The lyrics to Fall Out Boy's Light 'Em Up were persistently blaring from some hidden alcove in the large room. Angie dove for the sound, but was rewarded with another empty hand when she reached under her bed again. Where the hell was her freaking phone?!
"Screw this" Angie muttered "Jarvis, put me on speaker"
"Of course, ma'am" Jarvis said dutifully. The song was cut short and the sound of heavy breathing filled the room in its place.
"Ange?" Wade's familiar rasp called out
"I'm here" Angie answered
"HAPPY BIRTHDAY MY BEAUTIFUL BIRTHDAY GIRL!" He shouted. Angie froze.
"Birthday?" Angie tilted her head. Silence greeted her words.
"You do know what a birthday is, right babe?" Wade asked hesitantly
"Of course I know what a birthday is" Angie snapped "I just...I didn't know that mine was today" She could practically sense Wade's big, dumb smile on the other end of the line.
"Well, it is and I just wanted to call to tell you happy birthday because I'm a great boyfriend, right?" Angie rolled her eyes.
"Yes, you are" Angie muttered "Now, keep talking. I think I've almost found my phone" Angie pulled back her pillow to reveal her phone sitting on top of the picture of her and Deadpool in a photobooth. She smiled to herself.
"Found it" Angie said "I have to go now, but call me when you're home again, okay?"
"You're not even going to ask how I found out or why?" Wade sounded like a kicked puppy.
"I thought you'd want to save it for late night tacos and robbers" Angie said with a slight grin.
"You're right" Wade agreed "See you in a few days, babe"
"See you soon" Angie said before hanging up. Nearly seconds later, Angie's phoned screamed at her "TEXT MESSAGE!". Angie jumped and made a mental note to either change her text tone or put it on vibrate.
You wanna go to the movies? MJ, Gwen and I are going –P
I'll meet you there in ten –ASR
I never said when...! –P
Ten minutes –ASR
Angie walked from her room, pulling her jacket on.
"Dad, Pops, I'm going to the movies with Peter, MJ and Gwen! I'll be back later!" Angie called
"How are you getting there and how are you getting back?" Steve called
"I'll drive!" Angie called "Because, in case you forgot, I am seventeen!"
"Be safe" Steve called and Angie took the elevator to the garage and found her favourite car; a sleek black 1962 Chevy corvette completed with upholstered seats and a Captain America doing the hula bobble head (custom made and copyrighted by Stark Industries). Angie smirked and got in Lola Jr, as she had so dubbed the car, in honour of Phil Coulson. Angie loved her car. Bullet proof, hover capabilities, built in weaponry and seat warmers. Everything a girl could ever want. That, and a newly rebuilt, refurbished and remade engine that made a kitten jealous with its purr. Seconds later, Angie was cruising through the streets of Manhattan. Then, she was stopped in traffic because that's what she get's for living downtown. Nine minutes later, she was at the theatre, in line, waiting for Peter, MJ and Gwen to get there. The trio quickly walked in and Angie waved them over.
"So, what movie are we seeing, anyways?" Angie asked as they joined the auburn-haired girl in line.
"How about that new Batman movie?" Mary Jane said "Batman 2: The Red Soldier"
"I'm in" Angie nodded "And the Love Birds?" Peter glared at Angie while Gwen blushed.
"Fine" Peter nodded as they all stepped forwards to buy their tickets.
After the movie, which ended on a terribly heart-breaking notice, Angie pulled her phone out to find...no missed calls or texts. Odd.
"Hey, I have to go" Angie muttered "See you guys on Monday"
"Is everything okay?" Gwen asked
"I don't know" Angie muttered, walking out. She sped back to the Tower and walked in.
"Jarvis, buddy?" Angie called "Is everything all right?"
"Everything is fine, Miss Stark-Rogers" Jarvis said
"Is it? Because I have a really, really bad feeling that everything is not fine" Angie muttered, walking towards the stairs because she sure as hell wasn't taking the elevator with this kind of gut feeling. People in horror movies did that and she was not ending up trapped in some elevator while some creepy as hell masked freak tried to kill her with a butchers knife through the door. Angie flew up the stairs.
"Jarvis, where are my dads?" Angie asked
"The Penthouse, Miss Stark Rogers" Angie flew up and carefully opened the door. Her adrenaline was pumping, which was bad because if it turned out to be a false alarm, she may accidentally punch the first person near her across the room. The room was dark and there wasn't a sound. Angie closed the door behind her with a nearly unheard click. Something wasn't right here. Angie moved along the walls carefully, sliding her hand first. When her hand touched something soft and squishy and most definitely not wall and it moved under her touch, Angie let out a shout and punched it. The lights were all suddenly on and Angie watched as Thor cupped his now possibly broken nose.
"Shit!" Angie hissed "What in the name of Lucifer is going the on?!" The other Avengers all popped up from various places around the room. Clint, Tony and Loki were laughing at the unfortunate luck of the blonde Asgardian while Natasha shook her head.
"Wait, how did you get in here?" Clint asked
"Stairs" Angie jabbed her thumb at the emergency exit stairs "What the hell is going on?"
"Happy Birthday!" Thor grinned. Angie tilted her head.
"Excuse you?" Angie tilted her head
"I heard someone yell Happy Birthday at you earlier" Loki said "So I informed your fathers, and now we're celebrating your official day of birth" Angie stared at her family.
"You guys freaked me out, you know?" Angie muttered "No calls, no texts, no Jarvis going 'by the way, your family is waiting to throw you a surprise party, so no, there are no killers in the tower this time, Miss Stark-Rogers', then all the lights off and no noise? Really? You're supposed to yell Surprise when I walk in, not wait until I punch someone in the nose" Steve was smiling as he walked over and picked Angie up in a crushing hug.
"Happy Birthday, Ange" he smiled and Angie laughed.
"Thanks, Pops" Angie smiled
"Since it was kind of short notice, we didn't have a lot of time to shop, so tomorrow we'll have a real party with all your friends and us" Pepper smiled
"You guys didn't have to do that" Angie said "Just having this is enough"
"Then you don't want what I got you?" Loki smirked. Angie hesitated.
"I'm quite torn" Angie admitted "I'm terrified to see your wrapping skills, but also extremely intrigued" Loki laughed and held out a box, neatly wrapped. Angie took the box and was surprised at how heavy it was. Angie gave Loki a suspicious look.
"Well? Open it" Clint insisted. Angie carefully pulled one end of the green bow and the rest unwrapped itself, revealing a simple cardboard box. Angie pulled the lid off to reveal an old, leather bound book.
"A book?" Clint tilted his head, while Angie smiled.
"Not just any book" Angie pulled the book from the box and blew the excess dust from the top, revealing unfamiliar script.
"An Asgardian book" Angie glanced at Loki "Right?" Loki nodded.
"My mother recommended it" Loki said. Angie opened it and saw a line on the first page.
"What's this for?" Angie asked
"Here" Loki produced a pen from thin air and passed it to Angie "Write your full name" Angie did as asked, writing Angela Samantha Stark-Rogers in neat print. Then, her name disappeared. Everyone watched in wonder as the title on the book shifted and became English.
"It's a book of mysticism?" Natasha peered closer at the book.
"The same one my mother used when teaching me" Loki nodded "So, it's quite old" Angie chuckled and ran her fingers along the spine of the book.
"Thank you so much, Loki" Angie smiled "Even if I can't do anything in here, it'll be a great read and a fu-" a look from Steve "-fun thing to use to confuse my dad with" Tony rolled his eyes. Loki grinned and ruffled Angie's hair.
"Good" Loki chuckled "Then you're using it right"
"Well, how are we supposed to top that?" Clint snorted "A magic book from another planet? Are you serious?" Angie shook her head.
"You don't need to 'top' anything" Angie said "Just having my whole family here to celebrate my birthday is the best present and holy shit that was the cheesiest thing I've ever said and I regret it already"
"...and Loki said he's going to start tutoring me in magic" Dragon grinned, retelling her birthday surprise to Deadpool, who was sitting with her on a roof. They were both enjoying cupcakes from a nearby bakery as they talked about their lives for the past few days. Deadpool had just told Dragon about his mission in Ireland and how it ended with him in a medieval torture chamber of an apparently haunted castle while Dragon told Deadpool about her birthday.
"Speaking of which" Deadpool grinned "Aren't you going to ask why and how I found out it was your birthday?"
"No" Dragon said nonchalantly, licking some icing off her cupcake. Deadpool gave her a hurt look. Dragon laughed.
"Okay, okay" Dragon laughed "How and why did you find out it was my birthday?" Deadpool grinned; Dragon had been with him long enough to know what his expressions were, even with his mask on.
"Well, when I was in Germany, I had to do some research in Stuttgart when I remembered you said you were from there" Deadpool said "And it just so happened I was near the orphanage Stark and Rogers adopted you from. So, I popped in, asked a few questions, checked a few files and found out that way"
"I thought your mission was in the UK?" Dragon tilted her head "How did you get to Southern Germany?"
"I-uh, yeah, funny story" Deadpool scratched the back his head while he chuckled uncomfortably "I made a slight detour while working"
"Slight?" Dragon laughed "Oh yes, just a slight 950 mile detour"
"949.4552, actually" Deadpool corrected "Give or take" Dragon shook her head.
"But why?" Dragon asked
"Because I knew you were adopted, I knew you were from Stuttgart, I found out you didn't know anything about those few months before Stark and Rogers, I found out you had never had a real birthday. And all because you didn't know what day you were born on. So, yeah, it was a slight detour, especially if it makes my beautiful girl smile" Deadpool said solemnly. Dragon pulled her goggles off and tears spilled down her cheeks.
"What's wrong? What happened? Why are you crying? Ange?" Deadpool asked quickly, leaning over to wipe at Dragon's cheek.
"Did I say something wrong?" he asked
"No, you didn't" Dragon smiled "Come here" Dragon hugged Deadpool tightly, pressing a kiss to his masked cheek. Deadpool pulled his mask up to his nose and Dragon kissed him. She still had tears running down her cheeks when she pulled away.
"You gonna be okay, babe?" Deadpool asked, pulling his mask back down.
"I'm better than okay, Wade" Dragon smiled, wiping at her cheeks.
"Good" Deadpool smiled and hugged the shorter girl.
Angie stood with Loki at her party. Loki was holding his book of mysticism open for Angie.
"Are you ready?" he asked. Angie nodded. She closed her eyes and concentrated. If there was one point Loki had stressed, it was that a true mystic didn't need to shout words to make spells work, just simply think them. Angie heard a shout and Loki was laughing. Angie opened her eyes to see Tony covered in punch. Angie laughed.
"That was perfect!" Loki exclaimed. Angie laughed with the demi-god as Tony spluttered and glanced around, trying to find who doused him. His eyes landed on Angie and Loki, who froze.
"Run?" Angie glanced at Loki.
"Run"
A/N Yup. Angie is Loki's new pupil. I know a lot of people enjoy my Loki-Angie interactions because those two are little shit heads when they get together. This whole chapter was inspired by my headcanon that Deadpool would be super happy to know it was his girlfriend's birthday. If I have a headcanon, is it just that, or is it technically canon, since I'm the author? ANYWAYS, I will leave you on that note because I'm getting waffles 3 Thank you all for reading, reviewing, following and favouriteing this story and I'll see ya in the next chapter.