Disclaimer: I don't own the Avengers or any of the Marvel comics characters, though I do own my original characters.

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Senses

Chapter Eleven: Early wake up calls and old friends

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Two weeks later

I curled under the soft blankets, trying to block out the sun that was starting to shine through the curtains. The sheets beneath me where soft, and my head sunk into the soft fluffy pillow. I finally managed to block out the sun and I drifted off back to sleep…

…Suddenly the light from the sun was shining right in my eyes, because the curtains had been swung back.

"Damn it Jarvis I thought I said not to wake me up," I grumbled.

"Sorry Miss Cat but Mr. Stark said to wake you up," Jarvis replied.

"Grr," I mumbled, flinging the blanket over my head.

"Cat get your lazy but up out of bed," Tony shouted from somewhere outside of my room. I groaned.

"Go… away… you annoying old man," I shouted.

I heard the door open, and someone ripped my blanket away.

"Who you calling an old man?" Tony asked, pretending to be hurt.

I blindly reached for my blanket since I had my face buried in my pillow.

"But why do you gotta wake me up so early? I'm not a morning person," I grumbled.

"Because your dad won't come out of the lab until you get up and Pepper's not here right now. Plus, Poppy is out with one of her friend," Tony replied.

"Aw is someone lonely," I teased.

"Come on, get up," Tony exclaimed, grabbing my good arm and pulling me up out of the bed.

I finally opened my eyes and looked around me. Tony had put a rush in getting my room fixed, and had managed to get it finished within two weeks. The walls where sky blue and my blanket was dark blue with tiny stars dotted on it. The carpet was soft and the color of sand. Fairy lights were strung up all around my room, and there was a light blue star studded canopy hanging from the ceiling over my bed. I loved my room. I sighed.

"All right fine I'm coming," I grumbled, pulling my good arm out of Tony's grasp. I quietly trudged behind Tony out into the living room.

"Jarvis tell Bruce that Cat's finally up," Tony shouted, walking over to the bar. He grabbed a drink, then sat down on the couch. A few seconds later dad walked into the room.

"Morning dad," I said, grabbing a soda out of the fridge.

"Morning why are you up so early?" Dad asked.

"Because someone," I looked in Tony's direction, "was out here all by himself and the only way to get his friend out of the lab is if he woke me up."

"No that's not why I woke you up, and that's not why I wanted him out of the lab; I wanted him out of the lab because he spends way too much time in that lab," Tony denied.

Dad chuckled. I finished my soda, and tossed the can in the trash. I sat down on the couch, and grabbed the remote out of Tony's hand.

"Hey," He exclaimed.

"Well you woke me up, this is your punishment; not being able to choose what we watch," I replied, changing the channel. Tony just glared at me.

"So what do you want to do today?" Dad asked, getting a soda out of the fridge.

"Well I noticed that we're running low on soda and snacks so I was gonna go to the store," I replied, setting the remote down.

"Uh Cat you know I have people that will do that, right?" Tony asked.

"Yeah I know, but I'm going a bit nuts from being stuck in this tower. I need to get out and do something," I stated.

"When were, you planning on going out?" Dad asked. I shrugged my shoulders.

"Not sure," I mumbled, staring at the TV.

"Well I can have a car ready to take you to any store at any time," Tony stated. I smiled.

"Thanks," I mumbled, looking back at the TV…

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Three hours later

I was sitting in the back of one of Tony's cars. He'd gotten his driver Happy to drive me to the nearest store, which was about ten blocks away from the tower. I sighed, and looked out the window. I could see construction workers working on fixing the roads and buildings, and it seemed that we were the only car on the road.

"Here we are Miss Cat," Happy exclaimed, getting out of the car. He opened the door for me, and I stepped out.

"Thanks, I'll be back in a couple of minutes," I said, walking through the parking lot to the only open store within twelve blocks of Stark tower.

I walked into the store, grabbed a cart, and started looking for the first thing on my list; which was sodas. I found the sodas by the back of the store. Next I grabbed several bags of chips, and box of cookies. I was looking for the ice cream when I heard someone call my name.

"Cat, is that you?" A voice asked to my left.

I looked up to see a guy my age with sandy blond hair, and green eyes staring at me. It took me a moment to figure out who it was, because I hadn't seen him in several years.

"Josh!" I exclaimed, wrapping my good arm around his neck.

I felt his arms wrap around my waist, and he lifted me up off the ground in a bear hug. The two of us had been best friends since we were three, and even after mom and I left New York we kept in touch for a while. But then sometime after my fourteenth birthday he seemed to disappear.

"I haven't seen you in years," He stated, setting me down on the ground.

"Ah well that's what happens when you stop replying to a person's messages," I countered, playfully punching his shoulder.

"Oh, yeah sorry about that. A lot of stuff happened and I was just so busy," He replied, awkwardly rubbing the back of his head.

"Mhm alright I'll let it slide just this once, but don't go silent on me again ya hear!" I said. Josh smiled and nodded his head.

"So how is your mom?" He asked. That's right he doesn't know about mom.

"She died a little while ago from cancer," I replied, glancing away from him.

"Oh I'm sorry, how are you?" He asked.

"I'm fine, I found my real dad, and we just recently moved here," I explained.

"Oh, that's good," He said, smiling.

After mom and I left New York I told him about how my stepdad wasn't my real dad. The two of us had talked about one day trying to find my dad together one day. But after he disappeared I gave up on the idea that he would help me find my dad.

"Yeah, you know what we need to have lunch some time," I exclaimed, turning and grabbing my purse from my cart.

I pulled out a piece of paper, and a pen, and wrote down my phone number.

"Here this is my cell phone number, give me a call some time," I said, handing him the paper.

"Yeah sure, see you later Cat," He replied, taking the paper.

I gave him a quick hug, then went back to looking for the ice cream. Once I'd found the ice cream I walked up to the cash register, and paid for all my things. I pushed the cart out to the car, and Happy helped me put the bags into the trunk of the car, then once everything was in the trunk I got into the back of the car, and Happy got into the front.

"Any place else you wanna go?" He asked. I shook my head.

"Na just take me home," I replied, giving him a smile. He nodded his head, and started the car…

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AN: Okay so I'm using Burkely Duffield as the face claim for Josh.