Hey all here's the next chapter. I love the feedback I've been getting. Please continue to read and review. I'm going to try to post a new chapter before the end of the year but in case I don't Happy New Years. Bit of a cliff hanger at the end. I've been watching a lot of time traveling shows lately and I have to say the Back to the Future trilogy is still the best I've seen and of course Doctor Who. I apologize for any errors had to upload this from my phone again. Anyway here it is. Enjoy ;)
I walked into the apartment and slipped off my shoes at the entrance. I went to my room and locked the door. I had left the guys behind at the park and came back on my own. After my suggestion they were not budging and were trying to get me to change my mind. I got mad and annoyed and just walked away from them.
From my viewpoint, I was over qualified to help the commandos. I hadn't finished medical school yet but what I knew was equivalent to a surgeon in the 1940's. I knew various languages, which could help gather intel. My knowledge in engineering and biochemistry could help understand any notes of whatever experiment or weapons we found. Nana insisted I take up gymnastics and Hand to hand combat lessons since I was young. I was the perfect candidate for the job.
I heard the front door open and the guys walk in. I grabbed my nightclothes and went to take a bath. After I got out of the bathroom I sat on my bed. There was a knock at the door followed by, "Doll can we talk?" I contemplated opening the door but realized I was still mad at them and if I'm anything like my dad, which I know I am, I'm going to say something in the heat of the moment I'll regret later. So instead I got under the covers, turned off the light, and went to sleep. I heard a sigh and a few whispers before I heard footsteps walking away and the door to the other room close. I spent most of the night just staring at the ceiling. It had only been a few nights since the three of us started sleeping in the same bed together and I was already so used to them. I felt cold even though I was under three blankets and the heater was on.
I tossed and turned all night. I woke up early and got dressed. I needed some space to think things through and cool off. I wore a burgundy skirt with a cream colored top with ruffled sleeves. I left the guys a quick note. Then I grabbed a maroon colored coat from the trunk and my wallet before heading out the door. I went to the café I found a few days. I ordered a coffee with some scones. I was halfway through Shakespeare's Julius Caesar when someone sat down in the seat in front of me.
"Isn't it a bit early to be on your third cup of coffee?" I immediately recognized Peggy's accent.
"Not really, I practically live off the stuff. What brings you here so early?" I ask her.
"I stopped by for breakfast and to get something to help with the hangover Howard is sure to have woken up with."
"Two nights in a row. Wow gramps sure like to have a good time."
"He most certainly does. I need to take him some papers for him to sign and I need him semi conscious for that. Where are your soldiers?"
I smile at that. "They're back at the apartment. Needed some me time and decided to come here to clear my head."
"Well I have to go meet Howard you're more than welcome to tag along."
"Sure, I'll get the check." I say. I paid the bill and met Peggy outside.
Apparently Gramps didn't like the accommodations the SSR had provided so he was staying at a suite at The Dorchester Hotel. It seemed Peggy had been there many times before because she was on a first name basis with the doorman. We went straight to the elevator to the top floor. She knocked on the door. A blonde woman I had never seen before opened the door.
"Can I help you?" She said in a fake polite tone.
"We're here to see Howard." Peggy said.
"And who are you two?" She said.
"We work with him. I'm here to have him sign some paperwork he's put off." Peggy says.
She lets us in and walks back to the room. Peggy and I sit on the couch. "Howie, there's someone here to see you." I bite the inside of my cheeks to avoid laughing at that.
"Who?" I hear a muffled voice ask.
"They said they worked with you. That's true right. There isn't anyone else."
"Of course sweetheart you're one of a kind. Why don't you head out and I'll see you tonight."
"You sure you don't want me to stay?"
"No, its just paperwork. One of us should save themselves from boredom." Peggy and I just look at each other having a silent conversation. This conversation sounds like something I had heard dad tell someone over the phone once.
"Okay I'll see you later. Muah." She says then walks out giving both of us a dirty look. Some things never change. Grandma has her work cut out for her.
Gramps comes out a minute later in a robe. He goes to the door looks through the peephole and locks the door. "Thank goodness you're both here. I need to get rid of her. She's been here since yesterday."
"I don't know Howie you seem pretty happy with her." I say teasing him.
"Kid you don't know the half of it. I tried letting her down gently and she went crazy." He answers.
"Then what are you going to do, stand her up on your date and switch hotels."
"Well there's a good idea. I'll start packing my bags." He says rushing to his room but Peggy stops him.
"Howard you are a grown man act like it. Think things through but before anything I need you to look these over and sign these then go put on some pants." She says handing him the paper he reads them over and signs them quickly. "Now that that's done I'm going to run these down to headquarters. Have fun you two." She says getting up.
"Peggy wait, aren't you going to help?" I ask.
"Nora I have better things to do than be Howard's nanny. I've done it plenty of times before. You help him sort out his love life and maybe that'll put your problem in perspective." She says.
"How did you know." I ask.
"The look on your face and your choice of literature made it pretty obvious. I'm a spy it's my job to notice these things. Good luck." She says before walking out.
I turn around and see gramps coming out of his room dressed for the day. "I don't know about you but I'm craving omelets with a side of bacon. I know this place in Lucerne come on they're getting the plane ready."
"Gramps, we could just go downstairs." I say.
"Where's the fun in that? Come on the car's waiting for us." He says heading out the door. I have my work cut out.
One bumpy plane ride later we arrived. Apparently when Gramps said the plane was being prepared he forgot to mention that he was piloting the plane. The plane ride wasn't long but it wasn't comfortable either.
"So how are things with Barnes and Rogers?" he asks sipping a Bloody Mary.
"They're good. We finally talked. We kissed. Went on a date."
"That's good. Then what happened?" I keep forgetting how perceptive he is. I swear sometimes I forget I'm talking to him and think I'm talking to Dad.
"Steve mentioned the team he's putting together needs a medic and I offered my services."
"Are you serious?" he asked.
"Do you also think I'm insane for wanting to help?"
"No. I'm surprised you're willing to go out there considering everything you've been through. I'm not saying you shouldn't but are you sure?" Gramps asks.
"I'm not going to lie and say I'm not scared because I am. I'd be insane not to be. There hasn't been a night since I was rescued from Hydra I haven't had a nightmare and I know if I do go with them I'm at risk of that happening again but to keep Bucky and Steve safe that's a chance I'm willing to take."
"Does this have something to do with what you know about the future?" he asks.
I can't answer that question and I can't lie to him so instead I stayed quiet. I think that gives him an answer because he then says, "You really love them."
"I don't know. I know I care about them a lot but I don't know about that." I've never said the L word. Not to Dad and he's never said it either. I know he does and I know he knows I do but we never say it. Feelings make us both uncomfortable.
"Keep telling yourself that. What happened after you told them that?"
"They didn't take the offer so well. There was a bit of an argument. Some yelling. They expected me to follow what the said as if it had already been decided for me. I walked away. Got to the apartment and locked myself in my room. Ignored them because I knew if we talked my anger would get the best of me and I'd say something I'd regret later. Then this morning I woke up before them left. Left them a note. Went to a café where I ran into Peggy and you know the rest."
"So essentially you acted like a teenager and ignored them. And now we're here."
"Essentially yes."
"Here you need this more that I do." He says handing me a Bloody Mary one of the waiters had just left for him.
"Things were going to good and then I just had to open my big mouth."
"Kid its not the end of the world. You had a slight disagreement. It was going to happen eventually. I think you should go with them."
"Seriously?"
"From what I can tell, you know what you're getting yourself into and you're prepared. And I know that you won't be all right just standing by but before anything you need to fix things with them. The three of you can't work together in the field if you have personal problems getting in the way."
"I know. And this is a talk I can't have when I'm drunk." I say putting the Bloody Mary down.
"That's probably a good idea. Now what do I do about Sally Mae?" He says.
"What do you normally do with your one night stands after you're done?"
"Call them a car and send them earrings or jewelry the next day to let them know I appreciate the brief time I spent with them."
"Classy." I reply sarcastically. "You need to make it clear that you are not interested in anything else. What you two had was just a one time thing and nothing more."
"Okay how do I do that?"
"You go up to her and you say that"
"Is there anyway to do that without endangering my life or my ability to one day have children?"
"You keep avoiding her until she gets the idea or meets someone else."
"Option two seems like a good one."
"Gramps!"
"Nora, I don't want to deal with this."
"Well tough because you have to do this. You can't keep leading her on."
"I wasn't leading her on she just doesn't want to leave."
"I don't know what to say gramps, I've never broken up with someone, I've always been broken up with."
"Just know if I die because of this you're never going to be born."
"If you want I'll go with you to make sure that doesn't happens," I offer.
"Fine, but we're getting desert first. I deserve a good last meal before I die."
"You're not going to die but okay." I say.
We stopped by a pastry shop before stopping by the airfield. I got a box of pastries to go. I figured if we were going to have this conversation with the guys they'd take it better on a full stomach.
Before dropping me off at the apartment I went with gramps to ensure his safety when he broke up with Sally. When I offered to be his wingman I never thought I'd have to do something like this.
"You can do this just knock on her door but whatever you do don't go in. Just talk on the steps. Don't complement her, don't ask about her day. You want her to leave you alone not marry her. It's a band aid, just rip it off."
"I can do this."
"Yes you can now go."
He takes a deep breath before getting out of the car. He goes up the stairs and knocks on the door. He looks back at the car and I just give him and encouraging nod and smile.
I don't know what exactly is being said but they talk for a while she looks towards the car and says something. Gramps looks back and I give him a look asking if he needs me. He just turns back around. The girl nods sadly and gives Gramps a brief hug before looking back at me and giving me a sad smile and going inside.
Gramps walks back and gets in the car.
"Everything all right." I ask.
"She took it well," He responds.
"What did you tell her?"
"I said that what we had was a wonderful night but I can't give her what she deserves. She responded with why. I said I'm just not ready for that. She said if it had anything to do with you and Peggy visiting this morning. I said that my commitment to helping end the war was more important that anything else right now and that I had to go take you to the airport so you can prepare your father's burial and I was going with you."
"What?"
"She's very sorry for your loss."
"Gramps!"
"Kid I choked. I was going off what you told me to say but she wasn't buying it. Then I remember what you told me about that one novel you read and I went with it."
"You know she's going to ask questions when she sees us walking around town and I'm not sad."
"Which is why I'm changing hotels and you are going to play dumb."
"This is going to blow up in your face and you are going to drag me down with you."
"That's a problem for another day. For now just start thinking about how you're going to handle the talk with your soul mates. How are you going to get them to let you go with them."
"I have a few ideas but I need to fix things between them before anything."
"Everything's going to work out."
"I could really use a drink right now."
"We can always stop by the pub."
"No I've been putting this off long enough."
"Not for much longer. We're here." The car stopped right in front of the building.
"I need a pep talk." I say looking at Gramps.
"They're your soul mates and they love you even if you can't admit it. You want to keep them safe in the long run you need to do this. Just because you fought doesn't mean you'll lose them. Now get in there and fix this. And if that isn't enough make up sex is pretty great."
"Gramps!"
"What its true now go." He says opening the door.
I grab the box of pastries and go up the stairs into the building.
"I can do this, I can do this." I say as I reached the door. I got my keys out and unlocked the door. I walked into the apartment and saw Steve and Bucky sitting on the couch.
"Hey." I say. Really Hey. I suck at starting conversations.
"Where have you been?" Steve says as he stands up along with Bucky.
"It's been a crazy day. I woke up and wasn't ready to have the conversation we're about to have so I went to that café a couple blocks away. Ran in to Peggy and tagged along on her errand to go see Gramps. Then she ditched us and I was stuck helping him fix a problem with his one nightstand who didn't get the concept of a one night stand. Of course Gramps being Gramps, he tried to avoid it as long as possible since this girl was apparently crazy. So he flew us to Lucerne for a late breakfast while we figured things out."
"You spent the day in Switzerland?" Bucky asks obviously not approving of me leaving the country without letting them know.
"Not my idea. We had breakfast while we talked and thought things through. Oh brought desert." I say gesturing to the box of pastries. "We came back stopped by to make sure Gramps actually broke up with Sally. Lets just say if you see an angry blonde coming towards me, run. Then he dropped me off. How was your day?" I say out of breath.
"Woke up saw your note. Argued, I went to look for you, obviously didn't find you. Came back and have been here waiting for you." Steve answers.
"Oh sorry. So time to have that talk." I say.
"Yup, but first." Bucky got up and gave me a hug. "Missed you."
"Missed you too." I said returning the hug. He let me go and then Steve came up and lifted me up in a hug.
"Next time you plan on leaving the county let us know. I was worried." He says.
"Promise, I honestly didn't expect it Gramps just kind of dragged me along. He flew the plane himself. Didn't know he knew how to do that." I explained.
"He does. Who do you think gave me an airlift to rescue you two?" Steve retorts.
"Good to know. So I want to go with you guys to take down Hydra." I say.
"Why?" Bucky asks.
"Because I want to help." I respond.
"There are other ways to help. You can work as a code breaker." Steve says.
"Why didn't you do that? You got rejected by the army four times but you kept trying until you were accepted to become a super soldier."
"That was different." He answers.
"Why because I'm a woman?" I say.
"Doll it's not that. You were Hydra's prisoner once before. If you went with us they could get you again and this time not be so lucky." Bucky explains.
"They could get to me here."
"That won't happen. You can stay here, The SSR can have someone watch over you while we're gone." Steve tries to negotiate.
"You know that won't stop them. They managed to kill Erskine inside a top secret, hidden base in Brooklyn. What's to stop them from getting me here?" I argue.
At the mention of Erskine, Steve sighs knowing I have a good point there.
"You'd be safer here." Bucky says.
"So would you two. There are people risking their lives everyday I've got no right to do any less than them." They both just look at me dumbfounded.
"Did she just…" Steve asks.
"Yeah." Bucky says not taking his eyes off of me.
"Now I know how you felt." Steve tells him.
"Everything all right. You're both giving me a really weird look." I say looking at both of them.
"Everything's fine Doll, you just said the exact same thing that punk told me when I tried talking him out of trying to enlist." He says coming up to me and giving me a hug. "Why did I have to end up with two stubborn soul mates?"
"You wouldn't have us any other way and you know it." I say answering his rhetorical question.
Steve comes up behind us and hugs us. He then says, "Before I agree to anything we need to know you're ready. I'll talk to Philips and set up a test. Then we ask the rest of the team. If they all agree and I mean not even one person against it then," He takes an deep breath and says, "You can come with us."
"I can work with that." I say smiling. That's when my stomach started growling.
"Have you had dinner yet?" Bucky asked. My stomach let out an even bigger growl. He chuckles and says, "I'll go make you a plate, Steve made stew." He kisses my temple and lets me go.
"Buck can you get me a plate too." Steve calls out after him.
"Sure sit your butts down." He calls out to us.
Steve puts his arm around my shoulders and leads me to the table. Bucky comes over and sets three bowls down. We sat down and enjoyed dinner.
"This is amazing." I say.
"Thanks it's my Ma's recipe. She taught me to cook when I was young so I could make myself something when she was at work." He says giving me a sad smile.
"My Nana taught me to cook. Said if I was going to live alone at fourteen I should know how to make something other that instant noodles." I say.
"Instant Noodles? What are those like?" Bucky asked. Uh how do I explain this without affecting the timeline?
"It's pasta with all the water taken out of it. You add hot water and leave it for a few minutes and the heat cooks it." I say hoping that's a good enough explanation. "You can add seasonings and vegetables to it or use them in soup."
"Sounds delicious." Steve says.
"It is on occasion but it's not really healthy." I comment.
"Well I'm going outside for a minute." Says Bucky standing up.
"Need some air?" I ask.
"Gonna grab a smoke." Bucky says casually.
"Don't do that." I say. If I do end up saving him, which I will, I need to make sure he lives a long and happy life.
"Why not?" He asks confused.
"Smoking causes cancer and other lung diseases not only to you but to those who breathe it in second hand." I say. "That isn't discovered for a few decades so keep that tiny fact to yourselves." I say getting up too wash the dishes.
"You're quitting right now." Steve tells Bucky.
"No arguments here." Bucky says. "Anything else we should know."
"I'm keeping my mouth shut from know on. I said too much already."
"Right, every time you say something about the future you risk the timeline." Steve reminds me.
"I have to start writing all these things down. Time traveling is complicated." I say.
"It is but it does have its perks." Bucky says wrapping his arms around my waist and kissing my neck.
"It really does." I say turning my head and kissing him. I broke the kiss when I felt Steve kiss the other side of my neck and wrap his arms around me.
"Hmm" Bucky started to kiss under my jaw to my ear as he moved his hand lower. I felt Steve move one under my breast and the other to my hip. The both pressed themselves to my side and looked at me as they slowly untucked my blouse. I nodded as they pulled it over my head.
They both went right back to kissing my neck. "Ahhh. Guys your both a bit over dressed right now and I'm cold."
They both moved and Steve picked me up in a bridal carry. "Time to move this to the bedroom." Bucky says.
We walked into their bedroom and that's when I realized that it was the first time I had ever been in their room. The layout was similar to mine except the walls were blue and the room smelled like the guys.
"You two are pretty organized." I say looking around.
"Thank the army. First thing they taught us in basic training." Steve says putting me down.
Bucky immediately puts his arms around me. I didn't even realize when he had taken his shirt off. Wow he was fit. Bucky must have noticed me staring because he then says, "See something you like Doll?"
"Looks better without a shirt on." I say kissing his collarbone and up his neck.
Steve comes to our side and out of the corner of my eyes I see them kiss. Never thought seeing them both kiss would affect me so much. You could see how much they cared about each other. They decide to break the kiss at that moment and turn their attention to me.
Steve and Bucky lead me to lie down on their bed. Steve kisses me on the lips while Bucky starts to kiss his way down my neck to my breasts. Both of them have me moaning in a matter of minutes. Eventually he starts to kiss down my stomach while Steve starts kissing my neck.
When Bucky finally reached my belly button. He looks up at me while kissing my stomach. I lift up my hips and take off the skirt.
"Thigh high stocking, you're killing us Dollface." Bucky says looking me over. The comment makes me blush.
"You're so beautiful." Steve says burying his face in my neck.
"Guys, you may want to get the condoms." I say enjoying the feeling of Steve's lips on my neck.
Bucky immediately gets off the bed and walks over to the nightstand. The look of joy leaves his face and is replaced with annoyance? "Uh, Steve do you remember where we left the box."
"It's not there?" He says looking at Bucky.
"No" He says looking slightly panicked.
"Check the bathroom." Steve tells him starting to get worried
"Found the box but it's empty." Bucky calls out disappointed.
"Aww." I whined while Steve let out a groan of annoyance and palmed his groin.
"Sorry Doll looks like it's not happening tonight." Bucky says apologetically.
"It's fine, but first thing tomorrow you're both going to go get some." I say.
"Promise." They both said at the same time
"Since we can't do it tonight, doesn't mean we can't do some exploring tonight." Bucky says with the grin I love.
Steve pulls him down for a kiss. "I like the way you think." He tells him.