Despite her earlier thoughts, Anna was starving by the time that they reached the cafeteria. All sorts of smells greeted her nostrils, and they all smelled delicious, which wasn't usually what school cafeterias smelled like. There were all sorts of foods, burgers, pizzas, lunch meat sandwiches, there was something that suited the taste of everyone.

Bucky got himself a burger and french fries, while Anna got herself a couple of slices of pepperoni pizza. The big, black haired man that had come with Xavier to the Base, Logan, sat with them. Anna was kind of surprised by that, because she had gotten the idea that he was a loner, but then maybe he just didn't want to sit with a bunch of kids, he didn't really seem like the type of guy that would get along well with kids.

Logan was quiet the first few minutes that they ate before finally speaking up. "So you guys were both experimented on by that HYDRA group huh?"

Anna could feel Bucky stiffen beside her, and she put a hand on his knee to try and calm him down a bit. "Yeah, we were, it isn't really something that we like to talk about though."

"You can't run from things, it'll always catch up to you."

"We aren't running away from anything."

"If you weren't running drom something, than why are you guys here?"

Well, he had her on that. Anna sighed a bit. "Bucky didn't have to come here with me, he did it because he wanted to. I came here to make sure that HYDRA wouldn't capture me again, Tony assured me that they didn't know anything about this place."

Logan shrugged his shoulders as he bit into his sandwich. "I know how groups like this operate, and in the end, they usually get what they want, and they kill anyone who gets in their way." He stood up, and Anna bit her bottom lip as she looked at Bucky. "Do you think that he's right? Have we put everyone in danger by coming her?"

Bucky's flesh hand slipped into her own. "Don't worry doll, no one here is going to get hurt." He assured her. "They have just as much tech as Tony does, they'll be able to see someone coming from miles away. And with all of these powered people here, HYDRA wouldn't stand a chance, they would have to send dozens of men."

Anna nodded, but she was still a bit worried. There were so many children here, if HYDRA were to invade, and were successful, she didn't even want to think about what sorts of experiments that HYDRA would run on them."

"That professor knows what he's doing." Bucky tried to further reassure her, and he has those weird mind reading abilities, he'll be able to tell when danger is coming." He moved his hand up to her shoulder, lightly squeezing it. "There's some good people here, they're going to make sure that you and the kids are kept safe, okay?"

"Okay." Anna nodded her head. Bucky was right, everything would turn out fine, it had to.

Storm came up to them as they were about to finish eating. "Anna, I have a class that I teach tomorrow afternoon, they're mostly made up of shapeshifters like yourself, and I was wondering if you could make an appearance, maybe give them some pointers about how to control their powers?"

"Oh!" Anna was surprised that Storm had asked for her help, and it made her blush a bit. "Sure, I'd love to!" She responded, causing the darker skinned woman to smile at her. "Awesome, the class starts at one, so do you think that you could meet me out near the basketball court around a quarter to one?"

"I'll be there."

Storm walked off, and Anna looked at Bucky. "Guess I'm helping to teach a class tomorrow."

"Well you need something to keep you busy, God knows how much trouble you could get into bored." Bucky teased her, laughing as Anna shoved his shoulder. "Oh shut up, we all know that you're the real troublemaker here you know."

"I'll have you know that I'm a perfect angel." It felt nice for Bucky to be able to joke around. At the Base, he had always felt so serious. Even when he was around Steve, things weren't like how they used to be. Anna made him feel young again, made him forget for a little while that HYDRA had made him into some terrible monster. That was what Bucky saw himself as, a monster, someone that killed people with no remorse.

Anna noticed his mood change, and she frowned. "Hey…" She cupped his cheek, looking into his eyes. "What's wrong?"

"It's nothing." Bucky shook his head. "It's just...I feel like I have to be serious all of the damn time, but when I'm with you, it's like I can just let myself go, that I can be myself when I'm around you. I love Steve to death, but we've both changed, and I think that he expects me to be the same man that I was in the forties."

Anna shook her head. "You aren't the same man, and I think that Steve knows that. He means well, he's just trying to show that he doesn't think any differently of you. You had been his friend in the forties, and you're his friend now. You two have an unbreakable bond, and that kind of bond doesn't come along every day, you know."

Bucky smiled softly. "Have i ever told you that I don't deserve you, doll?"

"All the time, and every time I tell you about what an idiot you're being." Anna kissed the tip of his nose. "Come on, why don't we go for a walk, explore the school and its grounds?"

Anna took Bucky by the hand and they walked outside together. The grounds were beautiful, some of the bushes were trimmed in the shapes of various creatures, there was green grass as far as the eye could see. There was also a basketball court and a swimming pool. Anna wished that she had brought her swimsuit as they were supposed to have some fairly warm days ahead of them.

She and Bucky laid down in the grass, just watching the white puffy clouds float by above them. Anna was laying with her head in Bucky's lap, her eyes closing in content as she felt his fingers running through her hair, occasionally massaging her scalp.

"You keep doing that and I might just fall asleep." Anna mumbled, yawning for added effect.

"I don't mind if you do darling." Bucky replied as he smiled down at her. "I don't mind you doing anything, just so long as I get to hold you in my arms."

"You're really sappy, you know that?"

"I lived in a sappy era, so you can't really blame me. The world could use a bit more sappiness right about now."

"You have that right. Romance these days are all about sex. What people don't realize is that love is so much more than that. Love just isn't about physical pleasure, but emotional as well."

Bucky pressed a kiss to Anna's forehead. "You were born in the wrong generation doll." If only things had been different, if Anna had been born the same time that he had, things could have turned out so much more differently. Maybe he wouldn't have been so gung ho about joining the Army. He may have still been drafted, but he would have taken a much different path, HYDRA wouldn't have captured him, maybe they could have even had a family. Bucky was worried about them having a family because if they did, then he was afraid that the kids would turn out like him, and that would make things so much harder for them. Bucky heard some light snoring and he looked down to see that Anna had fallen asleep in his lap. Smiling, he lifted the sleeping woman into his arms and he carried her back into the large stone building. Carrying her into their bedroom he laid her on the bed before crawling in beside her.

"Sleep well, babydoll." He whispered, pressing a final kiss to her head before snuggling close to her, his arms wrapping around her in a secure embrace before falling asleep himself.