Chapter 14
By MysticFantasy
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"I want three." Tony said.
"Alright." Bruce agreed as he placed three cards in front of Tony. "Steve?"
"Just two for me." the captain answered.
"Here you go." Bruce said handing over two cards. "Ok. Who's calling?"
Ring...Ring...
"Sounds like it's someone who's not in the game." Tony said.
"Just a second." Bruce said pulling out his cell phone and answering the call. "Hello?"
The three men heard a frantic voice on the other end of the phone.
"Clint! What do you mean something's wrong?" Bruce asked.
Tony and Steve perked up at the doctor's words and tone.
"What do you mean you think her water broke?!"
Upon hearing those words, Steve suddenly bolted from the table and rushed out of the room faster than any of them had seen.
"I'm on my way. Watch out though because Steve's already got a head start." Bruce said as he and Tony quickly followed Steve's path. As soon as they entered the hallway toward the elevators, they heard the sound of a door slamming shut.
They could only guess that it meant that Steve was heading up the stairs. It would be faster for him than taking the elevators.
Tony and Bruce jumped into the elevator that seemed to take its sweet time heading to the floor they needed to get to. At times, they were jealous that Steve was able to do such complicated athletic abilities without tiring easily.
They soon reached Natasha's floor and hurried to her room. They made it her bedroom and saw Steve and Clint trying to comfort the spy.
"What happened?!" Bruce demanded.
"She just started getting these pains. Said it was cramps." Clint answered.
"Alright. Everyone out. Let me see what's going on." Bruce ordered.
"Come on, Steve." Tony said trying to pull the soldier away from the mother of his child.
Steve tried to stay but reluctantly agreed to leave the room with the inventor and archer.
"What happened to her?" the soldier asked as soon as they were out of the room.
"I don't know." Clint answered. "We were just talking and then she started getting those pains. I freaked and called Bruce."
"Well, thanks." Steve said. "I'm glad someone was here with her. I'm going to have to stick close by from now on."
"Jarvis would have let us know that something was wrong." Tony assured. "I have him keeping a close eye on her."
"Don't let her hear you say that." Clint said. "You know how she is about that stuff."
"Which is why I'm kinda glad that she can't really move like she could before." Tony admitted.
The three men then sat in the living room as they waited for Bruce to return with news of how Natasha was.
Steve was incredibly nervous on the inside. He had no idea what was going on with his wife and unborn child. He really hoped that nothing was wrong. He would be crushed if something happened to his family.
After half an hour, Bruce made his appearance.
"How is she?" Steve questioned.
"She's alright." Bruce answered. "Water didn't break but I do believe that the baby may be arriving early. Maybe in two weeks or so."
Steve nodded and then walked into the bedroom.
"So what was happening?" Clint asked.
"Nothing serious." Bruce answered. "She was cramping a little but other than that it was just signs that the baby might be born early."
"How's Natasha?" Tony asked.
"She's ok. A little scared of what might have been wrong with the baby but she's ok." Bruce answered.
"That's good."
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Steve quietly walked into the bedroom and spotted Natasha reclinging against a few pillows.
"Hey. Are you alright?" he asked as he walked over and sat next to her on the bed.
"I'm fine." she answered. "I admit that I was a little scared for a minute but I'm ok."
"Good. I'm really glad that you and our baby are alright." Steve said as he gently held her hand.
"Speaking of which, Bruce accidentally let it slip what the baby is." Natasha said with a small smile. "Want to know?"
Steve lightly smiled and nodded.
"It's going to be a boy."
The smile on the captain's face seemed to grow.
"A...a boy." he stammered and placed a hand on her stomach. "A boy! We're going to have a son!"
Natasha smiled at how excited Steve was knowing that he's going to have a little boy. She was excited as well. She got exactly what she wanted.
A boy that she hoped would one day take after his father. She would hate it if her future son was anything like her. She would like it if her son was talented in gymnatics like her and familiar with ways to defend himself.
She knew that some time in the future that word of Captain America having a son would cause a huge fuss. Fans would be upset that news of Captain America having a son was kept from them for so long and the enemies of the super soldier would surely be plotting to somehow capture the child in hope of using him to their benefit.
She would later try to have a talk with Tony about security for the baby.
"Are you sure you're alright?" Steve asked.
"I'm sure." she answered. "I'm more concerned about the baby. While we're on the topic, we need to get things that will start with his first initial and his whole name."
Steve smiled happily at that. Having wanted to wait to know what their baby was going to be, the two had already picked out different names.
Steve had wanted one particular name and Natasha had agreed with him.
"Our little James." the soldier said placing his hand on her stomach again.
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A/N: Thank you to everyone who voted. The votes were seriously close. It was by one vote that it was a boy. Had it not been for that one vote than I would have made it boy/girl twins. The name James also won the most votes.
Boy: 33 votes
Girl: 32 votes