Hello! This is my new fanfiction, The Commons. I'm not sure how long it will last for, or how long it will be because at this point its just gonna be funnnn! I'm really excited and I hope that you guys will like this story and this concept as much as I do! As the summary says, this is a Lifeguard AU, and in it I will try my best to rotate between characters as the story continues...I'm sorry if anyone was actually waiting for this story. It took a while to get up because I promised myself I would get done with summer reading first but that hasnt happened yet so :/
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Disclaimer: I don't own Marvel. *sobs*
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Natasha Romanoff sighed. Job interviews were always the worst. She absolutely hated the process of filling out piles of repetitive information, tax crap, and annoying employee questionnaires. Even after displaying her less-than-excited attitude for the world to see, Natasha still dragged herself down to the pool director's office getting ready for her interview. She was applying to be a lifeguard and the pressure was on. Natasha would use this money to pay for her college education later that year.
The dark oak door to the director's office creaked open. Behind it was a strawberry blond woman with a tiny frame. She was dressed surprisingly casual and wore athletic shorts and a t-shirt over what appeared to be a swimsuit. "Hello," the woman began to introduce herself, "I'm Virginia Potts, pool director. You can call me Pepper. Are you Natasha?" Natasha stood up from the brown leather chair in front of Pepper's desk, and shook Pepper's hand.
"I am," she replied. Pepper continued to move to the back of her desk, while Natasha sat back down in her chair.
"So Natasha," Pepper grabbed Natasha's résumé off the desk before her and began flipping through it. "Why do you want to work at The Commons?"
"I need money," she blurted. Laughing, Natasha restarted. "Wait that sounds bad. I'm going to be a freshman at the University this fall, and I thought it might be a good idea to get a job or two to start covering the costs of tuition. I have a small athletic scholarship but I don't think it will be enough for all four years."
Pepper's face lit up. "Sweet! I'm going to be a junior there this fall. I'm majoring in business and I totally understand where you're coming from. That's the reason I got this job."
Natasha's face lit up as well, however her stomach dropped. What did Pepper do to become Pool Director before graduation? This operation was beginning to look a little shady.
Pepper continued to skim over Natasha's résumé. "Well, your grades look great, and the comments from your old bosses are literally the best I think I've ever seen. You're hired, but under one condition."
Natasha's face dropped with her spirits. "And that is?"
Pepper smiled at her. "Can I call you Nat?"
Natasha rolled her eyes before beaming back at Pepper. "Of course."
"Fabulous!" Pepper clapped her hands together and giggled. "Now on to everyone's favorite part-company policy."
Nat groaned and Pepper laughed. Maybe, Natasha thought, we could become good friends this summer.
Pepper gave Natasha a look. "Oh come on, it's not THAT bad." She pulled a bright blue binder from a desk drawer labeled 'Rules'. "Okay so first, here's your uniform. Wear it at the swim meets and parties, otherwise the uniform is pretty relaxed. We just ask that you wear a one piece swimsuit here at work.
"Secondly, if your grades suck, we will fire you. For our student workers, school comes first. If you ever need to study or take a test while you're working, just let me know and I can get one of our part time guards on it.
"Third, here is a copy of our lifeguard handbook. We have our own set of rules, and it's kind of nice to know that our guards actually know what they're doing." Natasha laughed as Pepper pushed a handbook packet and two uniform polos across her desk.
"Finally, tomorrow is your first day of work is tomorrow, where I'll introduce you to our head guards, Phil Coulson and Maria Hill. I usually supervise and only guard a little bit, but tomorrow I can show you around and introduce you to some of your co-workers." Natasha smiled.
"Thank you so much Pepper! For once I'm excited to come to work!" The pair laughed and said their goodbyes.
"Thanks again Pepper! I'll see you tomorrow!"
"Yep! Study hard and you might be able to take your test tomorrow!" Pepper yelled as the door slammed shut.
Natasha Romanoff sighed once more, but this time, it was a sigh of relief.
As Natasha exited Pepper's office, she ran straight into a co-worker. He was blond, very buff, and very handsome.
"Oh my goodness!" He stopped her and continued to accidentally block her path. "I'm so sorry for running into you!" He stuck out his hand. "I'm Steve Rodgers, and it looks like I'm one of your co-workers!"
Natasha smiled and shook his hand. Steve was nice, and if all of her co-workers were this nice, she wouldn't have any problems. She shifted awkwardly to avoid dropping her uniforms and information packet. "I'm Natasha," she told him, "Natasha Romanoff."
Steve smiled and released his grip from their handshake. Natasha readjusted the pile in her arms. "Let me be the first to congratulate you on your new job!" He told her.
"Thank -" Natasha was about to thank Steve, but she was interrupted by a loud whistle. One of the other guards, a blond, slimmer guy, had hopped into the water to help a child who wandered into the deep end.
The guard grabbed the child and swam to the wall. From there he maneuvered the child to the shallow end where he could stand. The guard gave a stern talk to the child before hopping out of the pool to dry off.
"I should go relieve him," Steve told Natasha, shaking her hand once more. "It was really nice meeting you!"
"Yep, you too!" She responded.
Natasha walked out of the gate, passing the other guard she had seen rescue the boy. As Natasha left she could feel his eyes on her back.
She hopped into her car, dumping the pile of stuff she had into the passenger seat. Natasha put her key into the ignition before turning on the engine and driving to her apartment.
okay so this chapter was kind of short..the next one will be longer, I promise :) Thanks for reading! Please let me know what you think in the reviews! Your feedback means everything to me!
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