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Chapter 11

The week after the whole Randall incident, Bethany was finally starting to feel normal. The first few days were very rough. Steve ended up, practically, moving in her apartment. After one night where she called him at 1 o'clock in the morning, crying and begging for him to come stay with her, he pretty much was with her all the time now. He dropped her off and picked her up from work the first two weeks. Now just a few days before Christmas, she was finally feeling like her self again. She decided that she was no longer going the be the whipped puppy that she had been, and enjoy her Holiday!

Steve came back to their apartment from working out in the gym. He smiled to him self, thinking about it being 'their' apartment. He was a man of honor though. He dared not to try anything out of the line with her. She had made her intentions known when they first got engaged that she wanted to wait until they were married until they took that final 'plunge' in their relationship. He could here music coming from the door of their apartment and opened the door to see her dancing around the apartment, going from the kitchen back to the living room. He could smell cookies baking in the oven, watching her dancing, and seeing Spangles attacking the roll of wrapping paper that was down by the couch. It was almost too much going on. He walked over to the stereo and cut the music down, laughing as he did so.

"BABE!" Bethany squealed she said as she turned around. She ran and jumped in his arms, wrapping her legs around his waist. She kissed him. "What are you doing home so soon?"

"It's Christmas. Wanted to spend time with my girl!" he replied kissing him back. They continued to kiss until a playful growl and tug on Steve's pants leg cause them to pull apart. Steve and Bethany looked down to see Spangles tugging on Steve's pants leg, behind him the completely destroyed roll of wrapping paper. Steve let Bethany down, reaching down to pick up the puppy. "What are you doing? Huh, Big Guy?" Spangles leaned his head up, licking his face. Bethany laughed as she began to pick up the demolished wrapping paper.

"And now you know, why I haven't put any presents under the Christmas tree yet." replied Bethany. "Oh Baby! You did remember that my Dad's annual Christmas party is tonight, right?" she asked turning to him.

"How could I forget? You've reminded me everyday!" He smirked at her. She threw the wad of wrapping paper at him. "Hey!"

"Hey is right! Jerk!" she said laughing at him. He put Spangles down on the floor and started towards her. She squealed and ran as he jumped over the back of the couch, chasing her through the apartment. He finally cornered her, picking her up and tossing her over his shoulder. He walked over to the door that led to their snow covered balcony. "DON'T YOU DARE!" But it was too late, out she went in a pair of sleep shorts and a long sleeved shirt onto the balcony. He shut the door and locked it. "STEVE! C'mon its freezing out here!"

"Nope not until you say your sorry!" he said laughing.

"FOR WHAT?!" she hollered. It had started snowing again. Oh, he was loving this!

"For hitting me with the wrapping paper!"

"Are you serious?! You've had much worse happen to you and you are going to complain about a bit of wrapping paper!"

"Well, you hurt my feelings..." he replied in a mock-hurt voice.

"Oh my gosh! I'm sorry you big baby!" He reached down and opened the door. She ran in, brushing the snow off of her. "You know, some of us are not used to being stuck in the snow and freezing weather, like some people." As soon as she said it, she wished she could take it back. The pained look on his face said it all. He didn't say anything, just turned and went down the hall. Before she could get to him, she heard the bedroom door slam shut. She knew she needed to talk to him, but decided to give him a few minutes. After taking her cookies out of the over, she started the walk of shame down the hall to the bedroom that they shared. She knocked but got no response. She slowly opened the door, tip toeing her way in.

"Steve?" There he was with his back to the door. She crawled on the bed, coming up behind him, wrapping her arms around him. She could feel him tense under her touch. This was bad. "Steve, honey, I'm so sorry." Nothing. "Steve, please. I never meant to hurt you! Just say something, please!"

"Why did you say it?" he asked quietly.

"I wasn't thinking." she replied. Tears were starting to fall on his back. "Steve, honey, you have to believe me."

"I do."

"You do?" she asked back. He nodded his head. "Then what's wrong?"

"When you said that, it made me remember that I'm not from this time. I've been so wrapped up with things here in this time, I feel like I'm forgetting everything in my past." He turned on the bed so he could face her. She crawled in his lap, lacing her fingers around his neck. "I mean, don't get me wrong, You are the absolute best thing that has ever happened to me. But with the way the world works now, I feel like I'm losing everything I've ever known about 1942 or anything before that. Everyone I knew back then is either dead or so old that if I did see them, they wouldn't believe me or wouldn't remember me. If it wasn't for you and your dad, I wouldn't have anybody."

"Steve, why didn't you say something sooner?" she asked.

"I didn't want to worry you with my problems. I needed to be there for you. I felt like I needed to be strong for you after what happened." his breath caught in his throat. "Baby, I thought I had lost you. I felt like my heart was literally being ripped out of my chest. And then you came back to me. And that's when I realized, I literally can't live without you." She leaned over and kissed him.

"Hey, I'm not going anywhere." she said smiling softly at him. "No matter what, we will always be together." He smiled back at her. "Just me, you, Spangles, and the six kids we'll have in the future." Steve's eyes bugged out a little.

"Six?!"

"Kidding!" she said laughing. "I can't wait though. In five months, on May 17th, I will be Mrs. Steve Rogers." He kissed her.

"I like the sound of that!" Their kissing got more heated. Steve pulled away. "We should stop."

"Yeah..." she said glancing over at the clock. "OH CRAP!" She jumped off his lap and headed towards the bathroom. "Dad's Christmas party starts in a hour!" Steve jumped up and ran to the guest bath to get ready.

The party went well and Christmas came and went. It was everything that they had ever hoped it would be. Tony and Pepper announced that they had recently gotten married on their last business trip without anyone's knowing. Bethany could only smile and shake her head. Leave it to her dad to make sure he was married again before he walked his daughter down the aisle. She was glad to have Pepper as her step mom. She always treated Bethany like the daughter she had never had. Steve had a few missions here and there which always made Bethany nervous. But before they knew it May 17th was here.

A/N: A bit of a shorter chapter, but I wanted to bridge the gap to the wedding. It's finally here though! Should hopefully have it up tomorrow. I want it to be perfect! Please let me know what you think! Please read and review!