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Chapter 3

Dinner was running smoothly. Maria is positive that her son Patrick will be a handful tonight due to the excitement of meeting the Avengers. Patrick doesn't understand fully that his mother is in the Avengers but he does know that a lady called the Black Widow, who looks an awful like his mother, is in the Avengers. Emma is old enough to understand but both Maria and Natasha are grateful that she could really care less about superheroes.

"Captain America is right there mommy," whispered Patrick to Maria as he pointed at Steve.

Steve obviously heard him as he stopped eating and shot Patrick his famous 'Captain America smile' that he perfected all those years ago.

"Don't point Patrick," scolded Maria gently, "it's rude," but she was smiling nonetheless at her son's excitement. "But yes, Captain America is right there," she smiled at Steve.

"Mommy…Thor too," he didn't point this time but his eyes were locked on Thor. Thor was none the wiser as he ate his fifth helping of Spaghetti.

"Yes, sweetie," replied Maria.

"And there is Hawkeye," said Patrick continuing to name all the Avengers.

"Yes, I know sweetie," replied Maria, now just nodding her head and eating her spaghetti.

"Who are you?" questioned Patrick as everyone at the table, besides Thor who was still too busy eating, looked up to see him staring at Bruce.

"I am Bruce," said Bruce giving him a nervous smile.

"Bruce?" questioned Patrick clearly not understanding.

"He's the Hulk, Tiny Romanov," said Tony. He had already forgotten the little guys name and decided anyways that 'Tiny Romanov' was better anyways.

Natasha sent him a glare. The man was a genius but couldn't remember a name 10 minutes after he learned it.

"He is not the Hulk! The Hulk is green and big" said Patrick spreading his arms apart to prove his point as to how big the Hulk is.

"He is the Hulk, 'Tiny Romonav," said Tony. "Just not right now, he turns into Hulk when we need him to. Maybe later we can get old Bruce here to show you the Hulk," said Tony winking at the little guy. Tony had to admit the little guy was growing on him.

Bruce opened his mouth to no doubt say no but Natasha and Maria beat him to it.

"Not going to happen" replied Maria and Natasha at the same time, leveling a twin glare at Tony which had Tony holding up his hands in defense.

"Aww come on mom, momma!" whined Patrick, "the Hulk is the coolest, besides Ironman!"

"Yah moms!" whined Tony mimicking the 3 year old, "Ironman is the coolest!"

The glares only intensified at Tony and the smile that was on his face only a few seconds prior started to fall as he began to realize that it probably wasn't the smartest move to mess with Natasha and Hill, especially with his Ironman suit destroyed in the plane.

"Yah Tiny Romanov it's probably not the best idea," said Tony back tracking nodding his head. "Don't want the Hulk ruining your nice house."

Patrick eyes widened at the thought and he instantly shook his head up and down copying Tony. Maria is pretty sure Tony could tell Patrick anything and Patrick would agree just because Ironman told him.

Natasha decided to keep her eye on Tony and Patrick. She smelled trouble between the two. After eating her helping of spaghetti she leaned back into her chair and relaxed. It was an extremely long day and her body ached. Maria's hand came up and started to rub Natasha's neck.

Natasha closed her eye and leaned back into the touch. She missed this.

Natasha savored the moment for a few seconds before she felt Maria's lips brush up against her ear.

"Your daughter is flirting with Thor," whispered Maria.

Maria smiled as Natasha's eyes flew open and instantly looked to her left to stare down at her daughter. Natasha couldn't even form into words the way her daughter was batting her eyes and staring at Thor. Natasha opened her mouth, closed it, opened it again and then closed it as her 5 year old daughter continued staring at Thor.

Natasha could hear Maria chuckle at her complete loss of words as to what their daughter was doing.

"Emma sweetheart," said Natasha finally gaining her voice making sure to put a slight warning in it. "You are 5 years old. Stop batting your eyelashes at Thor."

Emma looked up at her mother, nothing but innocence on her face. Natasha narrowed her eyes. Emma was too good at acting for her age.

"What!? He is sexy, momma!" exclaimed Emma and then turned her attention back to Thor.

Natasha's eyes flew open and she heard Maria choke on her spaghetti behind her.

"How…what…where…" stuttered Natasha. Her daughter just said sexy. Her 5 year old daughter just said the world sexy!

"Emma," said Maria sternly as she could, her voice was still horse from choking on her spaghetti. "Where did you learn that word?" questioned Maria ready to shoot whoever said that word around her daughter.

"Mommy," said Emma pointing at Natasha.

Natasha froze as she heard her name fall from her daughter's lips. Her eyes were wide and her mouth was open, wanting to defend herself but once again not being able to find the words. She has never, ever said that word around her daughter. Sure, she has had to add a few quarters…okay more like 15 dollars to the swear jar, but who's counting? But Natasha knows she has never said 'sexy' around her daughter!

"Really?" questioned Maria her eyes narrowing in on Natasha.

Natasha shrunk just a tiny bit at the tone of Maria's voice. Nobody but Clint probably noticed. She looked up and sure enough Clint was smirking at her, and everyone else was smiling, obviously enjoying seeing the Black Widow so flustered.

"I swear...I never," stammered Natasha as she turned to Maria.

"You did Mommy!" interrupted Emma, "remember!"

Natasha quickly turned to her daughter and was about to tell her that mommy never said that world and lying is bad but Emma beat her to it.

"I remember because it was late and I needed water but you were busy! You were in the kitchen doing the dishes and mom was at work and you were on the phone with mom and then you told mom you thought she was sexy!" rushed out Emma. The whole tabled started laughing. But Emma wasn't done, "and then you called Mom naughty and told her she was going to be punished when she got home!"

Silence.

Well besides the groan that left Maria's lips as a faint blush made its way up her cheeks trying to avoid eye contact with the smirking men sitting around the table.

"Why would you punish mom? What did she say? Did she say a cuss word? Because that 25 cents…" Natasha's hand shot out and covered Emma's mouth as she stared at her daughter with wide eyes.

The silence was deafening until the laugh of Tony Stark broke it. Tony was sitting at the end of the table holding his stomach and laughing. Patrick was laughing along with him. Not because he understood what was happening but because if Ironman was laughing, it had to be funny. Finally Tony stopped laughing and began to wipe the tears from his eyes from laughing so hard.

"This is the best dinner I have had in years!" he laughed. "Can we have spaghetti at your place every Wednesday and make this a regular occurrence?"

Maria was holding her head in her hands and groaning and Natasha narrowed her eyes at him but still kept her hand covering her daughter's mouth, just in case she said anything else mortifying.

"Yes!" boomed Thor, obviously missing everything that just happened as he shoveled the last remaining bits of spaghetti into his mouth. "I will attend these 'Spaghetti Wednesday's', this is by far my favorite Midgardian food!"

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