Hi everyone. First of all thank you for your critics and reviews.

Thank you to "Terrible" who criticized my work. I liked it very much, because now I know what to change and what to improve. It will help me to try to do it better next time. But I have to tell you once again, that English is not my mother-language and I only learned it for 6 years now and I know my grammar isn't that good.
Well the problem with speak marks is my German keyboard. In Germany it's always below and above. I hadn't figure out how to change it yet, but I'll keep on trying. Promise. :)

Again sorry for any mistakes, I'll try my best to avoid them, but please be nice and understand my problems, too. :)

The ones who know Grey's Anatomy might find some parallels between my solution and an episode in season 3 ;-)

I still don't own anything.

So Tony hurt Pepper very badly. Could she forgive him or did he totally screw up?

Solutions

"Pepper! Fuck it JARVIS. What did I do?"

"You just said to Miss Potts that she's like one of your one-night-stands and threw her out."

"I KNOW!" He yelled at his AI. "What did I do?"

He knew he was incredibly unfair and is behavior was unforgivable. His arc-reactor went dark blue by the thinking about telling the only one he ever cared about, the woman he loves she was just a one-night-stand. She was and meant so much more to him! And now he lost her, because he was such an arse, so unforgivably rude and he hurt her so much.

"Sir, may I suggest, that your arc-reactor slowed down and turned his color." The voice of Jarvis appeared.

Tony just nodded: "I know." He told him. "I know." A tear ran down his face. "I know."

He collapsed at the couch, buried his face in his hands and started to cry. How could he ever live even an hour without her?

Pepper heard or even felt something was wrong. But even if her heart were broken, and damn it he danced on the pieces minutes ago she still cared for him not sure if she can get rid of this feeling someday. She picked up her Blackberry and dialed the number of Rhodey. In Tony's current state she didn't want him to be left alone.

"Hello? Pepper, what's up?" Rhodeys voice was full of worry when he heard her sobbing.

"He is… well we had… I know it's late, but…" She couldn't handle her broken and hurt emotions and went on crying.

"Pepper, where are you? I'll come around."

15 Minutes passed. When Rhodey found Pepper in the corner she was pale as a corpse, her sight away and her face still wet from all the tears. Rhodey tried to help her up and as he touched her she was cold as ice.

"What happened?"

Her eyes was filled with tears again, but she managed to tell him what happened.

After listening Rhodey stood up immediately and glanced down at her.

"He didn't! No way!" He was shocked about what Tony had said to Pepper. Then he realized again how bad she looked. "You have to stand up. You're getting ill!" She shook her head and a tear ran down her face again.

Rhodey liked Pepper a lot not like a lover, more like a brother. He was impressed how she coped with everything over the years and how she kept Tony grounded. But seeing her so hurt by his best friend, made him crazy.

"I'll go and kick his ass, now!"

"No, no please. Maybe just talk." Her voice was quiet and broken.

Rhodey wondered: "You're an incredible woman Pepper Potts. You still defend him even if he breaks your heart."

"Always." Was all that she managed to say.

As Rhodey entered the room he started to yell at Tony, "What the hell did you bloody bastard, son of a… Wow." Cut off by scene which is playing in front of him he stumbled. He couldn't remember any time he saw Tony cry. But there he was, Tony Stark was actually crying!

"Rhodes… I can't, I can't… breath." His reactor was nearly black now only a small glow could be seen.

"What happened with it?" Rhodey pointed at his reactor.

"It's her. She is my life, my reason why this thing," he pointed at his battery, "kept going. And now she's gone. My reason to live is gone. Because… because of me."

"DO you regret?"

"Kidding? I Lo… Like her so much! I regret everything I said!"

"Jesus, Tony. Why can't you just admit that you love her?"

"Because it's so much more than just love! When she is not around I can barely breathe. She the reason I live. Screw the arc-reactor; it's also barely working when she isn't around. She is my incentive. I'd do everything to feel her lips one more time against mine, to smell her sense one more time, to bury my face into her beautiful strawberry hair one more time, to see her beauty one more time, to just look and get lost in her wonderful ocean blue eyes. I'd do everything just to even hear her voice once again. And if something happens to her I'd never forgive myself treated her like this. Screw you! I DO LOVE HER AND I ALWAYS WILL LOVE HER! But she's gone. And it's my fault."

He settled back down on the couch and buried his face in his hands once again, but not for crying, just for to try to stop the pain he feels in his heart and in every nerve in his body.

Pepper, who was still sitting outside, only separated from the two men by an glass-wall she heard Rhodey entering the room next to her and him yelling at Tony. She heard Tony said he regretted his fault, and that she was his life, that he just wanted to see her and hear her voice one more time. And all those things. But what made her cry again was when she heard him say, "Screw you! I DO LOVE HER AND I ALWAYS WILL LOVE HER!"

She finally found her will and courage to put herself up to her feet. With red eyes, ruffled hair and weak knees she made her way through the door. Right then she heard Tony say, "She was never supposed to be just a one-night-stand or just my PA and CEO. She was always so much more! I've never wanted her to feel like one of the 'usual' girls. I need to tell her, buddy."

"Then do it and tell her." Her voice was quiet but strong and steady.

Tony turned around when he registered the voice behind him. His spin was so hard that he struggled, nearly fell and his arc-reactor lit up. She looked at him still angry, but her inside was relived to be back in his presence. So he made his way to her, but stopped before reaching, not sure what he wanted to say. "Hey Pepper…. Listen… I'm eh very sorry… and I… but… no… I mean. .."

'What the hell did she do to me?' He couldn't even think now, because he was afraid to say the wrong things and make her go for ever. 'Oh good, tell her that!'

"Eh, don't know what to say but I don't want to hurt you again, eh ever. So all I can tell you is I am really sorry and I can only excuse myself a billion times. And you are definitely NO one-night-stand. You're all I have you know and all I need. So hi, I'm Tony Stark." He stretched his hand out to shake hers.

'What the fuck is going on with him?', she asked herself.

"What? I know who you are."

"Yeah, well I think we need a restart. So hi, I'm Tony."

She couldn't help but chuckle. That was why she loved him so much. His crazy, lovingly ideas and she nearly had forgiven him before she went through the doors. Hearing what he said to Rhodey and this restart-action made her heart melting inside of her. Facing her Tony stood there his expecting sight glued to her face. Her laugh was music in his ears. It seemed like hours went through when she eventually took his hand and smiling the smallest of all smiles: „Hi, I'm Virginia Potts."

Hope it's better now with the speak marks. :)

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