced coma due to the spread of an infection in his chest and feet, which they had found out were burnt.
She was also informed that it was likely that he was already going into a coma like state when the doctors decided to put him in a medically induced coma instead. So, now she had to wait even longer until she could see those blue eyes again.
For the rest of the day, she hung out with Rhodey at the hangout, ate, and read a book. She slept over again, since her dad wasn't home yet, and she didn't feel like going to an empty house.
The next morning, she ate, then went straight to the hospital. She had to wait for visiting hours to begin, but she didn't care. She just waited in the lounge area, snacking on vending machine chips. Once visiting hours opened, she made her way to the room she was directed to.
Inside lay Tony hooked up to an IV cord and a few other things she couldn't identify. Either way, she felt heavy weighted in the heart when she saw the thick cast upon his knee and the many stitches that covered most of his chest and arms. His right leg was being held up like those times she's seen in movies.
She sat down next to him and almost the instant she sat down, she grabbed his hand. "Please be okay."
She noticed his chest was still red, but she told herself that it was fine, and that the doctors were treating the infection. On the plus side, it was more of a light red or pinkish color. So that had to be good.
For hours she sat there with nothing better to do. She read her book, forced herself to eat lunch and call Rhodey, who came and accompanied her, and took a healthy nap. When she awoke, she was told that visiting hours were done and that she had to go home. Which, he dad had called, and he was home so she went to her own home.
"How's your day been?" He asked her when she arrived home.
"Uneventful." She replied grabbing something to eat.
"Nothing exciting going on at the hospital?"
"Dad, he's in a coma, he's not much fun when he's not awake." Pepper said. "Plus, I was asleep half the time."
"So…" He dad began. "How's the leg?"
She looked down to her leg that was stabbed. "Doing fine, I took my meds before I left."
"That's good to hear." Virgil said.
Pepper got up and put her garbage away and started to go to her room before her dad grabbed her wrist. "Pepper."
"What?"
"I'm sure Tony will be fine. If he's half as strong as I hear he is, he'll definitely make it. Just give him the break time he needs." Virgil said seriously. "I just want you to know that even though he might not physically be here, but he's definitely still alive and here."
She smiled lightly. "I know."
She really did know, but even still, she couldn't help but worry. She couldn't help but fear the worse would happen. Otherwise, what else would she think of? She had to think of something and apparently that was something that she happened to think of a lot.
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A few weeks later, Rhodey and Pepper were on the roof of the school eating. Pepper was chattering on about some school project, then switched to iron man activity. (Which was really War Machine activity) Once the news spread that Iron man had officially 'disappeared', crime literally spiked.
Criminals thought since iron man wasn't fighting, that they had a free pass to rob any bank, steal any jewelry they could find, or kill any person, but they must have forgotten that iron man wasn't alone. So, they would be so pumped to finally accomplish their crime, only to be put in jail by war machine. Though, they must have also assumed, Rescue 'disappeared' as well, because they seem to think that one 'iron man' isn't so bad. As long as it's not the original iron man.
Seriously, she thought it was a bit unfair. The public and the criminals all believed that War machine Rescue were weak compared to Iron man. Sure, it was sort of true, but that didn't mean that they were weak, they just didn't have as much experience or weren't as smart when it came to fighting, but that did not mean they were weak.
"Think it's going to be another busy day?" Pepper questioned.
"I don't know, I haven't heard of anything major happening today, so maybe tonight there will be something." Rhodey replied. "Either way, I don't care."
Pepper sighed. "What about you're Shields?"
Rhodey blinked. "Oh yeah…I forgot about that…"
In a previous fight, War machines shields broke down. If he was to go out now, he'd probably get himself hurt. He had expected Tony to have woken up by the time he had to go out and fight again, but no.
"I could ask Howard for help and use Tony's armor until he wakes up." He suggested.
"Can you use his armor? I mean, the weight and speed difference?" Pepper said.
"Well, it can't be all that bad." Rhodey said just as the door to the roof opened.
The two teens stopped talking and looked over to the doorway. Two people walked in; Roberta and the Principal. They watched as the two got closer and closer to them.
"Mom? Is something wrong?" Rhodey asked questioningly.
"No, but the doctor called, and I think he wants to share some news with you two." Roberta said.
Pepper nor Rhodey could read Roberta's expression. They couldn't tell if she was worried or excited. Meaning, they couldn't tell if it was good news or bad news. So, they would just have to hope for the best and go along with it.
"Are we going to the hospital now…or…?" Pepper asked questionably.
"Mrs. Rhodes has asked for permission to bring you two out of class and to the hospital right away." The principal said. "And I agreed, that that is a very good reason to dismiss you two. Plus, I'm worried about the kid. Tell me how he is if you can."
Rhodey and Pepper blinked and shared a look. "Okay…we will."
The principal nodded and together Roberta led them, (after they got their bags) outside to Roberta's car. Soon enough, they were heading to the hospital.
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At the hospital, they were standing in front of Tony's hospital room after they met up with Howard who was also called. The doctor was waiting for them to arrive and was ready to share whatever news he had.
"The news I have for you is very important, but I think it's better to show you." The doctor said.
Pepper narrowed her eyes suspiciously. Like Roberta, his face was unreadable. Though, his face almost always looked gloomy or sad, so she was having trouble telling what his emotion was. Sighing in slight annoyance, she followed the group as they all followed the doctor as he slowly walked in the room.
The instant they all got in, they gasped and once Pepper first got a glimpse inside, she almost passed out. She felt weak to the knees and she felt severe butterflies in her stomach. Her fingers shook as her lips crept into a smile.
There he was.
Sitting up.
Eyes open.
Awake!
She gasped, almost choking, and rushed as fast as she could in the small space and squeezed him in a hug. Quick to release him, she was just as speedy to mash her lips against his own. She felt Tony stiffen in shock as he gasped against her lips. She lingered there for about ten seconds before one of them backed off for breath.
She was about to give him another hug, but the doctor lightly pulled her away. "Give him some space, he just woke up a little bit ago."
"Tony. You're awake." Was all she could get out. She paid no attention to the doctor, but gave the genius his needed space.
Tony smiled at her tiredly. Which, she didn't understand why he was tired. He's been asleep for weeks. Either way, she was just happy he was awake.
"Good to see you awake, man." Rhodey said smiling as he walked next to Pepper. Secretly, he was celebrating in his head that Pepper actually kissed him.
"Good to be awake." Tony replied.
The family and friends finished their reunion and the doctor stepped up, (not literally) to say something.
"He actually woke up a few hours ago, as we had planned. You're parents already knew, but decided to keep the surprise." The doctor begun. "We took him off the medically induced coma last night after Miss Potts left and he's been stirring all night long. And as expected, woke up for some tests."
"What kind of tests?" Pepper asked.
"Nothing much, just wondering if he could talk, see, hear, that kind of thing. And we took some x-rays of his knee, gave him pain meds, replaced some bandages and change his cast to a more mobilized one, since it pretty much already healed itself. We didn't need to take out any stitches, since we did that last week as you already know." The doctor replied.
Pepper nodded. "Thanks."
"From the looks of it, we should only need him here for one more day, so he can be signed of tomorrow." The doctor said turning to face Howard. "Oh, and be sure to get a wheel chair and crutches for him. Even as healed as the bone might be, it still would probably be painful to walk on it."
"Okay, I'll be sure to do that." Howard replied.
The doctor sighed contently. "I think that's all I have to say, and you guys can visit now, I'll get out of your way."
They smiled at him as he walked out before focusing all their attention to Tony, who was yawning.
"How do you feel, son?" Howard asked.
Tony looked to his dad standing at the foot of his bed. "Sore, but well. Nice and warm."
He looked over to Pepper. He still had that look of shock, but he seemed confused. Which, she completely understood. Which is also why she is still blushing and ranting at herself in her head, asking herself why was she so stupid? Sure, she missed him, but she acted a bit impulsively.
But, he smiled at her. "Hey Pep."
"Oh no." Rhodey started. "I feel a moment going on…"
"Then let's give them privacy." Roberta said guiding Rhodey out of the room with Howard tailing them.
Pepper noticed the others leave, and blushed even more. Her face felt like it was on fire and she tried to look away, but it was hard to hide when she was sitting on side of his bed. A hand under her chin forced her to look in his eyes.
"Pep, I missed you." Tony whispered.
Pepper bit her lip. "I did too."
Tony smiled and hugged her, his hand running through her hair. "I'm so happy…to see you…alive." He said between a yawn. "And Pep?"
She backed away a bit. "Yeah."
Tony pulled her closer to him for a kiss. Now, it was her turn to be surprised, but she went along with it and kissed him back. Her hands were in his hair while his were on her back. Every touch between them was like electricity. They pulled apart and blushed.
Tony looked into her brown eyes. "I love you."
Her eyes widened. "What!?"
Tony looked down for a moment. "I hadn't realized it before…but I think…that I already did. I think I've loved you for as long as I remember…I don't know when I realized it, but I do. I love you. I love you, Pepper Potts."
With a blush, Pepper replied: "And I love you too."
"You know…back at the warehouse…" He pause not wanting to think about it. "When Ghost was…hurting you…and Rhodey…I felt something. I know I felt more angry and desperate, but I think I felt strong. As weak as I was. I felt, that since I was fight for you guys, for you, I could do anything. I wasn't about to die on you guys…I wasn't about to let you guys die."
Pepper sighed at the memory of the event. She hugged Tony for a moment and gave him a soft kiss.
"Pep?"
"Hmm?"
"I'm going to ask you a question." Tony started. "If it's alright with your dad, will you be my girlfriend?"
At first she was startled at the gentleman gesture, she smiled. "Of course."
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Cheesy enough for you? HA, i bet you saw the whole thing coming. ONE more chapter people :( I'd be both happy and sad. Happy because now, i can get more requests (if you have any) AND guess what!? I'd be moving back to my other stories! (namely...Sins of Insanity...) Baby phase will probably be my next project though, but with my plans to be more detailed with that one, i will not focus on just that. After this, I'm going back to my old routine. RANDOM POSTING. ;)
Fun Fact: I'm allergic to the seeds in Kiwi's, but i eat them anyways because i don't react too bad...plus their to dang tasty not to eat.
Well, i hope you enjoyed this long chapter, and i hope to post the last chapter soon! :) And if you have any quick requests for the ending, I'd love to hear it, so it doesn't end too cheesy or bad.
From here on down, I'm just babbling to you guys about random things, that i have no one else to say them to, so if you don't want to read no more, or don't like senseless babbling, you are more than welcome to stop reading now.
So, have any of you seen the movie, Treasure Planet? If not, you should find a way to watch it! Its a really good movie! I watched it today on Netflix, and it was really good!
Do any of you guys like or watch PewDiePie? If so, have any of you watched the video's he's made of him playing games with Smosh or Cry? They are SOOOO funny! XD I love them! I watched This one where their playing GTA and they hacked it or something and turned into a Giraffe, an elephant, and a horse! It was really funny!
My little brother the other day maybe it was actually the other week, but anyways, my little brother was running around with spiderman gloves on and pretended to web me. Then he stopped and said i had to fight back because i was iron man. Then he went on with webbing me, as i pretended to fire lazer-repulsor things at him and we ended up "killing" each other it was fun. AND he followed through with it and asked to watch a bunch of IMAA video's together! :) I'm just really happy because all my friends just stare at me like "Hahaha you're dumb, you like Marvel, you like Iron man!" And i just stand there all sad because they don't like me blabbering on about IMAA. HA I can be very annoying...but really no one, but me in my little group of friends like IMAA...
Any one of you seen the new Iron man 3 trailer!? IT IS AMAZING, AWESOME, GOOSEBUMPS GIVING, EXCITING, AMAZING (yes i said that twice.) EPIC! I absolutely CANNOT WAIT! XD Though, i'm also really sad because RDJ might not be iron man anymore. There's been tons of talks of them Killing off iron man. (Movie one, not IMAA one) But, yeah...it's not going to be fun the day i actually find out...
One more thing...
If i take some unplanned, unexcused break for a unreasonably time...it's probably because I'm still sick, or I'm stressed from not seeing my dad in FOREVER. The last time i saw him was in December for a funeral, and he was crying half the time, and busy with the other family members...:( Plus my Great Grandma had passed away right before Christmas...(you guys already knew i think...but still) and that was the FIRST major loss I've had that was in my immediate family. So, you can imagine how i feel/felt. Plus, we ALWAYS went to their house for Christmas, Thanksgiving, AND Easter, but now, we aren't going anymore...so...yeah...and school is being a pain since next years my first year in high school...
Well, i'm done. Hope you didn't get too bored for those of you that stuck around. BYE! Don't forget to review!