After a long work day, almost everyone decided to go down to the bar for drinks. Kennedy put on her black dress and was going to walk down to the bar with Peggy. Bucky usually met her at the bar. Peggy sometimes would talk with Captain Rogers and other times she would be a waitress. Every night, Bucky would leave his coat with Kennedy as a guarantee to see her the next day. Peggy wasn't sure if she was alright with this, but she decided Kennedy was mature enough to make her own decision.

"Alright, Peggy I'll see you later. Kennedy said with a smile as she took Bucky's arm and went inside. It was much louder than usual. Some of the men were singing, other, were dancing with the waitresses. Kennedy immediately pulled Bucky onto the dance floor.

Many more people joined in. Everyone was having a great time when Colonel Phillips came into the bar. Everyone froze. The Colonel looked very angry. He walked to the bar counter and stood up on it. Everyone was curious and worried about what he was about to say.

"I just got word from another camp." The room was so still you could hear a pin drop. "Nine Hydra operatives are in their custody and they have given up four Hydra bases in the US and England."

Everyone cheered. Bucky, without thinking picked Kennedy up and spun her around. When he set her down, they stared at each other, Bucky was worried he had over stepped his boundaries. Kennedy smiled and hugged him. The music started up again and Bucky pulled Kennedy into a fast dance. And for the first time in a year, everyone had a bit of hope.

Most nights, the bartender would close up at 9:00pm but tonight, Joe kept the bar open until 11:00pm. Peggy left around 10:00pm. At 10:30pm Bucky, was walking Kennedy back to her tent. She was wearing his coat as usual. They were laughing about stories Bucky had, about times Steve had gotten beaten up.

"Is it strange for you?" Kennedy asked quietly.

"Is what strange?"

"You know, when you came here, Steve was a skinny kid getting beat up everywhere. Now he is America's hope. Isn't that strange?"

Yeah, yeah it is. And I am still not quite used to it, but at least now I can turn around without the fear of him getting beat up." Kennedy laughed.

"I think that would be a relief." They came to Kennedy's tent and stopped. "I guess I will see you tomorrow." Bucky nodded slowly.

"Yeah." Kennedy took his coat of and handed to him.

"I don't think we will need an excuse to see each other." Bucky smiled. There was a moment of silence. Then Bucky kissed her quickly and walked off leaving Kennedy standing in shock. She finally went inside.

"Hey, how was your night?" Peggy said with a smile. Kennedy just smiled and changed into her nightgown. "Will you just tell me what happened?"

"Nope." Kennedy pretended to zip her lips shut.

"He kissed you." Kennedy looked surprised

"How did you guess?" Peggy smiled.

"I didn't. I saw. The tent flap was open just enough for me to see." Kennedy through a pillow at Peggy and the pillow fight began.

In the morning Kennedy ran to the bunker to sort through mail. It was only 6:30, but Kennedy wanted to finish early. Joe needed help cleaning up the bar from the Saturday night crowd and Kennedy had volunteered. She started putting the mail in piles. At about 7:30 she was half way finished. She took a few steps back and stared at the mountain of mail still unsorted. Her back was facing the door. All of a sudden someone slipped their arms around her waist and set their head on her shoulder all at once. She jumped.

"Hey there." Bucky said when Kennedy jumped. "Sorry, I didn't mean to scare you."

"It's Ok. I don't know why I am so jumpy." Kennedy turned to face Bucky, his arms still around her waist.

"Not much mail today?" Bucky looked around the room.

"Early start. I was here at 6:30am" Bucky was looking at Kennedy and smiling. "Joe needs help cleaning up from last night and I said I would give him a hand. Why are you looking at me like that?"

"No reason."

"There must be a reason. Really, why are you looking at me like that?" Bucky laughed.

"Because, you're cute."

"Aha. When is you first meeting?"

"My schedule is actually clear today. That is why I'm here." Kennedy raised her eyebrows. "I was wondering if you needed help in here."

"If you don't have anywhere better to be, I would love some help. The mail is just sorted by tent."

Bucky and Kennedy each choose smaller pile of mail to sort through and everything went smoothly. The different mail bags were open on the floor in the middle of the room, Bucky was working left to middle and Kennedy was working right to middle. They would take a letter or package, look at the tent number and put it in the correct bag. At 8:00 they were finishing up with the last few.

"Hey, Searg. who is 'Mommy and Poppa'?" Kennedy asked picking up a letter from her pile.

"Umm… I don't know. Is that a trick question? I feel like that is a trick question." Kennedy laughed.

"It isn't a trick question, I have a letter here addressed to one 'Sergeant James Barnes from Mommy and Poppa'. Care to elaborate?"

"No, because there is nothing to say." Bucky brushed Kennedy off and kept sorting through the mail.

"Alright, so if I read this letter, you have any objections?" Bucky shook his head and Kennedy opened the letter.

"'Dear James,
I regret to inform you, that Bessie has died. We did everything in our power to keep her alive, but she was old and there was nothing we could do. I'm so sorry. Poppa and I buried her in the backyard. We had to do that part at night of course so the neighbors wouldn't find out. That is not the kind of thing you want getting around town. On a nicer note, Franky did not pass the physical, so your father and I will only have to worry about one son instead of two. Also, where has Stevie been? I haven't seen him around and I want to make sure he is doing alright. By the way, Sally dropped by the other day to see if we had any news about you, she said to say hello and she loves and misses you.'" Kennedy stopped reading for a moment and looked over at Bucky.

"'Speaking of Sally, when are you going to ask that girl to marry you, she is so sweet and she likes you a lot.'" At that point Bucky tried to grab the note, but Kennedy pulled it away and put it behind her back.

"You, know what, that note is mine."

"Mhm. Who's Sally?"

"A girl who lives on my street, we would go dancing sometimes. Now, can I have my letter?"

"Well, your mother seems to like Sally." Bucky smiled down at Kennedy but didn't say anything. "Also, who was Bessie? Why was her burial so secretive?"

"Bessie, was a goat. She lives, sorry, lived in our backyard."

"And Franky is your brother I would imagine." Bucky nodded. And tried to get the letter back.

"Come, you have your information now. Can I have my letter please?"

"Yes you can." Bucky rolled his eyes.

"You sound like my English teacher. May I have my letter?"

"I don't know, I haven't finished reading it yet." Of course Kennedy was going to give the letter to Bucky, she was just having fun teasing him.

"If I don't get a reply in the mail, my family will start to worry." Kennedy acted like she was thinking.

"Hm. That is a good point, but not quite good enough. Give me another reason." Bucky smiled and kissed Kennedy. He put one arm around her waist and grabbed the letter.

"Was that the kind of reason you were looking for?" Kennedy nodded.

"Yeah, I think it is."

Hey! So here is the chapter I have been promising for so long. I really hope you guys enjoy it. And I hope to have chapter 13 up very soon. I think over all this story will have 18 to 20 chapters.

Lots of Love.

P.S. I am watching a creepy black spider run across my floor. It's really freaking me out.