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   THE car of the Stark's pulled up right in front of the High School, Sarah's hands shifting the gear putting the Porsche into park. The daughter sat in the drivers seat for a minute, and Tony looked over to her. He sighed out, rubbing his forehead. "Look, Sar, if you wanna talk about it we — "

The gearshift under her palm creaked underneath her fingertips, Tony took notice and furrowed and removed her hand and took into his. "Sarah..." he started but she interrupted.

The teen shrugged. "I'm fine. I don't want to talk about it either." Sarah removed her hands from her father's and wiped the suddenly sweatiness of her palms on to her jeans.

"You feeling okay?" Tony pushed. Watching her closely, looking at how she seemed exhausted. Maybe even just stressed in a way. "Because you didn't have to come to school today, I know it's going to be hard and you can't — "

"No, Tony, I'm fine, okay? I am." The teenager snapped.

Tony's heart almost dropped as he heard his actual name out of her mouth. Okay so she is mad. He thought.

Sar didn't know why, but she was in a mood lately. Snapping at her father and others, but mostly Tony due to the way he was always trying to make sure she was okay since the incident. The teenager almost rolled her eyes as she slipped the straps of her bag around her shoulders. "You've been suffocating me ever since we came back from Monaco. I need to get out of the house, I'm going insane with seeing the same face everyday and with you bugging me like there's no tomorrow."

Sitting up and making the door open, they both stepped out and Tony looked up at her sighing. "It's going to be good for me anyway. Plus it's almost finals week and I'm almost about over with school, and with the offers from colleges I've had, and the essays and the speeches I've got to write, I'm super busy with my mind on other things."

Tony thought for a moment, thinking of his best, fatherly answer. "Okay." What was all he could say at the moment. Sarah nodded and they met at the end of the car, hugging quickly, before Sarah walked off to the doors of the school.

The Stark man watched her go, letting his hands slip into the small of his pockets, smiling lightly as a big smile appeared on her face when Quinn and Amber walked up to his daughter.

Stark smiled and waved at the trio when they looked over at him. But it fell when they moved into the building.

When Tony moved back to the car and entered it, he looked down at the gearshift which had a few finger dents in it. Tony cursed and chuckled, shaking his head. "Oh, god what the hell?" He laughed out of confusion and surprise, his hand running over his head in absolute disbelief.

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Later that day, after one of Sarah's last group meetings for council of the year, she dropped her backpack on the shoe rack beside the monitor for Jarvis.

The AI watched her for a moment, then spoke. "He's downstairs." He paused. "Has been for a while, Miss Stark. Ms. Potts and Ms. Rushman are in the living area." The robot's voice spoke. The thought of her father being in his workshop for a while made her a little bit queasy.

"Pepper tried to—"

"Yes."

"Oh." Sarah breathed out. "O-okay." The teenager rubbed her eyes and moved around the house, eventually going down the stairs to her father's space.

She slowly punched her code in, and when it opened, the usual beeping noise and opening hiss of the door echoed through the quiet space. The girl looked around, having a bit trouble finding her father in the darkness until she was able to set eyes on him.