A Past With A Brighter Future

(Chapter 2)

They all hung out for a while. Natasha had gone up to her room about an hour ago and you wanted to go up and check on her.

Walking past her room you stop at her door. She's sitting on her bed brushing her damp red hair. Drying it with a hair towel. She notices you standing there and smiles up at you.

"Hey, are you okay?" You ask. "What are you doing in here?" She wonders. You walk into the room.

"You left the party early. I wanted to make sure you were okay." You explain. She nods. A small smile on her face.

"I just got out of the shower. I'm okay. Tired. Did you hear we have a mission tomorrow morning?" She raises a question.

"Yeah, Tony told me. I guess that means an early morning for us." You joke.

"I'll see you tomorrow?" She asks. You shake your head smiling softly.

"спокойной ночи наталья" You say. (Good night Natalia) You walk out of her room ready to get some sleep. You wake up the next morning.

Checking your phone it reads 5 am. Getting in the shower and doing your hair and makeup you walk down the stair to the common room. You spot Natasha on the computer.

She was wearing a white t-shirt and an army green jacket. Light wash jeans that had a hole on the right knee.

"Hey, " she smiles. "You ready to go?"

"As ready as I'll ever be." you sigh a bit nervous. It was your first-ever mission.

"Youll do great. We should probably hit the road." You head out to the car park.

"Get in," Natasha says from the driver's seat. She starts the car and you begin to drive. She puts on music but not loud enough to be a distraction.

"I think I've got a lead but we need to go to the mall." She says.

Your eyebrows furrow. "The mall? Why?"

"Just follow my lead." She shrugs. You two continue to make small talk while you drive. Soon arriving at the mall.

You walk in. "I've never been to a mall before you whisper."

"What?" She laughs. "How have you never been to a mall?"

"I was born in 1917. There were no malls back then." You laugh.

She rolls her eyes. "Okay come on. We have to go up this escalator."

"Neat." You smirk. "Come on Nat."

"Okay. We've gotta go in here." You walk into an electrical store. Walking up to a computer, Natasha pulls out a large flash drive.

The computer flashed a moment before pulling up a map of the East-coast. Codes popped up on the screen. This drive is protected by something."

"Do you think you can figure it out?" You ask.

"Its smarter than me. Slightly."

"There's a tech coming our way." You whisper to her beore turning towards the man.

She opens up a new tab. Hiding the other tab behind.

"Hows it going?" The man asks. Trying to get a look at the computer. You hover over a bit trying to hide it.

Natasha turns from the computer and wraps her hands around your neck. "Were looking for honey moon destinations." she smiles to the man. You can tell he was uncomfortable now.

"Right." you say, trying not to laugh. He walks away. Leaving you two alone again.

"We've got to get out of here babe." You chuckle.

"9 seconds. That's all I need." She says. It finishes loading and she puts the drive back in her pocket. "Babe, really?" She asks as the two of you make your way out of the store.

"Hey, you're the one who said we were engaged." You shrug.

"Put your arm around my waist and talk to me about something." She says looking around.

"What?" You implore.

"Just do it." She sighs. You immediately comply. Putting your arm around her waist. Hesitantly pulling her in closer. Your hips practically touching.

"Escalator." You say happily."

"Oh my gosh. I can't with you." She laughs. You smile stepping onto the moving stairs.

"Kiss me." She says turning towards you.

"Excuse me?" you ask confused.

"Public Displays of Affection make people very uncomfortable. There is a man down there" she nods her head over. "Kiss me."

You don't need to be told twice. Wrapping your hands around the back of her neck you pull her in for a kiss.

Her hands in your hair. You put one hand on the center of her back. Making sure she wouldn't fall backward. After another second you pull away.

"Let's go." You say stepping off the stairs. You wipe your lip with the pad of your thumb.

Surprised. "That wasn't to bad." You think. "Was not expecting that." She laughs, taken back. "Oh, come on Romanoff. We've got places to be." You head back out to the car park.

"Whens the last time you kissed somebody?" She asked you.

"Was I really that bad?" You laugh.

"No. No, actually not at all I just was taken back." You look at her from the driver's seat now, smirking.

You decide to go to a cafe before going back to the tower. You each order a coffee.

"How can you drink plain black coffee?" Natasha asks. You shrug.

"It's calming I guess." Not really sure why you do. She rolls her eyes. You spot a man starring at the two of you from crossed the room conspicuously.

"The same guy is standing over there at 2:00 o'clock." she nods.

Throwing her coffee in the trash. Walking to the exit you see the man follow. You look around and see a motorbike.

Putting it into gear as Natasha does the same. You leave. Soon you're concerned. Leaning all the way to the right you lightly brush your shoulder to the ground.

Swinging the bike towards the group of men. One falls to the floor. You run up to another one. Wrapping Your aems around his neck. Kincking the other. He falls to the floor. You look to your left and see Natasha fighting another.

Picking the guy up and tossing him on the floor. She runs up to a car door and slams it shut with her foot. Closing the door on another. You see another coming from the back.

"Behind you babe." you yell. She turns around and punches the other. Taking the gun from his grasp.

"Really?" She laughs. "Were sticking with that?"

"Oh yeah definitely." You turn around as someone was coming your way. Punching him and slamming him to the ground. "Youre the one that started it Tash."

You look back up again. Your hair now out of your face. Natasha tases one of them.

"Kind of I the middle of something Y/N" she chuckles. They're aiming a gun at her.

She drops to the floor and picks up the flash drive she dropped. Jumping up from her hands and feet. "Come on let's go." she says.