Close Your Eyes

It's been a few days since she last saw Tony much to her relief she honestly didn't want to deal with that ass of a man at the moment. Dasha has been working relentlessly for her new shift and she was dead tired all the time; she didn't know how she kept herself on her feet half the time but she did it.

When Jak asked about her and her well being she just smiled at him before continuing onto her work, as she walked out of one of her patients room she felt the nurse walking along side her "Ash are you okay? You seem a bit more tired than before." Jak shared his concern.

No, Jak didn't know about her extra shift that she picked up that was more confidential on her part until she found the right time to tell him. Rubbing her eyes a yawn escaped her lips, covering her mouth she blinked a few times to get rid of the tears that were building up in her eyes "I'm fine; I have been looking out for Willow more often than I would've."

The male sighed as he swung his arms back and forth "I swear sometimes I think you are the mother of that child and not Ivy. What the hell does Ivy do that is so important; she doesn't work extra shifts or anything. God, she annoys me-" that was all she heard from his complaint.

It wasn't that she was irritated it's just that she knew exactly what he was going to say; Ivy has always been this way with her child and Jak being pissed off at her for not being a mother is something they all shared. Her father, herself and Jak were all ticked off that Ivy-Rae doesn't take care of her child that often but what can you do.

"-choke her to death. Sorry I'm rambling again aren't I?" Jak sheepishly smiled at the darker skinned woman.

Dasha forced a smile saying that it was alright "I'm just glad that my shift is going to be over within the next hour. Have you checked on Scott yet? Any progress of what we discovered?"

Jak pursed his lips as he crossed his arms walking along side with his friend "I've checked on him like you asked and he seems fine. Nothing unusual has happened with him yet, he didn't even freak out that much when I checked his pulse."

"I figured as much. There's absolutely nothing we can do to find out what he is; did you find out what foster care he was under?" the young doctor thought if there was nothing they can find out about what has been happening to him as of late then they can find out about his background maybe there was something there.

"Hm, I'm not sure. I need to double check, I'll be sure to get back to you on that." Jak paused as they walked into her office closing the door behind them he licked his lips as he leaned on the door "Has Dr. Cooper called you in yet?"

Dasha shook her head thankful that he hasn't said or done anything to her; she knew it was a stretch to have reported that Scott was fine after the episodes that he had but what can she do? She didn't want Scott to be put into any experiments of any kind. Dasha had a hunch of what was going on with Scott but she didn't want to assume just yet.

That was when her beeper went off, checking the number she sucked her teeth "It's him?" Jak guessed as she nodded grimly. "I'll be back." she mumbled as she went the same route as she did any other day towards Dr. Cooper's office. Dasha liked her boss but only to a certain extent and having her all day was killing her but she needed to put on a fake smile and walk into his office.

Turning the door knob she saw her boss behind his desk like usual before he peered up and welcomed her, "Dasha! So nice for you to come so soon. Any findings on your testing?" picking up the folder that she has put in his box the moment she got the results.

Dasha smiled, "Nothing out of the ordinary. I think the nurses didn't give him the right sedatives so that wasn't make him sleep right." it was a flimsy lie but it was all that she could think of until she figured out what was really going on with Scott.

"Okay" he answered not quite happy with no findings on this particular child before he confirmed what she said was on the paperwork that she filed for him. As right as she was going to take her leave, she froze when he asked, "I have noticed that a certain billionaire keeps popping into the hospital and it's not because he's injured or donating anything either. Care to explain?" folding his hands together.

Turning around she licked her lips, "You see, Mr. Stark wanted a tour around the hospital to see if he could contribute to any future funding to this hospital." Dasha had to give herself a pat on the back for putting him in the gutter like that but then again it might not be such a great idea. She wasn't thinking about that at the time.

Dr. Cooper nodded appreciatively, "Well since you are such good friends with him, why don't you have him come by and we will settle any concerns that he has for the hospital?" Dasha stared at the doctor asking him to repeat what he said. The older man laughed before he repeated what he said, "I said you should call him and tell him to come in. Is that a problem?"

"Oh no, it's just that…Mr. Stark is so busy." With banging random women, she thought.

"Tell him whenever he is available then, why don't you?"

Dasha agreed as she walked out of the room and once she closed the door she banged her head on the opposite wall muttering every curse word in the book how stupid she was for throwing herself under the bus like that. "Now I have to go find him. Not that hard." she muttered.

"I can't believe you dragged me here." Dasha muttered as she crossed her arms in front of the home that she never wanted be in front of. Jak rolled his eyes as he reminded her that it was her that made her own life difficult by lying about something like this.

It wasn't her fault that Tony kept popping in without warning and no reason honestly but to see her from what she understood. As Jak waited for the door to open after ringing the doorbell, someone finally opened the door "Hel- Dasha?" her light brown eyes looked to the entrance to see the woman she made friends with at the gathering.

"You've got to be kidding me." she muttered before she smiled at the strawberry blond woman standing in front of her "Hi, we're here to talk to Mr. Stark." saying it as formally as possible while Jak added that it was only Dasha that needed to talk to him. She glared at her friend as they walked in impressed with the house that was Tony's.

"Follow me." Pepper waved them over as they trailed behind her looking at everything before they started to descend down the stairs. There was a glass door showing all of the cars that were in the garage and there was Tony concentrated on one of them.

Pepper easily pressed in the code pausing the music that was blaring, Tony sighed clearly irritated "Pepper, how many times do I have to tell you that 'me' time is from 5 to 8 pm."

"Every day." she quickly responded "Someone is here to see you."

Dasha wanted to correct her but she kept a tight lip when Tony looked back with a curious look before he had that stupid smirk on his face. "Dasha! Never thought you would willingly come to my chambers, let alone you knowing where I live. Are you stalking me?"

"I wouldn't waste my time with something as petty as that." Dasha snapped.

The blue eyed man nudged his friend not to mess this up as he spoke up, "Actually, Dasha wants to discuss something with you." pushing his friend forward. "Really? What is the pleasure of having a beautiful woman like you over at my domain?" wiping his hands with a towel before walking up to her. Dasha stepped back with a disgust look on her face "Don't even think about it."

Tony shrugged, "I wasn't. You are the one that put that in my mind"

"Look, I don't want to waste time so I am going to cut to the chase." Dasha leaned back when he started to invade her personal space. She pushed him lightly feeling his muscular chest for a split second before she continued to glare at him. "Go ahead."

"When I was at work today my boss was wondering why you were wandering around the halls for no reason at all."

"I wasn't wandering for no reason." he cut in but stopped when she gave him a look "Continue."

"So I told him that you were there to learn more about the hospital before you donated money…so…he wanted me to have you talk to him to iron out the details." Tony raised a brow at the woman before him.

"The only lie you could come up with was that?" Dasha slapped his arm making him step back in defense.

"What if I called you out on your lie? What would you do then?"

"I will murder you in your sleep."

She frowned seeing the steps he was taking towards her were small but impacting as he was finally inches away from her. His breath fanned her face as he muttered, "What if I have a proposition for you that will be ensure you that I will donate a massive amount of money to your hospital?"

"I would ask if it is reasonable before I agree to such terms." Dasha knew she was in deep water with having to listen to whatever he wanted from her. She couldn't just show up and say to Dr. Cooper that Tony wasn't going to donate any longer because that would make him question the purpose of him being in the hospital.

If he found out that he was there for her…

It wouldn't do good for her career.

"Be my plus one to a charity event…"

"I thought you don't go to events." she cut in knowing exactly the type of person he was when it came to things like that. Pepper was kind enough to tell her the first day they met and she promised herself not to run into that man she was talking about but as life came to see that it wanted to ruin her life even more.

"Not only would it ensure you that I will be a man of my word but it will help non-profit organizations and Pepper and we both know that you love to help those out in need. So help me help you." he smirked at her "Deal?" holding out his hand for her to take.

Dasha looked at his hand waringly before she looked at Tony "I won't agree unless you shake my hand like a human being." the woman wanted to punch the billionaire in the throat for being so sneaky and annoying but she caved in.

Bringing out her smaller hand for him to shake, he firmly grasped her hand with the same smirk on his lips before pulled her close and gave her a small peck on the lips. Dasha froze in shock wondering what the hell just happened, even if it was just a small kiss she felt his disgusting lips on her own. "Now call me later so we can talk about what we are doing at the event." as his arm wrapped around her shoulder ushering her out of the garage complex.

She was still frozen when they went up the stairs and he gave her over to Jak who looked worried seeing the silent woman. "What happened?"

Tony smirked, "Got myself a date for that charity event you keep babbling on about." looking at Pepper before he looked at the man before him "And you guys came for what you were here for?" bidding goodbye to the two, he whistled as he jogged down the stairs again making Pepper wonder how he convinced Dasha to take part of that.

When Jak ushered Dasha into the car that was outside he called out to her "Dasha…Ash…Da-"

"That son of a bitch!" she screamed as the murderous look in her eyes shined in her eyes. Jak jumped at the sudden yelling as she kept screaming in the car about how much Tony is a jackass and the rest he couldn't really figure out what she was saying, something about hitting him with a shovel and burying him alive in the middle of nowhere.

"What happened?" he asked frantically.

Jak shut his mouth when he saw the look was directed at him "What happened? WHAT HAPPENED? He FUCKING KISSED ME! That is what happened and it's all your fault!"

"How is it my fault?"

"Because it was your idea to come to his house; you couldn't wait until I saw him again in a public place where he couldn't contaminate me with his germs. Now I have to gargle with Listerine and wash my body from where he touched me." she muttered quietly as she hit her head on the head rest.

"I'm fucking doomed" this was the most Jak has heard Dasha cuss and hearing it come out of her mouth was so strange. The doctor just kept muttering how she should just end her life so she wouldn't have to deal with someone like Tony Stark, "Maybe if I gain a lot of weight he will leave me alone."

"He would be on to you on that and just bug you until you lose the weight." Jak pointed out as he drove them safely home before Dasha went on her secret shift at the hospital again. Dasha groaned when Jak pointed out that at least she would wear a beautiful dress and there would be lots of alcohol at the event.

"That doesn't make me feel better. You know what alcohol does to me."

"Oh yeah. I guess you can annoy him as much as you possibly can?" his help to make her less attractive to Tony was a lot harder than she thought. Dasha just knew that the outcome of all this, she wasn't going to be happy.