I couldn't believe it. I was the mysterious Russian blonde girl. What were the odds that she would be at the same place at that Tandy and I were having our date. I thought about going over to talk to her but I didn't want to interrupt our date. I did want to know who she was, but I had a feeling that she wouldn't just tell me. I wished that I had a good idea. It was then that I thought of something. However, that idea was quickly quashed when I realized that I still didn't have a phone.
"Are you going to do something?" Tandy whispered.
"I don't think that's fair to you." I replied. "Can I borrow your phone though? I want to take a picture."
She handed me her phone and I quickly took a picture and sent it to Mrs. Stark. I wanted to see if she could tell me who the mysterious girl was. She said that she wanted to see Hawkeye, but what did that mean? I also couldn't believe that I had met a second person who cared about him. He was a pretty nice guy, but there was also a reason why he was the least popular Avenger.
"Are we really going to just sit here?" She asked.
"Yes." I replied. "I don't think it would be very smart to engage with her because we don't know if she's dangerous or not. Plus, we're supposed to be on a date. We should try to enjoy ourselves."
"I don't really know what I'm doing. I haven't been on a date in a long time." She admitted. It was then that I realized that MJ and I had never actually been on a regular date.
"It's been a long time for me as well. Also my date's dad was trying to kill me." I explained.
"So that's the girl who works at the coffee shop?" She inquired. I supposed that I never did tell her about Liz.
"No that was a different girl. That happened when I was a freshman. It seems so long ago…well I guess it was so long ago." I pointed out. I was literally a freshman more than half a decade ago and I still wasn't finished with high school. I didn't know if I ever would be now. Finishing high school really didn't seem that important if I didn't have anyone to share it with and I was also pretty sure that Tandy wasn't interested in school.
"Yeah the concept of time does seem a little hard to grasp when you literally missed five years." She agreed. "It makes it hard for me to even connect with Ty sometimes because he can't understand what it's like. So do you want anything for Christmas?"
"Oh yeah, Christmas is coming up." I noted as I saw some of the decorations around the restaurant. "I guess I kind of forgot about it with everything that's been going on? I have no idea what to get anyone."
"Well I think the most important person you need to get something for is your sister. You should ask you stepmom if there are any toys that she doesn't have." Tandy suggested. Yeah, I could see how it would be important to spend Christmas with them.
"Did you have any plans for Christmas?" I questioned.
"I don't think so." She admitted. "I know Ty was going to go see his family in New Orleans. It was probably just going to be Kate and I, and I don't really know what I would even do with her."
"Maybe we should do something for Christmas." I suggested. "It will be the first time that either of us has celebrated it in a while. What's something that we can do around here?"
Another downside to being gone for five years was that I didn't know if they even still did some of my favorite holiday festivities. I also didn't know if I would be comfortable doing them without Aunt May.
"Well there is one thing that I wanted to do." She admitted. "I know it sounds kind of stupid but I wanted to see Rogers: The Musical on Broadway."
I still couldn't believe that they had made a musical about the Avengers. I was pretty sure that I wouldn't be a character in it, partly because no one knew who I was. I had also never been to a Broadway show because I had never been in the right tax bracket for it.
"I can see if I can get us tickets for it." I replied as our food arrived. I wasn't going to be eating too much because I planned on having more later when there were less people to judge me for my eating habits, even though I didn't know if anyone was actually looking at me.
"Wow that's good." She declared after she took a bite of her burger.
"Yeah this is one of my favorite places." I replied. I also hadn't been to Stan's in a while. It was sad to know that the original owner had died. He had actually survived the blip but ended up dying of unrelated illness instead. I wished that I would have been able to tell him goodbye, even though he wouldn't remember me either.
"So what's the hardest part about being a girl for you?" She asked.
"It's mainly having to deal with how sensitive I am." I explained. Of course, there was something else that I was worried about, but I didn't know if I would even have that. I didn't really want to think about it to be honest.
After we were done with our meal, Tandy's phone started to ring.
"Hello?" She answered. She listened to it for a few seconds before she handed it off to me. "It's for you."
I had a feeling that I knew who it was because there was only person who would call me on Tandy's phone because I had just texted her.
"Antonia?" She asked me.
"Yeah?" I replied.
"So I got the photo that you sent and ran it through F.R.I.D.A.Y. and he gave me a name. Where did you find this girl?" Mrs. Stark asked.
"Well I ran into her last night and she was at this restaurant that I'm at right now. So who is she?" I questioned.
"Her name is Yelena Belova, She's a Black Widow agent from Russia and then there's the other thing. She's Natasha's sister." She explained.
"Oh." I replied. I didn't really know Natasha that well because we had only ever met twice and we didn't have a lot of time to talk then.
"Did she say what she wanted?" Mrs. Stark asked in concern.
"She told me that she was looking for Hawkeye." I answered.
"Well I need to warn Clint about her." She declared. "In the meantime, I've got your paperwork finished. Do you think you can come over and get it?"
"I'm kind of not alone right now. I'm with one of my roommates." I declared. I blushed a little wondering if I should have called Tandy my girlfriend, but I didn't think it was right to call her that.
"I can take a cab home if you want. Or I can call Ty." Tandy offered. I didn't want her to do that. I really didn't want our date to end like that.
"No you don't have to." I replied as I turned to Tandy before I got back on the phone. "Do you think that you can have someone come and get us? I know you don't like to bring in outsiders, but she's someone that you can trust."
"I know that she is because I analyzed the number as soon as you texted me." She declared. I blushed a little like. I supposed that it would be a good idea, but it was a little embarrassing. "I'm going to send a car to your location."
Thankfully, it was a car this time. I was pretty sure a drone wouldn't be able to carry both of us and I was a little scared of other ways that we could get there. I got inside of it after Tandy did.
"So can you please not freak out when we get there?" I requested.
"Where exactly are we going?" Tandy asked. I supposed that I probably should have told her that.
"Avengers Tower." I answered. I could tell that she suddenly looked really nervous. "You don't need to be scared."
"I can't help it. Maybe it's not a good idea for me to go with you." She stated.
"I want you to come with me." I assured her. "I promise it will be fine."
The rest of the ride was mostly quiet because I really didn't know what to say to her. I was not good at conversing in a car. I wondered if I should try to kiss her again at some point. I knew that you didn't have to kiss on a first date, but we had already kissed, so we had gotten it out of the way.
We walked inside the tower. I could tell that Tandy was in awe of the place. The good news was that most of the Avengers seemed to be out at the time. Well did they didn't really hang out anymore. The team was mostly doing their own things after my father died and Captain America got old. I didn't know what happened to all of them. I took Tandy with me to the top because I figured it would be good if she didn't accidentally set off anything.
"Thanks for coming." Mrs. Stark told me.
"Well I kind of needed to." I replied. "This is Tandy Bowen."
"I know. It's good to meet you." She told me, "So here are your forms. I have a driver's license, social security card and a passport for you. I also noticed that you don't have a phone and had one made for you."
"Thank you." I declared as I took the items. It would be good to have a phone again. I just hoped that she wouldn't use it to track me. If there was a tracking chip in it, I supposed that I could probably disable it.
"This is a really nice place that you have here." Tandy commented.
"Thank you. I wish that I could tank credit for it but it was all my husband's doing." She answered.
"So was your husband the one who brought everyone back?" Tandy asked. I supposed the story wasn't quite spread to the masses.
"No, he was the one who defeated Thanos and his army." The redhead explained. That would be forever ingrained in my memory. "It was Dr. Banner that you can thank for bringing you back."
Tandy stared at her in surprise.
"I did a background check on you." Mrs. Stark answered. "I'm a little bit cautious."
"So where's Morgan?" I asked. Maybe she was in her room or something. Even though I wasn't supposed to be there, I did still want to see my sister.
"She's actually taking a nap right now." She replied as I frowned. I could tell that she saw it based on what she said next. "If you want to wait for her wake up, you can. Feel free to use any of the facilities that you want in the meantime. We just finished remodeling the pool."
"You have a pool?" Tandy asked in surprise.
"Tandy, we don't have any swimsuits." I reminded her. I had never worn a girls' swimsuit before and I didn't know if I wanted to, but it didn't matter because I couldn't.
"That's actually not a problem." Mrs. Stark interrupted. "The clothing fabricator could make you some."
I wasn't sure if I wanted to do that but Tandy seemed like she really wanted to swim. I could let her swim without me, but it was probably better to do it with her and we were also technically still on our date. It seemed like we were going to be having a pool date.
The two of us went to the locker room where the fabricator was. I just asked for it to make a swimsuit in my size and I realized that I shouldn't have been surprised when one came out. It was a navy swimsuit. I couldn't help but wonder if I should change in private. I kind of didn't want her to see me naked.
"So I've never worn one of these before." I told Tandy as she fabricated a white bikini.
"Damn. I forgot that you used to be a boy. I'm sorry. We don't have to do this if you don't want to." She responded.
"No, I want to do this because you want to." I assured her. I may not like it, but I would definitely wear one for her. "I'm just going to go change over there."
I realized that if we continued to keep dating, I might be more comfortable changing around her, but I wasn't there yet and I felt like I still needed my privacy. Maybe it was because I wasn't even completely comfortable in my own body yet.
I took off my clothes and put on the suit. I didn't really like how much of legs it revealed, but I supposed that was how girls' swimsuits were. I went over and had to gawk at Tandy in her bikini. I was pretty sure that I was down bad for her. It had actually been a while since I had seen a girl in a bikini since I hadn't swam in a little while. We hadn't gone to any of the beaches when I had gone to Europe, probably because those beaches didn't exactly have the best reputation.
"You look good." She told me. "Just make sure to wash your makeup off first."
"Thanks." I declared with a blush. I washed my face before I grabbed a towel and the two of us walked down to the pool. "So do you always like to wear white?"
"I guess it's just my favorite color." She admitted. "I take you don't have one."
"Not really." I answered. "You look good too."
The two of us headed to the pool and I looked it over for a second before I felt myself be shoved and go flying into the water. I looked up and I couldn't help but notice that Tandy was laughing.
"That wasn't funny." I stated.
"Yeah it was." She declared before she jumped in. "You just need to focus on having fun and you won't even worry about how your swimsuit feels or the fact that we have this weird guy that's trying to kill us."
"I mean I'm kind of used to people trying to kill me." I admitted as I started to move around in the pool a little. I really couldn't feel the sense of discomfort because the water did feel really nice.
"So you just chose the name Antonia with knowing he was your father?" She asked me.
"I mean it was really the only name that I could think of at the time." I admitted. I hadn't been able to figure out what a good female equivalent to Peter would be. The only other name that I considered was Gwen and I couldn't think of a good reason for doing that. "I'm kind of glad that I chose it because I actually really like it."
"I like it a lot too." She told me as she swam over to me and gave me a kiss on the neck. I couldn't help but gasp.
"T…Tandy we shouldn't do this in here." I stammered. I wasn't sure what exactly she wanted to do, but I was pretty sure that we shouldn't do it."
"Well I am your girlfriend now, so I should get to be affectionate with you." She declared. I didn't know that we were officially girlfriends.
"Can we just do it somewhere else?" I requested.
"Fine, let's finish up here, but I do want to kiss you again. Do you want to kiss me?" She asked.
"Yes." I answered. I didn't even need to think about it. I really liked Tandy. I couldn't help but wonder what would have happened if I had met her before I met MJ. Of course, she also said that she didn't like guys, so it may have been nothing,.
The two of us swam for a little bit longer before we dried off and changed back into our clothes. I thought about maybe switching clothes with her, but I thought that it wouldn't be a good idea.
The two of us started to head back upstairs. Part of me wondered if it was too early for Tandy to meet Morgan, but she was also here. Christmas was still a few days away and maybe it would be best to wait until then. I couldn't help but wonder if I should ask Tandy what she thought I should do in regards to her meeting my sister.
"Hey, Tandy, do you think it's alright if I go see Morgan by myself?" I asked.
"I mean I guess but is there any reason for that?" She inquired.
"I mean I still don't really know her much myself and I would kind of like to get to know her better before I introduce anyone to her." I explained. I hoped that made sense and didn't make it sound like I was just being selfish.
"Fine. I'll leave you alone for a few minutes." She agreed before her phone suddenly rang out.
"It's Ty. He usually knows not to call me unless it's something important." She stated.
"Maybe you should put him on speaker?" I suggested. She answered and did so.
"Hey, Ty. You're on speaker and Antonia's with me, so why are you calling?" She inquired. I couldn't help but be surprised by how to the point she was.
"I'm pretty sure that I know who attacked us last night," He declared.
So the story is back and Tyrone thinks that he knows who Mr. Negative is, but is he right? Also Antonia finally has some documents to be a legal person and Tandy is now her girlfriend. Please don't forget to review.