Chapter 9
By: MsyticFantasy
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"Ok, here's the deal. Not a word of what happened last night is spoken in front of the men. Deal?" Pepper offered.
"Deal." Natasha and Jane agreed.
"Besides, I'm sure that the guys had a night that was just as much fun as ours." Jane said.
"Maybe." Natasha agreed as she brushed her hair.
The wedding was only three hours away and she was starting to feel the butterflies in her stomach. She was already in her gown and Pepper and Jane were helping her with the finishing touches to her hair and make-up.
She really couldn't believe that at the end of the day she would be Mrs. Natasha Rogers. She and Steve would soon be standing before their friends as the priest asked them to exchange the traditional vows and exchanging the wedding rings that had once beloned to Steve's parent's.
Natasha looked down at the engagment ring she now wore on her finger. Two days after their engagment, Steve had surprised her with a diamond engagment ring. He needed his mother's wedding ring so that he could have it properly fixed and cleaned to be ready for the big day and for their marriage.
Natasha thought that the ring was already beautiful but Steve claimed that he wanted their marriage to start off right.
"Are you ready to be Mrs. Rogers?" Jane asked with a small smile as she took a heated curling iron and began to work on the back side of Natasha's hair.
"I am but at the same time I'm not." Natasha answered as Pepper began to apply some eye make-up.
"Can you just imagine how Steve is feeling right now?" the CEO asked with a smirk.
"I bet he's pacing a hole into the floor." Jane said.
"But he will make the ideal husband." Pepper said as she finished adding color.
"Totally." Jane agreed as she ran a comb through Natasha's fiery locks and smiled when they curled just right. "I have to admit, I'm jealous of you Natasha. You have a killer job, killer looks, killer talents and now you're going to have an awesome man for a husband. Thor's great but I don't think that he come close to matching Steve in terms of being a gentleman."
"You got the one in a million man, Natasha." Pepper said.
"So I keep hearing." Natasha agreed with a small smile.
"And he's going to be an amazing father." Jane continued. "The kid is going to be lucky to be the son or daughter of Captain America."
"Growing up with such a famous father, it's every kids dream." Pepper added as she began to apply blush to Natasha's cheeks. "Just think, in a few years your baby will be saying 'my dad is Captain America'. They won't be picked on. That's for sure."
"If anything they'll be the most popular kid in school." Jane said as she twirled a lock of hair.
"Steve and I talked about it and we think we're going to either send them to private school or be home schooled." Natasha said.
"Are you sure about that?" Jane asked. "What about social skills? They'll need to interact with other kids their age."
"We both agreed on that part but we're still deciding." the spy answered and remained silent as Pepper began to apply her lipstick with a lipstick brush.
"Either way, I think this little one is going to have a bright future." Pepper said. "With their parent's being Captain America and Black Widow, then having the rest of the Avengers around, not mention that Tony is going to try to spoil them rotten...I'd say this is going to be the luckiest kid in the world."
Natasha prayed in the back of her mind that her son or daughter would have a better life than she and Steve had.
Her childhood had seemed like a nightmare that someone could have written as a horror movie while Steve had a lighter version of hers.
Bullies, pain, nightmares, lonliness, certain death...They both shared these things when they'd been growing up.
Neither one of them wanted their child to go through the same thing or experience the same problems.
"Finished." the two women announced proudly.
Pepper quickly got the pearl shade veil that was attached to a small tiara and carefully placed it on Natasha's head.
"You're ready." she said with a happy smile.
Natasha stood from her chair and walked over to the full body mirror located in the corner of the room.
The second she saw herself, she believed that she might be looking at someone else who just held a resemblance to her.
She looked like a real bride who was about to marry the man she loves.
If only I really could be that. Natasha thought. I'm a bride but my feelings for Steve haven't gotten to that level yet. Maybe they will be when we're saying 'I do'.
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Tony watched with an amused smirk as the blond continued to pace back and forth in the room the men were in as they waited for the ceremony to begin.
"Will you calm down, Barton?! You're not the one getting married." the billionare declared.
"Hey, I'm walking my best friend down the aisle and giving her away." Clint replied. "I'm bound to be a little nervous."
"Yeah but even Steve is calmer than you and he is the one getting married." Tony said as he turned to watch the groom straighten his uniform in front of a full body mirror. "How you holding up there Cap?"
"So far, so good." Steve answered camly although he did look a little nervous.
"Don't be so nervous." Bruce said, seeming to see right through Steve's calm nature.
"What is it about men always getting cold feet?" Tony asked.
"Get married next and we'll compare notes." Clint said with a smirk.
"Maybe you should get married." Tony replied.
"Not my style."
"Come on guys. We need to help the groom here." Bruce said with a smirk.
"I feel fine, just a little nervous." Steve said as he adjusted his cuffs. The others were sure that he was just trying to calm his nerves.
They would never get use to the sight of a nervous Captain America.
"Everything is going to be alright, Steve." Clint said. "In just a little while you'll be at the alter with Natasha saying 'I do'. Simple."
"And we shall all celebrate the event in a manner that will make you ancestors proud." Thor added.
Steve thought about his parent's and wondered what they would think if they knew he was getting married and going to be a father. He was sure that they would actually be surprised that he lived long enough to even find a woman to tie the knot with.
Though they had done their best to take care of him when he'd been so sick, he knew just as well as they did that he didn't have such a strong chance of living to be thirty.
He felt that his mother would be more understanding of the situation and his father not so much considering what the times had been like when Steve still had his parent's.
America and Russia hadn't exactly been best friends during his youth.
Steve wished that he'd been able to have his parent's in his life just a little longer.
Lightly sighing, he tried to push the thought to the side. He was going to be a husband in just a short time and a father not too long after. As much as he hated to not think about his mother and father, he knew he would have to get past what happened to them in order to try to be a good husband to Natasha and a good father for his future child.
"It's almost time." Tony announced and grabbed a bottle of champagne. "Let's have one last drink with a single Captain America."
Grabbing a glass each, the men allowed Tony to pour the amber liquid in theirs before filling his own.
"Steve, I'm wishing you and Natasha the best of luck. As a couple and parent's. You'll always have us around to help for anything." Bruce said.
"This is an honorable day. I am able to witness two of my greatest friends and fellow warriors join in union. Know that you will always have Asgard at your side and their blessing. I shall continue to stand by you my friend. May the light of glory continue to flow upon you." Thor said.
"Cap, you're a heck of a guy and you're marrying a heck of a lady. You're both great for each other and I hope that everything works out for you both. I'll be around to help with anything you'll need and I do plan on spoiling the kid." Clint said with a smile.
"Capsicle, I feel I've known you all my life. I always heard about how women were throwing themselves at you and now you're finally settling down. Which I think is about seventy years over due."
The men shared a small round of laughter before Tony continued.
"Everyone knows about your history and great deeds but now only us who are deemed worthy enough are able to see this huge milestone in, not Captain America's life, the life of Steve Rogers. You did a lot for this country and now it's time that you got what you wanted. You'll always have me around for anything and, like feathers here, I plan on spoiling the kid. Good luck to you, Capsicle."
"Thank you." Steve said as they clicked their glasses and quickly drank the champagne.
As they finished, there was a knock on the door.
"It's time, sir." a voice announced.
Steve let out a sigh through a smile.
"Let's go, Steve. Time to get married." Clint said with a smile of his own.
Steve nodded with his smile still on his face as he followed the others out of the room. He spotted a clock on the way out. In thirty minutes, he was going to be married.