Chapter 31-Back at the Hospital

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Beni sighed as she made dinner for her and Bucky. She was making cheeseburgers for her and Bucky, who was currently out grocery shopping. After the night before he insisted on it, so she wasn't going to argue. Instead she was going to make a badass dinner for them both.

And then her cell phone rang.

She looked at the caller ID and rolled her eyes as she answered it.

"What's up, Tweety?" she said with a smirk.

"Tweety? Really?" Sam replied. Beni laughed.

"If it makes you feel any better, Steve is under 'Fossil' in my phone and my housemate is under 'Rupunzel.'"

"Ha ha. I guess I won't ask you what your plans are for Christmas."

"I'm not changing the name but go ahead and shoot."

"...Fair enough. I called to ask what your plans for Christmas were."

"Uh... That's a good question, actually."

"Is it okay if Steve and I come over, then?"

"By all means. Rupunzel needs more friends other than me, and I personally think he would get along with you two swimmingly. Um, he likes Sci-Fi, movies, books, pretty much any book he can get his hands on as long as it isn't the mushy love kind."

"Noted. We'll come over around eleven, okay?"

"Sounds like a plan, Sam."

At that particular moment the door decided to open, and not to long after, Bucky was walking in with his arms full of groceries.

"Patties," she told him as he put the groceries on the island. He nodded and she washed her hands so she could put un the groceries.

"What? What does patties have anything to do with Christmas?"

"I wasn't talking to you, numbnuts. I gotta go, text me, okay?"

"Okay. Bye."

Sam hung up before she could, and she started putting the groceries up.

"Who was that?" Bucky asked.

"It was just Sam asking about Christmas. But before we go to deep into that conversation, I have to tell you something."

"And what's that?"

"I'm going to be gone for a few days. I leave tomorrow. The hospital wants to see bow well I've healed and stuff. It's routine stuff apparently."

"Do you need a ride or are they going to let you drive yourself?" He tried not to let the disappointment in his voice show. He didn't like it when Beni left the house for more than a few hours let alone a few days. He was possessive like that.

"I honestly don't know. But since you don't like hospitals I'll probably have Sam drive me home."

"You sure? I don't mind driving you."

"Nah, it's cool. Thank you, though."

"It's no problem." Bucky couldn't help but feel a little sad that she would choose this Sam guy over him, but then he remembered that they were house mates, and he got to see her every day. That and she and Sam have known each other for years, but barely got to see each other. So he was okay with it. Just this once.

"So am I also going to be picking you up?" Sam asked as they pulled up to the hospital. She nodded.

"Yeah. And if I text you anything weird, don't reply. Who knows what kind of drugs they're gonna put me on."

"Noted. And Beni?"

"Yeah?" she was half way out of the car now.

"Good luck."

She smiled and nodded before getting out completely and walking inside.

Bucky raised an eyebrow as he filled his bike up with gas. Beni was in the hospital. Why would she be texting him? Not only that, but Beni's texts were usually clear without any typo ever. But the ones he was getting was practically all typos, and be was pretty sure she was saying something about unicorns. Or at least he hoped it was about unicorns.

He almost died of laughter when she sent him single text messages fixing every single one of her typos (which was pretty much every word). He was laughing so hard he almost got more gas than he wanted. Then his phone dinged again.

To: Rupunzel

From: Reptilia

Did you know that flowees can breathe fire? Wicked.

-B

He was pretty sure that she meant to put 'flowers,' but it wouldn't matter either way. The text still made no sense. But he couldn't help but smile as he looked at what he had her down as in his phone.

They had collaborated a bit not to long after she had gotten the powers. It was actually Bucky who had thrown the idea out. He had figures that Reptile was to bland, and she had gotten her powers from a reptile serum, and she was a girl, obviously, so he said 'Why not Reptilia?' She had agreed wholeheartedly, much to his relief.

And then they started on seeing if they could come up with super hero names for him, just for fun. She suggested all of the nicknames she has called him over the months, amd he suggested Rebel, Sergeant, and a few others. But they both decided that if he did have a super hero name, it would probably just end up being Bucky, like she would call him that out of habit.

And he was okay with that. In his opinion just plain old Bucky was better than the Winter Soldier.

When Sam picked Beni up a couple days later, her face was beat red, and Sam had the smuggest smile ever.

"Have you seen the texts you sent? Steve was so confused when he got them," Sam laughed as Beni climbed in.

"No, I haven't. Not the ones to you, anyway. But I sent something about unicorns to Chewbacca."

"Your housemate?"

"Naturally."

"If you've got this many nicknames for him then I really need to meet him, because you're known for nicknames, just not this many for one person."

"You'll meet him at Christmas. I'm not telling him you guys are coming over, I want him to be surprised. He needs more friends than just me."

"How did you two meet, anyway?"

"I didn't tell you? Huh. Uh, on my way back from the airport John hit him with his car. He jumped out of nowhere, and John wasn't able to stop in time. So he stayed at my house, and...Yeah. That's pretty much it."

"I've got one more question."

"Shoot."

"What's his real name?"

"James. And he was in the military, too. So when you do come over, don't go all...Sam...On him...Okay?"

"What the hell does that mean?"

"You're to overprotective."

"No promises. You're like the little sister I never had.

"Siblings in arms," Beni sighed and smiled despite her growing headache.

"There isn't anything stronger."