Nina was on her tenth lap when they were all interrupted.
"Steve!" A cheerful, booming voice brought everyone to a halt.
"Shit. Wild card," Olivia said as she stopped next to Nina, jabbing her in the ribs. She hissed in pain and grabbed her side. It felt like her entire rib cage was one giant bruise.
"You pickin' this one up?" Olivia asked Katerina when she stopped as well.
"For the bet?" Katerina asked.
"Yeah," Olivia clarified.
"Is that Thor?" Nina asked, pointing at him but turning to the girls for confirmation.
"I don't know. Isn't he dating some...scientist or something?" Katerina asked, both of the girls completely ignoring Nina.
"Nah, that didn't last," Olivia waved her hand. She wasn't sure what woman was dumb enough to break up with the God of Thunder, but it had happened.
"Hm," Katerina pursed her lips, looking back and forth from Nina to Thor.
"Come on. Join the fun," Olivia tempted. "It's only two grand," This caught Nina's attention once again.
"Two grand? You're betting two grand on my love life?" Nina had never even owned anything that cost that much. Not by a mile.
"Ah, that's chump change," Olivia insisted, Nina scoffing loudly.
"When you all lose can I have it?" Olivia laughed and grabbed Nina's shoulder, once again way too hard.
"How about you think about that two grand while you're fucking a super hero," Olivia dropped her hand and ran off to join Steve and Thor.
"I'd rather have two grand," Nina mumbled to herself as she followed after her.
"Who is this?" Thor asked as soon as Nina got within earshot.
"Ah," Steve reached over to put an arm around her, something Olivia didn't miss. She wriggled her eyebrows at Katerina, who simply nodded at the scene unfolding. "This is Nina. She just joined us a few days ago. She's a healer," A blush crept up Nina's neck as she once again found herself the center of attention.
"A healer. How interesting," The god took a step closer to her, Steve's arm falling away from Nina as Thor took her hand in his and raised it to his lips. "It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance, my lady," Olivia frowned and Katerina did nothing to hide her smirk.
"You too," Nina stumbled over her words, making a fool of herself for the hundredth time in the last few days. She was starting to wonder if it was ever going to stop or if she should add it to her list of super powers.
"So," Thor clapped his his hands together, beaming at the four of them. "What are we doing today?" And that was how Katerina, Olivia, and Nina got out of five laps and witnessed the greatest race of all time. Thor was still boasting about his victory as they walked back to the tower. Steve was actually out of breath.
While Nina was trying really hard to get her swoll on, Thor decided it would be a great time to get to know her.
"What else do you do, little healer?" He asked her. He had planted himself on the floor next to her, legs crossed, looking at her like a child awaiting a story.
"Ah," She tried to think of a way to explain it in a quick enough way that she could keep her breath.
"Flower shit," Olivia answered for her.
"Flowers?" Thor laughed, the sound so abrupt and loud Nina all but dropped her weight. "That's adorable," Nina was pretty sure that, at the moment, there wasn't a damn thing adorable about her.
"Show me," Thor went back to beaming up at her from the floor.
"I don't have any," She pointed out, which sent Thor suddenly running from the building.