Till the End of the Line(Book One)

Chapter Five

        "Rise and shine!" I heard someone yell causing me to fall out of my bed and flop on the floor. "WHAT THE HELL?" I yelled back. I stumbled up and saw Steve standing there with a sarcastic smile on his face. "Steve. It's like....4:45 IN THE FREAKING MORNING!? Why did you wake me up so early?" I asked rubbing the back of my head. "Cus. It's training time" he said. "You have 10 minuetes and if you aren't in the training room in 10 minutes I WILL come and get you." He said walking out. So like yesterday I wore a T shirt and sweatpants, then put my hair in a ponytail. But Steve was nowhere to be seen. When he did walk in I smiled. "Your late." He looked at me and I could have swore I seen him flinch. But he shook it off. "Okay instead of making you work out, I'm going to jump right into training." He said. "Wait wha-" I said but was cut off when he shot out truing to hit me but I blocked it. "What the-" he did it again. And that's when it began. The training I mean. We just kept going back and forth for almost two hours or so. Just. Fighting. He put me on my ass alot and then I decided to take a break. "Come on get up" he said lightly kicking my leg as I lay sprawled on the floor. "But I'm SO tired." I said dramatically. "Yeah well your not gonna a pull that little stunt you did with Clint. He should've shot you with an arrow." I shot up. "Hey just because I can't do archery, doesn't mean I can't fight." I said getting up. "Prove it then." He said with a smirk and I came at him. This time I was much better. I kneed him in the gut, slowing him a bit. Then I kicked him in the knee but he got me back. "That all you got?" He asked. I went at him again. This time I might have went to far. I pushed him in the nose and I heard a crunching like sound. He made a sound of suprise and covered his nose with his hands. "OW!" He yelled. "Oh my god! Steve. I'm so sorry. Is it broken?" I said walking up to him. "NOO! Did you not hear that cracking sound? Yes OBVIOUSLY it's broken!" He yelled just not as lod this time. "OKAY! SORRY! There's no need to yell, smart ass." I said, honestly sorry for breaking his nose. Seeing my expression, his face softened. "Sorry. It just suprised me a little. It's okay. You accidentally did it..." he said slightly moving his nose around. He winced at how much pain he had just caused. "C'mere. I'll fix it." I said getting closer to him reaching for his nose. "NO WAY! I am not going to trust you with my nose." He said re covering his nose. "No. It's fine I promise I won-"

"I don't think it's a good idea."

"I'm just going to put it back in place." I said reaching for him again put he slapped my hand away with a worried look. "Oh no you didn't. GET OVER HERE!" I yelled going at him. Because of that little stunt he pulled I am going to fix his nose. He pushed me to the side but I jumped at him. This continued for like, 5 minutes. That was until I was in top of him straddled on his hips. At this point we were both laughing. "Just let me put it back in place Steve!" I said as he continued to swat my hands away. "You promise it won't hurt?" He asked cautiously still smiling. "Yes! Just a little pop and then your nose is fine. If you would just move your hands..." I said. "Okay. Fine." He dropped his hands. "Thankyou. Now all you'll feel is just a little pop." He nodded. I softly grabbed his nose and lightly jerked it back into place. He only flinched then grabbed his nose. "Hey! It's back in place!" He exclaimed rubbing his nose. "Yeah, I told you I could do it if you had just listened." I said and we both laughed again. "Yeah but I though you might hurt it again." He said and I laughed harder.

"Now why would I do that?" I said and he let out a loud laugh. "Okay. Now back to work." I said, giving him a playful punch in the shoulder, still on top of him. "If ya say so." He says starting to move. But before I could even get up he made a suprise attack and rolled us over. Pinning my hands above my head he smiled down at me. I tried to pull my hands away but his grip was too strong. I began to say something but I was laughing to hard. "Seriously Nat. Is that ALL you got?" He said laughing at my failed attempts to free my self, still (unfortunately)underneath him. Looking up at him I realized that this was the first time I had heard him laugh and seen him smile. His real smile; which was...Nice. But his laugh on the other hand was one of those kinda loud open mouth laughs, though it was a cute one.  Despite my position, I smiled at how cute he actually was, it was something I hadn't fully noticed until now. He stopped his laughing and tilted his head to the side with a smile. "What?" He asked. "Nothing." I say shaking my head. "No, what is it?" He asked again. "It's just that you have a nice smile." I said causing him to blush but he laughed to cover it up. "I think that we should take a br-" but he was interrupted by someone. "I just realized that you two are so cute together." I turned my head to see  Johnny Storm standing there. Steves eyes widened as he scrambled to stand up. I slowly followed. Steve was blushing really hard right now. He wasn't flushed or anything he was just blushing. But why? One reason cane to my mind and my face heated. Johnny laughed at our rections. "What do you need Johnny?" Steve asked. "Nothing. Just wanted to see if you two had killed each other yet but it seems to be the opposite." He said smirking. "Whatever. What did you really come in here for?" I asked putting my hands on my hips.

   "Oh um...uh...OH yeah, Tony said to tell you that he doesn't like you eating all his good food so he's allowing you to go out-"

    "Really!!?" I asked excitedly.

    "With an escort only. That's if anyone wants to take you." He finished smiling at me.i looked over at Steve and he shrugged. The I looked back at Johnny. "Yes. Of course I'll take you." He says and I roll my eyes with a laugh. "I'm sure the only reason you wanted to come tell me this was because you wanted to escort me."

   "Yep. You are absolutely correct."

"Well imma go and let you two go on your little date." Steve said probably hopping to cover up Johnnys earlier comment about us. "Alright then. You do that. C'mon darling." Johnny said putting his arm around my shoulders but I pushed him off. "I need to get ready first. "Take all the time ya need." He said as I walked off to go back to my room.

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    For the day I just wore some skinny jeans and a nice black sleeveless shirt with a pair of black combat boots."Well it took you long enough." Johnny said as I walked into the living room area. "Oh shut up. Let's just go. With the ability to go out, I would like to enjoy it." I said.

   "I have some ideas..." Johnny said smirking. I rolled my eyes. "Alright let's go hot shot." I said slapping him on his shoulder. "I love it when you call me hot shot." He said. "Get those hearts out of your eyes son." He shrugged it off and we left. "Be back soon!" I heard Steve yell before we walked into the elevator.

   We were on one of the upper floors and the elevator was slow. So Johnny and I were just standing there awkwardly. It suddenly started to get hot. I fanned myself with my hand then realized what was happening. "Johnny." He looked over at me with a relaxed expression. "Mm?" He said. "Cut it out." I said. "What!? I'm not doing anything." He said with a shrug and I scoffed. "Yeah you'll be thinking that when I jump you and run away." I said sorta joking. "To bad you have that little thing on your ankle that prevents you from using your powers." He said with a flirtatious smile. I gave him a death look. "Oh shut up. Powers or no powers I could still take you on, easily." I said flipping my hair over my shoulder. He threw his head back laughing. "Yeah. Let's try that sometime and see who wins. I would definitely enjoy that." He said with yet another seductive smile. "Oh I'm sure you would." I said walking out winking at him then smiling. "I knew you were in love with me." He said following me out of the elevator. "Oh yeah. Can't wait to get you in my bed sweetheart."I said with a roll of my eyes. "Well in that case we don't even have to go anywhere." He says coming up next to me and bumping his shoulder with mine. "Ha! Your just dreaming now hot shot." I said. He stayed quiet but after a couple of seconds he said, "I love it when you call me hot shot." I scrubbed a hand down my face. "What am I going to do with you? DON'T answer that." I said and we walked up to his car and I hate to break it to you but man was it a nice sports car. Once we got in he looked at me. "Ready?" He asked sticking the key in and starting the engine. Instead of answering I just shrugged. This was going to be one hell of a day. 

    And it certainly was. You'll never guess what happened. And it certainly wasn't grocery shopping.