Once Natasha and Alex came up the elevator, Natasha ran straight to her room and Alex walked over to the rest of the team.
Natasha enters her room and places her picture on her bedside table. She then put her mom's note behind the picture in the frame so that she could always find it. She showered and fell asleep.
Kendall skipped into Natasha's room to find her asleep. She really wanted her to tuck her in. She quietly closed the door and walked into the living room. "Hey Kendall, aren't you supposed to be in bed?" Bruce asked. "Yes, but I need someone to tuck me in." "Where's Natasha?" Clint asked. "She's sleeping." "Wow, already. Who do you want to tuck you in?" Steve asked. Kendall looks around and points to Alex. "Alex!" She jumps. "Okay, let's get you to bed." They walk down the hallway to Kendall's room. Kendall opens the door and runs to her bed. She jumps into it. "Why was mommy crying earlier?" "Tears of joy. She gets to see her parents soon, which are your grandparents. She gets to see her childhood best friend soon. She was happy. You don't worry about a thing, little one. Sweet dreams." With that said, he tucked her in and kissed her forehead. He turned off the lights and tiptoed out of her room, closing the door behind him. He then checked on Natasha, to see if she was actually asleep, which she was.
Alex walked back into the living room and sat on the couch. "So, what was in that locket that made Natasha cry?" Wanda asked with worry filling her eyes and voice. "First of all, there is nothing to be worried about. Those tears were tears of joy, she was happy. In the locket was a picture of our family. Our parents, herself, and I. We were all very young back then. It was a few years before she was taken away from us. I searched for her. Then I found her two years ago. She didn't even know she had a brother and she thought her parents were dead. She was tortured and brainwashed. Their modo she learned was, 'You have no place in the world, you are a cold-hearted killer, love can kill you'. She really stood by that and still stands by it, but not as strongly. I found out that she worked for S.H.I.E.L.D. Fury sent her to destroy the Red Room because they were getting too close to recruiting her back, and he couldn't really send anyone else. He didn't want to send her in the first place, fearing she would get badly injured or worse. It was a very risky task, but she took it right off the bat without hesitation. She said these exact words, 'They made me into a cold-hearted killer, so I'm going to destroy that prison like I don't have a heart at all.'. I begged her not to go, but she never listened. She was badly injured when she came back and required 3 surgeries. She was stabbed, shot, and mentally scarred. Then after a few days, she drifted into a coma for about 2 months. I hated seeing my sister in a state of never waking up and I could sense that Fury felt the same way, but we were glad that she destroyed the ficility that took her away from me. When she was healed and healthy, Fury flew her back to New York to be with you guys and because he might have missed her just a little. Don't tell her that I told you, you don't want to see her mad. She hates talking about her past and especially anyone else talking about it." He said with some anger towards the middle. Everyone felt sorry for what he went through, and felt bad for what had happened to Natasha. They all went to bed thinking about what Alex had said.
A few weeks later...
Natasha was finally healed from head to toe and was excited to start training again. Unfortunately for her, everyone was going to the State Fair and everyone means everyone except Bruce. It was a nice, sunny, hot day in New York. Wanda chose Natasha's outfit. It was a white, elbow high shirt with light blue skirt overalls that stopped just above her knees, and to top it all off, some ankle high, white sandals. "Promise me Nat, you look amazing for a day that is going to be amazing. I think this is the best outfit that I have done all day. Although this is the only outfit I have done all day, not including my own." Wanda assured as Natasha walked out of the bathroom. "Well, I will say that this is an outfit that I've never imagined me wearing." She said as she twirled. "Yeah. All the girls are wearing some form of overalls, even Kendall and Lila. It sure is something different, but casual." Wanda said as she circled Natasha. Wanda caught a glimpse of her necklace. "That necklace looks amazing on you. The gold really brings out your eyes." "Thanks Wanda. You are very sweet, but shouldn't we be helping everyone else ready?" Wanda nodded and they exited Natasha's room. Natasha checked Kendall's room and found Luara fully dressed and helping Lila and Kendall. "Hey Nat, you look pretty." Luara said with a smile. "Thanks, you three look pretty as well. Just checking in. We leave in 5 minutes and we are walking since there will be no parking spaces and the fair is just around the corner." She said before turning and walking out of the room.
5 minutes later...
Natasha and Wanda were waiting for everyone to come down. They heard multiple doors open and close, then jumbled up footsteps. Then they heard yelling, something often heard in the tower. The boys ran into the living room almost tripping over each other. "Where are the other girls?" Pietro asked as he plopped down on the couch. "I'll go get them. I need to grab my phone anyway." Natasha walked out of the room and into the hallway. She first knocked on Jane's door, nothing. Then she knocked on Pepper and Tony's door, no one. She walked down to Kendall's room and everyone was there. Luara was sewing up a rip in Pepper's shirt. "Everyone who is not Pepper or Luara, go downstairs. Grab an apple if you didn't eat. And don't forget your sunglasses, the sun is high and bright." Natasha said as her fingers drummed on the door. Everyone but Pepper and Luara got up and left. "Hurry up. The boys are getting anxious." Natasha warns. "GIRLS, HURRY UP!" Tony yelled. "See, come on. Tie the knot and go." Natasha said and walked out of the room. Luara quickly tied the knot and Pepper and Luara quickly followed her.
"Finally! You guys took like 3 years in there. We could have been at the fair already!" Tony whinned. "Well if you stop whining, we could be on our way out of the door already, right?" Natasha said as she walked towards the door with the girls following. Tony and the boys quietly followed. "Ugh, it hot!" Sam whinned. "That's what you get for wearing pants when it's 84 degrees outside." Alex said patting Sam on the back. "You should've just worn a skirt like Natasha. I don't see her whining, or any of the the girls." Steve teased. "Natasha is actually wearing a skirt? That's the first. They are all either wearing skirt overalls or overall shorts if you didn't notice." Tony said. "Speaking of Natasha, she has been acting...off. She is smiling, less threatening, less talkative, to us anyways. If she does talk to us, its always a smart-ass comment. She talks to the girls when they are around. Other than that, she is quiet. She reads, she cooks, she likes peace and quiet, the sound of nature, very independent. More independent than she was three years ago." Clint said as he rubbed his chin. "Wow, you are falling for her hard." Tony poked Clint in the shoulder. Clint blushed madly and looked over to Natasha who was lightly blushing with a small smile. She looked back and made eye contact with him, then blushed a bright red and quickly turned to Wanda who was right beside her. "See, I think she has a crush on you." Pietro said in a taunting voice. Clint smiled to himself.
"Natasha, you can't deny that you like him. It's obvious that he likes you." Wanda said with excitement in her voice. "Your right, I can't deny that I like him. I mean look at me, I'm blushing. I do not blush, I'm not sup-" "Stop, we already know where that will end up. Let's go to beginning, why do you like him?" "He is just so nice, sweet, caring, not to mention his eyes that you could just stare into for hours. He can light up my day with that smile, sometimes. He has a charm that rubs off just a little on everyone that's around." "Wow, I have never heard those words come out of your mouth." Pepper said with surprise. "What, I can have a soft spot. It's just very hard to reach. I have many layers and they are all very thick. I only give my heart to people that I know and trust that they will keep it safe. You guys are two of those people." "You know if you date Clint or anyone at that matter, Alex would have to give them 'a talk'." Pepper said with a laugh. "Yeah, Alex is very protective of me. I wouldn't be surprised if he monitored my dates. Plus Fury would rather me not have a love life because it can interfere with a mission or be a distraction on the battlefield." Natasha said as she played with her bracelet. "Screw that, everyone deserves a love life." Wanda said.
They continued walking until they reached the State Fair that was located in a big open field. Peter decided to take Kendall, Lila, and Cooper on the kiddie rides, then all couples went their own ways, leaving Clint, Natasha, Wanda, and Steve. Natasha and Wanda continued to talk as Clint and Steve just watched. They stopped at a hot dog stand and sat down at a table. "How is the fair treating you so far, ladies?" Steve asked as he handed them their hot dogs. "Eh, not much excitement, but its okay. Honestly, I would rather be in my room, reading." Natasha said as she unwrapped her hot dog. "I agree, it is kind of boring. We have been here for about two hours and nothing exciting has popped up. All we have been doing is walking. All the walking I want to do is walking home" Wanda said before taking a bite of her food. "What do you guys think?" Natasha asked. "There is nothing that catches my eye, but there has to be something." Clint said as he stirred his drink. "I am partly on Clint's side and on your side. Yes we've been walking around for two hours and we could be doing something better at home, but you didn't really look at the booths." Steve said. "Yeah, because I'd rather be looking into a book or even training, but I got dragged out here anyways." Natasha said before taking a sip of her soda. Wanda snickered at her comment. "C'mon Tasha,you need to get out of the tower on your free time." Clint said with a smile. "I do, I go to the park, to the mall, on morning jogs, see I do get out of the tower in my spare time." Her statement earned an eye roll from Clint. "Mommy!" A high pitched, girly voice called out behind Natasha. Kendall ran up to her mother and was pulled into her lap. Peter then sat down next to Natasha holding a sleeping Lila and a half asleep Cooper. "They got tired after a bunch of rides and a sugar rush." Was all he could say. "I'm hungry, there were only sweets and I didn't feel like eating sweets, I want food food." Kendall said while patting her stomach and looking up at Natasha. "Eat this then." Natasha unwrapped another hot dog, put some ketchup on it, and gave it to Kendall. She then passed one to Peter who dug in. "So, what was the scariest ride you went on?" Clint asked. Kendall thought for a moment. "The rocking boat. It went high in the sky. Peter said, the back are best seats because their the scariest seats, so we sat toward the middle, but it was still super scary." She replied with hand motions. Kendall, Natasha, and Clint talked amongst themselves as Peter, Lila, Cooper, Wanda, and Steve went to the bathroom. Kendall began to drift off to sleep. "I think we should start heading home since she is asleep, and you are bored out of your mind." Clint said with a sigh. "We" Natasha asked with an arched eyebrow. "Yes we. You're not the only one who is bored out of their mind. I'll text Steve that we are leaving." Clint said with that charming smile only reserved for her. Natasha just blushed lightly and smiled as she got up. She readjusted Kendall's head on her shoulder and started walking beside Clint. "So, Tasha," Clint blushed and started to get her attention, "Are you free Saturday evening?"