A/N: Hmm...After reading the reviews I realized that I didn't explain why Jared was bullied. Firstly I want to make it clear that he wasn't exactly bullied in a bad sort of way. Jared's form of bullying stems from the fact that he gets a lot of unwanted attention from his peers at school and also the press simply because he's the son of Ironman/Tony Stark and the great Pepper Potts. Therefore when a lot of kids start to want to be his friends, especially girls he doesn't like it because Jared is naturally a quiet sort of kid. Anyway, now that's cleared...heres the next chapter... :) enjoy...

She's never loved a man like the way she loves him.

It's the way he's always there for her, always eager to lend a helping hand even if he's exhausted, bruised and bandaged up. It's the way he takes the time between missions, inventions and simply fixing those suits to spend precious hours talking about computers, cars, maths and many other things with Jared.

There were times he was particularly eccentric and times when he was hopelessly romantic. But then there are times that he has stopped her world and stopped her heart with endearing words and memorable gestures. There are times he's made her realize just how blissfully wonderful it is to be completely and utterly in love.

And she would always love him, always find home when she was with him. But sometimes loving him just wasn't enough to forgive him, especially since Jared constantly asked how a baby squeezed out of a tiny hole in her body. If anything, she should have known that leaving it up entirely to Tony was a completely bad idea.

She sighed as she looked plainly at Jared who stared curiously up at her as if patiently awaiting her explanation.

"Well," she started softly as she carefully cooked the eggs for their breakfast. "The part about the baby coming out of a tiny hole is true-"

"But won't that hurt?"

"Yes, but-"

"I'm really glad I'm not a girl."

"Jared," she mustered and threw a sharp look at him, "It isn't all that bad. There's medicine and doctors that make it so that the mother feels no pain."

"But once the pain medicine goes away won't it hurt again? Also, how do you pee? Won't it hurt to pee?"

She sighed as she carefully placed the eggs next to the strips of bacon on Jared's favourite smiley face plate.

"It won't hurt when I pee," she explained as she pushed the plate in front of him. "And I'll be taking so much pain medication that I won't feel a thing."

"I don't like it," Jared mumbled, his brow narrowed as he started eating his bacon and eggs.

She smiled briefly at the childishness and pure innocence of her little Jared.

"You're so much like your father, you know," she mused as she ruffled his hair.

"Uncle Rhodey and Uncle Happy say that all the time," Jared replied shortly between eagerly consuming his breakfast.

"I'm not surprised," she smiled as she sipped on a cup of warm milk.

"But Aunty Natalie always says I get my heart from you, mommy," Jared added.

"Oh, she said that?"

"She said I'm lucky because I have really great parents," he continued with a smile.

"That's nice of her."

"And Declan -"

"Who's Declan?" she asked suddenly; worry streaming through her as she frowned.

"He's one of the guards that follow me around at school," he answered swiftly. "He said I was a good kid."

"Why?"

"Because I gave him some of my lunch."

She blinked at him momentarily before she sighed, "Jared, you know you're not supposed to-"

"But he was hungry, mommy..."

"I'm sure if he was hungry he would have gotten something to eat."

He sighed masterfully and added, "He didn't want to eat it anyway."

"You see-"

"So I ordered him to eat it because I knew he was lying."