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Just to clarify, Ward is Ward before turning into HYDRA little shit alright? He will turn to HYDRA little shit later in this story.

30 : NATASHA HAD ENOUGH**

Natasha fled to garage and sat down in her car, crying.

She trusted him. He lied to her. She even let him in, into her world, somewhere she let no one else in. Never that close.

She wiped away her tears as a knock registered on her window.

"Nat?" Clint asked.

"Leave me alone" she said.

"Can't do that" he replied, opening the door and sitting down in the passenger seat, receiving a glare from her. "Nat, we heard what happened"

"He betrayed me. He made me look like a fool"

"I don't know. We all know Steve-"

"Don't say that name ever again!" she bellowed.

"Hey, listen to me" He said, trying to calm her down. "Do you really think that he would cheat on you? Steve, the all-American boy from the 40's who has been in love with you for a long time? Steve Rogers, the man who committed himself to you for the past several months? Think about it"

He could see he was getting through to her, so he kept talking.

"And I know JARVIS has the surveillance feed, why don't you check it out?"

Natasha wiped her tears again. "Thanks, Clint"

"No problem. Now if you'll excuse me, I have a super soldier who needs to be taught a lesson" he began climbing out of the car, but Natasha took his arm.

"Clint. I'm scared. I'm scared he's getting bored with me"

"Nat, you should know Steve is captivated by you. And, regardless of what might have happened, he'll only ever be a one gal guy"

She smiled as Clint departed.

"So how was the sex, Cap?" Tony asked as he watched the surveillance footage. "Does she know any moves?"

Lightning struck loudly outside the window when Tony finished his sentence, startling him.

Thor, obviously furious at Steve, held Mjolnir tightly in his hand and was fighting the urge to swing his hammer at Steve, while Bruce tried his best to calm himself down and not hulk out and rip Steve apart.

It was evident that Bruce, Clint and Thor were on Natasha's side, while Tony was contemplating.

"Lord Steven, why would you betray Lady Natasha with such a..."hussy" as many would say?"

"Cap, it's not smart to betray a world class assassin/spy" Clint added.

More lightning struck.

"You know, I have known you guys for a while, I thought you'd know me better than that" Steve replied, disappointment in his voice. "I would never cheat on her"

"You're clearly kissing Carter in that video" Bruce said.

"Believe me if you want, but she means the world to me. I'm gonna go talk to her"

Tony stopped the Captain "I don't think it's a good idea, pal"

"She's very mad at you" Clint added. "As am I. No one hurts her like that and gets away with it"

"I honestly wouldn't be surprised if this is another one of your dumb bets. Who hurts who first"

"Don't try to flip this. You cheated on her" Clint continued.

"You know what? All of you can go fuck yourselves. I'm going to go to my Brooklyn apartment. The loneliness would make a better friend than the ones I thought I had here" and with that he stormed out.

Natasha was still sitting in the garage, mulling over the situation, and what Clint had said. There was the fact she walked in while it happened, but at the same time she didn't see how it began. But then again, what if the footage would in fact show them...no. She couldn't handle that thought again.

You're not some high society girl who gets heartbroken by anything. She needed evidence before making assumptions.

Natasha took a deep breath. "JARVIS?"

"Yes, ma'am"

"Please play the video footage from Captain Rogers's suite, roughly three hours ago"

"Playing surveillance"

The video appeared in front of her and she finally learned what happened.

Steve was sleeping for the first four minutes when the door opened. She saw Sharon Carter enter and felt her muscles tense.

"Natasha?" she heard him ask sleepily. "That you?"

He woke up and immediately became startled.

"Carter? Why are you here?"

"To see you, dummy"

"It's quite late for visits, ma'am. I'm sure your question can wait until tomorrow"

"No, it needs to be now" she crawled onto the bed as Steve jumped out.

"Ma'am, you do know I'm in a relationship, right?"

"Yes, but that shouldn't stop us"

"Actually, I would beg to differ" as Sharon circled him back to the bed. She grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him into the bed. Sharon began kissing him, with much resistance from Steve. She could see he was trying to push her off as she saw herself walk into the room.

"What the hell is this?!" and with that the video ended. Natasha was speechless.

"I was wrong. So very, very wrong" she said to herself.

"Captain Rogers resisted very strongly. He was indeed truthful when he said he wasn't cheating on you"

She put her hands on her face and cried, not noticing or hearing Steve enter the garage, rev up his bike and drive out.

"Where is Captain Rogers now? I have to apologize"

"Captain Rogers left the building not 20 seconds ago"

"What?" she asked, turning to see the garage door closed. "He must really hate me"

"I'm sure he doesn't"

She sat up a bit. "I also need to find Miss Carter and teach her a valuable lesson in screwing with my relationship. Thank you, J"

Steve sat in silence as he thought of the events of the night. He couldn't believe they would think he'd do that. It hurt more knowing Natasha thought that. After everything they went through to get together.

He clutched the emerald necklace in his hands. His face still stung from being hit with it, but the emotional sting was much more raw.

He heard a knock on the door.

"Cap?" it was Clint.

"Go away, Barton"

"Cap, we know the truth now. Natasha showed us the footage"

Steve looked towards the door. "She believes me?"

"We all do. She feels really bad, so she didn't come, but on behalf of all of us...we're sorry"

Steve took a sigh of relief. But he was still upset.

"That doesn't change the fact you honestly thought I would do something like that"

"We jumped the gun. We were idiots. Don't blame us, it's just today's society"

"I suppose that's a reasonable assumption" Steve conceded.

"Look, Cap, we're gonna give you some space, so I'm gonna go. See you later, yeah?"

"Yeah. See you in a bit"

Natasha marched into the gymnasium, where Sharon Carter was. Sharon saw her and went wide eyed.

"Agent Rom-"

SMACK. A fierce slap across the face sent her to the ground. Natasha picked her up and slapped her again. And again. And again.

She dragged Sharon to the climbing rope and tied her hands and waist with it. She went to the levy and began pulling her up high into the air. She stopped when the girl was half way in the air. Sharon merely hung there, defeated.

Natasha looked around the gym at all the shocked faces.

"That's what happens when any of you try to mess with me" she said, walking out, leaving the defeated Sharon Carter to dangle in the air.

Natasha didn't have her chance to talk to Steve after dealing with Sharon because he was sent on a mission. She was anxious to talk to him

Steve was sent to take down a terrorist cell that had planted a bomb in the city hall of St. Louis, Missouri. When it wasn't able to be deactivated, Steve jumped off the roof as the building exploded. He landed hard on the ground. When he returned to the Triskelion, medics were all over him. Natasha seized her chance, but was shocked to see his appearance.

"Steve! You could've been killed! Why do you do that to yourself?!"

"Why do you care? Probably would've been glad if I died, wouldn't you?"

That hurt her. "Steve, you know that's not true. I care about you"

He softened. "And I care about you. I just can't believe you'd think I would cheat on you"

"I know. And I'm sorry. It's just, with what it looked like-"

"I understand, but you should've known me better than that"

"But I know better now. Why don't we just put this behind us, yeah? Get back to being Pep's favorite couple" she said with a smile.

Steve didn't smile back. Her smile disappeared.

"Or not"

"I know why you thought what you thought, but you still hurt me in the fact you'd think that to begin with"

She looked to the ground. "You want to break up?"

"Not break up. But I need time to think. Reevaluate us"

"What's there to evaluate?"

"You don't trust me"

She frowned sadly. He put a hand on her shoulder and kissed her head.

"I still love you. I just need time. I need to know you can trust me"

"I do! I do trust you!" she exclaimed desperately. He still frowned.

"In time, Natty" he said, reaching into one of his belt pouches and produced the emerald necklace "I want you to have it. It matches your eyes"

She let him connect it on to her neck. He pulled her into a hug and she sobbed softly.

"Can I have one last night with you at least? I don't know when the next time I'll get to be in your arms"

He nodded. "Ok"

They had dinner together that night. They watched a movie and then adjourned to the bedroom, where they fell asleep in each other's arms. But when the morning came, she awoke to find herself alone. She curled up and put her face in her knees, mournfully.

A/N: - Yeah, Steve Rogers is looking at all of you with the same disappointment in his eyes like the rest of the Avengers for assuming he would cheat on Natasha. (Yeah! My psychological manipulation works!)

- Massive thanks to Muldoon22, my proofreader and co-writer of this Chapter. You're the best!

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