Avenge the Shadows (I)

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CHARLOTTE'S POV

By one, we stood up from my parents' tomb and went to this Italian restaurant and had lunch, as much as I offered to pay for it, he said it was too old-fashion to let me do it, at least on the first date. After lunch, we got on the motorcycle once again and ended up by the beach. We walked by the shore and held hands. After that, the day was a blur. It had been a great day and I could not wait for the next time I saw him to have another date. The following day we met in Delaware as it was the middle between New York and D.C. Although, I would have portaled to D.C. just to see him smile. "I have a mission tomorrow; I don't think I can see you." I whispered on his embrace. "Let's set Sundays as date days and whenever we can see each other, we just hang out." I nodded, because being around him had become something that I needed, even if we were not back together. Or at least not officially.

Steve and I had been hanging out every week since that first date. We have not kissed nor do anything else, because a part of me was afraid that he thought I was an easy target to take to bed. After Thor, my heart was fragile and I still got nervous around Steve as he tried really hard to put me first, even if he had missions. He would take a few minutes to call me and I appreciated those gestures as they were meant to let me know that he cared. This was important for him too and I was okay with it, because I was showing him that he was important to me too by texting, calling or just thinking on him on daily basis. After the Halloween party, we had got together to have lunch and decided that we needed a time alone, so we would spend Thanksgiving away from anyone, mainly to focus on what we felt for each other, although we both knew that we would get intimate. It was impossible for us not to when we were on our own.

We were good, but I was still afraid that he would turn his back on me or that he would go back to Peggy, or that he would leave me for a normal girl. So, I tried to keep him at bay, in case he did any of those things. The second week of November, Matt, Cath, Steve and I were having drinks in the Pandemonium, like every other Friday and then Jace got there. I face-palmed myself and Catherine followed my previous gaze. "I didn't know you were coming here." His words sounded rehearsed and I just looked at him. "Want to join us?" Steve asked politely as I burned a hole in Jace's face. "Thank you." He replied and sat in the middle of Steve and I. "So, what are you doing for Thanksgiving?" I looked at Cath and she was as confused as me. "Not much." Matt replied as we still did not know what to say. "You should go to our dinner in the institute." Jace ignored us all and looked at Steve.

"I'm guessing he already has plans." I said as I tried to save us from that. "Let the man speak, Charlotte." He never called me Charlotte except when he was mad at me. Steve was not afraid of Jace and Steve was annoyed that Jace had cut me off, so he just replied the first thing that popped up in his brain. "I could make time, Mr. Herondale." Steve replied with his strong voice, not even reacting to what he had just agreed. "Look at the time, we should head back to the institute." He said looking at Catherine as I would not play his game. "I'll take the boys back home." Jace just nodded, because he knew that he did not own me and me having another residency, stopped him from taking me back to the institute. Cath followed him still confused of what had happened. "If he's going, then, I'm going." I giggled and nodded, because we would need all the help we could get. Jace had something planned and I was not sure I wanted Steve around that.

As we all walked to Matt's apartment, Steve and I strolled to my apartment. "I'm really sorry for Jace. He's overprotective." I apologized and Steve just intertwined our hands, making me tremble by just that. "It's okay, I've dealt with worse." I giggled and just hugged him tightly. I had missed him, even if we saw each other constantly.

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