"I had diapers, food, clothes, toys and other baby care items delivered." Pepper announced as she typed on her Blackberry. "The others should be bringing it up any minute."

"Awesome." I reply as I bounce Samantha on my knee. She looks at me and giggles. I laugh. "You are so cute!" I say. I sigh. "Why would your mommy leave you here?" I ask her. She just drools and pats me on the face.

Just then the guys started carrying in the baby stuff. Thor was carrying a crib in one arm and a swing in the other. Steve had a stroller and a huge box of clothes. Clint and Bruce were both carrying boxes of baby food and bottle formula. Natasha was carrying a box of toys, blankets, and things of that nature. Tony brought up the rear with an industrial case of Huggies.

"Wow. That's an awful lot of stuff..." I comment as I walk over with Samantha on my hip.

"We wanted to be prepared." Clint said. "Since we don't really know how long she's gonna be with us." He replied as he set his box on the floor next to the others.

"Yeah. Makes sense." I say. Samantha started fussing. I began bouncing her. "Probably needs her diaper changed. Can y'all set up the changing table quickly?" I ask.

Not a minute later I was changing Samantha's diaper in the side room. I began putting a fresh one on her.

"Gross." Tony said with a smirk from the doorway.

I scoff at him. "Grow up. Babies pee and poop just like the rest of us." I say and button Samantha's onesie. I pick her up. "Feel better now?" I ask her. She grunted in response.

I walk out of the room with Tony following. I shoot him a look. "You're gonna have to do your fair share of diaper changing too ya know." I point out. "I'm not doing every time."

"So how much do you know about babies?" Tony asked, changing the subject. "You seem like you know everything."

I chuckled. "Definitely not everything." I reply. "I did a child development class sophomore year and I've babysat my younger cousin."

Tony smiled. "So I'm assuming you know the basic do's and don'ts? Like to not throw the baby and to not give her scotch in her bottle?" He said.

I burst out laughing. "Yeah. I know the basics."

BREAK

I was eating a late dinner as I watched Pepper play with Samantha on the floor. Pepper had a teddy bear and was bouncing it around, making Samantha laugh and grab it.

"How long do you think she will stay here?" I ask from my seat.

Pepper hands the teddy bear to Samantha and watches her contentedly chew on its ear. "I have no idea." She replied. "While she is a sweetheart, it's not exactly ideal to have an eight month old around the Tower..."

I chuckle softly. "Yeah." I say to my pizza.