Chapter 11-

"Emerson?" Turning around Emerson found a old lady, in a wheelchair, at the door.

Studying the women in front of her, Emerson knew she had seen her before. But she just couldn't place it. Her sliver hair was styled to perfection unlike Emerson's messy blond hair was pulled into a bun. "Um yeah? Who are you?"

Looking at the nurse behind her. "Can you push me into the room more. I need to talk to this young lady. And you can go some where else. I'll call when I am ready to leave."

"Of course Mrs. Carter." The nurse said as she pushed her into the room. "See you soon."

Emerson tried to keep her composure as the nurse walked out of the room. Facing the sleeping Steve. Thats where she's seen this women before. In her American and World History books. "You're Peggy Carter aren't you?"

"I am." Peggy said looking at the blonde girl beside her. "And you must be Emerson Rhodes."

Turning her head slightly towards her, surprised that she knew who she was. "How do you know my name?"

"Steve told me about you." Peggy said smiling softly. "He would love to hear those words come out of your mouth. He's going to wake up and get the ending he has always wanted. I didn't get that ending with him, but you are going to get that ending."

"He hates me." Emerson said shaking her head. "He will probably hate the fact that I'm here."

Resting her wrinkly hand on Emerson's arm. "He hates himself, not you. He knows he scared the bloody hell out you when he told you that he loves you."

"Yeah he did." Nodding her head, she looked over at the still beautiful 90 year old women. "I have a son and his father was my first love. We had a on and off relationship for the first 2 years of our son's life. Until my sister's wedding when the job of his dreams called him. He was never in New York for more then one weekend a month." Sighing softly. "He's now living in Germany and Liam is heartbroken that he never gets to talk to his dad. But when that happened, Steve was there to almost fill in as being a father figure. So when Steve told me that he was moving here to D.C, I just shut down. I didn't want to get hurt again. Or Liam to get hurt again. He doesn't even know Steve and I broke up. He thinks Steve is on a top secret mission for the president."

"You felt like you were losing." Peggy said rubbing her hand up and down on Emerson's arm. "You love him, but you didn't want to ruin your son's life. Moving here would have uprooted him from everything he knows. I'm a mother I understand completely."

"Exactly. I have my son to think about." Emerson said agreeing with everything Peggy was saying.

"But." Peggy said laughing softly as she heard Emerson mumble. 'Theres always a but.' "You are only what 24? You can not stop living your life all because you have a son. You get a chance to be with the best man there is. When he wakes up, the first person he will want to see is you. He loves you, you love him. And if your son loves Steve and Steve loves him like his son, then you shouldn't have to worry about anything else. Be with Steve, be happy."

"I'll work on it."

"Good." Peggy said with a nod of her head as she saw her nurse walk back into the room. "Now I have to go. Have Steve call me when he wakes up. Also I want both of you to come visit me at the home when you get back together. And bring your son, I will love to meet him."

"We will. Even if Steve and I don't get back together, we will still visit. Liam will love to hear Captain America stories." Emerson said resting her hand on Peggy's arm. "It was lovely talking to you."

"Lovely talking to you too dear. Keep in touch."

Emerson woke up to someone run their fingers threw her hair. Lifting her head up slightly, she saw Steve looking at her with a slight smile on his face. His eyes were shinning bright when she looked up at him.

"Your awake!" Emerson said sitting straight, moving slightly away from him. "How are you feeling? Do I need to get a nurse? I should get a nurse."

"Em. I'm fine, I already got all checked up on. You were sleeping and they worked around you." Steve said smiling at the blonde. When he first woke up, he was surprised to see Emerson sleeping on the side of his hospital bed. He didn't think that it looked comfy, sleeping hunched over. But she was sound asleep, nothing could wake her. "I just have one question. Why are you here? I thought you wouldn't want to see me."

Shaking her head, Emerson stretched out her back. "I thought I wouldn't want to see you either. But uh after you called, I realized how stupid I've been. Well I knew but it hit me all over again. And everyone I talk to has been talking about how stupid I've been. Even Natasha. She told me where you were because she thought you would want me to be here."

"I do want you here. You being the first person I saw when I woke up made feel a lot better." Steve said taking her hand. Intertwining their fingers, feeling the spark that he once felt with Peggy again. "Thank you for coming Em. I appreciate it. Really. You have no idea."

The two stared at each other, either not saying a word. They didn't know what say to each other. Emerson wanted to tell him everything she said when he was sleeping. And Steve wanted her to pull her on to the bed and get back to where they were, before he moved to D.C. But he screwed up, he shouldn't have left her. He should have gone to Fury and told him that he didn't need to move to D.C.

"So." They both said trying not to make the situation uncomfortable, making the two awkwardly laugh. The silence was getting unbearable, a few months ago the couple could sit in silence for hours. Just being in the same room as each other was enough for them. But after the break up they knew it was going to take some time to get back to that point.

"You go first." Steve said motioning to Emerson to continue talking. He wanted to know what she wanted to say before he spilled his heart out to her again.

Nodding her head, she pulled out the drawing Liam gave her. "Um Liam wanted me to give this to you. He drew it at school."

"He wants me to have it?" Taking the drawing. He smiled softly when he realized it was a picture of him and Emerson. "Doesn't he hate me?"

"No he could never hate you. And it helps that I didn't tell him that we broke up. I just told him you had to go to D.C for an important mission for the President." Emerson explained while smiling softly at the drawing.

Looking at the photo, he smiled softly. "He's a great kid. And he's getting better at his drawing. It doesn't look like a six year old drew this."

"I know. He uh wants to know if you can teach him some more. And I told him that you would love too."

Raising his head, he looked up at Emerson confused. "Why would you do that? That means you would have to be in the same room as me. I thought you wouldn't want anything to do with me."

"I'm here aren't I?" Emerson said taking his hand. "I'm mad at myself, not at you. I messed up. I should have helped you figure out how we could be together. I was so stupid to let you go. I, I love you Steve."

"You do?" Steve asked quietly. He had been waiting for those three words leave her tongue for months. Every time the phone would ring, he thought it would be her. Every time there was a knock on his door, he thought it would be her.

"I do. I love you so so much." Emerson said feeling a tear fall down her cheek.

Using his thumb, he wiped the tear away. He didn't want to see her cry, he wanted her to be happy. "I love you too. I haven't stopped thinking about you since I moved. I saw Peggy and she told me I was being stupid. So you weren't alone."

"She told me the same thing." Emerson said chuckling, before she explained. "Oh Peggy visited by the way."

"Why was she at the hospital? Is she okay?" Steve asked sitting up, panic showing on his face. Emerson could tell that Peggy still meant a lot to Steve. And he wasn't ready for her to leave the world, quite just yet.

Nodding her head. "She is just fine. Don't worry it was just a check up. She wants us to visit her when we get back together. I think she wants regularly scheduled visits because she wants us to bring Liam."

"We can do that." Steve said scooting over on the bed. Patting the spot next to him, he watched Emerson sit on the bed. Facing him and sitting cross legged, like she always does. "You know I never thought I would miss the way someone would sit."

Smiling softly, she made herself comfortable on the hospital bed. "There's a lot of things I never knew that I would miss. Oh customers at the bakery are going to be so happy when I start serving cookies 'n' cream cupcakes again."

"Oh I'm so happy I'm going to be eating those cupcakes. Can I have a dozen just to myself?" Steve said smiling, resting his hand on her cheek.

"Of course. Nodding her head, leaning into his touch. "So since I'm making you a dozen cupcakes. Does this mean we are getting back together?"

"Kiss me and I'll let you know."

Looking out the window, she didn't see anyone walking by. Lifting her leg she straddled his waist. "That I can do." Leaning down she captured his lips with her own. She felt Steve rest his hands on her hips. Smiling into the kiss, she deepened the kiss hearing Steve moan into her mouth.

"I think they made up." Sean said looking over at Natasha as the two walked into the hospital room. Emerson and Steve pulled away from each other smiling at each other. But neither were happy about the interruption.

"Rogers they are discharging you." Natasha said with no emotion as she turned to walk out of the room.

Watching Natasha walk out of the room, Steve's face turned into the definition of confusion. "What's wrong with Nat?"

Shrugging his shoulders. Sean walked into the room. "I don't know, I just spent the last 6 hours with her and I think she only said 2 whole sentences to me."

"She doesn't really open up." Steve said adjusting how he was sitting as Emerson got off his lap. "You're Sean I'm guessing."

"I am. And you must be Steve. At least I hope you are or I am going to have to have a talk with Emerson about climbing into hospital beds." Sean said shaking Steve's hand. "It wouldn't be the first time."

"Oh shut up Sean." Emerson said finding Steve's clothes to have him change into. "I may have a kid but you are way worse then I ever was. At least I had boyfriends, you just have sex buddies."

Shrugging his shoulders, Sean sat down on the chair Emerson left open. "Makes life more fun."

"And so does a committed relationship." Steve said as Emerson pulled down his shirt. Normally he wouldn't be letting her dress him, he was still a little stiff and he was liking all the attention. "Right Em?"

Smiling, she nodded her head. "Oh yeah especially if you find the right partner."

"You two just got back together seriously two minutes ago. Don't give me that shit." Sean said crossing his arms.

Looking at her best friend. "But we got back together because we couldn't handle being apart from each other. If you ever find a girl that makes you feel like the way Steve makes me feel, you will understand."

"If I ever let that happen." Sean said looking down at his phone. "Uh do you need me to stay or am I good with going back? There's a conference I want to make. One of the interns here told me and said I could be her date."

"Go. We're good. Just give me the keys." Emerson said shaking her head at Sean.

Throwing the keys to her. "Thanks, I'll see you back at your apartment after the weekend."

Pulling him into a hug, she whispered into his ear. "Thank you for dragging me here."

"Your welcome." Pulling away. "I'll call you when I'm on my way back to New York."

"Sounds good. I'll see ya soon." Emerson said as Sean walked out of the room. "And use a condom!" Turning towards Steve, she smiled. "Do you want to get something to eat?"

Nodding his head, Steve replied to his girlfriend. "Yes I do. Let's go get something to eat and bring it back to my apartment. I'm starving. But first I want to show you something."