Hey guys! Loving this story, so I decided to update again. Hahahaha, loving, get it? I'm funny. Part songfic.
Song-"Just The Way You Are" by Bruno Mars
*Insert Disclaimer Here*
Her eyes, her eyes
make the stars look like they're not shining
Her hair, her hair
falls perfectly without her trying
She's so beautiful
And I tell her everyday (yeahh)
I know, I know
When I compliment her she won't believe me
And it's so, it's so
Sad to think that she don't see what I see
But everytime she asks me "Do I look okay?"
I say
When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
'Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile
The whole world stops and stares for a while
'Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are
Her lips, her lips
I could kiss them all day if she'd let me
Her laugh, her laugh
she hates but I think it's so sexy
She's so beautiful
And I tell her everyday
Oh you know, you know, you know
I'd never ask you to change
If perfect's what you're searching for
Then just stay the same
So don't even bother asking if you look okay
'Cause you know I'll say
When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
'Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile
The whole world stops and stares for a while
'Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are
The way you are
The way you are
When I see your face
There's not a thing that I would change
Cause you're amazing
Just the way you are
And when you smile
The whole world stops and stares for awhile
Cause girl you're amazing
Just the way you are
"Oh, what do you think of this one?" Pepper asked, strutting out of the changing room in a purple dress. A part of Tony wanted to say she was beautiful in anything she put on, but what did come out was completely different.
"Cute." tony said boredly.
"Ughh you're barely paying attention." Pepper groaned.
"I'm sorry, I didn't realize that it mattered, I thought your precious Keith would help you." Tony complained. Pepper grunted.
"Tony, why are you acting like this is such a big deal to you?" Pepper asked, annoyed.
"It's not, just forget it..." Tony said timidly.
"Ughh you're being so bipolar!" She walked back into the changing room to try on the next dress.
"Okay, what about this one?" Pepper asked as she walked out of the changing room in a red dress that reached two inches above her knees.
"It's good." Tony commented boredly.
"UGHH you're still not caring! At least have a real opinion, Tony." Pepper groaned.
"Pepper, I'm a guy. Guys don't give opinions to dresses." Tony explained. Pepper rolled her eyes and walked back into the changing room to try on the last dress.
A moment later, she walked out in a lighter shade of hot pink dress that reached mid-thigh. A strip of silk the same color wrapped around the waste, making her curves more evident. The dress had a same-color silk flower attached to the right strap sitting on the upper right corner of her chest, just below her shoulder.
"I, I, you...I-its good..." Tony stuttered as he rose from his seat. Anything he could possibly have said had escaped his mind when shed walked out of that changing room. Pepper could tell he was being sincere this time. She giggled.
"It's good?" She asked teasingly.
"I meant to say, y-you look really pretty..." Tony admitted shyly. Pepper blushed.
"Thanks..." She said quietly. There was a silence between them as they looked deep into each other's eyes.
"O-onto the next one…" Pepper tried to break the silence, looking back to the changing room.
"I thought that was the last one?" Tony asked, confused.
"Oh heck no! There's like, three more!" Pepper exclaimed. Tony groaned loudly to express his misery. Pepper giggled as she tried on the next dress.
~Twenty minutes later~
"Well, which one did you like best? I think it's between these three." Pepper held the pink dress that came mid-thigh, a white and red dress that was purposely wrinkled to look stylish, and a purple dress that reached her knees. Tony sighed.
"Just pick one? They're all just fine."
"Fine, I'll pick it." Pepper said, hinting a complaint in her tone. She picked the pink dress, since Tony had seemed to appeal to it unlike he had for the rest. Maybe he'd notice her slightly more, Pepper thought. They went to pay for it.
"Alright, it's officially done! I'm all set for the dance tomorrow." Pepper said excitedly. Tony groaned, having had enough of girly, frilly things. Pepper smiled.
"Oh, we can do what you want now." Pepper said.
It wasn't necessarily being surrounded by dresses that bothered Tony, it was the thought that he, for some reason, wanted to ask Pepper to the dance but lost his chance because he couldn't find the guts. For some reason he felt weird inside whenever he listened to Pepper talk about 'how exciting this date is going to be!' especially hearing the word date come out of her mouth and knowing it wasn't involving him. He didn't know what it meant for him, but he did know he wanted it to go away.
"Good." Tony continued his way to the lab.
"Hang on, I'll meet you at the lab. I have to bring this back to my house." Pepper turned down the street to her house. Tony sighed and continued his way to the lab, trying to shake off his admiring thoughts about the girl he'd just spent a good portion of his day with.
"Dude, you look stressed, what's up?" Rhodey asked when Tony walked into the lab. Tony sighed.
"Nothing, I'm not stressed," Tony lied.
"No seriously. What's up?" Rhodey asked.
"I don't want to talk about it." Tony lowered the armor so he could work on it more. Rhodey smiled and crossed his arms.
"Is it about Valentine's Day?" Rhodey asked, amused.
"I said I don't want to talk about it, okay?" There was annoyance in Tony's tone.
"It is, isn't it? It's probably about Pepper, right?" Tony didn't say anything.
"Oh my gosh, it so is! You do like her! I knew it!" Rhodey said triumphantly.
"I do not!" Tony defended, putting down his tools when they noticed Pepper walking in.
"Don't what?" She asked. Before Tony had a chance to respond, Rhodey burst out,
"Wittul Tony-wony has a crushie-wushie!" Rhodey teased, pinching Tony's cheek. Pepper smiled and laughed.
"Oh, my gosh Tony you do? On who?" Pepper asked as she laughed.
"I don't have a crush on anyone!" Tony said, offensively. Rhodey laughed at how entertaining it is to tease his friend. He'd had an intuition that Tony had entered the lab stressed about his 'crushie-wushie' on Pepper.
"Sure you don't, Tony. Sure you don't."
~…~
"Are you sure there's not going to be any disruptions tonight, Tony?" Pepper asked as she held her phone between her shoulder and her cheek as she applied makeup to match her dress.
"Not that I know of. But if anything comes up, I won't concern you with it. Rhodey and I can handle it just fine. Just go and have fun…" Tony explained. He didn't really want her to have fun on a date with some guy that wasn't him, but he wasn't going to tell her that.
"Tony, that's so sweet. I'll see you guys later!" Pepper hung up. Tony sighed and put down his phone. Part of him actually hoped that some Iron Man business would come up, just so he could get his mind off of Pepper and partly so it could disturb the dance and ruin her date. But then he didn't want to wreck her date, because it would make her miserable. And he didn't want to see her upset. Because that ran the risk of her crying, and he'd have to comfort her because he would feel guilty and bad for her.
Suddenly, Tony's half-wish came true. The computer detected an unknown disturbance downtown that had been detected as a growing threat. Tony, slightly annoyed, stood from his seat and lowered the armor. Rhodey, noticing the disruption, lifted his head.
"What's up?" asked Rhodey.
"Unknown disturbance downtown. I have to check it out." Tony explained in an annoyed tone. Rhodey nodded and looked back down to his homework. Tony let the armor surround him before flying out into the nighttime air.
cliffhanger, but I'm feeling a writer's block for what to do next. I'm just going to have to sit a while and think about what to do next. But for now, review.