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A/N: sorry it's been so long I've been having writers block and just couldn't get through the second half of this chapter no matter how many times I tried to write it.
Chapter Thirty-three
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When Pietro had talked with Steve and Clint the other day about the fact that he had yet to take Norah on an official date, something that all couples needed to do, Pietro was at a loss for what he was supposed to do for a date for Norah. He wanted to take her on a date that she would like and enjoy but he wasn't really sure what that would entail, both Steve and Clint and the other Avengers had thrown ideas out there to help him decide what to do (Thor suggested showing off his prowess in battle) but none of them sounded like something she'd like or something that he wanted to do. He wanted to do something special for Norah, he wanted to do something that made her see how much he cared about her and how much she meant to him in the short time that they have been together so far.
The only problem was that Pietro had no money to be able to really do anything for Norah with or to even take her out for a coffee and a sweet, and though he didn't really show it that simple fact bothered him like nothing else. Pietro hated not being able to afford things, and yes, he and Wanda had basically grown up quite poor but no matter how poor they had been they had always been able to afford the basics and Pietro has at least always been able to afford to take a girl out for coffee and cheap food, something at least. Eventually Pietro was able to think of something to do for Norah at the tower, having a date at the tower wasn't exactly ideal but there was a spot on the roof that would give them the sort of privacy that both he and Norah would want for a date so it would have to do until Pietro could figure a way to get some money.
Now he just had to get the help from three specific people to help distract Norah while he and a few of the other Avengers got things ready, he wanted this to be a surprise for Norah.
"Just people I wished to see," Pietro stated as he strode through the doorway of the library of the tower and saw that his twin sister, as well as Norah's sister Niki, Rora and Steve who he supposed would be willing to help as well.
Both Wanda and Rora were sitting cross-legged on the floor between the couch and the coffee table and were coloring in some books that they had gotten at the zoo on their 'girls day' as Norah had called it, Niki was wandering around the library and looking at all of the books that she could possibly feast her eyes upon and kept on adding books to the growing pile that was in her arms already. That was a similarity between both Norah and Niki – their love for books. And Steve was sitting at the rather large and rustic looking wooden table that was situated in the middle of the room drinking coffee and sketching the New York City he remembered from the 1940's rather than the one that he now lived in.
"Pietro," Steve greeted with a nod of his head and then looked at the younger man. "What is it that you need?" he questioned always willing to help a fellow friend and ally.
Wanda looked up from her coloring and threw a suspicious look towards her twin, "I do not trust you when you say such things, what is it that you want?" she asked him, as she raised a delicate brow and stared intently into Pietro's blue colored eyes silently telling him she wasn't falling for whatever front he was putting on.
"Why do you always assume I want something?" Pietro questioned his sister with a faux offended look on his face, trying his best to look the picture of innocence. "You act as if I am scheming. Do you not trust me, your own flesh and blood?" he questioned with a playful look on his face and he walked towards the table Steve was sitting at and leaned up against one end of it and crossed his arms. "Have I ever led you wrong?"
At that statement Wanda couldn't help but give a sarcastic scoff, "Yes, many times when we were children. You say you will not let me fall in mud and then you let me fall. I think you pushed me into mud on purpose." Wanda accused.
"I was six!" Pietro exclaimed, he swore his sister will never let him live down the fact that he let her fall into mud while wearing her favorite dress. "If makes you feel better you can push me into mud next chance you get." He offered.
Steve watched this interaction in amusement and was happy to see that these two siblings were much different than the ones that he and the other's had encountered back in Sokovia when they had been with Strucker and then with Ultron. Before, they were cold, angry, spiteful and wanted revenge for what Stark's weapons had caused to their parents, they wanted something that would make them feel as if they had gotten revenge for their parents death, something that would equal to the lives of their parents. He knew that what happened to their parents was a horrible thing and that yes Tony was partly at fault for deciding to deal his weapons to whoever paid the right amount but it was not completely his fault, he didn't know what they were going to be using his weapons for he was just selling them. But it was nice to see that both Wanda and Pietro no longer had a dark cloud hanging over their head as the phrase goes, they are no longer so angry and dark, they don't hate Tony for what happened as much as they did – they still blamed him a bit and it would take time to get over that – they didn't want to kill Tony and they didn't want revenge any longer. They were able to just be, to have semi-normal lives or as normal as a couple of twenty somethings could who had unimaginable powers.
"It's obvious you two are siblings," Niki said with a shake of her head at Pietro and Wanda as she headed back over to the couch her daughter was sitting in front of and sat down with a pile of books; maybe Tony would let her borrow some of these for a while and let her send them back from Minnesota when she finished them.
Wanda just smiled at that and then looked at her brother expectantly, Now," she said to him. "What do you want?"
Shaking his head at how demanding she was, "I need favor from all of you," he said as he looked at Wanda, Niki and Rora. "And you Steve, if you are willing." He said to him to which Steve just nodded his agreement. "I wish to take Norah on….date but I need to gather supplies for date and I need Norah distracted, I want to keep this a….surprise as you say." He explained to the four other occupants of the room and looked at each one of them and tried to give off a hopeful look.
For a while, before Pietro came up with his current date idea, he had thought about sneaking him and Norah into a restaurant and then speeding them away before the bill came but decided against it seeing as he got the feeling Norah would not be too fond of that idea. He just hoped that Norah liked this surprise date he was working on, that she did not completely hate it.
"You're going to take her on a date?!" Rora gasped as she looked at Pietro with wide, excited eyes. "Like a real date? Like the ones you see on Disney shows?" she questioned curiously which just made Pietro give the small girl a confused look, he did not understand that reference to Disney but nodded in agreement anyways. "Are you going to get her flowers? Girls love flowers, so you better get her some really, really, really pretty and colorful flowers. I can tell she likes colors." She said with a rather odd sounding sage tone of voice. "If you don't get her some I'll be really mad and so will aunt Norah, won't she mom." She said as she looked up at her mother.
With that last statement the adults couldn't help but give amused smiles to Rora, the one good thing about young kids was how straight to the point and brutally honest they could be. They spoke their minds without caring and it could be incredibly adorable at times, depending on what they are being so honest about.
Wanda spoke to Rora, "I am certain that Pietro will be getting flowers for your aunt." She said to her as she patted her lightly on the head. "Won't you Pietro?" she asked him in a borderline threatening tone of voice, silently conveying that he better be planning on getting Norah flowers or else there would be hell to pay.
Wanda and Norah may have only been friends for a very short time thus far but Wanda cared about her and cherished their friendship greatly and would be sure that this date her brother was taking Norah on would be perfect, and flowers were always a part of a first date. At least from those movies that she has seen they were.
"Of course," Pietro answered without hesitation as he looked away from the almost terrifying look on his sister's face and then to Rora. "I do not know much about flowers, maybe you come with me, help pick some out for Norah. Flowers you think she will like best?" he asked which made Rora give a giant grin and nod so enthusiastically that Pietro thought she may have given herself whiplash. "If that is all right with you of course?" he said as he looked over towards Niki.
Niki nodded at Pietro, unable to stop the wide smile from forming on her face. "Of course! Yeah. But please, please try to not go too fast with her." She said to him with a pointed look, she saw firsthand how incredibly fast he could be.
"Sounds like a swell idea Pietro, Norah's an amazing gal." Steve said as he closed his notepad and looked up at Pietro. "I'm sure she'll love whatever you are planning." He told him. "I'll help anyway that I can."
Rora jumped up in excitement and began to bounce up and down on her feet, "YAY!" she exclaimed and then rushed over to where Pietro was and began tugging on the hem of his shirt to get him moving and out of the library. "Let's go, let's go, let's go." She said to him impatiently.
Chuckling, Pietro knelt down to Rora before speaking to her. "Little one, I still must talk to them about what help I need from them. I want your aunt to have very good date with me so she will go one another." He said softly to her as he brushed some of Rora's hair out of her face and behind her ear. "I need you to have little patience, then we go get flowers. Promise."
When Rora was told that she gave a heavy, shoulder sagging sigh and gave a reluctant nod. "Fine. I'll try to be patient." She said none too pleased with the current situation, she absolutely hated waiting.
Seeing Pietro interact with Rora was completely adorable to Niki and she admired the fact that he invited Rora to go with him to pick out flowers for Norah even though he had no reason to do so, all Rora was to Pietro was his girlfriend's niece who he just met so he really had no obligation whatsoever. It was nice to know that he wanted to include Rora.
"So," Niki said, clearing her trough and directing Pietro's attention back to the discussion at hand. "What exactly is your plan, what do you need and what do you need us to do exactly?" she questioned curiously, wondering what kind of date the super-fast Sokovian had come up with for her sister.
Pietro grinned before jumping into his explanation of what he wanted to do, "There is balcony on rooftop that is perfect for date with Norah. I want it to be comfortable so I will have need of pillows and blanket maybe for the ground, a coffee table and small couch too would be nice." He started to say, spitting out what he wanted so that everything could be perfect for Norah. "And food, something she will like. I want to be like regular date, as much like regular date as it can be."
"So you basically want a picnic?" Niki questioned as she glanced over at Pietro with a small smile and clasped her hands in her lap.
Hearing the unfamiliar word Pietro cocked his head to the side in confusion, "Picnic? What is….picnic? I do not know that word." He said to her and then looked over at his sister for help but she just gave a half shrug and shook her head, signaling that she didn't understand that word either.
Both Pietro and Wanda's English were pretty good, Wanda was better than Pietro, but they still didn't know everything. "A picnic is basically what you just described." Niki explained to Pietro. "Usually it's at a park or when people go hiking rather than a rooftop balcony on Stark Towers." She said jokingly to him. "I'm sure Norah will love it though." She added softly and then sent him a curious look. "What else do you have planned or need to be done?"
"I do not know what they are called but they are like Christmas lights but all white and smaller," Pietro said as he motioned to how small they were. "Clint and Vision are getting those and will be putting those up around balcony, I will be gathering small things that are needed to make it nice." He said and then tapped his chin for a moment while he thought of what else he may need help with. "Steve, can you and Thor get coffee table and small couch or something to sit on and put up on the balcony?" he asked.
Steve nodded without hesitation, "Of course pal, no problem." He said to him with a smile.
"Thank you." Pietro said and then he looked to Rora. "You play important part, I have need of you to distract Norah for the day. Both you and Wanda, think of anything you can to keep her distracted for most of the day until it is time." He explained.
Hearing that Rora looked at Pietro with a look of panic on her face, "What? How'm I supposed to do that? I'm just a kid!" she exclaimed, looking at Pietro again and then to Wanda and then back again, all the while wondering what things she was supposed to distract her aunt with.
Niki addressed Rora, "Maybe do an art project or see if she wants to bake cookies or something, she used to love cookies and baking so I'm guessing that hasn't changed too much over the years." She suggested, an encouraging smile on her face.
Rora nodded at that and then went back to her coloring, she was bored now and knew that the adults were going to talk about other stuff that needed to be done but she knew her part so she decided to ignore them now, at least until Pietro said they could go and pick out flowers.
"And you just need me to help distract Norah?" Wanda asked curiously as she pulled her long brown hair over one shoulder, playing with the ends absentmindedly.
Pietro turned to his sister, "Yes, and I need you to help or convince her to change for a date." He said to her with a begging look on his face, doing his best to look pathetic so that she would say yes to him. "You are friend with her, you will be able to come up with way to have that happen, yes?" he asked her, clasping his hands in a pleading motion and even sticking his bottom lip out at her hoping that it would help in his plight.
Wanda gave a sigh when Pietro stuck his bottom lip out and used her red wisps of energy to push him and make him stumble back a bit, smirking she shook her head at him. "Stop with that, you look like child." She said to him admonishingly. "You are lucky I love you Pietro, not many would do this for you." She said and then looked over at Niki and then at Steve. "Brothers grow up so fast."
At that Pietro glowered a bit and then gave a playful look to his sister before he zipped over there and messed up her hair a bit before returning to his previous spot, "I am twelve minutes older than you, you realize." He pointed out to her.
"I act more mature than you usually." Wanda said and stuck her tongue out at her brother making Rora, Niki and Steve laugh.
So with that being said Pietro, Rora, Wanda, Niki and Steve all got to work on their specified jobs so that Norah and Pietro's date was as perfect as they could possibly get it and all the while making sure that Norah never found out about anything. Pietro insisted on this being a surprise for Norah.
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"Hey! Rora! You little sneak," Norah said with a laugh in her voice as she grabbed the bowl of cookie dough away from her niece who was standing on a chair helping her mix all of the ingredients together and then putting them onto the designating baking sheets. "You can't eat ALL of the batter you know, I know it tastes good but if you keep going like you are we aren't going to have any cookies in the end. Just stomach aches." She said with a matter-of-fact look and then grimaced, "I'm pretty sure neither of us wants to deal with that. Besides," she said as she wiped some flour off of Rora's nose. "If Tony finds out that we attempted to make cookies and there's nothing to show for it he'll cry like a little baby." She told her conspiratorially to her.
Rora giggled and then rolled her eyes, giving her aunt an unbelievable look. "No he wouldn't, he's Iron Man. He's a super hero and super hero's don't cry!" she exclaimed with conviction as she wildly moved her arms while talking, nearly hitting her aunt in the face with her dough covered spoon.
Deftly dodging the spoon, Norah gently grasped the spoon wielding hand and raised a brow at her niece when she looked up at her. "I love cookies as much as the next person but not in my hair, especially not hair like mine." She said as she pointed the long curly/messy hair that had taken years to learn how to tame. "I'd end up losing it in these curls." She said in a serious tone of voice. "Never to be found again." She told Rora in a spooky tone of voice.
Rora gave a sheepish smile, "Sorry." She said but was obvious that she was amused by almost getting cookie dough in her hair. "But!" she said suddenly, looking intensely at her aunt. "Iron Man wouldn't cry. I know it!"
Thor, who had been watching the 'cookie making process' from the other side of the counter, butted into the conversation. "The Man of Iron may not say it but he has a soft spot for cookies and sweets of many different kinds."
Thor had tried his hand at baking more than once, he has tried to cook as well but this Midgard way of making things is quite different than when he and the Warriors Three would go off battling foes. Lady Jane as well as Lady Darcy have tried to help him and aid him in the kitchen but it was quickly found out that he should be banned, especially after he had accidentally broke the most prized kitchen gadget – The Coffee Maker. Darcy had refused to speak to him for a week straight after the coffee maker incident occurred. It seemed Thor just wasn't meant to be in the kitchen.
Rora looked between Thor and her aunt Norah and just shook her head at the two, "You guys are weird." She said simply as she plopped a dollop of cookie dough onto the cookie sheet.
At that Norah gave a dramatic gasp and clutched at where her heart was as she looked at Rora with wide eyes, "How dare you say such things! Me, weird. Ha! I've never heard such blasphemy before!" She said to her and bowed her head acting as if she was deeply hurt by the comment. "After all we've done together today; the coloring, the playing animals, playing games on Tony's computer when he wasn't looking and changing his background to My Little Pony's, making epic ice cream Sunday's and making cookies and this is how you repay me. By calling me weird! The gall of kids these days, I tell you."
Being an aunt to Rora was an odd experience, Norah thought being taken in by Tony and being treated like a daughter by him was an odd experience but being an aunt was weird and odd and wonderful all at the same time. Sure, there were kids at Xavier's that had looked up to her and asked her for advice while she had been going to school there but none that were as young as Rora and none that were actually related to her. So this was just a whole new experience for Norah and she hoped that she was doing okay.
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While approaching the kitchen Wanda could hear the sounds of girlish giggles and the indisputable familiar booming laugh of Thor's, smiling to herself Wanda continued walking down the hallway towards where her friends (a word she was not used to using) were at doing who knows what. Wanda was glad that Norah was enjoying her time with her niece Rora as well as with her mother and sister, after seeing into Norah's head during the whole Ultron fiasco Wanda more than believed that her blonde haired friend deserved to have some good in her life and reconnect with her family again. Norah may have denied it for so many years but she truly did miss her mother and sister quite badly and desperately wanted a relationship with them. Norah might not have been expecting to gain a niece and was somewhat unsure of what to do with Rora but she seemed to have warmed up to the idea and didn't seem to have much of a problem talking or having fun with the six year old girl.
"Wanda!" Norah said excitedly as a wide, ear splitting grin appeared on her face. "Have a cookie!" she said and without waiting for a response from Wanda she shoved a warm cookie into her friend's hands.
Smiling at how carefree and playful Norah was acting right now Wanda took a seat at the island counter and shook her head, sometimes Norah really did remind her of Tony and made her wonder if the two really were related to one and another by blood. (She wasn't the first to wonder that exact same thing apparently; Clint thought the same thing too).
As much as Wanda wished she could continue to let Norah make cookies and spend time with Rora, there was a plan that she had to follow, a plan which the six year old Rora was a part of and knew that now was time for Wanda to try and figure out a way to get Norah away from the kitchen. It was time for the next phase of the plan which consisted of Wanda coming up with some sort of reason to pull Norah away from the kitchen and back to her bedroom so that she could get dressed into something that was much more date appropriate, why she agreed to do this Wanda had no idea. It was completely unrealistic to think that she would be able to convince Norah to leave without that good of a reason and right now, right at this exact moment Wanda didn't have a damn clue what she was going to say to Norah. She was going to…wing it, as the American's liked to say and hope for the best.
One thing was for sure, Pietro owed her so much for this, and she definitely wasn't going to do something like this for him ever again. Next time she was going to just tell Norah that Pietro was taking her on a date; there'd be less cloak and dagger going on that way at least. Brothers.
"Norah," Wanda spoke suddenly, interrupting Norah from her talking and joking around with her niece and Thor. "I have favor to ask of you." She stated as she peered over the counter at Norah who was in the middle of eating a spoonful of cookie dough.
Swallowing the spoonful of cookie dough, Norah looked at Wanda curiously. "What's up?" she asked as she leaned against the Island counter while getting the next tray of cookies ready to be baked.
At that Wanda blanked, sure she knew she needed to come up with some excuse to get Norah away but as far as she had come up with was telling Norah that she needed a favor from her. She quickly tried to think of some excuse but nothing she came up with was good enough that would make Norah want to leave from spending time with her niece. Basically, Wanda was shit out of luck.
"Uh, well-" Wanda began to say but thankfully she was interrupted by Natasha walking in with a purpose, heading straight for where Norah was standing at the moment.
Norah looked over at Natasha with a raised brow and was about to open her mouth to say something to the intense Russian assassin but instead Natasha shook her head, "Don't question it." She spoke evenly and then grabbed Norah by the elbow gently but forcefully, spun her around towards the hallway and started to pull her towards where the elevator was. "You'll have plenty of time later to spend with Rora, now come on." She said in a tone of voice that left no room for arguments.
As Wanda, Natasha and Norah walked down the hallway they passed by Clint who looked at Norah with a grin on his face and gave her a thumbs up before making his way into the kitchen with a yell of "Cookies!" The guy was more like a kid at times than he liked to admit.
"But-" Norah protested while being forced down the hallway by Natasha but all the redhead did was tighten her grip on her arm and continue to pull Norah behind her without even bothering to break the brisk walk that she had set, Wanda following behind. "Ow! Nat! Let go, no need to get violent here." She exclaimed after she successfully freed herself from Natasha's clutches.
Natasha stopped, turned to look at Norah and then raised a single sculptured brow. "This isn't even me being violent yet." She pointed out to her and then turned her back to Norah and walked onto the elevator with both Wanda and Norah following after, Norah following at a much more reluctant pace.
Pressing the button for the floor that Norah's room was on Natasha leaned up against the wall of the elevator and waited patiently as they passed each floor, all the while ignoring the questioning/impatient look that Norah was sending both her and Wanda at the moment. It didn't bother Natasha though; she's Russian and an assassin, Norah needed to try a lot harder than this if she wanted to unnerve her.
"Okay, somebody better start talking." Norah demanded as she crossed her arms petulantly under her chest, attempting to stare down both Wanda and Natasha, though it had little to absolutely no effect on Natasha. "What the hell is going on? Why did you guys need me? Why does, whatever favor you need have to be done right now? Why did-" Norah was about to go on but Natasha slapping her hand over Norah's mouth stopped her.
Glaring at Natasha, Norah licked her hand but all she did was give Norah an unimpressed look. "Really? You licked my hand Norah, I've had more disgusting things than your saliva on my hands before." She pointed out to her and then took her hand away from Norah's mouth and wiped it off on her pants.
Pulling a childish face in Natasha's direction, Norah gave a huff of annoyance and glowered at the two as she stood in the elevator and waited. She was definitely not a happy camper whatsoever; she and her niece had been having fun and then suddenly Wanda and Natasha come and kidnap her for reasons unknown.
"Come on," Natasha said as she exited the elevator when it dinged and made her way down the hallway. "We don't have much time to waste." She said simply, not even bothering to see if either Norah or Wanda were following after her.
Natasha walked down the hallway confidently in her high heels that were paired with a simple cocktail dress, making a few turns the trio ended up at Norah's door which she didn't even hesitate to open and walk inside. Making herself at home in Norah's room, Natasha went straight for Norah's closet which was a walk in closet and began to rifle through her dresses to see what would be best suited for the casual date that Pietro had planned for the two of them.
"Time to waste for what?" Norah questioned suspiciously. "And why exactly are we in my room?" she asked as she eyed Natasha who was in her walk in closet. "And why are you going through my clothes Nat? I mean I'd totally borrow you some if you want but one, they're not your style and two, I got a bit more meat on my bones then you do." She pointed out in slight amusement.
At that Natasha peeked her head out of the closet, a few dresses hanging from one arm. "That information is classified." She spoke, a smirk on her face and then dove back into the closet.
Heaving a big sigh Norah plopped herself onto her rather large bed and then looked over at Wanda who was sitting in the colorful tufted chair that was closest to her bed. "Wanda?" she questioned, looking at her friend expectantly and waiting for some sort of answer as to what was going on at the moment because quite simply, she was confused as hell.
"I am sorry, I cannot say. It will ruin things." Wanda apologized with a tight smile, doing her best to not reveal that they were in fact getting Norah ready for a surprise date.
"Ruin what exactly?!" Norah said in frustration and just as she was about to open her mouth to ask something else a blue piece of clothing was thrown at her face, mumbling threats under her breath she pulled it from her head and saw that it was a dress. "Why are you always throwing things at me? First throwing daggers, then knives and now dresses? What's next?" she joked.
Natasha looked at Norah and shook her head, "It amuses me." She responded and then crossed her arms and looked at Norah with determination. "Now Strip and put the dress on, we got thirty minutes tops to get you ready." She told her and shooed her towards the attached bathroom and threw a pair of black leggings at her as well.
Shutting the bathroom door, Norah was still so confused but apparently she had no choice in what was going on so she quickly stripped of the ragged pair of jeans she had been wearing and the tank top and plaid shirt she had been wearing and donned the dress that Natasha had thrown at her. Quite rudely too. The dress was a navy blue color with short lacy sleeves that showed off her tattoos that were on her arms, it had a scoop neck; a dropped waist line with a thin brown braided leather belt and the skirt part was tiered and ended just a few inches above her knees. Quickly pulling the leggings on underneath the dress, Norah adjusted the belt on the dress and made sure the skirt part wasn't stuck in any embarrassing areas without realizing and then walked back into the wolves den to deal with Natasha who was having her do this for who knows what reason. Was she going out on a mission with her and they were trying to make her be sneaky about it so that Pepper and Tony didn't find out or what?
"Here." Wanda said as she passed a pair of earrings to Norah, they were simply dangle earrings with hammered disks, simple but cute.
"Uhh, thanks." Norah said with a shake of her head and put the earrings in.
Once she had done that Norah went over to where she stashed her jewelry and slipped on a spoon ring that had flowers engraved on it, then she put on a few thin copper colored bangle bracelets and a braided Sami bracelet from Finland and lastly she slipped on a metal pendant necklace that had the Norse tree of life which the metal looked as if it was made of actual wood rather than pewter.
Turning around she looked at Natasha and saw that she had a pair of glittery gold colored flats in her hands which she knew were intended for her, and gave a sigh. "I'm assuming you're still not going to tell me what's going on." She said to them rhetorically, not really expecting an answer.
"Of course not." Natasha answered and then dragged Norah over to her vanity and sat her down in the chair and began to fluff Norah's hair making the curls look just that much bigger. "Now hold still while I do your hair."
Starting to kinda understand what was going on, or at least Norah thought she knew what was going on, because seriously Natasha wouldn't get this detailed for a mission if Norah was going and usually the dress code was usually much more black tie than the blue dress she was wearing at the moment. Though, Norah thought that if this was a date, which she assumed it was that Pietro would have asked her or something along those lines. They've talked about going on a real date before but with Norah being in a coma and then needing time to heal they've never really had time to actually go on one.
"There." Natasha said as she finished tying Norah's hair into a large messy bun at the back of her head and then quickly did a side braid which she secured with a few bobby pins. "Done." She told her with a rare soft smile on her face and then dropped the shoes into her lap. "Put these on and then follow Wanda, my work here is done." She said and then waved bye to the two females and exited Norah's bedroom without another word.
Slipping the shoes on Norah looked at Wanda and then gave a small smirk, "So," she said as she grabbed a grey sweater, it was almost seven at night and it was fall so a sweater was needed nowadays. "This has to do with Pietro I assume." She said knowingly.
At that Wanda's eyes widened a bit but she did her best to not give anything away, "I will not be telling." She said and then strode out the door of the room.
Norah following behind Wanda began to ask her questions and do her best to weasel a bit of information out of her but Wanda kept true to what she said and didn't tell her anything, she kept on diverting the questions that Norah shot at her and changing the subject to the most random subjects to avoid answering questions. No matter how much she pushed and prodded Wanda kept her lips sealed on what was going on and whether or not it had to deal with Pietro or not.
"The roof?" Norah asked curiously as she and Wanda made their way up the one set of stairs that led to the room/balcony.
Wanda nodded before she knocked on the door and then gave Norah a hug, "Have fun." She whispered in her ear and then headed back downstairs to go and do whatever it was that she felt like.
For a few moments Norah stared at the door that led to the rooftop balcony oddly, wondering what exactly was going on that would make Wanda tell her to 'have fun' but Norah had an inkling of a feeling that all of this had to do with Pietro and him wanting to take her on an actual date like regular couples do. Hanging out around the tower with the others didn't really count, or at least that's what he said to her. Norah didn't mind, the roof was actually a really nice place to go to when a person wanted some peace and quiet for more than ten minutes – Tony or Thor usually ended up doing or causing something chaotic to happen.
Opening the door and walking but a few steps onto the roof Norah suddenly stopped with a shocked look on her face; the rooftop definitely didn't look anything like the rooftop she remembered from the last time that she had been up here. The roof, which had been plain Jane before, now looked nice and had a sort of boho kind of flair to it. There were fairy lights hung up around the roof to give a sort of ambiance but the majority of the lights were hung up near a little nook area that had a simple love seat with a wooden coffee table, a few feet from the nook there was a large blanket laid out with a bunch of pillows.
Smiling softly, Norah couldn't believe how much work Pietro had put into putting a date together for the two of them. Though Norah hasn't dated much in her twenty-two years she has dated a bit but this…this date tops all of the other dates that she has ever been on.
"Eleanorah."
Turning from gazing at the little nook Norah saw that Pietro was standing next to the door that she had just exited from with his arms crossed loosely over his chest, a charming smirk on his face that always seemed to get a reaction from Norah. Taking in Pietro's form Norah couldn't help but give a small grin when she saw that instead of donning his usual gym shorts, sweats, tank tops and t-shirts he now was wearing a simple rust colored button down shirt with the first few unbuttoned and the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, a pair of dark jeans but even with looking semi-dressed up he still wore his customary tennis shoes. Norah couldn't even begin to imagine Pietro wearing dress shoes for anything unless he was threatened under pain of death, plus they'd probably end up ruined by the end of the night considering that he hated to go slow.
"Pietro." Norah said softly as she turned fully to look at him and smiled at him brightly. "What is this?" she questioned as she gazed around the rooftop once again in amazement and then back at him and noticed the soft, and dare she say, loving smile that was playing across his face at the moment.
Pietro stepped closer to Norah and grasped her hands that were by her sides and brought them up to his face and pressed a kiss against her knuckles. "This is a date." He said to her as he lowered their hands and stepped closer to Norah and leant down and pressed a kiss against her lips.
Smiling, Norah let go of Pietro's hands and wrapped her arms around his neck and pulled him into a bit more forceful of a kiss and after a few moments she pulled away and peered up into his blue colored eyes. "Pietro," she nearly whispered as she raised a hand and brushed a few stray hairs of hiss out of his eyes. "Thank you." She spoke.
Pietro rubbed the back of his neck a bit in embarrassment, he has never done something like this or put so much effort into doing something for a girl like he has with Norah. "It is not much, I wanted take you on real date but this," he said as he gestured to the decorated rooftop. "Is best I can do." He said to her as he intertwined his hand with hers and led her over to where the couch and coffee table was and where there was two to go boxes of food waiting for the two of them. "When I can get money I will take you on real date, not something like this." He said to her with conviction.
Once the two were sat down Norah didn't hesitate to hit Pietro upside the head for that last comment, "Don't you say something like that." She told him fiercely with a glare directed towards her boyfriend. "This is a real date as far as I'm concerned and don't you dare take that away from me Pietro Luka Maximoff."
"How do you know my middle name?" Pietro asked as he rubbed the back of his head where Norah had hit him without hesitation; it seemed that he was bound to be surrounded by females who were not afraid to hit him or put him in his place.
Norah grinned, "How do you think? Your sister told me of course." She stated with an innocent smile. "She has tons of dirty details on you." She said with a waggle of her eye brows.
Laughing, Pietro leaned down and pressed his forehead against Norah's for a moment and closed his eyes, enjoying the moment. "You are definitely not like other girls, you keep people on toes." He stated as he sat back up and looked down into Norah's dark brown eyes.
"Is that a good thing or a bad thing?" Norah asked, a playful smirk on her face.
"It is very good thing." He told her as he cupped her cheek for a moment. "You look lepa." He said to her sincerely.
At that Norah cocked her head to the side a bit, giving him a confused look. "I may be a linguist but I only know certain languages. What is…lepa?" she questioned.
Pietro smiled, "It means beautiful." He said to her.
Hearing that Norah couldn't help but blush a bit; sure she was twenty-two going on twenty-three in six months or less and she has dated before, she's had sex before and has told herself and been told by other's that she looks good but having Pietro tell her that she looked beautiful brought her inner high school girl out. Being called beautiful was different than being called hot, cute or sexy.
"You look pretty handsome yourself," Norah replied back to him. "A bit different, but very handsome." She said as she tugged playfully on the shirt he was wearing at the moment.
"Steve did not think going on date in gym clothes would be good idea." Pietro said with a shrug of his shoulders. "Now, come. Let's eat. I got us special dinner, I was told this is your favorite." He said as he opened the plastic bag up and took out two containers along with two plastic forks.
Opening the container Norah couldn't help but give a slight squeal, "You got me S'Mac! I freaking love S'Mac!" she said in excitement. "Some people may want to go out for fancy dinners for their dates or drinks but you know what, eating fancy mac and cheese is more than all right." She told him and then leant over and pulled him down to her level by the back of his neck and pressed a kiss against his lips before she moved her hand into his hair and grasped it tightly, pressing her lips more firmly against his as the two kissed.
Enjoying the kiss that he was receiving just for the fact that he got Norah's favorite food, Pietro realized that the two needed to stop or else their food would get cold. Gently nibbling on Norah's lip for one quick second, Pietro reluctantly pulled away and smiled at his girlfriend who had slightly swollen lips from the bit of kissing they were doing.
"I would enjoy doing more of this, but if we continue the food will get cold." Pietro stated and gave an amused snort when he saw the pout on Norah's face. "We can continue later, promise." He said to her.
"Promise?" Norah asked cheekily.
"If you wish." He responded before he turned towards the food. "Food first." He said and then pulled two bottles of hard cider out – Norah's favorite alcoholic beverage according to Natasha.
Not able to help herself Norah pinched Pietro's bum making him jump a bit at the unexpected action and give her an admonishing look but she saw the half smile he gave her when he turned back to his food.
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Looking at the monitors that was in front of him Tony couldn't help but clench his fists on top of the table in anger. At the present moment he was in his lab on his computer, but instead of working on some invention or making adjustments to his Iron Man suits he was sitting at his computer watching the feed of Pietro and Norah's date.
Yes, he somewhat accepted the kid now and kinda liked him a portion of the time but that didn't mean he had to like him completely. He was dating his daughter after all, his only daughter and Tony was allowed to be a tad bit protective of her. Okay, so technically this was probably way over the protective line of things but he loved Norah and he just couldn't help himself.
Tony was so distracted with watching Norah and Pietro's date that he didn't even hear the click of heels that signaled his girlfriend was approaching until it was too late, "Anthony Stark! What in the hell do you think you are doing?" she questioned shrilly at him, not being able to believe that he was spying on his own daughter's date.
"Uhhh, well, you see Pepper. The thing is this…" Tony said trailing off, not really able to come up with the right words to make Pepper ease up and not be completely pissed at him but he had a feeling that that was a lost cause.
Pepper crossed her arms and looked at Tony with narrowed eyes, "Turn it off Tony." She said to him and when he didn't move she gave him a pointed look. "Now, Tony." She said.
At that Tony gave a dramatic sigh, "Oh come on, let me watch for a while will you. What if he has impure thoughts or wants to have his wicked way with her and wants to take Norah's innocence?" he questioned. "Hmm, what about that?" he demanded.
"Tony, I'm sorry to say but Norah hasn't been a virgin for a while." Pepper said in amusement and then laughed even more when she saw the horrified look on Tony's face.
"UGH! Pepper!" Tony whined pathetically as he covered his eyes. "I didn't want to know that."
"Come on, computer off." Pepper said to him. "And no looking on your phone either." She said to him before he could even try.
Tony sighed heavily, "Fine." He agreed reluctantly, unhappy at being found spying.
Pepper looked at Tony and shook her head at him, an overprotective father who acts like a child.
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After Pietro and Norah had finished up with their dinner of mac and cheese (fancy mac and cheese at that) the two made their way over to the large blanket that was laid out for the two of them, a few pillows as well. Pietro basically flopped down onto the blanket and stared up at Norah with a cocky little smirk on his face and held out a proffered hand to her.
"Come, moj mali bik, join me." Pietro said to her as he stared up into his girlfriend's dark brown eyes expectantly, waiting for her to take his hand.
At that Norah gave him a suspicious look, "You know, when you smirk at me like that it makes me not want to trust you." She said to him jokingly as she stared down at him with a raised brow, hands on her hips. "It makes you look suspicious and troublesome."
Pietro's smirk just widened at that, "It is what makes you-" he paused for a moment as he searched for the right word in English. "Attracted? Interested in me." He said uncertain if he had used the correct word but closest to what he was trying to say to her. "Now come, join me." He said to her once again, blue eyes looking up at her from his sitting position on the blanket.
Smiling at her boyfriend, Norah stepped forward to grasp Pietro's hand but before she really had a chance to reach for it he leaned forward with his super speed and pulled her down onto the blanket with him, laughing at her surprised squeak that she made at the unexpected movement.
"Damn it Pietro, you're supposed to warn me when you do shit like that." Norah admonished as she playfully hit him on the chest.
In response to that Pietro gave a slight chuckle and leaned back and stretched out across the blanket, a pillow beneath his head and looked at Norah with a small smile on his face. "I could not help self, could not….resist, from doing so." He said to her and then patted the pillow that was beside his. "Lay back with me Eleanorah." He said to her softly as he ran his fingers up and down her back slowly.
Closing her eyes for a moment and enjoying the feeling of Pietro running his fingers up and down her back slowly, Norah smiled and toed off her shoes before she laid down on her side alongside Pietro and had one leg thrown over one of his and laid her head on his chest and drummed her fingers on the bit of skin that showed from the top of his button up shirt.
"Do you know much of stars Norah?" Pietro asked her after a few moments of silence while he gently ran his free hand up and down the arm that was lying across his chest, his other hand tucked behind his head which was resting on a pillow.
Glancing up at Pietro from where she laid on him and then turning her eyes to the dark sky before shaking her head. "Not really, no. I know maybe two or three constellations but otherwise not all that much." She responded.
Giving a serene smile, Pietro began to talk once again. "My mother had loved the stars; she loved to learn stories of constellations and mythology behind them. She would tell Wanda and I all about them when we were younger." He said with a soft smile on his face at the memory of those times. "It was hard to do much, my parents worked all the time and our money went to needs rather than wants. We could not afford vacations or to go too far but our parents would try and think of things to do with Wanda and I. Going up to rooftop of apartment was something that they did for us; our mother would point out stars and tell us their names. Our dad would try but he did not know names well, he just enjoyed spending time with all of us."
Norah smiled at that, she could just imagine Pietro and Wanda as little kids staring up at the stars with wonder and listening to their mother talk about the stars with complete and undivided attention. It was a cute little image and was sad that New York City was so filled with light pollution and other sorts that made it practically impossible to see the stars.
Humming contently, Norah moved her head a bit and kissed Pietro's shirt covered chest and began to draw designs on the other side of his chest. "It sounds like she was a sweet woman, and that she loved you and Wanda very much. Both of your parents actually." She said to him softly, wishing she could change what happened so that Pietro and Wanda could have their parents back.
Pietro nodded as he moved the hand that was tucked behind his head and began to run it up and down Norah's back slowly, creating designs along her back. "They did." He said somberly and leant down and kissed Norah on the forehead. "I thought this would be good idea for date….this was good idea for first date, yes?" he questioned as he looked down into her eyes inquisitively.
Norah sat up and looked down at Pietro as she leant her weight on one arm, "What, are you saying the shipyard and Seoul didn't count as dates?" she joked with a smirk on her face, earning an identical one from her boyfriend. "I mean sure, admittedly they wouldn't have been my first choice for dates with the whole being in danger thing and I gotta say being attacked was definitely not my favorite part but-"
Before Norah had a chance to finish what she was saying Pietro sat up, cupped Norah's face and kissed her before she was able to comprehend what was happening exactly, pulling back from the kiss Pietro looked down into Norah's somewhat surprised and dazed expression. "You talk too much sometimes, did you know that?" he questioned her with a playful tone, gently running his fingers along the crook of her neck.
"Pfft, no such thing." Norah said to him with a sly smirk. "Besides, I thought you liked my mouth." She said to him with a suggestive waggle of her eyebrows.
Pietro let out a laugh as he laid back down on his back, pulling Norah with him so that she straddled his waist. "I did not think you females were such dirty minded." He said to her.
At that Norah just raised a brow at Pietro and then looked at the position that he just pulled her into. "Says the man who just pulled me into a seated position on top of him." She said to him pointedly. "Besides," she said as she looked at him flirtatiously. "It makes life interesting, keeps you on your toes."
Pietro laughed, "Oh moj mali bik, you've kept me on my toes since the moment I first laid eyes on you." He said to her with a tender smile on his face as he brushed some wild hairs behind her ears that had managed to escape.
"Mmmm, is that so?" she questioned flirtatiously as she slowly trailed her pointer finger from just under his chin where he had some facial hair and then down the column of his neck and then to the bit of chest that was showing from his shirt.
"Mmhmm, very much so." Pietro said as he slowly ran his hands up and down Norah's bare arms, admiring the tattoo's that were on one arm. "Come here," he said to her softly and pulled her down so that she laid on his chest, her breasts pressed up against his chest and her lower body pressed more firmly against his.
Norah smiled mischievously and wiggled around a bit to put Pietro on edge, he responded by muttering a few choice phrases in Sokovian and settled his hands on her hips and holding her still so she couldn't move any longer.
"Are you going to kiss me or what?" Norah questioned, a challenging look on her face as she raised a brow at Pietro impatiently.
Chuckling a bit, Pietro grasped Norah by the back of her neck and pulled her to him and pressed his lips against hers in a heated kiss, one arm wrapped around her waist and the other grasping her thick and curly hair so to keep her lips pressed against his. Running a hand down his shirt covered chest, Norah managed to find the bottom of Pietro's shirt and tugged it out from under her and sneaked a hand up his shirt and feeling the muscles and warm skin which made Norah give a sigh of contentment.
Pushing herself closer to Pietro, Norah kissed her boyfriend more fervently and moaned quietly into the kiss that they were sharing. Pietro moved his arm from around Norah's waist and slowly slid it down her hip and to her thigh which he squeezed gently and rubbed up and down a few times before he grasped her tightly and pressed her against him a bit more, a certain body part of his making itself known to both him and Norah at the present moment. Using both hands Pietro slowly moved his hands and grabbed Norah's nice sized bottom in both of his hands and squeezed which resulted in a quiet moan coming out of Norah's mouth as she pulled away from the kiss that the two were sharing at the moment.
"Troublesome." Norah whispered to Pietro as she smiled at her.
"Me?" Pietro asked, feigning innocence. "I do not know what you talk of. I have done nothing wrong." He said to her playfully.
At that Norah shook her head, "Mmmhmm, keep telling yourself that Pietro." She said to him and then leaned forward and soundly kissed him before he could give back a witty reply to her.
Moving down from kissing his lips Norah trailed kisses down his chin, to the column of his neck, over towards his ear which she bit gently which gain a small breathy moan, his mouth opening at the feeling she was giving him, and then she moved on to kiss behind his ear and then moved back to the hollow of his neck before licking a line back up to his lips.
"And you call me troublesome, you are naughty. Like nymph." Pietro breathed out to her once Norah had released his lips once again.
"Just wait until we are in a situation where less clothing is involved." Norah teased him.
Pietro smirked back at her, "I cannot wait for when that time comes moj mali bik." He said as he caressed her cheek with the pad of his thumb and then gently pulled her down by the back of her neck to lay atop of him.
The first official date for Norah and Pietro was more than a success, and though Pietro did not think it was all that much considering it was held at Stark Tower, Norah more than enjoyed the date and loved that he put so much work into making it nice for her which was something she wasn't expecting. She liked that it had been different than the usual first date of a dinner and a movie and that Pietro had gone through the work of finding out what her favorite restaurant was so that he could get food from there for the two of them. All in all it was perfect for the two of them.
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Moj Mali Bik - my little bull
lepa- beautiful