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Chapter Three

Around 3 in the morning Kate woke up to a scream. She knew exactly what was happening, and exactly what was about to happen. Laura was going into labor. Kate was in charge of the little Barton's, which also meant that she was going to have to be with Wanda and Pietro as well. Something that she was not going to complain about. Kate flew out of her room and towards Laura and Clint's room. She wasn't surprised to see Pietro already in the room. Her eyes took in the sight of him, his chest was bare and she was able to see the fine toned muscles of his chest. He wore black sweatpants, but her blue eyes were focused on the scars that he had on his chest. As soon as her name was being called, she snapped out of her stare.

"I got the kids, right." She told Clint and he nodded his head. "You guys go. It seems like you've waited too long already."

"I'll keep you posted." Clint spoke before Kate managed to give her sister a quick kiss on the cheek before she left the room with her husband, leaving Kate and Pietro alone. She felt his eyes on her, she turned to look at him as she folded her arms across her chest. It felt like her nature to give him a comment but when she opened her mouth nothing came out.

"She will be alright, little bird." Pietro spoke, Kate looked at him. She wasn't sure what to think. Kate had experienced the other labors that Laura had been through, but nothing sounded like this. She had been able to keep her screams under wraps for the kids, but not this time. But in her head, she was trying to figure out how quickly he read her. Kate was usually good at hiding her facial emotions but he seemed to read right through them, before she even realized that she was concerned about her sister.

"I know, I'm fine." Kate told him with a nod, she watched as he took a step to her and placed a hand on her shoulder. His touch spread like wildfire, she looked up to him. "What?" She asked, his glance didn't make a move to leave from her.

"I want to make sure you are alright." Pietro spoke. At this point, Kate was tired enough and she didn't want to press any farther. Her head simply nodded.

"Thank you for that. I'll see you in the morning, alright?" She spoke giving him a half smile. Pietro removed his hand from her shoulder and nodded.

"I will see you then." He left the room, looking back at her one last time. Her brows furrowed as soon as he left. Kate hadn't known Pietro for long, but this was a side of him that she hadn't seen of him before. She stood there pondering for a few moments until she felt small hands on her arm. She looked down and saw Lila looking up at her.

"Is mommy okay?" She asked. Kate knelt down next to her niece and nodded.

"Yeah, she's gonna be fine. She just needs to go to the hospital and have your little brother, alright?" Kate asked. "Want to stay in my room for the rest of the night?". Lila nodded her head and followed Kate back to her room.

Kate couldn't sleep for the rest of the night. Her mind was racing.


Kate woke up much earlier than she usually did. She was a late sleeper, but her mind was racing and she couldn't seem to calm down. She received text messages from Clint telling her that Laura and the baby were fine, and she was in much better hands than usual. But also that she had begun bleeding more than normal. All Kate cared about was her sister, and the baby. Clint assured her that they were fine, and she could take Lila and Cooper to see little Nathaniel later on in the day. Kate felt much better. As soon as Lila fell asleep next to her, Kate got up and went to her room. She changed into a pair of jeans and a long sleeved navy blue shirt before grabbing her bow and quiver and made her way outside.

She began her destressing exercise and fired off three arrows, all of them landed in the dead center of the bullseye. Then she began testing herself by positioning herself in more difficult stances. She was off by a quarter of an inch once. Not bad if she said so herself.

About an hour later, Kate walked inside and found Cooper watching television with Pietro and Wanda, Lila seemed to be upstairs still sleeping. At the closing of the back door, heads shot to look at her. Cooper shot up from the couch and ran over to her. "Is he here?" He asked with such excitement. Kate nodded her head.

"Yes, your little brother is here. We can go see him in a little bit, alright. Your mom needs to relax now, alright?" She explained to him. His head nodded. "In the meantime I'm gonna make us breakfast." Cooper's face lit up.

"Can you make us your waffles?" He asked, Kate let out a laugh and nodded.

"Of course." Cooper smiled at his Aunt and went back to watching his show. Kate began to find all of the ingredients to make her waffles. The kids loved them because she added a swirl of cinnamon sugar to the regular batter. She began mixing the ingredients before, she heard Wanda speak.

"Do you want help?" She asked, Kate shook her head.

"No thanks, but I could use the company." She spoke with a smile. Wanda nodded her head and watched as Kate moved around the kitchen gathering all of the table settings for them to eat at the table. Wanda simply grabbed the settings and began setting the table for them to eat. When she finished she walked back into the kitchen.

"Pietro and I wanted to know if we can come with you, to the hospital." Wanda spoke after a few moments of silence. Kate smiled and turned away from the waffle maker, after she poured the batter in.

"Of course you both can. You're family now." Kate spoke as Wanda returned her smile.

"Thank you." Wanda spoke again.

"Is my brother here?" Lila asked coming into the kitchen. The girl had just woken up and was still tired, Kate knew this because the girl was rubbing her eyes, and sleep laced her voice. "Yes he is, and as soon as we are done eating we will get ready and go see him." She explained, it was then that Lila noticed what Kate was making. Her tired eyes widened and she rushed to the table to eat. Kate and Wanda both shared a chuckle. Kate went to the fridge and grabbed out a bowl of fruit and placed it onto the table. "Alright guys, breakfast." She announced placing the first round of waffles on the plate.


It was several hours later before the gang had gotten ready to head to the hospital. Kate drove to the hospital and once they arrived they found the room where Laura and Clint were. Kate smiled as soon as she saw her sister. Clint was holding Nathaniel. Cooper and Lila went up to hug their mother and father before getting a look at their tiny baby brother. "I would like to introduce you to Nathaniel Pietro Barton." Laura said with a smile looking at Pietro. Kate's head shot to the male who looked to be in complete disbelief of having the child's middle name be his own.

"What?" He finally asked of letting it sink in.

"It's a thank you, for everything." Clint spoke with a smile. "Do you want to hold him?" He questioned, Pietro hesitated for a few moments before nodding. Clint handed his son over to Pietro who smiled at the baby. He also held him for Wanda to see as well. Kate smiled at the interaction, her mind was telling her two things; she needed to find out what happened in Sokovia, and she was finding herself becoming more and more attracted to Pietro, which scared her.

"Katie-Kate, can I talk to you outside for a minute?" Clint asked glancing at Kate who had zoned out, staring at the floor.

"Yeah, sure." She spoke coming to her senses. Kate walked outside of the room and down the hallway, Clint followed behind her.

"There is no easy way to say it, so I'm just going to be straight forward." Clint spoke. Kate looked at him with a puzzled face. "I'm retiring. I can't do this anymore, not after this morning."

"What happened this morning?" She was quick to reply, ignoring his retiring comment, for now.

"We almost lost both of them, they are fine now, I promise. But the bleeding wouldn't stop and Laura lost a ton of blood. It was terrifying, in that moment I realized that I had a family that I needed to be around. I can't just leave on missions whenever I felt like it, when the Avengers called." He explained. "Laura and I talked about it a lot this morning, and you are the obvious choice."

"I thought you said you didn't want me around this sort of thing?" Kate snapped quickly. Clint gave her a look.

"You're old enough now to make this decision on your own, but I'm asking you to do this because they need me to help them. They need you to help them. If you agree, you'll go to New York with Wanda and Pietro and be trained. I also talked to Nat about it and she is all for it." Kate knew that was coming. Of course Nat was in, Nat had been in since Kate was twelve years old and they first met.

"Course she is." Kate shook her head, it would be nice to see Nat more.

"But like I said, the decision is up to you." Clint spoke,

"And I would basically be the female version of you, only better?" She asked.

"Watch it," Clint teased, "Only if you want too. So what do you say? Wanna be Hawkeye?"


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