Rebellion
Author's Note: I absolutely LOVED writing this chapter! Just two more chapters, so I'll end on chapter 12! Which I hope you guys will like, because it is going to be totally awesome!
Maria, thanks! Also, I think you'll like the final chapter, 12, because it'll be super happy. I think I'll update Assembling Required when I finally get a new chapter out. I've been focusing on this more, and I am going to post another blackfrost fic when I'm done with Rebellion.
MistakenMagic, thanks. I keep thinking that I write them too OOC, because I am nothing like these awesome characters. Except for a little bit of Tony and Bruce. The sarcasm and the shyness. If this wasn't AU, Natasha would be getting pissed at Jane and try to kill her and Thor would be all "YOU SHALL NOT HURT MY MAIDEN." And shit has gone down.
Disclaimer: I do not own anything of Marvel's.
Rated [T-M] right now. For Language and Bad Romancing.
Seven Minutes in Heaven
It was Loki, stumbling around drunkenly. Tony had passed out on Pepper's chest and didn't have the energy to kick Loki out.
"Loki! What are you doing here?" Natasha hissed, glancing at Clint, who was waving his hands wildly at Bruce.
"Tasha! You're here!" Loki held his arms out for a hug.
"What happened to you?" She asked.
"I'm partying, partying, yeah!" Loki sang.
Natasha rolled her eyes.
"Naaaat! What are you doing by that black pole?" Clint called out. His usually perfect vision was dulled by alcohol, mistaking Loki's tall and slender form for a pole.
"Clint, you're drunk." Natasha said.
"No, I'm drunk!" He exclaimed.
"Let's play a game I saw in a movie! It's called Seven Minutes in Heaven." Thor said, which everyone except Natasha agreed to.
Steve finished off his drink and placed the empty bottle in the middle. Spinning, it landed on Thor and Jane, which emitted groans from everyone.
"Remember, seven minutes, only kissing or making out; nothing more. You can do that other stuff at home." Bruce shuddered.
Thor and Jane disappeared into the guest bedroom for seven minutes with everyone else leaning against the door, listening deeply, like creepers. Pepper had finally woken up Tony by now, but he still didn't noticed Loki, lurking by a plant.
They came out with Thor's hair all messed up and two buttons undone on his plaid shirt. Jane's lipstick was smeared around her mouth.
"Smile!" Tony snapped a photo of the two.
"What was that for?" Jane asked.
"The Bugle, Peter Parker, fourteen." Tony said, as if that explained everything. The Bugle was the name of their school paper and Peter Parker was a photographer for them.
The bottle spun again and pointed to Natasha…and Loki, who had managed to join the circle. Her eyes widened in horror, but a deep feeling of desire burned in the pit of her stomach. Loki smirked at her, his green eyes seemed to be shining and he didn't look to be as drunk as when Natasha found him.
Clint was in the washroom, clearing his head after throwing up all over Steve's shirt, which meant he had to take it off and Jane, Pepper and Natasha were practically drooling over him.
Natasha and Loki sat down cross-legged on the bed after closing the door. Whispers showed that they were outside the door again.
"So." Natasha said.
"Yes?" Loki raised an eyebrow.
"Do you want to…? They're expecting us to." Natasha said, staring into his green orbs.
"Or we don't and say we did."
"That is soooo Easy A." Natasha groaned.
"Any better ideas?" Loki asked. Natasha's silence answered his question.
"Loki…I'm sorry." Natasha apologized. "For messing with you, for tempting you, for being so fucking indecisive.
"And? Have you sorted your life out?"
"No, but I'm about to." Natasha leaned forward and smashed her lips against Loki's, who gladly complied. She could feel his tongue slowly coaxing its way into her mouth, decorated with her favourite strawberry lip gloss. Loki slowly eased Natasha back, her head resting on the soft pillows and Loki pressed against her. His slender, chilly fingers slowly, achingly slowly, ran up and down her smooth, milky skin, sending shivers down her spine.
"Loki." Natasha moaned against his lips, twisting a hand in his hair.
Suddenly, the door burst open and in came Tony, taking a picture and Clint, looking horrified and shocked and angry tears were beginning to form. Natasha and Loki broke apart; Loki flipped himself across the bed.
"Nat…" Clint choked out.
"Clint, it's not what you think." Natasha reached out for him, but he pulled away.
"I think it's exactly how it is, you and Loki shoving your tongues down each other's throats." He blinked back tears and ran off.
"You two sure took this game seriously." Tony grinned, holding up his camera.
"Stark, get out." Loki growled, throwing a pillow, to which Tony slammed the door.
Natasha was close to tears. This was not how she wanted Clint to find out.
"Tasha? Are you okay?" Loki crawled closer to her.
"No! I'm not okay!" Big, fat tears made its way down Natasha's cheek.
"I know you're strong, Tasha, stay strong." Loki pulled her into his arms and leaned on her head, which was currently resting on his chest, listening to his heartbeat.
"Not right now. I just need to be with you." Natasha tightened her embrace around Loki.
Outside, the group left the lounge and went to Tony's living room.
"I think we should just leave them alone for now." Steve said. The effects of alcohol had mostly wore off and everyone was thinking clearly again.
"Not if they have sex." Tony glanced upstairs. The party had died down and everyone else had left.
"Don't be an ass, not right now." Jane said. "I think that's the furthest thing on their minds right now."
"Should we stay the night?" Thor asked.
"If you want." Tony shrugged. "Warning: awkward confrontations in the morning."
"Where's Clint?"
"I think he drove off. His car's gone." Pepper looked out the window.
"I guess we can wait until morning for him to cool off."
In the morning, Natasha woke up to Loki's sleeping face. He looked calm and serene. She shifted, careful not to wake Loki, but he stirred anyway.
"Sorry." Natasha blushed, realizing their position. Loki's arms were wrapped around her petite body, like a teddy bear and Natasha was curled up against him.
"Are you feeling better?" Loki asked.
"Just guilty." She sighed.
"You need to talk to him."
"I…"
"Natasha. Look at me." Loki looked deep into her eyes. "If you don't face it, they will forever be a part of you and they will never go away."
"You're right. Thanks, Loki." Natasha lifted her head and placed a light kiss on his cheek.
"And we'll need to eat breakfast and go to school."
"I don't want to go downstairs." Natasha whined.
"Tasha, I will make you go, even if I have to carry you myself." Loki looked dead-serious.
"Okay." Natasha held her arms out.
"We're still in Stark's house and your friends may still be downstairs."
"Fine. But you're going to have to carry me someday." Natasha smiled.
"Just not today. Now we have to go downstairs. You need to face your friends."
Everyone except for Tony was downstairs, eating breakfast that JARVIS had ordered.
"Is Tony still sleeping?" Bruce asked.
"He always is. I'll wake him up when it's time for school." Pepper said.
"You're a good girlfriend, Pep." Steve complimented.
"Where are Loki and Natasha?" Jane asked. Although no one said it, they were all thinking it.
"Morning guys." Natasha walked into the dining room.
"Good morning, brother!" Thor greeted, to which Loki pointedly ignored.
"About…last night…" Natasha started.
"Forget it. What happened…happened. We're your and Clint's friends and we won't choose sides. You just need to talk to Clint." Jane said. Natasha gave her a look that seemed to say Thank you and Jane smiled back. They were best friends, but Jane was right. Natasha had to do this alone. With Loki. He was caught in Natasha's spider-web of drama too.
"I'll go wake up Tony now. Coffee's on the counter, eat what you want." Pepper stood up and walked upstairs, her heels making the familiar clacking sound.
"Natasha? May I talk to you for a moment?" Thor asked, motioning to the living room.
"Sure, what's up?" Natasha took a bite of a donut.
"I hope you do not hurt my brother. I see the way he looks at you, and it's sincere. He trusts you, and that is a hard thing to earn. So please don't hurt him." Thor said.
"I won't, I promise. I…really like Loki and as soon as I sort my life out, we can…" Natasha trailed off. Would they begin dating? Butterflies appeared in her stomach appeared at the mere thought.
"Thank you, Natasha. Now I believe a plate of bacon is calling my name." Thor slipped out of the room.
"What did you talk to Thor about?" Loki whispered into Natasha's ear.
"Oh, just something." Natasha grinned.
Loki looked at her suspiciously, but dropped the subject.
"Okay, I'm skipping school today." Tony grumbled.
"Tony. You chose to drink, and now you have to deal with it." Pepper glared.
"But Pepper…" Tony whined.
"If you go to school today, after school…" Pepper whispered into his ear.
"Okay then!" Tony brightened instantly. Pepper had definitely promised him something special.
"Now as soon as we finish eating, I'll get the limo for school." Tony announced.
"You want some tea, Tony?" Steve asked.
"Thanks, cap." Tony sat down.
Natasha did want to go on Loki's motorcycle, but Tony insisted on driving them with the limo. Loki, of course, went on his motorbike. They arrived shortly. Clint was nowhere to be seen. Not by his locker, not in the office or any of the classrooms. There would only one place he could be: his nest in the archery range.
It was in the basement, with high beams to sit on. Usually, Clint could be found up there, thinking or spying on people in the archery range.
"Clint? I know you're up there." Natasha called out. An arrow shot from up above, landing above her head. It had a note attached to it.
Go away. It said.
"I will not leave until you come down from there." Natasha crossed her arms. He knew she was stubborn and would stay there all day if she had to.
Climbing down, Clint went up to Natasha.
"Well?"
"I'm sorry."
"Sorry? Sorry doesn't cut it. I get that it was a game, but you could have just had a little kiss on the cheek, but no. You just had to go full on make-out!" Clint shouted.
"I don't deserve you." Natasha said softly.
"I really thought we had something. After Kate…I trusted you!"
"I'm sorry. I know I can't possibly make it up to you."
"No, you can't."
"Since this can't get any worse, I have a confession to make." Natasha took a deep breath. "You…weren't my…first kiss."
"That hurts, but you weren't mine either. But who was it?"
"Loki. You and I were dating then." Natasha said.
"So you cheated on me." Clint stared, his blue eyes cold.
"I tried to tell you. Twice. But I couldn't. You were so happy and…"
"I wouldn't have been as hurt. We've been together for a while, and my feelings for you have intensified since when we first met." Clint said. "I love you, Natasha."
"I did too, once upon a time. I'm sorry." Natasha began to walk away, but Clint grabbed onto her wrist.
"No." He tightened his grip.
"Clint, let go! You're hurting me!" Natasha cried. She could feel a hand-shaped bruise beginning to form.
"You still love me too. Admit it, Nat." Clint pulled her close. She could feel his hot breath.
"Not anymore. Now, let go!" Natasha tried to pull away.
To her surprise, Clint smashed his lips against hers. It was rough, unlike Loki, who was gentle and careful. The kiss felt almost out of desperation, like Clint knew it was over, but he just wanted to try and convince Natasha.
Widening her eyes, Natasha pushed Clint away.
"No! Clint, it's over!" Natasha yelled.
"Nat. Please." Clint's eyes were filled with sorrow. But he latched on to Natasha again. "It's because of that bastard, Loki, isn't it? He must have you under some spell or he's tricked you!"
"This isn't Harry Potter! I love Loki!" Natasha tugged on her arm, trying to pull away. Suddenly, a pale hand was on Clint's shoulder.
"Let her go." Loki growled.
"Stay out of this, Laufeyson." Clint glared.
"Natasha's broken up with you. Let. Her. Go."
"Clint! Please." Natasha begged, her eyes tearing from the pain. She usually had a high pain tolerance, but Clint was very strong. A crack broke Clint out of his trance.
"I…I'm sorry. I don't know what came over me. I have to go." Clint ran out, leaving Natasha and Loki.
"Natasha! Are you okay?" Loki rushed over to Natasha, who was whimpering and clutching her wrist in pain.
"My wrist…" Five finger-shaped red marks were on Natasha's wrist. "A bruise shouldn't hurt this much."
"Can you move it?" He asked.
"A little- Ow! I can, but it hurts so much." Natasha cried out.
"It may be broken; we need to go to the nurse's office or call an ambulance or get you to the hospital-mm." Loki was stopped by a soft kiss from Natasha. "What was that for?"
"You were babbling. It was giving me a bit of a headache." Natasha said.
"I should babble more often, but first, we need to get you to the nurse's office." Loki placed a hand on Natasha's back and led to the nurse's office.
"Oh, sweetie, what happened?" Nurse Joy asked.
"A crack sounded and it hurts a lot." Natasha sat down on the cot. Nurse Joy glanced at Loki.
"It wasn't him." Natasha said.
An x-ray later, it was shown that Natasha's wrist was broken and had to be in a sling. Luckily, Nurse Joy was very well-trained and could do this all at the school. By the time they finished, it was already lunch.
"Thanks for staying with me." Natasha smiled.
"What are friends for?" Loki said.
"Only friends?"
"If you want to be something more…"
"You do not know how long I've been waiting for you to say that." Natasha grinned as she kissed Loki.
"I've been waiting to say that for a long time too." They finally broke apart.
"Anyway, I need to tell Jane that I can't be cheerleading for the next three weeks." Natasha said.
"I'll come with you."
Natasha walked into the cafeteria. No one really noticed, but a few whispered about her cast and how she got it. She walked up to their table. Clint was there and avoided her eyes.
"Omigosh Nat! What happened to you?" Jane freaked out.
"Just an accident." Natasha said.
"Will you be okay?" Pepper went into protective mother mode.
"I'll be fine. Just three weeks of this and I'll be able to use my right hand again. But, unfortunately, I won't be able to be part of practice. I can only watch." Natasha sighed.
"You can advise until you get better. It's totally fine. Now, it is lunch. You have to eat now." Jane said.
"Um…" Natasha glanced back at Loki, who she had planned to eat lunch with.
"Loki can join us too." Jane smiled.
"Sure." Loki put their two trays down and helped Natasha sit.
"Loki, I'm kinda fragile right now, but I'm not disabled." Natasha smiled.
"As your boyfriend, it should be my duty to protect you." Loki grinned.
"Little redhead, I can't say I approve too much, but Loki, you better treat her right. She's like a sister to all of us." Tony said.
"I wouldn't dream of treating her any less than a queen."
"Good to hear it." Steve said.
"Ugh!" A frustrated groan came from Natasha's direction. "I can't…get…this…stupid udon on my chopsticks!"
"Your dominant hand is your right; of course you can't eat it correctly." Loki said.
"Help me?" Natasha looked up at Loki.
"Of course." Loki got the chopsticks from Natasha and fed her some udon, who ate it with a satisfied sound.
"I think I'm going to throw up." Tony said.
"Have we completely forgotten that fact that Natasha and Clint have just broken up?" Steve interrupted.
"We haven't, but you just had to bring it up." Tony said. Clint was probably very uncomfortable right now.
"Natasha? Was Clint the one who…?" Jane whispered.
"It was an accident." She whispered back. Jane gasped.
"He went a little overboard, don't you think?"
"It's okay. I'm not dead or anything. It's hard for him too."
"Whatever you say."
The rest of the lunch was mostly talking about Natasha and Loki's new relationship, and the first football game against Valley High.
"Nat. I'm sorry." Clint came up to her after school. Loki wrapped an arm around Natasha protectively.
"Loki. It's okay. We're just going to talk. I'll meet you in the gym for watching practice." Natasha kissed his cheek.
"Fine." Loki walked off.
"I don't know what happened. I just…lost control." Clint said sadly.
"I know it hurts for you." Natasha said. "And I'm okay. Really."
"I'm sorry. Can we still be friends?"
"Of course. And you'll find someone else one day." Natasha patted his shoulder.
"Thanks, Nat. I'll be in the archery range. Have fun."
Natasha found Loki in the gym, along with the rest of the cheerleading squad.
"Girls! I have an announcement to make! Natasha's wrist is broken and she can't be on the squad until she's better. So…unfortunately, I have to choose a new co-captain." Jane announced.
"Oh whoever will it be?" Jessie smirked.
"What a bitch. You never liked her, did you?" Natasha whispered to Loki. They were currently sitting on the bleachers.
"Of course not. She was mostly just a ploy to make you attracted to me more." Loki grinned.
"Loki!" She playfully punched him.
"I'm kidding! You still love me anyway." Loki kissed Natasha.
"Unfortunately." Jane muttered under her breath.
"Jessie is the new co-captain, until Natasha is back." Jane said. Jessie's posse cheered and clapped, to which Jessie flipped her hair over her shoulder and smirked.
"It was only a matter of time before you realized I was the obvious choice for co-captain." The blonde bitch said, causing Natasha to roll her eyes.
"I can't stand her."
"Jessie was insufferable. Spending time with her was torture." Loki agreed.
"Then why did you?"
"You were busy." Loki shrugged and grinned.
After practice and Natasha had finished assisting, she and Loki got up to leave.
"Ahem." Someone said.
"What do you want, Jessie?" Natasha glared.
"I just want to talk to you in private. About the cheerleading." She put on a fake smile.
"Whatever." Natasha said. "I'll be right back."
"You slut." Jessie snapped as soon as they were away from hearing distance of Loki.
"What?" Natasha was confused.
"I heard the rumours. First, you used Clint Barton to make your way to the popular table and then you go off with Loki Laufeyson."
"Oh please, you're just jealous. And like you aren't whoring your way around school." Natasha retorted.
"Jealous? No thank you. I'm co-captain now. And I'll stay co-captain forever."
"Natasha? Are you alright?" Loki appeared by his girlfriend's side.
"Loki! How are you?" Jessie flashed a smile.
"About to go on a date with Natasha, so if you'll stop harassing her, we'll be going now." He snaked him arm around Natasha's waist and pulled her closer.
At their closeness, Jessie's smiled faded. "Oh, it was just a friendly chat. Have a nice time!"
"Oh, we will." Natasha smirked, walking away.
"Now, about that nice time we're going to have…" Loki said.
"We can hang out at my house. My mom isn't back so…" Natasha raised her eyebrows suggestively.
"Your house it is." Loki grinned.
Author's Note: Happiness! The drama has mostly ended. The next chapter will probably be shorter, but this makes up for it, I hope! Also, I've never broken anything, luckily, so I have no idea what breaking your wrist is like. Also, for those of you who don't know, a cot is like a camp bed or a hospital bed.
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