'A father holds his daughter's hand for a while, but he holds her heart forever.'

FEW WEEKS LATER - STARK MANOR

Briana Stark

At first Daddy and Mommy didn't want the public to know about me for reasons they wouldn't tell me, but eventually the announcement was made and pretty soon the public pretty much knew who me, Briana Stark, was; I was one year year when Daddy made the announcement but Daddy and Mommy wouldn't let me watch it, much to my disappointment. Grandpa told Daddy that since I was a fast runner, it'll be easy for me to get away from the paparazzi, as I had quickly learnt they were called. I don't think Daddy liked that too much cause it lead to him and Grandpa fighting while I watched them argue till Mommy and Grandma took me to bed.

I even met Daddy's best friend Uncle Rhodey. He knew how to make me have fun and came to visit a lot, so I got to see him a lot. There was this time where Uncle Rhodey came over and brought a box with him that I was interested in. Daddy was in the workshop, Grandma was at a charity meeting, and Mommy and Grandpa were at Stark Industries, which made Uncle Rhodey relieved.

I watched as he set the box down before pulling out two huge tubs of ice cream; one was green and the other one was white with chucks of cookies. He peeled the lid off and I started to get hungry just by looking at the ice cream.

"This is where the fun begins." Uncle Rhodey told me.

I nodded my head with a big smile as we dug into the green one. I didn't like that one but the moment I dig into the cookie dough ice cream, I grinned. Soon the tubs were almost halfway empty and we were both sick to our stomachs. Uncle Rhodey didn't want to give up and neither did I, cause I'm not a quitter, but eventually we both couldn't eat anymore.

By the time Daddy came up, he found me and Uncle Rhodey with the ice cream tubes; both of sick to our stomachs. Daddy only stared at us first before he took his phone and took a picture, which earned a yell from Uncle Rhodey. When Mommy came home, I was sick as a dog from all the ice cream I've gotten and I remember that I threw up all over Daddy, which he wasn't happy about. Daddy kept mumbling 'I'm gonna get back at him for this' that night, and Uncle Rhodey promised to bring smaller tubs next time which I'm fine with cause I still need to beat him.

Life continued on happily after that. The only thing I didn't understand at the time was that even though the public knew about me, Mommy and Daddy were still hesitated to let me go out of the house. If we did ever go out, we had to put disguises on. Daddy didn't want me to attend a public school so I've been homeschooled then Grandpa told him that I was getting too smart to be homeschooled and told him that I should be in a public school, which lead to them fighting.

I remember Grandpa telling him that it was also time I went to see Stark Industries, which turned into other thing that they fought about. I didn't understand why Grandpa and Daddy were always fighting at the time, so I would just watch them argue till Mommy took me to bed, and eventually Grandma convinced Daddy that it was a good idea.

So the next day when Happy picked us up at nine, Daddy was wearing a nice suit while Daddy and Mommy had me wear a purple shirt and jeans. I sat in my car seat next to Daddy, hugging my stuffed panda that I named 'Lily'.

When we pulled up outside of a collection of a tall building, I felt a bit nervous. Daddy unbuckle my car seat and then picked me up while I held Lily in my arms tightly. Suddenly Happy opened the door and I was met with the bright flash of cameras. I squinted but then buried my face into Daddy's shoulder, holding Lily in one hand. I felt Daddy walking as I kept my face buried in his shoulder and I heard questions being thrown around and the flashes from cameras continued.

"Miss Stark! Had your grandfather or father say if you're going to take over Stark Industries one day?"

"Do you believe that you have the Stark brain of both your father and grandfather?"

I couldn't hear the rest of the questions as Daddy entered the building. I looked up from his shoulder and looked around the building as I felt Daddy placed me on the ground gently. I held Lily in one hand and grabbed Daddy's hand with my other free hand.

Then a voice boomed out. "Tony! Tony!"

Daddy looked over where a tall, bald, and bearded man walked towards us with a wide smile; Grandpa was right behind him with a less excited expression. All three of them were wearing nice suits; what's up with that?

Ignoring Grandpa, Daddy smiled to the man. "Hey, Obie. How you been?"

"Great; excited to meet this little one." The man, known as Obie, said.

At the sudden attention, I shyly ducked behind Daddy's legs with Lily in my hand and my other free hand holding Daddy's hand.

I hear Daddy chuckled softly, "She's shy sometimes; she'll warm up. It's okay, munchkin; he's a friend of Daddy's."

I shyly waved at him before I shyly ducked behind Daddy's legs again.

I don't like him.

I know Daddy say that he's a friend of his but I don't like him for some reason. Grandpa, Obie, and Daddy started to show me the company's grounds; Grandpa and Obie were, I don't think Daddy was listening. I don't know why I don't like Obie, I just get the feeling that he can't be trusted and that one day he may turn against Daddy.

And I hate that feeling, just as much as I don't trust Obie.

Iron Man belongs to Marvel

Briana belongs to me