Hey guys so here's the next installment. It's basically a direct continuation. Again please R&R, I love to hear what you guys think and want to happen next. Thanks to all of you who did review and favorite or followed this story that made my day.

When I wrote this chapter I listened to Thinking Out Loud by Ed Sheeran played on strings by Vitamin String Quartet. It helped set the mood and you guys should listen to it when you read the chapter, but you don't have to. The link is below but you can easily find it on YouTube: watch?v=KfJ229KizSs

He had to keep his mind clear and it was becoming increasingly hard. He felt the affects of the Asgardian Mead and the stress of the whole night was washing over him like a tsunami. 'AAAAAAAH' that was all his mind could think of doing. He screamed out loud into the foggy night, that didn't seem like the solution either. Nothing was working. He driving down the mountain every fiber of his being wanted to turn around and make Natasha his, no mater how selfish it might be.

She was sitting in her little dressing chamber with Pepper and Maria now. Her closest friends didn't know exactly what happened, but they saw her push Steve away and Steve leave. They were both half holding Natasha as she started to ball. She couldn't hold it in any longer, the tear streaming down her face ruined her makeup but that didn't bother as much as what Steve had said. 'She married my friend.' Oh god how could she not see what Steve felt for her? All those moments together, and the longing gazes while Banner was gone, his constant attempts at helping her. Had she been that blinded by her feelings that she didn't see Steve pinning for her, that he wanted the same things she did.

He couldn't see straight anymore. On coming cars were a blur every now and then. He steered clear just in time. Nothing seemed harder than keeping his eyes open. His broken heart was crying more and more. Oh god her beauty was captivating and distracting and arousing all at the same time. Without even trying she weakened the solider.

As much as she cared for Banner, what she felt for the solider went further than that, she truly loved Steve and was in love with him. Pepper and Maria ran their hands over her back and gave her tissues as they tried to calm her.

"What happened Natasha?" Pepper carefully asked.

"I…I was dancing with…with Steve…and then we were talking, harmless stuff at first, then I made a joke about finding him the right partner. He said he found her but waited too long again. I joked back and said that its never too late, and then he said yeah it is…because…because she married his friend."

"Oh god Natasha." Maria tried to sympathize.

"I lost it with him."

"Natasha, its supposed to be your special day, just let it go." Pepper tried to reassure her.

Steve was rounding a corner and drifted lanes. Wow that car was close, as he swerved out of the way. What the hell were they doing on the wrong side of the road? He blinked several times and inhaled a fresh breath of air trying so hard to stay focused. He flashed back to her walking down the isle. Her face when she heard him say 'she married my friend.' He finally told her how he felt and said told him to get lost, to leave.

"I told him to leave, to get lost, I thought that what I felt was unreciprocated, childish at best, but he loved me all along and I was to stupid not to see it."

"Natasha, you're happy now let it go, you are with Bruce." Maria tried to Natasha to calm down, assuring her that she made the right choice.

"But now that I know…"

"No Natasha, don't you do that to your self, not today on your wedding. He's an ass for telling you today." Pepper asserted.

"He was drunk or at least intoxicated. I could smell it on his breath. I thought that joking with him was harmless, when I said every girl myself included swoons from time to time over him. But I just gave him a pass to say he loves me."

"Natasha its okay, you have to let it go. Today you should enjoy your wedding and love Bruce." "Yeah Natasha." Maria and Pepper stated.

"He's supposed to be my best friend and I told him to leave, he's supposed to be my rock, and here he is declaring his love for me after all this time on my wedding day."

The bright lights of on coming cars blinded him and the wind whipping across his face made his eyes water. How much longer could he keep going? How much longer could he keep pining over lost love? Everyday since they reassembled to fight hydra, a part of his heart broke. With Banner gone he regained some hope. Then his heart shredded when he was told the news at dinner that her and Banner were getting married. That what was that that he was heading towards? It looked dark but he was lost and yet somehow sure this was the right way home.

"It's not okay what he did, but now we have to go back out there and go back to those that we love. Bruce is waiting for you and now Steve's gone so there is no need to worry about what happened." Pepper tried to play the villain here, make Steve look like the bad guy; it was her friends wedding after all. It was so hard though, she cared for Steve, he was like a brother to her, and she knew Steve loved Natasha. She just never said anything, and she felt so bad for Steve, but today she had to feel bad for Natasha, no matter how mad she was at Natasha for breaking Steve's heart.

"Come lets get you fixed up and back out to your special night." Maria said. Then her and Pepper worked to fix Natasha's make up. When they finished her makeup they gave her reassuring smiles and escorted her back to the party. Back into Banners arms as the couple joined for a slow dance.

Home. It was an odd entity that somehow didn't seem right anymore. 'A different man came out of the ice.' 'I am home on this military base.' These thoughts were swirling in his head driving him insane. 'We can go home Steve, the war is finally over.' 'Come home.' He lost one love when he chose to save millions in World War Two. Now he lost the second love when she said I do and married his friend.

They were all at the party, dancing and having a good time again. She was in Banners arms and the rest of the Avengers had their partners. They danced and continued to sing. No one heard from Steve, Jarvis never said Captain Rogers has returned home, and no one thought anything of it for now, as they continued to celebrate their friends' wedding, this moment of joy was perfect and they were isolated from the world of alien invasions and death and destruction. If only they knew.

Steve closed his eyes for one second, and then there was nothing. He felt air rushing all over him. He lost contact with his bike and he couldn't place why, and then he did as he made contact with the side of the mountain. The sound of metal crushing and glass shattering were the last sounds he remembers. Steve's partner rotated between loneliness and death: Tonight it seemed like death was the lucky winner.