Jess PoV.

As I walked up the stairs I noticed that someone was inside my house. The person had the key to my house... I cautiously walked around the stairs to look into the living room. Pepper sat there.

"Pepper?? I didn't know you whe-" she turned around to face me. Her eyes were red and puffy. "What happened?" I quickly made my way to her. She immediately pulled me into a tight hug. I knew something was wrong, I just knew it. She cried on my shoulder. I didn't because, well I didn't know why she is crying. "What happened?" I repeated as she calmed down. She pulled away and looked at me.

"You know your dad went to Afghanistan" I nodded slowly. "They caught him.... He's held captive" my heart fell into my stomach. He got kidnapped? My hand shot to my mouth trying to conceal the sob but without success. Pepper pulled me into another hug, and I cried. My dad was never there for me but he was my dad. No, he is my dad. He's not dead yet. After a couple of minutes we pulled apart. I was shaking with anger and sadness. "I'm staying here till everything is back to normal, alright?" I nodded still in shock. She nodded and walked to the first floor, to the guest bedroom. I sat there in shock. My dad is gone.

The next couple of days where a blur. I went to school, followed my classes and went home again. Nobody noticed me really, not even Peter. He was too busy looking at Gwen to worry. His aunt and uncle came to my home one evening and comforted me. I really love this people. Flash tried hitting on me so I kicked him in his balls. My temper isn't doing me much good these days. Also the crime is getting worse but I'm too upset to care. They can take care of their self's for a while. Pepper went to the Stark tower in New York to figure things out. 5 days after the kidnapping and we still didn't know anything so after just sitting on the couch I went to sleep.