El Mañana - A Bucky Barnes FanFiction-

The Magnet

"You went out with my sister?" Kevin exclaimed.

"We did do more than just go out." Tony reminded wondering what the sudden outburst was about.

"Yeah but the date implies." Kevin's words fell to a deep pensive silence as his narrowed gaze softened on the man.

"You really did like her." He whispered mainly to himself in a sudden realisation.

Tony groaned in disbelief and rolled his eyes. "Like I said genius. Why does everyone assume I am lying?"

"You want detailed analysis cause I got one right here." Valerie countered sardonically earning a proud upturn of the lips from Kevin.

"Touché" Tony submitted with little resistance.

"Let me guess, you were late as usual." Jude cut in just as Joanna was about to talk about her first date with Tony Stark.

"Frankie knew I had plans, kept me fighting her till late as usual. Plus I had to do some last minute research on Holiday."

Jude was not surprised by this but uttered no snide retort and made a motion of her head for Joanna to continue her story.

Bucky was frowning from his seat on the edge of his bed. Joanna was going to talk about her first date with Tony stomach was in knots, he didn't know why but he knew he didn't want to hear about it, but at the same time, he couldn't exactly turn off the transmission.

Joanna remembered how she had worked herself up to a breezy wheeze while racing to get to her date on time, which was a wasted effort, she was beyond late.

She rushed to the red carpet entrance to the restaurant. She was about to step through the glass doors when a sudden appearance of a man dressed sharply in a black and white suit, opened the door for her.

"Good evening Miss Edelman." He greeted. She was stunned and immediately suspicious.

"How do you know who I am?" She asked, trying to seem aloof.

"You are the only other guest I am expecting." He announced. She winced remorsefully and suddenly took notice of the lack of other people within the usually busy venue.

"Are you kidding me?" She muttered in disbelief. "How long has he been here?"

"Approximately one hour and forty-five minutes." The manager recited, she sighed and trudged in heavily. The manager paid no mind to her nervousness and escorted her up a short flight of steps to the balcony spot.

Tony Stark was beyond aggravated and was tapping away impatiently at the table with his ringed finger. The metal made sharp thumps as Colonel Rhodes (dressed impeccably in his uniform) continued to try and convince the man out of his date.

"Look, Tony, she is clearly a no show so just come with me, we can pop in on the demo and you can tell me what needs fixing."

Stark stopped fidgeting and shot his friend a jaded look that had a spark of irritation.

"Even if she doesn't make it before my pride comes back, I'm still not going to come for that deadbeat project."

"Tony come on—" Rhodey stopped when a sudden figured emerging up the flight of stairs had grabbed his attention.

It was Tony's date, or so he assumed. The woman was dressed in a surprisingly modest emerald Jabot top with black lacy frills in the front. She had paired the top with a dark grey pencil skirt and strap on heels. Rhodey was expecting a certain type of woman and Clara Edelman did not fit. He was frankly a little impressed.

"Fine, I'll quit while I am ahead. Besides, you've got company."

Tony immediately perked up at the man's announcement and chanced a glance over his shoulder. She was ten feet away and waved almost shyly from across the hall. Stark tried to stand up coolly despite his jittery senses just at the sight of her.