Well all this is it. Thank you all so much for everything. I am truly grateful. :) so I hope you all enjoy this final chapter.

Chapter 6: Closer

"Hey you, time to wake up." Pepper said sweetly. Tony groaned and reached around blindly until he grabbed hold of Pepper and pulled her to him.

"Tony. " Pepper said softly but firmly.

"Mmm." He groaned just pulling her closer until she was pressed against him.

Pepper chuckled and pressed a few kisses on his face avoiding his lips purposely then untangled herself from his arms and rolled back off the bed. Tony groaned and flailed his arms around wildly searching for her and moaned when he couldn't find her. Pepper crossed her arms and laughed.

With a groan Tony pulled himself up and out of bed and stalked over to Pepper. "You missed you know."

"Actually I don't think I did. I got exactly what I wanted." She said with a proud smile.

"Is that so?" He asked with an eyebrow raised as he began to chase her. It didn't take him long to trap her body between his and the wall and with a cocky grin went in for the kill. Tony quickly lost track of time as he kissed Pepper but he really didn't care. He was happy to finally be allowed to kiss her and hold her and have what had been forbidden for so long.

Pepper was the one to finally pull away and slip out of his grasp. "Tony, we have to pack up and get ready to leave." She tried to reason.

"We can stay longer then." He retorted.

"My mom said waffles, and eggs would be ready in a minute. The waffles have strawberries, chocolate chips, and whipped cream."

She saw the immediate change in his attitude as he threw on a shirt and left the room in a haste. She chuckled and shook her head walking after him.

Her mom had of course switched up the fruit for her waffles and gave her blueberries. The omelets were made with four cheeses and mushrooms. Everyone found entertainment in how quickly and how much Tony was eating. Her mom had had to make another omelet for him after he had already eaten two and two waffles. Even she was curious as to where he put it all.

"You'd think with how much you eat that Ginny doesn't feed you." Seeley observed.

"She feeds me." Tony defended through a mouthful of omelet before she could answer.

"How many times have I told not to talk with food in your mouth?"

"Sorry." He said taking a bite of his waffle. Pepper glared at him and he gave her a sheepish smile.

"You'd think you two were married with how you act." Grandpa Kevin said as he drank some milk.

"Certainly feels that way sometimes." Pepper muttered. "He's such a child." She said. Tony knew it was an empty insult and just smiled.

"And yet you've stuck around this long."

"If I hadn't I'm pretty sure you'd still be a mess, well, more than you are now anyways." She said with a grin.

Everyone laughed at the table as they watched the two interact. "Hey! I'm not a mess." He defended.

"Then why did I find you crying in your workshop because of some character on Bones dying?" She asked challengingly.

"First off Vincent Nigel Murray was not some character. He was my favorite intern and he was murdered! Plus don't try and pretend you haven't done that before. You cried while watching a commercial for some cleaning thing."

"Okay one it was oxiclean and two it was an old one with Billy Mayes."

"Alright you two, settle down." Uncle Mark said with a chuckle.

"Would you like me to make you some sandwiches for the drive home?" Juliet asked sweetly.

Tony's head whipped up and all he had to do was look at Juliet and she left with a laugh.

"Ham or Turkey honey?" She asked Tony popping her head in the room.

"Ham please." He said with a smile.

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By the time Tony got out of the bathroom freshly showered and changed Pepper had finished packing all their stuff and remade the bed.

"We'll it's about time. We're supposed to be leaving in ten minutes."

"Can we bring your mom back with us? You know, so she can be my personal chef." Pepper laughed knowing he was serious.

"No Tony. She has a job and family here."

"Well she can have a better job and us."

"Sorry honey, but no."

"Dang it. I'm going to miss all those delicious home cooked meals. Why don't you ever cook?" Tony whined.

"Maybe because I'm too busy doing your job." She answered teasingly.

"Well played."

"Come on, everyone is waiting for us downstairs." She said grabbing her bags and heading for the door.

"Wait!" Tony called out rushing to her.

"What?" She asked alarmed.

"I forgot something."

"What?"

"This." He said with a smile and leaned down to capture her lips. Pepper smiled and kissed him back.

"Come on Tiger."

"Actually it's Tony." He corrected playfully.

Pepper punched him playfully and opened the door to head downstairs. Tony grabbed his bag and followed after her. It only took but a minute to put their bags away in the car and then the hard part came, saying goodbye. Pepper got a little teary eyed as she said goodbye to her mom and dad and promised they would visit soon.

As she hugged her sister goodbye she whispered in her ear,"Thank you."

Danielle nodded and hugged tighter. As Tony went around giving out goodbye hugs and back claps he lingered not wanting to say goodbye to the only true family he'd ever had. Taking a break from Iron Man had been nice but he knew he couldn't stay away forever. The simple life where no one was trying to get a photo of him simply wasn't the life he was able to have. He was happy to know that there was one place he could go to escape his life and live peacefully and in private. Their closest neighbor lived a mile away and the closet store was 7-11 that was still a seven mile drive.

As he drove around the circle he honked and they both waved goodbye to all the smiling faces. Pepper sighed as they got on the main road and Tony took one hand off the wheel and covered hers giving it a gentle squeeze.

"Don't worry Pep, thanksgiving is only a month away. Thirty-three days to be exact."

"I know but I just hate leaving. I love visiting but I'm horrible at goodbyes, I always cry."

"Well you'll always have me." Pepper gave him a smile and kissed his hand.

"Thank you."

"You're welcome. Now we have a long drive ahead of us and you're both the DJ and the navigator so put some tunes on girl." Pepper laughed and turned on the radio. It was some station but the song they were playing was 'Highway to Hell'.

Pepper looked out the window and smiled. She was happy with the way the week turned out. Tony had managed to find a way to draw himself even closer to her heart than he already was and she knew now that everything that had kept her from him were just fears that weren't even true. She stole a glance at him banging his hands on the wheel and singing along and smiled.

THE END

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