When I got to the lab later that day, Tony was there waiting for me.
"I heard about what happened at the party."
"Yeah…Jarvis came by to see. Did you really send him?"
"Yep. He seemed nervous, what was I supposed to do?" I just shrugged. 'Hell if I know' I thought.
We went to work on the schematics of for a one-man transport similar to a glider Oscorp developed. This version would be safer, faster, and more maneuverable than the original. It was going to be a civilian model, tony didn't want too many people at Stark Industries to know about it because it was one of Obadiah Stane's projects and he wasn't sure who he could trust from the company.
We spent the morning that way, working and joking. Stark has a great sense of humor. He's got this dry sarcasm that can really break the tension. Not many people can make laugh the way he did.
He left at 11:00 a.m. and had lunch with Pepper before heading out to meetings at S.I. headquarters. He'd been spending a lot of time actually working lately, which he almost never did before he was kidnapped. He still needed Pepper, but not the same way. He was more independent, but they both seemed a lot happier. I couldn't blame Pepper for being relieved; she'd spent the better part of 15 years handling the company and Tony at the same time.
The thought occurred to me after he left that maybe that was why he wanted to give Jarvis a body. He'd need someone to be Iron Man when he couldn't. After all, he couldn't be everywhere at once. Even so, it was crazy to think that he would ever stop being Iron Man. I mean, he had changed so much, and so much had happened that he couldn't go back.