Chapter 4
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"Bucky?" Steve and I asked together and a guy who looked just like my older brother came out and smiled.
"My little sister… Did you miss me?" Bucky asked. He came closer to me and wrapped me in a hug. I pulled Steve in it too.
"Bucky? How the hell are you still alive?" I asked tearfully. "You fell from the train and down almost 1500 feet."
"Apparently as soon as I hit the snow I was placed in some ice like you guys. I was just defrosted by some people. I went straight to finding you when I saw you guys on the news. That Captain and Mystic America are still alive. I went and looked for everyone that we knew. Howard is dead; Peggy is alive but lives out of the country, and everyone else I couldn't get any information on."
"Oh my god, Steve, my brother is alive. My wish did come true." I looked into my partner's blue eyes with mine and pulled both my boys into a hug. "Bucky, you have no idea how much I've missed you, and how much you have missed."
"I've missed you both so much. And what is going on between you two? Did you finally find out you like each other?" Bucky asked. My eyes widened and I pulled away from the other two.
"What? You knew he liked me and you didn't tell me?!" I yelled.
"You knew she liked me and you didn't tell me?!" Steve yelled at the same time as me.
"We'll this just got very awkward." Bucky rubbed the back of his neck and I glared at my brother.
"You will explain this later. Just let me make a call and I will have a friend come and get us. You can explain when we get there." I moved away from the boys and saw them in a conversation. I reached Stark's number and called him.
'You have reached the life sized model of Tony Stark. Please leave a message.' Tony's voice came through.
"Stark, this is serious. I need your help with something real quick." This seemed to spark his interest.
'What is it, Melody?' Banner's voice came through.
"Am I on speaker?" I asked.
'Yup,' Both answered simultaneously.
"Something came up and I need you to come and get me and Steve. We're at the Memorial Graveyard for World War two veterans. Please Stark. Someone from our past came and he is very important to me. Please. You can even bring us to the tower." He hummed but agreed.
"Stark's on his way, and knowing him, he should be here within ten minutes or less." I said walking up to the two.
"Stark? You called Stark? Really, Melody, of all people in the world, you call him?" Steve asked.
"They're going to want to meet Bucky sooner or later. Might want to go ahead and get it over with, Steve. Banner might be coming too because he was with him when I called."
"Stark? As in Howard?" Bucky asked. I shook my head.
"No, his son. We just fought with him in the battle in Manhattan. Now, since Stark will be here any minute or one of his body guards, we better get to moving." Both nodded and I jumped on Steve's back. I couldn't do this before the serum. I was afraid I might crush him. Bucky I always could, even though I never did because I was always in dresses and skirts.
Soon enough Stark was there and Steve was leaving on the motorcycle. We were going back to Stark or now Avengers Tower. Bucky and I rode with Stark and Banner in the back of a limo.
"So, who is he again and why do you look so much alike?" Tony asked.
"Told you he's a lot like Howard. And Tony, this is my brother Bucky. Bucky, this is Tony Stark and Dr. Bruce Banner." I introduced the three in the limo.
"So, you're the famous Bucky Barnes. Cap and Melody have told us so much about you. May I ask one question though?" Stark asked.
"Sure." Bucky answered. I got ready to hit Stark upside the head. I nodded to Bruce and he did the same thing.
"How are you alive? OW!" Banner and I both hit him upside the head. Bucky chuckled a little bit.
"When I fell from the train I was impacted in ice like Steve and my little sister. Who is not so little anymore." Bucky said.
"Did you know that she and capsicle are dating? The two Capsicles are dating. Just found that out myself. And they finish each other's sentences and they talk at the same time, a lot." I blushed while avoiding my brother's eyes. I kicked Stark in the shin and he copied the action.
"Melody, body parts to yourself." Bucky warned me. I nodded and moved to where I was sitting with my back against the seats.
"Miss. America is afraid of her big brother. I think I just found a weakness, away from Cap of course." Stark said and I glared at him. Bucky placed his hand on my knee and about ten minutes later we in front of the tower. Steve was there already and I led Bucky up to the penthouse.
"Hey. How was your ride with Tony?" Steve asked while we waited for the elevator. I pecked his lips once before answering.
"I about killed him three times. How do you think?" I asked. He smiled and placed his lips gently to mine. A throat cleared and I pulled away to look at my annoying older brother.
"You better not hurt her, Steve. If you do, be ready for a beat down." The annoying older brother said. I rolled my eyes and leaned into the other Captain's chest.
"If he hurts me I will- and he knows it- kick his ass." I said and Steve nodded from still behind me.
"And if I hurt her I would probably never forgive myself, Buck. And I kept my promise. I told you I would and I did. I never let any harm come to her except when she almost died in the plane." Steve said to Bucky. I had a confused look on my face.
"What promise?" I asked. Both looked at each other and shared a look. They looked back to me.
"I promised Bucky that if he died in the war that I would take care of you. And I lived up to that promise and kept you safe. And I am still living up to it today." Steve said and I looked in shock to the man I love and my brother. I pulled away from Steve and leaned against the wall. "Don't be mad. I was just doing what my best friend asked me to do."
"I can't believe you two. You should know that I can take care of myself, Bucky. I didn't need your best friend to do it for me." I shook my head and walked out of the elevator and onto the couch between Clint and Natasha. Both looked at me and saw the anger in my eyes and looked away quickly and to the elevator and saw my idiotic boyfriend and brother come into the room. I just got up and left to go to the roof. I was done with the idiotic pair for now.
I looked up to the sky and thought of my mom and dad. They were both dead and have been since before Bucky and I joined the army. Dad was killed when Steve's dad was and then mom died of a heart attack. Thunder rolled in and I knew who was coming and I smiled. I moved to where I was on the walk and looking up at the roof before Thor landed on the gravel roof.
"Melody, so good to see you again!" Thor boomed and jumped from the very top and gave me a bone crushing hug.
3rd person pov
Steve watched as Thor embraced his girl. The woman he loved but knew she was mad at him. Bucky came up beside him to watch the two avengers talk and talk and then Thor bringing her into a hug.
"She loves you, Steve. She told me herself when we were in our time. I swear to god, Steve, I can see it in her eyes and I can see it in your eyes too. You love her back. God, you two are so naïve sometimes. Thank you for keeping my little sister safe, Steve. I can tell you love her." The brown haired man paused for a moment,
"She always cared about you, you know? When we got home from hanging out with you she would talk about you all night and I could barely stand it." Bucky chuckled watching his baby sister.
"I know but she's mad at me now. I don't know how I'm going to make this one up to her, Bucky. I've always been able to make everything up to her. I honestly do love her. With all my heart. I just want her to be happy. That's all I have done since we woke up." Steve said and his heart broke at the sight of Thor and Melody so close.
"Come on man. We need to have some catching up to do." Bucky said and grabbed his best friend's arm finally tearing his gaze away from his sister and the Norse god. Steve shook his head and followed Bucky to the gym. Steve was already at the punching bag. He had already knocked down three and still had three to go.
Melody walked into the gym smiling but frowned when she saw the three punching bags on the wall with sand pouring out of them. Bucky was leaning against a pillar next to her boyfriend.
Melody POV
I sighed and walked closer to the pair of idiots. I love them both dearly. One was my brother and the other was my partner and boyfriend.
"You know, it's not healthy for you to take out your anger on a punching bag after a fight. And I know you, Steve. You're trying to see if you can knock all six off their chains." I said when I reached them and crossed my arms over my chest.
"What do you suggest then?" Steve turned to look at me and I sighed. His face was beaded with sweat along with his torso.
"That you talk it out and stop punching, punching bags off their chains. Trust me, I know." I said and looked into his crystal blue eyes. "And I know that the other idiot in your duo is trying to convince you to do this."
"Hey!" Bucky protested and I smiled a little. I whipped around and faced my brother with an eyebrow raised. "I wanted to see how many he could knock of their chains. It's really cool." I rolled my eyes.
"I can do it too." I punched the bag once after I put all my strength into it and it went flying into the wall. Bucky's jaw dropped and I smirked.
"Holy shit! My little sister is a bad ass!" I rolled my eyes at my brother and turned back to Steve. My eyes softened by the sight of him. He looked torn.
"Bucky, I love you, but can we have a minute alone?" I asked my big brother. I didn't see him nod but I did see him walk out of the door to the gym. "Steve, look, I'm really sorry I blew up on you guys earlier. It's just; I can take care of myself. Talking with Thor made me realize the thing that matters most to me. And it's not Bucky or the other Avengers. It's you, Steve. You're the most important thing in the world to me. You are the reason we survived that crash in the plane. You are the person that keeps me sane." I had tears in my eyes while he unwrapped his knuckles.
"You know, when Bucky and I first met you, we were just kids. Even then I thought you were cute. And then you grew up to be a skinny twig. Even then I thought you were still adorable. And then we both joined the army and had the serum put in us and we both came out to be super heroes. The reason I fell in love with you when we were kids but didn't realize it was because of your heart. Not how you looked. That's how Peggy fell for you. It's how I fell for you. I just didn't realize it back then.
"I was too afraid to admit that to my best friend at the time. The only reason I am telling you this now is because-" I was cut off by his lips on mine.
"I know. Bucky told me everything. I'm not mad at you. If anything, I am glad that the feeling is mutual because the same thing happened to me when we were kids." Steve cupped my cheek in his massive hand and looked down at me. I once again had tears in my eyes but these were happy tears.
"So, is everyone happy at everyone again?" I rolled my eyes at the sound of my brother's voice and twirled around to see him leaning against a column smirking. I rolled my eyes again and motioned him to come to me. His smirk dropped immediately and he came closer and I smirked at his face.
"Don't hurt him." Steve whispered in my ear and I smiled.
"Not too bad. Maybe a little punch to the arm and leave bruise." I said and leaned into his sweaty torso which I frankly didn't care about right now. Bucky was now in front of me and I could see the look of fear on his face. I smirked again and I felt Steve smile into my hair and nod his head. "Now, Bucky. I am going to teach you a lesson about invading on your little sister's privacy. Also you're best friend's. And the two just so happens to be super soldiers. So there, my innocent brother, you shall feel the wrath of your sister about invading privacy."
I smirked and walked closer and he walked back. "Come on, Bucky, it's not going to hurt that bad." I said.
"Come on, Steve. Help me out a little bit here." Buck said and looked back to Steve who was smirking and shook his head. I took that as an advantage and sped over to my brother and grabbed his arm. His breath became out fast and ragged and I looked back to Steve who nodded to me. I took a deep breath and controlled my strength and punched him on the upper arm and he immediately yelled, "OW! Damn that hurt, Melody!" I just smiled and walked back to Steve who wrapped an arm around my shoulder and I leaned into him. Bucky was rubbing where I hit him and I rolled my eyes again.
I felt something wrong with my suit and took off running to where we keep the suits. And there was all the red was neon pink.
"STARK! BARTON! YOU ARE SO DEAD!" I screamed.
"What happened?" Steve asked when he found me by my suit. I moved out of the way and he ran over to his and his was neon green where blue was. "YOU TWO ARE SO DEAD!" He yelled and we stormed out of the room and up to where the rest of the team were in the main room.
"You two are so dead! What were you thinking to dye our suits neon colors?!" I yelled when I got closer to the team. Clint and Tony smirked and stood. "You two need to go down there and go dye our suits back to the way they were before I decide this becomes a full out prank war. And trust me, I have had them, and always with these two idiots. And they were the best pranksters in our time. So, go down now, before it ends up getting someone hurt." Both nodded and ran to the elevator. "One day, they will end up dead by my hand." I sighed out and sat on an arm chair with my hand in my hair.
"Screw not pranking them back. Boys get ready to come up with ideas. It's about to come down to a war. Who is a good pranker?" I asked and Natasha raised her hand. "You wanna prank Barton and Stark?" She nodded with a smirk and we laughed.
"We have another team member added to our group." Bucky said. We all chuckled and I ran to the elevator with the other three following. We reached the floor that Steve, Bucky and I would be sharing that has two bedrooms and two bathrooms, a kitchen, a living room, and an office for when someone needs to do paper work or something like that. We sat down in the living room with me in Steve's lap on an arm chair with Bucky and Natasha on the couch next to each other. It's no secret they find each other attractive. I wouldn't blame Bucky; she is a very attractive woman.
"Alright, down to business. We need pranks for those two." I said. I had already told JARVIS to keep this conversation from Tony.
"Well, Clint has always hated the color purple. Also, he hates it when people mess with his hair products. So, I'm thinking that we go in, we put purple hair coloring in his shampoo, take his hair gel and put glue in it, then I say since he's scared to death of clowns is put a bunch of posters in his room with clowns on them and then have one hiding in his closet and when he sees he will scream like a little girl." Natasha said. Bucky's jaw was dropped and I walked over and closed it. I rolled my eyes and sat back on Steve's lap.
"I think that is awesome. Now, only Tony. What shall we do for him? He's a lot like Howard and loves his work and his hair. Oh! I know. We can go in, since he hates the color yellow, put neon hair dye in his shampoo, then go and paint all of his suits neon yellow and then fill them with jell-o." Everyone looked to me in amazement and I shrugged.
"That's the Melody I remember!" Bucky said and I smirked. Sometimes he reminds me of Howard. I sighed and looked at my lap.
"Hey, I think I'm just going to go to bed. I'll see you all in the morning." I said and walked into my room across from Steve and Bucky's. I looked out of the window and I could have sworn I saw Howard's face. I closed my eyes tightly and let the grieve wash over me. I thought that he was the one. We thought that we were going to get married and have kids. But I guess that he moved on after every one thought we were dead.
I mean, look at where I am now, in Howard's son's tower he made. He reminds me so much of him and it makes a tug in my heart when he shows the resemblance. I just have one question for Tony tomorrow.
"You ok, Melody?" Steve asked from the doorway.
"Yeah. Just seeing Bucky today brought memories I never thought I would remember." I said and looked up to the night sky.
"Is it him? Howard?" He asked and I nodded. "I know how you feel. I still have flashbacks from when we just joined the army and I just met Peggy. I still have flashbacks of her and see her face sometimes. I miss them too." I nodded again but still didn't turn around because tears were in my eyes. I promised myself I would never cry over a guy but I fell in love with Howard. Or I thought I did.
But apparently he wasn't the one for me. Steve was.
Said man sighed and shut my door while leaving the room and I let a tear fall from my eyes. I got changed for bed in one of Steve's shirts that I stole from him when we lived in the apartment. I crawled into the king sized bed that was incredibly comfy. About twenty minutes later I was asleep with a pillow cuddled to my chest.