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Spellbinding. That was the only word coming to Wanda's mind as she continued to kiss Xander's lips. Her own lips were practically quivering as she explored this newfound part of her and Xander's relationship. She never imagined that a kiss would feel this enchanting. her heart raced inside her chest as she moved her hand from Xander's and gently began to stroke is face as one would a lover. With all her heat Wanda realized that is what she wanted; for Xander to look at her and call her his. She didn't care that he was just a civilian and she a superhero in training. If Tony could make it work with Pepper than so could she with Xander? Speaking of which, was Xander feeling the same way as she was right now. The rate at which the kiss seemed to escalate would be a definite indication of his desire matching hers. It was a dream come true for the young woman, one she couldn't imagine giving up.
Before the kiss could escalate any further (Not that Wanda would know that kisses could escalate to tongue dancing, this being her first one), the pesky need for air got in the way and Wanda was forced to pull away from the boy she had come to develop feelings for. With a breathtaking sigh, Wanda pulled away and opened her eyes, not realizing that she had even closed them in the first place and was met with the sight of a flushed and slightly out of breath Xander his eyes wide as he stared at Wanda with a new sense of wonder. Wanda herself felt warm all over a feeling not familiar to her, but she di want to explore it. In her daydreaming haze she heard Xander's unguarded thoughts which only served to fuel the fie burning in her body "wow…. She kisses like an angel…"
A small smile touched Wanda's lips at the thought she unconsciously heard and she couldn't help but raise her hand to her still quivering lips, hoping to stop the trembling. It was her first kiss and she had given it to her first crush and the only thing on his mind was the fact that to him she was an angel. He French Vanilla latte lay on the table forgotten the words echoing in her mind like the words of poem etched in her heart.
Xander must have noticed her daydreaming for he called out to her, gently ripping the Sokovian from her daydreaming. "Wanda you ok?" he asked a ripple of concern in his voice. Wanda quickly looked up at him and bit her lip suddenly afraid, her reasoning returning to her with a frightful vice grip. What did this mean for them? The thought of running again occurred to her but she held steadfast this time not wanting to push Xander further away. "I'm sorry Xander I shouldn't have…" she said her words trailing off. She couldn't believe what she had done Would he still accept her as a friend after this? No there was no going back after this.
"Don't be." Xander responded softly a small but sly grin appearing on his face "You didn't do anything wrong. I wanted to kiss you." As soon as he said that Xander sucked in a breath obviously thinking he said too much. Wanda herself couldn't believe it and she remained frozen in place from his words. what was she even supposed to say to that? She had wanted to kiss him too, but… she was at a complete loss for words and could only stare at her crush with a dazed heartbroken look on her face, causing Xander to look down, crestfallen as well. Wanda sensed that he felt that it was he that had done something wrong (which he didn't) and she finally managed to find her voice amid the awkward moment. "I wanted to kiss you too." She managed to squeak, barely loud enough to be heard. It was enough though, for Xander quickly looked up his eyes filled with what Wanda could only describe as hope and want, before his face broke into a wide smile and he said the words that Wanda for a time could only dream of hearing "Does this mean we are a couple now?" he asked fear making his voice wobble, his eyes never leaving Wanda's as he did so. Wanda, only smiled and after a few moments leaned forward and placed a chaste kiss on Xander's lips before whispering breathlessly "Yes".
Xander responded by kiss Wanda's lips softly before pulling away and asking "In that case would you like to have dinner sometime with me this week? We can exchange numbers and plan something whenever you are free. He said with a smile that made Wanda's heart flutter all the more and she eagerly grabbed her phone and handed it to Xander who quickly programed his number into it, Wanda sending him a text so he had her number as well. The two then finished their drinks and made their way outside the Starbucks, Wanda unable to keep the silly grin off of her face because she was with the boy she had been crushing on—No he was more than that. He was her boyfriend and she his girlfriend. It might have only been their second date but Wanda was overjoyed . If Pietro were still alive she imagined that he wouldn't like that, nor would any of the other Avengers, except maybe Natasha and Steve, who would take the time to tease and be happy respectively. Speaking of which she had to tell him before they parted ways. If he was scared she would understand but he needed to know the truth about her identity. Her name and status as an Avenger in training. As Xander turned to her to ask where she would like too go next, Wanda grabbed both his hands and gripped them tightly, looking directly into his eyes with a worried expression, causing her newfound boyfriend to look at her with worry in his eyes. "Wanda is everything ok?" He asked suddenly concerned by his new girlfriends behavior. Wanda herself realized she was being rather bipolar as she was ecstatic one moment then suddenly worried the next. She really needed to get a better hold of her emotions, but how was he going to react at the idea of dating an avenger? Either way he had a right to know. However before she could utter a single word her pocket vibrated with a ringtone that only Clint could have come up with ' I'm a Hex girl and I'm gonna put a spell on you! Gonna put a spell on you.' Sadly she never was able to change it. She had a nagging feeling Clint secretly told Friday to keep switching it back should she ever try to. Her dad had a wicked sense of humor. She blushed lightly and even Xander couldn't help but chuckle a little "You got to take that?" he asked Wanda mouthed a quick "excuse me" and turned around taking her phone and answering it. "Wanda Maximoff." She said curtly unable to keep the irritation out of her voice.
To her surprise she heard Natasha's voice coming out of the phone "Wanda? Where are you? Steve wants you back here pronto we have a lead on Rumlow and Steve wants the whole team ready to track in down in Prague, so whatever you are doing get here because we leave 3 hours ago." She said with an intense urgency in her voice. One the Sokovian was unable to ignore
Wanda hissed a curse and glanced back at Xander with sad eyes before turning around again and told Natasha "I'll be there within the hour." And hung up turning to Xander with an apologetic expression. "I'm sorry, but work called; they want me back and I'm afraid its going to be an extended business trip so I might not be available for a while" she said the lie slipping easily off of her tongue like water.
Xander smiled sadly and nodded, but thankfully didn't question why she had to leave or what she even did that required an 'extended business trip' instead saying "'You have my number, so give me a call when you are back in town." He said.
Wanda nodded and threw her arms around Xander giving him another kiss before saying "I will." She didn't want to let go of him, but unfortunately duty called so she let go of him and forced herself to turn around and run back to her motorcycle so that she could make her way back to the New Avengers Facility.
Meanwhile Xander stood watching Wanda's retreating back with a rather goofy grin on his face happy to finally see Wanda again. The only thing that worried him was how secretive she was being but he wasn't going to invade her privacy. If she had anything she wanted to tell him, then she would when she was ready. Taking one last look at Wanda. Xander turned and walked away.
By the time Wanda returned to the compound, the morning had given way to the early afternoon, meaning that she was extremely late for whatever preparation that Steve had tried to mobilize on such short notice, which meant that Wanda would probably have to listen to a lecture from the old time super soldier, even though he was the one that technically let her go in the first place. Granted Wanda had snuck out like a rebellious teen instead of actually telling anyone where she was going so it wasn't completely his fault, nor anyones fault really since no one was expecting Rumlow to suddenly pop up on their radar. It did add to Wanda's chagrin however, solely because her day with Xander was ruined mere minutes into their second date.
It was just like the universe had it out for Wanda ever since she joined the avengers. She lost her hometown, her brother and now she couldn't even spend more than an hour with her new boyfriend before her job had to rear its ugly head. She needed to talk to Steve about taking a leave of absence after this considering she really hadn't had a break from training in the past six months aside from the days off Steve gave them so that they wouldn't hurt themselves. but despite Steve's sympathy, no amount of begging or sweet talking was going to get her out of this situation with Rumlow. All hands were needed on deck and it was time for Wanda to put her training to the test.
Didn't mean that she was going to like being pulled away from her date though. Steve was going to hear it from her for sure after this mission. That is if Wanda wanted to reveal to anyone that she had a boyfriend. But now was definitely not the time to be considering revealing that to anyone.
Wanda begrudgingly parked her bike in its usual spot, grumbling about her situation, before she hopped off the vehicle and made her way out of the hanger and into the main compound, going to the meeting room, where she found Steve Natasha Rhodes Sam and Vision waiting for her. All of their eyes were on her and Wanda couldn't help but feel small and quite a bit irritated under their collective gaze and unable to take it after a few seconds blurted out an angry "What?!" inadvertently activating her powers, her hands blazing with scarlet energy and her eyes glowing a crimson red. Sadly no one appeared shocked by her actions, with their reactions as small as flinching, at best. Steve just shot her a warning look and said with a slightly angry authoritive edge in his voice "Nice of you to join us Wanda." He said leaving no room for arguments. Realizing that her display was getting her no where, Wanda willed herself to calm down her powers dissipating, and she quickly made her way to her seat, looking her best to seem as if nothing happened.
Unfortunately for Wanda she could barely concentrate on the meeting due to the fact her mind continually return to Xander and the kiss that they had shared. Her head was still spinning from that kiss. Was this how everyone was after they had their first kiss? It was a feeling that she wished would never end or at the very least revisit from time to time Well she had no time to think about it because if she continued to be distracted everyone would be bound to notice. Sadly it was harder than it seemed; for every word Steve said, the more Wanda thought of Xander and the very idea that they would be able to go out on another date this time for dinner instead of coffee. The very idea of a candlelight dinner was so romantic. It was making her sigh and her heart race just thinking about it.
Damn did she have it bad. She needed to talk to Clint about this, since he was the only one who knew Xander and wouldn't ask millions of questions about her crush (though he would definitely tease her about it.) since he was the only Avenger she trusted to talk to about a relationship as he was the only one whom she knew to be married that wasn't a narcissist.
Can you tell she hated Tony Stark despite getting over the fact his weapons killed her parents?
Nevertheless after roughly an hour of briefing from Captain America, where it was decided that Rhodey and Falcon would go to prague to check out the leads on Rumlow Wanda excused herself from the room and made her way back to her quarters but before she could even leave the conference room, Natasha's voice rang in her ears. "Wanda wait." Cursing in Sokovian under her breath, Wanda turned to see Steve and Natasha looking at her with somber almost disappointed looks. Annoyed by the interruption, Wanda folded her arms and spat an angry "What!" at everyone that was just staring at her.
Steve and Natasha didn't even blink and that was when Wanda realized her mistake. Being in love was causing her very erratic mood swings. Either that or she was on her period, but Wanda hadn't really been paying attention to that. Either way she was in a bit of trouble and would have to explain herself.
Natasha shook her head and gave Wanda a scathing look. "Wanda normally we wouldn't be talking about this but don't think we didn't notice during the briefing that you seemed distracted. Did it have something to do with the fact you were missing all morning?" she asked.
Wanda's angry face crumbled and her eyes widened in shock and embarrassment at the fact she had been caught. She thought she had been careful and no one would notice but that's when she realized that the two, being the leaders of the Avengers probably just looked at any security footage to see Wanda sneak off into the city on her own when she really wasn't supposed to without supervision since the team was worried about her being on her own and she needed to be available should a mission come up .
She even had the grace to blush a slight pink, since she knew exactly where this was going to end up but she had no choice. It wasn't like she was going to be able to lie to them; Natasha was the one to teach her how to lie and she was a damn good one, shed be able to detect a lie from Wanda before Wanda could read Natasha's mind. She just didn't want to deal with the prodding of her personal life as a result of revealing that she went on a date. Unfortunately, before Wanda could shake her blush, Natasha went on the offensive raising her eyebrow "You met someone didn't you?" she asked causing the pink tones on Wanda's cheeks to darken to a rich plum. Steve followed this up with a rather genuine smile "Seems our little girl is growing up." He said sharing an amused glance with Natasha before they looked back at Wanda who just wanted the ground to swallow her up right now. "so what if I did?" she asked though her voice warbled considerably from embarrassment.
Steve, god bless that man, made his way up to Wanda and bent down on one knee so he could be more on her eye level and placed a hand on her shoulder. Wanda shook off her blush and looked Steve in the eye waiting for him to speak. "Its ok Wanda it is perfectly natural for a girl your age to explore romance. I did when I was your age…."
"Which was 100 years ago" Natasha cut in smirking causing Wanda to giggle as Steve looked back at Natasha with a small glare. He turned back to Wanda and continued. "Its none f our business what you do with your personal life, we were just worried after we realized that you were gone. Next time let me or Natasha know ok?" he said with a rather warm smile
Wanda couldn't help but roll her eyes at Steve's words (much to the old man's annoyance). He meant well, but he was far too old fashioned for Wanda's tastes, which was a bit unsettling at times. but she didn't need him to lecture her about having friends let only a relationship. She was an Avenger; she could handle anything.
"Just bring protection if you plan to go out with your boyfriend" Natasha teased. Wanda's face exploded with heat, as did Steve's who stood up and whirled around to look at the former SHIELD agent "Natasha!" the yelled in unison at the red head who continued to cackle at their expense. Steve just stood there dumbfounded by Natasha's nerve but Wanda was taking in much harder since she realized what Natasha was insinuating and what that would mean for her relationship.
In that moment, Wanda did the one think anyone in her position would do. Unable to take the teasing, with her cheeks blazing scarlet, she turned and all but ran from the room at speeds her brother would have been jealous of leaving the two older Avengers behind. She didn't stop running until she reached her room and slammed the door shut behind her. Never before in her life did she ever think about the subject and because of Natasha, she certainly was now! Slumping to the floor Wanda tried to calm her racing heart, placing her hand over her chest, steadily feeling her heartrate go down but her cheeks remained the same red color they were and it was definitely not because she was out of breath thanks to her run. Going out with Xander again certainly wasn't in the cards right now and she didn't want to talk to her teammates since the last thing she wanted was to deal with Natasha again or anyone else for that matter in case they heard what had happened and she was to embarrassed to face anyone anyway. this was more humiliating then the time Vision accidently saw her underwear and her almost naked. God why was being in love making her life so crazy? She seriously needed to have a talk with them about their teasing, lest she force them under her spell. Sure she might get in trouble for it, but it would be so worth it
Wanda sighed before standing from her position. Maybe a work out would help clear her mind of all the annoyances that was her teammates words. The day was still young and she could use some exercise. Going to her closet she changed into a more appropriate outfit for a workout; nothing fancy just a t shirt and some gym shorts, before she made her way outside of her room. luckily there didn't seem to be anyone outside the door waiting to ambush her for more questions. Smiling she closed her bed room door behind her and made her way to the gym in the facility, which thankfully seemed to be empty and went to the nearby weight rack where she put on an appropriate amount of weight and took it to the bench press. As she did her sets, her mind wandered to Clint and what he would think of Xander now that she was officially dating him. She didn't know much about what Clint knew of Xander; all she knew was that they were neighbors, and Clint's farm was in a very rural area with very few people so Clint must have known Xander or the vey least his parents for some time given his familiarity with Xander's last name during Wanda's stay there. Perhaps it was best to learn more about Xander from Clint, since while she had Xander's number and could learn more about him directly, Clint probably knew more than Xander was willing to admit, despite already bring in a relationship.
But she would worry about that after she finished her workout. Time went by without much thought as Wanda continued her exercise routine for the next hour or so doing every workout she could think of for the day. As she finished her sets on the last machine she was working out with, she heard the door to the Gym open and in walked Vision. After that fiasco involving her near nakedness Vision had properly learned when to use the doors even if privacy wasn't an issue since it wasn't exactly commonplace to phase between walls everywhere one went. Dear god sometimes Wanda hated when she was alone with the Vision due to the fact he was like a child that needed to be tutored and nurtured, despite the Infinity Stone in his forehead granting him "Knowledge". Then again it wasn't like she knew any more about the darn think then he did, as no one really talked about it. Yet the two strangely had a bond, that was one thing she couldn't deny after he had saved her life in the battle of Sokovia, so they were friends but still.
Though that didn't answer the question of why he was in the workout room. Unlike normal flesh and blood humans like herself Vision had no need for exercising his body since he was an artificial being. So why wa he in here in the first place. Wanda sat up from the machine and watched as the Vision came towards her. Ever step he took was deliberate his stance emanating pride and confidence. It almost reminded her of Pietro as he walked with a similar cocky stance.
But at least her brother didn't share Visions naivety at the world. Getting up from the bench machine Wanda shakily walked towards the Vision trying not to look foolish after a very heavy workout routine. Hard to do hen your body is sore and you are sweating very hard. Gulping and feeling a little self conscious Wanda tried to hide her unease and quickly asked "Vision? What are you doing here?" she bit her tongue to prevent herself from asking any more obvious questions. The android was abound to let her know why he was here anyway.
The Vision smiled and said "Good Afternoon Wanda," very cheerfully "I just spoke with Captain Rogers," Oh dear god please let this not be about Wanda's love life. She knew Steve would never tell a soul and unless Vision was merely curious wouldn't bring it up, but if that was indeed the case here, Wanda really hoped that he would be tactful enough to realize that she didn't want to talk about it. " and I was wondering if you wanted to join us in seeing a movie in the common room?" he said
Wanda let out a sigh of relief at that, thankful that the earlier conversation didn't seem to reach the ears of the other Avengers and she smiled brightly. "I'd love too." She said before looking down at herself "Let me get ready though first" she said before quickly leaving the room to go take a shower. At the very least going to this movie would keep her mind off of the troubles that she was currently facing and she could enjoy some down time with her friends.
Boy, Wanda wished she could never be any more wrong. An hour after showering and getting comfortable to watch the movie in the common room with her two compatriots, Wanda was ready to fall asleep. The movie she was watching with Steve and the Vision was something that wasn't really holding her interest though the other two were loving it. Steve because it was something new and exciting and Vision because it was something new and exciting. Basically it was like she was living with two children that saw the greatest in everything. Either way she wasn't really having the best of times. In short she was the only on not really enjoying the movie as much as the other two and really wanted to do something else. Maybe it just wasn't her type of movie. She had seen a few during her time and this was just one that wasn't holding her interest as much. Then again it was an older movie that Steve hadn't managed to watch yet according to him and Wanda was just a teenager who spent her recent vacation watching Disney movies with two little kids. Maybe her brain needed a bit of rewiring considering that vacation was meant for her to just act like a kid again.
No the movie was just terribly boring to her. She almost wished that she was on the mission to Prague with the others right now, but unfortunately Rhodey and Sam had already left to scout out the area. Which left her in the most boring scenario tat she could think of right now
She needed an excuse to get out of there fast. Thankfully it seemed that luck was on her side for as she sat there, her new phone vibrated in her pocket. Taking a quick look at her pocket, Wanda eyes widened. wondering who would be contacting her now, she slipped her hand in her pants pocket and pulled it out slightly, her eyes widening when she saw the name on the phone. It was Xander contacting her. A wide smile appeared on her face as she realized that she could use Xander as a way to get out of watching this movie and have fun talking to her new boyfriend. She quickly but stealthily got up from the couch, and muttered a quick excuse me to Steve and Vision, who turned and looked at Wanda when she got their attention, pausing the movie as they did so.
"I have to take a quick phone call, don't mind me" she said before walking out of the room to talk with Xander in private.
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