Chatroom ━ ✰ Natasha Romanoff ✰

Chapter Eight

It's been two weeks since Y/n's birthday and life has been a complete mess since. She's not sure when her friend decided to live a double life or when she got a girlfriend because Y/n still didn't tell her more than that she has been seeing this "Natasha" person for nearly a year. Cindy had to go snooping on Y/n's Myspace page only to find Natasha on her friend's list. There were a few innocuous comments from Y/n on her profile too. She combed through her entire page, growing more confused as she looked deeper. This person was clearly older than the three of them and lived in the city. The more she discovered, the more confused she became.

Amy didn't know how to navigate the situation either. She was the most clueless one out of the two. At least Cindy knew that Y/n liked someone. Amy just thought her friend was going through her life as usual. But there were small things about Y/n that had changed that neither of them were able to notice until now. She did dress slightly differently and seemed to have more confidence in herself. They just thought that she was finally letting loose and was beginning to enjoy her college years, never in a million years did they think it was because Y/n was in a relationship.

Y/n slept at Cindy's dorm that night, but she was gone first thing in the morning before Cindy could see her. She had gone ghost all weekend. It felt appropriate to give her some space, but when they didn't see her Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday, it was time for them to check in on her.

Cindy knew that at 2pm on Thursday Y/n was leaving her English Literature class. They waited outside until people began filing out of the room. Y/n didn't notice them at first but jumped when it registered to her that her friends were outside of her classroom waiting for her. Her plan of avoiding them until Spring Break wasn't going to work because they wanted answers.

"We need to talk."

The three of them ended up at Cindy's dorm since it was the only place that would be private enough for them to sort things out.

With her friends standing in front of her, arms crossed, while she sits on the couch, Y/n felt like she was a child again. In hindsight, of all the people she hid her relationship from, it shouldn't have been her friends. She was just scared about what they would think and if they would judge Natasha for being older. That had come to bite her in the ass.

"When were you going to tell us you have a girlfriend? One that is like ten years older than us at that!?"

"She's not ten years older than us."

"Are you sure? Because she definitely isn't 20 or 21. She works in a goddamn office!"

Y/n couldn't be mad at her friends for finding Natasha's Myspace page and dissecting it. If she had just been open about this from the beginning then they could be avoiding all of this.

"She's older, but she's not old. I'm not the only one who has been with someone older!" Y/n points at Amy, "Ben was 25 when you were just 19!" She was only accusatory because she couldn't take the heat from her friends.

"He was 23 and we weren't dating. We didn't even hang out! All we did was send a couple flirty messages on Myspace. That's different from being in a secret relationship for a whole year!"

"Okay, then how old is she?" Cindy says quickly after Amy is done.

Y/n feels attacked from both sides and Cindy of all people did not seem to be on her side.

"I...I don't know."

Cindy sighed, her head falling forward while Amy laughed at the ridiculousness of the situation. These two were acting like parents, but if they had been Y/n's parents they would have been calling up some young adult Christian camp and sending her off within a week. This is bad, but Y/n holds onto the fact that it could be much worse. Once the shock and annoyance subsides, Y/n will be able to explain everything to them without them being mad at them. But, she has quite a bit to tell them and she isn't sure how they'll take it.