Author´s notes: Hi! I was able to update sooner than I expected and I want to thank you all for reading my story and especially for the reviews, it´s always good to know what you think! There is still going to be another chapter after this one, I promise I´ll do my best to finish this story soon! Romanogers forever! Enjoy! ;)
It was Saturday morning and Steve had been awake for some time but was still lying on his bed. He skipped his morning run today and was just staring at ceiling, going over on his head what he could do to get to Natasha´s heart. He had some moves already planned but if nothing worked, he would have to improvise. His initial plans of taking her out on a romantic dinner had already been ruined because she asked him to meet her at noon. But it wasn´t completely ruined since she also asked for him to take the key to his bike which was a good thing because riding together on his bike would involve touching and being really close. Just that thought made the corners of his mouth turn up. Steve turned his head to look at his clock on the nightstand. It was 09:02. He got up and opened the blinds of his window, taking a quick look out. He smiled when he saw that the sun was shining and that the sky was a perfect blue. A perfect day for riding a bike. Then, he made his way to the small kitchen there was in his room and decided to have breakfast there in order to avoid meeting Sam and Rhodes at the common room and all their inconvenient questions about his date. So he started to make some coffee.
Natasha was in her room too, but she had already had her breakfast. She wasn´t able to sleep much last night because she was worried about going out with Steve. So, she went to the common room really early in the morning when there was no one there. Now, she was going over her clothes in her closet to decide what she should wear. She would definitely wear pants and boots since she was going to ride a bike, but she couldn´t make up her mind on the top. Her bed was already full of clothes she had tossed away.
Natasha let out an exasperation breath and said to herself: "Okay Natasha, this is stupid! Just pick something! This is just a day out with Steve, nothing special about it!" She tried to lie to herself to calm her nerves.
She looked at her closet one more time and picked a white button down shirt and a black leather jacket. Nothing too fancy or too sexy since she didn´t want Steve to think that she was trying to impress him or seduce him. She was just going with her strategy of keeping it on the friendship zone. She put on the shirt and a dark skinny jeans, then the black boots that were just below her knees and had small squared heels that made her a little taller.
After getting dressed, she went to the bathroom where she applyed a light make up and combed her red wavy hair. When she was finished with that, she grabbed her jacket to leave but when she picked up her phone to look at the time she muttered: "Damn it!"
It was still 10:48. She had started to get ready so early that now it was too early. She threw her jacket back on her bed and sat unceremoniously on the big white couch near the TV. She tapped her fingers impatiently on the couch´s arm for a while, thinking: "What the hell is wrong with me! I´m so anxious to go out with Steve that I´m ready 1 hour and 10 minutes sooner. This date thing is driving me crazy!"
She took a deep breath and looked around trying to find something to do in the mean time before her mind got the best of her. So she picked up her laptop and started to work on her report of their last mission to keep her mind occupy. That always worked when she was getting over Bruce or trying to get rid of bad thoughts from her dark past, but this time, she was having trouble to focus because Steve kept appearing on her mind. She saw images of him during the mission, talking to the team in his Captain America tone, which she secretly love, then of him fighting by her side with his shield or telling her to focus on the mission after she made a witty remark. And then, Natasha caught herself staring blankly at her laptop screen with a silly smile on her face.
"Oh, for god sake!" She said as she furiously closed her laptop putting it aside on the couch and going with her hand through her hair as she released a frustration breath. She then looked at her phone again for the time: 10:59. She turned on the TV and started changing channels, not really watching anything, but she needed to do something not to get inside her head too much. After long 45 minutes of channel surfing, she got tired of the TV and turned it off.
"Let´s just go to this stupid date." She thought as she stood up and grabbed her jacket, putting it on. She checked herself out one last time on the mirror and then headed out to the garage.
Steve was also checking himself out on his mirror. He was wearing a light blue t-shirt and a brown leather jacket with dark blue jeans and brown short boots. He thought that since they were going out during the day, he would wear something more casual. He was humming an upbeat tune from the forties as he finished fixing his blonde hair. He couldn't remember the last time he felt this excited about something. He got his wallet and the key to his bike and headed out of his room. He went on humming happily all the way to the elevator and down to the undergroung garage, making his way to where his bike was parked. It was then that he had a vision that made him stop on his tracks and stare. The redheaded beauty was leaning against his bike´s seat and that sight really turned Steve on. He had to remind himself to breathe.
Natasha gave him a teasing smile when she greeted him: "Hey soldier!"
Hearing her velvet voice made Steve blush. Luckily, he wasn´t close enough for her to notice that. He snapped out of his trance, thinking: "Get it together, Rogers! Focus!" He started walking toward his bike and Natasha. He quickly looked at his wrist watch and then said looking at her: "Hi Natasha! You're early, have you been waiting for long?"
Natasha subtly observed how good Steve looked as he walked toward her. His blue t-shirt made his eyes shine brighter than usual. Her heart started to race as he locked his eyes on hers. But she was able to keep her calm composure as she said: "No, I just got here." Natasha lied, because she had been waiting there for about ten minutes, but she thought that Steve didn't need to know that.
When Steve stopped in front of her, he leaned down and gave her a quick kiss on the cheek, which he could see that caught her off guard because she gave him an akward smile in return. He smiled in triumph for bringing her calm facade down for a moment and said: "You look beautiful, Nat."
Natasha wasn't used to get compliments from Steve and she didn't know why they affected her so much. Maybe it was because she knew he meant it or because she was in love with him? That thought alone made her lose what was left of her composure and she clumsy stood up from his bike, almost crashing against his broad chest in the process. She quickly regained her balance and replied: "Ah...thanks? Have you got your key?" She changed the subject to avoid further embarrassment.
Steve´s smile got a little wider as he watched the world´s greatest spy lose her poise. But he didn´t want to make her too uncomfortable, so he just got the key from his jeans pocket and waved them in front of her: "Yeah, right here."
"Good. Me too!" Natasha said as she took out a key from the pocket of her jacket.
Steve furrowed his brow in confusion and Natasha answered his unspoken question: "I never got the chance to try the bike that Stark gave to me." She turned and made her way further back into the garage where a bike, similar to the one she used on their mission against Ultron on South Korea, was parked.
Steve felt a little disappointed that she wouldn't ride on his bike with him.
Natasha continued admiring her new toy: "Stark got this for me a couple of months back, just his way of being nice."
Steve was still standing beside his bike, looking at his Harley he said: "Yeah, Stark like giving us expensive gifts." And then he asked looking at her: "So, what is your condition now, where are we going?"
"Wherever you wanna go Steve, I just needed to take this baby out for a spin." Natasha said looking back and winking at him.
Steve was amazed because in matter of seconds, Natasha´s composure was back and she was teasing him again. But a smile appeared on Steve´s face because now he might try to put what he had planned in action, so he said: "Okay, there is a nice restaurant for us to have lunch a few miles away from here. I went there once with Sam."
Natasha replied: "Okay, can you send the location to my phone?"
"Uhm... I don't know how to do that..." Steve said picking up his phone from his pocket and looking at it, as he tried to figure out what to do.
Natasha gave a half-smile and made her way to him. She got the phone from his hand and said playfully: "Here, I'll show you old man!"
Steve was used to get her help when it came to technology, so he just stood behind her, looking over her shoulder as she worked on his phone.
"Here, you just download this app." Natasha waited a few minutes for the download as Steve got a little closer to her and felt that her shampoo smelled like strawberries. He felt like touching her hair but fought the urge and just continued to look at his phone on Natasha´s hand.
"Then you just go here and put the location and then go on send and put the number of the phone you want to send." Natasha finished explaining still looking at Steve´s phone: "Got it?"
Steve was feeling too good on his spot, the sensation of being this close to her was great. He said with a smirk: "No, please explain that to me again."
Natasha immediately turned her head to look at him, with a suspicious expression on her face. When she saw the smirk on his face she elbowed him on the ribs, getting a muffled groan out of him. Then she turned around completely and pushed his phone against his chest as she exclaimed: "Steve! Come on! I know you're old, but you're not that slow!"
Steve chuckled, blushing a little for getting caught. He got his phone from her hand and said: "Sorry." Then he did what Natasha explained to him on his phone: "There...I just sent it to you."
Natasha looked at her phone as it beeped and then made her way back to her bike. She sat on it and then tied her hair on a ponytail as she said: "Okay! The last one there pays for lunch!" Natasha turned her key in the ignition and smiled as she accelerated her bike with the gear on neutral, just to hear the powerful noise from it´s engine.
Steve didn´t move, he just watched, still mesmerized of how sexy she looked on a bike. He never really had the time to notice that before.
Natasha then looked at Steve: "Come on Steve! You're wasting time!"
Steve tried to hide his smile as he calmly got on his bike saying: "I'm just giving you a head start. You're gonna need it!"
Natasha smiled playfully at him: "Oh! You'll regret that decision!" And then got out of the garage passing by him really fast.
Steve just shook his head, not really believing that this was supposed to be a date. He knew that a date with Natasha wouldn´t be a normal one but this was beyond his expectations. But, when it comes to Natasha, he should expect anything, even racing on their bikes. In a way, it made this day even more exciting for him.
Steve quickly got on his bike and got out of the garage after her at full speed. He managed to catch up with Natasha in no time. They were both going really fast on the road. Steve tried to overtake her a few times, but when he got too close, she would block his path. Natasha´s skills on riding bikes were great, and she also had an advantage because Steve´s Harley wasn´t exactly made for racing. But Steve was an expert at riding bikes and he got the upper hand when a truck was ahead of them. While Natasha overtook the truck going to the left lane, he went to the right lane and accelerated even more. He looked through his rear view mirror and laughed as he noticed Natasha´s upset expression when he came back to view in front of her.
Natasha muttered: "Damn it!" She was a really competitive person and hated losing, even to Steve, so she just accelerated even more. And now it was Steve´s turn to block her path as she tried to overtake him, but Natasha was smart. She pretended to go to the right and when Steve tried to block her way, she quickly swerved to the left of his bike and overtook him, quickly glancing at him with a grin on her face.
Steve wasn´t really upset when he saw Natasha getting ahead of him because he was actually having fun. And he could see that Natasha was having fun too, and that is what mattered to him at the moment. So the rest of the way he just followed her, he tried to overtake her a few times just for fun, but in the end, he let her win because he wanted to pay for lunch anyway. He was an old fashioned man and, no matter what modern social conventions were now, he had learned that you should never let a dame pay for anything on a date. So, he was okay with losing to Natasha this time.