Jennifer is now sitting in her bed as she tried to wrap her brain around what Director Nick Fury is trying to tell her. Being found in sombody's freezer? And not just sombody's freezer, a fellow Agent's freezer. That had to be scary.
"What year is it?" She asked looking up from hugging her pillow.
"You've been asleep." Fury told her gently. "The world isn't what you use to know."
Jen looked at him in fright. "Just tell me." She begged, she turned to look at Natasha. "Please."
"It's 2011." Natasha answered gently and simply.
Jen stared at the red-head in horror. "What?" She shoved her pillow and blankets off and stumbled out of her bed. "It can't be." She choked as she continued to stumble to one of the windows in the room to look out it. "Where am I?" She asked Natasha, who was walking over to her.
"New York City." The red-head once again answered.
Jen started to panic. "Everyone I know, everything I knew." She choked as she turned around to look back out the window. "My brother, and everyone else I know is either dead, or an elder. And everything I knew, has been upgraded." She wrapped her right arm around herself as she lifted her left hand to cover her mouth.
Director Fury walked up to the two women. "Mis. Rogers, are you alright?" He asked gently as he studied Jennifer.
Jen shook her head. "No." She choked out. "I had a plan for the future. It was maped out."
"Oh?" Fury asked.
"The last thing I knew, it was the middle of March, I was getting married in May." Jen looked at her ring that rested on her finger. Its a Edwardian ring with a big red diemond. It had taken some years, but Bucky found the perfect ring to give her. "Then Bucky gets killed." She gazes longingly at her ring.
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Jennifer is lying on her bed, slowly waking up. Opening her eyes she sees Bucky lying next to her, watching her with a big smile.
"Good morning my beauty." He reaches over to gently stroke her cheek. "Sleep well?"
"I did." Jen smiles, then frowns. "I heard you at dawn, what were you doing?"
"Bathroom." He quickly answered, almost too quickly.
She shifted to be more comfortable. "Bucky." She said firmly with a straight face. "What are you up to?"
He chewed on his lip. "Steve called?"
Jen rolled her eyes before she rolled to face the other side, her back to him.
"The butt." Bucky pouted. "I get the butt." He complained as he fell to his back and stared up at the ceiling. "That's not right."
"Serves you right." Jen said in a singsong voice with a hint of a smile, he turned his head to face her, but he only got the back of her head.
"How long am I in the doghouse?" He asked, watching her shrug.
"Depends what you're up too."
"Last time I was in the doghouse, I didn't get anything." He complained.
"Do you want to make your punishment longer?" She asked, she loves to torcher him, but this time he was up to something and she didn't like it.
"Ok, ok!" He caved, turning he leaned to her and gave her a peck on the cheek. "Be right back." He quickly said before climbing out of bed.
Pulling on his boxers, Bucky quickly left the bedroom.
"What are you up too James Barnes?" Jen asked herself as she rolled to her back and folded her arms over to her chest.
After a minute Bucky returned with his left hand behind his back. "Found it." He said proudly with a big smile. "Close your eyes please." He added as he walked up to stand by his side of the bed.
"The last time I did, I stepped right into an open manhole." Jen grumped as she sat up, covering her chest with the blankets.
"Please?" He begged with puppy eyes.
Jen leaned back, her back leaning against the headboard. "Fine." She said with a sigh as she closed her eyes.
Bucky climbed back into the bed, then he gently took her hands and placed a small velvet box into them. "Ok, you can open them now." He smiled when she opened her eyes and gasped at seeing the small box in her hands. "Jennifer Lisa Rogers." He gently took the box to open it, revealing a beautiful ring inside. "We've known each other since we were kids. And with Steve's permission." He pulled the ring from the box. "Will you marry me?"
Tears are sliding down Jen's cheeks. "Yes." She choked. "A hundred times over."
Smiling, Bucky slid the ring onto her finger before leaning toward her, kissing her and gently pushing her back to the bed.
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Jen was pulled out of her memory when Natasha placed her hand on the blonde's shoulder gently.
"When we were in our golden years." Jen paused at the painful realization. "Which is suppose to be now. We're suppose to argue with Steve over who has the better grandchild."
"Agent Romanoff." Fury started. "Could I see you in the hall please?" He turned to the door and started to walk.
Natasha gave Jen's shoulder a gentle squeeze before she turned and fallowed the Director out of the room, once again leaving Jen alone in the room.
Jen walked back to the bed and climbed onto it, taking the pillow and hugging it tightly as tears streamed down her cheeks. "Bucky." She sobbed, barring her face into the soft pillow. "Steve."
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Bucky gently guided Jen down the sidewalk with his hands on her arms, as he guides her from behind since she's blindfolded.
"Bucky, why can't we go home?" She whined. "I'm tired, I've been on my feet all day."
"We will." He reassured her before kissing her cheek as he continued to guide her, finally he stopped at a house that looks abandoned and possibly is. "Here we are!" He announced happily as he loosened the blindfold. "You may take the blindfold off."
"Finally." She grumped as she took it off, she blinked to reagust her eyesight and gasped when she saw the house they are standing in front of. "Why are we here?" She asked as she turned to him confused.
"I'm going to give you this place." Bucky smiled as he wrapped his arms around her waist from behind and held her close. "Steve said you always wanted this house."
"I love it." She smiled. "He's right, I've always wanted this place." She continued to smile as she rested her head against his chest. "Kids, a dog, a fence. Can you see it?"
"No." He shook his head. "But with you?" He nodded. "Yes." He paused. "I'm thinking five little soliders." He grinned.
"Five?" She turned in his arms to face him and wrap her arms around his neck. "I don't think so."
"Why not?" He asked. "I can totally see it."
"How about two or three?" She asked. "Then after we can talk."
He leaned down, kissing her gently before pulling away. "That seems fair." He grinned. "But I'll win."
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Natasha walked into her apartment with Jen slowly walking behind her. "Sometimes I'm hardly home." Natasha was saying as they walked further into the front room. "But you are more welcome to make yourself at home." She turned to Jen, who was walking around.
"And until I can find my own apartment." Jen paused. "I don't have any money. I can't pay your rent."
Natasha waved it off. "Don't worry about rent." She walked over to the couch and sat down. "So, what does the sister of the famous Captain America like to do?"
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I am sorry for misspelled words. I do not have a spell checker.
Yes, Jen is going to return in Captain America 2. But until then, I have a few more chapters for this fic, then Jen will return for The Avengers, then Captain America 2, then The Avengers 2.
