Alex woke up feeling well rested and so much better. It amazed her what a little sleep could do. She got up and started to get ready for dinner till she saw what time it was It was past twelve. "Shit…" She mumbled realizing she had slept pas dinner and stood Steve up. She threw on some slippers and put a hoodie on and glanced at the map real quick and headed out the door.

Alex woke up under a small blanket in the home movie theatre with her head still on Steve's shoulder who was still sleeping. She glanced around for the time and saw the clock on the wall which read twelve twenty. She threw her head back and sighed. She already knew Tony probably realized she wasn't in her room and is probably hunting her down right this very minute.

She got up quietly and wasn't sure if she should wake Steve up or not but she new she had to get out before Tony found her. She was to exhausted of fighting with him and she knew things would get blown way out of proportion if he saw this. Alex quietly put her shoes on and started making sure all evidence of her would be gone until she heard someone swipe there key card outside of the door. Her heart stopped until Pepper walked in. "Oh my god there you are… Tony has everyone looking for you. He was so upset when you weren't anywhere to be found and got even more mad when he realized Steve was gone to…"

"I figured…" Alex said sighing "Where is he?"

Pepper looked over to the door "On his way here now… I know this is probably as innocent as can b but we need to get Steve out of here or Tony will lose it. One of his toys broke last night and well he is just looking for something or someone to explode on…"

"Steve!" Alex then barked out waking him up "My brother is on his way here now and you need to hide of get out or something because if he sees you he will lose it…"

He nodded and got up "I'll just head back to my room then and…" Just as he started they heard the key card swipe at the only door in the room. "I'll be in there…" He said heading to the bathroom and shutting the door just seconds before Tony walked in.

"Found her…" Pepper said turning to him with a smile "Told you she probably just fell asleep watching a movie or something in here…"

He nodded and looked straight over to Alex "Where is he…"

"Who?" She asked playing clueless.

He frowned "You know exactly who I'm talking about…"

"Oh Steve… I don't know probably in his room… I need to go talk to him. I accidently slept pass dinner and didn't wake up till almost twelve last night. So I just decide to come and watch a movie…" She said sighing and praying to god he didn't see right through her.

He then looked around "So your tell me you…" He then started pointing and counting "Ate seven bags of popcorn last night and eleven boxes of candy by yourself…"

"Uh… Well I watched a lot of movies last night… and you know I'm a snacker…"She said shrugging with a smile "But I'm gonna go change and talk to Steve…"

He just nodded "Well no one knows where he is… Say it wouldn't be any kind of problem say if I needed to use the bathroom…"

Alex heart started beating faster "I um…. I don't see why it would be." Alex could even see yje normally calm and collected Pepper was in panic mode at this point. It seemed like everything slowed down as Tony opened the bathroom door and walked it. They waited for the yelling to start but he just walked out. "Find what you were looking for?"

"Nope but I will…" He said with a smile "Now pepper let's go get some lunch. We'll discuss what really happened later when you decide you wanna be honest."

When he left she took a deep breath and sat down relieved about two minutes later Steve walked out from the bathroom "Hey… So where did you disappear to…"

"The ceiling has tiling. Hid there and held my breath…" He said with a smile. "I had fun last night… And you have very good taste in movie."

She shrugged "What can I say… But I had fun to… But I did not realize how much you ate…" She said laughing "I just don't understand where you put it…" She said joking. He laughed "High metabolism I guess…" They then both picked up everything and cleaned up.

"So I am probably gonna go shower and get dressed… I figure you need to get to the training room." She said as they got ready to part ways.

He nodded "Yeah… I need to get a few other things done today."

"Tonight after dinner do you wanna go for a swim?" She asked as they approached the door. "It's suppose to be a great weather tonight and I love night swims me and Tony would sneak and do it all the time when everyone was sleeping."

He smiled "That sounds great. And hey at least this time I won't be swimming in jeans."

"Hey I was in a dress…" She said laughing. "But I'll see you tonight…" She leaned over and kissed him.

He just smiled and held the door open for her and smiled and watched her as she walked away. Steve went to his room showered and changed and started towards his training room until he had a change of mind. He headed back towards his room but turned and knocked on Tony's door.

Pepper answered smiling "Steve… What a wonderful surprise. How are you?"

"I'm doing well. Is Tony here?" He asked seeming nervous about talking to Tony for the first time ever. Normally Tony never even phased him. Pepper just nodded "Yeah please come on in. He's in the room playing with something… Tony you have a visitor…" She said walking him into the room.

When Steve walked in Tony still had his face glued to the Tablet screen "What do they want…" He then looked up "What's he doing here?"

"I need to talk to you." Steve then said taking a deep breath.

Tony stood up from the bed "What?"

"Its about Alex." He said sighing. "This whole situation with you is becoming very stressful for her…."

He nodded "She said that?"

"She didn't have to." He said maintaining the eye contact.

Tony laughed "Oh so you now just know everything about Alex now because you took her out a couple times? Let's get something straight I don't like you. I don't like you with her. Right now she should be focusing on her life but every time she tries to some pretty boy comes and ruins it all for her and I'm not letting that happen again."

"Tony I don't know what I did or why you think I'm gonna ruin things…" He sighed "I just think it'd be easier on her if you eased of, that's it."

He laughed and shook his head "Not gonna happen. You wanna know why captain? Because you know nothing. I'll let you hear a little story."

"Tony…" Pepper then chimed in knowing what he was about to say "This isn't the time or our place… You're upset. Stop before you do something stupid…" She said worried.

He ignored her and continued "Since you know her so well I'm sure you heard of her ex Taylor right? She met him while she was in school. He was charming and sweet, at first. I only met him once because I just kinda let her do her thing and I kept to myself while she was in school." He sighed "After a year they moved in together and he turned into a drunk and an ass and decide to start beating her."

"Tony… Stop…" Pepper said rubbing her forehead.

He held his hand up to her "She let you in on all of that? She hasn't dated since then and the last thing she needs is to start getting back in there with you. She left school, one which I may add is one of the top schools and one she also had a full ride to. Last thing I need is something to go wrong and her have to start all over again." He then shrugged "So why don't you ease up Romeo."

"Tony. I have no intentions of ever hurting her emotionally let alone physically… I just" Steve started.

He shook his head "I don't care. I want you to leave her alone. Now you should go."

Steve just nodding knowing Tony was done listening "It was good to see you pepper…" She just nodded and walked him to the door. He started heading to Alex's room and approached and heard her playing her music. He just knocked on the door.

Alex opened the door "Hey…" Her hair was a little damp and she was in a pair of jean shorts and a emerald sweater "I thought you were going to training room…"

"I was… I decided I should go talk to your brother though…" He said sighing "It uh… Didn't go well…"

She raised her eyebrow. "What happened?"

"He um… He told me some stuff." He said avoiding eye contact "And he still hates me."

"What did he tell you…" She asked worried. He looked up at her and took a deep breath. "He told me about Taylor… I'm sorry about all of that no one deserves that. But I need you to know I would never…"

Alex then cut him off "He what?" She then walked out of her room slamming the door "Look Steve I know you don't have to tell me but I wasn't ready for you to know any of that… I… I need to go settle this with my brother." She then started walking towards his room a fast space with Steve following trying to calm her down but when she reached the door she knocked as load as she could.

"Hello…" Pepper said opening the door.

Alex barged in "Where is he…"

"The room…" Pepper said knowing how upset Alex was.

She opened the door and ran into the room "I can't believe you!" She said walking towards him.

He acted like he had no idea what was going on "What now?"

Without saying anything else she just walked over and punched him in the face. Tony's nose was bleeding "Ow shit… What the hell is wrong with you?"

"You crossed a line and I'm done. I don't want you to come near me, look at me or talk to me. You are dead to me. That wasn't your business to tell…" She then turned to Pepper "I… I'm gonna go…" She then left the room and saw Steve waiting for her.

He put his hand on her shoulder "Are you okay…"

"No…" She said holding her hand "I think I broke a hand… I need to find Bruce he's a doctor right?"

Steve just nodded "Yeah… Let's go get that looked at…" And started leading her down the hall not knowing what else to say at this point.

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