After the success in the lab, Tony, true to form, decided that a party was in order. We arrived at his mansion at about seven p.m. to find like, a hundred people there, most of whom swooned over Tony the second he stepped through the door. More than a few seemed into Jarvis which was weird. I mean, he may look like a guy, but he's a machine! Then again most of these bimbos didn't look like they could even spell android, much less tell you what one was. They probably figured it was a place in Sweden or something.
I had just about given up on having an intelligent conversation when Pepper Potts walked into the room. We had always gotten on well, mainly because she's quite possibly the most intelligent woman I've met. We exchanged pleasantries but Tony whisked her off before we could get a conversation going. She looked nervous about something. For that matter, so did Tony, which I think is what bothered me the most. I was going to ask what was going on, but just as Tony and Pepper went into Tony's garage/lab, Jarvis got himself into some trouble.
You see, there's always a copious amount of alcohol at Tony Stark's parties and apparently bleach-blonde idiots don't mix well with vodka and attractive young androids. So there's this girl who is completely smashed and I guess didn't realize that Jarvis was a machine. She starts hanging all over Jarvis, so he politely tries to back off and run away. But "Blondie" is having none of it. Mind you this girl is drunk off her ass. So finally Jarvis very gently pulls himself away and this chick starts screaming at him and slaps him.
I took that as my cue to intervene. You see Jarvis's approach consisted of trying to calm her down and being nice, whereas mine consisted of giving this broad a bloody nose. Sadly, "Happy" Hogan pulled both "Blondie" and I out before things could get really interesting. I had to remind him that he was the one that drove me there. When we got to the car, he finally spoke up.
"You know, you did the right thing back there, defending Jarvis like that."
"I know, but I think I should have called for you to come and help. Stark will probably figure I'm a nut-case. It's just…I really hate stupid people, you know?"
"Yeah, I know, but Mr. Stark's not going to think any less of you. You were protecting his latest prototype. Besides, he's Iron Man, he defends people every day."
"I guess." We rode in silence for a while until my curiosity got the best of me.
"Why were Pep and Tony so worried?"
"They have to deal with. You know, with the company and the whole Iron Man thing." I totally didn't buy it, but I had to respect Hogan's loyalty.
"Hey, do me a favor" I said "tell Jarvis that this whole thing wasn't his fault. He's probably going over his programming, checking for faulty coding or something. I don't want his first emotions to be worry and frustration."
"Sure thing, Doc." He replied as we pulled up to my house. I said good-bye and went inside for a much needed shower, meal and sleep.