Pepper had gone to the mall with Virgil, Amy and Paige so they could pick out wedding dresses. Pepper and Paige were there to pick out their own dresses to wear to the wedding, and Virgil and Amy for their tux/wedding dress. Virgil planned to meet his brother, who was his best man, and Amy was meeting co-workers so she could pick out a dress that was ideal for hiding assassin weapons and surveillance cameras; and to lay out Amy's plan of action regarding how she was going to kill Virgil.

Pepper and Paige were in a store looking at their selection of dresses and trying them on. Paige, new to the trio, was curious.

"Hey, Pepper?" She asked.

"Yeah?"

"How would I…impress Rhodey? Like, what kind of girls does he like?" She asked.

"Well, I can't be exactly sure, but Rhodey likes a girl who can be herself around him. Don't be so shy, and be absolutely, one-hundred percent yourself around him. I'm pretty sure that if you just be yourself, you guys will be soo good together." Pepper explained.

"How did you do it? How did you know you and Tony would be so good together?" Paige asked.

"Tony and I...we're…well, we kind of clicked, from the beginning. We kinda knew from the start that we were going to be good friends, at the least. You have to know that with Rhodey, you have to know you'll get along like a married couple. You just gotta know, I can't really explain it that well." Pepper explained. Paige was still very nervous about next weekend.

"I don't know, will you help me Saturday? Make sure I don't mess up?" Paige asked.

"Aw, come on Paige, just be yourself and you'll be fine. I promise." Pepper insisted. She could see the nervous look in Paige's face as she tried on a grey dress with pink lacing around the bottom of the skirt and on the thin spaghetti-straps.

"That one is pretty. You should go with that." Pepper commented.

"You think so?" Pepper nodded with a sincere smile.

"Yeah. It's so pretty on you." Paige shrugged and hung it on the wall next to her to consider, trying on the next dress.

~…~

A week passed, and the Saturday of the wedding finally came. Tony was driving the four of them to the wedding chapel. They had already picked Paige up (allowing Rhodey to have a moment to drool), and they were going to pick Pepper up next.

They arrived at her apartment building, parking the car out front before he went up to knock on her door.

Once she opened the door, however, it was Tony's turn to drool. Pepper had put on a spaghetti-strap dress in a lighter shade of pink. It had white lacing around the waist line that separated the top from the skirt and lined the bottom edge of the skirt. She had her hair curled at a salon, and put into a bun with a flower sitting atop it to match. A few stray, short stands hung beside her face. Her cheeks were ever so lightly decorated with light pink blush, and her eyes with a perfect amount of mascara and a very, very transparent white eye shadow. (Nearly transparent, to the point where you almost can't tell it's there). It was almost as if there was a ray of sunshine hitting her at the back, and reflecting all around her, creating a glow. It made him nervous, he wasn't going to lie.

"Oh, hey guys! Ready to go?" She said cheerily, grabbing her white cardigan before she closed her apartment door behind her.

"Do I look okay?" Pepper asked on their way back to the car. Tony chuckled nervously and grabbed her hand.

"I've never seen anyone more beautiful in my life." Tony answered. Pepper giggled, flattered.

"Thank you, Tony, that's very sweet of you to say." She said, kissing his cheek.

When the four of them arrived at the wedding chapel, Pepper wanted to check on her father while Tony, Rhodey and Paige went to find seats for the four of them and see who else was attending.

~…~

Pepper knocked on the door before poking her head in to the room.

"Dad? Can we talk?" She asked.

"Sure, honey, what's up?" Virgil responded as he tightened his bowtie in the mirror. Pepper stepped into the room, closing the door behind her.

"Look, I'm…I'm not going to stop you from marrying Amy, but I just…there's not a chance you'd believe me when I say she absolutely hates me, is there? I mean, she told me she's going to send me off to boarding school." Pepper asked.

"Oh, Pepper, even if she did say that, I'm sure she was just kidding. She doesn't hate you, she told me so."

"She openly told you she likes me?" Pepper asked, arms crossed in disbelief.

"I asked out of curiosity, and she said yes." Virgil explained. He placed a hand on her shoulder, in a way to try and reassure her.

"Look, honey, I know this is all happening very suddenly, but Amy and I are very happy together. I know you're scared about all this, but it's all going to work itself out soon. And Amy's not a bad person, I promise."

Pepper, however, still wasn't very sure about that.

~…~

It was finally time for the wedding to start, so Tony held out his hand for Pepper to take, and led her to their seats. Pepper, although upset by the union of her nice, caring, affectionate father to a ruthless, black-hole-where-her-heart-should-be, cold woman, smiled and followed him to their seats, her hand comfortably in his. Though she had much to worry about, she knew that in any instant Tony could take those worries away. She didn't know how he did that, but as long as he kept doing it, she was perfectly fine with that mystery.

The priest started reciting the wedding vows, and as they listened, Pepper caught a glance of Tony sitting next to her. The stained-glass window was right by their pew, so the light coming in through it shone on his ebony-colored head. Pepper smiled and wrapped her hand in his once more. Tony glanced over at her, and suddenly something came over him that he hadn't expected. He couldn't take her eyes off of her and a warm feeling overwhelmed him. He felt like he never wanted to leave her, ever, like he needed her in his life to feel complete.

"You okay?" He mouthed. Pepper nodded and smiled. They turned back to the ceremony, Pepper resting her head on his shoulder. Tony leaned over and whispered something into hear ear.

"I love you, Pep." Pepper smiled.

"I love you too, Tony." She whispered back.

~…~

After the ceremony, the crowd went into the dining room at the hotel they had rented out as their wedding spot for the reception. There was a live band playing upbeat songs, and most of the guests had joined in the dancing and festivities, including Rhodey and Paige. Pepper wanted to say hello to a few of her family members that she hadn't seen in a long time, dragging Tony with her so she could introduce him to her family.

"Hey, Aunt Gracie! How are you?" Pepper said as she approached a tall, brown-haired woman.

"Pepper! Heya there, kiddo! Haven't seen you since you guys moved to the big city! How is it?" The lady asked.

"It's great! I LOVE my new school, and my friends are awesome!" Pepper replied. "Speaking of, I wanted you to meet my boyfriend, Tony. Tony, say hello." Pepper explained, elbowing Tony to get his attention, who had zoned out of the conversation when he got a minor alert on his phone that Unicorn and Killer Shrike could be spotted exchanging money for some weapons with Mr. Fix, but they were minor weapons such as shotguns (compared to if they were buying hand grenades, machine guns or more advanced weaponry). He had just pushed it off into the 'check out later' pile.

"Hm? Oh, hi. Tony Stark." He said, shaking hands with Pepper's aunt.

"Nice to meet you, young man. Have you been treating miss Pepper here right?" She asked, giving Tony a look that made him nervous.

"Y-yes, ma'am…" He answered, rubbing the back of his neck nervously. Pepper giggled.

"Don't worry, Aunt Grace, he's a great guy." Pepper said, patting Tony's back with a smile.

"Well, I'm gonna go say hey to grandma and grandpa, I'll talk to you later!" Pepper said, dragging Tony towards her grandparents.

"Well, it was nice meeting you Tony," She called after Tony. Tony waved back to her before he was pulled to Pepper's grandparents, who pinched his cheeks to no end. Tony groaned to himself in irritation, considering he hadn't dealt with aunts, uncles, cousins or grandparents in a very, very long time (or in some cases, at all), and being honest with himself, it was something to get used to.

But for Pepper, anything was worth it.

Hey! Check out what I saw on my FB news feed! It's about new episodes at the end of the month :3

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If that still doesn't appear, then just copy the last line and go to Marvel's Toonzone. There's also a link to it on the IM:AA fan page on Facebook. It's also on Wikipedia :3