"That," Tony commented as JARVIS read off Pepper's reply, grinning to himself, "was easier than expected." As he composed the reply, he studied the turkey in question - nicely defrosted, in spite of his comment. He wasn't above stretching the truth to the very breaking point, if it got her over here.
*Not even to do inappropriate things with breadcrumbs? *But it's all metal! It can't burn down! *If you insist. *I can pick you up. Be faster.
"You heard the lady, JARVIS. Parade on, main screen - full size." The entire window went silvery, and then filled with the commentators for the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. "...Okay, half size until she gets here or the parade starts. I didn't know pores could be that big."
And in the meantime, if she really didn't want him picking her up...well, she'd said nothing about not bringing up the other recipes and trying to figure out what, exactly, constituted a proper Thanksgiving meal. Next step: woo her with turkey and yams, generally seduce her, and have her sleep both off here. Rule two: broken.