Natasha Romanova (redheadspy) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2010-09-26 16:47:00

Entry tags:

anya stark, inactive - hot rod, inactive - james romanov rogers, lady devil, misha loganovich, npc - black widow, npc - tony stark, plot-"house of romanov"

Down Is Up, and Up Is Down
The Stark/Romanov Family Dinner. It was a study and exercise in insanity. They were usually loud, chaotic and entertaining to say the least. Natasha wasn't quite sure if she was up for this one or not. Her back was hurting and her ankles and feet were uncomfortably swollen. The good feeling of the second trimester was gone and the uncomfortable third was here. Though she wouldn't back out or tell Tony she didn't want to do it. They would have dinner and be entertained by the kids. Or so she hoped.

Picking a place was key, but this time she opted for Tony to get a private room at Delmonico's. Steak for the carnivores and private so that if things got loud they wouldn't embarrass themselves. And Natasha felt like dressing up a bit.

She had a new dress from Jan, a new pair of shoes and the earrings Tony gave her when she proposed to him.

When she and Tony were ready, he drove them to the restaurant. They even managed to beat the kids there.

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	Re: Back at the Table redheadspy 2010-10-02 01:02 am UTC (link)
	"He has," Natasha said. "I blame undue influence from Ben Grimm." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Back at the Table mishaloganovich 2010-10-02 02:38 am UTC (link)
	"I'm not crazy and stop picking on my guys. It's not Ben's fault. You took me to my first game, Mom. Bought me a jersey, a hat and a pennant to put on my wall." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Back at the Table nextgen_parent 2010-10-02 08:34 pm UTC (link)
	"The Mets, at least, are in New York so they get a little credit. I hold out hope for the day when Misha changes allegiance to the Yankees." Tony teases. "Do you need any help getting the car down there, Anya? I can have someone ship it there for you if you like." he says. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Back at the Table hot_rod 2010-10-02 10:19 pm UTC (link)
	Stevie laughed a little. "Well," she said, "nice to see no matter where you go, baseball divides families." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Back at the Table anyastark 2010-10-02 10:31 pm UTC (link)
	"United we stand, divided we cause more chaos," Anya grinned. "I'm going to drive it up. Weather's nice and the car hasn't been run in awhile." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Back at the Table mishaloganovich 2010-10-03 12:59 am UTC (link)
	"I don't know, Brat. A man's car is as important as his girl. He'll also worry that you 'improved' it while he was gone." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Back at the Table next_avenger 2010-10-03 02:57 am UTC (link)
	"I think she just saves messing with cars for you," James said. "She's been talking about giving Darlene a body." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Back at the Table hot_rod 2010-10-03 03:01 am UTC (link)
	"Dare I ask who Darlene is?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Back at the Table mishaloganovich 2010-10-03 03:19 am UTC (link)
	"My car. A '71 Dodge Demon. Anya that it was funny to put an AI in her. Darlene thinks she's my personal assistant now." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Back at the Table redheadspy 2010-10-03 03:20 am UTC (link)
	Natasha chuckled. "I must say she's working out quite well for you. You don't miss appointments and you get where you're going on time." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Back at the Table nextgen_parent 2010-10-03 04:09 am UTC (link)
	Tony chooses this moment to take a sip of water, wisely staying out of the Darlene issue. No good comes of teasing Misha about that car. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Back at the Table hot_rod 2010-10-03 04:15 am UTC (link)
	"...You put a naggy AI in his car?" Stevie gasped. "That's just not cool." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Back at the Table anyastark 2010-10-03 04:16 am UTC (link)
	"He was talking to it. Whole conversations with it. I thought it should be able to talk back," Anya said. "I won't mess with Steve's car. I save that torment for you." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Back at the Table next_avenger 2010-10-03 05:21 am UTC (link)
	James, like Tony, was going to stay out of it. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Back at the Table mishaloganovich 2010-10-03 05:29 am UTC (link)
	"There's nothing wrong with talking to Darlene. It passed the time when I was doing maintenance. Now she talks back, with suggestions, and directions to a place called Jared's." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Back at the Table redheadspy 2010-10-03 10:40 am UTC (link)
	"Darlene has tasted. Diamonds are a girl's best friend," Natasha said. There may have been the slightest hint of a smirk on her face. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Back at the Table hot_rod 2010-10-03 04:49 pm UTC (link)
	"You don't mess with a guy's car," Stevie said. "It's part of the guy-car code." And occasional girl-car code. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Back at the Table nextgen_parent 2010-10-03 09:32 pm UTC (link)
	"Now, Tasha, don't encourage them. Next thing you know, we'll have AI's in our house doing all manner of weird things. Eddie doesn't have to know about that kind of stuff until he's older. Isn't that right, buddy?" he asks her tummy. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Back at the Table mishaloganovich 2010-10-03 09:57 pm UTC (link)
	"Unfortunately the guy-car code forgot to include sisters with access to far more technology than the average girl. Speaking of technology, Brat, you still have my phone. Don't think I didn't notice. It had better not have another embarrassing ringtone when I get a call." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Back at the Table hot_rod 2010-10-03 10:34 pm UTC (link)
	"...Okay, I talk the cars I'm working on, but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't want one of them talking back. ...Even if I did have a crush on KITT." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Back at the Table redheadspy 2010-10-03 10:54 pm UTC (link)
	"You mean we don't already?" she asked her husband. "Nick will learn that stuff from a very early age." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	Re: Back at the Table anyastark 2010-10-03 10:59 pm UTC (link)
	"I can't find her phone," Anya said and handed her brother's phone back to him. With an embarrassing ring tone of course. "She either has the battery out for some reason or it was destroyed." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

Re: Back at the Table

nextgen_parent
2010-10-03 11:25 pm UTC (link)

Tony just kisses his wife so that he doesn't say anything about the whole Eddie-Nick bit. He still thinks Neddie is a good nickname but...yeah.

His curiosity was piqued at Misha and Anya's conversation, but he didn't want to jump into that; too many possibilities for other discoveries. The appetizers showed up and Tony smiled.

"Time for food, buddy! Are you making your mom crazy with hunger?" he asks.

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Re: Back at the Table

mishaloganovich
2010-10-03 11:36 pm UTC (link)

He took the phone and put it back in his pocket. A glare was reserved for Eliza. Right now he wasn't that sorry he hadn't gotten to know her better.

He took the conversation off cars and Stevie, and shifted it back to the people who arranged the dinner. And off any questions he didn't want to answer. "I know I was four the last time you two had a baby, but did you guys act like this then?"

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	Re: Back at the Table redheadspy 2010-10-04 12:29 am UTC (link)
	"Tony has a new appreciation for pregnancy," Tasha said with a smirk. "And has gone off the deep end. It will only get worse the closer we get to my due date. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)