Hey, sorry for the long wait! I've been super busy working but I finally got this chapter done! It's a bit long-an apology for the long wait. I don't have a lot to say so, I'll talk to ya'll at the bottom :)

Sorry for any errors!

Please, enjoy!

"You want us to come with you to California?"

Spencer stared at her billionaire friend with raised eyebrows. Steve, bless his beautiful soul, was washing the dishes. It was becoming frequent for Tony to stay the night—either Steve or Spencer questioned it but they had a good idea why the annoying playboy was choosing to bunk with them as of late. Bruce was taking a mini vacation and heading back to see some of his patients back in India for a few weeks. Pepper was on the other side of the country making sure Tony's business didn't run itself into the ground.

Dinner had just ended. Her father had left not even ten minutes before Tony called for a family meeting. Now, Spencer was staring at her friend with concerned and surprised eyes. Cooper was happily at her side.

Spencer pursued her lips, "Why?" She tilted her head to the side.

Tony sighed rubbing his growing bread, "You mentioned never going there before—"

"I have been there before." Spencer corrected.

Tony threw her an exasperated look, "For missions involving killing people," He responds sassily before continuing on, "You haven't actually been and seen California for fun. Come on, think about it. I'll get you into Disneyland—you're always watching those lame Disney movies with Steve, heck, I bet Steve hasn't even been to Disneyland yet. Come on, it'll be fun." He was really pushing this, wasn't he? But why? Why did Tony want her and Steve to tag along with him to California?

Did their presence smooth away the nightmares that plagued him at night? Spencer watched Tony and carefully looked at the growing bags under his eyes, the ragged look from not trimming that unruly bread, and he was loosing some weight which was surprising since the idiot ate everywhere in her apartment. Perhaps remaining in New York was a bad idea. Obviously, the nightmares of the battle still tormented the poor playboy.

Not that he would ever admit it.

The offer did tempt Spencer though. She never had the time to go to Disneyland. Tony knew by the gleam in Spencer's cerulean blue eyes that he had her hooked. Persuading Spencer was quite an easy task for him to achieve. His only concern was the old man washing the dishes. Tony knew that if Steve didn't like the idea then Spence would back out and refuse to go. Those two were joined at the freakin' hip.

"How long would we be staying over there?" Spencer murmured tucking a few loose strands of hair behind her ear.

Tony smirked largely, "A month or two? I just think a change of scenery is needed, don't you?" He asked hoping that both of them would agree and come with him to California. He didn't know if it was Steve or Spencer that helped me relax enough to sleep—it was the nightmares that kept him awake but somehow, Spencer and Steve always managed to calm him down from his frets. Steve would have some warmed tea ready on stand-by and Spencer would always place his head in her lap and run her fingers through his hair and hum some bad pop song. Tony was sure that if it wasn't for Spencer or Steve that he would've lost his damn sanity a long time ago.

It only seemed harder since Pepper was working 24/7 always on a plane going somewhere.

"What do you think, Steve?" Spencer looked over her shoulder to her best friend.

The First Avenger finished his last dish, wiped his hands on a hand-towel, and turned around to get a better look at Spencer and Tony. Spencer allowed a small smile to grace her soft features watching her closest friend lean against the counter of their island. Steve shrugged gently, "Never been in California," He answered quietly but it was easy to see that he was nervous about the idea of leaving New York so soon, "I mean, I've been all over the world but not on the other side of the country." He says with a thoughtful expression.

"California is beautiful." Tony perks up, "There's so much to see and do, I mean, come on. I'm giving you guys a free vacation here!"

Spencer felt her lip twitch up into a grin. Tony looked really eager and excited at his offer—the more he thought and talked about it the more excited he got. It was amusing to Spencer. Tony would never admit it but he was lonely—it was easy for her to tell. For the last couple of months he's had someone with him to annoy and bother but know that Pepper was across the country and Bruce across the world, well, it was easy to see why he was here and why he was offering a free vacation.

Spencer wasn't one to refuse. She was eager to take Steve on an adventure—one that didn't have killer aliens, HYDRA agents, or anything he was used to. They both wanted a simple adventure with laughter and fun. Disneyland seemed like the place to do it. Steve did have a fondness for her collection of Disney movies.

"I'm in," Spencer smiles earning a loud whoop from the billionaire playboy, "What do you say, Steve?" Iron Man and Shockwave look excitedly at Captain America who had a poker face on. It seemed he was thinking about it but all three knew what the old man's answer would be.

Steve grinned and nodded, "I'm in."

Spencer and Tony cheered in jubilance. "Okay, okay," Tony said grinning widely, "Um, we'll leave tomorrow morning. I'll get the private jet ready, um, what else? Oh, I guess we should runt his by your old man but I think we could tell him once we're in California, right? You guys should get packing, like, right now. I say we leave around mid afternoon? That way we can catch some lunch at our favorite joint. We'll get there in a few hours, so, it'll be late by the time we get there but that's okay, right?"

While Tony was busy rambling about their plans, Steve and Spencer were eating popcorn and watching another movie. Tony fished his phone out of his pocket and left saying, "I'm going to organize everything. I'll have someone pick your luggage around twelve that way we can grab something to eat before leaving. I'm going to call Pep to tell her the news. She's going to be happy—" Tony slammed the door shut as he left.

Spencer giggled, "How long do you think it'll take him to notice that he's shirtless and only wearing shorts?" She asked her dear friend.

Steve lazily smiled, not drawing his eyes from the captivating screen of their plasma, and answered with a shrug, "I say once he gets to the lobby, you?"

"I say when he gets outside and realizes that it's raining." Spencer laughed stuffing her face with buttery popcorn.

Steve snorted and bumped his shoulder against hers, "We gotta pack if we're leaving tomorrow and you have to tell your dad about our trip." He informs with a cheeky smile.

Spencer pouted cutely but nods, "I suppose you are right," She pursues her lips before pausing their movie and changing the input to their cable, "Watch some poorly made MTV shows while I call my dad." She hurriedly jumps off the couch and ungracefully jumps over their couch—the one that Tony was sleeping on earlier.

She stumbled but stuck her landing earning a laugh from Steve, "Real smooth, Shockwave." He remarks with a snicker.

"Shut up, Captain America or we'll have to fight and it'll turn into a war." Spencer jokes grabbing her phone from the counter and calling her daddy.

"Hey, baby girl." Her father answered on the third ring.

Spencer felt her insides melt at the sound of his voice, "Hey, dad." She says giddily—her body was buzzing with excitement, "I have some exciting news!"

"Yeah?" He remarked sounding like he was in a crowded area—probably NY SHIELD HQ—" This wouldn't have anything to do with going to California with Tony, would it? He was pestering Nick about it earlier."

Nothing could get by her father or her godfather.

"You put two and two together, huh?" Spencer laughed shaking her head. In the background, she heard her front door slam open and Tony shouting about how it was raining and he was shirtless.

"Well, it was easy," Phil chuckled amused, "Tony was informing Nick about his departure and added that you and Steve might be coming. Nick didn't seem to keen on the idea of the two of you heading across country but I thought it would be a good experience for the both of you. Steve hasn't seen the beauty of California yet and neither have you not since your early training days at SHIELD. Besides, a change of scenery might be good." Phil rambled on a bit but stopped to catch his breathe.

"I'm glad you think so. Tony's been weird lately. He doesn't seem to be getting any sleep. You saw how he looked earlier, right?" Spencer voiced her concerns as she grabbed a suitcase from the back of her bottomless pit of a closet.

Phil hummed in agreement after a pause, "Yeah, I've noticed. It must be the effects of the battle that are finally catching up with him."

Spencer frowned lightly and sighed, "I figured or it might be his reactor that's been acting up." She says lowly as she hears Tony beginning to bicker with Steve—a normal occurrence between the two whenever she wasn't around. She rolled her eyes at the sound of banter as she began to pack casually.

"Either or, just keep an eye on him, okay?" Phil advised.

She nodded, "You know I will." She says confidently.

Phil chuckled, "When are you all leaving?"

"Tomorrow in the afternoon. Tony really doesn't want to wait." Spencer giggled with an eye roll. Tony Stark wasn't known for his patience.

Her dad laughed, "That's for sure. I'll be sure to call before you leave, okay? I know Nick isn't going to be happy about this but he'll have to live with it. Things, at the moment, are relatively calm and who knows how long that will last."

"With our luck," Spencer muttered as Cooper trotted into her room, "Danger will come knocking soon."

Her dad gave a humorless chuckle, "I'm sure of it."

Spencer chatted with her father about any updates on his health—any signs of sickness of illness but everything seemed to be going well for her father. After that, they hung up and Spencer continued to pack and at that point, Tony had left after putting on his shirt. Steve was content with watching one of MTV's bad shows every so often making a comment loud enough for her to hear.

Once Spencer was done, she joined her friend to continue watching their movie when someone knocked on their door. Spencer huffed, "I just sat down." She swiftly jumped on her feet as Steve casted a worried glance in her direction.

"Expecting any visitors?" He asked sounding on edge.

Cooper was staring at the door with alerted eyes and ears but didn't immediately respond. Cooper had his senses honed which meant if anyone with bad intentions came to the door, he'd know. Whoever was knocking was probably a neighbor or some random stranger asking for honey or milk.

"No," Spencer answered breezily, "And relax, it's probably Ms. Norris dropping off another meatloaf." Her neighbor was such a darling and always dropped off meals since she always made too much for her large family. Neither she nor Steve was complaining though. Ms. Norris's food was amazing and it excused Spencer from cooking!

She unlocked the door and opened it and was surprised to see an old friend. "April?" Spencer tilted her head confused on why the young girl was here.

April looked breathless, "Hey, Spence, what's up?"

Spencer leaned forward and gave a whiff and scrunched her face up, "You smell like shit, April."

April laughed and hurriedly said, "I have a problem."

Spencer blinked at her friend, "Does this problem involve turtles?" Spencer asked already knowing where this was headed.

April bit her lip as she batted her pretty blue eyes at me, "Yes."

Spencer sighed loudly, "You know I hate when they do this."

April pouted, "And you know that I can't make the pizza the way they want it. I've been putting them off for quite some time but you know how they get. I had to get you know who to stop them when they started planning on coming over." She says in a hushed voice—her eyes flickering over Spencer's shoulder before widening, "Is that Captain America?"

Spencer nodded, "Yeah, we're living together now." She gives a light shrug.

"He's hot."

Spencer didn't have to look at Steve to know he was blushing. She rolled her eyes, "Yes, April, I know but we're not here because of him."

April stops her drooling and looks back at Spence, "They just want pizza, Spence. They haven't seen you in a while and they're getting restless—especially Raphael." April grins goofily and shoots her a wink.

Spencer playfully pushed April's shoulder with a laugh, "Alright, I'll make a few pizzas and I'll be over in two hours but I'm not sleeping over. I'm going on a trip tomorrow."

April perked up, "A trip? Cool—Shit, I gotta go!" Her phone had began to ring, "I totally forgot I was having lunch with Casey, shit, okay, so we'll talk about this—" April gestures wildly, "Later tonight. Love ya!" April places a sloppy kiss on Spencer's cheek before strutting off to answer her phone.

Spence giggles and shakes her head, "Same old, April O'Neil." As she closes the door and rejoins Steve on the couch, "That was an old friend of mine," She explained knowing Steve was curious about the girl, "We met through mutual friends and been good friends since."

Steve chuckled, "I forgot that you had actually had friends other then the team and agents."

Spencer gasped and poked his sides making him laugh, "That was so mean! I have friends that are unaware of the drama that is our life, Steve Rogers. Well, she knows what I'm capable of but that's probably it." Spence giggles leaving about the most important detail of her relationship with April.

Steve chuckles, "Probably for the best. Don't' want your good friend to get involved in our craziness." Steve states oblivious to the irony of his words.

"Yeah," Spencer tried to keep her giggles down, "Definitely don't want that."

"So, you making pizza tonight?"

Spencer smirks, "Yeaaah, our mutual friends are kinda obsessed with this certain pizza that I make. I haven't seen them in a while—I'm surprised they've gone this long without bombarding my house yet but I'm going to make a few pizzas for them and go over to April's for a bit. You think you and cooper can hold the fort down for a few hours?" It was weird leaving Steve on his own. Like previously stated, Steve and she were joined at the hip but Spence couldn't let Steve know about the teenage mutant turtles roaming the sewers of New York.

She knew Steve would probably freak out.

Besides, she promised Master Splinter not to tell anyone.

"I'll make an extra pie for the both of us," Spencer piped up excitedly, "It's really good." She adds puffing her chest out proudly.

Steve watched her with evident amusement and shook his head with a small laugh, "You do know this means going for another run. We just went last night." He pointed out. He had joked about going to the local grocery store so much that they should just live there. The owners already knew them from how often they visited.

Spencer spared her friend a playful glare, "We always go food shopping," She rolls her eyes, "But I guess you're right. I don't have any ingredients to make pizza. Captain, are you ready for your newest mission?" Spence questioned seriously.

Steve smirked, "You bet your ass I am."

_break_

"Alright, so, I'll only be gone for an hour, at most two." Spencer was scrambling around the kitchen trying to make sure she had everything ready. Cooper and Steve were sitting on the couch watching her get ready to leave. Cooper had his huge head tilted to the side while Steve watched her with an amused smile.

"You act like this is your first time leaving me on my own." Steve chuckles.

Spencer paused her rapid scrambling to glance at him dryly, "This is the first time I'm leaving you alone." She points out obviously.

Steve chuckles softly, "I can handle a few hours on my own, Spencer, and I've been alone before." He says while stroking Cooper's muzzle—the giant beast whined happily at the attention.

"I just," Spencer huffed out a large breathe, "It feels weird going somewhere without you." She makes a funny face.

Steve laughed, "I'm glad I'm not the only one then!" He states with a twinkle in his blue eyes, "It does feel weird, doesn't it? After being joined at the hip for four months, it's only natural to feel that. I'm not to pry but…I can tell whoever your meetings with April are pretty important if you can't even tell me who they are." Steve states with a knowing look.

Spencer laughs lightly and shook her head, "I should've known you would have noticed," She hummed lightly piling up the pizza poxes on top of each other, "I promised someone that I wouldn't tell anyone who these friends are. April knows them but only because she saved their lives once. I know them by sheer chance. I wish I could tell you but I promised." She gave a light shrug knowing her dear friend would believe and understand her.

Steve looked at her gently, "You don't have to tell me, Spence. I know you. I trust in your decisions. I understand you can't tell me but just be careful, okay? If you trust these people then I'll trust them enough to keep you safe." Steve says quietly with a light blush spread across his cheeks as he stood up to help her take down the five pile pizza box tower.

Spencer grinned and walked over to hug Steve, "You're the best, Steve Rogers. What would I ever do without you?" She giggles as Steve kissed her forehead.

"Go insane." Steve remarks wittily.

She couldn't help but to laugh, "So, you have jokes now?" She was glad Steve was getting the hang of the whole sarcasm thing.

"I learned from the best." Steve says playfully.

Spencer giggled before whistling to her giant furry beast, "Come here, baby." She cooed beckoning him towards her.

Cooper perked his ears and went to her side immediately. Spencer helped Steve not drop her hard work all over the elevator until they reached the lobby. Spencer waved to the lobby girl who gave a wave back. Cooper wolfishly trotted behind them—an alpha thing her companion did often. If someone were to come up and attack her, Cooper would be one step behind and ready to counter back.

Outside waiting was a black SHIELD car. Spencer couldn't exactly take five pizza boxes onto her bike and then make the forty minute drive to April's without the pizza getting cold. The turtles would definitely throw a bitch fit at cold pizza. Steve loaded them up as Cooper dutifully kept an eye out for any funny business.

"What if Tony comes over? What do I tell him? You know the moment he realizes you've gone out on your own, he's going to try to track you down." Steve huffed with an eye roll as he buckled in the precious cargo.

Spencer laughed lightly, "He's probably too busy making plans for tomorrow, Steve, but if he does…just tell him I'm off catching up with an old friend. I'm sure he wouldn't freak out." But Steve and Spencer knew their annoying Stark very well. Tony would never admit it but he had a tendency to be over-protective and over-react whenever it involved Spencer.

"If I tell him that, he'll insist on checking up on you," Steve leaned against the car with a knowing look, "He's very protective about you." He adds with a small grin.

Spencer groaned, "Just…just make something up, okay?" Before shaking her head, "Actually, I'll probably be back way before he even gets here. He literally just left!" She gets into the car and straps herself in. Steve and Cooper both poke their heads through the window once she lowered it. She giggled at the adorable sight. Steve smiled.

But it was easy for Spencer to see the concern in his eyes, "You don't like the idea of me going somewhere on my own, do you?" Spencer chuckled lightly with a knowing smirk.

Steve laughed heartily knowing he had been caught, "I don't but I know you are more then capable of handling yourself, Spence. It's only natural for me to worry about the people I care about it." He gives a light shrug.

Spencer gave him a beaming smile, "I'll be back in a few hours, okay? I'll make sure to shoot you a text every hour to update you on my location, just to ease your worries." She reassures him gaining a smile from her best friend.

"That would put my mind at ease." He admits a bit shyly.

She giggled and ruffled Cooper's head before rubbing the spot behind his ears earning a dragged out whine from the beast, "Be a good boy and keep Steve safe, okay?" She sternly tells her companion.

Cooper dips his big head with a small whine before Steve flicked his fingers over the wolf-dog's ears signaling that they were taking their leave. Cooper gave his owner one last sloppy kiss before backing down and taking his side next to Steve. Spencer turned the car on, blew a kiss to her best friends, and started the short journey around the corner in the alleyway. She may have lied about meeting up with April at her place but Steve didn't need to know that, right?

Spencer drove around the block, parked among the other civilian cars, and jumped out knowing it would only be a matter of time before her friends showed up. Spencer made sure the pizzas were safely on the hood of her car. She checked her phone to look at the time—she was calculating what time she should text Steve to let him know she had arrived at April's place.

She cocked her head to the side when she heard the almost silent sounds of padded footsteps. One set of padded steps coming faster then the other three sets. She smirked and turned around right as the padded steps fell behind her, "Raphael." She said calmly meeting the emerald green hues of a giant, mutant teenage turtle dressed in a ninja-like fashion.

The teenager turtle looked surprised that he had been caught and shyly avoided eye contact—if turtles could blush, Raphael would be blushing right now. Spencer smirked a bit bigger. "Uh, you heard me?" He mutters—his voice had grown deeper and gruffer.

"She has advanced senses, you know." Donatello's lighter voice piped up as he gracefully landed on Spencer's left side. "I am a bit disappointed that you heard us, Spencer. I thought we were getting better." Donatello blinked his reddish brown eyes at her before smiling and embracing her into a hug, "I'm glad we finally caught you, Spencer."

Spencer beamed and hugged the ninja turtle back cheerfully, "I missed you guys!—"

"Aw, yeah, make way for Michelangelo!" Mikey's child-like voice came from above before the rough sound of something hitting the ground echoed through the alleyway. "Ouch, Leo, dude d-did you push me?!" Mikey cried out.

Spencer could see the smaller outline of Mikey on the ground a few feet away and laughed as she jogged over to him, "You okay, brave one?" Spencer giggled.

Mikey's wide eyes locked onto hers, "Spencey!" Mikey cried throwing his arms around her and bringing her tightly to his hard shelled chest.

"Oomph!"

"Mikey, let her go before you crush her." Leonardo smacked the back of Mikey's head.

"Ow, man, let me hug my girl!" Mikey whined letting Spence go slowly.

"I thought April was your girl?" Donatello questioned fixing his glasses.

"Man, not anymore," Mikey complained in a grumble, "Ever since she started dating that loser, Casey, she's been ignoring me." Spencer giggled seeing the cute pout on his face.

"I thought Raph had dibs on Spencer?" Donatello added with a sly smirk.

"W-W-What?" Raphael sputtered, "That's not true, Spencer. I would never call dibs on you." He quickly asserts.

Spencer cocked her eyebrow enjoying watching the usually aloof Raphael squirm.

"Not like that!" Raphael blurted out, "I mean, you're a beautiful girl but—stop laughing!" He snapped at his younger brother's.

"Good to see you, Spencer." Leonardo engulfed her in a brotherly hug.

"Sorry I've been kinda M.I.A," Spencer blushed lightly, "Been kinda busy, ya know?"

"Fighting aliens!" Mikey looked at her in awe.

"You know, we were tempted to go out and help but, you know how Master Splinter is." Donatello muttered.

"I'm glad he talked some sense into you four," Spencer placed her hands on her hips, "I thought we put an end to the super-hero thing. Remember what happened last time?" She quipped like a mother scolding her children.

"We apologized for that mess." Leonardo reminded patiently but squirmed under her fiery gaze.

"We did, we even bought you a huge meat lover's pizza." Mikey added in like an adorable child.

Spencer laughed softly and shook her head, "I missed you guys." She murmured honestly.

"You brought the pizza!" Mikey yelled happily.

Spencer laughed and rolled her eyes; happy to see her friends again. Deep down, she was a bit homesick. It was a bit lame but it was true. It was weird being away from Steve and Cooper or being anywhere without the two. But for now, she was content being surrounded by familiar faces. She wouldn't see them for a few months until she came back from California and even then, Fury might move her to D.C by then.

She shook the thoughts away and turned her attention onto the four brothers who were bickering over the pizza boxes, "Hey, save one for your father!" She ordered with a fond smile.

OKAY! So, I decided (Obviously) that Spencer and Steve will be with Tony when IM3 happens, although I'm not sure what roles I want them to take in the movie or how I'm going to add them in but I'll figure it out! IM3 will probably be two or three chapters-maybe even less depending on how I take things. Um, yeah. I hope this chapter was to your liking I added in some familiar faces. I might update a short chapter on Spencer's visit to the Turtle's domain-maybe if I feel like it.

I'm actually excited to send Spencer and Steve to California together! I have so many cute ideas for my lovely cinnamon rolls :)

Anyway, I hoped you enjoyed this chapter. I do apologize if it seemed choppy.

Until next time,

Vanessa c: