Hello, Who is this?

19) Time

It had been several days since the breakdown and cuddle session. The team felt closer than they ever had before. Maybe Riley was exactly what the team had been lacking to keep them strong together.

Riley, herself, had been trying to spend time with everyone in one capacity or another. most of the time she was found helping Peter with his projects from university, upgrading Friday with Tony, having coffee with Bruce and Hulk, training with Bucky, or running with Steve. Loki and she had been finding new books to read in the evenings. While Nat and Wanda had been working on getting her to open up more. She was working with Clint to memorize the vents in the tower to get anywhere she wanted to without alerting Friday. Sam and Thor were teaching her all about games and the different systems that she somehow had missed in her five years being reintegrated to the world.

It was a rare moment when everyone was sitting together and going over a possible threat that her phone rang at the same time Tony's did. Everyone else recognized something was going on but Riley figured his was a work thing.

~PHONE CALL~

Hey Luc!
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Wait, tonight? I thought that was this weekend.
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Is it really? I'll get a dress and coordinate with-
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No, I didn't have a chance to. I have been a bit, busy and/or distracted.
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Not like that. Not everyone is you Luc.
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You do? I mean, will I hate it? Does it meet my requirements?
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Not too overdone though, right? I don't want to be overdressed either.
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NO! Definitely not underdressed either. It better be a full dress Luc!
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No, two hours. Yes, I'll be ready.
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Well, actually, I am at Stark tower currently.
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I know, we will later. Okay, alright. one hour and fifty eight minutes. Bye!

~END CALL~

"Apparently I have a dress in my room and I have to get ready for that thing tonight that I told Luc I would go to as payment for transport. Girls, will you help me get ready?"

"Hey all! I forgot that I am hosting a charity event tonight so I have to go get ready, obviously everyone here is invited. Riley, would you like to be my date tonight?"

"I, uh, I would Tony but I am helping a friend out tonight."

After an awkward pause, Tony's phone rang again and he ran out of the room again to take care of it. Riley and the girls headed to her room to start getting ready.

"Will you ladies please go with Tony? I don't want him to be alone and I know he doesn't care for how possessive Steve can be at these types of functions."

"Of course we will go. We will see if we can get all the boys to go too. Would be fun to see them all together again."

The girls walked up to the bed to find a gorgeous green designer dress with small cutouts on both sides, just under the bust. It fell just short of the knees and made the red in her auburn hair pop. They paired it with black stilettos and clutch while curling her hair so it fell in full waves down her back. The sleeves were very small and could pass as just extra length on a sleeveless dress more than anything else. Wanda pinned Riley's hair around the crown of her head back, leaving small ringlets of baby hair down to frame her face. Nat did a Smokey eye look that complemented the emerald green on the dress. Deciding on gold for jewelry, they found a beautiful gold ring, a dainty chain bracelet and matching necklace with simple gold chain drop earrings that had small diamonds on the strands of chain. She was walking out an hour and forty minutes later.