A/N: I only own the OC

Thank you for reviews! Sorry for the delayed update! Steve is going to turn darker in this part of the story... so you have been warned.


I walked to my apartment and changed, but I couldn't get Sarah out of my mind. I knew that we had a lot unsaid, and I wanted her to know that my feelings haven't changed. I also couldn't get over the fact that Steve was back. I should be happy, but I wasn't. He left us... and I thought I was ok with it, but I guess that I never really was. He left me for that bitch, and now he gets to just come back like nothing has changed. He got a second chance at every part of his life, and I can't even get over nightmares. I knew that I had always been jealous of Steve, but now it was so much more obvious. I walked out and should have headed back to the headquarters, but I didn't want to see Steve right now. I sent Sam a text that I was going to walk around and headed anywhere away from him.

I was sitting in Prospect Park when someone sat down beside me. I turned to see Sharon sitting beside me, and she handed me coffee.

"You look like you could use it." she said and I nodded.

"Thanks, what are you doing here?" I asked her as she sipped her coffee.

"Same as you... avoiding the golden boy." she said and I chuckled as I took a sip.

"I can't believe he came back and not just came back but basically snubbed all of us for Sarah." she said and I nodded.

"Did you and Sarah talk?" I asked her and she nodded.

"Yeah, I don't hate her. I knew that she and Steve dated, and it honestly should have been a red flag. I knew that she transferred after they broke up, and I didn't really think anything about it... I thought it was because she wanted space. I never thought it was because of how Steve could be." she admitted and I nodded. Steve was my best friend and he did put on the perfect gentleman, but we all had our dark sides.

"It's not your fault. Steve is my best friend, but he even surprised me some times." I admitted and she nodded.

"I wished that he had never come back. I got used to him being gone." she said and I nodded. I had too.

"I did too. I was moving on, and Sarah was really helping me. I finally felt like I deserved some happiness, until he came back. He reminds me of the good and bad in my life." I admitted to her and she nodded. We were sitting there talking and I was actually glad that Sharon had come along. I guess Sarah had been right... I did need friends.

Sarah POV

I was so tired of laying in the bed that I finally convinced them to let me go sit outside. They kept saying I needed rest, and I probably did, but I didn't want to lay there anymore. I knew that I had been attacked yesterday because my body let me know it with every breath, but I couldn't just lay there. I was glad when they helped me out there because it was a change of scenery... and it was warmer than the room I had been in. I had been laying there for hours while aimlessly flipping through channels. I couldn't do it anymore. Sam was working on something, Sharon was meeting with a contact, and Bucky went home to change after he stayed all last night. I was just happy that we were all ok after Walker went crazy. Nick had checked on me in the morning before going to deal with Steve being back. I let myself think about Steve for a second. I couldn't believe he was back, and not only was he back... he wanted me back. I didn't know how I felt about him being back. Bucky already seemed tense about him being back, and after how Steve had greeted me I couldn't say that I blamed him.

I was sitting in a lounge chair as I let the warm air surround me when I heard a thud behind me. I didn't have to turn around to know who it was. I was surprised it took him so long to come out here. I knew that he had been told not to come near me, but I also knew that wouldn't stop him. He walked up next to me and I glanced at him. He was looking down at me with those deep blue eyes. He had a beard again and his hair was a little longer.

"Hi." he said and I gave a small smirk.

"Hello, Steve." I said and he sat on a chair that had been left near me. I knew that I could technically get up and walk out of there, but I wasn't going to... I was curious as to what had brought him out here against Nick's orders.

"How are you?" he asked me.

"Alive." I said and he nodded.

"I am sorry you got hurt. I wanted to save you." he said as I turned to fully face him.

"Why are you out here?" I asked him as he ran a hand through his hair and then looked out over the view from the balcony.

"I wanted to see you, and to talk to you." he said and I nodded.

"Bad enough to sneak out here?" I asked him and he chuckled.

"Bad enough... I missed you. I know that I went back for Peggy, and while I loved her... you were always in my heart." he said and I chuckled.

"And I thought Bucky was the smooth talker." I said and he smirked.

"I might have learned it from him, but I did always think about you, Sarah. You were the only person, other than Bucky, who ever called me on my bullshit." he said and I believed all that. Steve had never actually lied to me, but he had other motives most of the time. I trusted him with me life, but not my heart.

"I really did want to see you, and to ask you if you are happy with Bucky?" he said to me and I nodded... there was the truth.

"You just came out here for information." I said and he shook his head, but his actions told me that he was frustrated with me.

"I came out here to talk to a friend." he said and I nodded.

"Go talk to Bucky." I said and I saw sadness wash over his features before he regained control of his emotions. I had a feeling that they still weren't talking as his jaw clinched before he looked at me again.

"You aren't talking?" I asked him and he shook his head no before giving a small chuckle.

"You always could read me." he said and I shrugged as I looked back out. The tension between us was there, but I wasn't sure if it was because of our past relationship or because of current relationships. I also wasn't sure how much I really cared at this moment. Steve was back, and I had a feeling he wasn't going to just go away.

"Why weren't you nice to Sharon?" I asked him and he sighed as he walked to the railing.

"I shouldn't have ever talked to her like that. I was mean, but I messed up with her before I went back. I should have never talked to her after learning Peggy was her aunt, and I think I was just trying to replace you." he said as he looked back at me. I hated that Steve always looked good.

"And you think that kissing me helped anyone?" I asked him and he smirked.

"I know that it helped me." he said and I pursed my lips to stop from smirking. He might have been American's Golden Boy, but he was such a sarcastic smart ass.

"Well, aren't you selfish." I shot back and he sighed as he walked back over me and looked down at me.

"Sarah, are you happy with Bucky?" he asked me again as he turned serious and I ran a hand over my face... fuck that hurt. I was starting to feel all the bruises and soreness the longer I sat here. I looked back up at him, and I could tell that he really wanted to know.

"Tell me why you want to know and I will tell you if I am." I finally said and he pulled his phone out of his pocket and held up a picture to me. I looked at it for a second before I realized what I was looking at. I looked from it and back up at him.

"How did you get that?" I asked him and he ran his hand through his hair as he sat down beside me again.

"I went out this morning to talk to Bucky. I wanted to talk to him... he was always my best friend." he said and I nodded.

"I'm sorry." he said and I sighed. I wanted to react, but at the same time I didn't have the energy to do so.

"I want everyone to be happy... and that means that sometimes I may not the person to give them what they are looking for." I finally said as I felt Steve's gaze on me. He leaned down and pressed a light kiss to my forehead before looking at me again. I knew there was a lot else to say, but I didn't have the energy right now, and he sensed that.

"I will come see you later." he said and quickly climbed over the railing and back to wherever he came from, and left me sitting there with my thoughts... and they all centered on the picture he showed me of Bucky and Sharon kissing in the park.


A/N:What will Sarah do?