Natasha sat with Stef while she cried, once she calmed down enough Nat talked her in to going down stairs with the promise of ice cream. Stef, being 10 and loving ice cream, agreed and followed her down the elevator and to the kitchen. When stepping out the other Avengers looked at them, Stef knew that Natasha would tell them, but she didn't care. She didn't have to be the one to tell them.
"Hey, Stef, go and wait for me in the kitchen. Okay?" Nat said.
Stef nodded, then left.
"So, what's up?" Tony asked when Stephanie left. "Did she tell you?"
"Yes, she did." Nat sat down.
"Well..."
"Her grandmother's assistant had called her back, her grandmother is in the hospital."
"... What?"
"She said that her grandmother had a stroke... While examining her they found brain cancer."
Everyone looked at her in disbelief. Then Tony spoke, "That's what made her so upset. Besides me, her grandmother is her only living family she has left."
"Who's her grandmother?" Clint wondered.
"Don't know." Tony answered.
"I do." A small, broken voice squeaked, making them jump.
Stef stood in the doorway of the kitchen eyes blood-shot.
"Hey, Stef. You okay?" Steve asked, earning a shrug from her.
"Come on Stef, lets get your ice cream." Natasha said gently.
-AAAAA-
It was 4:30 the next morning and Stephanie was awake. She woke up with a nightmare, one that scared her worse then any bad-guy, monster, or alien, it was about losing her grandmother. The women who had given her more then just love, but strength. Stef feeling more tired then when she fell asleep got up to fix breakfast. Walking to the elevator she saw Tony's door adjourned and him sprawled, eagle style and mouth open, laying on his deluxe super king sized bed, sleeping.
She stepped out of the elevator in the main kitchen/living area. Walking into the actual kitchen she tried to decide what to eat. She thought cereal at first, but decided to have toast. She put two slices of bread in the toaster and sat down at the bar. She started thinking about the up coming start of school in two weeks. Was she ready? She didn't know. Maybe she should ask if Haley or Alexandra (Alex) could come over, maybe both of them, Brianne and Audrey could come over?
She was pulled out of her thoughts by the smell of smoke. Alarmed she look at the toaster, it had caught on fire! Quickly she ran into the corner and grabbed the fire extinguisher. She ran back and used the extinguisher to put the fire out. Then carefully she pulled the plug out of the wall using an oven mitt.
'I should of known better.' She thought. 'I know I can't cook worth my life.'
Giving up she walk to the living room, leaving the formally white now black toaster, and plopped down on the couch, putting her arm over her eyes she got lost in her thoughts.
-AAAAA-
The Avengers arrived in the living room to see Stef in the same spot, laying the same way. She didn't notice she was being watched, she was deep in thought. Then Tony cleared his throat, and she looked up.
"Hi." She said in a small voice.
"Hey, why are you on the couch?" Natasha asked.
"Couldn't sleep."
"Have you had breakfast?"
"No."
"Well, why not?"
"I brunt the toaster."
"Do you mean you brunt the toast?" Tony asked.
"No." She looked at the wall as she spoke.
"How do you burn a toaster?" Clint asked.
"I don't know. I'd ask it if I didn't kill it." Stef said.
"It was a cheap toaster anyway." Tony said.
"How much?"
"$100, give or take."
"Only you'd call that cheap." Stef gave a small half smile.
"Yeah, well. When your a genius, billionaire, play-boy, philanthropist* you get to."
"Let's eat!" Clint said.
-AAAAAA-
"Sir, some Boxes for miss Stephanie has arrived." The A.I. reported, after breakfast.
"Really," Stef looked annoyed, "I've been here, like, three months and they are just know sending the rest of my stuff."
"Why would they wait so long?" Steve asked.
"I don't know. Will you guys help me go through them?"
"Sure, let's go."
They brought the boxes up stair and started. Mostly it was just her old cloths and some toy, then her room decoration. Nothing to personal at first the there was the stuff that she had hidden under a floor board. School photo's, taped talent shows, etc.
"Hey, what's this?" Tony held up a binder with a Times magazine cover featuring The Captain. He open it to reveal every Captain America trading card made. "Woah."
"Let me see that." Clint said, not noticing the red Stef, then he whistled. "These look brand new. You could have bet Coulson in a competition."
"What is it?" Tasha asked. Clint handed her the book. "Well, look at that. Check this out Cap."
"Oh... Um, cool." He was almost as red as Stef.
"Oh, that's not all." Tony said holding up a Captain America action figure.
"Hey guy's? This is from last year." Natasha held up a DVD of the talent show Stephanie's school had. "Let's watch it."
"Put it in." Tony said, Natasha obliged.
As the screen came up Thor asked: "What magic is this?"
"It's not magic, it's electronic." Stef said, "and embarrassing."
The screen was showing a Stephanie with shorter hair smiling with one of her front teeth missing and wearing an army green, military style dress and matching hat over her pigtails, holding a toy rifle. "Next we have young Miss Stephanie Rogers (Natasha's brow creased.), sing "God Bless the U.S.A." The music started.
"If tomorrow all the things where gone... I'd worked for all my life, and I had to start again just my family by my side. I'd thank my lucky stars to be living here today, 'cause the flag still stand for freedom, and they can't take that away. Ay. And I'm proud to be an American, where at least I know I'm free. And I won't forget the men who died, who gave that right to me. And gladly stand UP!" She saluted, "Next to you and defend her still today, 'cause there ain't no doubt I love this land. God Bless the U.S.A!"
The song continued with Stephanie that was sing smiling broadly and pictures of soldiers flashing up, on the white screen screen that fell when she started singing, from recently all the way to until it had shown a picture of Bucky (which shocked Cap) then lastly the Cap himself. Then the video skip to announce the winners: "In third place Audrey Page. In second place Zelda Mae. And in first place... Stephanie Rogers!" Then the a shocked 9-year-old Stef on the TV fainted.
"You fainted?" Tony asked.
"Yes." Stef was red.
The screen changed yet again and there was Stef with four other girls, one in a wheel chair and another who's neck keep jerking and blinked a lot, all standing beside a trophy the same height as Stef. The camera moved toward them and a hand tapped Stephanie. She whiled around.
"Daddy!" She said, hugging camera man. "You see me?"
"I got it all on video." Said a the camera man, who sound familiar, laughing.
"Good, now we can show Gramma." She was now hugging a tan woman with long black hair.
"No we don't." Said the women, "She's seen it."
"You did wonderful, Steffi." Said a new older voice.
Stephanie gasped and ran into the arms of an elderly, white haired women. "Gramma, you came!"
"Yes, I did. I also got you these." She handed Stef a bouquet of red and white roses wrapped in blue tissue paper. Stef laughed.
"Mama, Daddy? Can we all go out to dinner?"
"I don't see why not." Her mom said.
The camera turned around to show, unnoticed by all except Nat, a brown headed Steve as he turned off the camera. The video ended and to Stef's embarrassment, they clapped.
-AAAAAA-
The finished the boxes with little delay, except when Tony went to open one of her five diaries.
Afterwards the day went by quietly. The only eventful thing that happened was Tony giving Stef permission to have her friends over. From the looks of questioning Natasha keep giving her Stef realized the she was putting the pieces of the video together. She was catching on. And Stephanie needed to be extra careful from now on.

*I'm sorry I just had to.

Loki: That was sappy.

Me: That's it *thinks super hard*

Loki: *poofed into a tutu* Not funny. Puny human.

Me: Fine, oh Hulk!

Loki: I take it back!

Me: Thanks for the patience y'all, I've been grounded. Please R&R. Love y'all.