Alex swiped the key card and walked into her room and threw the key on to the table and headed to her bedroom and looked up to see someone sitting on her bed. She jumped startled and realized it was none other than her brother Tony. "What the hell are you doing in here?" She barked at him upset. "You can't just walk into other people's room like that. What the hell is wrong with you?"

"Are you out of your mind? You walked Loki to his room and showed him where you were staying?" He asked standing up.

She sighed "Yes I did. I believe in forgiveness. None of you would grow the hell up and do it and you… you laughed at him. You're as big of an ass as he is. I have no idea what you think makes you any better." She said shaking her head.

"You believe in forgiveness. Yeah that explains why we haven't talked in two weeks." He said laughing and taking a flask from his jacket and taking a sip.

She sighed "Pepper didn't mention you were drinking again…"

"Would that have changed anything…" He asked annoyed.

Sighing Alex shook her head "No… Tony. You… What you did crossed over all the lines. I love you you're my big brother and you've always been there but you cant make choices for me and baby me like you do… I just want you to except the choices I make."

"No. I will accept them when you start making smarter ones. growing up everyone thought you were the bright one, the one who would run Stark industries while I was some playboy but you… how can you criticizes me when you have let everyone down, me, dad, hell even Pepper she just won't say it to you. Your twenty five years old and guess what sis… You literally work as my assistant." He took another sip "I can make whatever choices I want because I obviously know what I'm doing… But look at where you are and where your choices have gotten you." Alex started to choke back some tears and her brother started laughing "Are you gonna cry? Wow… Even worse…"

Alex took a deep breath and composed herself "Tony you need to leave. NOW. I'm not playing these stupid games with you. I want to just enjoy today so take your bull shit and go…"

He threw his hands up as if he was surrendering and started walking to the door "Whatever little sis… You know I'm right though…" He said walking out and slamming the door.

She sat down in front of the mirror and choked up trying not to cry. She looked up at herself and took a deep breath "You're not gonna cry… It's your birthday. Today is gonna be a great day…. Nothing is gonna change that…" Just then there was a knock on the door. She sighed and stood up even though she didn't wanna see any one.

"Hello…" She said opening to see Steve "Oh hey…"

He smiled "Just wanted to be sure you got back to your room okay… Can I come in…" He asked Alex just nodded silently and walked into her room "You are okay… right?" He asked worried. She just nodded not saying anything afraid if she did she wouldn't be able to keep herself composed. He just kept an eye on her worried "You don't look alright…"

She turned and gave him a fake smile "I'm fine really…"

"It doesn't take a genius or a super solider to tell that your smile is fake…" he said walking over and placing both his hands on her shoulders. "Now what's wrong…"

She then just started crying "Tony… He came to see me…"

"What happened…" Steve asked worried.

She walked over to the bed and sat down "He said a lot of stuff… And I don't know… I feel like he may be right. I'm twenty five now… My life is nothing like I thought it would be. I'm nobody. I work for my brother for god sakes. I left one of the top schools in the nation that I had a full ride to… I just thought I would have so much more at this point." She sighed and let out a laugh. "But no worries I think this is one of those birthday breakdowns… Thought it wasn't due for another five years but…I don't know guess I'm just feeling a little lost and confused." She then looked over to him and smiled "But lets just forget about all of this drama…" She said still smiling and wiping the few tears on her face.

"Alex…" He said sighing and looking down "Maybe Tony was right-"

She looked up shocked "Excuse me?"

"Wait not about today!" He said holding his hands up "Two weeks ago he basically said you weren't ready for this and that every time some guy came into your life it stopped. You have great potential… I don't wanna be that guy who is holding you back…"

She looked at him confused "What are you talking about…"

"You said it your lost and confused Alex. If you're lost and confused about your life as it is how can I expect you to fit me in…" He sighed "Maybe you need some time to yourself… maybe you need to figure out everything… I don't wanna be that person who made you put life on pause like your brother is constantly saying…"

She stood up "He's constantly saying that… When the hell do you two talk?"

"When he's sees me… I usually ignore it but… he knows you better than I do. And after hearing you say all that. He may be right." He sight and went over to kiss her forehead but she pulled away "I'm sorry… But maybe you should get back out there start school and finish and do what you wanna do and then try this again, when you're not lost and confused…"

She nodded "So that's it…"

"Alex I'm sorry…" He said sighing.

Looking away she wiped the small tear that was falling to her cheek "its fine… I… Actually no its not. Its not okay. Everyone has done a swell job ruining my birthday. But I will be fine. I'm gonna talk with Nick tomorrow and I'm leaving… But you should go."

"Alex…" He said sighing.

Looking down "Please go I wanna be alone." With that said Steve just nodded and walked out. Alex walked over to her bed and slipped out of her shoes and laid down in her bed. She cried quietly until she fell asleep.

When Alex woke up it was almost seven. She yawned and took a deep breath and stared at the ceiling for five minutes before getting up. Once she got up she went over grabbed her tablet and made a meeting request with Nick Fury tomorrow at anytime hoping to get a meeting approval tonight. She went into her closet and put on her baggy sweat pants and a over sized sweat shirt from her high school days and sat and looked at her tablet and waited. She just stared at it for three hours and right at ten a little message appeared

One New E-Mail: Nick Fury

She took a deep breath and clicked and smiled when she read it

Mr. Nick Fury has approved you for a meeting tomorrow at one fifteen pm. Please arrive to the meeting room ten minutes before. Nick Fury can only meet for fifteen minutes so please be prepared. you were the only member approved for this meeting so be alone.

Thank you for your request. Mr. Nick Fury looks forward to seeing you tomorrow.

Nick Fury.

Alex then sighed and smiled. She went over to her television and turned it on and put on whatever dumb reality show she could find on and turned all the lights off and called it an early night.

When she woke the next day she went and showered and put on a pair of white dress pants and lavender blouse and did a light amount of make up and threw her hair up in a pony tail. She went to the kitchen and fixed her breakfast and took it back to her room and looked at the clock it was almost eleven. She decided she should prepare a statement for Fury to keep things professional. She simply started it

For personal and professional reasons I am asking to leave the S.H.I.E.L.D home. I have hopes to finish school and start a life outside of Tony, which I cannot accomplish her.

She went on for another page going more into detail for what she wanted to do once out of the S.H.I.E.L.D home and why she can't do it here. Once she realized it was twelve fifty she quickly tied everything together and finished the statement and printed it and placed it in a folder and made her way towards the meeting room.

When she got there the room was empty and it was only one. she sat and waited quietly and looked down at her watch every other minute. There was always something about Fury that made her nervous and she wasn't looking forward to the meeting but kept saying to herself "I'll be out of here before I know it… no more worries." then she heard the card swipe on the other side of the door and stood up as the door swung open "Mr. Fury…"

"Miss. Stark this better be good." He said walking in and standing in front of the table. "Now make it quick."

She sighed and opened the folder and pulled out the slip of paper "Here… It's a statement…"

"Cut the bull shit and tell me what you want. Miss. Stark I appreciate the attempt at whatever this is but I don't have time to read a high school essay. What do you want?" He asked still standing.

She nodded feeling intimidated "Okay… I want to leave."

"Not going to happen Miss. Stark." He said looking her dead in the eye.

She looked at him shocked "What… Tony doesn't want me here anymore and I wanna go start school and a life outside of Tony. I can't do that here! Nick please… You've known my family forever… I can't…"

"Miss. Stark I can't. You've been here for to long and now, now the world knows you've been here. Sending you back out there would be an endangerment to you and this place. So no. You cannot leave." He then sighed "I will have you signed up for online classes with the best teachers and you will get a visit from one a week along with a visit from a tutor twice a week. As for the Tony situation I'm sorry that's all on you." He began walking out of the room "I'm sorry Miss. Stark. Hope you enjoyed your birthday…"

She laughed at the comment "Well Nick… Mr. Fury thank you…" He then left the room and she sat down. "Damn it…" She mumbled. Trying to figure out how she was gonna make whatever time she had left here bareable. She thought for five minutes and then rushed to her room and changed into work out clothes and a pair of tennis shoes and headed down the stairs to the range.

When she walked in Natasha and Clint were both there. When the door closed they both looked over to her "Hi…"

"Whats up?" Clint asked putting his bow down "Do you need something?"

She nodded "Uh… I know you don't care but the last few weeks have been rough and ive noticed I don't really do anything but hang out…I feel useless here. I want you or Natasha to teach me as much as you can. I know I'll never be some kinda bad ass super hero but its better then lounging and watching movies everyday while S.H.I.E.L.D takes care of me." She took a deep breath "I wanna feel like I might be useful one day…"

Natasha looked at Clint and nodded and looked back to Alex "Okay… In ten minutes I'm going for a run. five miles. Meet me out there be ready, bring a gallon of water. "

Alex smiled "Thank you so much!" she said feeling accomplished and leaving the room excited to start some new experiences.

Hope you enjoyed it! I had a harder time writing this chapter and not sure how i feel about it but hopefully you enjoyed it!

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