I actually had this written out yesterday. But it seemed like it was a different chapter so I didn't keep it with the first one.

Also, yay title!

Payphone by Maroon 5 ft. Wiz Khalifa is actually a pretty good song. I thought the title was weird at first but as I listened to Adam sing, I loved it. And it just seemed it fit this story, and for those of you who listened to the song too…well, if it confuses you, the lyrics that helped me decide on it are:

You say it's too late to make it/But is it too late to try?/And in our time that you wasted/All of our bridges burned down

Which kind of fits Lotte and Tony's current relationship and what I have planned for Loki and Lotte. Because even if Loki eventually accepted Lotte, it's bound to be rather rocky no matter the relationship.

Also, a note to myself…never post anything while half asleep, as I did with the first chapter. I can see the mistakes and they mock me!(though not even to edit it right now…)

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Phil Coulson was excited, even from here-which was far away from him- Charlotte could feel it, practically imagine him trying to speak with Steve Rodgers and she could understand his excitement, considering she knew all about his Captain America cards and how much he looked up to the man and the fact that this whole Avengers idea something that had excited him at first, made him believe with his whole being that real superheroes could work together to save the world-Hell, she'd probably be just as excited as he was.

The only thing that was stopping her was the fact of Tony being here also.

She still hadn't made up her mind on him, either.

Was she going to try be friendly with Tony again, attempt to rebuild their relationship; or was she going to be professional and keep her distance? She just wasn't sure, no matter what Phil had said to her. She knew family wasn't always forever, especially if they don't talk to each other like they used to.

Was she going to have to reach out to Tony first?

Before she could run away and hide inside, there was the unmistakable sounds of arrival from three sources and she noticed that even more men were running around.

Probably to see these superheroes themselves, but most of them were still preparing, maybe even training.

Which brought her mind back to Phil and Captain America, deciding that she might as well stay here, if only to save Phil from embarrassing himself in front of Rodgers-anymore then he might have already.

…and the fact that watching him attempt conversation with Captain America would be downright amusing. Considering his ultimate man crush, of course.

Before she could delve further into Phil being a fan boy, the aircrafts that were housing everyone landed. Oh, the teasing she was going to give Phil when.

She smiled at the thought, Phil was such a fan boy.

Knowing her brother would be here soon-if he already wasn't here already-she started to lose her nerve to stay up here. She was debating whether or not to just pretend she noticed nothing and go inside when Phil and Rodgers came into view.

Soon after, she noticed Natasha walk over to them and tell Phil something, causing him to walk over towards her.

She suddenly loved Phil very much at that moment. Although that was probably only because she knew since he was here, she'd be able to go back inside without any accusations that she was running away.

Everyone knew how close she and Phil were.

"You ask him to sign your Captain America cards yet?" she asked, enjoying the scowl he sent her as a reply. "I take it as a no, then." she said, trailing after him. "Fury wants you on the bridge?"

"He does, what are you doing?" he sent her a curious look.

"Oh, I'm merely going to mercilessly tease you about your infamous man crush on none other then Captain America," she replied innocently. "And the fact that I have no other assignment at the moment, I will be glued to your side. Be afraid," he looked mildly annoyed, although that changed to amused at her last comment.

"Aren't you always glued to my side?" he asked dryly, walking into the bridge and immediately going over to the console.

Charlotte looked around the bridge in boredom, leaning against the railing beside Phil as he opened up a com-link to others as he did whatever he was assigned to do, peering curiously for a moment, her attention was dragged away when Fury walked into the room.

"Stark, there's a problem that needs to be fixed." he nodded towards one of the fighter pilots before ignoring her.

What was with Fury and telling her as little information as possible?

She shook her head before moving towards the male Fury had indicated. "And what is the problem, if I may ask?" she asked, allowing him to lead since she didn't know where said

problem was.

"It's back on the roof, something's wrong with one of the Birds. Our engineer suggested you might be able to help us."

…was she being taken advantage of, Charlotte wondered. It wouldn't be the first time someone asked her for engineer work to be done or helped, just knowing she was a Stark seemed to satisfy them.

She shook her head. No, she was always approached because of Tony. He was the genius and they naturally assumed she could build something from practically nothing just like him.

She was glad she loved to tinker on the birds though, otherwise she'd have to regretfully inform him she knew nothing.

She passed Rodgers and Banner on her way back up towards to roof, wondering for a moment why they were going towards the bridge before writing it off as none important, at the moment.

Fury was probably going to explain in detail to them what was happening.

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She got back inside just as everything started to go invisible. Silently cursing the stupid engineers for their stupidity since the problem wasn't even a problem. A mere scratch, and they called her for it!

…well, if she was being completely honest, it wasn't a just a mere scratch.

It had to do with the screw up they had in it, a mistake that was supposed to be fixed. So they either didn't notice it, or it had been one of the prototypes from when the jets had been originally made, to replace a fallen one.

No matter how you looked at it, it was something that could have been easily done without her help.

But instead of going back to the bridge, since she already knew everything and she'd be no help to anyone there, she went straight to the laboratory. Trying to justify her reason for not being there, she knew the real reason.

She didn't want to face Tony.

And she wasn't good with meeting new people, there was that, she acknowledged. Looking down at her files on idea's of her own, things she could create. She briefly thought about her prototype, a lie detector that was in the works before pushing the thought aside.

Who was she going to use the lie detector on, Natasha? And since she couldn't find a reason for why she could continue building it, she scrapped the idea, putting it in a folder she labelled Scraps.

The door to the lab hissed open and she looked up in surprise, watching as Bruce Banner walked in.

She hadn't been so absorbed in her thoughts that time flew by, had she? Charlotte gave a quick glance at the corner of her screen, the time clearly displayed and noticed it had only been 15 minutes.

"Hello," she said politely, clearly startling him when she noticed him give a small startle and look over to her quickly.

"Oh, ah…hello." he seemed nervous, eyeing her suspiciously. "Who are you?" he asked.

"Charlotte Stark," she said breezily, ignoring him when he mouthed Stark and about to go back to her files when she remembered how paranoid he was about S.H.E.I.L.D. "And no, I'm not here to keep an eye on you, if you were wondering." she added, giving him a small smile.

"So what are you doing here then?" he seemed to have relaxed a little, but not much, still keeping his distance even as he got closer to her.

"Well, since I'm a Stark, the scientists here thought I'd be able to locate the Tesseract." she said, "They tend to forget I'm not my genius brother, sadly." she added in an off-hand manner, as it didn't bother her.

"So I was brought in as a replacement?"

"Oh no, you were always first choice. They just thought, 'Oh, we have a Stark.' before realizing their mistake. Thankfully, we had already sent Romanov to get you before they thought of me,"

"So what are you doing here in general, then?"

"If you need help, then I'm your assistant. Although I doubt you will have need of me when Tony gets here, he probably be a better help then I." she said, drawing up her files again and then putting them on a wider screen so Banner could see. "Otherwise, I do my own thing here."

"In other words, you're an inventor of your own?" he sounded amused.

"Stark's are known for being inventors of machinery, why disappoint them?" she shrugged. "Besides, I wouldn't have been able to do other things anyways. Tony would have dragged me into his inventing regardless how I felt,"

When we were closer, anyways.

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Still no Tony in sight.

Man, does Charlotte not want to interact with her brother. What's she afraid of?

Oh, right, rejection.

Oh, and thank you for putting this on Story Alert. It's not a review but it's not being ignored, like I thought it was going to be. Still, reviews are greatly appreciated.