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I should be taking notes for my psychology class but instead of writing stuff down about Freud that I already know, I am working on this story. : D

*Flashback*

"If there is even the slightest possibility that my dad is alive and that I can find him then I am going to try with every ounce of strength I have. You can't possibly understand how I feel right now so don't try. So, why don't you just keep your worthless opinions to yourself because they're just as useless and stupid as you are," with every heart shattering word his grip tightened around her wrists and just when she thought they would break he let go and turned back to where he had been working.

*End Flashback*

Pepper ran home in a state of heartbroken shock. She couldn't get what Tony had told her out of her head. She had seen herself as useless at times and she thought she was stupid for falling for Gene but to hear Tony say it was terrible. As soon as the words left his mouth she felt as if her heart had been ripped out of her chest. She ran inside her house and went straight to her room where she collapsed on her bed in a fit of uncontrollable sobs. She was so lost in her thoughts she didn't notice her father had entered her room until her sat on her bed and asked if she wanted to talk about whatever it was that was causing her so much pain.

"I rather just be alone right now, if that's okay" she said through the tears.

"Well, alright if you need anything just let me know" he stated as he offered her a small smile as he turned to walk out of her room.

"Daddy, why are guys such jerks?" Virgil was taken aback by the question and immediately grew more concerned with the fact she called him 'daddy', something she hadn't done since her mother had passed away.

"Pepper, sweetie, you're gonna have to explain to me what you mean by that" he replied as he walked back to her bed and sat down.

Without warning she flung herself at her father and sobbed into his shoulder while mumbling something about 'idiots' and 'uselessness' and something that sounded a lot like 'I'm such an idiot'. Virgil wanted to pull her away and ask her to repeat what she had said but he knew that what she really needed at the moment was just to let it all out. After a few minutes Pepper pulled away and whispered a quick thank you, which Virgil took as a sign to leave.

"Pepper, I'm gonna go start dinner. If you need anything just holler at me and I'll be here, ok?"

"Yeah."

Pepper waited until her dad left to curl back up on her bed and think about what happened. She couldn't figure out what she had done to make Tony so angry with her. She was halfway through replaying what had occurred in her head for the second time when the doorbell rang and snapped her out of her train of thought and caused her to shoot up in bed. She heard her dad call up the stairs that he'd get it so she sunk back in her bed with a sigh. She was about to take a quick nap before dinner when she heard a knock at her door.

"Pepper…?" Pepper was sure her heart had literally stopped beating. She tried to figure out why he, out all the people in the world, was here.

Tony was determined to get to Pepper's house and do whatever it took to get her to forgive him. The trip to her house was spent with thoughts on how he was going to convince her to forgive him one more time. When he was about 5 minutes from her house when his phone rang and he immediately answered hoping it was Pepper.

"Pepper?"

"No, it's me, Rhodey."

"What do you want?"

"I was calling to let you know my mom wants you home right now."

"Can't you tell her to that I have to take care of something important and that I'll be back when I am done?"

"I could do that but then she is going to want to know what's so important then I will have to explain what happened with Pepper and…"

"I'm on my way back just don't tell her what I did, please" he said while making his way back home.

"Fine. I'll let her know you're headed back."

"Thanks," Tony muttered before taking a brief pause and adding "Hey, Rhodey do you think Pepper will forgive me?"

"Do you want me to be honest?"

"Please."

"Honestly Tony, I don't know. She's forgiven you for like everything in the past but this time I think only time will tell. You really hurt her and I think if she does forgive you it will take time and she'll probably never look at you the same again."

"What do you mean she won't look at me the same again?"

"Dude, you pinned her against the wall and yelled in her face that she was stupid and useless. If she forgives you I can almost guarantee she won't be able to look at you without thinking about that."

"Rhodey, how could I have screwed up so much so fast?"

"I don't know man. How about we talk about this when you get back?"

"Ok, see you in bit" and with that he hung up the phone without waiting for a response from Rhodey. He spent the rest of the trip home trying to not think about what he would do if Pepper didn't forgive him. Just the thought of Pepper not talking to him made him upset. He then decided that if she did forgive him he would make sure that he never hurt her again.

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