"He did what?" Natasha yelled nearly spitting out her mimosa.
"Shhh!" I said looking around at the other patrons who turned to stare at us in the sidewalk cafe where we were brunching.
"He kissed me." I said quietly.
"Was it good?" she asked curiously.
"I kissed him once to escape being seen during a mission, I remember it was stiff and awkward." She said grabbing a piece of wheat toast. I thought back to that wonderfully warm and tender kiss in front of the elevator.
"Um…" I said not wanting to tell her what I really thought.
"You liked it!" She shoved my shoulder playfully.
"Let's just say I didn't not like it." I said feeling my cheeks begin to blush.
"Sarah and Cap sitting in a tree K-I-S-S-I.." she started singing.
"I swear if you finish that song I will drink your mimosa." I said knowing she lived for Barry's mimosa's. She grabbed her glass away. "N-G." she finished and gulped the rest of the mimosa down. "I win." She said smiling.
"I'm glad he finally found a nice girl. I've been trying to hook him up with people for years. He's so picky." She furled up her nose in disgust.
"He doesn't have me. We kissed once." I said matter of factly.
"But you want to do it again." She said in her low sultry tone.
"Stop it." I said looking away from her.
"Oh my god you are so cute. You can't even look at me when I talk about him. When's the last time you saw him?" She asked playfully.
"Not since the kiss." I said sadly.
"Let's call him!" she pulled out her phone and began dialing. I tried to grab the phone from her and she moved quickly and held my arm back with surprising strength.
"You're like the worst big sister I never had." I said trying desperately to grab at the phone.
"I take that as a compliment." She said snickering. She put the phone on speaker and it started to ring.
"Natasha seriously.." I said grabbing at the phone in her hand raised away from me.
"Let's just see what he's up to." she smiled mischievously.
"I'm going to kill you!" I said loudly.
"Hello?" I heard a low voice say on the phone. I retracted back and Natasha lowered the phone closer to her ear.
"Hey Steve, how's it going?" she asked nonchalantly.
"Um good. Did someone just say they were going to kill you?" He asked a bit of confusion in his voice.
"Oh yeah, you know. New York. Screw you too buddy." she said loving every minute of this.
"Ok." He said still confused.
"So Steve what's up with you and Sarah?" She asked straight out. There was silence on the line. I covered my eyes with my hands wanting to melt into the sidewalk.
"Uh what did you hear?" he asked carefully.
"Oh just that you might have a little crush." she said giving me a thumbs up. Her red hair bobbed playfully as she talked.
"Did Tony say that?" he asked seriously.
"No, no. I have Sarah here and she was just mentioning your little rendezvous the other night. Apparently you have learned how to be a good kisser since we decoyed kissed that one time. Congrats dude." she winked at me.
"Sarah is with you?" he asked his tone softened.
"Yeah, we're having brunch. you should come join us, I don't think she has any plans afterwards. Do you Sarah?" she asked holding the phone to me. I made a silent slash across the throat motion indicating that I wanted to kill her. She continued to hold the phone to me, now giving me serious eyes. "Nope, no plans after this." I said dying of embarrassment.
"Ok." he said joyfully.
"Great. We're at 28th and Broadway at Barry's. You can't miss it." she hung up the phone and put it back in the red leather purse.
"Why?" I asked. "I don't know what to do with him." I said wanting to run but also wanting to stay and see him.
"Listen." she said leaning in close. "He has been through some crazy shit, he's a good guy, loyal to the core, and once you have his trust he will do anything for you. Being with him is a place any girl would be lucky to be in." she said signaling to the waiter for a refill on her mimosa.
"You are the most intelligent woman I have ever met, you keep Tony Stark on his toes and that's a feat in itself. You are kind but I'm sad to say it, kind of a loaner. You needed a nudge forward. So you're welcome." she said the waiter bringing a glass full of orange juice then filling it with champagne.
"You are not invited to the wedding." I said jokingly.
"Honey, I'm going to be all up in that wedding. Give you the best toast you've ever heard in your life. The tears will be flowing for days." she said taking a swig.
"Ugh, I don't know how to navigate this." I said glumly. "Why can't people be as easy as electronics." I said laying my head on the table.
"Because then we would be boring!" Natasha said laughing.