Wow, this was a fun chapter that I have been waiting a long time to type out and post up! So YAY read on to see what Tyler did

I do not own the Avengers bla bla bla bla Stan Lee (God bless him) I think you know by now

Alisha opened her eyes and gasped. There, right in front of her, was a small table with small feminine brass chairs, one on each side. The table was lit by a couple candles on a stand making the place around them have a soft glow. There where plates and silverware and even napkins. There was also a mini propane tank that was heating up something on a very small stove. There where wild flowers all over the place, most of them red and gold but there were some blue and purple here and there. There where white lights hanging from a nearby tree and bulbs of colored glass were shining from the lights all around. The fireflies where busy floating around everything.

She slowly walked up to the table, to look at what was on it. She saw the food and her stomach gave a particularly laud growl. Her favorite food was there. Spaghetti squash and meat sauce, avocado salad with orange slices and raspberry vinaigrette, vegetable minestrone soup, a fresh fruit salad, and cooking on the stove where two servings of lasagna. He had a cooler with other food in it and drinks as well. Her eyes began to water at the beauty. All of this he did, but why?

"You did all of this in just a few short hours?" She asked, now looking at Tyler, her heart skipping a beat for the second time that night. His face was lightly lit by the candles as the fireflies softly brightened and dimmed around him.

"Well, not all of it. I had been setting this up all week. The food I did during the short few hours and the lighting of the candles and lights I did just now as well as set up the food" He said, going over to her and sitting her down. "The lights are just dim enough so you can still see the stars."

"So it is" She said looking up and seeing the Milky Way. "Why did you do this?"

"Because" He said, placing his hand behind his neck again. He was really nerves that he would mess up his apology. He had been planning this for the last two months with Tiana and Teralin. After he got chewed out by Tia, he had told her that he intended to apologies to her in a very special way. Tia listened to everything he had and helped him planned and told him to make it more special by doing it at night since Alisha loved the night sky and all its wonders and telling him about her favorite foods. Tera had hit him before he could explain, and then helped by allowing him to practice his apology with her, giving him helpful hints, which he couldn't remember for the life of him right now, about what to say and how to say it.

"Because?" She asked. He was chewing his lip and little and not making eye contact. "Tyler, you can tell me anything you know. After all we are practically family."

"Yah, well, here I go" He said before taking a deep breath. "Alisha, I know I have been a complete jerk to you since we where kids. I don't know why you aren't mad at me for it. One would think you would never trust me again."

"Almost. I was willing to give you one more chance by coming with you and getting blindfolded. And boy did it pay off" She said with a smile, trying to get him to relaxed a bit.

He smiled. "For everything I did, and have done to you in the past. I truly regret it and am entirely sorry for doing it. I was a fool. I am a person who thinks everyone should be treated equally, and I saw how all of our parents were treating you differently than the rest of us and…I don't know what happened to make me do the things I did. It wasn't until you had that little episode 2 months ago that I realized that they were treating you like that for a very big reason. I also was told by both Tia and Tera that you never wanted to be treated differently; and that is why you never told the rest of us. I am kind of glad you didn't tell us because I know I would have blown it out the window and done something really stupid and probably would have really hurt you. I don't know why I acted the way, I still don't know and it's driving me crazy. But that is still no excuse for teasing you and making you feel inferior and nearly killing you twice. I am truly sorry Alisha, I just hope that one day you will forgive me" He said then sighed.

He looked up to meet her eyes and was surprised and a bit panicked. She was staring at him, her green eyes focused on him, but the strangest part was that she had tears running down her face. She was crying.

"Alisha, I am so sorry. I didn't want to make you cry I just wanted to apologize." He said grabbing a spare napkin and handing it to her.

She made a hiccupping sound before she dabbed her eyes clean, sniffling. "It's not you it's me."

"How is it you and not me?" Tyler asked, kneeling down in front of her so he was at eye level with her.

"Because all this time I though you hated me. I had thought you never wanted me around. I know I was getting special treatment from the other adults and I hated it, but I was afraid that you would shun me even more if I told you about my condition" She said between hiccups and sniffles. "I am just so relieved that you don't hate me and you never did."

Tyler sighed, placing a hand on her knee and offering her another napkin. She graciously took it, blew her nose in it, and with one final hiccup smiled at him. One of her true smiles. His heart swelled to almost bursting.

"Thank you for everything Ty, but you didn't have to do this. I had already forgiven you for everything a long time ago. I just accepted that it was a part of you that I had to get use to." She said with a sigh, placing her hand on top of his.

"Alisha, I wanted to do this, to really apologies and make it special. You should never have had to put up with that. Though you did fight back in your own way. I had to get stitches on my back after that big incident with Tank at the mansion." He said with a smile.

She instantly got worried. "Did you really? Where you ok?"

"I am still here aren't I?"

"I guess you're right. Um, about that" She said as Tyler stood up and went over to the small stove. "When I woke up, my Dad said something."

"What did he say?"

"He said that you saved me. He said that you picked me up when Lance changed and pulled me over to a safer place, then something hit you and you where knocked out."

"Yah that happened. Tank threw me away from you and I hit something sharp with my back. Bruce stitched me up. I don't know why I did it, my body just moved. I can't even remember what I was thinking. All I do remember thinking was that my wound really hurt while I was waiting for you in the water when you called Fury." He said, taking the plates from the table and serving up some lasagna.

"Oh, thank you for saving me." She said, taking her plate from him and then serving herself some salad and Spaghetti Squash with the sauce. Tyler offered some water and root beer. She took it and they began to talk about what happened during their time with the others. Tyler's time with Tia and Tera was harmful in the beginning but after he told them what he told her, they went easy on him and helped out. She was going to have to thank them both profusely about this. Maybe she could make them some type of gauntlet like the one's her Father had her had in their suits.

Once they were finished with dinner, he brought out some chocolate and peanut butter cheese cake that he had put at the bottom of the cooler and piled ice over to keep it cool. As they were eating, Alisha pointed out constellations, and other galaxies in the night sky. She taught him how to navigate by the stars during the summer. It had gotten cold even though it was summer, so they put on their warm jackets.

"So when are we heading back?" She asked after laughing at a Hitler joke Tyler had told her.

"Tomorrow morning. It's suicide going DOWN that trail at night. Besides, aren't you tired?" He asked, before yawning himself.

She yawned then shook her head. "Did you bring sleeping bags?"

"That is so weird, it's like you read my mind" He sassed, pulling out two thick sleeping bags. One blue and the other green. They both moved the table and chairs off a mat and placed the sleeping bags down on them.

"It's a good think I brought a spare serum with me" She said with a smile. "But I forgot my serum alarm" She said in a slightly panicked voice.

"What time do you need to be up?"

"Well I took the serum at about 8, right before we left so 8am."

Tyler pulled out his phone and set the alarm. "I will wake you if you don't wake up"

"Thanks Ty" She said, going over to him and hugging him. She gave him a kiss on the cheek before saying "This is the sweetest thing anyone has ever done for me. Including all the things my Father has done for me. Good night" She said, slipping into her sleeping bad and zipping herself all the way in.

Tyler just sat there, a broad smile on his face; unaware that a satellite was watching them.

"Well, he didn't botch it for once. I think he did rather well." Tera said, watching her computer screen.

"Are you sure this is legal?" Lance asked, watching as well. He had never seen Alisha so happy before, even when she was with him.

"It's a SHIELD satellite. If anyone asks, I was simply checking in on Tyler and Alisha, to see if they had killed each other yet." She smiled before kissing Lance on the cheek. "Now go to bed."

"Maybe after you give me one more on the other cheek. You know how I like things symmetrical" He said, turning his head.

"Well since you asked so nicely" She said, kissing him again before they both went to bed in the cabin on the mountain.

ooOOoo

Beep beep, Beep beep, Beep beep.

"Ok ok I'm up" Alisha moaned from her sleeping bag. She unzipped it to find the ground covered in dew. The sky was turning from red to orange. The sun was about to rise. She got out of her sleeping bag to find Tyler, over at the stove cooking up breakfast.

"Eggs sunny side up and runny right?" He asked, flipping the eggs over.

"Yup, man are you good" She said and she stood out of her sleeping bag. She stretched, a few of her sore bones cracking into place, before she walked over to Holmes, getting her vile and needle. Once finished, she grabbed her extra clothes, only to find that her shirt was missing. "My shirt is gone" She said, digging through the pack.

"What? Really?" Tyler asked, going over to her.

"Yah, it was a blue one that I use to wear when I went to gaming conventions with my Jr. High friends." She groaned, disappointed. "A lot of memories came with that shirt."

"Maybe it fell out. We will look for it on our way back. Do you still want a shirt?" He asked. He was still in his white t-shirt and patched pants.

"Do you have one in my size?"

"No but you could borrow mine until we get back. I don't care." He said, pulling out a dark blue large take top shirt.

"Sure, but if it's too big for me I am stealing your light jacket" She said with a smile, heading over to the woods. She took off her white and black striped T, the green mini skirt, and her jeans before putting on a pair of black jeans and his dark blue man tank top. It was very loose on her but it was long and warmish. It did go down low to reveal a lot of her chest, but not too low to make her look slutty. She walked back up, putting on her green jacket and smiled. "It's ok. I will give it back when we get back to the house."

"I have to say, you look good in blue as well. Is there any color you don't look good in?"

"Neon colors and pink" She said with a smile.

"I don't think anyone looks good in neon" He said, bringing two steaming plates over. He led her to the edge and sat down, his feet dangling. She slowly sat down; making sure the ledge was safe. "Are you afraid of heights?"

"I am not afraid of heights. I am afraid of falling off of them" She said pointedly, after approving that the ledge was safe and sitting down, letting her feed dangle.

"Oh my mistake" He said sarcastically and begat to eat.

The sun came up over the horizon behind them and lit up the forest below. "Tyler look" She whispered, pointing down to a meadow.

Down below, 70 feet away from the bottom of the ledge, in the middle of an opened spot in the forest, stood a large gray wolf. He was standing there, looking behind him. He didn't move until 3 very cute wolf pups came out of the edge and into view.

"Awwwwwwwwww, they are so cute. They must have just left the den. See how they stumble a little and their size to the larger wolf" She said, pointing out as one of the puppies did a face plant into the grass. She giggled as the Alpha looked down at the pup. They made their way to the other side of the valley with three other wolves following close behind them.

"That was beautiful. A good start to the day" He said as he stretched. He got up and began to pack up all the plates and utensils. He had packed the perfect amount of food so that everyone ate their share and there was nothing left. He locked the cooler up and hoisted it up by a rope, letting it dangle between two trees. "So the bears won't get it. I have some nice drinks in there that I don't want to lose. Ready to go?"

"Yup" She said with a smile. She untied Holmes and hopped on. The ride back home was longer because they were just walking and talking. Tyler kept sight of the trail but they talked about a lot of things, catching up on lost time. They asked each other questions like what they looked for in friends, how could one tell a good friend from a bad friend, what type of music they liked, what they wanted to do with their life, and deeper questions that accentuated ones personality and how they though.

"Do you hear laughing?" Susan asked from the living room of the Rogers home. The back door was opened to let in the cool breeze.

"Yah it sounds like Alisha" Steve said. He got up from reading the news paper and looked outside. There was Tyler and Alisha, riding side by side, laughing together.

"From what I hear I think it went perfectly. Or it went so horribly that they are laughing about it" She said, turning on the news again. Tony was on it, talking about his next invention to help the world. "You know, for all his show he is quite the sweet heart and a really nice man."

"Yah, tell that to Fury. You should see what he does during the Avenger's meeting" Steve said, sitting back down. "But you are right; he is a good man who doesn't want to lose any more of his life then what he has already lost."

"Yah, it hit him pretty bad when we all knew Alisha was going to be safe. He never fully recovered his Devil-may-care attitude afterwards. The fact he had lost two sons. I can't imagine loosing ether of my kids"

"We won't have to because I would never let that happen, nor would the rest of our dysfunctional family" Steve said with a smile.

"Ok, that was fun. We should make that an annual thing, just you and me and your epic cooking" Alisha said with a smile, brushing Holmes's pepper colored fur out before putting him away.

"I think we could make that happen" Tyler said with a half smile.

They laughed and talked all the way up to the house.

"Had a good night?" Steve asked, looking up from his paper. He stared at Alisha and her shirt. "Is that Tyler's shirt?"

"Yah it is. He offered it to me because…OH MY GOSH we forgot to look for my shirt!"

"We could go back out there and look for it." Tyler suggested.

"Na it's ok. I haven't heard from my Jr. High friends in a long time anyway. It's was just the memories attached to the shirt that I valued. I still have them" She said with a sigh. Her legs where hurting her and she really didn't want to get back onto her horse again that day.

"Well if I see it, I will grab it for you." Tyler said.

"Awwww thanks Ty, that's really sweet."

"My son, being sweet? What happened up there?" Steve asked.

"Steve, don't ask questions that you can handle the answer to." Susan said, turning off the TV and opening her book.

Alisha and Tyler looked at each other and smiled mischievously. "You know she is right Steve." Alisha stated.

"What did you two do?" Steve said more firmly.

"What happens on the ledge stays on the ledge" Tyler stated.

"Young man, if you did what I think you did you can start packing your bags right now" Steve said firmly, standing up and looking down at his son.

"Steve, we just talked, we where messing with you" Alisha said with a laugh.

"I get that enough from your Father, now you. Why me?" He asked, sitting back down.

"Because you are an easy target" She said with a smile.

Tyler swallowed and coughed. His Father was scary when he wanted to be. "Thanks for that Alisha."

"Well it's the truth. Now is there anything I can help with?"

"Would you like to come with me to town and get some more things for the 4th of July party we are hosting?" Susan asked getting up.

"Sure, why not."

"Can I come too?" Mira asked.

"Not this time Mira honey. Next time for sure" Susan said with a smile. "Why don't you play with your brother."

"OK" Mira smiled and grabbed onto Tyler's arm. "Spin me!"

Tyler ran outside and began to spin around and around while Mira was laughing and screaming, dangling from his arm.

"He is such a good big brother." Alisha sighed as she followed Susan to the car.

"Yes he is. He yells at her and blames her for things and does all the other things siblings do, but when he nearly lost her he was just as devastated as we where. We herd you threw the comlink and Tyler wanted to follow you. Tia was the one who told him to stay where he was. Why didn't you answer us when we tried to contact you?"

"Because I was so focused on getting Mira that I could hear anything. I only herd Tia ask what she and her sister could do, so I told them and that was that. Until I saw Clint I couldn't think of anything else, but to save Mira." Alisha answered truthfully.

"Well, I really do thank you very much for that. I don't know what I would do if I lost any part of my family, including any of the avengers and you kids" Susan said as she started up the car.

"Yup, the avengers and their kids. One great big dysfunctionaly functional family" Alisha said with optimism.

Susan laughed as she backed out of the driveway and headed down to the town.

Aren't dysfunctional families the best. You never know what they are going to do and it's always fun to have a family reunion with them. So much better then 'normal' families. I have always thought of the Avengers and SHIELD as one big dysfunctional family, and now they have kids so it makes it even better, makes them all closer! Questions, comments, concerns hit me up in the reviews!

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