A new Story!
This is book 3, and the final, story of Before The Worst series.
Hoped ye all liked number 2!
And now, the finale!
Once again, completely set in Tony Starks point of view (POV)
And i hope ye enjoy,
Rachel
CHAPTER 1
A knock on the door interrupted my job searching and i looked up as Natasha walked in, closing the door behind her and sitting down in front of me calmly. I stared at her for a few seconds before sighing, "you're still angry then?" "Yep" she replied. "I said i was sorry" I replied and she shrugged, "I know. But I'm still annoyed". "Why? I apologised didn't I? I even bought you a teddy bear". "You moved to Italy. Without telling me. What happened to stay in touch?" She asked and I sighed, putting down my pen, "I wrote to you once a week. You do not know how dull that gets. Then you visited every two or three weeks. Eventually, Peru got boring" I complained and she sighed, "all I'm saying is you could have given me some warning. Bruce didn't know anything either". "Well, I'm sorry. But i wrote to you with the new address didn't I". "Yea you did. But you're not getting off that easily". "I gave you a TEDDY BEAR" i exclaimed, "Do you know how difficult it is to get a TEDDY BEAR in a tiny village in GENOA?" I asked and she smirked, "it'll take more than that Stark". "Fine, what do you want?" I asked frustrated. "Hmmm...Let's see...a Gucci hand bag, new shoes, a poodle, maybe a new car?".
"Nat. I'm not the billionaire anymore. I've got... like... €20. Twenty Euro. To get through until I find a job. I barely have enough for a sandwich" I replied and she sighed, "then I'll settle for Lunch". "Lunch? That's all I had to do? I just have to buy you lunch and you'll be normal with me again? No more ignoring me? No more death glares? Nothing?" I asked surprised and she nodded, grinning a me, "A girl always loves it when her guy buys her Lunch". "I'm not your guy, though i can think of a certain feather-brain who'd like to be" I replied grinning and her smirk fell, "Clint? Honestly? That's... That's just gross! How could you even think that? There's NOTHING going on between Barton and I. He has a GIRLFRIEND for Christ's sake!"."Just checking" I replied calmly and she stared at me suspiciously, "why do you want to know?" "That's not important right now. What's important now is me finding a job so I have enough money to take you out to lunch and hereby have all your anger and annoying feelings towards me banished. Now, start looking" I said, tossing her a paper. Sighing again, she picked it up, looking through the lists of jobs, "it's going to be a longgg night".
"Doctor?" Natasha asked and i shook my head, "no". "Teacher?" She asked again. "Of what?". "Of English" she replied and I shrugged, "might". "I'll put it in the maybe pile then. Where everything else is" she grumbled and I grinned, "do you want lunch?". "Fine. You win. Next" she announced, "How about... an engineer?". "Oh, yea. Yes pile. Put it in the yes pile. That sounds fun" I said happily and she rolled her eyes, moving onto the next one, "A chef?". I stared at her, "have you SEEN me cook?". "Ok, yea, good point... That's it then" she said and I sighed over-dramatically, "You have to go now?". "Do you want me to stay?" She asked smirking. "Maybe" I teased, "or maybe not". "Then it's time for me to go" she replied standing up and I grabbed her hand, "Noooooo. Stay for a while. I'm boredddddd. Pleaseeeee?" I asked, giving her my best kicked puppy look. Sighing she sat back down, "another hour only. That's it". "Yessss. He shoots, and he SCORES!" I said grinning and she glared at me, but couldn't hide the small smile, "honestly, it's like visiting a kid sometimes". "But ima awesome kid" i said playfully and she smiled, "yes Stark. You're an awesome kid".
"Sooo... What you wanna do?" I asked after a few minutes. "You want me to stay and you have nothing to do?" She asked incredulously and I smirked, "well i was hoping if you stayed you give me something to do". "You are SO messed up" she grumbled. "What? Me? Messed up? You're the one ignoring me" I shot back. "Because you moved to a different CONTINENT to another COUNTRY without telling me" she yelled and I shook my head, "I told you. Just not at the right moment". "You're Impossible". "I know, but you love me for it". "I don't love you Stark". "Yes you do. You just don't want to admit it" I teased and she glared at me, "no. I don't". "Remember 6 months ago? When Justin Hammers men were chasing us? I remember you kissing me" I said grinning. "I remember you getting stabbed" she replied. "But you all so remember kissing me don't you?" I asked and she sighed, "Yes Stark. I remember you telling me to kiss you to avoid getting caught by Hammer or his men". "But you kissed back" I pointed out. "I had to make it look real didn't I?" "Yea, you did. But you could have said no" I replied quietly and she looked up at me in surprise, "what?" "There was a small alley next to us, small enough for no one to take much notice and big enough to hide the two of us. I know you saw it. But you chose to kiss me instead. Twice" I replied and she looked down at her hands, blushing faintly. Slowly I reached over, lifting back up her chin, "it wasn't just a kiss to you was it?"