Chapter 30
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The next few days pass without incident until finally the day of Skye and Bucky's date and Skye getting her casts removed has arrived. It seemed that after Skye told her parents and Bruce, Tony and Pepper found out from Bucky the whole tower knew within the hour that Skye and Bucky were dating. Skye got her casts off first thing in the morning, even before breakfast and after promising Bruce that she wouldn't push herself too hard Skye was allowed to start slowly easing herself back into things. That was hours ago.
It is now a couple of hours until her date with Bucky and Skye is in her room throwing the contents of her wardrobe around her room as she can't figure out what to wear. Becoming annoyed she heads down to the gym in search of her best friend.
"I need your help." Skye tells Clint as she enters the gym.
"Sure, what's up?" Clint asks.
"I don't know what to wear on my date with James. I know it's stupid thing to be concerned about, but I want It to be right. I mean we live together so he's seen almost everything I own but I still want it to be right, but that's hard to do when I have no idea where we're doing or what we are doing, I mean do I go with jeans, or a skirt or a dress, and what kind of top do I go with? What do you think?" Skye asks her Uncle.
"I wondering why the hell you are asking me." Clint admits.
"I have no idea." Skye admits, comprehending who she is asking and what she is asking him, "I need Jem and Sharon." She says turning around and leaving the lab as quickly as she entered, leaving an amused Clint in her wake.
Ten minutes after leaving Clint Skye is once more in her room going through her wardrobe but this time Jemma and Sharon are sitting on her bed.
"So you don't know anything about where you are going?" Sharon asks.
"No." Skye answers, "He's being completely secretive but I think Aunt Pepper helped him plan it." Skye reveals.
"Well too bad we can't just ask Pepper for a hint, but she's in meetings at Stark for another few hours." Sharon comments.
"THIS IS HOPLESS." Skye says angrily, "How do I have nothing to wear?" Skye asks.
"Okay, that's it, I'm going to get the big guns, keep her as calm as possible until I get back." Sharon says to Simmons getting up of the bed where she is sitting.
"Who are the big guns?" Simmons asks confused.
"You'll see." Sharon says before leaving the room.
After leaving Skye's room Sharon heads to the War Room where she finds Melinda, Natasha and Maria working on something. Coulson, Tony and Steve aren't present as they are working on something else somewhere else.
"Hey, you're not working on anything end of the world important are you?" Sharon asks the three.
"No more than usual." Maria answers, "What's up?"
"Skye's freaking out about trying to find something to wear on her date." Sharon explains, "The contents of her wardrobe is thrown over her room, Jemma and I could use some help helping her, if you're available." Sharon explains.
"Of course we are." Melinda says and the four women head back to Skye's room to help her.
After getting help from her mother, Aunts, Sister and cousin Skye finally decides on what to were. She goes with jeans, boots, a red spaghetti strap top she borrowed from Natasha and one of her leather jackets. Skye also did something she hardly ever does which is straighten her hair. Once she is ready Skye checks herself once more in the mirror before grabbing her bag and heading to her door. Once she opens the door she sees Bucky only the other side clearly about to knock, Bucky is also a leather jacket but he has a pair of good slacks on and nice but still semi casual button up top underneath which makes Skye relax a bit because she realises that she isn't dressed too causally.
"Hey." Skye says.
"Hey." Bucky responds, "You look great." Bucky tells her.
"Thanks James, so do you." Skye responds.
"I got you these." Bucky says pulling out a bunch of flowers "Tony spent over ten minutes mocking me for getting them but I wanted to, I hope you like them or was Tony right in his mocking?." He tells her handing the flowers over, clearly nervous about his decision to give her flowers.
"I love them, thank you James, don't worry about Uncle Tony he was just teasing you." Skye responds honestly as she can't remember when she ever got flowers, "Give me a sec" Skye says and she goes searching for a container, and once she finds one she walks into her bathroom and fills It up with water and places the flowers in it and puts it on her desk before walking back over to Bucky.
"Ready to go?" Skye asks.
"Yep." Bucky answers, "I should warn you I think everyone's in the lounge room waiting for us to walk by." Bucky reveals as they walk down the corridor.
"Of course they are." Skye comments, not even surprised, "Chances of us getting to the elevator before they realises?"
"Less than zero." Bucky responds as he spots the others pretending that they are not waiting for them.
"Really?" Skye asks as they walk up to everyone else, her tone of voice clearly saying 'are you serious'
"Really Kiddo." Tony says.
"We wanted to say, have a good time, but keep your eyes out Hydra still around and even more pissed at us, you especially after the academy." Melinda says, "Be careful." She says hugging her daughter.
"We will." Skye responds.
"Don't stay out to late." Coulson says.
"Dad." Skye objects.
"I mean, have a good time Baby Girl." Coulson corrects as he hugs his daughter.
"Let's go." Skye says to Bucky as she rolls her eyes at her father.
"So what car are we taking?" Skye asks Bucky curious as they get to the elevator.
"The Jeep." Bucky answers as they enter the elevator.
About ten minutes after they got in the elevator Skye and Bucky are in the jeep driving through New York.
"So are you going to finally fill me in on where we are going?" Skye asks curious.
"Coney Island." Bucky answers, "I found out that a restaurant that I used to love before still exits and I wanted to see if things still taste the same." He explains, "I figured that after we eat we could go walk on the beach or something, I didn't really plan the second part out because I wasn't sure what the weather would do." Bucky explains.
"A walk on the beach sounds nice." Skye answers, "So what kind of food does this place have?'
"Dinner food." Bucky answers, "But it has the best hotdogs I have ever tasted, back in forty one Steve and I entered the hotdog eating contest and we were both sick for days afterwards." Bucky reveals, "I still love those hotdogs though." He admits.
"That's awesome." Skye comments, "How many did you end up eating?" Skye asks curious.
"I'm not really sure." Bucky admits, "I would be interested to know though"
"You could probably find out, I bet they keep records on these things." Skye comments.
"I hope not." Bucky reveals, "Because then they would likely have the picture they took of Steve puking over me just as the competition finished." He reveals.
"Oh definitely need to find that." Skye says once she finishes laughing.
"You really don't." Bucky tells her.
"No, I really do." Skye responds and Bucky realises that it is worth him being embarrassed if it keeps the huge smile that Skye has on her face there, "What?" Skye asks when she notices the way Bucky is looking at her.
"I like your smile." Bucky explains.
"Thanks, I think." Skye comments, not sure what else to say, "Watch the road, I don't think it will get you any points with my parents if you crashed the car." Skye comments.
"I have very fast reflexes, we're fine." Bucky assures Skye.
"I'm holding you to that Mister." Skye tells him.
About ten minutes later Bucky is holding open the door as he and Skye walk into the restaurant.
"Wow." Bucky says surprised as they walk in.
"What is it?" Skye asks curious.
"Apart from the TV and the new drink machine I don't think this place has changed in seventy years." Bucky realises, completely shocked about that
"That definitely deserves a wow." Skye comments as she looks around, "Look, they have photos of all the hotdog eating contests, let's see if we can find the one from 41." Skye says grabbing Bucky's hand and pulling him towards the wall of photos.
"Okay, 56, 47." Skye says reading the dates on the bottom of all the pictures "There forty one." Skye says pointing on the date before looking at the picture, "Oh My God, is that Uncle Steve?" Skye asks Bucky in a quiet voice pointing to a tiny man in the left of the photo who is vomiting on someone who is clearly Bucky as he looks almost exactly the same as he looks now.
"Yep, that was what he looked like before Doctor Erskine." Bucky tells Skye, staring at the picture.
"That's how you see him, isn't it?" Skye asks looking between the photo and the look on Bucky's face.
"Sometimes." Bucky admits, "Ever since I met him he was the little guy who needed me to protect him, but now he doesn't. It's hard knowing that sometimes because I wonder if he needs me at all." Bucky explains.
"You're his brother, he's always going to need you." Skye tells him as she pulls out her phone.
"What are you doing?" Bucky asks curious.
"There is no way I can just let this go." Skye says taking a photo of the picture, "This is gold, I need a record of this." She explains.
"You're going to tease Steve with it." Bucky realises.
"Look at that photo James." Skye says pointing to it, "I can't not give him a hard time about it." Skye tells him, "If I was really mean I would send it to Uncle Tony, but I'm not so I'm not going to." Skye tells him.
"That's only because you want to be there to see the reaction." Bucky realises.
"Guilty." Skye admits as she puts her phone back in her pocket, "We should grab a table." Skye comments.
"Right we should." Bucky comments and they head over to one of the booths.
"So you said that the hotdogs are amazing." Skye comments as she looks at the menu.
"And the fries." Bucky tells her, "Well they were I assume they still are." He comments
"Let's hope so." Skye tells him, "For future reference this is way better than a fancy restaurant." Skye tells Bucky.
"Does that mean there is going to be a second date?" Bucky asks but before Skye can say anything the waiter walks over.
"What can I get for you?" He asks.
"I'll have two large hotdogs with the lot and large fries with cheese and bacon." Bucky orders.
"And to drink?"
"A beer." Bucky answers.
"And you?" The waiter asks Skye.
"I'll have the same except make it one hotdog and a large coke." Skye requests and the waiter nods and walks away.
"So did answer my question." Bucky comments, "Is this a date or a first date?' Bucky asks curious.
"Definitely a first." Skye answers with a smile.
A few minutes later their food arrives and Bucky waits until Skye has tried hers before he eats his own,
"What do you think?" Bucky asks curious
"I think this is the best hotdog I have ever had." Skye tells him, "It's amazing." Skye tells him, "Try it." Skye requests and Bucky takes a bite of his first hotdog, "So does it taste as good as it did seventy years ago?" Skye asks curious once he has eaten his first bite.
"It tastes better." Bucky reveals.
"We're so coming here again." Skye tells him.
"We defiantly are." Bucky responds as they both continue to eat.
All through their dinner Skye and Bucky talk and enjoy being with each other without worrying about one of their family members interrupting them. Once they finish eating they leave the car in the parking lot and head to the beach where they are walking along near the water holding hands.
"I haven't been to the beach in a really long time." Skye tells Bucky.
"When was that?" Bucky asks curious.
"Months ago, in Preveza." Skye answers.
"Greece?" Bucky asks surprise, "Why were you in Greece?"
"At the Triskelion Alexander Pierce said that by releasing the information to the public that I would be putting my family in danger that I would never stop being hunted and they would be hurt because of it." Skye explains, "I believed him, so after my Mom, тетя Наташа and I arrived here to tell Uncle Tony, Aunt Pepper and Uncle Bruce what happened I left, snuck out of the country." Skye explains, "I went to Europe, I stayed at several different places but the one I stayed at the most was Preveza. I worked at this café owned by an American woman Leah, and rented an apartment from her best friend Richard who I helped her realises that she was in love with." Skye explains, "They had no idea who I really was, they thought my name was Jane Philips, but it was nice. I started to allow myself to have friends again, I miss them sometimes." Skye admits
"Why did you leave?" Bucky asks curious.
"I was shot." Skye answers, "I had to use my powers so that I was able to travel ten hours to Uncle Bruce. I left them a note saying that I was a cancer and that they are better off without me." Skye reveals, "That's the injury I was healing from when we met." Skye reveals.
"I'm sorry." Bucky says not sure what else to say.
"It's okay, I would like to see them again, but it's better like this." Skye tells him, "Enough about me, tell me something about you." Skye tells Bucky.
"You know everything about me." Bucky points out.
"True, but that doesn't mean I don't want to hear you tell me something" Skye tells him, "Where around here did you grown up?" Skye asks curious.
"A few blocks, I can show you if you want." Bucky offers.
"I'd like that." Skye responds, "Lead the way." Skye requests and Bucky nods and they head back up the beach.
Ten minutes later Bucky and Skye are walking through Bucky's old neighbourhood.
"This is hard for you, isn't it?" Skye asks noticing the expression on Bucky's face.
"Yeah, I barely recognize it." Bucky admits, looking at everything and realising that nothing seems familiar.
"I'm sorry." Skye tells him not sure what else to say.
"Spending all my time in the tower, in our own little world, I forget." Bucky comments.
"Forget what?" Skye asks curious.
"Just how much things has changed." Bucky admits, "I'm not used to it." He reveals.
"Well how about we spend more time out of the tower, more time in the world, help you get used to it." Skye comments.
"I would like that." Bucky admits.
"Good." Skye tells him, "James, what is it?" Skye asks worried when she realises that he has stopped walking.
"This was my building, were I grew up." Bucky reveals looking up at a building, "It was my home." He reveals, looking at the building in complete shock, as even though it is so different it is still so familiar.
"Really, wow." Skye says shocked, "Oh James." Skye says sadly when she looks over at him and sees that he has a tears rolling down the side of his face, not sure what else to do Skye lets go of his hand and puts her arms around him giving him a hug.
For several minutes they stay like that, hugging each other in the street outside Bucky's childhood home.
"What can I do to help?" Skye asks one they finally break apart.
"You're already doing it." Bucky tells Skye and he leans in and the pair exchange their first kiss.
Over an hour after Skye and Bucky exchange their first, second and third kiss on the street outside Bucky's childhood home they are back in the elevator on their way up the main floor of Stark Tower.
"Pretty great date, don't you think?" Skye asks Bucky.
"Yeah, I do." Bucky answers, "Sorry about getting so emotional about seeing my old home." He tells Skye.
"Never apologise for that." Skye tells him, "You know there is one thing I don't know about you" Skye tells him, "Actually more than one thing but only one I really want to know at the moment." Skye tells him.
"What's that?" Bucky asks curious.
"Your parents, what were their names?" Skye asks curious.
"My Mom's name was Rebecca, my dad's George." Bucky answers.
"Good to know." Skye answers, "You must miss them."
"I had lost them before the war, but it still hurts." Bucky answers as the elevator doors open.
"You have got to be kidding me." Skye comments when she sees everyone sitting on the couches watching a movie, "Are they seriously waiting for us to come home?" Skye asks Bucky quietly.
"That's what it looks like." Bucky answers.
"What do you think the chances are of us being able to sneak away before they realises we're back?" Skye asks Bucky thinking that they may have a chance because they haven't exited the elevator.
"We can hear you, you know." Natasha reveals.
"I'm going to go with Zero." Bucky comments with a grin.
"Defiantly seems like it." Skye comments and they walk out of the elevator and over to the others.
"So how did it go?" Clint asks when the pair walk over and Skye sits on the side of the couch while Bucky stands behind her.
"It went great, really great." Skye answers exchanging a smile with Bucky.
"Where did you end up going?" Steve asks curious as his brother was rather secretive about that.
"Nathan's at Coney island, do you remember that place?" Bucky asks Steve.
"Yeah I do." Steve answers.
"That reminds me, we found an interesting picture that I feel that everyone will want to see." Skye says pulling out her phone.
"You didn't?" Steve asks Bucky as when you say the words, 'Nathan's' and 'interesting picture' together in the same sentence only one picture comes to mind and he really doesn't want that to be shown.
"We did." Bucky answers.
"Oh god." Steve says putting his head in his hands.
"Now this I have to see." Clint comments, "Give me." Clint request and Skye hands her phone over to her Uncle.
The second Clint looks at his niece's phone he bursts out laughing.
"What is it?" Natasha asks eagerly but because Clint is too busy laughing to answer her she just takes the phone off of Clint and when she sees the image she starts laughing too.
"I hate you both." Steve says to Skye and Bucky, though it is clear that he isn't serious.
"Relax Pal, they would have found it eventually." Bucky tells Steve.
"You don't know that." Steve responds.
"We probably would have." Tony answers.
"You don't know what the photo is off." Steve says as Melinda who got the phone from Natasha hands it to Coulson.
"True, but I know I probably would have found it." Tony tells Steve.
"I'm sorry Steve." Coulson says as he hands the phone to Sharon.
Over the next ten minutes everyone takes a good look at the photo and Steve becomes very embarrassed though he thinks it is Tony saying how cute he looks in the picture that is more embarrassing than everyone else's reaction.
"Well I don't know about the rest of you but I'm beat." Skye comments, "I'll see you tomorrow." Skye tells everyone, "Sorry Uncle Steve." Skye says before getting up and leaving the room grabbing and giving Bucky's hand a squeeze as she walks past because she doesn't want to subject Bucky to her parents reaction once she leaves the room if they were to kiss.
Once in her room Skye gets changed and climbs into bed, staring at the container of flowers that Bucky got her as she fall asleep.
The next morning everyone gets up their normal times for their respective morning activities. Skye is so happy that she is able to get back to her usual work out routine that she ends up getting up even earlier than she has to.
Once the morning work outs are done everyone heads to the kitchen for their group breakfast. They are about five minutes into breakfast when Sharon's phone rings interrupting the debate that is going on about whose turn it is to load the dishwasher.
"Hello." Sharon answers, "Yes it is. She is? Yes. Thank you. Goodbye." Sharon says.
"Sharon, what is it?" Tripp asks his cousin concerned when he notices the look on her face.
"It was about Aunt Peggy." Sharon reveals to the group, looking up from her phone which she has been looking at ever since she hung it up with a look like she doesn't believe what she has just heard.
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