Disclaimer - I do not own Captain America, this was written for entertainment purposes.
"War continues to ravage Europe but help is on the way! Every able-bodied young man is lining up to serve his country!"
Steve watched the screen in the cinema, sighing silently. Yet again his enlistment form was rejected by the men at the booth, who cares if he was an asthmatic? Or heart trouble? High blood pressure? Pounding in the heart? The army did, that's why he couldn't join. Even Jane had better chances than him.
"Even little Timmy is doing his part by collecting scrap metal, Nice work Timmy!"
"Who cares! Play the movie already!" the man sat in front of Steve yelled at the screen, the people around (mostly crying dames) looked at him in disgust. This was unusual behavior, but this was Gilmore Hodge. Steve leaned forwards slightly.
"Hey, show some respect" he said, Gilmore snorted and watched the add.
"Meanwhile over seas, our brave boys are showing that the price of freedom is never to high!"
"Let's go! Get on with it! Just start the cartoon!" Gilmore shouted again and people glared, Steve was one of those people and he tapped him shoulder
"Hey, wanna shut up?!" he said, Gilmore stood and turned, glaring down at Steve and Steve gulped.
Crash! Steve fell into the bin, standing up quickly and received another punch in the face, falling against the fence. Steve grabbed the lib of a bin when he stood to use as a shield, Gilmore pulled it away and punched Steve, who wasn't giving up.
"You don't know when to give up, do you?" Gilmore smirked at Steve, Steve had his fists in front of him but was obviously dizzy.
"I can do this all day!" Steve said and swung his fist at Gilmore, it missed easy and Gilmore punched Steve hard, making the 90 pound asthmatic fall into the bin one more.
"Hey!" the familiar voice of Steve's best friend was heard as Gilmore was pulled away and pushed into the open alley "Thought you'd learn to pick on someone your own size, Hodge"
"Bitch" Gilmore snapped and threw a punch, it was easily dodged and Jane punched Gilmore in the nose, then kicked him in the balls as he went to run. Gilmore took off running down the alley and back to the streets, Jane turned back to Steve.
"You know, Sometimes I think you like getting punched" she said and Steve stood, wiping blood from his nose. Jane picked up the paper that had fallen from Steve's pocket.
"How many time is this?" she asked, looking at the writing "Oh your from Prams now? You know its illegal to lie on your enlistment form, but seriously? Jersey?" Jane said, looking at Steve, Steve looked at Jane as she finished speaking, noticing the cloths she wore.
"You get your orders?" he asked, Jane looked down at her sergeants uniform, which was almost exactly like a mans just a skirt rather than trousers and one inch heels.
"The one oh seventh, Sergeant Jane Beatrice Barnes, shipping out to England first thing tomorrow" she said, tilting her head slightly, her brown hair in a braid and the hat upon her head.
"I should be going... Betty I should be going..." Steve said, looking more upset that she was going and he wasn't than he was about getting beat up. Jane frowned but slowly smiled
"Come on man," she said and they started to walk from the alley "It's my last night! Gotta get you cleaned up" Jane said, putting an arm around Steve's shoulder.
"Why? Where we going?" he asked, Jane tossed the enlistment form to the side and handed Steve today's news paper.
"The future"
Jane and Steve walked through the crowds, Steve following Jane as she seemed to know where to go.
"I don't see what the problem is" she started "You're about to be the last eligible man in New York, you can have two and a half million women here" she added, smiling at Steve, he didn't seem to happy.
"I'd settle for just one" he said, Jane rolled her eyes. Jane got any man she wanted, and a few woman occasionally, she wasn't one to settle down like Steve was.
"Good thing I took care of that for you" she said, than waved as a man shouted 'hey Betty!' she pulled Steve over, the man had brought his sister for Steve to go out with.
"What did you tell her about me?" he asked Jane as they walked, Jane was smiling at the man as she answered Steve.
"Only the good stuff"
"Come on," Jane said as she nudged Steve, she was frowning. He'd really run from the date to enlist again? "Your kinda missing the point of a double date" she added, Steve looked at her "Are you really going to do this again?" she asked
"It's a fair, I thought I'd try my luck"Steve said, Jane sighed in frustration.
"As who? Steve from Ohio? They'll catch you! Worse, they'll take you!" she said, putting a hand on his shoulder.
"Look Betty, I know you don't think I can do this-"
"This isn't about college Steve it's war! Why are you so keen to fight? There's so many important jobs-"
"What do you want me to do? Collect scrap metal-"
"Yes!"
"-In my little red wagon?-"
"Why not?!"
"I'm not going to sit in a factory Betty-"
"Come on!"
"Betty, come on! There are men laying down their lives, I have no right to do any less than them, that's what you don't understand... This isn't about me" Steve managed to finish without Jane's interruptions.
"Right," she said "'because you have nothing to prove" she said, Steve was silent.
"Hey Betty?" her date called, Betty turned around and looked at him "Are we going dancing?"
"I guess we are" she said then turned back to Steve "Just... Don't do anything stupid until I get back" she said before walking towards her date
"How can I? You're taking all the stupid with you" Steve said, Jane stopped and turned around, walking back to Steve then pulling him into a hug
"You're a punk" she said, Steve hugged back
"You're a jerk" he said, she pulled away and she started to walk back to her date, Steve added "Don't win the war until I get there" and Jane saluted him before linking arms with her date.
"Come on, its just us" she said, Steve watched as Jane 'Betty' Barnes walked off with her date, his date walked off with another man.