On most mornings, at 5am, Heidi is wide awake. When jogging doesn't help with the overflow of energy, Heidi will go to the hotroom in the training floor and perform hot yoga. Sometimes Nat will even join her. This time, she's alone. She was in the hotroom for two hours until she finally felt calmer. She was sweating profusely in her sports bra and yoga shorts. Heidi rolls up her mat and leaves the hotroom. Steve, Sam and Bucky were stretching and warming up before their workouts. " 'Morning Heidi!" Sam says, being chipper and giving her a toothy grin.
Heidi couldn't help but smile. "Good morning Sam..." She nods at the super soldiers. "Cap...Buck..." As she saunters away, Sam couldn't help but take a peek at her ass again. Bucky caught him and smacked him on the back of the head. "Sorry," Sam muttered.
Heidi showered and changed into a maxi skirt and cami with a shawl wrapped around her shoulders. After checking her emails and phone for any messages or reports, she didn't have anything else to do except make breakfast. Wanda woke up and joined her in making pancakes. Vision and Tony sat at the bar and conversed with the girls as they cooked. After stealing a few slices of bacon, Tony left to work on more suits. Vision mentioned something about working with Banner and left as well. When the girls finished cooking, Steve and the others were done working out. They were sweating through their shirts but the only one looking winded was Sam. Heidi smiled to herself when she noticed. She passes the guys some plates before she made herself a smoothie. She felt her phone buzz and answered it on the third ring. "Hello?" Hearing the person's voice on the phone she started speaking German. The conversation was going south so she took her smoothie and left the kitchen toward the balcony. She was able to talk more loudly out there.
Natasha joined the others in the kitchen and saw that Heidi took her call outside. "That doesn't look good," she says quietly. Steve and Bucky involuntarily look up at the newest member of the team. "I bet it's her cousin. He's been calling her a lot lately," Steve remarks before taking another bite of his pancakes. "Cousin? You mean the King of Austria?" "Well…the NEW King of Austria." Before Nat could say anything Heidi came back inside, muttering to herself angrily "Lazy...no good...shit," She stopped herself when she saw everyone staring at her. She tried to smile genuinely at them. "Sorry you had to see that. Excuse me. I have to..." She didn't bother finishing the sentence as she grabs her clutch wallet and keys before leaving. "That was weird," Natasha adds. Wanda was going to follow Heidi but Steve stopped her. "She probably needs to blow off steam. We'll check on her later."
Heidi found herself window shopping in the 'chic' shopping area of New York. She entered Vera Wang to look at formal dresses. After quickly deciding on a navy blue dress with a plunging neckline and exposed back she bought some shoes from Louboutin. She checked her watch and it read 11:46am. Close to lunch time but Heidi was starving. She took her purchases to the trunk of the car and walked to a French cafe. She sat outside and it wasn't long before a waiter approached her. "How are you ma'am?" "I'm feeling blue Linus. Can you get me the steak and salad..." she pauses, "Make that two. Someone will be joining me." "Certainly ma'am." As soon as the waiter left, Bucky came around. "How did you know?" he asks with a grin. He was dressed in jeans, a leather jacket and a ball cap. "You smell of soap, leather and pine. I will always smell you before I see you." He smiles. After about ten minutes the waiter brought their lunches and they scarfed their steaks down. "Everything ok? You didn't look happy when you left," he finally asks. Heidi shakes her head. "It's my cousin. He's wanting me to do his dirty work for him." "So the new King of Austria is asking you for help?" She nods. "Prince, well King, Nicolas was my cousin's estranged son. His dementia ruined the relationship when he started accusing Nicolas of being a traitor. But now that he's dead, Nicolas has taken over for him and asked me to help him occasionally." "What does he want?"
"He wants me to step in for him at this correspondence party at the White House. Several political figures from around the world will be there." Bucky was silent for a moment, trying to take it all in. "Why couldn't he come to the States? Why make you do it?" Heidi rolls her eyes. "Because he hates these social gatherings. He thinks it's a waste of time. I'm the only person he trusts right now. There's some groups back home speculating that it was him that killed his father. Since it was my fault, I figured it was the least I can do." The waiter came back holding a silver tray. "Pardon the intrusion ma'am but I was instructed to give this to you." On the tray was a simple white envelope. Heidi grimaces at it but took it anyway.
"Thank you Linus. Can you put the steaks on my tab please? Add an extra $50 for you." The waiter beams. "Thank you ma'am. Hope your day gets better." "Merci!" She and Bucky stood up and she opens the letter as the two walk to the parking garage. "Oh good I get to bring a date...two dates in fact!" "What's that?" "It's the official invitation to the dinner at the White House tomorrow." She turns to him. "Do you want to come?" Bucky blinked a few times. "I don't know if it's a good idea." "Don't worry about the CIA or anyone else. You've cleared your name and you're an Avenger now," Heidi argues. "Who's your other date?" he asks, looking at her suspiciously. Heidi smirks playfully. "I was thinking mayybeee Sam?" Bucky immediately frowns. Heidi couldn't help but laugh. "I'm kidding. Of course I'm taking the great Captain America too."
