Hey guys, sorry I am a day late! I try to always post Sunday nights and hate to be late for anything but I went on a trip and got back last night, so because I was late I am rewarding you two chapters this week! Enjoy!
Also thank you for all the lovely comments! I love reading them and knowing what you guys think! Keep it up! Okay, here we go, how is Iris going to handle Steve not remembering her?
Do I Know You?
He sees that several Hydra men are loading things from the docks and he sees Ross for the first time. This was it, he finally found him and this close to taking him and Hydra down but as he is getting closer to them, ready to attack he sees Ross get into a car and he drives away, "shit." He mouths.
He curses to himself knowing he can't expose himself now, he can't risk Ross finding out that he's alive. As he is hiding two men walk near him and he continues to hide and can hear everything that they are saying.
"I'm going to New York, Ross gave me orders to kill Watson," One of the men says.
"Watson? I thought we weren't doing anything with her?" The other man asked.
"That was before we found out about Rogers sending that recording to the CIA. It's just too bad Rogers isn't alive to witness it," He answers with a smile.
"Do you need back up?" He other man asked.
"Maybe, I will keep you posted." He answered, "You never know, Wilson or Romanoff could be with her, so here's the address just in case I need you." He tells him and the other man writes it down.
"Got it, she for sure is there right?"
"Yes, I'm sure." The first man said, as he was putting the piece of paper in his pocket he hadn't realized that he missed it and the paper fell to the ground, Steve watched it fall and waited for them to leave.
The two men part ways and Steve quickly grabbed the paper and looked at the address and even though Steve had orders to stay in Germany he had this strange feeling he had to go to New York and save this person. He couldn't wait for approval to go, he knew he had to get there before Hydra. He didn't even go back to his apartment, he just immediately left. He just hoped he got there before he or they did.
It only took Steve two days to get to New York. He followed the address he got from Hydra and before he approached the apartment building he scouted the area to see if Hydra was there already, he couldn't find the man anywhere. He stood on the front steps and looked at all the names on all the buzzers and saw Watson, he pressed it, no one answered. He hoped he wasn't too late. As someone was leaving the apartment building he snuck in. He found the apartment and knocked, he didn't want to just go in but he didn't want to assume this person was okay. He picks the lock and walks into the apartment. Immediately the place looks familiar but he shrugs it off. He doesn't see anyone and the place looks fine, he sighs in relief that he got there in time. He looks around and he starts to wonder why they want to kill this person so much? Who was she? What did she do? As he is thinking all of this he hears someone unlocking the front door, "shit." He mouths. He doesn't know where to go, he opens the window and hides on the fire escape.
He saw the lights go on and he pokes his head in the window and only saw her back. He heard her sigh and take her hair out of her hair clip. He saw her go into the bathroom, shut the door and turn on the shower. He knew that was the opportunity he needed to come back in, he knew he couldn't wait too long, they could be here any minute. He had to get this woman to safety but didn't know how without scaring her, he didn't want her to think he was some perv. He climbed through the window and hid behind her counter in the kitchen.
Soon after he heard her walk in, he looked around the counter and saw her look out the window, something startled her and he knew she something...or someone. They were here, he had to act fast but how? She locked her front door and turned off the lights and that's when he knew this was his moment to approach her.
He quietly but quickly went behind her and he put his hand over her mouth and stopped her from moving, not wanting Hydra to see their shadows and didn't want her to scream but she surprised him by attacking him, he had to respect her for that but there was no time. He was able to subdue her and looked her right in the eyes, her eyes did look familiar. But he snapped out of it when she reached for his face and he pulled away.
"Steve? Is that you?"
"Do I know you?"
Before either of them could say anything else, someone shot in the window twice. Steve covered her body and knew he was coming up. He looks out the window and then back at her, "Go." He whispers motioning her to go out the window. She didn't even hesitate she crawled out and while they were going down the fire escape they heard gunshots, shooting open her front door. They get to his motorcycle, "Get on." He whispers, again she doesn't hesitate, she gets right on and they take off.
(Iris POV)
Everything happened so fast, I can't believe I am use to being shot at! I was surprised but didn't scream, we get to his motorcycle and I hop on and he sits in front of me, I am holding onto him so tight. I was still speechless and in shock that I was staring and holding the man I love, Steve is alive! But did he ask who was I? Why did he look at me like he didn't know me? What happened to him? We get to a hotel to hide in, Steve makes sure that no one was outside and made sure the windows were locked and the blinds were completely closed, I am watching him not knowing what to say. He turns on a side lamp, not wanting to bring in to much light in the room.
"Are you hurt?" He suddenly asks.
"No...thanks to you...Steve, what's going on?"
"How do you know my name?" He asks me suspiciously.
"What are you talking about?" I was trying not to get too upset but I couldn't believe he was talking to me like this, "Why are you talking to me like you don't know me?"
"Because I don't..." He said with conviction.
"It's me Iris..." I say as I only take a few steps toward him when he stepped back away from me, my heart was breaking.
"I'm sorry, I don't remember you..." He softly replied, "We've met before? We know each other?"
"...Yeah...we know each other..."I softly answered with a few tears going down my face, "You don't remember me at all? I'm your Iris." I repeated my name to him.
"No...I'm sorry, I don't."
"Where have you been? What happened to you?" I asked after a few minutes not knowing what to say.
"Someone tried to kill me in Germany, I was found in a hospital, this guy named Ross..." He started to say, I could tell he was hesitant to tell me but he did.
"Yeah...I haven't met him personally but I know who he is." I interrupt.
"You do?"
"Yeah, he's tried to kill me for 2 years and almost did twice...you saved me, they were using me to get to you, to turn you into something your not." I tell him, "What's the last thing you do remember?"
"...Talking to Peggy before crashing the plane..." He answers, again hesitant to tell me.
"You don't remember anything since you woke up in 2011?" I ask him, he just nods his head. I couldn't believe what I was hearing, that means he doesn't remember the Avengers or anything since he got unfrozen...how was he ever going to remember me? Our life together? He was so cold, it was like he didn't trust me and I didn't know how to react to him.
"How did you know I was in danger if you've been in Germany?"
"I found them, I overheard them saying they were going to take someone out...I don't know something told me I had to stop it...save you." He told me. Now that put a little grin on my face, at least that was a start. "I'll go find you something to eat." He was turning around to leave until I saw blood on his side.
"Steve! Your bleeding." I suddenly blurted out, he moved up his arm to check it.
"Damn it." He sighs.
"Damn it? That's all you can say? They shot you and you didn't even know."
"They just grazed me, I'll be fine." He tried to reassure me, he turned back around, still trying to leave.
"I don't care, you're not leaving with blood running down your body." I wouldn't let him off the hook and leave like that, I called the front desk and asked them to bring up a first aid kit, about 5 minutes later they brought it. I have him go into the bathroom, he sits on the counter while I pull up his shirt to fix his wound, "This might sting," I warn, I begin to clean the wound with alcohol whips, he doesn't make a sound.
"So...if I saved you twice and they were threatening you...that must mean we were pretty close." I look up at him and give him a small smile.
"Yeah...Steve...we were together, we've known and been together for 3 years." I told him, that took him off guard, "We were in love." I finish with a few tears as he continued to look at me like a stranger.
"I'm sorry I don't remember." He said softly, I just gave him a sad smile as I continued to patch up his wound, "I wish I did though." He gave me a reassuring smile but I couldn't tell if he really meant that or if he was just trying to make me feel better.
I wanted to kiss him so much and tell him everything about the past 3 years until he remembered me but I knew he was never going to remember that way, I couldn't rush him, it would just be all overwhelming for him. I just hoped he would remember me...remember our life together. I was so happy that he was alive but seeing Steve look at me like I was nobody to him was tearing me apart inside. All I could do is be there for him and answer any questions he might have. I had to be patient as difficult as it was.
I finish patching him up and he gets off the counter. "You did a good job, thanks." He says.
"Yeah well, I'm use to patching you up." I grin up at him and he gives me one of his beautiful smiles but seconds later he realizes that we were closer than he thought, our bodies were only a few mere inches away from each other. I notice him looking down my body and that was when it dawned on me that I was only wearing my boy shorts and t-shirt. It made me smile inside, he was checking me out, at least I am still attractive to him! I can almost see the old Steve when he looked at me, that reassured me even more!
He left to grab us something to eat, when he walks in he sees me on the phone, "The vet opens at 9 am so you can pick her up any time...I wish I could tell you what's going on but I can't, you just have to trust me...I am not sure yet but I will let you know, thanks for doing this for me, I really appreciate it, I will call you when I get back. Okay, bye." I say on the phone talking to Renee. I smile at him, "Luna...my dog is at the vet I asked my friend to pick her up for me." I told him, he just nodded his head.
He shows the food he got us, we eat in silence. We know it's starting to get late and we both stare at the bed, "You can take the bed, I'll sleep on the floor." He says.
"You don't have to sleep on the floor, the bed is big enough for both of us." I roll my eyes, he always had to be a gentleman.
"Yeah but..." He started to say.
"Steve, we are both grown adults, we can share a bed." I interrupt, "I know you don't remember but we've shared a bed several times." I finish with a little smile, "If you don't get in this bed I will just sleep on the floor."
"...Fine." He only says.
He lets me get in first and when he does he makes sure that he's not touching me at all. I can't tell if he's still trying to be a gentleman or he is intentionally avoiding me. But we fall asleep with a big gap between us. It was difficult to sleep, it was so empty, it was like I was sleeping with a stranger. God I don't know how I am going to get through this.
Will he be able to remember her? Can she help him?
