Chapter Two- Falling Deeper

The rest of the afternoon went by in a blur. When I eventually got the feeling in my legs back I stood up and wandered around, getting a good look at the inside of Stark Tower. At one point I found myself in the kitchen and came face to face with Thor eating poptarts, he saw me and froze.

"Please don't tell Pepper I am eating her poptarts." He was practically begging me! I promised him I wouldn't tell her and wandered into the lounge area. Where, oh, my, god! I found Captain America struggling to figure out how to use a phone! He saw me and was just like,

"Oh hi... Do you know how to use one of these? I'm Steve."

"Sure thing. I'm Macey."

So I spent the rest of the afternoon teaching Steve how to use a phone. That is until we heard a commotion and Thor came running up yelling something about 'Loki' and 'Escaping'. Steve told me to go to my room as he rushed off to help save the world again. When the Avengers finally came back they looked exhausted. So I did what I always did when my flat mate came back from University looking like death. I cooked dinner. Of course, it took me a while to find anything other then poptarts, but eventually I found some spaghetti stuff. When I served them dinner they looked amazed. Then Steve laughed.

"It's been ages since we've had a home-cooked meal! Tony keeps ordering take-outs!" Tony was looking at his bowl in amazement. I thought he was gonna say something along the same lines as Steve, but when he finally looked up at me he just said,

"Where the hell did you find spaghetti sauce and pasta in between all the poptarts?"

Bruce just smiled at me and said,

"Thanks for cooking us some real food." Then they all started eating. Thor practically shovelled it down and asked for,

"Another!" We had to laugh at him.

Clint and Natasha exchanged looks and muttered something to Bruce. He looked uncomfortable, but then he nodded, sighed and looked at me.

"Look I'm really sorry about this but with Loki on the lose again, well it's not safe for you to leave Stark Tower."

"Why not?"

"Because you showed him up."

"I did?" Really? Little old me? Doesn't say much about his self-esteem does it?

"When you elbowed him, you're the reason he got caught. You, a random girl, held him up." Nice way of putting it Clint but okay.

"So you're saying he's gonna try to get back at me?"

"Yep, pretty much." I burst out laughing. They all looked at me like I was crazy. I probably was.

"Seriously! What's he gonna do? Kill me? I'm gonna die anyway and they say it'll probably be painful so he'd actually be a favour!" They all winced at my casual remark about dying. They left shortly after finishing eating, but Bruce stayed behind to help me clear up.

"You cooked, I'll wash." So whilst he washed up I talked. I him told about how no doctor could figure out why I was dying, how my family ignored me and about the things I wanted to do before I died. And he listened. Nobody but Jenna had ever listened to me the way he listened. Jenna had always said that I should confide in somebody other than her, that having somebody to talk to would help. And it did. A lot. It was when I collapsed after hopping down from the stool and he picked me up again that I realised why. He cared. Not many people had cared about me in my lifetime. So when he put me down on the bed I reached up and kissed him. And to my surprise he kissed me back.

I know it's not a very long chapter but I had limited ideas for how to get them together. Please review! J