The next morning, after getting no sleep at all, Steve stumbled into the kitchen to get some breakfast before his daily run. He noticed Sarah walk in and then immediately walk right out. He ran after her, knowing he had done something to her.

"Sarah, let me explain things! Sarah, wait up!"

Surprisingly, Sarah had become slightly faster than Steve, but that wasn't going to stop him from getting to her before she slammed her bedroom door in his face. He turned the corner and remembered a short cut that Tony had made so he could scare people when they passed by. He hid in the corner waiting for Sarah. She would be there any time now. He heard her footsteps coming in his direction. He was prepared to get a firm grip on her so she wouldn't run off. This was his only chance to get her to talk. He positioned himself to where his body was covered in the wall's shadow. He wanted the element of surprise.

"I know your hiding, Steve. Tony told me all about his hiding spots. Just come on out and we can talk about things," Sarah yelled down the hall to Steve.

Steve knew she was gong to pounce on him once he came out, so he stayed there quiet and still. She wasn't coming and he was getting tired of just waiting, so he cautiously came out.

Sarah was the one with the element of surprise. She tackled Steve and pinned him to the floor. When he shot up out of her grip, she roundhouse kicked him in the side, he was too tall for her to get his head. Steve landed on the ground in pain and Sarah pinned him again and this time looked him straight in the eye.

"Why don't you trust me? I have you pinned to the ground right now and I have no plans on letting go anytime soon, so you may as well explain to me why I'm not going with you! Tell me right now, Steve Rogers!"

"It's hard- for me- to explain things- when I can't- breath." Steve was struggling to get the words out.

Sarah released him enough to breathe but not enough to let him escape. "Why won't you let me go on the mission with you?"

"Nick won't let you go. He doesn't think your ready."

"Ready for what? I've been on hard missions before, how is this one different? I've knocked out terrorists before. What's so different about this one?"

"I don't know! Nick won't tell me. He knew you would ask me about the mission so he purposefully didn't tell me everything."

"So Fury's the one who doesn't trust me! Why does no one trust me?"

"Sarah, let me go and I'll explain things to you. It's hard to tell you everything when you're just a few inches away from my face- and when my side really hurts."

Sarah slowly let Steve go and allowed him to sit up and lean against the wall for support.

"It's not that we don't trust you, it's that we don't think you have the right abilities for this mission. You need to train a little bit more and then you'll be ready. I've seen you get better in training but Nick thinks you need just a few more weeks to train until you're ready for anything-even missions on your own."

Sarah sounded excited at the sound of that. She could go on missions herself. But she still seemed uncertain. "What's so different about these terrorists?"

"There's more of them. They are stronger. They are faster. Don't worry about it. I know what I'm going to do and I've done this before. I've fought people who are much stronger and faster than them. You have a job with this mission too, special instructions from Nick Fury himself."

"What? What is it?" Sarah perked up at the sound of that.

"Your job with this mission is to stay here in Stark Tower and stay out of trouble- to stay safe. Part of why you're not going is because we don't want you to get hurt. Please, Sarah, for me."

Sarah looked up at Steve, "Yeah, I'll stay here. Good luck on the mission. When do you have to leave?"

"Tomorrow night at eleven thirty. They will be working at night so I'll probably be sleeping most of the day tomorrow." Steve wasn't sure why Sarah was asking all those questions about the mission, but he knew he could trust her, even if Fury didn't trust Sarah.

"Sarah, thanks for understanding. Oh and don't tell Fury I told you any of this information, you're not really supposed to know."

"I won't, I promise." Sarah smiled and gave Steve a big hug.