Hey guys! This is quite a short chapter just to finish off SICK. So let me know what you guys want to see, this is only my first fanfiction so please feel free to tell me about any mistakes. Thanks, Becca. P.S I do not own Marvel or any characters.

A faint beeping was the first thing Natasha heard when she regained consciousness. *shit* she cursed *hospital*. She slid one eye open and was immediately greeted by the face of a very concerned Asgardian less than 2 inches from her face.

"Lady Natasha is awake everybody!"he boomed, still in close proximity to her face. Natasha squeezed her eyes shut tightly and heard a voice telling Thor to back off and give her her space.

When she reopened her eyes she could see Steve and Bruce standing by a door, Tony was sat on a chair in the corner of the room, Thor was looking sheepish by the bed she was laying in. Clint was sat by her right hand, holding it gently in his. Everything was blurry, spots still danced in her vision. Clint's face swam into view,

"Hey" he spoke quietly, noticing how Natasha cringed when thor spoke earlier.

"Hey" she replied, her voice came out raspy and cracked.

"Just tired my arse", he rolled his eyes at her and she gave him a guilty look.

"Where am I?", it had just occurred to her that she was now lying in a bed with a plastic IV sticking out of her arm.

"The infirmary in the avenger's tower, we finished it last week," Bruce answered swiftly.

"Oh..." Natasha said, playing with the hem of the thin blanket that covered her legs and torso while avoiding eye contact with the others.

"Red, you fainted." Tony's voice faltered as Natasha shot him a look "ok, 'passed out', what were we supposed to do?"

"You should have just left me", her voice came out as barely a whisper but they all heard it clear as day

"Why on earth would we do that?"Clint asked gently, pulling her chin up to meet his eyes.

"It's what they would have done" Natasha was close to tears at this point, her voice breaking more and more with each word. Clint pulled her into a light hug as Steve stepped towards the bed. "You know Nat, you're a part of this team, this family now, you can trust us" his voice was soft but Natasha could tell he meant every word.

"I know"

"So why didn't you tell us about your side?"

Natasha looked shocked as she registered Tony's question, she returned her gaze down to the blanket hem and started playing with it again.

"Hey Nat" Clint laid his hands on top of hers, forcing her to stop. She turned to look at him, a single tear cascading down her face. "You don't ever have to go back there, your with us now"

Natasha nodded her head slightly then asked "So what happened?"

Tony stood up from his seat and walked over while smirking to himself, "Basically little red, when you 'passed out' Legolas there nearly fell flat on his face to get to you. Then he was yelling at Bruce to figure out what was wrong with you, then point break over there waltzed in all happy looking. After explaining to him that you had fainted- sorry 'passed out', Merida scooped you up and took you here. There we discovered that your appendix was about to rupture so capsicle called SHIELD medical, and 6 hours later here we are"

"Erm, you forgot the part where you nearly fainted when you saw the blood" Steve chuckled slightly as Tony turned a nice shade of pink.

"Blood?"Natasha asked

"Yeah, you cut your head on a piece of the mug when you collapsed" Clint answered

"Oh." Natasha reached up slowly to the back of her head, only to be met with a fresh piece of gauze taped to her head. She smiled weakly and tried to sit up a bit, to ease the uncomfortable position she was in. Clint's strong-arm swiftly caught her shoulder and pushed her back down slowly.

"Nuh-uh Nat, you just had surgery. Your on bed rest until Bruce clears you"

Natasha tried to look annoyed but to be honest, she was relieved to finally have a break from all the chaos. She tried to stifle a yawn that crept up on her, but failed miserably, only succeeding in making it bigger.

Clint chuckled and said softly "Get some rest Nat, you need it"

The other avengers took that as there queue to leave and muttered goodbye's of some kind as they exited the room. Clint went to get up but Natasha's hand caught his arm and pulled him back. He turned back towards her and saw the fear in her eyes as she asked, "Will you stay with me?"

"Always Nat", he sat back down in his chair and pressed a soft kiss to her forehead, never once letting go of her hand.