In this chapter; Evie is nine, Elijah and Henry are six, Alexis is one, Cecelia is six weeks old, Jacob would be five and Oliver is one
Pepper looked down at the tiny red-headed girl snuggled up, sleeping in her arms and sighed. She looked so perfect lay there; her pouting lips and rosy cheeks, the way her arms hung limply at her side as she dreamed.
Pepper and Tony had ended up looking after Cecelia for a few days when the boys had come home from school with chicken pox, Alexis had caught it next and then Evie had become ill.
"Tony, I've changed my mind" Pepper told him as he changed Oliver's diaper next to her
"Sorry Pepper no can do. Those wedding vows are concrete" he joked, waving his wedding ring at her
"No not about that! I know I'm stuck with you!" she laughed
"What about then Pepper?" he asked, sliding onto the sofa next to her and watching as Oliver crawled off to join his brother
"I think I want another baby"
Tony took Cecelia from Pepper suddenly; "Oh no, she's toxic; it's infected you! We need to get this thing back to Romanoff as soon as possible" he joked once more, gauging her reaction. Tony had wanted another baby since Oliver was born, but Pepper had decided she didn't want any more and he'd accepted that. The last thing he wanted to do was get his hopes up for Pepper to change her mind once more.
"Tony!" she laughed, taking the baby back again and resettling her in her arms as she began to stir in her sleep
"Are you sure Pepper, it's not just because littlest Barton is here? You're not going to change your mind again?"
"I'm sure" she smiled at him brightly, reading the joy in his face at her words.