Making It Up As We Go Along

36. Paperwork and meeting Bucky

Nellie's POV
I wake up in the morning and get ready. Lizzie had told me that it would be a long day of filling out paperwork at this cafe in the valley. I put on a comfortable crop top, some jeans and a cardigan and go downstairs for breakfast.

"Morning Nel." Mom said as I walked into the kitchen and sat down. "Morning mom. I'm a little bit nervous about today but I can't wait to become your daughter again." She sat  avocado toast and orange juice down in front of me and put her hands on my shoulders.

"You are already our daughter Nellie." She says to me. I smile at her. "I know, I love you mom."

I eat my breakfast and Robbie comes into the room.

"Morning babe, morning Nel." Dad gives mom a kiss and sits down next to me. "So, you guys both have a nickname for me now? That was fast." I say, laughing.

Mom, Dad and I eat breakfast and I do the dishes. When I finish, I see mom in her room looking through things. Curious, I walk in to see what she is looking at.

"Ah! Nellie, you scared me." Lizzie said when I walked in, a Manila folder in her hands. "What's this mom?" "It's what Ashley gave me when we were in NYC, it's all the paperwork that pertains to you."

She hands it to me and I look through it, I pull out a copy of my original birth certificate that I had never seen before.

"W-what's this?" "It's your birth certificate sweetie. Ashley's had it all these years. It's so weird to see it again."

I hold the birth certificate and read it.

NAME Nellie M. Olsen
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 2005
SEX Female
BIRTHPLACE Ohio
MOTHER'S NAME Elizabeth Chase Olsen
MOTHER'S BIRTHPLACE California
FATHER'S NAME Joshua Pilo Rodgers
FATHER'S BIRTHPLACE California

I looked up at Lizzie and back down at the paper.

"I know who I am now." I hug Lizzie, put the paper back in the folder and hand it back to Lizzie.

"Thank you for letting me see that mom." Lizzie nods. "Of course sweetie."

We gather our things and get in the car. We drive to a little cafe in the valley and get out.

As soon as we walk into the cafe, I see someone who looks familiar. It took me a minute before I realized who it was. It was Sebastian Stan.

"Lizzie! When I said I'd meet you here at some point, I didn't know you'd actually meet me here." Lizzie laughs and I look at the two of them.

"Hi Sebastian, I didn't know you would be here either." Lizzie says, laughing.

Lizzie ushers Robbie and I to come over to where her and Sebastian are. I smile upon seeing the man, whom I had become a fan of seeing as Bucky Barnes, standing in front of me.

"Seb, this is Nellie, my daughter." Lizzie tells Seb as he shakes my hand. "H-hi, it's nice to meet you."

"So, this is the girl you spammed the group chat about?" Seb asked Lizzie. She nodded and laughed.

I take a picture with Sebastian and we go over to the table where the agent is.

"Hi Nellie, Lizzie, Robbie. Thank you for your time today and doing this. Just a reminder that this week you guys are going to be flying out to Ohio to go to her family's funeral. Now we can get started on paperwork." The lady said.

Ah yes, the funeral. It upset me to think about it but Elizabeth and Robbie had told me as soon as they found out, and had told me I would be singing too. I didn't know how to feel about it. I didn't know whether to be upset or nervous. I didn't want to think about my family, I just wanted to think about becoming the daughter of Elizabeth and Robbie.

The two of them filled out paperwork and the lady turned towards us.

"So, is there any other part of her name you want changed besides the last name?"

"Nellie, do you want to change any other part of your name?" Lizzie asks me. "Is it okay if I change my middle name to Angelica?" They nod.

"Okay. Nellie Angelica Arnett it is."