𝐂𝐇𝐄𝐑𝐑𝐘 𝐁𝐔𝐁𝐁𝐋𝐄𝐆𝐔𝐌━𝐏. 𝐏𝐀𝐑𝐊𝐄𝐑

𝐍𝐎𝐑𝐌𝐀𝐋

"Did you just fall?"

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   ━━ RORY FOUND that her dad was a liar. His intentions when sending her, Luna and Blizzard to Pepper weren't as wholesome as he made it out to be, her safety wasn't what he was worried about.

   No ━ in fact, the only thing Tony was worried about was not letting the teenage boy behind the Spiderman mask meet his daughter. Purely for his daughter's sake and not his own selfish motives. Besides, the kid went to the same school as Rory, and letting him know that Tony Stark had his daughter there would bring out a whole other mess that neither Rory, Pepper, nor Tony wanted to deal with.

   But regardless, Aurora was nothing if not a petty little thing, so of course she stayed at her Mum's place for a month longer. If Tony was going to be immature, then so was she; Rory was raised by him after all.

   Currently, Rory sat on the floor in front of her long mirror in her cupboard, she was carefully dusting a pretty pink on her cheeks with her brush and with a final swipe, she reached for a smaller brush to touch up her eyeliner.

   Grace was going to be here any minute now, and Aurora only had one sock on, and her blue dress had shifted unevenly. A soft, fluffy thing brushed against her arm as she laid it flat on the ground. Luna was sitting just beside her, with Blizzard rushing about to the back. The two were polar opposites but got along amazingly.

   Where Luna was sweet and calm, Blizzard stayed true to her name and almost always conjured up a storm wherever she went ━ her energy levels ran through the roof sometimes. Both pets had a regal way about them ━ they were sort of snobbish at times, to be honest ━ and most of the time they loved to show off.

   Tony once said it was because she spoiled them. He got the cold shoulder from all three for a few days.

   A knock and a shout from outside of her door had her scrambling over the two fluffy balls to grab her white platform boots and a headband for her hair before she opened the door.

   "Hi." Rory answered, slightly out of breath. Luna and Blizzard sat at her feet ━ still with only one sock on ━ and stared at Tony with tilted heads. "Oh, is Gracie here yet?" She asked her dad, her head tilting slightly.

   "No, just wanted to tell you that I got those pastries you like in the kitchen." A muffled shout was heard from down the hallway. "Didn't take you for a liar Stark!"

   "Fine, Happy got them for you and your little friends." Her dad rephrased before glaring down the passage. "That good enough for you, Happy?"

   His agreement came with a hum as Rory answered, "...Can you give me like ten minutes, please?"

   Her dad laughed, nodded his head, and walked back to the kitchen. Aurora rushed to grab another sock and put it on. "FRIDAY? Can you call Gracie please?"