His missing peice (a Tony stark daughter/ Peter Parker story)

Chapter 9 Guilt and lies

Later that day

Happy hogan (Tony's chauffeur) picked Ashley up from school

Ashley was in a bad mood as Peter has completely disappeared from her the whole day with no explanation and finding out her dad has been lying to her

"You okay kid ?" Happy hogan asked Ashley picking up on her frustrated mood as she got into the car in a huff

Ashley was definitely in a bad mood as she got into the car with Happy. She hadn't managed to make any progress with MJ and Ned, and she was still trying to figure out what Peter was doing with the Avengers.

"No" she muttered, slumping into her seat.

Happy sighed to himself as he realized just how frustrated she already was, and he knew he was about to be in for a ride.

"What happened?" Happy finally asked her, not being able to handle the tension in the car anymore.

Ashley wasn't really in the mood to talk to Happy, but she knew she had to vent to someone.

"It's Peter" she finally said, "There's something up with him and I can't figure out what it is... and MJ and Ned aren't helping."

Happy knew that he couldn't tell Ashley the truth about Peter's involvement with the Avengers, but he also couldn't just sit there and do nothing. He knew she was frustrated, and he had a feeling that she wasn't going to stop until she got some kind of answer.

"Boy problems then, just wait till your father hears about this " Happy said, chuckling to himself

"No happy...this isn't funny, people are keeping things from me and I know it!" Ashley said sassily

Happy sighed to himself looking over at Ashley with a soft expression different from his usual moody exterior

"Look kid don't stress yourself over it, people are allowed to keep secrets you know, most of the time it's for the best..you know that right ?" Happy admitted giving Ashley a light pat on the back

Ashley scoffed at Happy's comment about boy problems and she rolled her eyes when he said that people were allowed to keep secrets.

"Boy problems?! Come on I'm not that shallow", Ashley exclaimed.

"And yes, people are allowed to keep secrets; but not when people are keeping secrets about absolutely everything !"

Ashley was beginning to get annoyed again, but she was also starting to realise that Happy was somewhat trying to give her genuine advice, and not just being dismissive like MJ and Ned.

"I understand people have secrets, but I just feel like everyone is hiding things from me and it feels awful, my whole life is a secret for god sake I can't even tell my own friends that I'm a stark, I can't talk about how I know the avengers, i can't invite friends over, I've never had a sleepover, I can't even be picked up from school at the doors I have to walk down the road away from people so no one sees me, I'm so tired of it...I just want a normal life a do normal things that normal kids do" Ashley ranted to happy

Ashley's outburst took Happy by surprise, and he listened to her as she vented about how isolated her life seemed to be. She couldn't even talk about who her dad was, or the Avengers, to her own friends, and she had to hide her true identity.

Happy felt immense pity for her as he heard her say "I just want a normal life", and he knew that she wasn't going to be able to have what she wanted for as long as her dad was the Iron Man.