She had been basically forced out of her apartment the next day to go to work by Jordan. He had barged into her apartment because Cecilia had allow him in, she loved it when Uncle Jordan came over, walked right past the sleeping James, straight into Robin's bedroom, and jumped directly on top of her, making the sleeping girl scream like a mad woman. One of these days she was going to kill her best friend, either out of fright or anger, but she knew that one of these days that boy would be dead and it would be her fault. She pushed him off of her and tried to kick him off of the bed as she pulled her blanket all the way up to her neck, feeling exposed.
" Girl, you know that you don't have to cover up around me, it's not like I haven't seen it all before. Besides I like that little baby doll that you have on!" Jordan smiled as he peered over the blanket.
" It's not cause of you." Robin sighed as she looked to the door and within a second James nearly knocked the door down as he ran in.
" I heard you screaming, are you alright?" He asked, his hair in a tangled mess and his eyes bewildered. She had woken him up with her screams, he also wasn't wearing a shirt. That was something new.
" Well hello there." Jordan said with a cute wave as he did not hide the fact that he was looking James up and down.
" Jordan this is James, James this is Jordan, don't get too close to him, he will feel every muscle on your body." Robin yawned as she burrowed her face back into her pillows.
" That was only once and it was cause he was so muscely, like it was just something that comes out a dream! He was so dreamy." Robin chuckled, she could already tell that James must have felt uncomfortable.
" Yes, he is always like this, you kind of grow to love it, or live with it at least." Robin groaned from the pillow as Jordan started bouncing on the bed, she was not getting back to sleep.
" How is it that Robin always find to most attractive and interesting guys out there? And from what I have heard, you're a white knight too." Jordan stated as Robin flung a pillow at her friend.
" Do not bug him, Jordan. He's so not switching sides for you, do not even try." Robin mumbled as she pushed herself up from the bed, allowing most of her brown hair to stay in front of her face.
" Listen to her, marking her territory. Won't even let a guy try, she's so mean like that sometimes." Jordan said with his normal sassy tone coming back finally as he looked back to his friend and jumped. " Girl you look like you just came out of The Grudge, now common, we have got to get you ready for the day."
" I am so not leaving this bed for another hour and a half and if you try and make me I will rip off your leg and throw it out the window." Robin hissed as she tried to keep her eyes opened.
" I doubt that you man would allow you to do that." Jordan said and she could see him looking back at James, who was leaning up against her door frame.
" I am not going to get involved." James said as he placed his hands up in the air.
" And he's not my man." Robin mumbled as she pulled her hair out of her face. " If you tell me that it is before I am going to feed you to a pack of wolves." She sighed as she pulled herself out of bed, not even caring anymore about James being in the room as she walked to her closet.
" She has not sense of class first thing in the morning." Jordan said, almost apologizing to James.
" Where is she going?" Robin asked, already knowing that Jordan knew what she meant.
" Some big time meeting, she told me not to call you up, but you know how she gets. Pepper hates to travel alone, she even asked me to go with her this time around." Jordan said from his place on the bed.
" Christ, I guess this is a good thing that you came and got me then." Robin said from within her closet.
" It's a, you are going to be there but you are not allowed to go into the meeting, type of meeting." Jordan stated.
" Oh man, I hate those." Robin sighed as she pulled out a dark blue dress, her leather jacket, and some heels that made her a half a foot taller, getting changed in the closet. " Do you know if Tony's gonna be there too?"
" Yep, meaning that you get to have a peaceful care ride there with the two of them." Robin could almost feel him rolling his eyes.
" That also means that I have to deal with Happy." It was Robin who rolled her eyes this time, though she liked Happy, he was a little too into his job for her liking.
" Yeah, that boy really needs to get laid." Jordan said as Robin through her night outfit out of the closet door. " Look at you girl, you looking all healthy finally! You finally have gotten some meat of them bones, you know how a straight man loves his meat." Jordan said, making Robin bust out laughing from within the closet as she slipped on her clothing.
" Do you two do this often?" James asked, Robin could hear the entertainment that he was getting from Jordan.
" At least three times a week he comes over and they do this. I do not know how this family as not been arrested yet." Simon sighed, entering the room as Robin came out in her business outfit. " Wow, you are actually going to work today. I'm shocked." Simon said in his normal snarky tone.
" Shut up." Robin hissed as she went to the mirror, pulling out a small pair of hoop earrings and starting to put them into her ears. " Did you get your paper done last night?"
" Yep, the dishes are in the washer, all of the dirty clothes are in the hamper, and it's Tuesday." Simon stated at the end as Robin felt herself drop. It was Tuesday.
Tuesday was the day where Robin would take Simon and Cecilia to the park after work. It was the one day where she would try her hardest to get out before the sun went down. Both of the kids would get all of their work done before Robin would get home and as soon as she was out of her work clothes, they would be off. Simon would show off all of his tricks to his sisters and they would rate all of his different moves. Cecilia always rated him way to easily and Robin tried to play fair and would give him a more normal score. It was one of her favorite times of the week, just being out as a family. They would sometimes run around the playground, playing tag or they would all play on the swings together. Sometimes Simon would ever manage to get Robin on the skateboard, trying to teach her the basics of just balancing on the board while Cecilia would be rolling on the grass, laughing until she could not laugh anymore, the only time that Robin had any balance was in high hells, and then sometimes she still managed to trip and fall on her face. They would stay at the park until the sun had set long ago and would end up eating at some little restaurant.
" Oh crap. I'll try to be out of work by five so that we can all go to the park together." Robin said as Simon just looked hopeful. " Now make sure that your sisters makes it to school on time today. And not by making her hold onto you and skateboarding her there!"
" Yeah, yeah." Simon said as he held out his fist and Robin bumped it as her sister ran in, her Iron Man backpack hanging off of her back.
" Love you, Miss Cecilia. Have a good day at school." Robin said as she bent down and gave her sister a kiss on the cheek and a tight hug. Cecilia then went to Jordan, jumping into his lap and giving him a big hug, and then going to James and hugging his knees tightly before running out of the room.
" Man that little girl can brighten up even the worst of days." Jordan smiled before he pulled his friend onto her bed before going and picking up her make-up bag. " Now lets make you look more, professional, little bird."
" I hate looking professional." Robin sighed.
When Jordan did up her make-up, it could make her look like anything. Jordan was one of the best in the business, he could make you into anything that your heart dreamed of. He should have been working in the modeling business where they began, but where Robin went, she was bound to follow him. He covered up her wound with a band-aid before covering it up with a thousand different things, making it seem like it was not even there, and then actually started up with the rest of her face, taking all of ten minutes to transform her from looking like the girl from The Grudge to a business woman. Jordan was one of the reasons, besides the threat from her parents old boss, that she had even gotten a job working at Stark Industries in the first place. He curled her hair just a smidge, giving her volume, and then put a little red lipstick on her lips, calling her a masterpiece. Robin got up from the bed, looked at herself in the mirror before looking at James, who was still standing at the door frame.
" So, how do I look?" She asked with a small smile on her face.
" You look stunning, in or out of make-up." James said with a faint smile on his face.
" Man that boy is good. I wish we could stay, I'd love to see where this show would take the three of us, but she's got some work to get off to do. But if you want, I could always come back for you in a bit-"
" No, no, and no. I do not need to find him finding under my bed because you have scared him." Robin hissed.
" You see what I mean?! Marking her territory!" Jordan chuckled as he left the room, strutting towards the door.
" I should only be gone till two, I'll be back before the kids even get here. Maybe we could watch a movie or something when I get back? What's your favorite movie?" Robin asked, standing in front of the man in her heels she was still shorted than him.
" I. . . I don't think that I have seen a whole movie before." James said, looking to the ground, Robin was shocked by this.
" Not Rocky? Die Hard? The Little Mermaid?!" To each movie the man just shook this head. " We are so going to have to start with the Disney movies, you have not have a childhood until you know every line to Mulan. After the kids go to sleep tonight, you and me are having a movie night."
" I'll so make a man outta him!" Jordan yelled from the doorway.
" I better be a girl worth fighting for!" Robin called back, now knowing that James did not understand what they were saying.
" A movie night sounds nice." James smiled.
" That was not a question. We're having one." She stated as she moved in lightly and gave him a small kiss on the cheek. " And Jordan's right you know, you do look pretty dreamy without a shirt on." She whispered into his ear, leaving the man stunned in the doorway as she walked away from him. " I'll be back before two!"
Robin found herself texting Jordan, sitting in the waiting area, while Pepper and Tony did their thing from within the meeting. Jordan was getting all of these different movies from his grandmother's house for her and James to watch. He was getting all of the different types of movies from The Lion King to The Conjuring anything and everything that boy could think up he was bringing to her. She was still in a little bit of shock, thinking that James had never ever seen a movie before in her life and she wondered which ones he would like and which ones he would not, though she knew that if he did not like the Disney movies, that she would have to kick him to the curb. She just sat in the small area that she was in, Happy sitting beside of her, telling her that she should have her badge out ever five minutes, and wanting to get back to James as soon as possible that, and getting away from Happy. She still liked the guy, but at times she wanted to punch him in the face until he shut the hell up.
" You know you should really-"
" If the word 'badge' comes out of your mouth one more time I swear to god that I will shove it so far down your throat that all you will have to do is place your stomach against the security checkpoints and it will allow you through. Please Happy, for your own safety and me not going to jail, do not say it again." Robin hissed, looking down to her phone at the time, it was already 1:45
" I don't know, I think that that would be rather entertaining." Tony Stark said, making her jump from her seat.
" Mr. Stark, Pepper! How did it go?" She asked as she started to gather all of her things.
" Boring." Tony stated as he started to walk once again.
" It went well is what he is trying to say." Pepper said, looking to Robin and gently touching her face. " Jordan did a really good job with your face, though I can tell it's still pretty swollen, are you sure that you do not want to go and get it checked?"
" Nah, it just kind of hurts like a mother, but besides that there's no infection, I'm five by five." Robin nodded as they walked to the elevator, waiting beside of Tony and Happy.
" So what happened to your face, anyway?" Tony asked, pointed to the exact spot.
" Tony!" Pepper yelled, offended that he would ask.
" Got into a knife fight with some gangsters, got a little dinged up." Robin shrugged, acting as if it did not bother her too much.
" Have I ever mentioned how much I like you?" Tony asked with his normal charisma.
" No, Mr. Stark, I do not think that you have." Robin said, holding back a smile.
" You're a keeper, she's a keeper Potts." Tony stated as Pepper just rolled her eyes.
" So how did your date go?" Pepper asked with a smile.
" I'm going back to it right now." Robin said with a wink, knowing that her boss had nothing else for her.
" Well we will drop you off at your apartment building then! We do not want you having to fight off anymore people with knives." Pepper said as she lightly pulled the girl into the elevator, refusing to head anything else from her.
Robin felt odd. Being driven around by someone that had more money than Robin could dream about, but for some odd reason, Tony Stark refused to be driven around. Though he had someone to drive me all around, he refused to be driven around and just ended up always driving the driver around. Robin felt like a kid being dropped off by her dad outside of school, embarrassed and annoyed because she as now officially late. The kids were going to be home any minute and who knows if James knew how to many food- he didn't know much about anything so she really did not know when it came to that man – and was worried that her entire apartment building was going to be up in flames. Her and Pepper were sitting in the backseat when they pulled up and she found that Simon and Cecilia were just getting home from school when Tony pulled up to the curb, she could already see Cecilia's face light up like a Christmas tree as her sister got out of the car, running to the car and peeking her head up to the window to look inside.
" Robin! Is this your little sister?!" Pepper asked as she got out of the car and knelt down beside of Cecilia.
" Yeah, Celie, this is my boss, Pepper Potts, and Pepper this is my little sister Cecilia. Over there is my brother Simon." Robin nodded towards the doorway to her brother. Robin shook Cecilia's hand, Cecilia looked like she could not exploded in excitement.
" My birthday is in three 'eeks. I'm going to be six!" Cecilia said more towards the car than to Pepper. " You 'anna know 'hat the theme of the party is?" She asked, this time to Pepper.
" What's the theme of the party?" Pepper asked, she really seemed to be interested in what Cecilia was saying.
" The Avengers! Everyone is going to dress up as superheros and. . . and it is going to be really fun! And. . . and. . . ell, could you and. . . and Iron Man come?" Cecilia asked giving that cute little girl look that she was able to do so well to Pepper.
" Cecilia! Mr. Stark and Pepper have a very busy schedule! I doubt that they would have time to come to a birthday party with such little time to plan it out. I am so sorry Pepper." Robin said, hoping that she would not lose her job over something like that. She placed her arm around her sister's shoulder.
" No! We would love to come to your party! I think we will be able to work it out, maybe I can even convince Tony to call up some of the other Avengers to come to the party too, would that be okay?" Pepper asked to Cecilia.
" Oh yeah!" Cecilia said nearly jumping out of her shoes, which she never tired tight enough.
" You would really do that? Thank you so much Pepper! I promise that I am going to make this up to you, I swear to-"
" Do not worry about it, Robin. For everything that you have done for me and for Tony, it is the least that we can repay you with. Besides, if it makes her happy, than it is worth it in the end. You have been an amazing worker for me." Pepper said with a smiled as she waved to Cecilia. " Work from here for the rest of the week. You still have some paid time off, take next week off too to plan out the party! If anything too bad happens, you know that you will get a wake-up call from Jordan." Pepper said as she got back into the car, Cecilia waving to Tony.
" Thank you Pepper. You are amazing." Robin said as she pulled her sister from the curb and walked into the apartment building, her sister going a mile a minute.
She had gotten them to do their homework before they left. She was allowed to take off her make-up and work clothes, making her feel a little more human as they walked down the streets. Everyone seems happy and Robin even caught James smiling a few times when he was with Simon. Though she doubted that Simon would ever say it, she even started to think that they were becoming friends in a way, he was at least accepting that there was going to be another man in the house and that he was not going to be able to stop it, which made Robin happy. Simon decided that he was going to try out some moves, he had already shown the three of them all of the new moves he had learned from the last time that they had come to the park, and now he was off trying out something else, inviting James to come along as well. Robin gave him a wave, telling him to go off and have some fun with her little brother and Robin and Cecilia went to the swings.
After pushing Cecilia off, she placed herself on the swing beside of her sister and started to push herself off. She felt like a kid again when she as able to do this, to swing until her legs hurt and try to reach the slide. Her and her sister would have a competition of who could get the highest, she would always allow Cecilia to win because she was worried if her little sister were to go too high that she would let go and hurt herself. The wind was starting to pick up, it was becoming dusk, and she could feel the wind blowing at her hair as she went higher and higher, she even started to laugh a bit because of the butterflies she got in her stomach. She slowed down to find that her brother was running towards her, waving his arms frantically, screaming for the two of them, trying to help James walk. Something was wrong and she could feel her heart drop as she jumped from the swing and started racing towards the two of them.