As Tony and Pepper walked down the halls of the school during their free period, they were stopped abruptly. Tony took a step back to see that to his dismay, it was Whitney. Again. Since she had lost her memory, she had been following him around school being so clingy to Tony that it annoyed him.

"Hey, Tony! There you are!" Whitney exclaimed as they continued down the hall, "so I was thinking this weekend we could go out! Like to the mall or something!" Whitney offered. Tony, in a panic, glanced at Pepper out of the corner of his eyes and quickly came up with an excuse.

"U-uhh, sorry Whitney, but I have plans with umm, Pepper this weekend!" Tony explained, grabbing Pepper's hand mid-sentence. Pepper was shocked at Tony's action, and him grabbing her hand sent butterflies fluttering in her stomach.

"We are?" Pepper asked. Tony gave her a 'just go with it, Pepper,' look when he said,

"Yeah, we are, remember?" Then Pepper caught drift.

"Oh! That's right, we are!" Pepper exclaimed. Whitney sighed and crossed her arms.

"Fine. How about next weekend?" She asked.

"Nope, busy that weekend too. It's inventor stuff." Tony said. Whitney sighed once more.

"Fine. Whatever…see you later, Tony." Whitney walked down the hall, swinging her hips in hopes that Tony would at least drool over her, but Tony was too concentrated on what he claimed (in his thought) to be the best idea he's had so far. Tony turned to Pepper.

"Tony, why'd you say that? We're not-" But Pepper was interrupted by Tony's excitement.

"Pepper, be my girlfriend?" Tony asked. Pepper was silenced with shock. Had he just said what I think he said?

"What?" She asked.

"Please? It's just to get Whitney off my back! I mean, she's a good friend but she's constantly asking me out and I don't want to go there with her. If you pretend to be my girlfriend for just a little while she'll stop." Tony explained. Pepper felt like running laps around the whole city, she was so elated to hear the words 'go out with me' come out of his mouth and be directed at her. It was just a shame that it was pretend.

"U-uhh, I…umm, okay?" Pepper stuttered. She was so surprised, she couldn't even make out a full sentence.

Tony sighed in relief. "Thanks, Pepper." He said.

"No problem," Pepper said as she turned away from Tony and smiled vigorously.

~…~

"I'm sorry, you what?" Rhodey asked after the whole ordeal had been explained to him.

"I'm pretending Pepper is my girlfriend until Whitney stops asking me out. Why, do you have your usual motherly input for me?" Tony explained.

"N-no, no, I just didn't think it would happen this way." Rhodey said. Tony was confused by the statement.

"What do you mean?" Tony asked.

"I knew you two would get together, but I didn't think it would happen this way." Rhodey explained. Tony stopped in his tracks for a moment and blushed furiously.

"What? I-I don't…" Tony stuttered.

"Yeah. That's what they all say." Pepper then caught up to Tony and Rhodey, and further down the hallway, Whitney walked forward. Tony was quick to panic, but didn't show it. Whitney stopped in front of them with a bright smile on her face.

"Hey, Tony, you're free this weekend right?" She asked. Tony grabbed Pepper's hand.

"Actually, Whitney, there's something I need to tell you." Tony began. Whitney tilted her head in confusion. Tony hesitated to continue.

"Pepper and I, we're…" Tony began. Pepper began to play role.

"Go on, Tony, you can tell her," She said, squeezing his hand. The action made Tony nervous.

"We're going out now." Tony finished. Whitney was taken aback and began to feel sad.

"What? Y-you are?" She asked. Tony nodded and held up his and Pepper's intertwined hands. Whitney felt sickened at the sight.

"Oh…" she suddenly felt angry. "fine…but all this means is I'll be watching you. If this thing between you doesn't last, I'll make sure you're all mine once you're done with her. I'll be watching closely, Tony Stark." Whitney walked away. Tony swallowed nervously.

"Crud…" He muttered. Rhodey, having watched the whole ordeal, laughed hysterically.

Tony elbowed him in the stomach, but Rhodey kept laughing anyways.

Beginning chapter! Oh my dear gosh a new story. But it's cute! And it's probably not going to be that long a story, either. Haha, I got this idea whole watching TV. What do you think? Tony's got quite the ordeal now doesn't he? Haha, review!