I love you 3000 (Tony Stark Fanfic)

Chapter 29: Try again

Genevieve's POV:
I've been back for a few days now, it's still really weird to be here. Wanda is getting to know everyone and it seems to be going well. Tony is really trying to talk with her but it's not an easy thing to do, he wasn't prepared for this. Her and Rogers seem to be spending a lot of their time together though and she likes him. Everyone still hates Loki so he usually just stays beside me.

"How does everyone feel about some catching up? We can ask Gen some questions and she can ask us some. It'll be good for all of us. Loki can take Wanda out for some lunch" Thor announces as I walk downstairs. They all look at me to see what I think and I just nod my head. "Are you alright with not having me or Wanda here darling?" Loki asks. I kiss his cheek and tell him I'm alright.

"So, who's hitting me with the first question?" I ask while I sit down in the living room with the rest of the group. Peter raises his hand and I laugh, "We aren't in a classroom spidey-boy, ask away." He gives me a playful glare. "Has anything happened between you and Loki since you've left? You two just seem really touchy" he looks down awkwardly to the floor.

He doesn't like me anymore, he just feels weird asking about my love life. "No, nothing has happened between us. I haven't been with anyone since I left, not in any way" I answer. Tony and Rogers both get a smirk on their faces, they shouldn't flatter themselves so much.

"Nothing?! Not even sex?!" Nat asks with wide eyes. We all laugh together, "I really missed you Romanoff. No, not even sex. I've only ever slept with one person. It's not a thing I want to do with just anyone." Tony looks down to the floor and Rogers looks over to him. This just got awkward.

"Before we keep asking questions, could I talk to you alone Genevieve?" Rogers stands up and sticks his hand down to me. I take his hand in mine awkwardly and follow him to his room. "I think we have a lot to talk about" he sits on his bed and pats the spot next to him.

"Yeah, you're right. I know I could never apologize enough but I am so sorry for what I did to you. You tried to keep me here and I still left" a tear rolls down my cheek as I ramble to him. I've never forgiven myself for what I did to Rogers that day, he didn't deserve that.

He rubs my cheek softly, "You had way too much going on. Although I wish you would've let me help, I understand." How is he being so supportive? He confessed his love to me and I left right after. "Genevieve, I still love you with everything in me. If you still have any sort of feelings, I want to try again."

There might be something there but I really can't tell. He's the sweetest guy and he really does love me, he deserves my love. But something about seeing Tony again makes me question everything I feel. Maybe I should give Rogers the chance he's wanting and get Tony out of my mind, he's going to be married soon anyway. I could be happy with Cap.

"I would love to Rogers" I smile. He gives me a tight hug and we agree to just go on a few dates for now, nothing official. We walk back down to the rest and Pepper seems to be annoying the shit out of Tony.

Everyone asks me a few more questions about what's been going on in my life and I update them on everything. There isn't much to tell since I never really left the apartment. "I think it's my turn now" Pepper flashes a fake smile and looks over to me. Everyone looks worried immediately and Tony covers his face.

"Why does everyone look so scared? It's just a question" she continues. Cassie finally spoke up, "Can we all stop looking like someone's about to die please?" She used to be my best friend but she hasn't even looked in my direction for more than a few seconds since I've come back. I'm shocked with how close her and Pepper are and her relationship with Peter.

I return Peppers fake smile, "Ask away." Tony and I made eye contact and he looked like he was trying to apologize for whatever she was about to ask. "If taking care of Wanda was so hard, why didn't you have an abortion?" she has a small smirk on her face. Everyone's eyes move to me and Rogers puts his hand in mine.

Tony's gaze moves to Cap holding my hand and looked away, that was strange. "Don't lose control" Rogers whispers in my ear. I gave him a small smile and squeezed his hand, "You have no idea how much I've trained." He returns the smile and nods his head.

"I really don't think that question concerns you at all" I politely answer. She crosses her arms and looks me up and down, "Well since I'll be her step-mom I think it does." I almost choke on air. I know damn well she didn't just use the word "mom" in the same sentence as her and my daughter.

I feel my anger rise and suppress it back down, "No, you won't be her step mom." Pepper stands up and glares at me. "Marrying her dad sure does make it sound like I'll be her step-mom" she places her hands on her hips and stares down at me.

"Good for you, I don't care if you are marrying Tony. You won't be getting involved in my daughters life" I try to stay calm. "Just answer the damn question Genevieve! Why didn't you get an abortion!" she begins to yell at me.

I stand up and scream back, "You think I didn't?! I had 5 different abortions Pepper! They didn't fucking work!" The room was completely silent and everyone just stared at me. I sit back down next to Rogers and take a deep breath.

"Did that really happen?" Tony barely whispers to me. I nod my head without looking at him and he stands up. Tony grabs my hand and pulls me off of the couch, pulling me into a hug. No one said a word but Pepper looked as red as a tomato. "Thank you Tony, I needed that" I give him a smile and we sit back down.

After a few seconds of silence I decide to ask my own question. "I believe it's my turn now. How long did it take each of you to stop searching for me? I won't be mad at any of you, I'm just curious" they all look at one another and start answering my question.

"About 3 months after you left, most of us decided that it was best to let you live your life the way you wanted" Quill lowered his head. I understand why they stopped, they didn't want to make my life worse or force me to come back.

"I stopped after a year. I really didn't want to give up but it all started feeling hopeless. We looked everywhere for you Genevieve, you're great at covering your tracks" Nat continues. Loki was the one who kept me under the radar for the most part.

"It took me 2 years before I let myself stop. You were my closest friend and obviously there were other things back then" Peter explained and gave me a small smile. When he brought up his old feelings for me I noticed Cassie give me a glare. That was years ago, she's acting like a different person.

I look over to Rogers and he takes my hand in his again. "I would still be looking if you weren't sitting right here" he squeezes my hand. I kissed his cheek and thanked him. How did he keep looking for me after 7 years of no leads? The team looked at us both for a second before continuing.

Tony was the only one on the team who hadn't answered and he wouldn't look up at me. "We never looked for you, why would we? It would be a waste of our valuable time together" Pepper put her hand on his shoulder and he shuddered under her touch.

Did he really not look for me once?