Hello peps, I'm so glad for those of you who review this story, I really appreciate it. It seems like the number one question is whether Danny will be involved in this story at all, and the most honest answer I can provide is, I don't know. I would love to able to include our favorite half-ghost hero, but I'm not sure yet if the plot will allow me to. Anyway, I don't own Danny Phantom or Iron Man (it is based on the movie version by the way, except people don't know he is Iron Man), and yeah, I hope you enjoy this next chapter
Chapter 7:
Tony POV-
About 15 minutes before Danielle's school got released, I called Pepper.
"Hey Pepper," I said over the phone.
"Hey Tony, what's up?" she asked.
"Nothing, but just so you know, you don't have to pick Danielle up from school now. Don't bother calling to tell her in the middle of class, she won't be able to miss me right out front. She's bringing home a friend right?" I asked in one long string.
"Yes, but—" she tried to reply.
"Okay, Pepper, talk to you later, bye," I replied back, quickly ending the conversation.
On the wall in the lab where I keep all of my car keys meticulously line up on a corkboard, I pulled off the keys to the 1930 Ford Roadster, the one that is black with flames running down the sides. In fact, these flames were what originally gave me the idea of the color scheme for the Iron Man suit.
I hopped into the car, inserting the keys and hearing the V8 engine roar to life beneath me. I laughed, Dani, being the car fanatic she is (oddly enough), would absolutely love this car, in fact she had been begging me to see it all last night, of course, I couldn't show it to her because it was parked in the lab beneath the house. But now, however, this car was fair game. The wall of the lab opened up and I drove the car out onto the streets. Unlike some people, I actually enjoy driving my vintage cars instead of just letting them go to waste in the garage, mostly because I have the funds to maintain them.
I grinned, putting the top down and putting on my sunglasses. Several minutes later, I arrived at Danielle's school with time to spare, actually early for once.
Suddenly, I heard a loud chime resonate within the school. I got out of the car, to face the school leaning against the car. After a few seconds, kids finally started to flood out of the school, most of them doing a double take, gawking, or snapping pictures of my car and I. I grinned to myself, shaking my head, knowing that I would be on the front page of something tomorrow. Finally, Danielle and her friend Issa came out, they were easy to spot because of her friend's bright pink skinny jeans. Dani froze, then blinked at me, before a smile lit up her face. She whipped around to make sure her middle school tormentor was behind her, she was. The brunette dressed like a leprechaun's jaw dropped. From where I stood, I saw Dani smirk.
"Bye Scarlett," she smirked again with a small, smug wave in the other girl's direction.
Her friend Issa, on the other hand, was not so nice. "Bye Scarlett, yeah what to you think of that you airheaded bimbo." Dani rolled her eyes and finally got in the car.
"I like your choice of vehicles," she grinned stroking the vintage leather seats. "And I'm not sure how you knew, although I'm sure it has something to do with Jarvis and my phone, but thanks for that." She glanced back at Scarlett and Issa who were still engaged in a comical exchange, although Issa was clearly winning because Scarlett was still struggling to comprehend what I had just proved to be true.
"Anytime," I grinned back at her from the rear view mirror, wondering how she put together that I hacked her phone.
'But she is a smart girl,' I reminded myself. Her friend finally got in the car, after yet another string of profanities in Scarlett's direction.
"Tony, this is Clarissa, or Issa, but I'm sure you already knew that," she smirked, with a knowing, mischievous glint in her eye.
"Yeah, just a little," I smirked back, "Hi Issa." Clarissa looked confused by Dani and I but she quickly smiled again as she started to analyze the car.
"Ooh, this is a 1930 Ford Roadster, right?" she asked in delight.
"Yeah," I replied proudly, approving of Danielle's friend already.
A few minutes later, we pulled into the driveway in front of my mansion as I handed the keys to Happy so that he could drive my car back into the lab.
I led the girls in through the front door and was immediately bombarded with the happy scratching of paws at my legs. I looked down at the mutt and then up at Pepper who was leaning against the countertop with a perplexed and amused look on her face. I glared at her playfully and then the two girls followed in the house behind me. Clarissa squealed and dropped to her knees to embrace the squirming pup. Danielle laughed but also bent down to pet her dog.
"Hey Ghost," her friend spoke in a high pitched voice that clearly said 'I-am-a-dog-person' and was rewarded with a face-full of dog slobber. After a few seconds, they both stood up off of the floor.
"Umm…the media room, game room and snack room are down the hall, and the pool is on the roof," I informed them. The two girls smiled and raced down the hall towards Dani's bedroom with the yappy puppy nipping at their heels. I shook my head, smiling.
"Do your homework first," Pepper called after them in a maternal tone, not that they were even paying attention, they were giggling so hard.
Then I looked up at Pepper, motioning with my head for her to follow me to the lab. She did and we both descended the staircase so I could show her my findings, or rather the lack thereof, on Danielle.