SEPTEMBER 1st
Dad's been mainly in his workstation the past few days. I don't think he's been into work at all. Pepper and Happy have been taking turns doing the school runs. Just like the normal days. Phil's been calling; he wants to talk about dad's escape. Pepper and Dad have avoided him. He asked me about it but I told him I didn't know. I didn't mention the thing on his chest, that's really the last thing I think Dad wants leaked to the press. Can you see it? STARK KEPT ALIVE BY MACHINE DAYS TO LIVE Dad would hate that SOOOO much.
SEPTEMBER 11TH
Phil called. He asked about Dad's escape, and if Dad and Pepper were free to speak to me. He also asked about school. He's a nice guy. Pepper said I shouldn't speak to strangers like that. Happy doesn't trust him. Dad doesn't even know he exists. Dad took me to Home Depot, where he was buying supplies and stuff. Dad hasn't really eaten in a few days, so we went to this bar/resturant place he usually goes with Rhody. I had a burger and a coke. Dad had the same but he kept stealing my fries. He said he's sorry he hasn't been as attentive as he normally is. He learned about the Paris trip. He said he wasn't mad about it or anything, but Mom had promised him years ago to let him take me to Paris after I graduated from high school and he's upset she made me go see her there instead of coming to Malibu .
Also I asked if he knew Grandpa had worked with Captain America and he said yeh, "he talked about it nonstop I sort of hated him for it." I asked why and he said, "Because it sounded like he preferred a dead guy to me." Apparently Captain America sacrificed himself at the end of World War II to save New York City from being bombed by the Nazis.
I told him I didn't want to live with Mom, that I felt like he needed me more. He said I didn't need to hang around 'your boring all dad all the time. One day you're going to get tired of me." But I told him I wanted too, because I almost lost him. Dad said he heard about the fights between Mom and me and that he'll take me to Paris when I turn sixteen. "Why sixteen?" I asked.
"Why not?" was his answer.
SEPTEMBER 12th
Sorry school has been busy. I have officially joined the Robotics and computer club. I mean, Dad taught me the basics of coding a few years ago but it's nice to have a refresher. Dad actually came upstairs today. Obie had come back with some pizza. He's been in New York talking with the board. They want to remove Dad from power, put Obie in charge instead. The stocks haven't been so good. I asked Pepper if putting Dad out would mean I wouldn't inherit the company and Pepper said the worst case seninaro is him having to update on new business things until I was twenty one or so. I think Dad is building something downstairs, I'll have to check.
SEPTEMBER 20TH
I finally managed to go downstairs and see what's he's been doing. He's been building all these big amour stuff! Dad caught me. He kicked me out, he told me I wouldn't understand what he was doing. I told him I just wanted to see why he was done there but he wouldn't listen to me.
SEPTEMBER 21ST
Now he won't leave the lab. I tried to call him a few times. The door and window to the lab are blacked out and he programmed Jarvis to make the lock be accessed only by fingerprint. Great. Now he's turning into yet another Malibu dad: closed off to their kids. What's the point?
SEPTEMBER 23rd
Pepper tried to talk to me today. She says Dad's probably experiencing some 'issues' (well, duh) and I should let him have his own space. I told her about the robots. I told her about the thing in his chest. She said she knew about it, she had to change it. Apparently it's dangerous to keep the same one in his chest for too long. I asked if someone can fix it and Pepper said she didn't know.