"Oh my, Tianna, they're beautiful!" Pepper said as she sniffed the flowers.
"I'm sorry about how I acted… I was just so upset… But I'm all better now." I smiled at her.
"I'm sorry too. I was scared our friendship was over! I'm glad it's not, I wouldn't be able to cope with living my life without my best friend." Pepper hugged me tightly and then left to go put the flowers in a vase.
"Thanks for helping me pick out the flowers." I said and kissed Tony on the cheek.
"No problem, I'm always here to help out. Are you going to stay here tonight or are you coming back to my place?" Tony said as Pepper came back.
"I'll probably come back to your place. But for now, I'm going to take Pepper out to dinner if that's alright with her." I looked at Pepper and she nodded. "Great!"
"Alright, I should head out sweetheart." Tony said, kissing my forehead. I hugged him goodbye and watched as he left the condo.
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Pepper and I were sitting at one of the tables in the back of the restaurant. She had decided on going to La Premiere, it was a cute French place that had great food. We picked a back table for privacy so we could talk about anything without prying ears listening in on our conversation. We talked about Tony mostly, a lot of people still didn't know he was Iron Man and I didn't want to ruin it for people.
"Why didn't you tell me he was Iron Man?" I asked, taking a bite of my food.
"Tianna, Tony's Iron Man." Pepper said and laughed. I rolled my eyes and laughed with her. "I didn't tell you because you had to find out either on your own, or from him. You would have never believed me anyways."
"I suppose so… I'm glad I know now. It explains so much."
"I have to admit though; he didn't pick the right time to tell you. At least it was in his best interest."
"Mhm, though I was hoping I wouldn't fall for him. He's so wrong for me, we have nothing in common. He's into all that bad boy stuff, and I'm into all that good girl stuff."
"He likes the good girls, to be with for a long time anyway. For his short thrills, he goes for the girls who like men that are quick to drop the fly." Pepper said, sipping her drink right after.
"Is he quick to drop the fly?..." I asked, getting kind of worried.
"Only for his short thrill girls. You have nothing to worry about, he knows you're a keeper and he'll do anything to keep you." Pepper smiled.
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Tony and I had been dating for a month now and I was having the time of my life. We were much into each other and spent time together whenever we could. We worked out our schedules so we both had free time on the same days and what not. Living with him made it all the more easier. I wasn't used to being spoiled so much by a man, or being treated like royalty; taking a limo almost everywhere, or being driven in his Audi R8. Still, I couldn't enjoy life more than I already was.
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The phone rang on Tony's cluttered desk. He groaned and took his feet off the desk, moving papers around trying to figure out where his phone was. He finally found out and answered. "Stark here." he said lowly.
"Tony, it's Pepper. Is Tianna there?"
"No... She left last night to go to Toronto. Didn't she tell you?" he said and took a sip of his drink, putting his feet back up on the desk.
"Oh yeah! I completely forgot that she was going on a business trip. I was hoping to spend time with her today... Oh well, I'm on my way to your place. I'll be there in a couple minutes." Pepper said and hung up.
Tony went back to reading his newspaper. He was intrigued on how people could find things out so easily. He specifically liked it when people wrote articles about him. He turned the page and stared at the headliner. "Stark's New Girl; Could She Be The One?" Tony smirked and read on.
"Stark has been seeming to change his old playboy ways! No more late night flings out of the stables for this stallion. Could it be that his new girlfriend Tianna Bellfair is the reason? We can tell she's bringing out the best in him. But is it going to end quickly like his last relationship with his secretary?" Tony sighed and put the newspaper down.
"Tony?" Pepper called out as she walked down the stairs. Tony looked up and smiled. "Ah, here you are."
"Always, my dear." Tony replied. Pepper looked at all the sketches on the table in the middle of the room. She studied them and raised her eyebrow.
"New suit?"
"It's been the same design for two years. I think it's time for a change." Tony got up off his chair and walked over to Pepper. He looked down at the sketches and sighed.
"There's been a whole lot of change in your life the past months."
"Change can be good sometimes, and this change definitely is. Either that, or I've completely lost my mind." They both laughed.
"You lost your mind years ago." Pepper smirked and patted his shoulder. "But we all like you that way. I have some filing to do, I'll be in my office if you need me." Pepper walked back up the stairs.
The next couple of hours were spent on adding the details to his final sketch. He decided that he would change the colors of this new suit to black and blue. Tony scanned the sketch and it popped up as a holograph. He changed the sketch into a 3D image and took a step back.
"It's coming along nicely, sir." Jarvis said.
"Indeed it is, couple more touches and it'll be ready to start preparing the parts for it." Tony stepped back and added the colors to the image, then made the image bigger. "I'm liking it." He said and grabbed his scotch, then sipped it.
"Shall I begin computerizing it now, sir?" Jarvis asked.
"Yes, also make sure the robots begin making the parts to the suit after."
"Beginning computerization sequence..."
"Thanks bud. Have a good night." Tony poured himself another scotch, then walked up the stairs.
"Good night sir."