My mom, dad, and I all held onto each other for hours, Pepper wiped the tears off her face and we walked to the dining room. We ate chicken and I explained what happened in Asgard, everything. Frigga's death, Thor and I busting Loki out of jail, and how he died saving my life, my dad was confused on the last part. But I refused to go into further detail about Loki, instead I brought up an idea. That hopefully one day they can come to Asgard, just like Jane did. My dad would love to see all the different technology.
"What are you planning to do now that you're back?" Pepper said "College? Univeristy?"
"I was thinking of becoming an agent of SHIELD. Like Natasha."
"That's fine" My dad said "but school first, ok you finished high school early because SHIELD needed you. But you've done more than enough and have to get a good education."
"Ok I'll look at some schools tomorrow but, I'm feeling really tired."
"You've had a long day, you need to rest." Pepper said "Your room is still the same way it was when you left."
"And you can give me the armor so it can be fixed." My dad added
"Ok but, this is metal not found on Earth and…this belonged to my biological mother…so please don't ruin it."
"I promise"
We exchanged hugs and kisses before I went to my room. I placed my armor on the bed and climbed into the shower. It was no giant golden tub, but I still loved it. I loved being in the shower, I loved being in my room, I loved being on Earth again. When I was done my armor was gone and I changed into sweatpants and a black T-shirt.
"Hey JARVIS"
"Welcome home Ms. Stark" He replied
"Good to be home, can you connect me to Director Fury please."
"Of course" JARVIS turned on my TV but instead of seeing a movie I saw Fury in what looked like the helicarrier.
"Ms. Stark good to see you're alright after your suspension trick in Greenwich." Fury said "Care to tell me what happened."
"Thor and I were battling beings called the dark elves, the red stuff flying everywhere was their weapon the Aether." I explained "We managed to destroy the dark elves and take the weapon back to Asgard where it belongs."
"Good, but what about the levitation stunt?"
"I was being transported to Asgard at the same time I was falling. The energy kept me up."
"Alright, good to see you back on Earth Ms. Stark and hopefully we can meet for a possible job interview in Washington D.C."
"I'll have JARVIS check my schedule."
"Over and out"
The screen went black but I went through the SHIELD database, waving my hand in front of the screen to move through the digital files. I scrolled through until I found the name, Rogers. There I found him phone number and even his address. An apartment building in Washington D.C., I thought of whether or not to call but showing up would be more of a surprise.
The next morning,
I was driving down the freeway to D.C., my mom decided to take a day off to come with me to look at schools while my dad took over for the day. We went to a university and later checked out the Smithsonian. I kept under the radar by wearing a brown wig. As we walked through I noticed a Captain America exhibit, I decided to walk through while my mom looked at the model airplanes. There I saw pictures of Steve before the serum; I looked down at a picture of his small frame. He seemed, cute, to me strangely as a little guy. But I noticed he still had the same look in his eyes after the serum.
As I made my way through the crowd I noticed someone strange. Someone very tall and large, wearing a baseball cap and a jacket. When he stood in front of an exhibit the reflection of the glass showed his real face. Steve's face. I felt my heart suddenly burst, I wanted to run to him and hug him as tightly as I can. He seemed to notice me staring and turned around to face me. When we made eye contact everything around me was quiet.
"Steve" I smiled
"Kida" He said sounding shocked, he slowly moved towards me when the crowd moved.
"Hey look it's Pepper Potts" People yelled, a herd of people began to move and I was stuck in the middle of them.
"Steve!" I called out when I couldn't see him
"Kida!" He yelled back
But I was pushed by the current of people away from him and his voice diminished away. I managed to get out of the crowd but Steve was gone. So I found Pepper and we left, she noticed the sad look on my face.
"Kida what happened?"
"I saw Steve"
"Did you talk to him?"
"I couldn't, I got lost in the crowd when everyone saw you. We got separated before we could say hi."
"Kida I-"
"Can I go and say hi to him real quickly?" I blurted out, as I was driving I was driving to his apartment building and not New York.
"Absolutely, I'll wait in the car so you two can talk."
"Thanks mom"
By the time we reached the building the sun was setting, I took the wig off the fixed my long blonde hair. I looked down at my outfit high waist black pencil skirt and blue sleeveless crop top.
"How do I look?"
"Beautiful now go" She said as I climbed out the car
I walked inside where the door man let me in, I climbed up the stairs to his apartment. When I reached the top floor I could see his door right down the hall, I slowly walked down the hall and swallowed the lump in my throat. My fist shook as it stayed up in front of the door.
"Does he even want to see me?" I thought "Does he still have any feelings for so many years?"
I lowered my head and dropped my hand, I turned around to leave when I froze. Footsteps moved up the staircase and I saw him. He held a gym bag and his keys, when he looked up and saw me they both dropped on the floor. His face was frozen and I cracked an awkward smile.
"Hey Steve" I said "I'm back"
"You're really here" He said as he moved closer
"I really am"
He stopped when his face was inches away from mine. His hands moved up and cupped my face and I smiled more.
"Are you going to stare into my eyes all night?" I asked softly "Or are you going to kiss me?"
He smiled and without hesitation moved in closer and pressed him lips against mine. Fireworks exploded in my stomach as I wrapped my arms around him. I haven't felt this happy in years, when we pulled away we just smiled at each other.
"I missed you"
"I missed you too Steve, but you still owe me that milkshake." I smiled more
"How about dinner?"
Before I could answer our phones both rang, we pulled them out to see the same message from my dad.
"Kida's back, party at my place 8:00 everyone's invited."
"Looks like there's a party tonight." I said "Do you want a ride with me and Pepper?"
"Sure I'll be out in a second."
We smiled and he kissed my cheek, I felt my cheeks flush while he led me to his apartment. While he was changing I walked up to a shelf in the living room. It showed in during the war, with the Howling Commandos. The man next to him was the same man Steve was reading about in the Smithsonian. I assumed it was his close friend Bucky, then next to that was another photo of a woman. She was gorgeous with brown hair and blue eyes. I remembered her, she was Peggy Carter, and she became my idol when I read her file. She was a legend in SHIELD.
"Ready" I turned around to see him in a white shirt, black vest, and black pants. I smiled and whistled.
"Who's been shopping for you?"
"Romanoff gave this to me, said it's better than my grandpa clothes." He smiled and walked over to me and offered his arm.
"Natasha has good taste." I smiled back and wrapped my arm around his. We walked downstairs and drove to the tower in New York.
We made it there before the party, I rushed up to my room and changed into a knee length red dress. The straps tied around the back of my neck and my long hair covered it. I slipped on black ballet flats and walked outside. I didn't realize how long I was in my room, because when I walked out everyone was there. Rhodes, Jane, Darcy, Natasha, Clint, Maria, Bruce, everyone was there. I smiled as I moved around the room hugging everyone. When I finally found Steve on the balcony he was holding a white box in his hand.
"What's that?"
"It's your birthday present, I was hoping to give it to you a few months ago. But tonight seems like a good night to finally give it to you."
"Steve I-" He opened the box revealing a necklace, there was a bright blue gem with two rows of diamonds at the top and bottom. "oh my god Steve…it's beautiful. You know you didn't have to buy me anything."
"It is your birthday gift so yeah…" He pulled it out of the box and held it up. "May I?"
I turned around and held my hair up, he carefully placed the necklace on and wrapped his arms around me. I turned around and went onto my tip toes to reach his lips. When we kissed we both heard 'awe'. We looked inside and realized everyone was looking at us. I could feel my face change to the same color as my dress.
"Get it Kida!" Darcy yelled making everyone yell
"This is a PG-13 event everyone inside." My dad yelled.
We all laughed and went inside, for the rest of the night I talked to everyone and shared stories. But I would look around and see Natasha and Bruce together. I smiled at them, they make a cute couple. When the party died down I said goodbye to everyone, it was too late for Steve to drive all the way back to Washington so I insisted that he spend the night here. I changed into black shorts and a blue baggy shirt. Steve sat at the edge of my bed, he seemed worried about something.
"Steve are you alright?"
"It's just I never spent a night in a girls room before. I thought it would happen if I was married." He explained and I realized how different it was for him when he was growing up.
"It's ok we're just going to sleep ok? That's all." I kissed the top of his head.
"Goodnight"
"Goodnight Kida"
The lights turned off when we both lied down in bed, when I woke up later that night to get water I found him with his arm around me. I smiled, he was just too sweet, I decided to stay in my bed and held his large hand.
Morning,
Steve and I both woke up early to make breakfast, we walked to the kitchen together holding hands. We smiled until we saw Natasha and Thor in the kitchen. We froze when they stared at us, Steve was wearing on pajama pants and I was wearing a large shirt that covered my shorts with messy hair. Natasha had a sneaky grin on her face.
"Romanoff it is not what you think." Steve said
"Sure it isn't Rogers" She replied as she walked to me and wrapped her arm around me. She leaned over and whispered in my ear. "So how was it? Did you use protection?"
"Kida has finally mated with a man!" Thor said, his deep voice echoed in the halls. He walked to Steve and patted him on the back. "We must celebrate, not many mortal men are lucky to bed an Asgardian woman."
"WHAT IS GOING ON?!" My dad yelled from his room
"We didn't sleep with each other!" I yelled over Thor "Go back to sleep dad!"
Chapter Song
This is all so new
Seems too good to be true
Could this really be
A safe place to fall
-Lightweight by Demi Lovato
