Dream Room
A week went by, and it was time for Evie to leave the hospital. Over that week, Coulson had called Tony and told him that Thor had discovered that he had a daughter, “So Thunderhead has a little tropical storm floating around? Well, I'm sure we can make room for her on Point Break's floor. That shouldn't be a problem.”
“Thanks, Stark, it would mean a lot to Thor if you can give her a nice bedroom,” Coulson said.
“Sure, no problem, what was her room like before?”
“A cupboard.”
“I beg your pardon?”
“Her room was a cupboard under the stairs.”
“You're kidding.”
“No. Evie hasn't had the best life until now.”
Tony was quiet for a moment, then he cleared his throat, “Well, we'll have to change that, won't we?”
“Yes, we will, Stark.”
“Don't worry about it, Agent, Pepper will handle everything.”
“Alright, Evie will be allowed to leave the hospital at the end of the week.”
“Do I want to know why she's in the hospital?”
“No, you don't.”
“Is there anyone I need to destroy?”
“Loki already took care of it.”
“Good for Rock of Ages. Okay, I'll have everything set up by the time they get here. How old is the kid?”
“Ten.”
“Okay.”
Coulson hung up and went to tell Thor that Tony was going to have everything set up for Evie. Meanwhile, Tony told JARVIS to get a hold of Pepper and ask her to join him in his lab. Pepper made her way down to Tony's lab, she punched in her code and walked in. Tony had AC/DC blaring from the speakers so loudly he didn't hear Pepper come in.
“JARVIS, mute.”
When the room went silent, Tony turned around. He smiled at Pepper, “Peppermint! You got my message, good. Let's go.”
“Go where, Tony, JARVIS didn't tell me you wanted to go somewhere?”
“You didn't, JARVIS?”
You only said to get in contact with Ms. Potts, sir.
“Fair enough. We're going bedroom shopping!”
“Tony, you already redecorated our bedroom last month.”
“It's not for us. It's for Thor's little lightning bug.”
“What?”
“Thor just found out he has a daughter, and she's going to come live with us. Agent asked me to have a room ready for her by the end of the week.”
“Shouldn't you let Thor handle that,” Pepper asked.
“He's busy right now, Evie, that's her name, is in the hospital right now in London.”
“What happened?”
“I don't know, but from what Agent told me, it's not something I want to know.”
“What did he tell you?”
“Come on, I'll tell you on the way.”
Tony then ushered Pepper out of his lab. They made their way down to the garage, where JARVIS already had Happy standing by. By the time they got to the garage, Pepper was fuming.
“Please tell me you're going to destroy these Dursley people.”
“Don't have to, Rock or Ages took care of it. And knowing Loki, it was a lot worse than I could ever do.” Tony said with a wicked grin.
“Well, then, I guess we'll have to buy Evie for some clothes and toys too. She's probably never had clothes that fit her or toys of her own,” Pepper mused.
“And shoes, don't forget shoes,” Tony added.
“Of course, I didn't forget shoes, Tony,” Pepper said with a sigh.
Tony told Happy to go to the usual furniture store. Tony went to so that they could get started on picking Evie's room. They walked in and were immediately greeted by the owner of the store, “Mr. Stark, Ms. Potts; it's a pleasure to have you in my store again. What can I help you with today?”
“Hello, Mr. Fitzpatrick, we're here to pick out a room for our friend's little girl. I was thinking of a Princess themed bedroom,” Pepper said.
“And a playroom,” Tony added.
“Alright, let me show you what I have.”
Mr. Fitzpatrick walked them over to the children's section of his store and began to show Tony and Pepper his Princess themed room. Tony was automatically drawn to the one that was all pink with a slide and a bed underneath the slide.
“No, Evie doesn't need a slide in her bedroom, Tony. That's why you're putting in a playroom.”
Tony pouted and started to wander off to look at other bedroom sets, while Pepper continued with Mr. Fitzpatrick. Pepper came across the cutest Princess bedroom. It was done in gold and pink with pinking netting hanging over the bed with lights strung in it, “This is very nice, Mr. Fitzpatrick, what do you think Tony? Tony?”
Pepper looked around, but Tony was gone, “Pepper, I found the perfect one!” Tony yelled.
Pepper and Mr. Fitzpatrick followed Tony's voice and found him lying on a bed with his hands behind his head, staring at a wall-size saltwater fish tank. The tank had an array of tropical fish, an artificial reef with sea creatures and plant life growing on it. The fish tank was spectacular.
“Pepper, you have to go to lie down and look at this.”
Pepper sighed and did what Tony asked. When she did, she was amazed by how beautiful and peaceful the view was. Pepper looked at Tony, whose eyes were sparkling, and he had a massive smile on his face. There was no arguing with him; Tony had already decided that this was the bedroom for Evie.
Tony sits up, “We'll take this one, Mr. Fitzpatrick. Can you have it installed by the end of the week?”
“For you, Mr. Stark, anything.”
“Good, let's move on to the playroom,” Tony said then got off the bed.
He helped Pepper up, and they followed Mr. Fitzpatrick to the playrooms. Pepper realized that Tony was going to go over the top so that Evie could have some sort of childhood, she decided to pick out something spectacular for the little girl. Pepper chose a blue room with a forest mural painted on one of the walls and a working horse carousel in it. Tony loved it until his eyes fell on a jungle gym. A natural-looking rain forest themed jungle gym, complete with slides net bridges and movie room in the back.
“We'll take them both,” Tony said.
“Is it necessary for Evie to have both,” Pepper asked.
“Yes,” Tony said with a stern look in his eyes, “I'm going to spoil my goddaughter as much as I can.”
“Who said you were going to be godfather?”
“Thor will when I explain to him what it means.”
Pepper rolled her eyes; she turned to Mr. Fitzpatrick, “You heard Mr. Stark, we'll take them both.”
Mr. Fitzpatrick was so giddy when he rang them up when it came out to one hundred and fifty million dollars. Tony didn't even bat an eyelash. He handed his credit card over and paid. After that, he and Pepper went clothes shopping for Evie. Tony wanted her room well-stocked by the time she got to the tower.