53: CAMPING
It was Friday that everyone had no class. A very rare Friday that they could spend their entire day doing nothing. In some case, stayed in bed all day with being interrupted.
But Tony Stark had a very different plan for his friends. He dragged Pepper with him and he started to wake everyone up at 7 AM in the morning. Miraculously, no one kill him and did as he told them.
Then he reached the last room and two last people of the group, he didn't have enough courage to do it by himself.
"Babe, can you wake them up for me?"
Pepper sighed and pushed the door open and shocked at the sight she saw. It was Steve Rogers laying on the bed with Nat slept on top of him. Half of their naked bodies covered by blanket but what stunned her the most was Steve's left wrist was tied to the headboard. He was struggled to get it out.
"Before you say anything, would you lend me a hand?" Steve asked "I don't wanna wake her by moving too much."
Pepper didn't say anything but help Steve out from necktie. She turned away when Steve slowly slid out of bed and put his sweatpants on. Pepper led Steve out of the room to find Tony lounged casually on his couch.
"Why did my girlfriend look like she just had a nightmare?"
"It's none of your business." Steve replied
"Yeah, Tony, you don't need to know."
"God! I gotta know!" Tony dropped on his knee in a begging position.
"Steve apparently tied to his headboard during…."
"DON'T TELL ME YOU GUYS GO BDSM! DID YOU AND RED READ FITTY SHADES OF GREY?" Tony asked loudly and excitingly.
"Dude, keep the fucking noise down." Steve hissed
"Victory sex?"
She just wiggled his eyebrows and looked so damn smug that Tony wanted to vomit when he thought of things the captain doing to his girlfriend last night.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Steve asked
"Yeah, pack your bag and meet us at the parking lot in one hour." Tony told "We're going camping!"
"What the hell, Tony?" A sleepy voice sounded from the bedroom door.
Nat just woke up and she overheard the conversation. She really wanted to bash Tony's head against something for coming up with this ridiculous plan.
"Everyone is ready by now. You two should start…doing something…" Tony trailed off as he noticed a big purple hickey on Nat's neck "Pepper, I think we should get going now…before we got kill."
The couple ran of the room to left Steve and Nat alone.
"You should go take the shower I will pack our bag." Steve told.
To everyone surprised, Nat and Steve could manage to pack everything and shower within one hour. They took Thor's Escalade and Steve's truck. Tony, Pepper and Clint decided to do with Steve. (Steve hate this idea because Clint and Tony will have a very good time teasing him and Nat.)
They headed to New York State Park but Nat said she needed to eat something before they continued with their journey. The gang stopped at a small diner. The owner was in shock when they saw a huge group of college students walked in and ordered everything in the menu.
"Are you guys been starving for a week?" The waiter asked before walking away.
Nat cuddled to Steve's side and rested her head on his chest and began to fall asleep again. Well, they didn't sleep much last night when they were too caught up with their newly exploration.
The boy devoured most of the food while the girls ate a little. Tony took over the driver seat with Clint sat in the front with him Steve sat in the back with Nat who used him as a pillow to continue with her sleep. Clint couldn't help but snap some picture of the couple and uploaded it on his Instagram account.
God knew how many followers were following this couple. Their adorable moment needed to be share to the world.
"You want to get kill, Clint?" Pepper asked.
"Nah, they will thank us on their wedding day for having photos from every step of their relationship."
"My only hope is that he will never hurt her again. Last time was really bad I wanna cry myself."
Clint looked at the couple cuddled up together and smiled a little, "Nah, he won't. He loves her way too much."
They arrived at the park and they stopped at the general store to buy the park tickets, food supplies and rent tents and equipment. The boys loaded everything into the truck and went to the campsite first to scout the place and set up the camp because the girls wanted to linger at the store first.
"I'm surprised Steve even let you out of his sight." Darcy spoke up.
"From his face, I know he didn't want to." Pepper said.
"He is clingy sometimes but in a very cute and creative way." Nat replied
"Sometimes?" Maria snorted "Really? You guys always morph into one."
"Thing got pretty intense, okay? We just can't stop. I have the feeling like I don't want to be away from him for too long and I'm pretty sure he feels the same."
"Hey, Nat. Some guys just checking out on you." Jane elbowed Nat and looked into the direction of the said guys.
There were three guys standing across the store and looking right at the girls but they could tell that they were looking at Nat.
"They are lucky Steve wasn't here. Otherwise, they will reduce to ashes for looking at you like that."
"How can you be so sure that they are looking at me?" Nat asked
"Because I could read their lips. The black hair guy said 'The red head is very hot.'"
Before they could discuss any further, the black hair guy walked toward them and stopped in front of Nat.
"Hey, I'm Jake. I never see you around here before."
"Hi, Jake. I'm Natasha." Nat replied "It's my first time here."
"Do you need someone to show you guys around the park? I know this place inside and out. There is some pretty great spot for camping too."
"Actually, our friends already headed out to the campsite."
"Oh, then…Happy camping." Jake said "You guys can come to the water park nearby tomorrow. My friends and I are throwing a party." He handed the girls the flyers. "You should come, bring all you friends. It would be fun."
"I will consider it."
Jake retreated back to his friends and walked out of the store, leaving the girl except Nat squealing in excite.
"Do you realize that one hell of a hot guy hitting on you, Romanoff?" Darcy asked
"I do know. That is why I try to let him down easily." Nat replied "I don't need to stroke Steve's jealousy to prove his love for me."
"Aww, I like to see him get mad seeing other hot guy hitting on you."
"We should go to the water park!" Maria said
"We aren't going to the water park!" Nat said. "Unless you want Steve to start a fight and ruin this whole trip."
The girl headed back to the campsite with all the supplies. They found their boys already set up everything and even built a small bonfire. Steve ran to his girlfriend and helped her carried everything to the camp.
"We should go to the water park tomorrow!" Pepper announced which earned a deadly glare from Nat.
"That's the spirit, babe." Tony cheered "We should go to the water park."
"Yeah, some guy Nat met tell us he will throw a party tomorrow." Darcy chimed in.
Everyone turned to Steve and Nat at the same time and saw the Captain frowned. His blue eyes flashed jealousy for mere second but then it's gone. His hand unconsciously tightened her hand and Nat moaned quietly.
"Steve…"
"Huh?"
"My hand."
"Oh!" He exclaimed and let go of her hand, "I'm sorry."
"No worry." She replied "Do you want to go to the water park tomorrow?"
"I don't know. Now that I know that there will be a hoard of guys waiting for my girlfriend there I don't want to go." He said "But If you want to…"
"I'm okay staying here with you, babe."
"YOU GUYS CANNOT BAIL!" Clint shouted from his tent where he threw his belonging inside.
"YOU CANNOT BAIL!" Tony echoed
Steve sighed but Nat hugged and kiss his cheek to calm him down. She knew he was struggling to control his jealousy and he didn't want to taste his limit right now since the last time it turned out he almost hurt her in a very terrible way.
Nat didn't want to push him because Steve looked uncomfortable right now.
"We can bail out if you don't want to be there anymore. I will not force us to be there if you hate it." Nat offered the solution.
"Okay."
The first night ended up with Steve and Nat sleeping in the same sleeping bag because the geniuses (Stark and Barton) in charges of renting the camping equipment forget that Steve and Nat were actually not use the same body. The couple didn't mind it but Steve's body was too hot sometime and ended up with Nat sleeping with no cover and only used Steve embrace to warm herself.
The group prepared to head out to the water park at 10 AM. Steve whined when he saw Nat picked her sexiest bikini. She promised she will not take her t-shirt off unless she get in the water. They arrived at the water park and the girls handed the security the flyers as a ticket into the park and the party at the private zone.
Steve pulled Nat to his side and wrapped his arms around her waist possessively, blue eyes gave out a murderous glare to anyone who looked at his girl.
The group entered the private zone where the party held. It was full of college students and party goers. Jake, the tall, black hair, blue eyes, walked toward the group. His face faltered when he saw Natasha wrapped tightly in Steve's arms.
"You guys make it!" He exclaimed. "Come on in and enjoy the party"
Jake led them to the empty table and sunbathing bed where the group can sit and relax.
"Holyshit! You are Steve Rogers!" Jake exclaimed when he finally realized who Natasha's boyfriend was.
"Indeed I am." Steve replied. A bit hostile toward the man who hit on his girlfriend.
"Hope you guys win the championship this year."
Steve just gave a nod. Jake already draw too much attention to the group already. People began to look at them since his name was mentioned. Jake continued to realize how many famous people were in this group. Tony, Thor and Clint got the same attention as Steve.
Nat never knew how famous they were until now. She felt Steve's hands at her waist, pulling her closer to his body before dipping his head down to kiss her hard. He used this opportunity to show everyone that she was his. People began to gossip and look directly at them right now.
"You don't need to do that." Nat murmured when they broke off.
"I need to." He corrected. "I'm rather proud to show the world that I'm yours."
Nat smiled as he let go off her and started to settle down on their sunbathing bed. Thor, Clint and Phil went to the bar to get them some drinks while the rest of them just sat back, relaxed and enjoyed their small talk.
Nat clung tight to her boyfriend because she knew it was the only way she could put his nervous at rest. She laid on top of Steve who wrapped his arms around her.
"Put your arms away. I don't want any weird tan line." She hissed
Steve rested his hand on her waist instead. Nat wrapped her arms tightly to him. Most of the girls in the zone were ogling her Stevie openly. They should be because he was shirtless and showing off his perfect muscle.
The group tried to stay in their own private world but there was still some guys tried to hit on their girls. Tony almost flipped out when three guys followed Pepper back to their group. Thor too pushed a guy into the pool for touching his girl. Clint and Phil were doing their best to keep guys away from Maria and Darcy.
Only Steve was still cool with everything because Nat was sleeping in his arms. He thought today would end well but trouble seemed to follow him everywhere.
Nat woke up and hour later and said she will join with Pepper and Maria at the bar. Even Steve didn't agree with this, he let her go to have some fun. Tony used this opportunity to drag Steve with him to the water slide.
"Wow! Sleeping beauty is up!" Maria teased as Nat sat down next to Pepper.
"I'm surprised Steve let you out of his sight again."
"No one want to get in a fight with him when they see his muscle." Nat replied "He and Thor would probably send every guys to hospital."
Nat ordered her drink and the three girls watched Tony pushed Steve into the pool and laughed while Clint filming the whole thing.
"WHAT THE FUCK, STARK?" Steve yelled when he returned to the surface.
"For the Vine, dude. For da Vine."
"I'm gonna kill you!"
"Run, Barton! Run!" Tony turned and ran away from the angry quarterback with Clint followed behind.
The girls giggled at how childish the boys were. Nat and Pepper talked about their relationship while Maria giving them the advice from the outsider perspective. Suddenly Nat felt a hand on her shoulder and she turned to see Jake standing next to her.
"Hey" He greeted and flashed her a smile.
"Hi"
"You never tell me you have a boyfriend."
"You didn't ask me" Nat replied "Beside, I tried to let you down easily but you didn't seem to understand it."
"I should know. A hot thing likes you always has your man." He said "So…how was it like to fuck with the football superstar?"
Nat felt offended "Excuse me"
"You heard me. How was it like to fuck with Steve Rogers? I guess you are just that typical girl who want to sleep with the most popular guy in the campus."
Nat narrowed her eyes before punched Jake in his eyes. Everyone turned to them and saw Jake had a nice black eye. Pepper covered her mouth in surprise while Hill looked very excite about the whole thing.
"Apparently you turned out to be a jerk too, Jake. A relationship doesn't require fucking or popularity to be in the factor!"
Before Jake could do anything, Steve appeared and shoved the guy away from Nat.
"Stay the fuck away from her!" He yelled angrily.
"Yeah, you can keep your bitch—"
Steve lung forward and punched Jake repeatedly in his face. The poor guy could barely fight back and his friends weren't brave enough to help him. Thor and Clint appeared next to the girl to protect them.
"You better keep your mouth shut next time or I will sew it shut for you!" Steve growled before turned to his friends "Let's get outta here!"
Steve was brooding all the way back to their camp. Nat could see he was angry and really wanted to punch someone right now. He dragged her back to their tent and when they were inside, he kissed her hard and gently pushed Nat down on the sleeping bag.
"He didn't hurt you, right?" He asked. Intense blue eyes roaming all over her body.
"Yeah, I'm fine, Steve. He didn't do anything to me."
He kissed her again.
"I'm surprised you acted less jealous today." She noted. Two hands cupped his face.
"I say I can control it." He replied "At least that Jake guy deserved my fists after he insulted you like that. After I fed him some fists, it might be really stupid if a guy tried to hit on you again."
"This level of jealous of you is cute, babe, in an acceptable way. Unlike the Edward one."
"Don't speak off it. I'm still feel a little guilty."
"Aww, don't be, Stevie. A little rough sex sometime is nice but a little head up too, you know? I'm not that fragile that you have to worry that you might break me in half."
"You are the one who might break me in half lately, baby."
"If you say so…." She purred seductively in his ear. Hands slid under his t-shirt and raked her fingernails down his abs.
"What are you doing?"
"I want you, baby" She whispered and nibbling his earlobe before brought her lips to his.
He could deny her nothing.
The couple was sleeping peacefully, snuggling in each other embrace when suddenly the alarm went off from Steve's phone. Steve snapped his eyes opened and quickly stopped the sound. Nat muttered something in Russia and rolled over to the other side.
"Do you really need to set the damn alarm, Steven?" Nat asked as she tried to get back to sleep.
"Come on, little red. We will go hiking."
"In this hour? Are you mad?" Nat turned to her boyfriend and rubbed her eyes. "The sun doesn't even come up."
"That's the point."
"Are we going to do something crazy again?"
"Not exactly that crazy but we need to get up now before someone wake up and found that the food supply is gone."
Nat elbowed him and closed her eyes again. Steve carried his girlfriend up his shoulders. Nat became fully awake and started to struggle to get off his shoulder. Steve let her down and stole some food supplies into his bag.
"Come on, babe." He said and reached his hand out.
Nat sighed and followed Steve into the wood. The couple walked on the hiking trail for half an hour until they reached the top of beautiful waterfall. From where they stood, they could see the mountain, the forest lied to the horizon. The sun almost came up and painted the sky and the water orange. Steve smiled when he saw he reaction.
"It's beautiful, isn't it?" He asked.
"Yeah…" She smiled "You always know how to surprise me with all of this."
"It's very impromptu actually." Steve admitted as they sat down on the rock and brought out their breakfast. "I just googled yesterday."
"I know you, Steven. Is there any surprise after this one?"
"After breakfast, I will show you another surprise."
Steve made her a very easy sandwich with cheese and ham. They have half a mind to steal Thor's precious pop tart but the Linebacker wouldn't be please if he knew this. They were enjoying their simple breakfast and watched the sun came up together. Nat even captured the moment and took a selfie of her and Steve together.
After the breakfast Nat demanded the next surprise, Steve just smiled at her and kissed her in the morning light.
"Natasha Romanoff, the love of my life…." Steve began and dropped down on one knee before revealing a red velvet box contained a diamond ring "I love you with all my heart. I never thought I would be so lucky to have the most wonderful, the most amazing woman like you in my life. I love you so much that word cannot explain. Baby, would you accept this promise ring from me?"
Nat was completely speechless. She stared at the ring, trying very hard to get the word out of her mouth.
"Nat, baby. Say something."
"It's beautiful." She said and reached her hand out for him to put the ring on her finger.
He stood up and kissed her again. Nat felt her tear of joy ran down her face and kissed him back passionately.