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5 : HOW EVERYONE MET EVERYONE

It was Monday of the second week. Steve ran into—no, he was planning on talking to Natasha this morning. So, there he was, waiting for a girl in front of their dorm. Every girl who walked past the Captain looked at him openly and some were even brave enough to give him a seductive smile.

But the one he was waiting for wasn't even looking at him.

"Hey, Natasha!" He called loudly

"Goshhh" She groaned annoyed, "It's like you're stalking me!"

"I just wanted to apologize for my behavior last Saturday night."

"It's fine. At least, I'm know your agenda now."

"Well, that was my agenda but now I'm changing it." Natasha's eyebrows rose as she listened, slightly shocked.

"And why should I believe you?"

"Let's start again as friends but with no hidden agendas." Natasha didn't reply but looked into his intense blue eyes. He said every word sincerely and he really meant it. "I like you, Romanoff" He continued, "I like your directness and honesty. It's better for us to be friends without any hidden motives."

"Thanks, I guess." She said "I would rather be your friend than your one night stand too, Rogers." He gave her his sexy, lazy smile.

"See you again sometime," He put his sunglasses on "I remember your room."

"Don't come to my room unless you want Pepper to kill you!"

"Well, she didn't like me before we even knew each other so we might as well be Facebook and any other social network friends." He suggested, "We are in the same dorm after all."

"Are you asking for my phone number?"

"Damn! You knew everything I'm gonna do" He mocked with a groan and a smile.

"Just admit it."

"Fine, I am. So, can I have your phone number? And your Facebook account? And your Twitter, Instagram and…and you know what? Just give me everything." He handed her his iPhone, "I've never had to ask any girl for her phone number before but don't be too flattered, alright?" Natasha smiled at his statement before giving him his phone back.

"Don't send anything stupid thing to me or else I will block your account." She warned suspiciously.

"Fine," He agreed "and thanks for this. We're gonna have a lot of fun together, Romanoff."

She shook her head "Well, I gotta go. I have class in ten minutes"

"Need a ride?" He asked, gesture to his red Ford Mustang.

She sighed, whilst secretly thinking of it as a nice gesture of him. He had genuinely offered her his friendship and what surprise that was. Steve Rogers opened the door to his car for her to get in.

Steve had his first football practice and it was brutal. Coach Fury intended to get the team in shape as fast as he could. They had a championship to win this year and quarterback Steve Rogers was their hope.

They practiced basic plays just to get the new players to adjust quickly to their team. Steve shouted a different play and football flew from his hands. Sam Wilson, the wide receiver, was running deep and caught the ball pretty easily. Steve could see a bright future in the offensive team for his junior teammate.

Thor however, had a very different story with his defensive team. Thor was the linebacker and the captain of the defensive team. New kids had problems with the play and the old players didn't take to it as well with the newcomers. Coach Fury yelled at them and Steve knew he needed to talk with the older players.

It was a rough training for everyone. Steve as a leader had to work hard to get everyone in his team to get along. He was stressed out when he was done but there was someone at his car, waiting for him.

"Hey, handsome." She said as he approached.

"Hey, Monica. How can I help you?"

In front of him was a tall blonde girl, Monica Harris, cheerleader. Well, he didn't want to brag but he did bang her twice last year. She was hot and good in bed.

"I was just wondering…" Her voice was seductive as she ran her finger down his chest "You want to go do something fun together?"

"Yeah, you can count me in."

Monica smiled and leaned up to kiss him but Steve tilted his head away.

"Not here," He whispered "let's get to your room."

Steve never let any girl kiss him out in the open where any random person could take a photo of them in a very intimate manner. Yes, he has rules to follow. It happens inside a bedroom only.

"Where are we going, Tony?" Pepper asked annoyed, "I have a report to submit this Friday."

"To grab some dinner of course!" Tony replied cheerfully and ushered the girls out from their room.

Natasha rolled her eyes but followed the rich kid anyway. She had known him for a week now and was well aware that nothing can stop Tony Stark from forcing them in to doing something they didn't want to do.

Jane and Darcy were invited too. They meet with the four of them a few minutes later after they had settled down at Tony's usual booth.

"So, how did all of you met anyway?' Natasha asked.

"Me, Pep, and Bruce have known each other since we were kids." Tony told her, "Bruce's father is the number one scientist in my father's R&D department. We knew each other since we were born, literally, we were raised together. As for Pepper, we met in kindergarten and have been friends since."

"Wow! That's cute." Natasha said. "I don't have many friend back in Russia. My family moved a lot before we settled down in Moscow for two years before I transferred here."

"Pepper and Bruce are my best and closest friends and I genuinely mean that. Oh and Rhodey too! But he spends a lot of time with those football jocks."

"Yeah…" Pepper agreed "Rogers forbid his football team to have any contact with nerds, geeks, and outsiders."

"You guys know Steve too?"

"We knew him the longest, Natasha." Bruce said "Thor and Steve were actually from the same high school as us."

"Our world is totally small." Tony nodded "See my family knew his family back in World War II but we're not good friends. I'm pretty sure he hates me and Bruce."

"Rogers spend most of his time beating the crap out of me and other not-so-popular kids." Bruce bitterly told the group. He was not at all fond of the memories "He changed since he became a Quarterback."

"He used to beat the crap out of Bruce whenever I wasn't around. But he didn't bully me because I'm rich and popular."

"But for me it's another story. I don't know why but he seemed to bully me more than other kids."

Natasha frowned. This was another bad story of Steve Rogers that she heard from other people. Did he really is a bad person or he just pretend to be one? In that case, Natasha still wondered. Bruce said he changed so he must be a good person before becoming this a-hole self.

What could possibly change someone completely?

"What about Jane and Darcy?"

"I met Jane in Physics class since freshman year." Bruce replied "Jane proved to be one of the best in the class and I'm very lucky to have her as my lab partner."

"Me and Darcy were friends for a long time," Jane continued "I don't know how it start but she's my best friend."

"Hey Jane, tell us about how you and Thor met!" Darcy said excited.

"Well, I hit him with my car." Jane answered timidly "I had to take him to the infirmary and I asked him what I could do to make up to him and he said he needed a tutor in his mathematics class."

"That's why you guys seem to know everyone!" Natasha finally said after registering all the information in her brain "What about Hill?"

"Hill studies Political Science with me." Darcy replied.

"I heard you and the loner Barton are quite close." Tony changed the subject, "I'm pretty sure that he must really like you, it's rare he actually starts the friendship."

And with that, the target changed to Natasha and everyone started to interrogate her about her friendship with Clint.

Steve silently slipped out of Monica's bed, he put on his clothes and snuck back to his room after he was done with her.

Well, it was fun but he had another rule of not falling asleep in the same bed with his one night stand. Actually, not to fall as sleep in the same bed with any woman.

He had his reason of not letting any woman into his life. A reason that only few people know about this, a past that he was trying to hide. The only weak moment in his life that he will keep to himself forever.

Steve found Thor was asleep at the coffee table with his report and books laying around him.

"Buddy, wake up." Steve gently shook his friend. Thor stirred awake,

"What?"

"You're drooling all over your paper, dude."

"Thanks, man. I might go to bed now. I'm so exhausted with this report."

Thor got up and shuffled into his room. Steve headed to his and collapsed on his bed, pulling out his phone and started scrolling up and down.

Natasha, Jane, Darcy and Pepper had just came back from dinner. Pepper had her report to be done while Natasha lounged on the couch, using her laptop while Jane and Darcy were watching random TV series.

"Look at this!" Natasha called her friends "It said 'Monica Harris is in a relationship with Steve Rogers.'"

"…Wait for it…"

And a comment appeared below. It was from Steve.

'I don't remember asking you out, Monica. I'm not your boyfriend'

"Did he just blow her off like that?" Natasha exclaimed "He should let her down easy!"

Pepper chuckled and turned back to her work.

"At least she deserves it." Pepper said "She's been talking about making Steve her boyfriend for ages."

"They seemed a good fit for one another." Natasha commented.

"No one will ever be in that position. It's like a sacred ground, being Steve Rogers' girlfriend."

"And when did you add him as your friend on Facebook?" Darcy questioned.

"He asked…this morning."

"That's weird." Jane noted, "He's never asked before."

"Yeah, he mentioned he never has to ask any girl for their phone number."

"He must really like you."

"He said he just wanted us to be friends." And that got Pepper's attention,

"Be careful, Natasha. That's all I can say."

Natasha had some research to do for her next class. Clint met up with her at the library. He didn't have homework or any report to do. He just came here to take his afternoon nap.

The girl sat down at the table in secluded area that Clint had led her to. The moment he sat down, he fall asleep immediately. Natasha had to do a research about Shakespeare's work. She also had to study how each musical play adapted from his work. Jane met up with her ten minutes later with Thor and Darcy followed behind. Thor gave Natasha his full sincere smile.

"I believe we have never met before," Thor greeted "I'm Thor Odinson, friend of Lady Jane."

"Natasha Romanoff, nice to meet you." He took her hand and kissed on it. Natasha blushed a little.

"Are you friends with Lady Jane?"

"Yes, she is." Jane answered.

They sat down with Natasha and Clint. Jane noticed what Natasha was doing.

"It's for my class. I have to study how they speak back in that era" Natasha told her.

"Thor can help you with that. He speaks like he came from the medieval era." Darcy said.

"Well, Elizabethan era would more precise." Jane argued.

"On my defense, my lady. How I speak is what people of my town in Scandinavian speak."

"Seriously?"

"Yes, Lady Natasha. It is how people of Ásgarðr speak. We are from the world heritage town which preserve our eldest tradition."

"That's must be the reason why I sometimes don't understand you at all". Darcy quietly said.

"I adapted to your tongue since we settled here, Lady Darcy of Lewis. But as you may know, old habits die hard."

"I like the way you speak, Thor." Jane said and gave him a small "Don't try to change."

"Of course, Lady Jane" He replied, smiling as well before taking her hand and planting a kiss on it.

Natasha watched the two of them and she could see how gentle Thor was when he's with Jane. The man was nothing like Pepper and Hill had warned her. Or maybe because he was with Jane and not Steve. Maybe when he's with his best friend, he could be worse than this.

"Dude, the way you speak is freaking me out." Clint chimed in with a sleepy voice "No offense but you shouldn't listen to your girlfriend here." Anger filled Thor's eyes for merely a second before it disappeared.

"Have care how you speak, loner. You are talking to a member of aristocratic family of Ásgarðr." Thor warned "And apologize to Lady Jane."

"Really? You're Duke or something?" Clint asked in disbelief.

"My father…actually, my family held the title of Countship of Ásgarðr."

"Woahhhh." Clint exclaimed before turned to Natasha "Is this shit really real?"

"Loner, I have warned you!" Thor roared and got up from his seat.

"Okay, guys! Knock it off!" Natasha interrupted before things got out of hand.

The two settled down but the librarian came over and kicked them out of the library.

"You two need to apologize to one another and learn how to be a civilized man around each other."

"We are friends, not enemies!" Jane said.

"What's with guys and their territory?" Darcy sighed.

The two men stared at one another before Thor lowered down his ego and reached his hand out first.

"I'm sorry for my behavior, Barton."

Clint cooled down and accepted Thor's Peace offering "It's alright man. I'm sorry too."

The girls smiled at each other.

"Didn't you have class to attend, Clint?" Natasha asked.

"Yeah, about that. I plan to skip this class—ouch!" Clint yelped as Natasha pinched him hard at his arm.

"You are going to class, Clint Barton!" She said.

"Okay! Okay!" Clint rubbed his arm.

"We gotta go." Natasha turned and said to Jane, Thor and Darcy "See you guys later."

"Bye!" Jane and Darcy said and waved their hands.

"Of course, Lady Natasha." Was Thors' booming reply.

Natasha and Clint walked away. Thor noticed how close they were as Clint wrapped his arm around Natasha's shoulders. They were talking, laughing and smiling. Something Thor never seen before from people who were just friends, not this close or this intimate. From the look in Natasha's eyes, Thor could tell that she was interested in this lonely guy.

"Why are you staring at them, Thor?"

"They are very close."

"Yeah, I know right. They're cute together." Darcy said happily.

"They're friends, Darcy" Jane corrected. "Natasha's new here while Clint is a loner. That's why they hit it off so easy."

"Maybe you're right". Darcy agreed "I ship her with Steve."

AN: Ásgarðr is an old Norse spelling for Asgard.

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