Thank you for the 100 reviews! I feel like a very happy person, although I now feel really stupid over getting excited. But so you all know, to celebrate your loving reviews I tried to watch a movie, and stuff. I am posting this baby earlier than usual because I've got guiding today. So next time a Girl Scout/Guide asks you to buy cookies, think of me and this story, and buy a case. Especially if it is me asking you to buy cookies. Because I have to sell 1 case of each kind. Which is much more difficult that you think.
Odds are you will never actually have to buy cookies from me. What a shame.
I loved it when I had the tower to myself. I could do anything I wanted without any fear of being judged by anyone but Jarvis. But he wouldn't betray me. Paging through all my emails on my phone, I laid on my side on my messy bed. Emails telling me about Batman comic book sales from the past, and a bunch of websites advertising various things that Tony probably signed me up for.
Soon I was bored of doing that and went out to the storage unit that I nicknamed the Bat cave. Flipping through old comics, I lost myself in the fantasy world of the dark knight. I would've loved to be able to redo my past, and not use guns, but it was too late I felt. Most of my opponents used guns though, or were vicious. SHIELD expected me to kill the bad guys quickly and quietly, with no witnesses. So I wasn't allowed to say no to guns.
When I went home again, it was a bit past noon. Parking my car next to Pepper's, I noticed that the keys to the small jet Clint borrowed were back on the hook. Excited that he was home, I went to his room to say hello. Finding he wasn't there, I went to the living room. Empty. I took the elevator to roof. In the minute it took to get there, I learned that Tony had figured out how to change the elevator music. The instrumental to 'Call Me Maybe' wasn't as good as the actual song.
"What are you doing?" I asked when I found Clint, without his shirt on, up to his elbows in dirt. There were big pots on the roof, and bags upon bags of dirt. Next to the dirt, there was a collection of plants.
"Planting a garden. I wanted to grow you some flowers." I smiled, his intentions were sweet.
"Would you like some help?" I asked, running a hand through my hair. At least Clint had goals and ambitions. Plus, a garden on the rooftop of the Stark Industries, which boasted about their green energy, was a great idea.
"Surely. Why don't you fill those buckets up with water for me?" He gestured to the three large, brightly colored buckets. Going over to the faucet that was used to wash the jets and fill up the water balloons for the annual SHIELD water fight.
When I finished that, he got me to fill up some of the large boxes that we were going to put dirt in. Most of them were wooden, and I had a feeling they were because Clint was going to have Steve paint them. But there were a few stone squares scattered on the roof, raised higher than the others. I had a feeling these were for the ornamental trees that were sitting the collection of plants.
Soon Clint and I were putting plants in the boxes, and having a blast. Smudging mud on each other's faces, throwing dirt. He claimed to have accidentally dump water on my shirt, but I knew better than that. Soon we had planted all the flowers, and moved onto the trees. I was in charge of pulling the roots apart to ensure that the trees would live. When we were finally finished, the rest of the Avengers were home.
"I would like to think we did an amazing job." I said, glancing around. There was so much color, and it was beautiful. He had gotten a variety of rose bushes to put in each box so that he had a rose for every occasion. "You're going to need to take care of it."
"I've already asked the groundskeeper to keep an eye out for it while I'm away." Clint said, looking over his work with a focused eye. Just as I was going to the elevator, he grabbed my arm and pulled me in. P Holding me close, he kissed me.
"Do you want to hear a secret?" Clint whispered in my ear, his arms around my waist. I nodded.
"Before I started any of this I planted genetically modified ivy beside the tower, and tomorrow morning the entire tower will be covered in it."