Marvel/Actor Stories

Jealousy? (B.B.) Pt. 2

When I went down to the docks the next day, Bucky wouldn't even look at me. Sam greeted me happily and hugged me, but the tall, dark and handsome super soldier didn't even glance in my direction. I felt my heart drop a little more.

"How you feeling today?" Sam asked, as we settled into working next to one another on the boat. I shrugged, "Fine, better than yesterday. Sorry I bailed."

He smiled and waved me off, "I get it. A hangover does not exactly mix well with working on a boat. It's nice to see you here again, though. You stuck me with grumpy ass over there."

I nodded and sighed, not wanting to talk about Bucky. "Sorry about that. I'll try to handle my alcohol better next time."

At lunch Sarah pulled me to the side. "What's going on? You and Bucky are both sulking. And he barely said anything yesterday either."

I glanced over at the guys, they were having their own little side bar conversation. Sarah looked at me expectantly so I caved.

"We went out to dinner the other night. It felt like a date, we were holding hands a lot. I swear it was leading to something physical in the least. But there is that guy.. the one who wanted to ask me out. Well before Buck and I went to dinner he showed up at the hotel and asked me out. I turned him down, but took his number so we could do it last night if he was still interested."

She nodded slowly, making a face as if I should already know what was wrong with Bucky.

"Well then we had a great night. I found myself jealous of the damn waitress flirting with him. I swear we were headed up to one of our rooms and things were going to start to happen. Then... Ryan was in the lobby. I went over to talk to him, told him I was still busy with my plans but maybe we could go for drinks another night. When I walked back over to Bucky," I huffed, rubbing my face, "He was different. He was stiff and upset. He wouldn't talk to me, then told me to just go off to bed. I cried. Me... I freaking cried. Then I tried texting him and he has still not answered me."

She laughed a little and patted my back, "Well, the fact that he got you to cry should tell you something. I swear girl, you are one of the most oblivious people I've ever met. You don't even realize how you feel about the man."

I shook my head, "I didn't before, honestly. You're not wrong. But I'm open to talking to him and working something out. But he won't even look at me."

I glanced over to the guys, they were cleaning up. "He's sensitive, Adriana. You must know that by now. I think you of all people know him that well. His ego is bruised."

I raised an eyebrow and crossed my arms at her. "What? Why?" She laughed, shaking her head in amusement. "You really don't know? Think about it. Think back to that night. The moment you realized he was different. What happened to change his mood?"

That's what made it really click. It wasn't just that I ruined the moment by walking off. It's that I went over to Ryan... and basically set up a date with someone. But I mean, I didn't know. I didn't realize what I was doing. That this was really something between me and Bucky.

"Well, that isn't fair. I didn't know. He didn't tell me how he felt. Hell, he still hasn't talked to me about it. And now he's shutting me out."

She sighed dramatically, "You two are so much alike. Talk to him, Adriana. Fix it."

I shook my head and cleaned up my things quickly. "Not a chance. He's the one acting like a child. I reached out and tried to talk about it with him, but he ignored me. I'm not going to keep doing that."

I stomped off back to the boat. Sam raised an eyebrow at me, "What's wrong?"

"Sarah is just... always freaking right." I pouted.