There I stood, in the middle of Starks living-room. It was gorgeous the way it was, I had no idea why he wanted to change it! I looked around in awe at all the space and perfection of the whole room. The closer I looked at everything, the more I realized it did need a lot of work. It was kind of plain looking but still beautiful nonetheless.

"Hey." a voice came from behind me and I jumped, quickly turning around. It was Stark. He smiled at me and looked over my shoulder at his living space.

"Hi. I was just... you know, checking out the scene." I moved out of his way and stood beside him. I felt the hair on my arms stand on end and could also feel the heat radiating off his body. "May I ask why you want me to change it?"

"I want it to look lived in and comfortable. I can honestly say, at the moment, it looks like it's been abandoned." he answered. I chuckled and nodded in agreement. He pat my shoulder and left the room.

I sat on the quite uncomfortable sofa and shook my head. Men... They never really do care about comfortable furniture, do they? I opened my sketch-book and began to draw sketches of the room. First I would draw the room empty, and add in color and furniture later.

I heard the clacking of high-heels and looked up to see Pepper standing in front of me. She smiled and sat down next to me. She snatched the sketch-book out of my hands and grinned more. I watched as she studied the sketches carefully.

"Wow. You know, I think you're going to make this place look great. Can I help? I can order supplies and everything for you." Pepper said quickly. I blinked, trying to figure out what she just said. Then it hit me.

"Of course. I also need your opinion on some things. What colors does he like and what not?" I asked, secretly taking my sketch-book back.

"Red and gold mostly. He likes black and silver too. As for furniture, it depends on the room. He likes classy furniture and also modern furniture. He just can't make up his mind for the rooms and ends up putting both, which makes the room look... not so great, in my opinion anyway."

"Oh, I can deal with that, no problem." I wrote it down in my note pad and looked around the room again. There was an awkward silence. A couple minutes later, Pepper spoke again.

"Hey, uhm, there's a party tonight. Would you like to come? You can bring Jill with you of course. It's at the Stark tower, top floor."

"Well, I should really be working on my sketches and everything..."

"Aww, come on! It'll be fun, trust me. Better than the last one, mostly because it's going to be less people. Please!" she nudged me and smiled. I sighed.

"Fine, I'll come." Peppers smile grew bigger and she hugged me.

"Great! By the way, I hope we can be good friends!" Pepper got up and left the room.

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I got home around 4:30 and sat at the kitchen table, playing with my cellphone. Jill walked in and opened the fridge, searching for something to snack on. She glanced over at me and frowned. "You look troubled."

"I am. We've been invited to another Stark party. It's tonight at the Stark tower." Jill jumped for joy and danced around the table. I grabbed her quickly and sat her down. "Thanks a lot, now I'm dizzy!"

"Are we going? Or should I say, are YOU going?" she asked. I shrugged and began playing with my cellphone again.

"I told Pepper we would. So I guess we should start getting ready. We do need to be there at 8:30."

"Yay!" Jill got up and danced around the table again. I rolled my eyes and whacked her playfully.

At 5:00, I took a shower and straightened my hair. I added a few curls at the ends and pinned it up a bit at the back. I looked at the clock, 6:00PM. I sighed, I couldn't believe I agreed to go to another one of his parties. I sat in front of my make-up desk and stared into the mirror. Jill walked in all dressed up and ready to go. I looked at her. She looked awesome. I never did quite understand how she got ready so quickly all the time.

I began putting on my make-up carefully and skillfully. I had no idea why I was getting all pretty and wonderful. I had no one to impress. A little voice sounded in my head. "Tony Stark." I glared at my reflection and ignored the voice. I finished my make-up and stood up. I went over to my walk-in closet and sighed. I quickly whisked through all my clothes and growled. I had nothing to wear!

"JILL! I have nothing to wear!" I said, a bit too loudly.

"...Your closet is full of clothes and you're telling me you have nothing to wear? Don't make me come in there Tianna!" she said back, from the other end of the hall. I grinned, deciding to be a brat.

"Jilllllll! I'm serious! I have nothing to wear!" I could hear Jill stomping down the hallway and into my room. She walked over to the closet and pushed me out of the way.

"You're so dead." Jill grabbed the mini step-ladder and used it to reach a dress box that was at the top of the shelves. She opened it and took out the dress, placing it on the rack. She looked at me, then at the dress, and back at me again. "Wear this. You haven't worn it yet."

"But, but..."

"Wear it!"

"Fine, sheesh... Pushy." I unwrapped the dress and held it against my body. I walked out of the closet and placed it neatly on my bed. I turned and looked at Jill. "Do you mind?"

"OH, sorry!" she laughed and left my room, closing the door quietly.

I put the towel that was wrapped around me in the laundry basket and grabbed the dress. I stood in front of the full-length body mirror and put the dress on. I zipped it up in the back and smiled. Why haven't I worn this dress yet? I smoothed out the slight crinkles and twirled around. The dress moved with my body perfectly and swirled around just as good.

It was a deep red color with black on the bottom, made of silk. The dress was strapless, and hugged my curves gracefully. It had a band of diamonds around the chest area and had a slight sparkle to it. It was easy to move in and comfortable.

I went back into my closet and brought out a shoebox. I took out the pair of black 4inch heels with diamond straps. I slid them on and looked in the mirror. I grinned and twirled again. I put on a pair of diamond earrings and a diamond necklace. I thought I looked just as good as Jill did! I grabbed my clutch and car keys, then headed downstairs.

"Jill! You ready to go?" I looked in the living-room to find her watching TV.

"I'm ready. Are YOU finally ready to go?" she shut the TV off and walked over to me. I nodded.

"We'll take my car."

"Great, my car needs gas anyways. Remind me tomorrow!" I shook my head at her. She was always forgetting things.

We locked the house up and went into the garage where we got in my car and headed down the driveway. I looked at the clock on the stereo, 8:00PM. Jill followed my gaze and smiled. "Good timing for once Miss I Take Forever To Get Ready." We chuckled and pulled out, then headed to the party.

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"Tianna!" Pepper greeted me as she opened the door.

"I brought Jill with me."

"Even better!"

We walked into Tony's suite and gasped. It was almost the size of a 1 floor house. It was pretty full, but there was tons of space to walk around. Weirdly enough, his suite looked way better than his living-room did!

Jill nudged me in the rib and pointed over at Tony who was waving at us. I glared at him and looked at her. She had this weird look in her eyes when she saw him. I saw a smile creep up on her face and her eyes twinkled. I figured that's what happened to most of the women who saw him.

Tony walked over to us and smiled. "Good evening ladies." he said and kissed the top of Jills hand, then nodded at me. Jill tried hard to hide to love-sick school girl giggle she let out. I rolled my eyes and looked around for Pepper.

"It's so nice to meet you ." Jill said.

"The pleasure is all mine." he winked at her. I groaned in disgust as Jill giggled again. "Would you like to dance?"

"Of course!" Another giggle. Now I was seriously going to puke.

Tony took Jills hand and led her to where everyone else was dancing as I was just left standing there. Pfft! I slid away from the crowd and sat on a sofa that was seated by the window. Pepper found me and sat down. She handed me a drink and looked over at Tony and Jill, then at me.

"They look cute together." she said and sipped her martini. I mentally scoffed and chugged down my drink.

"I guess so. Thanks for the drink." I smiled at her. I glanced over at Jill and Tony dancing. They turned and Tony looked at me, he smirked. My stomach lurched and I suddenly felt sick. I could feel my body heat rising as the sick feeling got worse.

"Are you alright Tianna? You look a bit ill." Pepper put down her drink and watched me with a concerned look on her face. I grabbed her drink and chugged that one down too.

"I'm fine really. No worries. I just... I need another drink."

"Oh, okay. Well, I'll go get you another one."

"Thanks." Pepper walked off to the bar as I quickly walked to the bathroom.

Once there, I ran to one of the stalls and puked in the toilet. I sighed and slumped over to the sinks. I rinsed my mouth out with water and looked at my reflection. I looked horrible, and that feeling was still in my stomach. A mental image of Tony and Jill ran through my head and I glared, my hands gripping the edge of the sink. What was wrong with me? Was I feeling, actually sick? No... Anger? Kind of. Then I realized what I was truly feeling and experiencing. Jealousy. My eyes widened. Was I truly jealous of Jill and Tony dancing together?

No, I was jealous of Jill dancing with Tony. It took me a while to figure out the difference. Why was I jealous of that? I knew I didn't have feelings for Tony. Jill was my best friend, and she could dance with whoever she wanted. The question kept repeating in my head. Why was I so jealous? I washed my hands and went over to the drier. A vision of Tony smirking at me when he was dancing with Jill appeared. The answer popped into my head. I was jealous because Tony made me jealous on purpose. The smirk proved it!

I growled and walked out of the bathroom to see Pepper walking towards me with a drink in her hand. "There you are! I was looking for you."

"I was in the bathroom."

"I can see that now." she smiled and handed me the drink. I chugged it down once again and smiled back. Time for payback. We walked back into the suite together and stood against the wall.

"Hey Pepper, are there any men here who are single?" I asked. I watched as she named and pointed out the men who were single. I knew two wrongs didn't make a right, but I thought Tony deserved to have done to him what he did to me. I had a feeling he never had a girl make him jealous before anyways, so it technically wasn't THAT bad... Okay it was, but still! Cut me some slack here!

I chose a good looking guy, tall, mexican and the right type of guy to make Tony jealous. I told Pepper who I was going to dance with and sauntered over to him. I walked passed him, close enough that if he moved, he'd bump into me and he did. "Sorry!" he said with a slight mexican accent. Damn. It was kind of sexy! HE was kind of sexy. Now I wished I didn't have a little thing for Spanish.

"Oh, it was my fault. I apologize." I said smoothly. He smiled and held out his hand.

"Well, Princesa, since it was definitely my fault, would you like to dance senorita?" he asked. I smiled and placed my hand in his. He lead me to the dance area and placed his hands on my hips. I placed my hands on his shoulders as a nice Spanish song came on. What a coincidence huh?

While we were dancing, I inconspicuously moved us closer to where Tony and Jill were dancing. Soon enough, we were right next to them. I smiled up at the man and brushed closer against him. "You never did tell me your name." I whispered.

"Oh, my apologies. My name is Carlos, and yours is?"

"Tianna. Carlos is a very sexy name." I looked up at him and smirked.

"Are you flirting with me senorita?" he said and smirked back.

I shrugged. "Maybe."

"Well, if I do say so myself, YOU are very sexy Mami." Carlos dipped me, I looked ahead and saw Tony staring at me. I smiled at him as Carlos brought me back up and spun me around.

A pachanga song came on and the dance area cleared a few people. Tony and Jill continued to dance. I knew Jill couldn't dance to this kind of music and it was quite the sight to see her at least trying to. Tony was a great dancer though, I'll give him that. I brought my gaze back to Carlos and grinned. He looked down at me and spun me out, then brought me back in again.

"Can you do the Pachanga?" Carlos asked.

"Of course. Can you?"

"Si. Would you like to do the Pachanga with me?"

"I wouldn't like to, I'd love to." The smile on his face grew bigger and then I kind of felt bad about using him to get back at Tony.

We started to move quicker, spinning and getting closer together with every dance move. Other people began to spread apart, giving us more room. I was having such a great time and I could tell Carlos was too. We danced and danced, every move perfected. I quickly realized the moves we were doing was from the Dirty Dancing scene where Baby and Johnny were having their last dance. I always liked that song, Time Of My Life. It was a shame that wasn't the song that was playing.

I eventually forgot that I was dancing with Carlos to get back at Tony. Now I was dancing with Carlos, just to dance with him and I was having the time of my life! Tony and Jill had stopped dancing and moved out of the way with everyone else. The others were clapping with the music and rooting for Carlos and I. A lot of them were calling out "Dirty Dancing!" and Carlos would just smile.

The song slowly ended and so did our dance. I was breathless, and everything came back to me. I looked over at Tony and smirked. His facial expression changed from amused to well, not amused. I was satisfied and knew I kicked him where it hurt. He deserved it.

Carlos and I hung out for the rest of the party, Jill came over a few times to check up on us. We got each others phone numbers. The suite was now almost empty, a few people lingered. Tony was chatting with Pepper while Jill was standing there awkwardly. I said goodbye to Carlos and walked over to Jill.

"Time to head out girlie." I said and linked my arm in hers.

"Alright. I was getting kind of bored anyways."

"You guys are leaving?" Pepper asked.

"Yeah, I'm getting kind of tired and it's late. Plus I have to work tomorrow."

"Oh... Have a safe trip home." Pepper said.

"We will, Jill will be driving." I nudged Jill.

"Ah yes, it's bad to drink and drive. Tianna's obviously had a few drinks, considering she was dancing with someone she didn't even know." Tony said, a hint of jealousy in his voice. I glared at him. The air filled with tension.

"The party was fun. I had a great time. Tianna will see you two tomorrow and I'll see you whenever." Jill yanked my arm and pulled me towards the door. I looked back at Tony, only to see an apologetic look on his face. I frowned slightly as we left the suite...