Hard to Love (Bucky Barnes fanfic)

Chapter 33

My initial plan was to go for something simple to wear. Skinny jeans with a casual but nicer blouse. But of course, Natasha was quick to change that. Said I needed to wear actual party attire, whatever that means

"Why not wear that two piece dress? Or that little black dress that laces up both sides? That one will drive Barnes crazy!" She walks into my closet and rummages around the hangers for a minute before finally finding the items and pulling them out for me

"I'm not trying to drive him crazy Nat. Plus, I'll get cold in both of those." I eye up the two piece mini dress. She pauses for a moment and I can see the gears turning in her head as she thought

"I think I have something that might just work. Don't go anywhere." She points to me before quickly putting the two dresses away and rushing out of my room. I sigh shaking my head and continue to finish my makeup while I wait for her return

I wasn't going for a glamorous look, just simple foundation, light contouring, a subtle smokey eye and chapstick. I decided against lipstick since I know I'll be drinking and it would just get smeared and ruined anyways. I'm about halfway done with my mascara when Nat finally returns and is examining the cloth in her hands with an excited smile

I give her a look as she eagerly hands me the soft black material. Knowing arguing with her will prove useless, I finish applying my mascara and grab the hanger from her before heading to the bathroom to change

The dress reached about my mid thighs, hiding the lovely hickeys perfectly. It was a softer fabric, long sleeve which was nice, hugged me comfortably, and was a wide and extremely deep v-neck that showed off practically half of my breasts and landed just below my nipple line. The dress also came with an attached jeweled choker that turned into a jeweled body chain necklace. Meaning it had a single line of jewels connected to the choker dip between my breasts and then split into a 'y' shape to wrap around my ribs. It was actually a stunning dress

I have to admit, this is much more tame than I thought it was going to be. And I looked damn good in it if I do say so myself

"Tony's gonna hate this." I chuckle as I exit the room to show Nat the full look. She rolls her eyes playfully at my comment before looking me over in awe

"He'll get over it. Just like he did about not knowing of the party." She retaliates

Yeah, we told Tony about the whole thing roughly two hours ago. He wasn't thrilled about the late notice but he was all for a celebration. Of course he was, it's Tony

We finished our makeup and I helped Nat curl her hair while the party was just starting. "Birthday girl gets to arrive late, right?" I joke as I unplug the curling wand and grab a pair of black heeled booties that resembled combat boots, just with a four inch thick heel

Nat chuckles, slipping on her own heels before doing a once over in my mirror. Once content with her appearance, she smiles and loops her arm with mine and we exit my room, headed straight for the 'party room'. It was just the commons room but Tony calls it that when there's a celebration

I've actually no clue how many people are going to be here tonight. Obviously with Tony only having a two hour notice, there's not going to be a bunch of random people, but I'm curious who Nat and Sam all invited. And who all accepted

As we neared the room, multiple voices could be heard and suddenly my nerves flew through the roof. I'm too dressed up for a small party with friends. I'm gonna stand out like a bedazzled thumb. Everyone's going to be looking at me. God dammit Natasha how could I let you talk me into wearing this?!

"Whatever it is you're over analyzing, stop it." Natasha squeezes my arm with hers, drawing my focus back to reality. I bite down on my lip as I look at her nervously but she returns my expression with a loving smile