Cat Got Your Tongue?

Chapter 14

Six months later.

For the end of this chapter I listened to Cold by Aqualung

I walked along side Happy through the building of Stark industries while he informed everyone who was not displaying a security badge, that they must do so.

"Badge." He said to someone else, tapping the top of his own laminated piece of paper.

"Ok, Happy I can't take this anymore. Why don't you go find Pepper? I have someone I need to call." I snapped, walking away before he could even protest. I got into the elevator and pressed the button for my office floor and it started up. Once I got there I walked in and sat down in my chair behind the desk. "Hey J, where's Tony?" I asked him.

"Working on mark 42 at home, Miss Cat." He answered me.

"And Rhodey?" 

"The cornel is in Pakistan looking for the Mandarin."

I sighed, bored.

"Call Johnny Storm." I said and soon enough the phone began to ring. He picked up, sounding out of breath.

"Hello?" He asked through the device.

"Hi Johnny, it's Cheshire." I beamed, sliding my heals off my feet and rubbing the pain away.

"Cheshire Cat. I haven't seen you in years. How are ya baby?" I could practically hear his smirk.

"I'm just fine, Tony's fine, everybody's doing ok." I told him whilst I looked briefly over some plans of the extension Tony was putting on his Malibu home.

"Ahh yes, I heard about that. I'm glad you two finally got together and settled down." He chuckled.

"Anyway, how are you? How's Sue?" I asked, quickly changing the topping of conversation.

"We're great, so is there a reason you interupted my pizza?" He said sarcastically.

"Your eating pizza at nine A.M?" I asked before I could stop myself.

"Baby, I'm in New York." He said in a 'duh' tone.

"Oh sorry, I forgot. Anyway, my birthday is coming up and I wanted to invite you and your possè to Stark tower. It's nothing big, just a couple of the guys from work and some friends so don't get too excited." I explained while I signed a couple documents Sandy, my assistant, brought me.

"Ooh, sounds good!" He said with a mouth full of, I'm guessing pizza.

"So you up for it?" I asked, trying to sound excited.

"Of course I am, babe." He said after swallowing. "But are you ok?"

"What do you mean?" I asked, dismissing Sandy with a flick of my wrist.

"You sound.. I don't know, deflated?" He said but it was more of a question.

"No, I'm fine." I said all too quickly.

"Amy." He said in a warning tone. My breath hitched at the name and my eyes clouded with tears as the memories flushed back.

"No ones called me that in literally ten years." I whispered as a tear fell onto the desk.

"I'm sorry." He said, suddenly ashamed.

"It's ok. I'll talk to you on the thirty first?" I finished up the conversation.

"I'll see you then, baby." He said as I hung up the phone. I sighed and wiped away my tears.