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At the Stark Mansion
"Tony?" Peppers voice seemed so close and yet so far. He didn't expect her to come. It's been a very long day. Too long for his taste. Now he was ready to have some dinner and work in the workshop. That was before he heard her sweet voice calling his name.
"I'm in the living room." He called back and looked at the table. There were like 30 to 40 boxes of Chinese food. He had ordered them like half an hour ago. Not for him alone. For him and Sebastian.
"There you are. Hey T… whoa that is a lot of food." Pepper grinned wide. She knew Tony for such a long time and she knew his son since his first footsteps. And she knew the Stark men would eat a lot of food, but this was more food than anyone could eat. She was quite amused about it. Tony always ordered too much food. That was so him.
"Yeah. I ordered it for Sebastian and me. You know, try being a cool dad and all. Figures Sebastian already had plans which excluded his old dad." He smiled. He wasn't mad at his son. Why should he? They hardly spent time together. It was nothing to worry about. They just had their own lifes. Tony should have asked earlier. He ordered food and asked Sebastian to join him. Now his son was on a date with some girl from his school. Tony liked the idea his son got his good looks from him.
"And now you're eating this all alone? You gonna explode Tony!" she tried to fake a professional tone. She couldn't help but laugh. Tony could survive a week or two with this food. It was too much for his own good.
"Well no. I've company. A lovely lady will have dinner with me." He smiled at her and she felt so dumb. Of course he was having plans with a woman. He always had. Tony Stark was not a loner. What was she thinking? She should go now before this woman arrives. Otherwise it would get really embarrassing. At least for her.
"That's very nice." She said. Tony looked at her. Damn she was gorgeous. No one else could look this gorgeous in a suit. Her long were like forever and her high heels were really high. Sometimes he wondered how women could even walk 5 minutes on those shoes. They looked really uncomfortable. "Nice high heels. Are they any comfortable?" He had had to ask it. Women were always smiling and telling that those heels were sooo comfy, but in his mind it never made sense.
"Not at all." She answered quicker than she could even think. It was an honest answer and he gave her a smirk. She could be so cute sometimes. He liked the fact that she was an honest person. He liked honestly. Maybe he liked it so much, because many people in his life have betrayed him. You never knew who to trust. He couldn't read someone else's mind. It was a risk letting new people be a part of your company or your personal life. He had learned it the hard way. The had learned when he saw his son for the first time in his dirty baby blanket and his mum who didn't care enough to raise him by her own. He had learned in Afghanistan. People were bad, but Pepper Potts wasn't one of those bad persons. Pepper was good. She was a good person.
"Well, then it's time to get rid of them. Eating Chinese on the couch is way more comfy without high heels on." He laughed at her confused look. Didn't she get it? This was one of the things that amused him from time to time. Her confused look.
"I don't understand…" she said and her cheeks flushed a little bit. It suited her so well. God, she looked awesome. Little did she know what he was up to.
"Well, you're having dinner with me and since Chinese food should be consumed while sitting on a couch you should get rid of those uncomfortable high heels." He explained her slowly, like she was dumb. She didn't know what to say. She couldn't do it. She couldn't have dinner with her boss. Of course they had had dinner before, but mostly in restaurant or at the kitchen counter. She couldn't sit there, without high heels with her feet on the couch and have some kind of fast food with him. It was unprofessional.
"Stop thinking, just to it." He ordered. He knew what she was thinking about. She thought of whether she should do it or not. It was easy to read her mind sometimes. She always thought too much instead of enjoying her life. "Come on Pepper. You have to eat dinner with me. Otherwise I would be alone and maybe lonely. We wouldn't want that, would we?" he asked and gently pushed her to the couch. He would force her if he needed to. It was just dinner. It wasn't something illegal or dangerous.
"Okay, but only because you can't eat this all by yourself and my feet are killing me." She gave in and took of her shoes. Soon she was way smaller than usually. These shoes were so very high. She sat down on the couch and Tony handed her a box of god know what. She wasn't that picky with food. She liked a lot of stuff. Though she tried to live healthy. It wasn't easy with Tony around. He always had chocolate and fast food and all the unhealthy stuff you could dream of.
They spent about two hours just eating and laughing. Sometimes they try to guess what they were eating. It wasn't easy. And of course Tony didn't remember what he ordered. Pepper didn't think he looked at the menu at all. He simply ordered some numbers. He was a little crazy. He had a lot of money so he didn't care if he liked something or not. He was rich. Richer than anyone else on this planet and he loved being rich. He liked to show people how rich he was with his private jet and his cars. He had it good. God knew he had worked hard for it. He was a genius.
While they were sitting together they got closer and closer. Pepper didn't realise it until he was so close she could smell his perfume. It made her knees go weak and she was thankful she sat on this couch. It wasn't so obvious this way. "I want you to know…" she started, but stopped when his face moved closer of hers. "Yeah?" he asked, but she wasn't going to tell what was on her mind. Not with his mouth so close to hers. She always wondered how his mouth would taste. How soft his lips were. She knew she shouldn't do it. She shouldn't kiss her boss. It was a No-Go, but she couldn't resist. And soon she felt his lips on hers. Is lips were even softer than she imagined. It felt so right and so wrong at the same time. She laid her arms around his neck as he pulled her closer to her. She was about to open her mouth, when JARVIS spoke. Damn this A.I.
"Sir, Mr Rhodes is on the phone. He said it is very urgent."
Rhodey had a really great timing. How could he ruin this special moment. Tony looked into her eyes and whispered. "I gotta take it. He didn't call this late without something important." He knew he would regret not kissing her again. But Rhodey was his best friend and when Rhodey said it was important then it was important. "Hey Rhodey. What's going on?" he asked his friend. JARVIS had put him through by now. Now Tony was a bit curious what Rhodey had to tell. "Hey man. Sorry to call this late, but is Emma with Sebastian? Do you know that? I called her like 9 times now and she isn't picking up her phone. She had a curfew at 10 pm and now it's almost 20 minutes till midnight. I'm a bit worried and I thought I should give it a try and ask if she is at your place." Rhodey sounded more than just a bit worried. Tony knew his friend. When it came to Emma Rhodey tried to do his best to protect his little girl. And it was not like Emma to ignore her dads call. "Sorry man. Sebastian is out with some random girl. Haven't seen your princess for a while." He was really sorry he couldn't help. God help if anything happened to this girl. "Well, okay. Sorry for the call. I'll see you around. Good night." With that, Rhodey hang up.
Pepper watched Tony. She knew her boss had a soft spot for this girl. And she knew he couldn't sit around doing nothing. "You want to search for her, don't you?" she asked him softly. It was the last thing on her mind to leave him, but she knew he couldn't stop thinking about Emma until she got home. "Am I that obvious?" he asked and she smiled. He wasn't obvious, but she knew him way too good. "I should go and you should search for her." She said goodbye, kissing his cheek. He wished she would chose his mouth instead, but she wasn't that forward.
On the streets
He ahs searched for nearly an hour now and still no sign of Emma. Damn where was this girl? Was she able to make herself invisible? Did he miss that fact about her? He could be home with Pepper doing naughty things to her, but no. He was searching for a girl that probably parties too hard and didn't hear her cell phone because of the loud noise around her. He was 16 where else should she be?
He drove down the street along the cemetery when he saw her car. What was she doing here? Was she out of her mind? He parked his car and walked the cemetery down. It took him a while to find her. She was sitting by a grave all dressed up. "Shouldn't you be partying and taking drugs?" he asked her and he could see her frighten. "Geez you scared me Tony!" she said and didn't bother to look up again. "Your dad is so worried kiddo. What are you doing here?" he asked and sat next to her. Sometimes it was better to have a son. Sebastian may not cause him that much trouble. "Oh, I have my cell phone off. Today … today is the 9th anniversary of her death. Did you know that?" she asked and tears were running down her cheeks. "No sweety, I didn't know that." He felt bad. How could he forget about it? Did Rhodey mention it? "Dad acts like it is a normal day. How can he act like this? Doesn't he miss her? I miss her so much Tony. I miss her so damn much." She cried and he felt helpless. Should he give her a hug? Would that make anything better? He decided to give it a try and hugged her. She felt so small in his arms. Has she loosed some weight? He remembered times when she was around every day. Nowadays he hardly saw her. "I think it's hard for him too. He loved your mum." He didn't know what to tell her. He didn't know a thing about Rhodeys feelings for his wife. He could imagine Rhodey wanted to be strong for Emma. It was the wrong idea. It didn't work out. He wrote Rhodey a message. I found her. I'll bring her home as soon as possible.
It was rather cold here and she wore nothing but a summer dress. "It's cold here. Let's get you to the car." He as surprised how soft his voice sounded. He stood up and helped her. "Bye mum. I'll come again soon. I promise." She said and he still had an arm around her shoulders and led her to the exit. "Weren't you scared all alone here?" he asked. It was brave to walk around a cemetery at night. It was really dark. Emma was weird sometimes, but he liked her anyway. Emma was also very honest. He liked that about her. "I'll drive you home. You can get your car tomorrow." He ordered and she nodded silently.
His mind wandered to Pepper. Was she sleeping by now? What was she wearing? Would she kiss him again? He hoped she would kiss him again. Her lips felt so good. He could only imagine how the rest to her body felt. Uh his dirty mind. He couldn't help it. He drove Emma home quietly while his thoughts were all about Pepper. "You alright kiddo?" he asked her and she nodded again. It was scaring him a little. Most of the times she talked and talked and now she was so quiet. He hoped Rhodey wasn't that mad at her. She just needed some time alone. He knew this.
As soon as they arrived at the house, Rhodey basically stormed out and hugged her. No, Rhodey wasn't mad. He was relived nothing happened to her. "I'm sorry daddy." He heard Emma say. He waved good bye. Should he call Pepper? She was probably sleeping. He shouldn't wake her.