Tony:

Tony woke up unusually early on Sunday to the sun just barely picking out of the clouds. He tossed and turned but just couldn't get back to sleep so he did the only thing he knew how to do- he created. He was building a suit that would conform to everything he thought, it would just be like an extra pair of cloths; that would of course shield him from bullets and shoot mini missals not to mention that he would be able to fly. Everyone, even his father said that it was impossible and that it couldn't be done; Tony didn't believe in such limits. If you could think of it, and have the resources to build it then anything was able to be created.

He wired some things in the arm part of his suit that would ultimately be able to shoot a surge of electricity out and it would be so concentrated that it would stay on target and would not out the enemy and if he wanted to kill them. He screwed the last bolt in and moved his arm around.

"Test One, arm phasers." He said into his room. He knew Jarvis was taking not and he had a camera recording so he could work on it later. "In three, two, one." He counted down and flexed his palm and aimed at a mirror in his room. It started as a high pitch sound and then he felt a sudden push against his arm and saw a bluish white light shooting out of his palm. It hit the mirror and it automatically shattered. Tony relaxed his palm and the light seceded. He couldn't help but laugh. "One part done," he smiled. "Only about 30 others to create." He took it off and set it down in a drawer with foam to keep the weapon safe. He checked his phone and was surprised to see a text message from Natasha. Also known as Nat with an emoji of a gun and a winkey face by her name, (she had insisted on it).

Nat: You have to talk to Pepper, now Tony. Tony groaned at her command.

Tony: Not now Nat I'm in the middle of something important

Nat: If you mean working on that suit of yours that is not more important than Pepper!

Tony: Nat, god, it's just a very delicate situation. I'm just giving her some room to cool down and I'll talk to her tomorrow at school.

Nat: No, not tomorrow, now.

Tony: She probably doesn't even want to see me much less talk to me.

Nat: Tony, as her best friend I can tell you that she probably does want to talk to you. Pep never leaves anything unresolved.

Tony: Fine, fine! I'll meet up with her later.

Nat: Good, tell me how it goes. He sighed. He wasn't really the talking type, he just preferred to leave it behind him and move on. He opened a new message and texted Pepper.

Tony: Hey you want to go and get lunch somewhere later? He waited several minutes before her response.

Pepper Potts: I'm not sure that's the best idea Tony.

Tony: Please Pepper, I need to talk with you.

Pepper Potts: Ok…

Tony: Meet at the Shwarma place at 2?

Pepper Potts: Sure, that'll be fine.

Tony: Thanks. And he checked the time on his phone, 7:23. Even though he had lots of time he was still as nervous as hell.

Tony showed up at the Shwarma place a little early, 2 actually. He kept running over what he to say to get in his head. Hey um, yeah well… we kinda slept with each other but didn't do anything and I may love you so you want to go out or something. Yes Tony because that's what everyone says to the girl that they would die for. He cursed himself in his head. He just paced the restaurant over and over again with people giving him weird looks including the owner that he was close to, Pam came up to him.

"Hey Tony, you ok? You haven't eaten anything yet you look like you're about to throw up." She gave him a concern. She was like a big sister to him and would look out for him.

"Can I ask you a serious question Pam?" he was rarely ever serious to her but he need advice he knew only she could provide.

"Tony Stark being serious, that's a new one," She laughed a bit then took a good look at Tony's face and knew that he wasn't kidding. "Um, yeah, shoot." She coughed a little to cover the awkwardness.

"Ok, first if you tell anyone I'll ignore you forever," he tried to lighten the mood a bit. "Ok, so I have this friend," the 'friend' referring to himself. "Who kinda screwed this up with a girl that he really likes and doesn't want to screw it up again. What should he do if a) the girl smacks him across the face and never talks to him again or b) just ignores him altogether?"

"Well," she thought for a moment biting on the end of her pen she had in her hand as she often did. "I think your friend should just tell the girl how sorry he is, girls love nothing more than knowing a guy is willing to apologize. Also if she does smack him across the face and never talk to him again I'd say just give her space to cool down. Also if she just ignores him altogether he can do nothing but wait for her to maybe come around. Girls are complicated creatures, I'm one and I'll even admit it." She carried the words with care. Tony took her head and kissed her forehead, nothing romantic just purely a brotherly kiss. Despite being 3 years older than him he was still a good 5 inches taller than her.

"Thanks," he said. He turned to the door and his heart dropped like a cannonball in his body- Pepper was standing right there, guess she wanted to show up early to. She stood there in the doorframe with her eyes filled with tears. "Shit…" Tony mumbled as Pepper ran out the door. "No, please!" he screamed after her. He ran out the door and saw her running down the street with her strawberry blond hair flying behind her; she was easy to spot out. "Pepper!" he called out for her pleading for her stop but she didn't. They went against the current of people and kept tripping and bumping into people. He finally caught up to her and grabbed her arm.

"Get off of me Tony Stark!" she screamed. "You lying, selfish bastard!" People starting turning and looking at him.

"Pepper please it's not what you think," God that sounds cliché. He thought to himself. She was yanking and yelling at him and under the pressure he pulled her into the nearest ally way which probably wasn't the best idea on his part. "Pepper, look at me." She had finally stopped yanking her arm and he put her face in his palms and lifted her face. He saw how she put so much work into looking good. Her mascara was now a little smudge and her pink lips were shining in the sun. "That," he breathed still catching his breath. "Was Pam, she is basically my big sister, she was giving me advice."

"Tony just stop lying please, I can't take it anymore." She said with sadness dripping in her voice.

"I'll call her to prove it to you," Tony pulled out his phone and called Pam praying that she would pick up.

Pam: "Hello?"

Tony: "Pam, my friend here doesn't believe your basically the closest thing I have to a sibling, please prove them wrong." Tony spoke loudly since it was on speed dial.

Pam: "Yeah I am, and why did run out all of the sudden? Who was that you were chasing? Was she the one that you were asking me about?" Tony suddenly tensed at the mention of asking for advice.

Tony: "Ok thanks bye!" Tony yelled into the phone and quickly hung up with blood rushing to his face. Pepper was staring at her shoes but Tony could see the tiniest of smile on her face. "See nothing,"

"So you were asking advice about me?" she said with her voice calming down still staring at her shoes.

"Um, would it help if I said yes?" he joked rubbing the back of his head with his hand as he did when he was nervous.

"Maybe…" Pepper raised her head a little.

"Pepper Potts," he started and took a deep breath. "I love you, and I'm not willing to let you get away from me." He closed his eyes when he said it and peaked out of one. She was staring with her lips partly separated.

"I know…" she said. Those were not words he was expecting to hear. "I heard you the night of the party. And before you ask me why I didn't respond take into account we were in the same bed and how skeptical you would have been of you if you were me." Tony did think of it and he knew she was right. Suddenly she ran up to him and hugged him so hard it made him stumbled backwards. Then lips were on his and he was surprised to see that they were Peppers. Whose else would they be dumb ass? He accepted it, he pulled her closer. She wasn't drunk this time this was pure Pepper. "I love you too," She whispered into his ear after she pulled back. Tony could live in this moment forever and wouldn't miss anything else in the world.