That night Alice didn't sleep, she stayed up in her room all night thinking about the kiss.

"I really like Steve," Alice began thinking. "So why did the kiss feel like nothing? For some reason it felt awkward too, do I just not like him like that? Maybe I do and as usual I'm over thinking things again, but then again I don't think I am. There you go again with that word Alice, remember what Sam said to you once. 'Don't think, feel with your heart. Stop listening to what your mind has to say, start thinking about what your heart wants.'" And at that one particular moment the only thing she wanted was to talk to Sam. To tell her what was happening and for her to give Alice the great advice she always has. Right now, the closest thing to Sam that she had was Natasha, which she was grateful for also. Though Alice always knew she could tell Sam anything, she wondered if she could do the same with Natasha. Alice looked at the time, it was four o'clock in the morning, she didn't think Natasha would even be awake, but she thought she'd try anyways. She walked out of her bedroom and walked down the hall towards Natasha's room. Alice knocked on the door, knowing that if Natasha was asleep she's probably kill her for waking her up. Thankfully she was awake, so when she opened the door she smiled at Alice.

"Alice, what can I do for you?" Natasha asked happily and Alice smiled.

"I, err, I know it's weird but, I need to talk to someone and well you're my closest friend on the ship." Alice admitted, Natasha nodded and invited her into the room closing the door behind her. They sat down on a sofa in the room and Alice sighed before beginning.

"Well, you may have noticed that for a while now I've liked Steve," Alice began, Natasha nodded. "And yesterday, we kissed. I was really happy about it but, honestly, I felt nothing. You know the way your supposed to feel something, yeah, I didn't. I'm not sure about Steve but I didn't tell him anyways, but I just don't know what to do. I thought I liked him and all but I can't help but feel like if I was with him, it would be really awkward. I don't know what to do though." When she finished she actually felt like she was going to cry. Natasha gave her a hug, something Alice always though Natasha would never do to anybody.

"Well, going by what you just said, I think you should tell him, before he asks you to be his girlfriend and all that because it would just hurt him more if he found out you were only pretending to like him." Natasha advised, Alice agreed, she knew that was the right thing to do.

"But what about the kiss, what do I say if he asks about that." Alice asked, Natasha felt like she was just looking for problems now.

"How did you feel during the kiss?" Natasha asked and Alice had to think.

"Nothing, I felt nothing. No happiness, no sadness, no awkwardness. I felt nothing." Alice admitted and Natasha nodded, as if she understood her.

"Well, I'm guessing that means while you were kissing him, you were thinking of someone else maybe, and that's why you didn't feel anything because you were too busy thinking about someone else." Natasha suggested, secretly Natasha was telling Alice about herself.

"But I don't like anybody else and up until a few hours ago I realized, I don't like anybody." Alice said confusingly, she felt so stupid for someone who was one of the smartest people in the world.

"Trust me if you kiss somebody and you think of someone else, it doesn't mean you don't like someone, it just means you don't understand who that person is. Don't worry though, one day you'll meet someone who will mean the world to you. Someone who'd do anything, even give up their life for you, someday." Natasha advised, Alice smiled having gained a bit of confidence from Natasha's words.

"Thanks Natasha, it's nice to know that I have a friend to talk to and I know your like a super spy and all and you are practically incapable of showing your feeling around others, I'll always be here for you okay." Alice promised, Natasha smiled at this. Alice gave her friend a hug before deciding it was time to go back to her room.

"See you at training." Natasha said and Alice raised an eyebrow in confusion. "Didn't Fury tell you? Tomorrow is training day with Natasha." Natasha added jokingly.

"No, no he didn't tell me that." Alice answered while chuckling at Natasha's joke.

"Oh well, he asked for any volunteers to help you train that you have to fight against to increase your battle strategy. I was the only one who said yes, because I assume the other wouldn't have wanted to fight you. Obviously Dr. Banner said no because of his… condition." Natasha told her and Alice nodded.

"Well, I look forward to getting the shit kicked out of me by you then." Alice joked and Natasha chuckled.

"You'd be surprised, nobody really knows their strength until they actually have to use it. Good night, Alice, or should I say, good morning." Natasha said before smiling and closing her room door. Alice smiled to herself as she walked down the hall to her own room. She took a glance in the room next to her, which was Tony's lab, yes, not a very good place to built a lab. She saw him sitting at a table asleep and wondered if she should wake him up. Alice walked towards the door then stopped and shook her head.

"No," She thought. "it'd just give him another reason to give out to me, the arrogant little prick." And with that she walked into her room, finally feeling tired.