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Chapter 14

Edlyn sat at her desk, writing on her laptop. She had made frequent trips to Tony, whenever he decided he needed some company or someone to annoy, on her new phone. She had been used when he once invited her to a party...when she thought he was dying. She couldn't help thinking that because he had called her saying this "Edlyn. Come here quick." before giving her the coordinates and she had found herself at a party. Thank gods, she was wearing her suit that she wore when she met Tony and not her street clothes. Plus, the sunglasses.

She was introduced as Tony's "daughter" which shocked the girl and caused an uproar through the paparazzi.

This resulted being pulled by several people, trying to put in a good word for them to Tony but she was not amused to this. In all honesty, she was too used to this sort of thing. Therefore she only replied "I will be sure to mention". She kept her word but she only mentioned to Tony, on the way back after lifting Tony to his car and she he was drunk. So she did mention about them but he was too drunk to remember it.

The cup on her table rattled as she slammed her head on the table. She groaned and placed her arms over her head. "God damn it Tony." she said, cursing at him. She had received a message from Tony and he was bugging her again….after 30 minutes since their last conversation.

"Tony, what?" asked Steve as he came in after hearing the slam.

Edlyn sighed and lifted herself, placing a hand over her face. "Tony. Howard's kid." she said, "Kind of announced I was his 'daughter'" growled Edlyn, using air quotes. "Thankfully I was also wearing my sunglasses or they would've seen my face."

"Huh." said Steve before picking her up.

Edlyn squeaked and begun flailing as Steve laughed, her hand harmlessly slapping his face. "Put me down Steve!" she screeched as Steve thought about it.

"How about no?" he smirked as he twirled her around. She screeched and gripped his arms. He laughed as he stopped, Edlyn's hand slapping his head. "Put me down now, Rogers!" she yelled as Steve smirked.

After a few playful moments, they both sat at the couch. "So you're going be on a trip?" asked Steve.

Edlyn nodded as he had her legs over his lap. The music played softly in the background as they had a drink in hand. They both finished having some of Edlyn's home baked chocolate chip cookies and sugar cookies, now they were simply relaxing. "Fury wants me to visit this 'special' school called Xavier's school for the Gifted." she said, nibbling on her cookie. "He wants me to see if I need help controlling my powers after the simulation." she said, rolling her eyes.

"Huh."

"Hey!" she protested, pointing a finger at Steve and pouting. "It ain't my fault that the simulation is made out of electricity! I didn't even know that my electricity could travel so easily!"

"And fry the simulation and nearly fried the electrical system?" teased Steve and rose an eyebrow.

Edlyn huffed and leaned into the couch, her arms in her armpits. She pouted as Steve chuckled before messing her hair. Secretly though, Edlyn wished this would happen. She wanted to see her old friend, Charles, but wasn't sure. I mean, she couldn't just appear and say "Hi Charles!" after around… 50 years? 40? She couldn't remember.

Her head felt fuzzy as she gave up the thinking. She had no idea why some of her memories were blocked even though she could somewhat recall them. Odd.

"Will you be okay for a few weeks?" asked Edlyn, suddenly worried for her friend.

"I'll be fine. I mean I did wait for you to wake up for months." he said with a small smile. Edlyn saw the sadness in his eyes and could feel how upset he was. He was being too considerate.

Edlyn scratched the back of her head in frustration before deciding something. "How about you come with me?" she asked.

"What?" he asked in surprise.

"You come with me to the school." she said. "It'll give you some time out of the city and you get to be near me. Also, it 'll give you a chance to explore the world a bit."

"But I don't think-"

"Either you go with me or I won't go at all. I'm not leaving you Steve." she said, seriously.

Steve stared at her, feeling touched. It was true that he didn't want her to leave but he understood, she had to go in order to get better and this was under SHIELD's order. But that didn't mean, he didn't want to leave one of his best friend's behind. Edlyn smirked before rolling off couch and grabbed her phone, dialing Fury to have a word.

"I still can't believe you got Fury to agree with you." said Clint as he helped Edlyn with her bow and arrow. "Just a bit higher." he said, lifting her arm. "Your feet, they're too far apart."

"I can't believe it either but I guess I backed my reason enough." replied Edlyn before letting the arrow fly. It flew through the air and hit the target and was near the centre.

Edlyn lowered her bow and rotated her, feeling stiff. She and Clint had been doing archery practice for a while and she was doing some strengthening. "So when are you going?"

"About tomorrow." said Edlyn before taking a swig of her water. She gave a relieved sigh before Clint smirked, "Be sure to keep in touch."

Edlyn smirked and raised her bottle into a toast, "Sure will. I'll text or something." she said.

"I'll text." said Edlyn, crossing her arms. Tony was currently planning Stark Tower as Pepper gave an amused smile. The secretary of the genius was organizing and was typing away, giving glances at Edlyn and Tony.

"You're sure?" asked Tony, not liking the idea.

"Yes. Why are you so worried about Tony?" sighed Edlyn, as she threw her hands in the air while rolling her eyes.

"Because-" said Tony, taking a sip of his drink but Edlyn grabbed it away, placing it away. "Hey, I was drinking that!"

Edlyn stared at him seriously, "Tony. That's your 15th glass in the last few hours. And it's only the afternoon!" she said, growling.

"So?"

"So, I don't want you to become an alcoholic and I'm worried for your health in the future." she said.

"Hey, I'm still young." said Tony, slightly offended.

"But for how long?" said Edlyn, shooting back. "Besides, I don't you want to end up like my uncle who is an alcoholic. He kept drinking and died pitifully." she said, her voice angry but her eyes showed a bit of sadness. Tony stared at her, feeling slightly bad as Edlyn pinched the bridge of her nose. Her head down. "Sorry it's just...My family has never been good. I had alcoholics, smokers, gamblers, drug users…. I admit their childhood was tough but still…. I don't want you to die, Tony."

"Okay, okay." said Tony raising his hands in the air. His face looked put off until a smirk appeared, "Point taken, Squeak." he said, smirking.

Edlyn groaned in annoyance as Tony chuckled. "Squeak? Seriously? Squeak? Is that the best you could think of?"

"Hey I'm working on it, Sparky." smirked Tony.

"Seriously?!" yelled Edlyn, as she begun to chase Tony. The genius merely begun to run and was laughing. "Sparky?! You're soooo going down, Stark!"

Pepper merely giggled as Tony was being tackled (harmlessly) by the girl, who was trying to wrestle him to the ground.

'And that's what happened.' thought Edlyn to Steve, as they were taking a road trip to Xavier's School for the Gifted.

'Huh. Didn't know Howard's kid was like that.' thought Steve as they watched the other cars go by. There were a few greetings from a couple of bikers and a lot of flirting from the female part of humanity and Edlyn was becoming annoyed. If she had to see another woman winking and giving another flirtatious sign to her friend, she was going to give someone frizzy hair for a week. Where no matter how much anti-frizz and salon could not fix.

'Well…. Tony is not that bad but still. You probably would disapprove of him. He's completely and not so different from Howard.' thought Edlyn. They both stopped at a Gas station, so Steve could load up on some gas as Edlyn went to get some drinks and some gum.

When she came out of the gas store, she saw a women trying to get Steve to take her somewhere, as Steve glanced at her. 'Help' he thought.

Edlyn quickly stalked over, taking a deep breath before yelling. "Hey Stevie!" Both Steve and the women looked at her as Edlyn gave the best child like act (which wasn't hard thought Steve). She rose the small plastic bag and waved it, "I want some ice cream! Can we have some now? Pwetty please!?"

"Not now, Lynny!" said Steve.

"But Steeeveeeee iiiceeee creeaaammmm!" she cried, pouting. "Ice cream, ice cream, ice cream!" she yelled, flailing her arms.

Steve sighed (of course it was an act though) before smiling kindly to the woman, "Sorry ma'am but my sister won't stop until I get her some ice cream. Sorry." he said before hurrying over to Edlyn.

"Fine, fine, let's go and grab some ice cream." he said.

"Yay!" cheered Edlyn, her face full with a grin.

She saw the woman stalk off angrily as she giggled. Whether at the thought of ice cream or the plan had worked.

Steve gave a sigh of relief as Edlyn went back to the bike. Steve grabbed the collar of her neck as she let out a "ack!"

"What the heck was that for?" said Edlyn, rubbing her neck.

Steve pointed to the nearby ice cream parlor. Edlyn widened her eyes. "Seriously?"

Steve smirked, "You wanted ice cream didn't you?"

Edlyn gasped like Pinkie Pie in My little Pony before grabbing onto Steve's arm, her eyes full of sparkle. "Yesh."

Steve could only chuckle as they made their way to the ice cream parlor, with a happy girl skipping in front.

Note: Whee...University applications~