Toni POV
"Some guests have arrived. But, I have no idea who they are." J.A.R.V.I.S updated us one evening.
We all looked at each other.
I didn't know that we were expecting anyone.
"Shall I send them up?" Asked J.A.R.V.I.S.
"Might as well." Dad muttered under his breath.
A few minutes later, the elevator doors opened and a couple steps in.
We stared at them for several minutes before anyone said anything.
"Um, hi?" I said awkwardly, trying to break the silence.
They continued to stare. At me. "What is your name?" The man asked.
"Uh...Toni." I said awkwardly.
"Toni?" The man said. "Is that short for something?"
"Yes. Short for Antonia." I said.
That's when they rushed over and began hugging and kissing me.
"Hey! What do you think your doing?!" I yelled, pushing them away.
The women started crying. "I knew we would find you."she said sobbing.
Everyone was staring at them. Dumbfounded looks on their faces.
"Who are you?" Asked Steve.
"Oh excuse me. We got caught up this moment we forgot to introduce ourselves. I'm Roberto Cortex. And this is my wife, Estelle. And I see you've all met our niece. Antonia Cortex." He pointed to me.
"Wait? Niece?" Clint asked, looking at me I shrugged, I had no idea who these people were.
"Maybe you guys should have some time to talk." Pepper said as she and the others left the room.
"It's so great to finally meet you!" Estelle squealed and tried to hug me. But I backed away.
"I don't have an aunt and uncle." I said. "You must have me confused with someone else."
"Oh no. We have the right girl. You don't know how long we've been searching for you." Roberto said.
"How did you even find me?" I did not like to hear that someone had been following me.
"We saw you at the shopping center a few months ago. So we followed closely and saw a striking resemblance of your mother so we knew it was you. You looked like you were pregnant at the time. Where you?" Estelle said.
So they had been following me.
"I was about five months pregnant then." I said.
"How old are you?" Roberto asked.
"I just turned eighteen." I said.
"You had a child when you were just seventeen?" Estelle asked.
I nodded and they both gasped.
"You can't stay here any longer. You and the baby should come and live us." Estelle said.
"I don't even know you people. And this happened when I still was in foster care. I was adopted into this family and I've grown to love them. And I can't go even if I wanted too." I showed them my ring.
They both gasped again. "You got married?"
I nodded.
They seemed disappointed.
"Here's our address if you ever want to come and visit." Estelle handed me a scrap of paper and she and Roberto left.
Steve came in after they were gone.
"What was that all about?" He asked
"Not exactly sure." I said. "I'm going to make a phone call." I went to get my phone and called S.H.E.I.L.D.
"S.H.I.E.L.D. Melinda speaking." A voice said on the other line.
"Hi can you connect me with Phil Coulson please?" I said.
"I'm sorry, but he's not available right now. Can I take a message?"
"Yes. Can you tell him that Antonia Rogers called?"
"Sure Miss."
"Thanks." I hung up.
The twins were awake from their nap and were full of energy.
Clint had put a blanket of the floor and he and Natasha were watching them, allowing Steve to take a break and me to go see the couple that had just left not too long ago.
The twins couldn't quite crawl yet, but it sure was entertaining to watch them try.
A few minutes later, my phone rang.
I went into the kitchen for some privacy before I answered it.
"Rogers." I said.
Coulson laughed at my voice. "You always sound so professional Toni. What can I do for you?"
"Can you look up everyone under the name of Cortex please?" I said
"Sure." A few minutes passed by. "There's seems to be nothing out of the norm. That meaning that it stops with you. Why?"
"Well a couple stopped by earlier today claiming to be my aunt and uncle. I wanted to know if there was any other family that I had."
"Well there seems to be nothing. Oh wait." I heard faint typing. "Your biological dad did have a brother. But there's not much about him. Other than that he's really untrustworthy, selfish, and a lot of other bad things. Good thing you didn't go and live with them. Did they ask you?"
"They did. But I said no of course. But why didn't my parents tell me about them?"
"We don't know. But we can find out. Why don't you pay them a visit?"
"Sounds like a great idea. I'm going over there right now." I hung up.
I went upstairs and grabbed my purse and keys.
"I probably won't be back until late so you think you can with them until then?" I asked Clint and Natasha.
"Sure, they won't be too much trouble." Clint said. He was holding Willow. She was smiling and babbling to him.
Anthony was making a desperate effort to crawl over to Natasha who was laying beside the blanket, but he couldn't get his legs to move.
I went down to my car and drove over to the address written on the scrap of paper my supposedly aunt and uncle gave me earlier.
It led me to an apartment complex.
I sat in the car for a few minutes, thinking about how I was going to handle this.
But I chickened out at the last minute.
I couldn't do this.
I turned the car around and headed back to the tower. Something made me stop at fragrance shop. I parked the car and went in.
I looked around for a few minutes when an associate came out from the back of the store.
"Can I help you find anything?" she asked.
"Just looking." I said.
I searched through men's cologne, trying to find Steve's favorite scent.
But I couldn't remember.
The associate walked up to me. "Not to creep you out or anything but, you look familiar."
"Oh really?" I said, blushing slightly.
"Yes, would you happen to be Captain America's bride?"
I smiled. "Yep that's me."
"I knew it. And I have the perfect fragrance for you." she went behind the counter and pulled out an exclusive scent. "This is our last one but it so happens to be the Captain's favorite. It's yours if you like."
"Oh no. I couldn't." I didn't want to take the very last one.
"Take it, it's fine. After all, it's for someone special." she smiled.
I couldn't help but smile back. I thanked her for it.
I shopped for a few more minutes and picked out a scent for myself. I thanked the associate for her time before I paid and left.
