Hello everyone. I know it's a while since I've updated. This is a Maria Hill/Michael bonus chapter that some of you have requested. I apologize in advance but there isn't any Steve/Natasha in this. Never fear chapter 10 is work in progress and should be up soon. Thanks for reading and for the wonderful reviews.

Feeling nervous Michael called the number on the piece of paper Natasha had given him. She had told him it belonged to her single and attractive friend "Maria Hill". Natasha hadn't said much except that Maria often stared at Steve and that she felt like Maria was lonely. He wondered if Maria looked anything like Maria Sharpova he had always had a thing for blondes.

Maria picked up on the third ring. "Hello, this is Maria Hill speaking."

"Hello, I'm Michael. You're friend Natasha gave me your number and told me to call you."

"Yes?"

"Umm… she told me to call you because you were single and I'm single. You know maybe we could you know… go on a date or something. Didn't Natasha tell you she gave you my number?"

"No, she did not. I don't have time for blind dates. If you interested in a dating service you can go online and make yourself an online dating account."

He was surprised that Natasha never mentioned anything to Maria. "Are you sure Natasha Romanoff never mentioned anything about a guy named Michael? You know she has dark red hair and –"

"I know who she is!" she snapped over the phone. "I don't have time for this." Maria hung up the phone.

A normal guy might feel rejected and most likely get that when a girl hangs up on you she probably doesn't want anything to do with you. For Michael it was the opposite. To him this was a challenge. He was determined to win Maria Hill over.

He decided to call Natasha and tell her how his phone call with Maria went.

"Hello Michael?"

"Hello Natasha, I just called Maria and apparently you never mentioned anything about me."

"I've been really busy lately. I'm sorry. So how did your call go? Do you have a date?"

Michael chuckled, "Not exactly. She hung up on me."

"I'm sorry; Maria can be a bit picky. I have a feeling she has her eye on Steve," replied Natasha.

"No it's fine. I was actually calling to see if you could help me out."

"What do you want me to do?" she asked.

"Where does Maria live?" asked Michael.

"You want to stalk her?"

"No, I just want to convince her that I'm a guy whose worth her time."

"Well I'll text you her address but you better not do anything to awful. I don't want to hear that you broke into her apartment and did something stupid."

"Come on I'm not that stupid."

"Well I have to go Michael. Good luck with your scheme," said Natasha.

"Good bye."

Michael hung up the phone. He had a lot of planning to do if he was going to sweep Maria off her feet.

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