Ugh. Monday morning. I walked down the stairs, planning to eat before heading out to school, only to see Clint in an intense conversation with Mrs. Vlasky. Fearing the worst, I backed out of the kitchen before they saw me and walked out to school, not worrying about breakfast.

I spent the entire day worrying about what they were talking about. I tried to focus in class but my thoughts kept wandering to the kitchen. I spent lunch alone as per usual. I only had about another week of this. It was June and I and skipped a grade meaning I would be a high school freshman starting in September. A new start. Maybe I could actually make some friends People who didn't see me as the little runt who lost her family to the invasion. By the end of the day, I was ready to go home and sleep but Clint had said 'see you tomorrow' meaning he was going to show up.

Fifteen minutes later, I was sitting on the roof, homework on my lap as I completed it. I had just finished my last question when he sat down beside me. I put the completed work in my bag and looked over at him.

"Hey Clint," I said with a smile.

"Hey Rae. Want to go see someplace cool today?" He asked, a grin on his face. Confusion etched across mine.

"Where?" I asked, suddenly curious.

"It's a surprise. You're just going to have to wait and see."

"Ughhh," I groaned loudly. "You know I hate surprises!"

"Well, you will like this one." He said grabbing my hand and pulling me up. As I followed behind him down the street, I realized that I had completely forgotten about the conversation I saw.

'Ehh, whatever. He isn't acting any different. Happier, maybe, but not bad.' I thought to myself. As we continued walking, the streets began to get crowded. Afraid of getting lost, I grabbed Clint's hand. He looked at me, smiled, and squeezed my hand. As we walked to the front of the Avengers tower, we came to a stop.

"Are you ready?"

"Ready for what?" I asked looking up at the tower.

"A tour of the tower. And meeting the people I consider family." He answered with a smile. I looked at him shocked.

"Really?" I asked, "Why would you do that?"

"Because I want to, and I consider you family also. I want all my family to know each other." I smiled up at him and gave him a hug.

"I consider you family too." I whispered just loud enough for him to hear me over the bustle of the city.

"Let's go on in." He said pulling away from the hug. "They're expecting us." With that he grabbed my hand again and pulled me into the building, through to the elevator. "Are the others on the main floor JARVIS?" Clint asked the air. I looked at him curiously until I heard another voice.

"No sir, they are at their usual locations." The disembodied voice said.

"Notify them that we are here and have them meet us on the main floor." He called out again.

"Of course, would you like to head to that floor now?"

"Yes, thank you JARVIS."

"You are welcome, sir." The voice said as the elevator started moving. I looked at Clint, curiosity gleaming in my eyes.

"Who is JARVIS?" I asked him.

"He is Tony's AI system. He runs the tower." Clint answered.

"Oh, cool!" I said as the elevator came to a stop and the doors opened. Clint practically pushed me out and threw me on one of the couches in the room. He seemed pretty excited. When he sat next to me, we chatted until I heard a voice call out from behind me,

"Little Birdie!" Letting out an inaudible groan, I turned to see Tony walking out of the elevator with a man that had short, curly hair and glasses. He saw me looking at him and smiled almost nervously. I gave him a small smile back. I was about to tell Tony to not call me 'Little Birdie' when the elevator opened again and a woman with short, red hair and a tall man with short blond hair stepped out. All four of them made their way over and sat down. The red head sat on the other side of Clint and the others spread around.

"Is Thor still on Asgard?" Clint asked the group. A chorus of 'Yes' could be heard. "OK then, we can start the introductions."

"Wait, Wanda should be here any minute." The redhead said placing a hand on Clint's shoulder. I smirked inwardly. There was definitely something going on there. Looking around, I saw that the others had seen it too. The elevator dinged, making me jump and the others laugh at my reaction.

A girl who looked to be about 16 stepped out of dressed in a red leather jacket. She came over to the group and sat on the other side of me.

"Well," Clint started, "now that everyone is here, we can start the introductions." The redhead spoke up first, apparently shocking everyone.

"I am Natasha, but you can call me Nat." Tony looked over at her, shock plastered on his face.

"She can call you Nat but I can't!?" He exclaimed. "No offense Little Birdie." Nat glared at him before turning back to me. I rolled my eyes at his antics and turned my attention back to Nat.

"Clint has told me all about you." She said with a faint smile, I looked at Clint then back to Nat.

"It's nice to meet you too," I politely replied.

Next was the scruffy haired man. He simply nodded to me "My name is Bruce," he said. I nodded back in greeting.

"Hello there ma'am, my name is Steve." The blonde man said from beside Bruce. I smiled in greeting.

"And I am th-"

"I know who you are Tony." I said cutting him off. He huffed and looked dejected when everyone laughed. The girl sitting beside me laughed slightly and stuck her hand out for me to shake.

"My name is Wanda, nice to meet you." She said with a slight accent. Shaking her hand, I replied.

"Nice to meet you too. I'm Raven but I'm sure you already knew that." Laughing, she nodded.

"OK!" Clint said standing up. "time for the tour." He pulled me off the couch with a smile and we walked toward the elevator.

"Wow, Birdie looks actually happy. He must really like the kid." I heard Stark say right as the elevator door closed. Looking at Clint's face, I could tell that he had heard Stark's comment. He looked kinda sad, yet happy at the same time. It was kinda confusing.

Clint showed me around the tower and ended on the roof. Smiling, I walked to the edge and sat down. Watching as the sun set. Wait, sunset? Crap! My curfew! Clint seemingly read my mind because he sat down.

"Don't worry about your curfew, I got permission from Mrs. Vlasky for you to be out late. It is a special day after all." He said with a smile.

"It is?" I asked looking at him curiously.

"Yep." He said popping the 'p' "I had a conversation with Mrs. Vlasky this morning, and she said that if you are willing, you could come and live with us at the tower. You could be a part of our family."

My brain went into overdrive. He wanted me to live with him? And the others were okay with it? I sat there for a moment. I assumed that Clint understood that I was processing as he said nothing and sat with me patiently waiting for my response. I mentally smiled at that. Slowly, I nodded. A grin appearing on my face. I threw myself at him and gave him a hug.

"I would love to." I said grinning into his chest. I felt him let out a sigh of relief, causing me to laugh. "What? didn't think I would say yes?" I asked him teasingly. He shook his head.

"Come on, let's go inside. It's getting cold out." He said standing up. Shrugging, I stood up behind him, a huge grin still on my face. I was going to have a family.