~May 18, 2015~
The days they were all cooped up in the New Avengers Facility seemed to drag on but they found ways to entertain themselves. Tony continues to work on constructing ideas for the facility. Helen and Vision gets to have a chance of a normal friendship bonding. Natasha and Steve had competed in the most intense chess match anyone has ever seen, Helen witnesses this with an impressed look on her face. Surprisingly, Clint gets to visit his team for maybe a few days, just to see how his best friend was doing after Bruce's disappearance. Helen, Natasha, and Wanda spent some quality girl time together, watching movies and eating junk food. Clint, Thor, and Tony had tried to outdrink one another once in the evening, however, the Norse God as always won that round while Steve, Sam and Rhodey also got themselves a sip of their drinks and just to watch their friends getting themselves drunk. All in all, they had gotten through the rough period without messing with one another, and that was completely fine in Helen's eyes.
Today, she decided to take Steve to Coney Island as their second date. Despite not going out to have that much fun, it is nice for Helen to have some good time while having a week off from her work to spend more time with him. However, they are not going alone. Ever since Helen and Thor got along pretty well as good friends and he talks about his girlfriend, Jane, most of the time, she insists on inviting her over for a double date. At first, she thought about inviting Tony and Pepper but realizing that both were not a fan of amusement parks, so the idea of inviting them didn't sit well for her. Fortunately, the God of Thunder happily accepted the offer and tells his lady love about it.
Steve was in his casual attire wearing a navy blue Henley long-sleeve shirt and leather dark brown jacket with blue denim jeans when he went out of his room and going straight to Helen's, he had to chuckle as he saw her standing on the side of his door. She was leaning on the wall, patiently waiting for him to come out. This time, she was the one who was being incredibly punctual which just made Steve laugh at the sight of it. He looked over as she stood away from the wall and faced him. She was in a white V-neck t-shirt, dark denim jacket, and skinny blue jeans with some sneakers. Her hair was tied in a ponytail and didn't have any make-up on. Steve had always known that Helen's beauty never wavers in his eyes although she may be looked younger than her 25 years of age. He felt his heart skip a beat and his breath catch in his throat when she gave him a gentle smile for him as he did in return.
"Not anything close to what I had on the last time we first dated, right?" She said with a soft giggle.
"Well, you still look beautiful as always, doll." He grinned.
Helen shook her head at his words before placing her petite hand to his masculine one and walk together towards the living room to meet Thor and his girlfriend, Jane. To be honest, she is kind of excited and can't wait to enjoy this wonderful day with him along with Thor and his girlfriend.
"There you are! My friends!"
Thor called out to them with a happy smile on his face as Steve and Helen arrived inside the living room and approached the blonde-headed Norse God and the petite woman beside him. Both are wearing in their casual attire, He wore a red hoodie sweater, a denim grey jacket and rip black jeans, and his hair was tied in a low ponytail while the woman wore a long sleeve grey shirt and skinny blue jeans. The God of Thunder greeted Steve a brotherly pound hug before facing Helen and gave her a hand kiss.
"Thor, glad you made it." Helen smiled.
"Captain Steven and Lady Helen, please meet Jane Foster." His blue eyes looked down at her with admiration. "The greatest astronomer in Midgard, one of the most intelligent women I've ever known in the nine realms and the love of my life."
Steve and Helen's eyes widened in astonishment though not surprised at the Norse God's words, both knowing Thor well for speaking such noble declarations since he is the Prince of Asgard from another realm.
"Oh Thor, you really are amazing in so many ways and I love you for it." Jane looked up at him in awe and fondness before facing the two and greeted them. "Hi, it is nice to meet you both at last." She extended her hand with a polite smile. "Thor has told me all about you two."
Steve was the first to give a handshake and replied. "It is nice to meet you as well, Dr. Foster. Thor told me about you as well. He is very lucky to be with such an amazing woman like you."
"Thank you, Captain Rogers." Jane grinned with a tint of bashfulness in her at the very famous hero's compliments before reaching her hand towards Helen's.
"Hi, Dr. Foster. It is an honor to meet you." Helen responds to that handshake with a returned grin. "Thor talks about you all the time and I can tell how much he cares for you."
"Thor is such a great guy and I'm happy that he cares for me as much as I care for him."
"Good to hear. And also, he told me that you are studying the Einstein-Rosen Bridge where you developed revolutionary theory on wormholes as the Foster Theory, and your work on the Convergence has made you the world's foremost astronomer." Helen's interest for Jane's work increases with amazement.
"Yeah, it is true." Jane's eyes lit up with the same reaction as Helen's. "And Thor told me that you created a piece of medical technology that can heal injuries by grafting a simulacrum of organic tissues to your patients and having it bond to its cells."
"Yes, you heard it right."
Both women didn't realize that they are both handshaking for too long while looking at each other with smiles of wonderment. God, these two will immediately become best of friends without a doubt as Jane spoke out with a grin on her face.
"I think your creation of healing is very much amazing."
"And I think your work on the convergence is outstanding." Helen said with the same expression as Jane's.
"Oh my god, I have a great feeling we are going to get along very well."
"I couldn't agree with you more."
They both let go of their hand before lacing their arms on each other and walked together while continuing to chat about mostly science, the ladies didn't notice that their boyfriends stared at them with a mixture of astonishment and in awe. Steve didn't expect to see the sight of this but was very glad that Helen has found a female friend whom she shares a lot in common with her when it comes to her passion for science, Thor on the other hand, thought of the same thing as Steve's.
Both men then followed them from behind as the two walked casually while watching their women continuously having a heart to heart talk.
"So I assume that you are courting Lady Helen, am I right?"
Steve smiled sheepishly. "How did you know about that, Thor?"
"Stark told me a few days ago." Thor grinned.
The Captain scoffed. "Great."
"I am very well-pleased that you, the great Captain America finally has the lady love of his life. Lady Helen is very lucky to have someone like you, Steven." The Norse God gave him a manly pat on the Captain's back.
"No." Steve shook his head while gazing at Helen's figure in front of him with a soft smile as he calmly said.
"I was the one who is very lucky to have someone like her."
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Once they arrived at their destination, Steve's eyes widened at the sight he was seeing. It has been a long time since he last saw this area, the last place he and Bucky used to go together as best friends when they were young.
"So that's the surprise? Our second date is you taking all of us to Coney Island?" He asked with a small grin, glancing back at Helen who gets to be one driving her car as she parks it on the parking lot.
She giggled while turning off the engine of her car. "Maybe that's not the only surprise. C'mon, soldier." She said with a soft laugh. "We don't want to keep the other couple from the back seat, waiting to enjoy the fun."
Both can hear Thor's thunderous but cheerful laughter as he spoke out loud. "Lady Helen's right, Steven. I will not deny that I wanted to experience how you Midgardians enjoy yourselves for fun."
"I'm sure you will, Thor." Jane smiled with a wink.
All of them went out of the car before Helen locks all of the doors and windows of the vehicle then went straight towards the amusement park to have fun. Steve laughed as Helen started to drag him in the direction of the Cyclone, the same can be said with Thor who was also dragged by Jane. The Captain had bad memories of that roller coaster but if Helen wanted to ride it, he'd get on with it. He couldn't seem to tell her 'no' after all, at least not all of the time. He wanted to avoid this ride altogether but for her, he would ride it. The whole place was a bit different than he remembered, but some things never changed. The smells and the sounds were still so similar to what he remembered the last time he'd been here. The sights, however, were a bit different. Still, Steve remembered what it had felt like to ride The Cyclone with his best friend and he certainly felt some apprehension now.
Helen laughed as she saw the look on Steve's face when they got in the line for the roller coaster. Clearly he wasn't looking forward to getting on the Cyclone with her including Thor and Jane who both are excited to get on the ride. She, however, was practically bouncing a bit and can't help but let out her childlike instinct as she waited in line with him and their friends. "You're looking a little green there, Steve." She said while giggling, slightly poking him in the side of his arm. It was kind of amusing to see how nervous Steve looked right now. Helen never would've guessed that he would have been afraid of riding the Cyclone. "Are you scared? I never would have thought that a big, strong military man like yourself be scared of a roller coaster?"
"Says the woman who was not very keen on speeds while riding on my Harley bike." He rolled his eyes with a small tint of annoyance though he quickly smirks in amusement when he sees the embarrassed look on her face.
"That's different." Helen nervously chuckled.
"Yeah keep telling yourself that, Soo-hyun. And I'm not scared, just so you know." Steve said while shaking his head in denial. He did his best to keep his voice from betraying him right now. He thought it might crack a little if he wasn't careful but thankfully his voice didn't betray him.
He watched the people climbing into the cars to get on the ride next. He swallowed hard as he saw the ride starting to move then he looks at Thor and Jane from behind, both staring at each other with sweet intimacy and grinned with excitement like eager kids before he gazes at Helen. She had a bright smile on her face as they took a few steps closer to the front of the line. Steve wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her closer as he whispered in her ear. "Doll, can't we just ride something else first?"
Helen looked up at him and giggled as she shook her head. She could tell that he didn't want to get on the roller coaster but this was the one ride that she knew that they couldn't miss. "No. Absolutely not, babe." She said with a teasing smile, turning around in his arms as they waited for their turn on the Cyclone. "The Cyclone is first. Then we can check out the other rides. Look at it this way. I didn't make you eat anything before we got in the line. I made that mistake once when my parents treat me to go on riding the roller coaster after I won at the Science Fair. Worst day of my life. My dad thought it was hilarious though."
"You threw up on this ride before?" Steve asked, raising an eyebrow at her. This wasn't something he was expecting to hear but it made him feel a bit better about the fact that he'd thrown up on the Cyclone before.
Helen blushed while shrugging, looking at the line in front of them. She wouldn't have told just anyone about that but she trusted Steve for it was easy to tell him things and it seemed like admitting that she'd thrown up after riding the roller coaster made him feel better right now so she didn't mind that she'd told him.
"I did." She said with a soft chuckle. Helen shook her head a little as she admitted it, feeling her cheeks growing rosy a bit although she continued on with her story anyway. "It was very embarrassing. I kind of told my parents that I wanted some food before going to the ride but they told me that it's a bad idea to eat first before riding it. Yet I didn't listen as I have eaten a hotdog plus some chocolate bar, cotton candy, and nachos from my dad's expense. I was completely stuffed and then my stomach did all sorts of flips. I remember my dad said 'I told you so' to me while helping me out of this nausea I'm feeling."
Steve chuckled slightly. "I'm sure you've learned your lesson about that matter."
"Oh yeah, I learned my lesson." Helen nodded and said out pointedly. "Never eat first before riding on the thrill rides."
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Helen was holding Steve's hand, her arm hooked with him as they walked away from the roller coaster. "Now that wasn't so bad. Was it?" She said with a giggle.
Steve chuckled as he shook his head. "No, you're right. It was fun." He said while wrapping his arm around her waist when suddenly, they both hear Thor yelled out from behind after he got out of the ride.
"That was fun! ANOTHER!" He fist pumps into the air with a happy grin on his face, causing the people to look at the God of Thunder in amusement before going back to their places. Steve and Helen laughed at the sight they were seeing as Jane calms her boyfriend down while she lowers his fist with a chuckle.
"Next time, okay?"
Thor happily nodded before he asked. "So where to next?"
"How about riding the Tilt-A-Whirl?" Jane suggested, pointing at the direction of the ride.
"That would be great." Helen agreed with her new friend's choice.
"Looks exciting, I want to try it!" Thor grinned.
Steve laughed, knowing that he has no choice. He was going to let her take on what she enjoys where they went, what they rode on and what they did next. He had never seen this side of her, he was used to seeing her being a calm, gentle, and kindhearted woman. But on what he is seeing right now, made him smile a lot more. Helen could be a bit of a force of nature as it seemed and he was willing to let her have her way. It really wasn't that bad after all. So far, Helen was really having a good time and that was all that Steve was concerned about.
"You sure are enjoying yourselves, aren't you guys?" He asked with a chuckle before looking at Helen who gave him an amused smile. It was clear that she liked rides that got her adrenaline pumping, and that was actually interesting to him. Before she told him that she didn't like fast vehicles but he can assume that it's because his Harley doesn't have seat belts. It seems very possible for him. Yet Steve never would've pegged Helen for enjoying thrill rides. "After that, then what?"
"What about the slingshot?" She asked while trying to hide her smile. She raised her eyebrow at him when she said it and tries herself not to laugh. Maybe she was picking the rides on purpose to see which ones Steve wasn't comfortable riding and which of the ones he was okay with. Mostly Helen was trying to pick the ones she enjoys while he was still willing to let her pick the rides. She would've let Steve pick a ride or two if he wanted to but Helen wanted to pick the fun ones while she could.
She notices Steve making a little scrunched up face at her current pick and couldn't help but laughed about it. Clearly he wasn't excited about getting on any more of the thrill rides. Helen was all for playing some games though, so she was going to let Steve get his way this time.
"Okay, fine." She said with a defeated sigh though still smiling. "The Tilt-A-Whirl next and then we'll grab a snack, and play some games."
Steve shook his head, laughing. He didn't want her to do anything that she didn't want to do but he kind of wanted to get on a few rides that weren't going to possibly make him dizzy and throw up. "How about we ride the Wonder Wheel?" He asked before adding. "After the Tilt-A-Whirl."
Helen smiled happily when he said it and nodded in approval. "We're getting in one of the cars that swings. It's more fun that way." She giggled. "There are bumper cars too. Then games and snacks. We can even all go to the beach for a bit if you want.
"I'm up for all of it." Jane raised her hand slightly with an eager smile before facing her Norse God boyfriend. "What do you think, Thor?"
"Well, I really was enjoying the first ride and I hope to have more fun on the other rides. So why not?" Thor grinned in response.
"Then it's settled." Helen clapped her hands with a grin then faced Steve who chuckled softly as he headed to buy their riding tickets. "You have it all planned out, huh doll?" He kissed the top of her head while paying a few tickets for them and let Helen lead them to the Tilt-A-Whirl.
"Well I was the one who suggested the idea for our second date, so yes I did." She looked up at him and gave him a small wink as they got in a much shorter line for this ride. "You can't tell me that you're not having fun though."
Steve laughed with a nod. "I am. I'm having a very good time." He said as he held out his hand to Helen, and as soon as she places her hand in his, he twirled her and pulled her close as if they are dancing like their first date. He was grinning when she giggled at the gesture then he kissed her forehead just before they were allowed on the ride until they heard Jane called out from behind.
"God, you two are so cute together." She squealed adoringly.
Thor agreed with a nod. "Steven is very lucky to have you, Lady Helen."
Steve and Helen both felt a blush on their cheeks though they smiled in response and thanked them before he let her pick where they were going to get in and smiled as Helen got settled next to him. Fortunately, Thor and Jane were not far from them as they are nearby in the second row upfront.
"Are you ready?" Helen asked with her eyebrow raised at him. When Steve gave her a confused look, she laughed softly. "I like making this thing spin faster a bit. You better be ready. When I say lean, lean with me. It'll spin faster that way."
"What is it with you wanting to ride things that go fast, doll?" Steve asked with a chuckle as the lap bar got pulled down on them.
"Just. Enjoy. The ride, wang-ja-nim." She gave a mischievous smirk and started to laugh as the ride begins to start up. He too laughed along and watched Helen, just so he knew when to lean with her since she wanted to make this thing spin as fast as possible.
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Meanwhile, at the Avengers Facility, Natasha was sitting on a sofa at the living room reading 'Warrior's Woman' when she heard Tony called out to her.
"Hey, Nat!"
She looked up to see him approaching her then made a deep annoyed sigh of him interrupting her reading the best moment of the chapter.
"What is it, Tony?" Her green eyes lowered down to continue reading the current chapter of the novel book. "Can't you see I'm busy reading this novel right now since this is my time off from work."
Ignoring her complaint, he begins to ask her. "Mind telling me where's Capsicle and Point Break at this time of the afternoon?"
Still looking down at her book while flipping the page to the next chapter before replying a bit casually.
"Both are having a double date with their girlfriends at Coney Island."
Tony's eyes widened with a mixture of incredulity and wonder. "Hold on, you're saying these two blonde-bombshells of our team are having a double date with their incredibly intelligent hot girlfriends at Coney Island?"
Natasha just shrugged, still gluing her eyes on the open book. "That's right."
The billionaire playboy just stood there for a short second until he exclaimed.
"HOLY SHIT!"
She rolled her eyes in exasperation at her friend's facetious manner. God, will he ever just pipe it down while she's still reading the best moments in this chapter? Natasha can't help but want to shove something to keep his mouth shut as she murmured out quietly.
"Oh Tony, you're such a kiss ass."
Helen Cho and Jane Foster as Nerdy BFFs are one of my best brotps, and it is one of the things I've wanted to write in this fanfic. I've always wanted to write Stelen and Fosterson's double date in this chapter, and it took me a few tries to make it look sweet and romantic but as always I feel like this is not best writing in my opinion. However, I hope you enjoyed this chapter. And also, their double date is not over. There will be more fluffy moments in the next chapter but also a tint of angst, so you better watch out!
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