Chapter Three: Who's The New Girl?
"So why'd you call us all here, again?" Wanda asked, settling into their usual booth with a hazelnut latte in hand.
"There's someone I want you to meet." Answered Nat. "She's an absolute force of nature, I think you guys are going to love her. She'd fit right in."
"Nat recruiting someone into our sacred circle? Scandalous!" Said Hope teasingly over the lid of her coffee.
"Trust me, she's great. She's been off defending the universe from one thing or another, I can't exactly remember."
"Ooh, another space girl. Maybe it's someone you know." Said Okoye with a playful nudge to Gamora's side.
"I don't know how to tell you that I can't know everyone from space." Gamora responded with a joking eye roll.
"You do realize how big the universe is, right, Okoye?"
"Says the Ant-Woman."
"Wasp!" Hope exclaimed, holding her hand to her heart in mock offense and causing the entire table to laugh.
"Oh, there she is." Said Nat, gesturing to a woman in a leather jacket dismantling a motorcycle.
"Tall, blonde, and gorgeous." Murmured Wanda, toying with her straw.
"She's not a french fry, Wanda." Whispered Hope, gaining an embarrassed "shhh!" from a blushing witch.
As the motorcycle woman entered and greeted Nat with a friendly hug, Gamora's jaw nearly dropped to the floor.
"Wait, Vers?!"
The blonde turned to her with a wide grin. "Gamora?! Oh my god, it's been forever!"
"No kidding! How've you been? How's Goose?"
"We're great! Things are finally settling down up there, so I figured l'd come back home for a bit."
"That's great!"
"And how are you and Peter?"
In response, Gamora put out her hand and revealed a sparkling opal ring on her finger.
"No way!"
Gamora nodded with a huge smile.
"I'm so happy for you guys! Send me a wedding invite if you have the room, okay?"
"Please, you're invited to the ceremony, the reception, the dress fitting, the bachelorette party…"
"I am so there!" the blonde responded as everyone sat back down.
Okoye leaned towards Gamora and whispered sing-song in her ear, "I called it."
"Oh, shut up!" She replied with a laugh and gentle elbow.
"Ladies, this is Carol. Also known as Captain Marvel or Vers."
"So nice to finally meet all of you!" Said Carol with a friendly smile.
"Carol, this is Wanda, Hope, Okoye, and Gamora."