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WhiteRose : I already have plan for Nat's backstory and later on with the story, we will see a lot of her past, back in Russia.

9 : THE LUCKY CHARM

It was game day and everyone in the campus was excited. Campus staff were already putting banners and decoration everywhere to show off their pride.

Red, white and blue will rise.

Steve and Thor woke up earlier than usual to meet with their team and train at the stadium. Coach Fury wanted his team to prepare for the game and not to let them get distracted by anything or anyone.

Pepper woke Natasha up to get ready for the game. The beautiful redhead shook her head and tried to get back to sleep. Pepper pulled the blanket away and tossed her a football jersey.

"I don't want to go…" Natasha groaned. "I just want to sleep."

"Come on Tasha."

"You go ahead. I'll just take a ten minute nap." But before she could close her eyes again a loud boom and the sound of a horn blaring came from the door.

"Come on Pepper!" Tony emerged with full cheering gear. Bruce and Clint were right behind him with battle horns, hats and flags. Natasha sat up and squinted when she saw the guys,

"Seriously, face paint? You guys are in this too deep."

"It's the game of the freaking nation sweetheart." Tony replied. "Get up now and daddy will buy you snack and a hotdog." Natasha gave Tony a cold glare but did as he said.

"Would you mind?" She asked and the boys hurried out of her room. Natasha slowly dressed up and put on some simple make-up. When she emerged from her room, everyone stood still and staring at her. "What?" She asked.

"Do you know that you're wearing Steve's jersey?"

"Yes, I am, Stark."

"Do you know that it's a jersey for the football team and it's vey rare to find someone outside the team have it let alone wear it, unless of course they personally gave it to you."

Natasha unintentionally blushed at this. Her mouth shaped in an O. She didn't know this and the fact that he had personally given it to her was just...What is there to feel anyway? She didn't know how to feel, was she supposed to feel special or something? Because Rogers did it for the sake of their friendship, no other reason.

"It doesn't mean anything, Stark. I told him I don't have one so he gave me one."

"It means everything, princess." Tony smirked. "He's never done that before."

"He wants to bang you really bad, Nat." Clint added. Natasha rolled her eyes,

"Just shut up and let's get the hell out of here." She muttered.

Everyone seemed to notice that Natasha was wearing a different jersey than the others. All eyes literally fell on her when they noticed the number and name.

"Maybe he just likes to make me a moving target?" She whispered with Pepper.

"Don't worry." Her roommate reassured, "They are jealous but they can't do anything."

"Oh yeah and why is that?"

"Steve didn't just give you just his jersey. He also gave you his protection." Pepper explained. "He doesn't do that for many people."

Natasha was surprised by this new information but couldn't help but think that this might be some kind of plan. Stop thinking too much, Romanoff. Steve hasn't tried anything with you for sometime now. Natasha thought to herself. It's just another peace offering from him.

"Here they come!" Darcy eagerly said and stood up with the rest of the stadium to greet their team.

Steve and Thor came running out of the tunnel first, followed by their teammates. The entire stadium cheered eagerly and the loudest cheer erupted when the commentator called Steve's name.

Marvel Spartan took the lead in the first quarter with two touchdowns made by Sam Wilson and Brock Rumlow, the running back. The second quarter was when luck started to shift from Marvels side to their opponent. Rumlow fumbled the ball which lead to a touchdown in the next three plays. Steve got sacked by a linebacker twice because his offensive linemen failed to block incoming attacks. The third time he got sacked. Steve allowed his frustration to boil over and yelled at his teammates. The score was now 22-21. Steve was able to score two more touchdowns by the time the first half ended.

"I thought you guys told me that Rogers was the best." Natasha noted.

"He is the best." Darcy confirmed. "His offensive linemen were the one to blame. They can't block any incoming attacks."

"Yeah, Darcy's right. Rogers had to do it all by himself to get them those two touchdowns, Nat." Clint agreed.

The locker was pretty intense when the entire team was on the receiving end of couch Fury's yelling.

"If you people are thinking about going to the championship with a form like this. You better stop dreaming now because this is not what a champ looks like!" Everyone winced a little when Fury slammed his fist on the locker. "You all better get your asses together and play some real football!"

Then the couch proceeded to tell them the plan for the second half of the game. When they came out of the locker room. Everyone could notice how serious the quarterback was when the camera locked at his face.

"From the look on our captain's face, I think he might have just gotten hit by the first Fury tornado of the season."

The third quarter was better than the first half. Offensive team could score every time they were in procession of the ball. The only bad side wad that defensive team couldn't hold back the opponent. Fourth quarter, Marvel followed behind by 3 points and with one last touchdown left they had to make it count. The team was gathering around the captain and listening to his command. They only had 10 seconds and 50 yards.

"Sam, this is our only chance. Brock and Max will be the decoy you guys will lure the defense so no one will cover Sam. It is risky but it's the only play to surprise the opponent."

They all lined up and Steve shouted the command. The ball flew to his hand and Steve pretended to pass to Brock and Max before he threw it to Sam Wilson who was left in the free space and ran into the end zone. The crowd went crazy and the loudest cheer erupted. Even Natasha was joining in the moment of their team's victory. Steve's teammates hugged him before carrying him and Sam up.

The reporter of the university media rushed in to make an interview with the captain.

"Captain, that was a close game and a very risky play." The university reported said. "What make you so sure that the play would work?"

"I have my lucky charm with me today." He playfully replied and flashed his reassuring smile, "Come on, I'm Steve Rogers. Lose isn't in my vocabulary."

"So then, what is your lucky charm?" Steve didn't answer but gave her his charming smile and walked into the locker room. His teammates were celebrating their first victory, a sign of their good start. It was another Win in Steve's record.

"You're gonna join us tonight right, Steve-o?" Brock asked. "You haven't spend much time with us lately."

"I don't know.' The quarterback replied.

"Where are you going, man?" Brock asked. "This is our winning party and the quarterback already plans to skip!"

"No, I just have something to do." Steve told them. Brock quirked his eyebrow, demanding more of an explanation, "It's about that girl...remember the little arrangement we all made." Brock nodded and said,

"Yeah, how is that grand plan of yours going?"

"It's doing fine, I guess…" Steve answered. "I have to get to know her better than this. I needed to find information and make her trust me before moving on to the next stage. You know take her on a date and stuff."

"Woah! Stop right there." Brock raised his hands up "Dating?"

"What? I didn't say anything about dating."

"You just said it. You said you would take her on a date!"

"If that's what it takes to make her fall into my bed then so be it." Steve told him, his eyes showing pure determination. "I could just discard her the next day."

"It's been a month and you still haven't gotten anywhere, Rogers."

"Don't worry about me. You guys will have her after this deal has ended. In the meantime, she's all mine."

"Fine but just drop by the party, okay?"

"I'll try to make it if I have time."

"You better be there." Brock said. "Jack and I'll find you a bunch of girls who will really want to repay their quarterback for this victory." Steve smiled and they both knew that Steve would be there.

Steve found Natasha waiting for him at his car with a bright smile on her face. He was smiling too when he saw that she was wearing his jersey.

"Congrats on the victory, captain." Natasha said.

"Thank you." he replied. "And you're wearing my jersey."

"Yeah well, don't get too cocky about it," She teased. "and it's comfy so I think I'll keep it."

"Please do."

He opened the door for her to get in and they went straight to the college bar to celebrate Thor and Steve's victory. Tony Stark promised he would pay for everything.

The two arrived at the same time as Thor, Jane and Darcy. When they walked into the bar a loud cheer erupted. The small bar was really crowded with students so Steve had to put his arm around Natasha's shoulders as they walked through the crowd. Natasha tensed up because of the intimate manner but Steve doesn't seem to notice anything.

Tony, Pepper, Bruce, Hill and Phil were waiting for them at their table. Steve immediately pulled his hand away from her. The two superstars were surrounded by their adoring fans so they left the group behind as they socialized with the crowd.

Steve and Thor came back to their table and Steve took his seat next to Natasha as always.

"Jane said your family is one of the World War 2 veterans and your family is also one of the families who support this university." Natasha said. "Your family should have a name in some building...like Stark does."

"Well, Chester Phillips Stadium is the legacy of my family." Steve replied.

"What?!"

"Colonel Chester Phillips of the SSR unit is my great grandparent. He built the football stadium." Natasha looked shocked; she hadn't expected to find out that Steve's family were that rich. She only knew that he was from a military family.

"Seriously though, we never knew what you family did." Darcy said loudly.

"My family immigrated from Ireland. We were merchants at first and then came World War II, so we entered the military. They became powerful in Washington and held high position in the Congress, Senate and Department of Defense."

It was now getting a bit intimidating by just how rich he was. To be exact, how Steve, Thor and Tony could be that rich. Clint had just came back to their table after dancing with a girl he just met. Steve and Tony were very proud of themselves that they had finally made Clint stopped living the life of loner and slowly turned him into a playboy like them. Natasha and Tony were arguing about this matter because she didn't like that Tony and Steve had changed her friend like that.

"Barton…wait a minute, I know someone whose surname is Barton just like you…" Steve said out of nowhere. "Tell me that you're related to Charles Bernard Barton, the Olympic fencing gold medalist."

"Yeah, he's my brother." Clint casually replied like it was nothing to him. "Actually, I'm in the archery Olympic team too."

"What?!" Everyone said at the same time.

"I just didn't want to brag. That's all." The loner shrugged his shoulders.

"Dude! You can get like a hundred chicks in no time!" Steve exclaimed. "Where've you been hiding all these years?"

"I just want people to like me from being me, not my fame."

"Nonsense!" Steve said. "You can practically do anything or get any girl you want!"

Tony also laughed, "You gotta exploit everything that comes with the fame, man."

"Don't listen to them, Clint." Pepper intervened, "Both of them are just an a-holes by nature."

"I just don't feeling like being in a relationship now." Clint explained. Tony and Steve then gave Clint an earful of how he had wasted his time ignoring his fame and getting the girls. Natasha couldn't stand to listen to them for one more second so she went to the bar to get another drink.

"Hey." A gentle voice came from her left the moment she arrived at the bar. She turned and saw a very good-looking, redheaded guy smiled at her

"Hi." She greeted back. "One bottle of beer please." She told the bartender.

"Make it two and put it in my tab."

"Did you buy every girl a drink all night?" She asked.

"No, just you, gorgeous."

Natasha thought that it was cheesy of him but she continued to converse with the guy and eventually ended up with his phone number in exchange. Thor stuck close to Jane all-night and danced happily with her. Darcy, Maria, and Pepper were also swamped by boys but they just blew them off. Natasha came back to the table with Clint's sharp grey eyes following her in every movement.

"I see you scored a guy tonight." Clint teased as Natasha sat down next to him.

"I'm not scoring anything. We just talked and exchanged phone numbers, that's all." She replied, not looking in to his eyes.

"Oh, sweetheart. You like him, don't you?"

"What? NO!" Natasha answered too quickly and Clint knew the real answer. He smirked at her while Natasha folded her arms. "Why are you still here, Barton? Your wingmen are out hunting girls." She motioned to Steve and Tony talking to the group of girls.

"Those two left me out in the cold." Clint told her. "They said I already scored one girl so it's their turn. Those two work great together. I never seen such lethal wingman like them."

"Everything's is a game to them." She noted. "Do you really think that he always gets whatever he wants?"

"Of course, Nat. That dude will always get what he wants. He's the master strategist, on and off field. It's only the matter of time."

"They're too complicated."

Steve had completely forgotten to attend the party of the football team but instead stayed at Tony's party all night. The party went on until 3 AM. Steve scored a twin and headed back to her room. Tony also scored a blonde girl. Natasha and the rest of the group went back to their dorm together.

AN:

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