Chapter 2

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It had been a couple days. Dad was on the Helicarrier a lot. He was gone almost all day every day. Thankfully he let me tag along sometimes so I could get extra training time in, so it was pretty good. Fury seems to be bringing up the whole -move to DC- thing constantly now.

"So what are you doing Friday?" I asked before popping another Hershey kiss into my mouth. Sam's eyes were still locked on the TV before she looked over at me.

"Uh, don't know let me check my phone" She replied; picking up her iPhone that was sitting on the bed next to her.

I was hanging out at her house and probably just spending the night since Dad was still on the carrier and I had nothing better to do.

"If you wanna spend the night you can. Tony just got this massage chair that he got from some place in Japan or something-" I cut off as I popped a second Hershey kiss into my mouth. "-and it's amazing!" I end; getting serious.

Sam rolled her eyes and smirked before frowning.

"Aw, I wouldn't be able to until later that night" She said. I furrow my eyebrows; sitting criss-cross before turning to her.

"Why? What's goin on?" I ask; my eyes were kinda locked on the TV as we were watching The Big Bang Theory.

"My dad wants to take me to the Father-Daughter dance" She shrugs. I smile before looking over at her.

"Aw, that's cute" I reply. Her dad was in the Military so every year veterans of NYC would come to this with their daughters and such-... or something like that. It was usually for younger kids, but some of the veterans had been taking there daughters since they were little. So it turned into tradition. Most of them were teenagers now, those that traditionally do it that is.

"I could probably come after that though" Sam adds; looking at her phone.

"I'll have to ask my Dad if you can come over that late" I shrug. "I don't know if he'll be busy or not. SHIELD called him in again tonight to go over some stuff. Something about moving to DC again" I grumble with a shrug. We better not be moving to DC. That's honestly the last thing I need right now.

"Hey! You should have your dad take you. We could all go!" She seemed to almost squeal at the thought. I stared at her for a very long moment. I hesitated before chuckling; then making an abrupt stop.

"Nope!" I laugh and pop the P. "That wouldn't work" I smirk. No way in hell would he ever go to that... And neither would I.

"Why not?" She looked disappointed. I looked at her before giving another smirk.

"Busy" I reply; shrugging. She narrows her eyes and my smile dropped. "Don't give me that look, its weird-"

"You just asked if I could sleep over. Meaning that we'll stay up til 3am and sleep in til noon" She gives me a smart smile. I roll my eyes.

"Not me, him" I replied like it was obvious.

"What if he wasn't" She said back.

"Sam, I don't think this dance counts veterans from over 60 years ago" I chuckle.

"It's for all veterans, you idiot. That's not the issue, what the hell is keeping you from seeing this from my perspective." She whined. "And don't even mention the fact that you're adopted-!" She snapped. I narrowed my eyes.

"Damn it" I mumbled. She slapped me playfully upside the head. "Wha- ow" I give her a hurt look.

"I'm serious dude! You should come, I'm sure he'd love to" She says. I shrug; looking at the floor. But I don't think he'd want to. And the last time he talked anything dance related was the last talk he had with anyone in the 40's when crashing a plan and saying goodbye to the love of his life; when he lost all hope of having a normal happy life with a family... That's kinda awkward now that I'm thinking about it; if I asked him that is. And it makes me upset just thinking about what he lost. And damn I know that sounds cheesy.

I finally looked back up at her before shrugging.

"It's going to be a no, Sam" I sigh. "But if it means that much I guess I'll ask real quickly" I mumble; hoping she might not hear it. She smiled.

"Good" she smiled. "Now we need to continue watching; this is my fav episode" She mumbles the last part. I smirk and roll my eyes before looking at the screen. But I felt my smirk fall as I drifted into deep thought.

Oh my god what did I just agree to.

~0~

A couple days later I was sitting at the counter on my phone reading a Fanfiction story for Star Wars.

"Hey Kate" I turned and saw Dad walk out of the elevator. I looked over my shoulder and ended up scrunching my nose slightly when I saw him.

"Hey, why don't you wear your old suit anymore?" I asked; seeing him in his stealth suit. He looked over and gave a bit of a half smirk before heading for the fridge.

"Well," I glanced down at my phone briefly before looking back up at him. "I don't know, missions usually require a quiet and unknown presence so the old one is a bit-" He makes a face; trying to look for the right word.

"Bright? Bold? American?" I laughed. He rolled his eyes. "But this one isn't..." I frown. "Patriotic" I add. He shrugs.

"Well, I'm sure I'll get the old one back soon" He says. I nod and sip from my milkshake to my left.

"Can I go train on the carrier tomorrow night?" I asked. He was still looking in the fridge.

"Don't you have plans?" He asked. I furrowed my eyebrows.

"Uh no-"

"Sam said you did" He says; glancing over the door. I stop for a moment. Oh! I guess I told him about the sleep over- I don't remember telling him though...

"Oh yeah, I was wondering if she could spend the night" I shrug. "What about before that?" I asked. Clint was going on a mission later that night so he couldn't train with me after 4pm. And I don't know where Natasha was. But I think she was free to help me tomorrow night- Friday obviously.

"And what about that Dance?" He asked. I stopped slurping up the rest of my milkshake. And my eyes shot over to him.

"Uh... What?" I asked in a confused and shaky voice. How the hell does he know about that? I wasn't planning on telling him. Don't judge. I decided against it for his own good of not bringing back some memories... Yes part of it was out of my fear of it being awkward.

"Sam told me about the whole Veteran thing going on tomorrow night" He says; still looking in the fridge. I bit my lip awkwardly.

"I Uh-" I pull my mouth into a thin line before I slowly slurped out more of my milkshake.

"She told me you were going to ask me about it...?" He peaked his head over the fridge door with a smirk. I smile and then drop the smile once he looks back in the fridge.

"I-... I figured you were busy since you- Uh, had a mission" I stutter out. He chuckles.

"Sounds like you're avoiding this" He seemed amused. "You not wanna go?" He asked after pulling some orange juice from the fridge.

I was still biting my lip before I shrugged.

"Um, I dunno" I mumble. "I was gonna go to the carrier to train-"

"Not according to Sam, Kate" He smirks and glances at me as he pours the juice. "She somehow got ahold of my number and asked me if we were meeting them there where this dance is taking place" He says. "So I asked what she was talking about and that led to the whole conversation of what this was about and why you didn't talk to me about it" He smirks. I swallow and drink more of my shake to hide the awkwardness.

"Your mission is tomorrow morning, you'll be gone a while" I change the subject.

"And I'll be back before it" He says. I raise an eyebrow. He seems to be pushing for me to tell Sam I wanna go. I mean, yeah I'd like to. But doesn't it bother him?

"So-" I start; swallowing. "You wanna go?" I ask slowly; confused. He furrowed his eyebrows.

"Well- yeah I want to" He says like it's obvious. "Why wouldn't I?" He asked. I swallow again awkwardly.

"Well-... the- whole dancing thing... I thought..." I trail off; trying to find the right words. I saw something change in his expression and his eyes trailed down for a spit second. "Yeeaaaahh..." I trail off again.

"Okay... What about it?" He asked; a bit confused. My head shot up at that comment. Excuse me?! Did he just ask that?

"I just figured-... You know, it would bring back some memories-"

"Kate, don't worry about that ok?" He said. "I'm fine, it's ok. I'm asking if you wanna go" He smiles. I blinked a few times. Ok... Well, yeah I guess.

"If you have time then sur-"

"Kate, just don't think about what I'm doing for a second ok?" He chuckled. My eyes shot to the left.

Ok in any other circumstance I would love to go. But as my adopted father it just seems like a lot to put on him. I mean, he's freaking Captain America. I feel like I'm burdening him with this. For numerous reasons. And he's nice to everyone, 1940's traits here. And he wouldn't say no to this even if he despised going.

"I guess" I mumble. I saw his smile drop a bit before nodding. I briefly looked up at him as he looked down. Why did he look sad? Aw damn it I knew it. It's bringing back memories. God, why can't I just have a break?

"Ok" He says; a bit quieter. "You don't have to" He says. I shake my head.

"No I do" I give a quick small smile before looking down at the counter.

"Rogers, I need a hand in the gym" Natasha walked in. He looks over at her before nodding.

"Alright" He says before drinking the rest of his juice and walks for the stairs. He walks past her and into the stairwell.

"Kate?" I quickly turn with a smile.

"Hm?"

"You ok?" She asked softly; looking a bit concerned. I nod and bit my lip.

"Mm hm" I nod.

"...ok" She smiles before following him. I sat by myself quietly for a few seconds; staring at the wall.

This is so complicated.

~0~

Later that night I was sitting in my room drawing. I was starting to get into drawing people and stuff a lot more. I was working on drawing people with heads but the head was just that-... A head- no eyes, hair, or anything. I was working on details after i mastered this.

There was a slight knock and I looked over as Dad poked his head in my room.

"Hey" He spoke up in a bit of a quiet and hesitant voice.

"Hi" I had already looked back down at me sketch book.

"Mind if I come in?"

I shrugged a reply and could hear my door open all the way as he walked over and sat down on the edge of my bed. I merely glanced at him seeing him in his suit and ready to go, helmet on and everything including the shield on his back before he took it off and set in down.

"Leaving early?" I asked, still looking at my sketch book.

"Yeah, need to talk to Fury about a few things so I figured now's as good a time as ever" I shrugs before looking over at me.

"K" I was half paying attention as most of my focus was on the drawing.

"What er you drawing?"

"Turn really quick" I say, not looking up and informing his question.

"Excuse me?" I could hear the confusion and hide my smirk.

"Turn to face me for a sec, I need to check somethin" I explain. He slowly moved slightly to face me as he was still sitting on my bed. I looked at his suit and frowned.

"Damn it, that's what I forgot" I mumble before erasing a bit of my drawing before I fixed it.

"Forgot what?" He asked.

"I'm works on drawing people" I shrug. "And at the moment I'm using you for an example" I laugh and show him. It was pretty much him in his stealth suit but there was no specific face. Just a figure in the stealth suit in an action pose.

"How long did this take you to draw?" He astonished.

"45 minutes" I shrug. "I dunno, just fooling around with a pencil" I mumble before continuing to shade in the suit. It was half done.

"It's really amazing, Kate" He says. I nod in reply as I kept shading. I could see him swallow and look around and I hid my smirk. He's thinking of something to say. "We'll make me look good in that" He finally smirks and nods to the sketch book.

"I shall do my best" I laugh and reply with an accent. He nods before getting up.

"Still wanna go tomorrow night?" He asked with a smile. My smile dropped a bit and my eyes quickly shifted to my sketch book.

"Uh, yeah... Sure"

I could see his shoulders slump slightly before he nodded.

"Alright" I saw Dad force a smile before he picked up his shield got up. He leaned over, kissing the top of my head before giving me a side hug. "I promise I'll be there then ok?"

"K" I give a small smile as he walked out.

"Love you" He smiled. I give a small smile and hesitate to answer.

"Love you too" I finally say quickly and smile before looking back down. It was quiet for several seconds before my door slowly closed and it got dead silent.

I let my head fall against the wall behind my bed frame and let out a rough sigh.

Damn it, why did I say I wanna do it again. He should focus on his mission- not finishing it quickly to make it to this stupid thing tomorrow night.

...

Steve hesitated to let go of the door knob and sighed before letting his head rest against the door. Clenching his jaw he stood there for a moment before standing up straight; letting go of the door knob he walked down the hall, putting his shield on his back as he went.

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Hope this topic won't disappoint. Having a Dad in the Military has led for me to go to these father daughter dances since I was little. Some friends and I still do it to this day XD that's where I got the inspiration to write one like this :)Next chapter will be up really soon. Like an hour or so