When I saw Maria's facial expression, I knew I had made a mistake. Maybe I was wrong, maybe she didn't care, thousands of thoughts crossed my mind, but Maria wrapped her arms around me. "Maybe," she whispered into my ear, "I might just say I love you too." I was stunned as she walked away to join Natasha, I was startled when Cap touched my shoulder. "So Buck," He said, "how long has that been going on?" "What," I replied to my friend, "do you mean?" "You know," Steve replied, "you and Hill." I whacked Steve on the back of the head, "Oh come on," I replied, "so how long has that been going on between you and Natasha?" "Uh.." Steve tried to say as his face turned red, "it's nothing, we're friends, nothing else." "Yeah sure," I replied, "and 'I love you' says nothing at all." "What?" Steve said as he tried to deny it, but the blushing on his face wouldn't stop, "I never said that..." My icy gaze stunned Steve, "Sharon's going to kill me." "Steve," I said, "She will simply have to accept that you love Natasha more, and who in their right mind will mess with Natasha." Steve mumbled something under his breath in German, and then walked off to tell Sharon about all this.