She instantly dropped her smile and her poise the second she stepped out of the room. She went on a hunt to find a new hiding spot that even Jarvis didn't know about. Camilla scurried down the hall quickly so Steve wouldn't catch her. She stopped in front of a low hanging portrait of Howard Stark. She looked down the hall both ways in case anyone was there. When the coast was clear, she pressed on the labeling plate and there was a slight click, she pried the fake picture open and slipped through the small crack and closed the door. It was dark, and Camilla knew the lighting had been out for years. She summoned some light and threw it into the room to light it up. She had found Howard's secret study a few days after she had arrived. She sat in the old chair and put her head in her hands. A figure to which Camilla knew Howard sat in the same position many times. Why couldn't she trust Steve? She wanted to, and she had to with being on the team and all. She trusted him as a teammate and the Avengers leader, but on a personal level?
After spending a long time in the study, Camilla finally decided to leave because she was hungry. It was creepy for her to walk down the quiet hallway. With the little training time with Natasha on stealth, not even her footsteps echoed through the hall.
Walking back up to the main living area she noticed that Clint and Tony were trying to explain to Steve the Simpsons on TV. Camilla walked over to the kitchen and started to make herself a bowl of Ramen. While she waited, she had entertainment watching Steve becoming frustrated with the show.
"That's just stupid! If he fell off into a gorge he would be dead!" Steve exclaimed.
"That's the joke Steve, it's just that Homer gets hurt a lot, but he never dies." Tony explained.
"Seriously; how has this show been going on for so long?"
"Because it's viewer ratings are high." Clint stated.
When her food was done, she quietly crept to the other side of the couch and sat down curling up onto one cushion. She tried to act indifferent as Steve turned his attention to her, but then was snapped back when Clint and Tony burst into laughter and Steve wanted to know what he missed. When the show was over, everyone got sidetracked by whatever business had to be done.
"So have you thought about my offer?" Steve asked making Camilla jump from her concentration of finding something to watch.
"Yes, I have." She said not looking at him.
"Well?"
"Well, I'm still not sure."
Steve dropped his head in defeat.
"Is there anything that will change your mind?"
"I don't know."
Tony suddenly came into the room.
"Fury wants you at the hellicarrier for training." He stated looking at Camilla.
"Why the random time?" she asked.
"I don't know he just wants you there." He snapped. She brushed it off; he was always snappy after talking with Fury.
"Alright, when exactly?"
"Later tonight, SHIELD agents will be picking you up and you'll be staying for the rest of the week."
Camilla nodded in agreement and saw out of the corner of her eye Steve looking sad. Tony saw too and shot him a look saying later.
Up until seven that evening, Camilla was packing and Steve and Tony talked.
"Tony, I'm not going to last a week without her, what am I going to do?" Steve shouted while pacing the lab.
"Bro, chill out, you will live." Tony said a tad annoyed while he worked on a piece of his suit.
"No I won't! There has to be something I can do!"
"Here, what if you told Fury you wanted to help train her."
"That could work, but he would want to know why."
"Tell him that you think it would be better if she was trained by one of the Avengers, not the copied agents." Tony said sighing.
"Alright, I will." And Steve stormed out of the room to call up Fury.
Tony leaned back in his chair and counted to three. On perfect timing Steve poked his head back in the door.
"Can you call him for me?"
"I swear I am going to make Barton be your tech aid from now on."
After the call, Steve was on cloud nine bouncing through the hall. Camilla was already packed and was sitting on the couch with a bowl of ice cream in her lap.
"Camilla, Director Fury has requested that I go with you and help you train." Steve announced.
Camilla glared at Tony, knowing he had something to do with this.
"Okay, whatever, just have your stuff ready, they'll be here at seven."
"How did you know?" Tony asked.
"Jarvis," she said simply.
The two men nodded and Steve turned to leave.
"What the hell Tony?" she asked when she heard Steve's door close.
"What?"
"Why did you tell him to come?"
"Honestly it was so he'd shut up."
"You know that he is already driving me crazy as it is!"
"Yeah because I know you like him too, don't you dare deny it?"
"I know, but a week away would've given me a chance to think."
"Well, it's too late, he's coming." Tony whispered the second Steve came out.
"Ready?" he asked looking between the eighteen year old and the super genius giving each other death glares.
"Yeah, let's head down." Camilla said only breaking her stare off with Tony when she turned and got into the elevator.
Steve quickly followed and pressed the lobby button.
"So," Steve asked casually.
"No, this week is strictly business Steve." Camilla said icily and the would-be-conversation ended.
When they got down, a black van was waiting outside. Steve walked p and opened the door for Camilla. She nodded a thank you and got in. After everyone was in, they rode in a thick silence until Camilla asked for the SHIELD driver to turn on the radio. The song that started playing was the song Steve sung to her, it was at the very beginning but she didn't want to change it, instead she to lip synch and then finally started to sing and Steve watched in amazement at her voice. When the song ended, Camilla looked at Steve and he was smiling. She started to blush and turned away.
