Doll. // Bucky Barnes X OC

SEVEN

Melany heard a knock at her door. She got up, opening it, Nat stood on the other side, a huge smile on her face and a bottle of champagne.

"Soooo, tell me how it went with Bucky." Nat pushed into Melany's room.

"Why are we already drinking? It's 6:30." Melany asked, sitting down on her bed and laying back dramatically.

Nat had taken a separate Quinjet from Steve and Sharon, so the rest of the team got back later than them.

"Tell meeee." Nat groaned.

"There's nothing to tell." Melany sat up. Nat popped open the bottle, taking a swig.

Nat rolled her eyes. "Suuure. He's a real charmer."

"But I'm with Steve."

"So? You guys basically just started dating." Nat said bluntly.

"I like Steve," Melany said, almost like she was trying to convince herself of the fact.

"I know you like Steve." She handed the bottle to Melany who took a swig for herself. "But, you do know about his history with Sharon right?"

Melany gave her a confused look. "What do you mean?"

"Oh. Don't worry about it." Nat grabbed the bottle back from her, taking another swig.

"Nat." Melany sat up fully, looking at her redheaded best friend.

She sighed. "You should ask Steve." She started to get up.

"No. Tell me. You were the one that brought it up, and you're right, we did kind of just start dating." Melany retorted.

Nat sighed, taking another swig before handing the bottle back to Melany. "Steve and Sharon dated for a while before she got sent off to work undercover at the HYDRA base. They broke it off a few weeks before she left, and then you moved in." Nat looked at Melany. "He promised he'd wait for her to come back and they could talk about them." Nat bit the inside of her cheek.

"But, he's with me, and she knows that. Right?" Melany asked, taking another sip of the champagne.

"I think so. I'm sure Steve told her, but Sharon has a tendency to get overly jealous, and you should've seen her face when she saw Steve at the base." Nat admitted, looking down at her hands.

"Do you think I need to be worried?" Melany asked.

"Not about Steve. About Sharon, definitely." Nat said.

Melany nodded, getting nervous. "Steve and I have had an odd day today already." She admitted.

"Does it have something to do with what happened last week?" Nat grinned at her best friend.

"What do you know, Romanoff?" Melany squinted her eyes at her as she took another swig. By this point, the bottle was about half empty and they both were feeling the buzz.

"Well, FRIDAY may have sent me a few video files of you two." Nat winked. "I saw the cell, the hoodie, the kiss." Nat smiled. "He likes you, Mel."

"Shut up!" Mel pushed her shoulder.

"I think you like him too," Nat admitted, taking another swig of the bottle.

Melany rolled her eyes. "I don't."

"Then why were you so upset last night? And this morning?" Nat pushed.

"I missed Steve." Melany lied.

"You never skip coffee in the morning, Mel. Steve mentioned something was up." Nat paused. "I won't tell Steve anything about your little crush. FRIDAY blocked the security footage of last week like I asked." Nat smirked at her.