A/N: Hey, so I know I originally said I was going to post everyday, well I miss judged how much my college finals were going to take over my life last week so I did no writing at all until yesterday. This I'm going to post this chapter as well as CH 7 since they some what go together. I'm sorry I didn't have time to reply and thank you personally for your reviews, I did read them and they were great. I hope to receive more so I can answer them. I hope you all enjoy this and the next chapter.

Chels

CH. 6 FAMILY: a group consisting of parents and children living in a household

Pepper's family, (mom, dad, sister, niece and nephew)come over while Tony suffers from a rough hangover from the previous taco/margarita night.

By the amount of sunlight cascading into his bed room from the slit in the long curtains haning over the window Tony could tell that it was late in the morning. The side of the bed beside him was empty and the sheets were cool meaning Pepper was up, and had been for a while. He rolled over, twisting himself in the bed sheets and the sudden movement made his head start to pound. Unexpectedly there was too much light in the room and he regretted opening his eyes.

"Thor is twice your size, I have no idea why you'd think you could hold your alcohol better than him. . . " Pepper's voice insisted.

Tony re-opened one eye to a slit and find her standing over him, her arms crossed scowling. On any other day he'd act like he didn't know why she was upset with him, but today her family was coming over, and he'd woken up with a horrible hangover.

He shifted again, and threw the pillow over his head childishly. "I don't care if they come, just don't make me schmooze with them."

The first time Tony Stark had met Pepper's mother and father was at a charity event several years ago but he couldn't remember any of it. Unsurprisingly he'd spent most of the night at the bar, downing glass after glass of various alcohol infused liquids which had rendered him practically incoherent.

"Nope. You will get up, look nice and not be a pathetic hangover mess when they get here." She aggressively tore the blankets off of his body and the cool air in the room made him shiver.

The tone of her voice changed- sounding slightly less threatening. "I left two Tylenol, a box of crackers and a bottle of water on the dresser to help. Do not drink more alcohol, you know that only makes it worse." She sighed. "Please Tony, it would mean a lot to me if you did this."

She left the room silently and closed the door behind her. Releasing a sigh of his own he glanced at the clock on the bedside table. He had exactly forty five minutes to make himself presentable. As much as he didn't want to face Pepper's family being in the shape he was, he knew that if rolls were reversed Pepper would be there for him without uttering a single complaint.

Pepper made her way into the kitchen to pour herself some coffee and found Steve sitting on the middle bar stool, sketching the layout of the modernized kitchen on a folded paper napkin. She smiled at him as she poured her drink.

"That's really good." She remarked.

He looked up with the hint of a smile. "You think so?"

She nodded. "Yes. Very good." She took a sip from her mug.

"When is your family supposed to be here?" he asked.

"In about a half hour."

He nodded. "That really great that your folks are coming to see you for Christmas. . . " His voice trailed of sounding sad.

"Your more than welcome to visit too Steve." She said with a smile. "All of you are welcome. Plus my niece and nephew would love to meet Captain America."

He smirked and went back to working on his sketch.

Leaving the kitchen with her mug in hand she found Natasha seated on the couch with one of her pistols in her hand. Pepper's initial reaction was concern but that quickly subsided due to living around Tony for so long. The red headed assassin was alone, cleaning her weapon without paying much attention to anything around her.

"Where's Clint?" Pepper asked sitting at the other end of the long sofa. It was rare that the two of them weren't at each other's side- ever since Loki's hostile takeover at least.

She rolled her eyes and shook her head disapprovingly. "He's currently nursing one hell of a bad hangover. I don't know why that bastard thought he could out drink someone like Thor."

Pepper couldn't help but laugh. "I told Tony the same thing."

Natasha smirked and Pepper shook her head. "I'll have this all gone when you parents get here." The agent noted gesturing to the gun in her hand. "I just had to move somewhere that I couldn't hear Clint's complaining."

"I understand."

The two of them sat quietly and soon Natasha disappeared to check on her partner while Pepper waited for her family to get there.

"Miss Potts." Jarvis's animated voice sounded. "You family has just arrived at the tower. Shall I send them up?"

"Yes please. Thank you Jarvis." She stood and smoothed the wrinkles out of her casual black skirt tucking loose hair behind her ears. It would be great to see her family, especially for the holidays.

She was right at the door to great them when the elevator opened. Peppers mom was the first one out of the medium sized lift and rushed open armed to greet her daughter.

"Virginia! Oh it's so good to see you darling." Janette Potts coiled her thin arms around Pepper and squeezed tightly.

Her dad was the next one to embrace her. "This place is extravagant." He chided in a peeved tone as he looked around. Peppers father hadn't quite come to terms with her relationship to the rich playboy. "Must be nice to have all the big toys." He glanced over to the large television in the living room with a scowl clearly visible on his brow.

Pepper laughed nervously. Mathew, Zoë and their mother- Peppers sister- Lenore, were the last to greet her.

"Aunt Pepper!" the two children shouted, there face full of radiant smiles as they embraced her.

"Look at you guys!" she laughed. "You've gotten so big!" she reached for her sister. "It's good to see all of you."

"You too Pep." Lenore replied clutching her sisters shoulders. "And don't worry about daddy. He's just jealous."

"That's not true." He defended quickly. "I just want what's best for my baby girl. That's all." He mumbled something under his breath that sounded like Tony's name mixed with a handful of profanities, but Pepper did her best to ignore it.

"Why don't you guys go sit down in the living room." Pepper pointed to the couch. "You want anything to drink?"

All their reply's came at once and if it wasn't for all her years taking orders from possibly the most demanding and confusing man on the planet, she wouldn't have been able to keep up with their orders.

Steve was still in the kitchen when she walked in- working on his sketch when she walked through the threshold.

"You mind keeping them company while I play waitress?" she gave the captain a pleasing smile, to which he nodded.

She knew Steve was probably the safest to have them all meet first, especially if she wasn't in the same room. Thor and Jane were virtually harmless, but he was from another realm after all and Pepper wasn't sure how her father would take to that. Hopefully Tony would be done primping soon so Bruce could come out of hiding. Clint and Natasha were- other than Tony- normal people among the group of superheroes, and yet Pepper felt that it might be best if they not come out right away. They were after all highly trained killers that didn't exactly have a friendly background as to how they acquired their skills.

Pepper sighed and with a tray of festive glasses returned to the living room. She wasn't surprised when she spotted both Mathew and Zoë sitting on Steve's knees looking at him with wide eyes.

"Are you really Captain America?" Zoë asked is a low whisper her green eyes glistening with childlike admiration.

Steve smirked. "Yes I am."

A huge grin spread across her face and she wrapped her small arms around his neck. Steve chuckled and squeezed her lightly.

"Why don't you put the suit on Cap," Tony's voice said as he suddenly strutted into the room. He wore a fine tailored suit with a dark pair of aviator sunglasses which Pepper guessed was due to his hangover. At least he was up right and awake. "Toss the shield around, you know. Show'em what it's like to be Captain America."

Steve's smile faded slightly as the arrogant playboy came into the room. "I don't think that's a good idea Stark."

Tony shrugged smugly, and went over to Pepper's mom. He gently took her hand and kissed the back of it. "Mrs. Potts, It's nice to see you again."

Janette's checks flushed a pale pink and she smiled sheepishly at him. "Call me Janette, please." Tony shot her a suave smirk in reply.

It seemed that Pepper's father was the only one that really had a problem with Tony. Even Pepper's mom fell victim to his debonair charm and electric charisma.

" Mr. Potts," he held out his hand. Vernon was hesitant about shacking it but finically he did. "It's nice to have you here with us. It meant a lot to Pepper to have you here. So welcome."

Pepper's father observed Tony with an odd look on his face, something resembling a mixture of annoyance but also respect.

Without missing a beat he moved on to Pepper's sister introducing himself much the same has he did with Janette. "We've never met, but it's certainly an honor to meet you." He looked at Steve who still had Mathew and Zoë on his lap. "And It's nice to meet you both as well."

Once he was done with his introductions he moved to Pepper and greeted her with a kiss.

"Not too bad." Pepper praised.

"I was going for the Prince Charming effect." He muttered in her ear. Pepper rolled her eyes. "That doesn't mean you're out of the woods from what happened last night and this morning." She added whispering.

"Oh," Tony murmured. "I've already got a few tricks up my sleeve to cover that mess. Just wait."

There was an overabundance of self-gratification in his voice and smile that made her worry about what he was planning. Usually nothing good ever came from his schemes and she hoped that this time it would be different.

A/N: review this one while if finish editing CH7! I'll post it with in the hour!