Hiiiiii! Here's another chapter! I know it's a bit short! Hope you like it anyway!
Disclaimer: nothing that you think is familiar is not
mine… just little old Sofia!
Warnings: Language
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language!
Chapter 24
I spent seven months in Wakanda. And it was great! I fell into a kind of routine. I mostly helped in the med lab with Shuri or the other medical staff. I didn't want to get lazy and do nothing, even though T'Challa wanted me to do exactly that, and let me tell you the fight that followed wasn't pretty. I also went in help missions to countries nearby and helped with the others, continuing to do the work that I was doing last time I was here. I also continued to help the King, giving him some advice whenever he asked, even if I did constantly remind him that I wasn't a real advisor. He just laughed in my face.
T'Challa and I also became really comfortable around each other, now that we were six months into the relationship. Six, yes, he didn't ask me to be his girlfriend right away, we just tested the waters for some time and then he did ask me. He took me to the waterfall where he first asked me to go on a date with him and asked me there if I wanted to be his girlfriend, just so he could make the stupid joke about me falling for him the second time. I, of course, just to piss him off tried to approach the edge of the waterfall but he grabbed me before I could even move. Guess he really is traumatised about me falling again.
It was really romantic though. We went to dinner before, then took a walk and ended up there. Fucking cliché, but I did like it. I mean, I do like to read about these really cheesy romantic books, but in real life it's just cringy right? Well, turns out, it's not that cringe when you actually like the person… but let's not exaggerate, okay, it can be cringe, and I'm going to spare you from knowing the multiple attempts that T'Challa did to try and be romantic and it just ended up with both of us cringing really hard.
Unfortunately, I did jump. I was training with Okoye and the Dora Milaje, when one of them hit me in my shoulder when I wasn't expecting it and I fell, and I don't really know what happened, I just remember that I heard Okoye calling and then screams of my name and then the familiar burn and I was gone.
I woke up, in what looked like an hotel room. I started to look around and found that it was indeed a hotel room, not any hotel room, but Tony's. Nobody seemed to be around, so I turned on the TV, to know the time, and guess what I discovered… I found a really happy news guy yelling 'Happy New Year!'. It was January 1st 2000. It is absolutely impossible that Tony knows me. Just as I was thinking this, I felt a pain in my shoulder, looked at it and it was covered in blood. I went to the bathroom and tried to stop the bleeding but I ended up fainting.
I woke up this time in a hospital bed, my shoulder was kind of fixed. I did notice that we still were in Switzerland, and yes, we, because right in front of me was Tony Stark. He looked at me for a bit, trying to figure me out, I guess. I did notice that Happy was in the doorway, watching carefully.
"You don't know who I am, do you?" I asked him. He looked surprised to know that I talked.
"No, but I would like to know. I mean, not everybody can appear out of thin air." He says, that classic arrogance in his voice.
"It's always good to see you Tony." I say, smiling. The next few minutes passed with me explaining the situation to him. While with the others I try to exclude the dying part and how many times I have jumped, with Tony I didn't want to hide anything. He is the closest person I have in this universe and if our friendship started here, I don't want it to start full of secrets.
"It is a bit hard to believe everything you just said… But then again, so is the fact that you appeared out of nowhere." He reasoned. I could see the conflict going on in his head. I really hope that he does believe me, otherwise I'll just be both heartbroken and screwed. "What's your name?"
"Sofia Elisabeth Grayson." I responded.
"Well, Lizzy, let's get you home." He said, a small smirk playing on his lips. I sighed of relief. I actually felt like crying right now.