Secretly In Love

Chapter 9

Y/n's dream

It was March of 2007. Y/n was 27 years old. Her brother Peter was 10. It was 4:00 in the afternoon. Y/n had just picked up Peter from school.

"Mom we're home." I call.

No response. I hear a rustling mouse coming from my parents room.

"Mom?" I ask.

I slowly turn the corner with my brother behind me. I hear a gunshot ring out and jump back. Someone jumps out the window. I run into the room and see my father on the floor with blood surrounding him. I look to my right and see my mother laying on the bed with fresh blood spilling out of her chest.

"Mom!" I cry and run over to her.

I put her head in my hand.

"Mom!" I sob.

"Honey..." She starts. "I lov-" Her head drops.

"No!" I scream.

I turn around and see my brother standing over my dead fathers body.

"Daddy wake up we are home." He says nudging his side with his foot.

"Peter baby." I say kneeling down next to him. "We have to go. It's not safe here." I say with tears in my eyes.

I go to my room to pack a shirt and a pair of pants. I but my shoes on and grab a hoodie. I go into Peter's room and do the same. We go outside and get into my car. I didn't know that the man who shot my parents was still standing outside. I didn't see him. I start to drive off when another shot rings out. I look over and see the man running, this time he left. I look over at the seat next to me and see blood. I scream.

"Peter!"

The bullet hit him right in the shoulder.

"Peter hold on!" I scream.

I wake up, gasping for air.

"Are you alright hon?" Nat asks me.

"Yeah I'm fine." I say, my voice quivering. "I- I need to to see Bucky."

"You can't get up." She says. "I'll go get him for you and let you two talk."

I nod as she walks out the door. A few moments later Bucky comes rushing in, shutting the door behind him.

"What's the matter doll?" He asks.

"It happened again." I say, my voice still shaking.

"The nightmare?" He asks.

"Yeah." I say.

"Where did it end this time?" He asks wiping the tears off my face.

"It stopped when my brother got shot." I tell him. "Right before I called emergency services."

"So it's getting longer each time?" Bucky asks me. "Last time it got to after you heard the first gunshot."

"Yeah Bucky yeah it is." I say. "I don't know what to do."

"I'm going to call my therapist and get you an appointment." Bucky says. "You can go alone, or with me, or with Nat, or with whoever you want to."

"Thank you so much Bucky." I say smiling at him. "It's 3 in the morning and you didn't have to do this for me so thank you."

"Anytime doll." He says returning the smile. He kisses me on the cheek and walks out the door. Nat walks back in.

"Hey are you ok Y/n?" She asks me.

"Yeah I'm fine." I reply.

"Do you want to try to go back to sleep?" She asks.

"Yeah I'm really tired but it's hard to fall asleep with this leg cast and arm cast and thing around my torso." I say.

"Yeah I bet it is." She reply's.

I lay back and put my head on my pillow. I shut my eyes and after a few minutes I fall asleep. Nat was wide awake and can't go back to sleep. She plays with my hair until I wake up again.

When I wake up it was 8am.

"Hey Nat." I say.

"Hey there." She reply's smiling.

"Did you ever go back to sleep?" I ask.

"Nope." She says. "I couldn't."

"Well we don't have anything to do today I don't think." I say. "Well I can't do anything. So why don't we watch a movie or something? Get Wanda, Sam, Bucky, and Pietro. Can you also get snacks?" I ask.

"Of course." She says.

She walks out of the room and I prop myself up with my left hand. The door handle turns and Sam, Bucky, and Pietro walk in.

"Hey." Sam says. "How you feeling?"

"Other than having a broken leg a broken arm and a huge gash on my stomach I would say pretty good." I smile.

"Good." He says.

"Nat and Wanda are downstairs getting some snack." Pietro says. "What movie do you want to watch?"

"We should watch Fast And Furious." I say.

"Which one doll?" Bucky asks.

"The first one." I reply.

He nods and grabs it. Nat and Wanda walk into my room with snack.

"We have popcorn, candy, and some soda." Wanda says.

"Yay!" I say.

Nat sits down next to me. Bucky sits down on the other side of me. Wanda and Pietro are sitting on the floor and Sam is sitting at the end of my bed.

A while later we finish the movie. There is a knock at the door.

"Come in!" I say.

Tony and Pepper walk in.

"Hey guys." Pepper says.

Meeting downstairs now." Tony says walking back out.

We all nod and get up. Nat helps me into my wheelchair and wheels me down the stairs. When we get down there Tony, Steve, Bruce, Clint, Thor, and Peter are already sitting down at the table. We take our seats.

"Ok so it's been two- er- for weeks since our last mission." Tony says.

"Two weeks?" I ask. "You guys went on a mission without me?"

"We're really sorry Y/n but we had to." Steve says.

"Whatever." I reply.

"So our last mission all together was a success. We killed the gigantic robot." Tony says.

"Well technically I killed him." I say cutting him off. "I'm the one who actually killed him you all were just, you know, there."

"Yeah, right." Tony says. "Anyways, they want us all to meet there in Rome for like a meet and greet thing. I personally think it's a stupid idea but whatever the people want I guess."

"Ok when do they want us there?" Bucky asks.

"Tomorrow." Pepper reply's.

"Ok, then let's get packed." Wanda says.