Natasha aimlessly walked through the hallway, it was empty as she had been late to lunch due to a teacher talking to her about her red hair. Again she asked herself, were all Americans this weird?

She was trying to find the classroom that Maria told her to find her in and she was having trouble. If a hallway stars with A classes, the logical classes next should be B, but no now she was in the J buildings. How does it even make sense?

She was tempted to ask for help but there was no one she really wanted to talk to. Especially when she turned the corner and saw Darcy standing talking to a group of other kids. A strawberry blonde girl, a tall guy with long hair, a guy who dressed way to nice for the school, a nerdy-looking guy and... Steve Rogers.

Of course, those two were friends. Why wouldn't they be? In fact, they would kinda make a cute couple.

She didn't really want to talk with them so she tried to turn around to leave before they saw her, but unfortunate for her, Darcy called her and immediately started calling out to her.

"NATASHA! It's me Darcy from this morning!" She could have just ignored the girl but Natasha wasn't that cruel. So as reluctant as she has Natasha turned around and gave the girl a questioning look as she walked toward them all. "Hey, I think you took a wrong turn this morning! I lost you."

"Oh silly me," She said with a very tight smile.

"It's fine. Natasha this is Pepper," She pointed to the strawberry blonde, the girl the Nick said was supposed to show her around this morning. "I told her about my idea of getting an assistant and well she wasn't on board so you know I did the logical thing and I quite as her assistant, figured I'd just go back to Janey, she really wouldn't object."

"You can't quite a job you never had Darcy," Pepper said to her with a sigh before turning to Natasha. "Hi, I'm sorry I miss you this morning. I was rather busy."

"It's fine," She simply put it, Natasha thought about asking them for help but she really just wanted to leave before Darcy started talking again. Of course, she spoke too soon.

"So Natasha how was Coulson? My friend Stevie over here has him," Stevie? Those two were such a couple, geez he even blushed when she teased him. "He says he's cool."

"That guy is many things but he's definitely not cool," she answered. The others just looked at her and before Darcy had a chance to talk the kid dressed in real nice clothing came up to her.

"Tony Edward Stark," He said with a smirk. "As you know, that's Pepper,  loud mother over there is Darcy,"

"Hey!" Darcy said rather offended. "She already knows me you idiot. But you can't think about anything else but yourself for even a minute," Stark choose to ignore him and move on to continue introductions. 

"Over there is Steve and his BFF James, we call him Bucky," She wasn't gonna lie, Bucky was cute. "But they aren't important, how about I show you around town? New York at night is rather romantic."

"There is nothing romantic about sirens and people vaping on every street. Trust me when I say that," Pepper said. "Don't mind him, you learn to ignore him."

"Yeah hun," Bucky said walking up to Natasha throwing his arm around her shoulder. "So how are you liking our wonderful school? Darcy tells us you aren't from around here."

"some people are okay, but mostly I feel like poisoning everybody." She answered.

"Wow aren't you a ray of sunshine," Tony said. "Just my kinda-" He didn't get a chance to speak because Pepper hit in the back of the head. "Owe Pep!"

"Where are you from the doll?" Bucky asked ignoring Tony, Natasha shrugged off his arm and noticed that Steve almost sighed in relief, she didn't think too much of it though. Once more Americans are weird.

"Neverland." She answered.

"Really?" Darcy asked. "Have you met the lost boys? Are they cool or are they complete asses?"

"Darcy that was a joke," Pepper explained and Darcy only frowned in disappointment. "Have you been around New York yet? Taken in the sights?"

"No my mother told me before I came not to spend too much time around. She said, "you'll see you get totally sick of all the creeps and losers and weirdos." Natasha said, her face wasn't really showing much emotion.

"You know, if you need someone to show you around," James said with a smirk. Natasha remembered what Maria had told her this morning. That would explain why Steve was so relieved when she shrugged Bucky away. The only logical reason really.

Maria's words were really true actually, many of the people she told her about acted like she said they would.
"What do you say? Afterschool?" He asked pulling her from her train of thought.

"Sorry I have plans, besides I am sure your boyfriend wouldn't appreciate that," Tony busted out into laughter, and Natasha turned away.

"Umm contact me if you need help!" Pepper called out. "Fury wanted me to meet with you may be in the morning we could-"

"Listen," Natasha said turning around to talk to her as she walked away, "I appreciate it but I am fine really, although does anyone know where the F classes are?" Pepper pointed straight down the hall, "Thanks."

After another two minutes of looking she finally found the room, she was looking for and the lights were dim with only one computer glowing in the background.
"Are you planning a murder in here?" Maria looked up and smirked.

"Suprised you came newbie, thought you would hang with the nerds," She teased.

"How do you know I was with them?" She asked taking a seat beside Maria.

"I told you, I know everything at the school." Natasha was silent. "Besides I saw you talking to them on my way over here," She mentioned and Natasha nodded.

"So what are you doing? Don't you have friends?" She asked taking a seat.

"I don't need a bunch of mindless teenagers around. I don't like people." She said.

"If that's true why did you invite me here?" Natasha asked and Maria looked up with a smile.

"Because you cool. You hate people and I hate people, perfect match, besides I am getting kinda bored. If I had let you stay with Darcy, Stark would be all over you right now. You should be thanking me,"

"Stark is such a flirt, although Pepper doesn't seem to like that very much," She said.

"Potts? Oh yeah, she has had a thing for him, not that she will ever admit it." Maria laughed. "What about Barnes and Rogers?"

"Cute, but again you were right Steve was not too happy when Bucky flirted with me," She laughed.

"Cause he's in love with the guy, give it time," She laughed. "But if I do say so myself Rogers is growing pretty fast, should have seen him last year, skinnier then a toothpick," Maria said, "Boy has some muscle on him now."

"You two are such gossips," Natasha jumped a little at the new voice but Maria was as calm as ever. In the corner was a blonde-haired kid with his feet up staring at them.

"Still being an obsessive creep Barton?" Maria asked.

"Creep is a strong word Maria, one that I don't like," The kid answered. "Look at you making new friends, it's about time you got one,"

"Big words coming from you, you don't even know what a friend is." Natasha cracked a smile.

"I see better from afar," He said. "having friends messes with my lifestyle,"

"You'd have to have a life to have a lifestyle." Maria rolled her eyes. "Natasha that's Clint Barton, you can just ignore him, it's what everyone else does." She said. Natasha was about to reply when her phone went off, it was Kennedy. She didn't want anyone to know she was staying with the principal and the secretary of the school so she told Maria she had to go.

"What do you have next period?" She asked.

"PE," She responded with a roll of the eyes.

"Hey we have a class together," Clint said holding his drink up as if he was going to cheers to that.

"Nah I don't have that," Maria sighed. "I guess I'll see you around?"

"Yeah," Natasha said before leaving the room. She liked Maria, Clint seemed a tad bit like he was on crack but other than that he seemed nice enough.

She walked to the office and there Kennedy was with a smile on her face. "Natasha, I just wanted to check up on you," She said with a kind smile. Now Natasha had been trying to figure her out for a while. She seemed nice but a part of her told her that if she gets pissed off it's over for you.

"Oh thank you," She had to admit it was weird to have someone care for her the way Kennedy did.

"Come sit, tell me how it's going so far, I brought you some lunch," Looks like she got a lunch buddy. At least she got free food out of it. She could only hope that this won't happen every day.

Steve and Bucky along with many of their other friends were in PE. Steve for once didn't feel like the scrawny little dork he had felt last year. Hey, at least this year he wasn't the shortest in class.

"Man, this year is gonna be such a bore, I can barely stand my teachers," Bucky complained as they sat upon the bleachers. They were only playing basketball today and it wasn't a mandatory thing, so they decided to sit this one out.

"I don't know Buck, maybe you should just relax," Steve said.

"Right.," Bucky said he was obviously distracted now. "Look who's in our class," Steve turned and watched as Natasha Romanoff walked into the room. Man was she something else. "I think I am gonna make a move,"

"What?!" Steve asked taking his eyes off Natasha and back onto Bucky.

"What? She's hot and new, she won't be single forever," Bucky, "Do you think I have a chance?"

"I don't know if you're her type," Steve said looking back at Natasha.

"Not her type? I am everyone's type." Bucky said sounding almost offended.

"Not hers," Bucky huffed. "Maybe we should call her over here, she might not have anyone to sit with," But before the boys could say something Natasha started walking up to the very top of the bleachers and sat next to clint. "Wait what?"

"They know each other?" Bucky asked. Now their friend Tony Stark and Thor Odison have joined them.

"Why is a girl like that, hanging with the looner," Stark asked taking a seat.

"They seem to know each other," Thor said. "Maybe they are friends." Steve's eyes watched Natasha as she talked to Barton.

"Maybe," Tony said. "Aways, Rogers you ready for PE this year? You are officially taller than me, which I never thought would happen, no more sickness, my father's treatment really worked." Yeah, it was true that Steve was being treated by Howard Stark, maybe that's why his growth was coming in faster than usual, especially in the last month, He said that by prom, Steve will be taller then Bucky. Now that is something he had to see.

"I am excited, ready to show you all up," Steve smiled. Maybe if he grew taller and all that then he could possibly ask Natasha out, she was stuck in his mind since this morning.

"Okay, guys now I am gonna call some people to come down and play we are gonna one v one on four courts. I will all for eight of you," Yelled the coach. He started naming off people and none of them seemed to be him or his friends, which he was thankful for. "and lastly Rumlow, and Romanoff,"

Steve looked at Natasha who was being laughed at by Clint, she hit him on the shoulder before making her way down to the court. The guys watched as a smirk grew on Rumlows face.
"Oh this is gonna be fun," Rumlow said as he passed Steve and his friends.

The couch handed Rumlow the ball and then left the gym to go get something from his office. As the other games started Rumlow was just staring at Natasha.

"You new here? I haven't seen you around." He said.

"Does it matter?" She said not paying too much attention to him.

"How about I take you out tonight and you can tell me about all about it." He had a sick smirk on his face. "or we could do something else."

The guys were watching Rumlow trying and make a move and were very surprised when Natasha didn't seem to care. Almost everyone at school wanted to be with Rumlow.

"I don't sleep with pigs." She said clearly taking the ball away from him and turning around to shoot a basket, which she made. "Oh look I won," and then she walked off the court. Rumlow stood their, angry.

"Girl's got a backbone," Bucky said.

"Certainly very different," Tony said. Tony grew a smirk on his face as Rumlow came walking up the bleachers. "looks like you are getting nothing tonight Rumlow."

"Please, Bitch only needs some persuasion." He said. "Besides none of you nerds could get her if you tried. Won't even bat an eye at Rogers,"

"Okay, Rumlow," Bucky said. "Back off,"

"Yeah, Steve could get her if he very well wanted to," Thor said and Rumlow replied with a heavy laugh.

"Please are we talking about the same kid," He looked at Rogers. "A girl like that will never look at you like, youre pathetic."

"Wanna place money where your mouth is?" Tony asked and Steve tried to interject but no one would listen to him.

"Yeah, I will bet that I will sleep with her before Rogers even has a chance to take her out." Rumlow laughed. "Easy money."

"Fine it's deal, Steve won't lose," Bucky announced.

"Fine Roger just has to get the girl to announce her love to him," Rumlow rolled his eyes, "Before I sleep with her, then she won't even remember his name."

"Deal." all the guys said. Rumlow smirked before walking away. Steve sat there in shock.

"Are you guys serious?" he asked.

"One hundred," Bucky said. "You can do this Steve, it's damn obvious you like her."

"Rumlow won't win when he loses it will shut him the hell up," Tony said. "Don't you wanna stop him?"

"Of course but-"

"Then it's settled. Come to my house after school, we are gonna see if we can speed up this process, she not gonna date you if you're being picked on all the time." Tony said.

"You don't even know her and you're judging her," Steve said.

"Doesn't matter, we are gonna get you into shape by the end of the month, just in time for football tryouts," Bucky said.

"I don't know how to play football."

"You will. We won't let Rumlow do this Steve, what do you say are you gonna win the bet?" Bucky asked.

"Dont I have a choice?" Steve said with a tired look on his face.

"Nope. now let's get down to business."

"You boys are such idiots." they all turned around to see Natasha now standing there besides Clint.

"Natasha-" Steve started.

"You all think a girl is some kind of price to be won and it's disgusting. " She shook her head and began to walk away as the coach told them it was almost time to go. Steve stood up quickly and tried to talk to Natasha she wouldn't let him. "Why do guys think they can treat us like that? You all say you wanna stop Rumlow from being a dick but new flash that's just what you're doing right."

"Red we are sorry-" Tony said, Natasha only huffed and walked away.

"We are assholes," Bucky said.

"Yeah no kidding."