Forever Love ⭐

Chapter 1

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"Hazel, calm down." My friend Bucky said as I paced in my apartment living room, my parents had passed away recently due to the influenza. I was working as a secretary for Howard Stark, he knew I was on my own and was nice enough to give me a salary boost to help pay for rent and everything.

"How can I Bucky?! I know where he is again and I swear he has a death wish." I said and Bucky groaned. I then looked at Bucky standing in his Army uniform.

"And this will send him over the edge!" I said pointing and Bucky groaned.

"Listen, why don't I go find him and then we meet up at the fair tonight, Maybe you can bring that friend of yours...Dot?" Bucky said and I shook my head with a laugh.

"You have stood Dot up twice, she is done. I may have someone to bring though. Just find Steve and please talk some sense into him?" I asked and Bucky nodded. I walked him out as he kissed the side of my head and left.

*****BUCKY POV*****

I knew where Steve would end up after he tried to enlist again so I walked down to the theater and heard someone getting beat up in the alley. I hated people who beat on smaller people so I walked down the alley. I saw the guy punch this smaller guy out and I groaned.

"Hey! Pick on someone your own size." I said pulling this guy down the alley. He went to punch me and I blocked him and hit him square in the jaw. He turned and rushed back up the alley. I turned back around to see my best friend in the world and Hazel's boyfriend Steve getting up and brushing himself off.

"You know, sometimes I think you like getting punched." I said walking up to Steve.

"I had him on the ropes." Steve groaned. I saw a paper on the ground and bent down to pick it up.

"How many times is this?" I asked seeing Steve enlistment form but it was stamped with a big 4F, not letting him join the army. Steve was small for his age and had a list of medical problems. He knew getting into the Army was a long shot but his dad was in the Army and now me, best friend was going, he felt like he had a duty to be there.

"Oh you're from Paramus now? You know it's Illegal to lie on the enlistment form. And seriously of all places, you picked Jersey?" I asked with a huffed laugh. Steve then noticed my outfit and groaned.

"You get your orders?" Steve asked. I just sighed.

"Sergeant James Barnes, shipping out for England first thing tomorrow and joining the 107th." I explained and Steve looked at the groaned.

"I should be going." Steve said and I shook my head.

"No you shouldn't. You should stay here, be with Hazel, live a happy life. Come one Steve. Hazel is worried sick about you constantly trying to enlist." I said and Steve shook his head.

"I'm just trying to make her proud of me." Steve said.

"Steve she is proud of you, that girl loves you! Some of us can't figure out why when you do boneheaded stuff but she does love you. All she wants is you home, with her and maybe marriage eventually with a family. Why can't you just give her that?" I explained and then sighed giving a small laugh.

"Come on man, we have to get you cleaned up. It's my last night." I said.

"Why? Where are we going?" Steve asked. I smiled and handed him the newspaper I was carrying.

"The Future." I said showing Steve an advertisement for the fair, The Worlds Exposition of Tomorrow.

"Isn't this the fair that Howard Stark is putting on that Hazel had to go to anyways?" Steve asked.