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Who Pepper and Elizabeth
What: Catching up on engagement news
Where: Restaurant
When: Mid May
Rating: PG
Status: Complete.


Elizabeth had booked them a table at a Chinese restaurant near Stark Towers and had decided to meet Pepper there since she had the afternoon off. Having just returned from a trip to Europe, she was still a bit jet-lagged, but she was excited to hear all about Pepper’s news. Waiting at the table, she already had a glass of diet coke that she was nursing.

Pepper was looking forward to telling Elizabeth all about the wedding plans so far. It had been just their luck that she'd been called away to Europe just as Pepper returned from Hawaii. But now they were finally catching up. "Sorry I'm a little late, there was more traffic than I expected" she smiled as she leaned down to kiss her friend’s cheek in greeting before sitting.

“Not to worry, I’ve not been here long,” Elizabeth replied as Pepper sat down opposite her. “Everything ok?” she asked before taking a sip of her coke.

“Everything is wonderful. The wedding plans are already taking shape I just need to pin Tony down to a date” Pepper told her with a bright smile on her face.

“Already? Why am I surprised? This is Ms Super-Organised Potts I’m talking to,” Elizabeth grinned with a little laugh. “So apart from the date, what have you decided on? Venue?” she asked, feeling Pepper’s excitement permeating her as she watched her talk about it. She was so happy for her friend and would help her any way she could if she were asked.

Pepper laughed, "Actually it's all thanks to Rachel, she's been amazing. We've looked at themes, flowers and the cake so far. She's designing my dress and I cannot wait until I can show you the idea for it"

“That’s great,” Elizabeth enthused while Pepper told her. “I can’t wait to see it. How long does she reckon until the design’s ready? Is there anything I can help with?” she offered.

“It shouldn’t be too long” Pepper said, “I know she was excited to be designing it. And your opinion would always be welcome”

“How exciting!” Elizabeth grinned, sitting forward in her seat. “Hang on a sec, you want something to drink? Do you know what you want to order?” she asked, flagging down a waiter. Once they’d given the waiter their orders, she settled back down at the table to focus on her friend. “So...tell me how he proposed, tell me everything!” she encouraged.

“Well we were in Hawaii, we’d just eaten dinner in the most gorgeous restaurant and were having drinks on our hotel balcony. And he began with ‘You how bad I am at these kinds of things’ but then he got down on one knee and told me he couldn’t function without me”

“He couldn’t function without you?” He said that?” Elizabeth asked. She couldn’t imagine Tony Stark being an all out romantic, but she supposed it was romantic for him. “Kind of sounds more like he’s talking to one of his inventions than the love of his life,” she joked, taking another sip of her drink.

“He said that” Pepper smiled, it was incredibly romantic or at least she thought it was. “Which goes to show how well I know Tony because that isn’t what he meant at all” she said, “He told me he’s never loved anyone as much as he loves me”

Elizabeth chuckled a bit at the smitten look on her friend's face. "You look beyond happy," she smiled. "So let's see the ring, I'm sure the picture you sent doesn't do it justice," she indicated Pepper should hold her hand out for her to see.

“I am ridiculously so. I’ve felt like a giddy teenager” Pepper chuckled before holding out her hand for her friend to see the ring. It wasn’t massive which was good, it was perfect and practical and similar in shape to Tony’s arc reactor - not that Elizabeth would notice that. “It’s quite reserved for Tony, which goes to show how well he knows me I think”

“It’s beautiful,” Elizabeth admired, taking her friend’s hand in her own as she looked at the ring, touching the side of it to see it glisten in the light of the restaurant. “You know, I don’t think I ever imagined you would have ended up with someone like Tony, but you really do work well together, don’t you,” she smiled up at Pepper. “So you were saying about pinning Tony down on a date, does that mean you have an idea of when you’d like it to be?”

“Thank you. I know it seems odd at first but we do work well together. I keep him grounded and he keeps me from being too serious” she smiled fondly, “Yes, ideally sometime in the Fall. It’s my favourite season”

“Which is always a good thing,” Elizabeth gave her a knowing look and released her hand as the waiter arrived with their food. Pepper had always been serious and it was great that she had found someone who could make her smile so much. “Oh how beautiful! A Fall wedding! What kind of colour scheme are you thinking of?”

Tony definitely made her smile and laugh and feel lighter in so many ways. “Red and gold. It just feels right and with the Fall colors I think it would work well” It also matched Iron Man which Pepper had thought would be too silly until Rachel had said if that was what she wanted it would be lovely.

“You’re going to look stunning in those colours Pep,” Elizabeth told her friend confidently. “And venue? Have you picked that out?” she asked, picking up her chopsticks.

"Thank you. We're thinking white with red in the dress. Then gold and red decorations" she said sipping her drink, "I have a couple in mind but we need a solid date before I approach them"

“Well, if you’d like any help you know where I am,” Elizabeth offered. She didn’t have many close female friends and hoped she could be of some help to Pepper in her wedding preparations.

“Oh don’t worry. I will have plenty of things for you to help me with” Pepper assured her, she wasn’t about to turn down help from one of her smartest friends.

“Excellent, can’t let you have all the fun now, can we,” Elizabeth winked before tucking into her meal. This was going to be an exciting summer.