Pepper wanted to believe that Tony had changed from his playboy ways and while part of her did believe it, there was always a nagging voice telling her she shouldn't get too close to him. There was nothing but hurt down that road. She wasn't really sure how she felt about being Tony's girlfriend. It was completely unprofessional and there were a million reasons why she should tell Tony off for being so presumptuous, but it was hard to do after such a lovely night with him.
"Aren't we a little old for the girlfriend/boyfriend label?" she asked, in a very Pepper-like sidestep way.