Chapter 7
Penny and Riri had both gotten to their beds in an orderly fashion. They were pretty upset to say the case. But, they did understand on why they were in trouble. Blowing up a private lab were bound to set off some alarms.
"For the record? You should've been paying attention." Penny ended the silence, as they arrived to their rooms.
"Hey, in my defense," Penny looked at Riri with an fake exasperation. Although, they was a bit of fondness, "I'm just a little girl."
Penny playfully rolled her eyes. "See ya in the morning, Reeve." Says Penny, as she uses her nickname for Riri.
"Night, Pen." Riri mimicked.
They both woke up at similar times, not completely accurate, but whatever. They both said good morning, and went down to the living room.
They arrived to see, Clint on the refrigerator, eating, Steve making pancakes (presumably for everyone), Scott and Nat watching TV, and Sam normally eating his breakfast.
Penny and Riri looked at them, then glanced at each other. It didn't weird them out per say, they're human beings too, other than Clint on the refrigerator, but it seemed out of place to see the Avengers, World's Mightiest Heroes, look so domestic.
Although, they were not oblivious.
Both girls could absolutely see the attempts at becoming normal again. The way they used to be. Considering F.R.I.D.A.Y had let them do what they're doing now, it must be alright.
Tony was most likely keeping to himself. They could see how wary he was. Clint was, possibly, watching like a hawk (No pun intended). So was Natasha. Others were not here.
Clint seemed to take notice of them first. "Hey, you two. Just in time for breakfast."
"Morning, Clint. Why are you on top of the refrigerator?" Riri asked.
"I like to eat up here. Don't question it." Clint answered. The two kids just looked dumbfounded.
"People are going to question this, Barton." Nat exclaimed.
"They will not, because they won't know."
Nat just rolled her eyes, done with Clint's bullshit.
"Why don't you two grab some breakfast? I'm still making more considering everyone isn't awake yet." Steve suggested.
The two girls nodded, not fully awake, then grabbed some plates and some food. Penny grabbed a lot of pancakes, like five, which didn't go unnoticed.
"Wow, you think you can eat all that?" Scott wondered. Penny nodded to his question.
She took a bite of her pancake. Then, proceeded to tear up a bit.
"Pen, you alright?" Riri worriedly asked.
Penny just nodded, continuing to eat her breakfast. Riri stared at her for a bit, then just continued to eat her food in turn. Sam sent a look that said, Is she okay?, with a raised eyebrow. Riri just shrugged.
Tony then begrudgingly emerged from the hallway and into the room, with a dead look in his eyes. He grunted his "Good morning," as he made his coffee.
"Hey, Stark. You alright there, man?" Clint asked.
"Yep. Totally fine." Tony smirked at Clint. The archer just raised an eyebrow.
"Mr. Stark, did you stay up in the lab again?" Penny concerningly asked the genius. "Nope, got a full nights sleep." Tony reassured.
"Tony, it looks as if you attempted to apply eyeshadow." Riri deadpanned.
"You also look very tired." Penny pointed out. Tony looked over to the two of them. With a mock-glare, "I look awesome."
The two young girls glanced at each other. They proceeded to get up, Penny took Tony's coffee from his hands ("Hey."), Riri then ushered Tony towards the exit of the living room.
"Sleep, Tony. You need it. Like. A lot." Riri told the genius.
"Sleep is for the weak." Tony protested.
"If that were true, most, if not all, of us wouldn't be here." Penny argued. Tony groaned as he was escorted out of the room to his room.
"F.R.I.D.A.Y, notify me when Tony wakes up. If he doesn't gain more than two and a half hours of sleep - actually, no, make it at least four hours - lock up the private lab." Riri told the A.I.
"Of course, Riri." F.R.I.D.A.Y confirmed.
"Thanks, F.R.I." Penny thanked for the both of them.
They returned to the living room, sat down, then continued to finish their breakfast. They hadn't noticed eyes on them for a moment. Until they did.
"What?" Both girls asked simultaneously.
"Does this happen regularly?" Sam asked.
"Most of the time. Sometimes we would have to force him out of the lab. Although since we were sent to sleep, we couldn't do anything." Penny told them.
"Man needs to get out more often." Riri muttered. Penny nodded.
"Well, some things never change." Nat said. There were murmurs of agreement from those in the room.
Penny and Riri couldn't help but smile.
Maybe, just maybe, they could be normal again.