Blue Wolf (BEING REWRITTEN)

4. So so so many questions.

After my shift at Two Stories I walked to the Avenger Tower.

I'm most likely going to be questioned but I need the money and I enjoy being company to Pepper. She's super nice and helpful. She doesn't yell at me when I make mistakes, she shows me how to fix them. She never raises her voice. Pepper outweighs the questions and being around Bucky. And that's saying something.

I flashed my badge to the receptionist and went to the elevator. "Floor?" The automated voice asks. "Which floor is Pepper on?" I ask. "Floor 12 along with the other Avengers." I inhale sharply, "Floor 12, please." I say. The elevator moves. I shove my shaky hands into my hoodie pockets. I can't tell if they're shaking with anger or fear or both. The elevator dings and the doors open.

Pepper is in an intense conversation with Tony before she leads him to a room and locks the door. I'm stuck with the others, great.

Peter walks in. I know him, I've seen him at Delmar's Sandwich Shop before. "W-who're you?" he stutters. Must be nervous because he doesn't have a stutter normally. "Cass." I say, "P-Peter. S-sorry if this is rude b-but why are you here?" he asks. "I'm Pepper's new assistant. However she and Tony are talking and I don't want to interrupt." I say.

"Do you recognize her from school?" Clint asks. "I can't say I do. I haven't seen you before." Peter says. I stare intently at my black boots. "Тони проверил ее биографию?" (Did Tony check her bio?) Nat asks. Clint nods. "Я уверен, что он сделал." (I'm sure he did) I say, trying to avoid looking at Bucky. Nat and Clint are shocked. "You know Russian?" Nat asks. I glanced at Bucky, he taught me at Hydra. Before he murdered my siblings. "Unfortunately so." Hydra agents speak Russian, they don't bother censoring. You hear all that they say. Everything.

"Where'd you learn?" Nat asks. "Someone I was close with." I say. Giving as vague as an answer as I can.  Tony exits and notices the tension. The tension is thick enough that you can cut it with a knife. Pepper exits after him and notices the tension.

"Cass, you're here!" She says with a bright tone. My lips tilt up a little, not enough to consider a smile but not a straight face either. I really like Pepper. She's like the mother I never really had. "I am." I say, "Lovely, I need you to come with me to a meeting." She says. I nod. She most likely wants me to take notes of the meeting. I join her for all her meetings and take notes during them. After all the meetings I hand her my neatly written notes. "These are fantastic, Cass!" She compliments me. My lips quirk into the not-quite-a-smile again. It's the closest to a smile that I've come to since I was 5. Since I was taken.

I follow Pepper to the living-room. She seems to enjoy coming here a lot. She goes and talks to Tony behind closed doors again. I see a projectile headed towards me and I grab it out of the air.

It was a pop tart, still in the package. How odd. A tall man with long blonde hair and armor that isn't local comes in. "My sincerest apologies, Lady.." He waits for my name. "Cass." I say, "My deepest apologies, Lady Cass." I handed him his poptart.

My phone rings, I pull it out of my pocket and answer after seeing the caller's name- "This is the morgue, you stab 'em, we bag them." I say answering.

The voice on the end of the line laughs. My lips quirk into the not-quite-a-smile again. "Seriously, what do you want?" I ask. The voice stops laughing. As I listen my face goes straight again, "Tell me you aren't that much of an idiot." I say.

They awkwardly laugh, "Heh, sorry." I sigh, "Cam. I swear to the donuts you are going to get yourself killed someday. I'm at work but I'll sort it out when I get back." I say, shaking my head. "Okay, sorry Cass." Cam says before hanging up.

Everyone in the living-room looks to me for answers. "Idiot friends. You love them and sometimes you want to kill them." Nat nods. "I know that feeling." she says, I nod.