Steve was allowing Natasha to stay in his home while she looks for a place of her own. So as Steve was getting ready for a day with his friends, Natasha watched him carefully.

"You know it's a bit creepy to watch me like that." He smiled. "What's wrong?"

" do I really have to go today? I'm still not sure your friends will like me very much." she said.

"We aren't having this conversation anymore." He said. "You already know my answer."

" you look really cute you know. I mean you kind of dress like an old man."

" oh you're criticizing how I dress? Natasha you don't look like 1 million bucks either"

" that's because all my clothes exploded. And this was the outfit that Nick gave me until I can get more clothes is what I have to live with." She said.

"Well either way you still look beautiful." He smiled. "Are you ready to go?"

"Who are we meeting?"

"Bucky, Sam, Sharon, Tony, Bruce, Thor and I think Pepper, and Jane, Thor and Tony's girlfriends."

"Stark has a girlfriend? What kinda world is this." She teased with a small smile on her face. " OK I think I'm ready to go now"

"Great." He smiled and held out her hand for her to take. Natasha looked at his hand for a small moment before carefully reaching out and connecting her hand with his. "This will be great."

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At this point into the lunch their food had just arrived at their tables and the group was talking and laughing. Natasha say there, watching, observing, and taking it all in. Making sure Steve was happy.
His friends were excited to meet her, even through she had met half of them already. She liked them. Well she liked most of them.

Natasha had to take a particularly good watch on Sharon, and she had not looked away from Steve since they arrived. Well that's not entirely true, because she did glare right at their hands, which were connected, when they had walked in. Natasha noticed this, and she also noticed that Steve released her hand when he noticed the glare. Weird. Sharon almost made sure that she sat on the other side of Steve, Natasha was not happy about this.

"So little red." Tony started. "What are you gonna do now that you're in the real world."

" I don't to Stark I'll start living my life when you start living yours."

" still as feisty as ever" he smiled. " I have a assistant spot open if you are interested in something like that. You know to help you get back on your feet."

" Stark why do you have an assistant spot open? You don't need an assistant" Bucky commented.

" I do I have a very busy life and I need more than one person to help me control it. Not all of us can sleep on the couch for a living"

" oh no you sleep on a multi million dollar bed for a living" Bucky smirked right back at him.

"What about you Barnes?" Natasha asked.

"What about me?"

" what do you do for a living I mean."

" I am a soldier. I am probably the reason your boy over here soldier, he wouldn't have met him if it weren't for me" natasha nodded when from the corner of her eye she saw Steve getting up with Sharon to go get something. Probably drinks from a bar they had in the restaurants.

" Who is she?" Natasha asked. " The blonde that mean"

" oh her?" Sam started. " that Sharon, she is Peggy Carter's niece."

"Peggy Carter? As in Steve's ex?"

"Yeah." Sam nodded. " personally in my opinion I think it's kind of weird that she's been hitting lately."

" Sam." Pepper said, Natasha assumed that pepper was almost the mother of the group.

" what I'm just speaking my truth." He held up his hands. "Her aunt literally dated Steve. First off it's weird that Peggy has a  nice. that's creepy and she's like our age that's even creepier"

" first of all that's not creepy a lot of people have uncles and aunts who are their age. It really just depends on how old your parents are." Jane said. "Second of all don't talk bad about Sharon she's our friend."

" is she though?" Tony asked. " like not being rude or anything but she kind of just appeared one day and never left. I personally know nothing about her"

" Tony you don't know a thing about anyone. So that's not such a big deal." Pepper rolled her eyes. While the group continue arguing about Sharon, Natasha was watching a Sharon. Something she said had made Steve laugh and she had put her arm on Steve's bicep. She did not like this at all. She stood up and the group didn't seem to notice and she walked over to Steve and Sharon.

" excuse me." She said to the pair walking up to them.

"Oh hey Nat," Steve smiled with one of his boyish charming smiles, but noticed that Natasha wasn't looking at him.

" I feel like you don't know, but what you were doing is very inappropriate"

" excuse me." Sharon laughed.

"Don't play dumb you and I both know what you're doing." Natasha. " in case you don't I'll spell it out for you, you're hitting on a taken man which is a very dangerous."

" I don't know exactly where you came from but here in America you can laugh with your friends" she scuffed.

" Friends don't look at their friends with the way you've been looking at Steve all night." Natasha said. "Don't think that I haven't seen you with your hands all over him all night."

" Natasha I think you have this all wrong" Steve stared but was once again ignored by Natasha.

" I don't want you around him anymore"

" you're insane. You're insane if you think that he's just gonna drop me for you. I'm his friend and I was here first" Sharon started.

" you shouldn't mess with me. I am not someone that you want to mess with. I don't want you around him because I know what you're trying to do he might not know but I know and I don't want you around him so I suggest that you leave." Natasha said.

"Natasha you can't just tell her to leave!" He almost yelled. " Natasha she's my friend and you have to except that I'm not gonna be around you 24 seven I'm allowed to have friends"

" you don't get it do you? She's not trying to be your friend Steve" Natasha said.

" I know this is new for you and might be a little bit uncomfortable but-"

" this is not about me steve." She said now ignoring Sharon and her dirty looks. " she's trying to hit on you how can you not see that. Or you can't see that and you're just letting her hit on you."

" what are you suggesting? Now I took you out here to have a good time not accuse my friends I'm trying to take me away from you if you don't want to hang out with my friends you don't have any out with them you can just go home." He said.

"You're staying?" She asked. "With her?"

" like I said she's my friend and you can't go around accusing people of this. Not everyone is out to get you Nat!" He said. Natasha could only stare at him, emotionless. " you have to get used to the fact that there are other people in my life"

" you're going to cause a scene." Sharon spike up after her moment of silence. " you should probably go home and just cool off." Now she was acting all sweet and worried over Natasha. " shall we go back to our table Steve?" She asked.

" yeah" he nodded before looking at Natasha and handing her his house key. She didn't take it, only standing there. Sharon turned to go back to her seat. "I'm not mad at you I just think that this is probably too soon and that you need time to relax and get used to everything around. So taking her home Nat."

" you think there something wrong with me." She said. " everyone thinks there's something wrong with me I didn't think you did too"

" I don't think anything's wrong with you Tasha."

" I don't believe that. I don't believe you." She said and then took a step back away from him. "I'm leaving."

"Tasha take the key." He said.

"No." She shook her head.

" where are you going. You have to go home and rest"

" don't tell me what to do." She said and then walked out of the restaurant. Steve put his hands on his waist and watched her walk away from him. He should go after her, but he didn't know what to do. He didn't know how to handle this. Natasha was different and he didn't know how to properly handle the situation.

"Hey Steve!" Tony yelled, "come here." Steve took a deep breath. He took one last look out of the door before leaving back to his seat.  He needed to find out what to do.

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Natasha stood on a roof, not really sure how or when she got up there but she's been standing there working with at the view. A million thoughts running through your head right now and she didn't know what to think.

" you know if you were thinking of jumping I wouldn't do it right here and right now because someone Will blame me because I'm here right now" Clint voice rang out in here ears.

" I don't want to talk to you"

" are you still mad at me for lying to you about who I am. I mean technically I didn't lie to you I just never told you I was on a mission"

"I trusted you I cared about you. And all I ever was a mission to you."

" that's not true." He said. "Maybe at first yeah but right now, no. Somehow someway you weaved your way into my heart and you are no longer the mission to me. You are my friend. I trust to do. If you were just initially I wouldn't be here right now I would"

"How can I trust a thing you say?"

"I guess you can't." He sighed. "You have no reason to trust me. But I want you to know that I'm always gonna be there for you. Always have been."

She didn't respond. She went from believing only one man cared about her, finding out it was all a lie and now all these people saying they care about her.

"Have you talked to Nick?" He asked and she looked up at him, she needed to see that he wasn't asking for alternative reasons. When she determined he wasn't she shook her head. "This is probably very weird to him. Having you back I mean."

"He doesn't seem to care all too much." She said.

"Trust me he does. Nick just doesn't show emotions very often, but right now I can tell he does care." He told her. "He asked about you all the time. Almost grew impatient. He wanted you back but it was never the right time. He didn't want you to get hurt in the process."

"He's nice." She said. "Awkward around me,"

"No one has ever called Nick Fury nice." Clint shook his head. "You're probably the only one who can call him that." She was silent after that. The conversation was dead and she wasn't in the mood. She was confused and felt alone even when she knew she wasn't alone. She guessed Clint could sense that. She knew he wanted to talk about Steve, but she also knew that he knew she was hurting. About what? He probably didn't know. But that wouldn't stop him from trying to cheer her up. " you wanna get some ice cream? I know that idiot never let you have any. It's amazing. Worlds best invention."

She looked at him. It wasn't like she had anything better to do. She did however know Steve wanted to take her out for her first ice cream, he had said to her he wanted to be apart of all her first. But he wasn't here and she didn't want to be alone. She had spent enough time alone.

"Sure I'll go with you." She nodded.

"Cool, I promise you won't be disappointed," he held out his hand and she slowly took it. He smiled and pulled her to the exit. After all of it, Clint was still her only friend.

Two updates in one week? Who am I?😂