Saving Grace

Forty Eight

When they land at the airport, Tony is there, sitting in a car that Grace gets in while waiting for Peter and Happy, who are at the baggage claim.

Tony and Grace hug tightly, Grace smiling in relief. Any animosity towards him that was left in her is gone now. She's just happy that he's safe and that it's over.

And, seeing how happy and relieved she is, Tony can't tell her what happened. Not yet.

"Why don't you climb in the passenger's side?" Tony says. "I wanna talk to Peter."

So they get out and then back in the car, and then Happy and Peter arrive. Happy drives off, heading for Peter's apartment building.

They're all quiet for a while, Grace trying to steal glances at Peter through the rear view mirror. He would be doing the same to her if her father wasn't sitting right next to him.

So, instead, he decides to the finish off the little video diary he's been filming throughout the whole trip.

"What are you doing, a little video diary?" Tony asks, seeing the phone in his hand. Then, Grace just turns in her seat to look at them both.

Peter sounds embarrassed. "Yeah."

Tony shrugs. "It's all right. I'd probably do the same."

"I told him not to do it. He was filming everything," Happy butts in. Grace is surprised; she didn't notice it at all. He never told her, either.

"It's okay," Tony replies.

"I'm gonna wipe the chip," Happy says.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey. You know what? We should actually- We should make an alibi video for your aunt anyway," Tony says. "You ready?" He takes off his sunglasses.

"Yeah, hold on." Peter lifts the phone.

"We rolling? Get in the frame."

"Okay." Peter does so.

Tony smiles at the camera. "Hey, May. How you doing? My gosh, uh, I just wanted to tell you what an incredible job your nephew did this weekend at the Stark Internship Retreat. Everyone was impressed. He and Grace had a lot of fun."

And then Happy lays on the horn. "Come on! It's a freaking merge!"

"This is because you're not on Queens Boulevard," Tony says to him. He turns back to the camera. "See, Happy is... He's hoping to get bumped up to asset management. He was forehead of security, and before that, he was just a driver."

"That was a private conversation," Happy says. "I don't like joking about this. It was hard for me to talk to you about that."

"No, seriously, was he snoring a bunch?" Tony asks Peter.

Before Peter can answer, Happy slams on the brakes. "Alright. Here we are. End of the line."

"Happy, can you give us a moment?" Tony says. "Grace, you're good, you just stay put."

"You want me to leave the car?" Happy asks.

"Why don't you grab Peter's stuff and his case out of the trunk."

Peter lowers his phone, in shock. "I can keep the suit?"

"Yeah," Tony replies. He puts his sunglasses back on. "Do me a favor, though. Happy's kind of your point guy on this. Don't stress him out. Don't do anything stupid. I've seen his cardiogram. All right?"

Peter nods. "Yes."

"Don't do anything I would do, and definitely don't do anything I wouldn't do. There's a little grey area in there, and that's where you operate."