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Tony

Things weren't going so good for him, after he and Pepper had gone for a quiet place he had kissed her; never in his life he had felt so nervous before but it was the most amazing thing he had ever done, an electric current had travelled all the way down his spine.
Pepper had turned so red her cheeks matched her hair, to light things a bit he had offered to get her a drink, to his surprise she had accepted and he had promised to return almost immediately, but somehow he had managed to screw things up, as soon as he got back to the party, Peter Quill and his friends were having a drinking competition and he couldn't resist but to take part in it.
Tony woke up the next day laying on his bed not remembering even entering his dormitory, not to mention the hugest hangover. Rhodey was looking down on him, he was pissed

"Get up" he almost ordered

"What happened?" Stark muttered

"You got so drunk I had to carry you here"

He sighed "I'm sorry-"

Rhodey interrupted him "No, stop. Tony you promised it wouldn't be like last year again, you were almost expelled and Pepper and I had to lie so Fury would reconsider"

Shit. He said to himself. He remembered leaving Pepper now.
"I have to find her"

Rhodey crossed his arms "I'm not sure you can even stand up, try sleeping a bit more, I'll tell Pym that you are sick"

"It's not that" Tony sat up, he felt as if the whole room was moving "I need to talk to Pepper, now"

His friend tried stopping him "Easy, what could be so important?"

Tony sighed "I did something terrible"

"I'm not sure you could do something that she wouldn't forgive"

"I think I did" he said, Rhodey had suddenly gotten so serious it was kind of scary "I kissed her"

"You were drunk?"

"That's the worst part, I wasn't and I screwed up"

Rhodey sat down next to him "Explain"

After Tony had given him a detailed explanation of the events from the previous night, Rhodey stood up slowly and gave him the coldest stare he had ever done "You are the biggest jerk, how could you do that to her, Tony?! Pepper has always had a crush on you, I can't believe you played with her feelings, I honestly hope she doesn't forgive you"

Tony looked down, he had no idea... Pepper had never told him about any of her crushes but he hadn't considered it was because she liked him. Poor Pepper, he thought She must be heart broken

It shocked him when he went around the school trying to find her, he had thought to find her crying inconsolably... Instead she was laughing uncontrollably with Jane Foster and Christine Palmer

Her smile was bright as ever, Tony considered turning away but it was too late now
"Hey" he greeted the girls

"Hi" Jane muttered while Christine faked a smile

Pepper however, seemed perfectly normal "Hello Tony"

"Can we talk?" He asked

She simply shook her head "I'm sorry but I don't have anything to say to you"

That felt like a slap for him
"I just want to explain things"

Pepper stopped him "You don't need explaining"

And with that she left, he stood right there for a couple of seconds

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It had been two days since the incident and he still felt like crap but apparently everyone had gotten over it, Rhodey would still shoot him disappointed glances from time to time but apart from that he had only received a long lecture from Bruce and Steve, well he had to also add the fact that Natasha refused to say a word to him.
It was Saturday so they only had one class in the morning and the rest of the day was for resting and doing homework, normally he would leave everything for Sunday night and have fun but because he was feeling down he actually finished his homework. He sat in the library with Bruce, Rhodey, Vision, Peter Parker, Peter Quill and T'Challa, paying the faintest attention

"Hey Tony" Peter Quill called him "You okay?"

"I'm fine" he muttered "what is it?"

"Oh Peter was telling us about what happened to the windows that exploted" Quill explained

"Who was it again?" T'Challa asked

"Wanda Maximoff, she is Pietro's sister" Peter Parker answered

Tony nodded, he had heard all about the explosion but to be honest he didn't give a damn about some windows

"Stephen says she's weird" Quill added

Parker frowned "She's not, only a bit difficult at first"

Vision nodded "I haven't had the opportunity to talk with her but she seems quite extraordinary"

"Wow" Tony said "If I didn't know you Vision, I'd say you had a crush on her"

The Android suddenly got serious "What do you mean by crush?"

Bruce sighed "He means that you like her, please ignore Tony, he's been in a mood"

Vision nodded understanding

Rhodey, who had been completely distracted suddenly tensed up

"What is it?" The prince of Wakanda asked "it seems you have seen a ghost"

Tony looked around...oh, he got it. "It's the girl he likes"

They all turned at the same time making the girl notice and blushed, the boys quickly turned away

"Carol Danvers?" Peter Parker asked

"You know her?" Rhodes said

The younger boy nodded "She's Wanda's roommate"

"Go talk with her" Quill encouraged Rhodey but he didn't move

"C'mon James" Tony encouraged, he never called him by his first name, but this required extreme measures

His friend looked at him for a few seconds and finally stood up
"I'm gonna do it" he announced

"Way to go tiger!" Quill said

Stark smiled, he was happy for his friend, he might have ruined things with Pepper but at least Rhodey was happy.

Xxx

Carol

She was supposed to be doing homework but she just couldn't concentrate. As soon as she had entered the library all the "popular" guys had looked her way. Carol felt so embarrassed for having blushed like an idiot bit she couldn't help it...now she sat on the furthest corner she could find.

"Hey" a voice called her

She looked up to see James Rhodes, it wasn't like she had memorized everyone's name for fun, they just glued to her mind

"Hi" she greeted

"Is this seat taken?" He pointed at the chair beside her

"No" she answered "you can sit..or take it away if that's what you wanted to do"

He smiled "I think I'll sit"

Carol nodded "Okay"

And so they talked and talked. He was so nice and charming and cute. Carol had never been the type of girl who would look for boys to date or something, in fact she could say she avoided them...bad experiences; yet James had been so nice that she had forgotten about everything else, he wanted to join the military!

"Me too!" She said almost shouting "I want to be in the Air Force"

His face lit up "I want to join the Marines"

Yup, she thought, we have a lot in common. She literally had to bite her tongue from saying: We should be best friends!!!