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Pepper wakes me sometime in the night. I have fallen asleep on their couch.
"We have plenty of other rooms." She says "Go upstairs."
I move slowly and groggily find my way to a room there.
This time Natasha wakes me up. Her beautiful face is angry.
"Didn't you set your alarm?" She asks shaking me.
"No." I groan. It's too early for this.
"Get up!" She barks. "Now!"
I sit up and adjust my eyes.
"What the hell did you do last night?" She asks
"Ya know got drunk." I shrug
"You're an idiot." She says. "I'm not babysitting you. Get ready you have an appointment. You have fifteen minutes!"
I look at the clock on the nightstand and back to Natasha.
"Fourteen minutes and thirty seconds." She says and leaves the room.
She is serious. I jump up and rush passed her trying not to fall down the stairs. I run the bedroom hoping to see James. He's not there. I go into the bathroom and catch myself in the mirror. I suppress a shriek of shock. My body has change. Muscles everywhere. I quickly undress. My stomach is flat and hard. I have biceps and my breasts are smaller. Not too small, but smaller. I gasp looking in the mirror. My whole body has change. I laugh turning to look at the new muscles I have that flex in my butt.
"Ten minutes!" I hear Natasha yell
I jump in the shower and wash quickly. I jump out and pull on jeans and my new boots. I pull on a black cami. Quickly I pull back my wet hair and leave a wet braid hanging down my back. I grab a button down shirt and hurry out to Natasha.
"One minute." I hear her yell as I'm almost in the kitchen.
"My boobs are smaller." I whine as I round the corner to find her at the table. James is there chewing away. He stops as I walk in. I stop in midstride when I see him. He nearly takes my breath away with how handsome he is. He wears a long sleeve blue t-shirt that makes his blue eyes visible from across the room. I force myself to look away and push my arms through the shirt.
"Are you ready?" I ask Natasha
"Yep. I'll pull the car up." She says and walks away.
There's another hangnail that I pick at.
"Why didn't you come back to bed?" James asks
"I was angry." I answer.
He sets his toast down and walks over to me. I am so distracted by him. His hair is still wet from his shower and he has it tucked behind his ears. I see his jaws tighten. He stands less than three feet in front of me.
"I am sorry." He says.
"Are you really?" I ask. I hate apologies, three stupid words that can be repeated a thousand times.
"You are the most kind person I know and I hurt your feelings last night. I wasn't thinking. I…I started thinking about sharing you with other men and the fact that you were simply performing a task in befriending me. My head went in the wrong direction." He said with his blue eyes pleading.
That was better than an apology.
A car horn beeps and pulls me back to reality.
"I…." I put my hand to my forehead. "I've got to go." I say I turn away and he grabs my arm.
"Please come back to me?" He begs. His forehead wrinkles with his request. I nod and turn away. Tears prick my eyes but I will them away and dart out the door. I jump in the car and look at Natasha.
"What?" I ask wondering why she's not speeding away after hurrying me along.
"He needs you, you know." She says
I look away and roll my eyes.
"Shut up and drive." I say grumpily but she knows I am only saying it cause she is right.