Note: One day I will be able to update this regularly. But today is not that day.
"Tasha! Tash, wake up!" Betty whispered, shaking her friend. Natasha responded with a groan. This was the first time she had gotten a break in the past couple of days and she intending to sleep for the entirety of it. "Tasha, you don't understand! The war is over!" said Betty.
"What?" Natasha suddenly shot out of bed. She needed to make sure that she didn't mishear what Betty had said.
"Germany surrendered! It's over Nat. We can go home!" Betty said. She reached out and hugged her friend and Natasha could feel her shaking. Natasha tried to wrap her head around what had just happened. The war was over.
The war was over.
The morning had started off very similar to the previous one. Except this time Clint was the one with the nightmares. Natasha could feel how tense he was and she was trying to decide whether to wake him or wait for it to end. When he began to shake and mumble in his sleep she decided that she needed to end this as soon as possible. She ran her fingers through his hair and began to whisper softly.
"It's okay. You're okay." She placed soft kisses all over his face and he slowly opened his eyes and looked up at her.
"This is a nice way to wake up," he said, a small smile appearing on his face.
"You okay?" He nodded and kissed her so gently that it took her breath away. It took a while, but eventually they needed to get up and face the world. Also, Betty was having a baby shower and Natasha didn't want to miss that.
The walk from her room to the outside of the building was probably one of the tensest moments Natasha has ever had. Rumors had been flying ever since Bruce and Mr. Pierce had that fight a couple of days ago. It wouldn't have surprise if Pierce had been the one to start all of these rumors. It also probably didn't help that she was a single woman who lives by herself and is now leaving her apartment with another man. She had gotten a few glares from the other residents when they had left the previous morning. But Natasha didn't let them bother her. It didn't looked like Clint cared either. He just wrapped his arm around her waist and pulled her closer to him. Once they had gotten outside, she said that she would go see him after the party was over and she was on her way.
It was good to get to hang out with Betty again. The past few days had been tough on the both of them so it was nice that they could just relax and have some fun. I was a very small party with only a few other people but the party was still great and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. Bruce had even gone out so he could let the girls have their fun.
"Have you thought of any baby names yet?" Jane asked.
"We've thought of a couple," Betty replied. "But nothing is certain yet."
"Do they all start with the letter B?" Natasha asked.
"No," Betty laughed. "I think there are enough B names in this family."
They spent the rest of the party playing games and talking about everyone's lives. The first game was to guess what day the baby will actually be born on. Most of them guessed that the baby would come on the due date. If the baby was anything like his mother then he would be right on time. Betty laughed and said that he might a little late like his father. Then Betty joked and asked about the due date for Pepper and Tony.
"You're expecting?" Natasha asked.
"Oh God, no." Pepper laughed. "Betty was just making a joke. Honestly, I don't even think I need a child. I feel like Tony fits the role perfectly."
That made all of them women laugh. Mr. Coulson had been right. Tony had been waking her up more and more recently with his "experiments". But they never ended up harming anyone. At least, not yet anyways.
"Two Tony's at the same time," Maria, one of Pepper's friends, said. "I don't think the world is ready for that."
"I don't think the world will ever be ready for that." Pepper responded.
"Well what about you Jane?" Betty asked. "I haven't see you in a while."
"Oh it's been great. Recently we've gotten a bunch of books on space and astrology. It has really been fascinating. I'll have to show them to you sometime."
Natasha had learn that Jane loves talking about outer space. She could go on and on discussing planets and talking about the stars. Natasha never knew very much about her, she would always just be reading books or talking to Thor whenever she went to the library. But it was great to see that she was so passionate about it.
"I'd love to read it." Betty said. "What about you, Natasha? I know things have been hard the past few days."
"Betty I don't want to talk about that right now." Natasha said.
"Wait, what happened?" Pepper asked.
Natasha let out a long sigh. "There has been this man who lives in my apartment and he is convinced that I am some kind of communist spy who is out to sell government secrets or whatever stupid idea he's come up with now."
"Oh my God, that's terrible." Pepper said. "Who is this man?"
"Alexander Pierce." Natasha said. Pepper suddenly leaned back in her chair, like an idea was forming in her head. Natasha wasn't sure what she was thinking, and she wasn't entirely sure if she wanted to know either.
The rest of the party was great. Natasha loved that she got to meet these people and even befriend them. She had been working at the office so much and dealing with Pierce that she hadn't really been able to meet very many people. She was almost upset when she realized that the party was over and that everyone was starting to head out. She told Betty thank you and gave her a hug before she headed out. The sun was just about to set so Natasha bundled up in her coat and headed off to Clint's farm.