Til The End Of The Line

3.

That same night but hours after Steve and bucky leave for the bar.
Rebecca's POV

As I'm cleaning up around the house I hear a honk at the door. I look out the window to see Howard Stark leaning against his car. When he sees me he waves and I run downstairs.
"What are you doing here ?" I ask as I step outside .
"I came to congratulate you on your first minor mission." He hands me a thick white envelope.
"What is this ?" I feel around the envelope.
"It's your payment for this."
"This was helping me more then helping you."
"Yes but at least we know you are committed." He smiles.
"I hope you can sign your contract and join. If you don't like it you can leave."
"I'll think about it. I will need something to do after Steve and James leave for war." I smile." But remember I'm still in highschool." He nods.
"I know your work won't interfere with your studies. You are my only exception. You can make your own schedule. " He smiles back.
"Thank you Mr.Stark." I smile.
"No problem."
"Okay great." I smile.
"Good night Rebecca."
"Good night Mr.Stark."
"Call me Howard."
"Good night Mr.Stark" I say before closing the door behind me. Not before hearing him chuckle. I go up to my room and check the envelope. I see my all cash payment and my eyes go wide. Holy shit. I cant have a checking account (until the 1960's) so it has to be in cash so I can spend it. I feel something else in the envelope. I tilt the envelope over and a stack of stapled papers land on my dresser. I turn it over to see it's my contract drawn up. I take a deep breath and read the beginning part.
Stark industries
Title given : Agent

Rebecca Barnes -16

I started reading the rest of the page. This is all to formal. I open one of my drawers to find a pen and sit down.I flip the page to find a index card.

I hope you make some changes to your liking. I couldn't be more excited to work with those beautiful blue eyes!
-H.S

He's flirting with a minor. How desperate can he be. I can take care of him if I work with him. I take my pen and start reading

I hear the door open and close downstairs followed by Steve and Bucky laughter and voices. I shoot up from my bed and run to shut the bedroom door and lock it. I shut my lights and run towards my bed grabbing my flashlight along the way. I put the flashlight and contract under my pillow and pretended to go to sleep.
I hear footsteps coming from the stairs then a knock on my door.
"Becca are you sleeping?" I hear Bucky's voice. I didn't answer. He knocked about 3 more times and I got up and pretended to be sleepy. I opened the door.
"Hmm"
"Just wanted to let you know we got home safely. I smile and nodded he gave me a kiss on my head.
"Go back to sleep." He says before turning on his heels and going back downstairs.
I hurry and shut the door I make my way to my bed and get the contract out. I start reading it making a few notes here and there striking out a few life threatening thing in the contract.
After a few hours I finished reading my contract at the very end there was a white sheet of paper with handwriting on it.

In two days there will be a car waiting for you down the block from where you live to bring you to the office to review your contract if you want. If not dont get in the car.
I hope you do want to sign the contract and work for us.
The car will arrive at 4PM sharp.
-H.S.

I think long and hard during the night. I barely got any sleep. When I was at school I barely payed attention to my classes. My professors just thought I was thinking long and hard for everything. I was but not about what they were trying to teach me. The school hours go fast when your not paying attention. Thank God. The next day came around the same thing happened.
I was now on my way home. Steve and James are now out buying thing they need for when they get drafted which gives me the whole afternoon alone. I get home and change my clothes. I go outside to get the mail. As I'm checking the letters addresses to James I look around the corner and see a black car park at the corner of the street when the person inside the car sees me they flash their lights at me. I go back inside and place the letters on our dinner table. I run upstairs and grab the envelope where the contract came in and a pen and went downstairs. I lock the doors and go to the corner where the car was parked. I knocked on the window only to see Howard was the one in the car.
"You seem like a stalker now." I smirk at him he lowers his window.
"I wanted to pick you up myself. I was in the area." He gets out the car and goes to the other side of the car and opens the door.
"I hardly doubt that." I smile. He grabs my hand helping me in." Thank you." I say as he shuts the door. For the car ride there we talk about the future project called shield. An organization to serve and protect this country.
We make it to the headquarters
Howard opens the door for me and I step out. We head into the headquarters and walk the halls. I look around the place. Everything looks so professional.
"This way." Howard says putting his hand on my back leading me down a hall. Thankfully peggy caught up with us. She eyes Howard's hand behind my back and looks at me. I give her a look. I shove Howard's hand away from my body and she nods proudly.
We make it to his office and he pulls a chair out for me to sit down. I sit next next to peggy.
"Let's begin shall we." Howard says sitting down with his copy of the contract.
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"That seems like everything." Howard says putting his pen down.
"One more thing." Howard shift his attention back to me. " I don't want James or Steve to know about this. This has to be confidential." They all nod.
"When do you plan on telling them?" Howard asks.
"I-I don't know. Not now they wouldn't let me do it maybe when i turn 18. That's sound about right. Bucky would kill me if my main focus wasn't school."
"What if we offered to pay for your highschool education if you travel with us while your brother is is stationed in Europe."
"Well school is almost over I have a couple days left. But I have Steve he isn't going far." Howard takes a file out of his desk and opens it.

"It says here he will go to Camp Lehigh in New Jersey where he would do his basic military training. Agent Carter will be doing a couple runs through there to keep the privates I'm check." Peggy looks at me and smiles.

"I would very much love to have you come along with me I need all the help I can get his those hormonal unrefined men."

"I'll tell Steve tonight. I'll make him swear not to tell Bucky. But yess I'll go with you." I turned to look at peggy. She nods her head and I nod back.
"Then we finally have a agreement you can ask me for anything at any time and we'll write that into your contract. Now the only thing we have left to do is for you to sign the contract. Sign it. Please."
"Don't beg me Mr.Stark."
"I don't beg Rebecca."He says and grabs his pen and hands it over to me and I gladly take it. I look at him I'm the eyes and back to peggy them back to Howard. I tak a deep breath and bend down to sign the last paper of the packet.

X. Rebecca Barnes