12:54
I'm in my room getting ready now, kind of nervous.
I throw on some jeans and a black shirt. Kind of dressy, maybe not. This isn't a formal date, this isn't even a date. It's a friendly get together. With 2 friends. And I just so happen to like the other one.
"Are you going on a date?" Wanda says floating into my room.
"No, it's not a date, it's just going on a walk. With a friend." I say as i finish putting on my earrings and grab my jacket.
"Oh ok, I thought maybe you found someone." She insults.
"Wanda, get out." I playfully say.
She turns away and out the door.
12:58
I go over to the door and shut it, then come back to my desk. I check my phone and see a text from Steve
"Just checking up on you! The mission in Germany is taking longer than expected, so just let Bucky know we're going to be late."
"We're all good here! Bruce misses you:)" I text him back.
Typical. These missions always run late. One time Tony and I spent 4 months in Russia. He called Pepper like 80 times a day. I wish I could say it was cute, but it was not.
Knock knock.
I open the door to see Bucky standing there in a red shirt, long hair combed back just enough so he's trying but not too hard. He's holding roses.
"I was wondering if you wanted to go to lunch before the walk?" he nervously asks
"Sure." I say looking up at him and smiling. He hands me the flowers with his metal arm, but this time he's confident about it. Like he's not ashamed about it anymore.
I take the flowers and walk out the door.
We walk to the same restaurant, not saying much. The walk there felt strange. Bucky doesn't talk much, but he didn't speak at all.
"How many in your party?"
"Just the two of us." He replies.
Well there you go. He spoke.
"Well you too are cute!" she says.
I gently push him to the side. "No, we aren't together."
Why did I do that! I want it to be true so badly, I just know it won't happen so i push it aside.
"You'll get there. Follow me to the table." The hostess says, gliding along the perfectly set tables.
You'll get there? Who does this woman think she is? Telling me what to do with my love life on this date. And I just called it a date again, great.
She seats us, leaving us all alone.
Nothing much happened at the restaurant, just talking and eating. We ordered the same thing as last time, paid, then dashed out of there.
"James, where are you taking me?"
"For the last time Violet, it's a surprise!" he says, taking my hand and leading me to the coney island boardwalk.
"Coney island?" I ask with a small smile creeping onto my face.
He turns to me and starts walking backwards. He points a finger at me. "Your favorite place in the world."
He turns back around and starts walking in-sync with me. It's cute.
We spend hours there. Riding all the rides,(I made Bucky ride this super big rollercoaster which he later threw up because of) eating more food, and lying on the beach. It's pretty cold at night, but not enough to keep us from dipping our toes in the cool ocean water.
Sitting there, wind blowing through my auburn hair, he asks me something.
"I need to know more about you."
I don't know why his words still shock me. I feel like I should be used to this by now.
"What?"
"I know 4 things about you. I know your name is Violet athena romanoff, you like the color yellow, you like coney island and you once snuck into a Taylor Swift meet and greet."
"You also know that i just ate 6 hotdogs without vomiting." I shoot back.
"No, what did you do before you were an avenger? How did you get here."
"Well that is a very long story." I say, taking a sip of my drink.
"I've got all night." He says as he shifts his arms a little.
"I was a trained assassin when I was little. Me and my older sister, Natasha, were recruited into the red room program. We were not the only ones, there were others who S.H.I.E.L.D. is still actively looking for. Anyways, about 8 years ago, we were sent on a mission and Tony and this guy Clint, who's off the squad now, were gonna kill us. Instead, they made the call to make us avengers and not to kill us. They thought we could be useful."
"And Natasha?" Bucky asks.
"She was kidnapped 7 years ago at a party me, her and Stark went to. I haven't seen her since but I do know Fury hasn't stopped looking for her." I look up at Bucky with a smile.
"She'll come back."
"I hope so."
He gives a hopeful smile and we both get up and walk back to the compound. Bucky softly opens the door, trying not to wake up anyone. It's gotten super late, we must have stayed at coney island longer than I thought.
We walk in the narrow hallway up to the door of his room. He turns around, making sure he looks at me.
"Thank you, Bucky, for everything."
"Anytime Violet. I had a really nice time tonight."
I turn to walk away but he grabs my waist and pulls me in for a kiss.
