Well everyone, we've finally reached the end. This is indeed the final chapter of Spring Break. I'd just like to thank everyone who reviewed with praise, opinions, and criticism. Also thank you to those of you who have stuck with me till the end and favorited and followed making this story my most successful one. Thank you all so much. I think you're all going to enjoy this, i apologize for any mistakes. Also i want to say that i finished writing this at 11:54 p.m and finished typing it this morning at 11:54 am. i thought it was freaky cool. Yeah, so i hope you continue to enjoy this last chapter while i try not to cry i'm so happy and proud.

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Chapter 20: Goodbyes Part 2

"I'm sorry, who is this?" Tony asked confused.

"Nelia."

"Oh, hey. Why am I making a detour to Stanford? I'm just about to walk in my house."

"It's Ben. He confronted her and she just left. I think he broke some of her so in return my butter sock and I broke his balls." Tony laughed.

"I guess I owe you one then." Tony said gratefully.

"No, that was two weeks overdue. So are you coming or not? Ben needs a talking to from someone with power that can ruin his life and I'm sure Pepper needs some comfort." Nelia said.

"Thanks for the heads up, I'll be on my way in an hour."

"Oh, before you go, you're probably going to have to get a hotel if you plan on staying longer than a few hours. Our couch is crap; it messes up your back man. Believe me, I know."

"Thanks Nelia."

"Yeah, see you soon." Tony put his phone away and drove into the workshop with a sigh.

"Welcome home Sir." JARVIS said almost sounding chipper.

"Hold on to that J, I have to leave again as soon as I get some food, clean clothes, and a nap."

"There is Chinese food in the fridge that Mr. Stane brought for you." His AI announced.

"Tell him I said thanks."

"Will do sir." JARVIS replied dutifully.

Exactly an hour later Tony was climbing into the seat of his flashy new Audi with a small bag in tow and a fresh pair of jeans on. "JARVIS set destination for Stanford University."

"Estimated time of arrival is in six hours sir."

"Text Nelia and let her know I'll be there in about five hours." Tony commanded.

"Will do sir."

"Oh and J, lock up the house for me."

"Right away sir."

Tony pushed the pedal to the medal and not once did his speedometer drop below ninety. Even he was surprised he hadn't run into any cops. Lo and behold five hours and ten minutes later Tony was pulling into the campus. Nelia stood waiting outside and he parked close by.

"So where is this no good ex of hers?" He asked calmly.

Nelia pointed to the building on her right. "Third floor room 323. Then we are in the building to your left fifth floor room 502."

"Got it." Tony said scoping out each building.

"I'm running to 7-11, you want anything?" Nelia asked.

"Beef jerky, teriyaki, if you please." Nelia nodded and headed out while. Tony walked to Ben's room. He only had to knock twice before the door opened.

"You Ben?" He asked. Ben's face paled and he nodded. Tony loved how he was taller than Ben, if only by an inch. "A little birdie told me that you've been making my girlfriend upset. Why is that Ben?" Tony felt all calmness he'd had melt away and become replaced with seething anger. Tony brushed past Ben and walked inside his room taking a look around.

"I'm sorry, who are you?" Ben asked.

Tony knew that Ben knew who he was just by the look on his face. "I can either be just a girl's boyfriend or your worst nightmare. Pepper says-"

"Who the hell is Pepper?!" Ben cried.

"Pepper is Virginia's nickname that everyone calls her now. As I was saying, Pepper said she can't just ignore you because you have history, but if you hurt her one more time I swear to whatever supernatural being that exists, I will destroy your life. I have powerful and unlimited resources Ben so believe that will happen. Pepper is the best thing that has ever happened to me, I don't understand how someone could cheat on her."

"It was a mistake, but don't try to act self-righteous. You're a playboy Stark. You'll break her hear quicker than I did. You may have fooled Ginny and her friends but deep down you're nothing more than a shallow, rich, playboy that grew up on Daddy's money getting everything he ever wanted."

"Once upon a time I was, but the truth is Ben, I'm never going to leave her, there's a reason we both have these promise rings. She's mine for the rest of your miserable life. I don't deserve her, I know that, but I love her too much to let her go. But if you let her know I was here or that we had this little talk, I'll send Nelia after you with her butter sock." Ben's hands instantly went to cover his groin and he cleared his throat. "So long Ben." Tony adjusted the bag on his shoulder and walked out with a smile thinking of how surprised Pepper would be to see him. After some difficulty he managed to find the room and knocked on the door and said in a deep voice, "Delivery." Much to his immense delight Pepper was the one who answered the door and her reaction was priceless.

XxxxSpring BreakxxxX

"It's been fifteen minutes; Nelia should be back by now." Pepper muttered switching her focus from the movie; She's The Man, to the clock.

Just then a knock resounded and she heard, "Delivery."

"Nelia's back." Michelle said with a laugh.

"I got it." Pepper said getting up from her spot on the couch. She opened the door and froze for the second time that day completely in shock. Tony was the one standing in front of her instead of Nelia.

"Miss me?" He asked cockily with a smile. He peeked around Pepper and called out, "Hey guys!"

"Tony?!" Marissa and Michelle answered surprised.

"The one and only, unless there's another Tony you know of. So Pep…you gonna let me in?" He asked with a grin.

Pepper shook her head to clear herself from the daze she was in and took a step sideways to allow Tony to enter. "Tony, what are you doing here?"

"I think you have one of my shirts." He said nonchalantly.

"You came all this way…for a shirt? That I do not have by the way."

"It's a good shirt." Tony defended. Pepper crossed her arms and raised an eyebrow clearly not buying Tony's shirt story. "Okay okay, I wanted to see you and really say goodbye since I froze last time." He said shuffling his feet nervously.

"That's more like it." Pepper said, a smile beginning to appear.

"Don't I get like a hello kiss or something?" Tony asked with a grin.

Pepper smiled and strutted up to him winding her arms around his neck and gave him a kiss that practically left him whimpering for more. "Get a room!" Michelle called out.

"Yeah, no PDA allowed in this room unless you're fangirling." Marissa added.

Pepper pulled back and chuckled keeping her arms around Tony. "Not that I'm not happy to see you, but you shouldn't be here. You have a company waiting for you."

"I'm only here for tonight and tomorrow Pep, chillax. I think Obie can handle running it for another day." Pepper shook her head but couldn't wipe the smile off her face. "So, I've been driving for hours and I'm starved. Got anything to eat?"

"There's some leftover hamburger helper in the fridge." Marissa said.

"You can set your stuff don by the coat hanger and sit on the couch while I get you some food." Pepper said and un-wound herself from Tony.

"So, where's Nelia?" Tony asked sounding curious.

"She's making a run to 7-11. Apparently she's all out of Xbox snacks." Marissa informed with a roll of her eyes.

"Ah, I see." A minute later Pepper handed him a bowl of food with a fork and napkin and sat on his lap. He raised an eyebrow with an amused smile.

"What? You took my seat so now you're my seat." Pepper defended with a playful twinkle in her eyes. Tony just chuckled and began to eat semi-focused on the movie.

The door opened and Nelia walked through with bags hanging off her arms. Tony decided to loudly greet her to try and maintain their cover. "Nelia!Sup girl?"

"Tony what are you doing here?" Nelia asked with surprise. Tony would have believed she was surprised to see him had she not been a part of the plan.

"Came to hang." He replied.

"Well, you're not hanging on my bed." She retorted and Tony chuckled.

"Nah, I'm gonna take the couch."

"You're taking your life in your hands." She said.

"So, Whatcha got there?"

"Food. All the essentials one needs while playing Xbox for hours on end. Powdered donut holes, chips ahoy cookies, cookies and crème pop tarts, beef jerky, cheese itz, chips, and plenty of pretzels."

"Say, you willing to share some of that beef jerky?" Tony asked curiously.

"Normally I'd say no, but since you're a guest, sure." She tossed him the pack and gave a wink that only he caught and returned.

The night passed by quickly and soon everyone was changed and headed to bed. Pepper handed Tony some blankets and once everyone was asleep she snuck out of the bedroom and to the couch where Tony was in fact still awake.

"Couldn't sleep without me huh?" Tony asked with a grin.

"Didn't want to. Why are you still up?" Pepper asked.

"Couldn't sleep without you." He said with a small smile.

"Think you can make some room on the couch for me?"

"As long as you're on me we'll fit." He replied.

Pepper carefully climbed on top of Tony and pulled the blanket on top of them. She sighed in content as Tony's fingers lightly traveled her back and an arm was wrapped protectively around her. She didn't want to mention Ben, not in that perfect moment anyway, that could wait till tomorrow.

XxxxSpring BreakxxxX

"Wake up love birds, breakfast is ready." Nelia yelled with a bullhorn. Tony and Pepper jumped awake and fell on the floor with an oof.

Tony whined, "It's not even eleven yet, why'd you wake me up? My back hurts."

Nelia snickered and said in a sing song voice, "Told ya so."

"Because we have yoga class in an hour." Michelle answered.

"They do anyways, not me. This body was made only for stretching for the remote or a snack." Nelia said with a laugh.

"Amen to that." Tony groaned as he stood up and stretched his back out.

"Cool, so we'll hang back, play some Halo while they go break their bodies and put them in ungodly positions that circus monkeys invented." Nelia said.

"Up top!" Tony said with a grin. Nelia high fived Tony with a grin and received an elbow from Pepper. "Ow, you know how easily I bruise Pep." Tony whined rubbing his side.

"You're such a girl." Pepper shook her head with a chuckle.

"A very sexy girl." Tony corrected with a grin.

They all sat around the table in their pajamas eating cheesy, scrambled eggs, bacon, toast, and blueberries.

"Hey, how come there are blueberries and not strawberries?" Tony asked curiously.

"Oh that's right, I never told you. Um well, actually, I'm allergic to them." Pepper informed shyly.

"To strawberries?!" Tony asked incredulously. "That's possible?"

"I know, I know, it's a weird allergy to have. It's the only one I have too but I'm deathly allergic to them. I can be around them but if I eat one, it's light out."

"Well…that's…good to know. You know, so I don't accidently…kill…you." Tony said uncomfortably. Everyone nodded in agreement. "So, are you busy after yoga?"

"Nope, I was thinking maybe we could go out for some frozen yogurt and grab the best fries Quatro Queso Dos Fritos you'll ever have from Gabriel's."

"Quatro what what?" Tony asked.

"Gabriel injects potatoes with a four cheese mixture, and then they get fried three quarters of the way, pull em out, batter them, fry them again, and then serve them with a bacon and ancho chili sour cream. They're sooooo delicious." Pepper said in anticipation.

"They sound delicious. Do we have to wait so long?" Tony asked.

"They're worth the wait." Michelle said.

"I'm not that patient of a guy." Tony whined.

"You'll have to be today." Pepper teased. Tony sighed and focused back on the food in front of him.

As lunch came and went Tony felt time slipping by too quickly. It was already three and he to leave soon. They spent the remainder of their time curled up in bed watching Nelia, Marissa, and Michelle play Ghost Protocol. At five his phone buzzed and it was JARVIS alerting Tony he had to leave. Tony hugged everyone goodbye and said he'd see them at graduation. He grabbed his bag and slung it on one shoulder while Pepper held his hand to walk him out. As they reached his Audi they both released a sigh.

"Can I say something?" Pepper asked.

"Yeah sure."

"I'm really glad you came. I had a run in with Ben yesterday and it went really bad and it got me really upset. He said that…he said that I'm just going to end up like every other girl you've been with." She said sadly.

"What? You know that's not true Pep. You're the only girl I'll ever love or feel crazy about, okay. You're not going to be one of those girls because you're not like any of those girls. You've got immeasurable beauty, brains, character, and a great personality. Your beauty is both inside and out. I love you for who you are, not how you look." Tony said.

Pepper smiled with some tears in her eyes. "That was the perfect thing to say."

Tony smiled and kissed her. "I'll see you in exactly a month then." Tony said softly.

"Yeah." Pepper replied.

"Bye Pep, I love you."

"I love you too. Drive safe Tony." She said with a smile.

"Don't you know me?" He asked with a grin getting into the car. Pepper chuckled with a roll of her eyes and waved goodbye and blew a kiss as Tony back out and drove away.

XxxxSpring BreakxxxX

As Pepper peeled back the covers on her side of the bed she found a shirt with a note on top. She instantly recognized the chicken scratch. She picked up the note and read.

Pepper, I left this here so you would feel closer to me when you sleep. Yours forever,

Tony 3 XO

She smiled and continued reading.

P.S. This really is my favorite shirt so don't stain it.

P.P.S. I smothered it in your favorite cologne of mine.

P.P.P.S I took a photo of you from your room so I would have something of you close to me when I sleep.

Pepper smiled and set the note aside. She grabbed the shirt and inhaled. It was Tony's AC/DC shirt he had been wearing the night before and it smelled exactly like him along with the intoxicating smell of his cologne. She changed into it and a pair of shorts and lay down. While she didn't have Tony beside her she could feel him with her and she slept peacefully knowing that he was with her even when they were miles apart. It truly had been the best spring break of her life.

XxxxSpring BreakxxxX

THE END!

It's over guys, can you believe it? It really is over. What started on March 15th has now ended. So sad. Thanks so much all of you again and if you'd be so kind as to review it'd be much appreciated. Love you all bunches. Oh and the epilogue is typed and ready to be posted, it's epic. I got so excited writing it at midnight. it was so much fun and that will be posted soon. Also my new story that i'm working on with Kcrella is gonna be boss. buuutttt, im probably biased. I'm so styked for it. lol. that'll be here come August. So review if you please, i hope you do and i'll be back soon.