YNNBL Chp. 9

Hey guys! OMG I'm trying to get this done by like lunchtime tomorrow (the 2nd) so you'll have somehing to read while I'm gone... nyehhhhh.;_; I'm TRYING. K? K. Its 10:30 PM exactly... LET'S DO THIS THING! (Loki may or may not be adressed as just Derek throughout most of the chapter, and also, when it's (PARENTHESIS), it means the character is adding something, but if it's in [[BRACKETS]], it's like an author's note). OH! And PS. I MIGHT be writing a story that happened before all this, but still after the Avengers... and get this... it's a Tony x Mabry. How they met and became bf/gf. OMG. IKR. :D Ok. LET'S DO THIS THING FOR REAL THIS TI- Oooh look! Facebook!

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[[Kate's POV]]

I warily open my eyes, expecting something to have gone wrong. But there we are, at the Stark Mansion. I furrow my brow, confused. "Why aren't we at HQ?" I ask, and Thor laughs. "Everyone's here today. Stark has the most technology, so we can help find Loki. We are guessing he's 'lying low' for now, as you Midguards say it."

We walk through the rather familiar hallways, and it eventually leads to the basement, where most of the gadgets are. Derek's grin grows. "Holy crap! I'm IN Tony Stark's HOUSE!" He almost squeals. Thor looks confused about the 'boy's' first sentence. "What do you mean? There is nothing holy about feces."

We all choose to ignore that comment. I look over to Blake, and I see that his expression mirrors Derek's as he bounces on the balls of his feet, but his feelings are geniune. "I can't believe I finally get to meet Hawkeye! And Iron Man! And Captain America! And Hulk!" He breathes, and I smile. "Don't call him Hulk. He doesn't enjoy that very much." Thor warns. I then notice he left out one. "What about Black Widow? Almost every guy ever has a crush on her." I add a convincing lie in there. "Even Derek."

Blake glances at me sheepishly. "Well, I guess it's because I alrea-"

"Oh my god we're here!" Loki almost shouts, bouncing up and down, inturrupting Blake's explanation. And it's true, we have arrived at the glass door to the basement. Thor looks at the keypad, confused. I roll my eyes and get in front of him. I cover the keypad with my hand so Loki desn't see me as I punch it in. The door clicks open and I grab the handle and pull.

There are all the Avengers. And Mabry.

[[Blake's POV]]

I can't help it. My inner fangirl [[yes fangirl]] takes over, and I run inside. "Oh my- you- you guys are- the Avengers!" I stutter, feeling like an idiot but not regretting it. Black Widow smiles a smile that would make some guys wet their pants, but I'm unfazed. "Yeah. And you are?" She asks. Kate steps up beside me, and Loki- I mean, Derek, quickly follows.

"He's my friend." She explains, and I cast my eyes downward. Friend.

Mabry smiles, as if she knows we're more than just friends. Or so she thinks.

Kates sister's smile fades, though, as she sees Derek. "And who's this?" She asks. Kate looks like she wants to smack herself for being an idiot, but she refrains from doing so. "This is Derek. His parents called last-minute, said they needed an emergency babysitting job done for the day, and I decided to be nice and take it!" Kate lies, and even I almost believe her. "Now, go meet the Avengers, kiddo." I know she means Derek, but I rush forward with him anyway. I first approach Hawkeye, who's sipping coffee. "You're... H-Hawkeye. BIG fan." I stutter, wide-eyed. He smiles, and I fumble for a piece of paper and my phone. He signs the piece of paper, and agrees to have a picture with me. Once the picture is taken, I lean in and whisper, "You're my favorite, Mr. Hawkeye sir."

Hawkeye grins. "Thanks, dude. Not many people think I'm the coolest. It's always one of the big three." He jerks his head towards the others, and I scoff in reply. "Puh-lease. Lightning is a bit melodramatic, I'm afraid of heights, so I couldn't be Iron Man, Captain America is what? Ninety? And I couldn't run the risk of turning into The Other Guy. But being able to hit a chink an the armor of an alien guy that's behind me? Man, I would DIE for that kind of talent!"

Hawkeye beams. "Thanks, man. Maybe we could hang out sometime. And call me Clint."

It takes all I can to not faint right then and there.

"Thanks... Clint."

After we exchange phone numbers (HOLY SHIT I HAVE HAWKEYE'S PHONE NUMBER), I move on to Iron Man.

"You're... Iron Man." I manage to get out. He rolls his eyes. "Oh look. Another fangirl." He jokes, before smiling. "Just kidding, man. Any friend of Mabry's is someone I can tolerate the existance of."

I laugh, and then get his autograph and a picture of us together. I then sheepishly ask him for two things.

"Uh... sir? Can I possibly see your..." I point to my chest, and he rolls his eyes. "Never the muscles, never the hair, always the can I see the glowy thing in your chest that's keeping you alive?"

I laugh nervously as he pulls up his shirt. "Now, try not to faint from the pure sexiness that is my chest" He warns, and I laughs again. The glow of the arc reactor comes into view. I stare at the triangle core in awe. "Holy shit." I breath, and Mr. Stark puts his shirt back down. "Oh, and Mr. Stark, can I ask you one more thing?"

He sighs. "Ok. Fine. I'll marry you."

I laugh. "No.I was going to ask if you could... haha, pinch me? I'm fairly sure this is a dream."

Even he laughs at that, but still follows through. "Wow. I'm awake. And Tony Stark just pinched me. And it hurt." I say, shocked. The super hero smiles a half smile and pats me on the back. "You're not half bad, kid." He remarks, and by now I'm basically hyperventilating.

I move on to Captain America. "H-Hi." I stutter, and he smiles. "Hey. Blake, right? I'm Steve." He holds out his hand, and I blankly stae at it for a few moments before realizing that it's for me and shaking it. I get his autograph and a picture with him. "Um, Mr. America, sir? Could I possibly- if you don't mind-"

The Captain inturrupts me with a smile and a chuckle. "Of course you can." He answers my unfinished question and reaches behind him, pulling out The Shield and handing it to me. I take it in my hands and slide my hand into the handhold, amazed at how light it is. "Wow. This shield is amazing." I remark the obvious, and he nods. "It's made out of vibranium. Much stronger than steel, half the weight. What you're holding there, that's all there is."

I'm truly amazed, but not as amazed as when Black Widow holds up a gun to me. "Hold the shield up. C'mon. Don't be scared." She reassures me, and I don't have to be told twice. She shoots the gun three times, each one coming in contact with the shield I'm cowering behind with a clang, clang, clang. I pull the shield down to look at the damage.

Or rather, the lack of damage. There's not even a freaking dent!

"Holy crap." I whisper, and I hand it back to Steve without another word.

I then move on to Hulk, at the moment Bruce Banner. "Wow... you are... here, and I'm meeting you, and... wow." I say, and he smiles and sticks out his hand. "Bruce Banner, nice to meet you." He greets, and I shake his hand eagerly. "Blake Beddingfield. I'm a huge fan of your work."

The scientist looks at me pointedly. "I wouldn't call The Other Guy my work." He chuckles, and my eyes widen. "Oh no! I'm a huge fan of your work on nuclear physics- I love your book on it."

Mr. Banner looks at me in surprise. "You... like my studies? Not the fact that I can turn into... him." He asks, and I nod. "Well, that's pretty cool, but my main field is in nuclear physics- so your one of my idols."

He laughs out loud. "Well then. I suppose there's a first to everything." He remarks, and his eyes birghten suddenly. "I will be right back." He tells me, before leaving the basement and heading up the stairs. Everyone looks at me curiously, and I shrug, indicating I have no idea what he's doing.

I wait patiently for a few minutes, and he comes back down, a book in hand.

"Here." He says, opening the book and signing it before handing it to me. I look at the cover of his book on nuclear physics in shock, blinking hard. Suddenly, Tony butts in with an exclamation. "Hey! That' my copy!"

Bruce glares at him. "You're a billionaire, go buy another."

I laugh, then get a picture with him. He suddenly says, "You know... you're my favorite fan so far." I grin goofily. "Thank you, sir."

I move on to Black Widoow herself. After getting her autograph and a picture, she asks me something. "Ok, I've been dying to ask you. this. No offense or anything, but you seem rather... calmer than other guys when you're around me. Most guys ... well, you know."

I laugh. "Well, I guess it's that my thoughts are already consumed by... someone else."

She must have seen me sneak a glance at Kate, because she giggles. "Go for it. If you're too shy, I'll tell her."

I smile kindly."Thanks for the offer, but I need to do this myself. But before I say bye... could you please do some attack moves for me? You are epic."

She grins. "Sure. I'm going to sneak attack Clint. Shhh." Right before she does, though, I have to ask her:

"Are you and Clint really... y'know.." She blushes. "It's... complicated." Is all she says before resuming her plan.

She quietly sneaks up on the archer, then grabs his arm, twists it, and ends up kicking him in the crotch before he even knew what happened.

". . .Ow." Hawkeye manages to squeeze out before falling to the ground. I wince, but eventually join the room in its laughter.

I finally moved on to Thor, who has been watching me with interest. "Hey." I say simply, gulping as I realize he might find out that Derek is Loki at any time. His serious expression immediatly fades into a smile, though. "Hello. I'm guessing that you want my autograph and a picture of us on your cellular device?" He asks, and I nod. "Well, actually, two pictures. Do you mind if...?" I motion towards his hammer sheepishly, and he laughs a booming laugh. "Of course!"

I end up taking a picture of Thor and me and of me trying (and quite failing) to pick up his hammer.

"Thank you so much, Kate." I thank her, and she grins. "No prob. You ready to go, Derek?"

Derek nods eagerly, and we're about to go before it finally hits me.

Loki's trying to keep me from saying I like Kate!

That makes me mad. I stop Kate with a simple "Wait."

I gulp and glance over my crush's shoulder at Black Widow, who's nodding and making "Go on" motions with her hand. I gulp, and before Loki can do anything, I do more than I thought I was going to do.

Way more.

I actually kiss her.

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