The Night We Met

(3) Bucky's Friends

Monday morning rolled around Spencer was headed to her professor's office. 

"Spencer? How's the interview going with Mr Barnes?" Professor Golden said 

"Not great. Actually he bolted the other night in the middle of it. And I haven't heard from him since. He didn't even want to do it but I did what I could do to get him to say yes. But he just shutdown the other night." Spencer said 

"Spencer you have to make the athlete feel more comfortable. And for god sakes your uncle is the coach here. If you can't find him go to your uncle." Professor Golden said 

"I will not use my family ties to get what I want. That's not who I am! I am my own person!" She said and walked out. 

She was so mad and angry that her Professor would be like that. She wasn't paying attention as she mumbled under her breathe all the things she wanted say. She suddenly hit something hard and dropped all of her books. She looked up to see Steve. 

"I am so sorry Spencer. Here let me help." Steve said as he helped her pick up her books. 

Suddenly there was a group of people appearing and Sam tossing a football between his hands. 

"You remembered my name?" She said as she stood up. 

"Of course." Steve said

"Hi Sam and Steve." She said 

"Hey Spence." Sam said 

"This is Scott Lang Clint Barton. Natasha Romanoff Yelena Bolova Wanda Maximoff Peggy Carter and Carol Danvers.and Bobbi Morse" Steve said 

"Nice to meet you all. And again I'm sorry Steve I wasn't paying attention to where I was going. I was irritated and pissed off." She said 

"It's fine Spencer. I'm just glad you are okay." Steve said 

"Why are you pissed off?" Natasha said 

She began to tell them all about what happened with Bucky and her Professor. She was in some ways hoping that they would be her saving grace to get him to open up. They all began to walk off together to head to their classes. Bucky showed up late cause he didn't want to go to class. 

Over lunch she sat with his friends as they told her stories about their friendship over the years. Bucky seen them and sat beside Steve. 

"What is she doing here?" He said 

"We asked her to sit with us." Bobbi said 

"We like her.." Natasha said 

Bucky shook his head as he gave her a death glare. "I told you I wasn't doing it anymore." He said as he pulled some of his hair back off his face and put it in a small bun. 

She grabbed her tray and left the group. "Why do you have to be like that Buck? She is just trying to do her job. And her Professor rode her ass this morning because you won't do it. She has her own sports podcast that is in the mornings you should listen to it sometime. She knows her shit.." Sam said

"Because I don't want people in my business! Geez if you are my true friends I would think that you all would know that I hate people being in my business. I hate it.." he said as walked off to go eat alone. 

Later that night Bucky found Spencer at the library. She had her AirPods in when she felt a presence beside her. She looked up to see Bucky she pulled them out. 

"Come to give me more dirty looks?" She said 

"No I came to apologize. Coach talked to me I guess you went to him." He said 

"No I would never use my family like that. But it was my professor who suggested it so maybe that's who did it." She said 

"Spencer..I don't trust people well. And I don't like having people in my business it's why I live alone. I don't even like being in the press." He said 

"But you want to go to the NFL?" She said 

"Because it's all I know. I love playing football." He said 

She looked down. "What are you doing this weekend?" He said 

"Um nothing.." she said 

"You aren't coming to the game?" He said 

"Well I am. But that's all I have plans for." She said 

"Would you like to come with me to watch my brother play? He is playing the Broncos he plays on the Patriots? We can talk on the way?" He said 

"Sure I would love to go." She said

"Okay. I'll text you a lot closer to Saturday." He said 

"Okay." she said 

"Bye Spencer.." he said as he left her. 

"Bye.." she said as she watched him walk away.