Disclaimer: I do not own Marvel's Avengers, or any of the characters. I only own my OC Elaine Davis.

*Edited 1/31/18*


"Sometimes people surprise us. People we believe we know." ― Joyce Carol Oates, The Falls


Chapter 2: Guess who called?

Elaine let out a exasperated huff as she slowly opened her eyes. Her dark eyes landed on her bedroom door when she heard knocking. She let out a groan. Although she had already been awake for a while now she in no way wanted to get out of bed yet.

"Honey, wake up, I have breakfast ready." Her mom's soft voice came from behind the door.

Elaine made herself get up into a sitting position, knowing it would be rude to just ignore mom."Alright be there in a few." She responded back to her before she heard her mom's footsteps go back to what she assumed was the kitchen.

Elaine let out a yawn and then looked towards her alarm clock. It read that it was already pass nine in the morning. She let out a groan of annoyance. As mentioned before, she wasn't exactly a morning person. Not until she had her morning cup of coffee.

Remembering that her mom said she had breakfast ready, Elaine pulled her bed covers off. She out of bed, and then made her way to the bathroom that was in the hall. Once in there, she splashed her face with cold water from the sink, to wash away the left over sleep she had. She then brushed her teeth and rinsed her mouth thoroughly. After that she grabbed the hair brush that she had in the bathroom and used it to get rid of any tangles she had in her hair. She let out a wince when she ran the brush through her hair.

Darn these tangles. I guess that's what you have to deal with when you have long hair.

She put the hair brush down to the side after she had done few minutes of brushing her hair out. She the looked into the bathroom mirror and began feeling felt slightly better once she saw that her hair was now presentable and tangle free. While looking at her reflection, Elaine took a moment to study herself. Even to this day she still found her facial features to be a little different. Not exactly in a bad way.

She guessed the reason behind this was because of her parents ethnicities. They came from different backgrounds. Her father was Chinese American, and her mom came from Cherokee ancestry. Which meant that her ethnicity in result, was quite a mix. So her facial features were unique. She herself had fair light skin on account from her father, but she also had brown eyes and long wavy dark hair, much like her mom.

Her mom had much beautiful features than she did. Even if she shared similar features with her, Elaine always believed that her own features were bland. Especially when compared to her mom's. Elaine in general thought she lacked in the looks department. Her facial features might have some interesting quirks, but she still in no way actually believed she was beautiful. There were much better looking girls out there in the world. Besides, it wasn't exactly like she was trying to impress anyone. So why should she care anyways?

With that in mind Elaine went back to her room. Once in there she quickly got out of her pajamas and dressed into her days clothes. Her outfit consisted with wearing black skinny jeans, a dark purple t-shirt, and black vans for show wear. She herself preferred the dark colors because they complemented everything so well.

After getting fully dressed she made her way towards the kitchen. Her stomach growled once the smell of freshly made pancakes entered her nose. Her brown eyes landed onto her mom who was by the stove flipping a pancake. She was already dressed as well, ready for the day.

"Morning, mama." Elaine greeted her with a small smile.

At hearing her daughter's voice, Josie looked up towards her and gave her a merry-like smile. "Good morning, honey! Glad you're finally up. I made pancakes." She exclaimed happily.

Elaine's smile grew more at how cheerful her mom was. She had always been more of a morning person than her. She looked at her mom a bit longer before glanced to the plate that held the pancakes. "Chocolate chip?" She asked her mom with a hopeful voice.

Josie nodded her head as she gave her an obvious look. "But of course."

Elaine did a little fist pump and muttered a yes. At this Josie laughed affectionately because of her daughter's actions. She then pointed towards the kitchen's counter. "There's some coffee ready as well." She informed her before she set the last pancake she was making onto the plate that had the rest of the stack.

Elaine took out two mugs from on top of the cabinets and poured coffee into them. One for her and the other for her mom. She then walked over to the kitchen table just as her mom placed the plate of pancakes on there as well. Elaine then handed her mom one of the coffee's to her before the both of them sat down to eat their breakfast together. She took a bite from the chocolate chip pancake and let out a hum of approval. She then gave her mom a bright smile as finished the piece she had in her mouth. "Mom, have I ever told you how much I love your pancakes?" She asked rhetorically.

Josie smiled at her daughter. "I'm pretty sure you've told me once or twice before."

Elaine chuckled and then took a sip from her coffee. The warmth of the liquid going into her system instantly made her feel better. "So what's on the agenda for today?" She asked her mom as set her mug back down on the kitchen table.

Josie who was cutting her pancake stopped for a second to look at her. "Gonna do some inventory count at the bakery." She informed her.

"You want some help?" Elaine asked. Her mom had her very own bakery ever since Elaine could remember, and she always offered to help her whenever she could.

"If you don't mind..." Josie said sheepishly.

"Mom, of course I don't mind." Elaine told her honestly.

Josie gave her a grateful expression. "Thanks, honey."

After that the two of them continued on eating their breakfast in peace. Elaine kept telling her mom how much she enjoyed the pancakes and her mom in return just smiled. Once they finished, Elaine told her mom that she would wash the dishes since she thought it was only fair for her to do that. Her mom though insisted she'd help out and settled with putting away the dishes away that Elaine was drying. It was while they were doing this that her mom brought something very interesting into conversation.

"So, guess who called late last night?" She asked grabbing Elaine's attention.

Elaine took a moment as she tried to come up with an answer. She then shrugged when she couldn't come up with one. "Who?" She asked semi-intrigued.

"Your Godfather."

Now that certainly caught her attention.

Elaine made a surprise face, not at all expecting for that response. She turned to glance at her mom. "Clint called? What exactly for?"

"He just wanted to know how we were doing. Although, I think he still feels guilty that he wasn't able to make your high school graduation."

Elaine furrowed her eyebrows. "But why? Like I said to him before, I understood why he couldn't make it." She said waving it off. "He had a mission to go on."

"I know and that's what I told him as well, but you know how he is." Josie informed her with a soft expression.

"Yeah..." Elaine said before she continued talking. "So is that all he said?" She asked her mom as she handed her the last dried plate.

"Well...not exactly." Josie drawled on as she took the plate and put inside the cabinet. She closed it before looking back towards her daughter. She noticed how she was waiting for her to finish her sentence. She let a smile grace her face before she continued on. "He was wondering if you wanted to go visit him." She said finally telling her what she had been wanting to let her know since Clint called last night.

"Really?" Elaine asked bemused. Usually her Godfather came over and visited her. Whenever he had the time of course. Therefore she found the fact that he wanted her to come to visit him this time to be a little odd.

"Yeah, he also wants you to visit Laura and the kids as well."

Elaine smiled as she thought about Laura, Cooper, Lila, and of course the newest addition to their family, Nathaniel. She had seen many baby pictures of him thanks to the photos Laura and Clint had sent to her. And he was definitely a cutie pie. The more she thought about them the more obvious it was that she missed them. It had been a while now since she had seen them all. Looking towards her mother, Elaine let out a sigh. "So he wants me to go visit them at the farm house?" She asked her.

Josie shook her head. "No he actually wants you to visit him in New York."

Elaine felt extremely confused by this. "New York?" She frowned slightly. "Why New York?"

"Well that's where he mainly stays at, and that's where Laura and the kids go there to visit him frequently." Josie told her shrugging her shoulders. "He just figured it would be best and easier for you if you stayed in New York with him."

"I guess that makes sense..." Elaine said but she still sounded unsure. "But New York? I don't know mom. I mean, I've never been to New York before."

"Which is exactly why you should go." Josie reasoned with her. "I mean if you stay here, what are you going to do? Spend all of your time helping me at bakery? Is that really how you want to spend your summer before you go to college?"

"Might go to college...I don't know yet." Elaine corrected her with a firm tone before she soften it. "And anyways, that's not all I would do with my time. I'd do others things too."

Josie sighed. She knew that her daughter was still having doubts about going to college because of her powers. She knew how much she disliked them. Josie really wanted to let her know that her powers shouldn't stop her from going to college, but she knew if she brought this up, they would probably get into an argument. Which was the last thing she wanted. She decided not to dwell on that sensitive topic and instead asked another question referring to what her daughter had last said to her. "Okay, well how would you spend your time?"

"I'd probably go visit Rogue. See how she's doing." Elaine answered with a smile. She considered Rogue to be a close friend of hers. Rogue like her was also a mutant. What was interesting about the two of them was that they both had the power to cause harm towards others. Except in Rogue's case, her power leaned more near the dangers side, since all it took was skin to skin contact with her, and the other person would be drained from their energy. While Elaine's powers might have not been as severe as Rogue's, she still did have common similar struggles. Such as, self-doubting her ability to control her powers, being feared and judged, but most importantly...not wanting to hurt others. And it was because of these struggles that the two become quite close with each other. Elaine was finally able to find a person she could some what relate and talk to. Plus, it also helped out that Rogue was a great person to hang around with as well. They've had quite a few adventures together.

Josie let out a laugh. "Honey, the last time you visited Rogue you got this purple streak in your hair." She said in a motherly tone voice as she gently pulled on the piece of her that was dyed purple.

Elaine waved her mom's hands away, making her let go of the piece of hair that was colored purple. "Oh, come on mom. It's not like I dyed my whole hair purple."

Josie gave her a pointed look. "I have no doubt that you probably wanted to do that." She then made a face as she realized something. "Anyways, isn't she friends with that Wilson character? I'm still a little wary towards him."

"You mean Wade?" Elaine asked and saw how her mom nodded her head sternly. At this she let out a laugh. "I wouldn't exactly call them friends mom. They're more like acquaintances. Wade just likes to drop in sometimes to annoy her, and on occasion me too. Well when ever I'm lucky enough to be caught in one of his brief appearances." She said somewhat sarcastically, but a smile remained on her face as she thought about the merc with the mouth. "Besides, he really isn't that terrible to be around."

"Oh, really?" Josie asked with raised eyebrows.

Elaine nodded her head. "Yeah, he has a few good qualities."

"Like what?" Josie challenged in an amused tone of voice.

It took a moment for Elaine to think about this before she was able to come up with something. "He's funny and he knows where to buy the best chimichangas."

Josie scoffed. "Which I'm sure makes up for everything else."

Elaine nodded her head. "Oh believe me, once you try one of those chimichangas, it sure does."

Josie merely sighed before she returned back to the main topic they had been talking about. "I still think that it would be better if you visited your Godfather. I mean, when was the last time you actually got to spend some quality time with him?"

Elaine let out a huff knowing her mom had a point. "I guess it has been a while..."

"It has." Josie responded back to her. "Besides, look at the bright side, you'll get to see Laura and the kids. Not to mention Natasha as well."

At the mention of Natasha, Elaine's face lit up. "Tasha's going to be there too?"

Josie smiled at her daughter. "Of course she is."

Elaine stayed quiet for a few minutes as she thought things threw. Perhaps going to visit her Godfather Clint wouldn't be such a bad thing. She did after all miss him and everyone else. Laura, the kids, and especially Natasha.

Once having made up her mind with a decision, Elaine looked towards her mom. She rolled her eyes in good nature with how anxious she looked. "Fine, I'll go." She told her and saw how happy her mom became.

Josie let out a warm smile with the decision her daughter had made. "Great I'll go Clint right now and let him know the great news. Then we can head to the bakery afterwards." With that being said, she hurriedly ran to her room to call him.

Elaine's mouth formed into a small smile as she watched her mother go into her hurry mode. She crossed her arms across her chest and leaned against the kitchen's sink. Well there's no going back on my decision now...she thought to herself. She'd be lying if she said she wasn't at all excited about going. Maybe this trip would be fun? Who knows, perhaps something interesting might happen during this visit.