Chapter 22
Tiffany came down the stairs with her bag packed and she met her father and Pepper in the living room. They piled into the car as Happy drove them to the jet.
“Any idea where we’re going?” Tony asked Tiffany once on board.
“Disney world?” she asked.
“No but we can add that to the list” he said.
Tiffany settled into her seat and she was about to put headphones in when Tony spoke.
“Tiff how would you feel about brothers and sisters?” Tony blurted out.
“I-uh-
“WHAT?” Pepper screamed.
“Come on Pep let's have a baby. You told me you wouldn’t sleep with me unless we were the last people on earth and that was obviously a lie. But you did say you’d consider being inseminated by me” he said with conviction.
“Tony we’ve only been dating for like two weeks don’t you think it’s a little fast?” Pepper said.
“Come on Pep you’ve worked for me for over ten years it’s not like you don’t know me. And look at how easily I convinced you to move in with me. I have ways of getting what I want. I can be VERY persuasive” he said as he smiled at her.
Pepper melted instantly. She hated how easily he could win these arguments. He was too damn charming for his own good.
“What do you think?” Pepper asked Tiffany.
“I think if it makes you happy you should do it” she said.
Tony turned to Pepper.
“See? You should let me impregnate you” he said.
“It’s not a no Tony it’s a not right now. You just made me CEO of the company. This is not the time for maternity leave” she said.
“So I think we should practice making babies a lot starting tonight” he said.
“And that’s my cue” Tiffany said as she put her earbuds in.
“Me too” Pepper said putting her earbuds in as well.
Tony threw his hands up and went to get a drink. He proceeded to then talk to Happy about the lakers and other sports until they landed.
“Ok Tiff I need you to close your eyes until we get there and put this over your eyes” Tony said giving her a blindfold and taking her hand and leading her into the car.
Tiffany had no idea where they were and she was a bit anxious. The ride was about fifteen minutes and then she felt her dad’s hand help her out of the car and then began walking. Finally they stopped and he took the blindfold off of her eyes.
“You can open them now” he said.
Tiffany looked down at a gravestone with her mother’s name and the tears rushed all at once. She turned to look at Tony and her insides hurt.
“I figured you might want a few minutes with your mom” he said also fighting back tears.
Tiffany hugged him tightly.
“Thank you” she said.
Tony went back over to Pepper while Tiffany talked to her mom.
“Hey mom I’m doing ok. Tony turned out to be pretty cool. I wish you could be here to see us together. He saved my life. I’m free now. I miss you a lot. I forgive you for leaving. I know you did what you thought was best. I love you” she said as she traced her fingers over the letters of her mother’s name and a few tears dripped out and stained the smooth concrete.
“I’m going to let Dad talk to you now” she said as she got up.
“It’s your turn” Tiffany said as she went over to Tony and Pepper.
Tony’s eyes were red. He shed a few tears and he took Pepper’s hand to come with him.
“Don’t you want a private moment” she asked confused.
“I want you to come with me. This is very hard for me” Tony said.
Pepper reluctantly agreed. Once they got there Tony knelt down.
“Hey Ray. I know you always hated that name but I called you that anyway. I did what you asked. I protected Tiffany. I even bought tampons. Pepper helped but I still went to the store. Pepper actually has been the one really helping me. She’s the one who helped me become the man I used to be when you knew me. She made me become someone a girl would be proud to love. I hope that you are proud of the job I’ve done with Tiffany. I know it can’t hold a candle to what you’ve done for her. You’ve raised such an incredible girl. My only regret is not trying harder to find you. If I knew you were pregnant I would have been there. That night I saw you at the hotel there was so much I wanted to say. You were my first love and I waited as I long as I could to get over you but I had to move on. You were virtually a ghost. I just want you to know that you were one of the great loves of my life and even though I have Pepper now I will never forget our time together and what you meant to me” he said as he stood up and wiped at his eyes.
“Tony that was quite beautiful. I’m sure she’s proud of you. I certainly am” she said as she pulled him in for a kiss.
It was a passionate loving kiss and any doubts either of them had about their relationship all melted away.
“Let’s get out of here. I want to hit the town with my two favorite girls. And this is why we need to have a baby. I need to have a son. I’m outnumbered and we need to even the score” he said with a laugh.
They got to the car.
“Where to boss?” Happy said
“Surprise us” Tony said.
They all settled into the backseat and Tony finally found true happiness.
The End