Lie to Me
"Clinton!" His father yelled from the bottom of the staircase. "You get down here this instant!" Clint lazily slid his headphones off his ears and jogged down the marble steps.
"What?" Clint stepped in front of his very angry father.
"Where were you yesterday?" he demanded.
"Uh," Clint hesitated, "the mall."
"With whom?" His father crossed his arms, "And don't lie to me. I hear you met a certain redhead."
"You heard wrong. I didn't go with anyone." Clint knew he was digging himself into a hole and going farther into it.
"What," his father's head tilted slightly, "did I just say?" he kept his eyes closed.
"Fine," thoughts stormed Clint's brain as he did his best to come up with an excuse. His father obviously had him followed or something. His parents weren't as preoccupied as they seemed. Clint wasn't as observant as he should have been. "I was with a friend from school. A girl friend."
"You have a girlfriend?" his father's eyes opened. They were softer. No longer icy, but gentle.
"No," Clint smiled, playing along; "I have a friend that is a girl."
"What's her name?"
Not Natasha, "Her name?"
"Yes, she does have a name, doesn't she?" his father laughed.
"Yes, she does." Clint chuckled nervously, "Her name is…Anastasia."
"Romanov?" His father joked. That wasn't the best name he'd come up with on the spot.
"Why don't you invite her over for dinner?"
"No!" Clint yelled, surprising his father, "she, uh, can't. Her family doesn't let her eat dinner out of the house with a boy."
"What?" his father guffawed.
"Yeah," Clint rubbed the back of his neck, "they're weird. I got to go. Bye." He sprinted up the stairs to his room.
"They're weird?" his father stared at the door that had recently slammed shut, "You're weird."
At least, he's not evil! Uh, like me. Be happy Clint isn't like us, Barton. Well, this is playing out nicely. I wonder what is in store for our two lovebirds. Will they ever start dating? They better. If they don't my whole plan is…what would you humans say? Oh, yes. My whole plan is, screwed. I refuse to use some of the vile profanity I hear some humans use! No other words that you can say? I don't think so.
His parents found out! Duh duh duh. He found a cover story, a lame one at that. I hope you liked the chapter. It's more of a filler chapter. But Clint and Natasha will have to be careful and lay low from now on. Thank you for reading! It still makes me feel special inside.