AN: Enjoy!

With that rather exciting, faux-dramatic introduction out of the way, the group headed onward in the direction of the dress store they had chosen.. and spotted a tour group a short distance away from them. A brand new, Avengers-themed tour group intending to tour the major locations of the Battle of New York.

The tour group hadn't seen them yet, but if they did.. Well, something like this was exactly what Vision had been worried about when bringing his family to the city. A concerned look crossed Vision's face, and Wanda, also spotting the group, became visibly anxious, and Billy, often in tune with his Mother's emotions, began to fuss.

"No need to panic" said Nat, "Just keep moving, hope they don't notice us.."

"Huh?" Carol turned to her, a little confused. "I feel like I'm missing something.."

"Well" Vision kept his voice low, making what he hoped was a subtle gesture towards the tour group, "We've been trying to keep the twins out of the limelight while they're little.."

"And I'm a little.. incomod.. uncomfortable, with crowds" Wanda admitted.

"So,: said "Carol, "You're saying that you guys need a distraction to sneak Wanda and the kiddos away before that tour group spots them?"

"Uh.." Vision and Wanda shared a look, and Vision's brow furrowed. "I don't think that's what we said.."

However, it seemed Carol Danvers was already set on her plan. Natasha smirked knowingly, and Hope was beginning to wonder whether she might have been better off staying home to watch Disney movies and eat leftover pizza with Scott and Cassie.

"I've got this" The golden energy from earlier was now surrounding Carol's whole body. "Go on to the store, I'll meet you there.."

And just as a few members of the tour group turned to look their way, Carol took to the sky, a streak of gold instantly drawing the attention of everyone in the immediate vicinity, and began putting on a human light show.

"Whoa.." Wanda took a moment to gape, looking over her shoulder as they took off towards the Store again, Vision pushing the boys' stroller, completely unnoticed by the gathering crowds beneath Carol.

"Does she do stuff like that often?" Hope asked.

"Well, I've only known her for about a week" replied Nat, "But so far? Yeah. Fury calls her 'Captain Marvel'."

"I think I'm starting to like her" said Wanda.

"She's definitely growing on me.." Nat agreed.

Vision liked Carol too. Anyone who would instantly step up to protect his family in the way Carol had done was very much okay with him.

They reached the store without any further incidents, and a short while later, Wanda had headed into the dressing room with a few things to try on, while Natasha browsed the racks for something for herself.

Hope sat waiting with Vision, making faces at the twins. Tommy was giggling happily as she did so. He had taken to hope rather quickly, somewhat of a surprise, as he was often a little stand-offish with people the first few times he met them. Billy, the shyer of the twins, was currently more occupied with his ball.. a gift from Clint that his own children no longer played with, the red ball with a smiley face on it had become something of a comfort item for the more sensitive baby. However, Billy did look up and smile when Carol entered the store, windswept hair the only sign of where she had been, and flopped into the empty chair beside hope.

"Well, hey there. You're a little cutie, aren't you?" Carol smiled back at Billy, reaching out to gently tickle his tummy.

Billy giggled and squirmed as Carol tickled him, dropping his ball which began to roll away across the floor of the store. However, as Vision stood to retrieve it, Billy waved a tiny hand, and the ball, now surrounded with red energy, floated through the air back towards him.. and right in the eye-line of a store assistant about to turn their way.

Before Vision could react, Carol was on her feet, blocking the floating ball from the assistant's view and loudly asking if there was anything good on the discount rack that day. Hope threw something at the ball which made it seem to disappear, but really it had just shrunk, and now too small for Billy to focus on it, the ball dropped. Natasha, having caught what was going on, made a sudden epic dive to catch the tiny toy before it was lost on the store floor.

"Oh my God!" As Nat crashed to the ground, the Store assistant abandoned her conversation with Carol to run over and help her up. "Are you alright, Ma'm?"

"Oh, I'm fine" Natasha managed a smile, "Just having a clumsy day.."

"If you're sure.."

"I am."

Satisfied, the Assistant returned to Carol, who was keeping up the ruse of browsing the discount rack.

Billy began to whimper at the loss of his ball, so Natasha stealthily tossed it to Hope, who restored it to it's proper size and returned it to the baby boy's hands.

Vision finally released the breath he had been holding throughout the debacle, which had felt like forever, but was really only about thirty seconds. Wanda emerged from the dressing room, and Vision's breath caught once again. She was wearing a long, silky dress almost the same shade as his battle suit, and to Vision, looked absolutely gorgeous.

Hope and Nat pasted large smiles on their faces, and Carol waved cheerily from her spot by the discount rack. Wanda cast a suspicious eye over the group.

"Is everything alright here?" she asked.

"Yes" Vision remembered to breathe again. It was lucky that he didn't actually have to breathe, because Wanda made him stop quite a lot. "Billy just, uh, dropped his ball."

"Oh.." Wanda moved to gently ruffle her son's hair. "You will have to be more careful, una pretioasa." She paused, doing a little spin in the dress. "How do I look?"

"Perfect, as always" Vision smiled. "Absolutely beautiful."

"Well" Wanda blushed, smiling back at him. "I think this might be the one, then."

After Wanda paid for her dress, and Nat had picked one out for herself, everyone (except for Vision, who didn't eat) had worked up a bit of an appetite, although nobody really felt like a sit-down lunch.

The solution? Hot dogs in the park.

Wanda, sitting beneath a tree with Vision, wiped the crumbs from from her own Hot dog off into the grass, then leaned back against Vision's chest, smiling when his arms instinctively wrapped around her. Their sons were both being tended to nearby- Tommy was perched in Nat's lap, giggling as Hope played peek-a-boo with him, while Carol hand wandered just a little further with Billy, the baby boy settled on her hip as she pointed out some birds in a tree to him.

"This is nice" Wanda sighed happily, snuggling closer to Vision.

"It is" He kissed her cheek.

"I've never really had.. other female friends before" Wanda explained. "Not my own, anyway. Pietro always tried to make sure his girlfriends were nice to me.. But with Nat, it's real. And now Hope, and Carol.. I haven't known them long, but that friendship feels real too."

"I think it is" Vision smiled softly, thinking back on the day's events. "Actually, I know it is."

"We just click.. kind of like you and me."

"I think some people are just meant to find each other."

Wanda grinned.

"I think you're right.