Chapter 10 - Pizza
The Avengers order a pizza for dinner that night. Steve typically cooks dinner so they don't know quite what to do without him. 'Oh well' Clint thinks as he goes to pick it up 'pizza is good.'
He walks into the pizza shop singing:
"Runnin' through the forest Jumpin' fences, dodgin' trees An' tryin' to get away Contemplatin' nothin' But escape an' fin'lly makin' it Oo-de-lally, Oo-de-lally Golly, what a day"
"Hello, Clint!" the teenager behind the counter calls "Is Mr. Rogers out again?"
"Hey there Parker! That's not the only time we order pizza, is it?" Parker nods and shrugs. "Humph". Clint says "I suppose it is. Is our order ready?"
"Let me just go check on them" Parker walks to the back of the store and Clint starts singing "Oo-de-lally, Oo-de-lally
Golly, what a day
Oo-de-lally..."
"Here you are, Clint. A large supreme without olives and large meat lovers with extra cheese. And" he grabs a box from behind the counter "a cinnamon pizza."
"How much is it today, Parker?"
"Same as always" Parker laughs.
Clint hands Parker thirty dollars then takes the pizzas and heads back to the tower.
"Honeeeey. I'm hoooooooooooome" Clint calls as he walks in.
"It took you long enough" Tony grumbles as he opens the pizza boxes.
"Has anyone heard from Steve?" Clint asks.
"No" Natasha answers as she puts two slices of supreme pizza on her plate "I hope he's doing alright. If he doesn't come home tonight someone will have to go check on him in the morning. Visiting hours start at 10."
"So, what are we going to do tonight?" Tony asks nonchalantly.
"Uh eat and then go to bed?" Sam answers as he starts to eat his pizza.
Tony shrugs "Well we could watch a movie or play a game."
The others look at him as if he's crazy.
"Man," Sam says, pausing with a slice of pizza halfway to his mouth, "Bucky is in a coma and Steve is all by himself in the hospital. We can hope that he's still alright and not going crazy and you want to watch a movie or play a game?" Sam looks around and sees that Clint, Bruce, and Natasha agree with him. Sam shakes his head, "Are you not worried?"
"Well yeah," Tony says as he grabs a plate for himself, "but there isn't anything we can do for them. They are in the best place they can be right now an..." Tony pauses as someone knocks on the door, "Who could that be?"
Everyone shrugs so Clint gets up to see who is at the door. He opens the door to see a young lady, who was just a little shorter then he was, with chestnut hair and deep, intense, eyes. "Hi there. Can I help you?" he asks her.
"Oh, hello. No, well yes. See I have a delivery" she says as she holds out a box "May I come in for a moment?"
"Sure thing. We were just eating dinner," Clint says and reaches for the box, "Let me get that for you."
"Oh, I've got it," she starts "well alright" she says as he takes the box from her anyway. "I'm sorry to interrupt your meal."
"It's no problem" Natasha says as she takes her plate to the kitchen.
"What's that?" Bruce asks as Clint sets the box down on the table.
"I don't know. Miss uh" he looks to the lady "what's your name?"
"I'm Jamie. I work in IT downstairs" she smiles.
"Why are you making deliveries?" Tony asks as he peers into the box.
"There seems to have been a mail mix-up. When we opened this package and none of us knew what it was or recalled ordering anything, we figured it must be Mr. Stark's."
"Ah yes" Tony says, nodding his approval "this is the stuff for me to finish the upgrades on my suit."
"Oh, this is what you were telling me about" Bruce says as he picks up a strange tool.
"So," Jamie says to Natasha "I don't mean to be intrusive but, how is Mr. Barnes doing? I heard about his fall."
Natasha smiles at the concerned look on her face, "We actually haven't seen him. The doctor says he's doing pretty well though."
"I see," Jamie nods, "if there is anything you need, let me know."
"Sure thing" Clint says "but I think we'll be alright."
"Well, you know where to find me!" Jamie smiles and nods then opens the door to leave "Enjoy the rest of your evening!"