Codependent

Chapter 66

"Good afternoon," Tony said acting gracefully as soon as Fury stepped out of the elevator, he just looked at Tony and ignored him. He walked over and stood still in the middle of the room, I just looked at him not showing a lot of emotion but I was trying my best not to read his mind because I wanted to do that so badly.

"Want anything to drink when we go in?" Nat asked from the kitchen casually. "No I'm good, let's just start shall we?" he said softly and for just a second he gave me a soft smile making me smile too.

We walked away from the kitchen and walked to the other side of the floor where the conference room was but not near the living room. We went in, sat down and he started grabbing some files while Nat sat down next to me.

"So, how are you?" he asked looking at me, he never gave much away of what he was thinking, but I liked that about him for some reason.

"I'm good, much better," I said and he nodded. "How better?" he asked and I sighed thinking about my answer, everything I said would decide his plan for me so I needed to be honest.

"I'm a lot stronger, I got help from someone who understands magic and helps me understand it, I can use a lot more power and physically I'm back to my top," I said and he wrote it on some paper.

"But, I don't have as much control as I'd like, I still need to wear these to prevent accidents,"  I said holding up my wrists, Nat looked content that I choose to tell the truth.

"And mentally?" he asked making me frown confused about why that would be important, it never was a factor for me. "Do you think she's improved and that she's mentally balanced enough?" he asked Nat and she thought about it, I knew she'd tell whatever she was thinking.

"Yes, she improved a lot, still some things to work on but she's a lot more social, open and honest. She handles problems and situations easily thinking of the wellbeing of others the most," she said and I smiled.

"What is something that you'd want to improve about that?" he asked me and I sighed, I wasn't comfortable sharing emotions or thoughts.

"My self-image, confidence and trust," "Trust in others or yourself?" he asked.

"Myself mostly, I trust others good enough for my thinking, I don't trust strangers but I don't think that needs to change when that could be dangerous for me, I just need to trust myself that what I do is right and that I don't need to punish myself for making mistakes," I said, Fury just listened but stayed silent.

He gave a look to Nat and she nodded, he looked back to me and to a file with my picture on it.

"You're mother always asked me to give you the best chances because she knew that you'd take it, do you think she's right?" he asked me and I swallowed hearing him talk about my mother. I never wanted anything more than making my mother proud, ever since the day I left.

"Yes," I said and he nodded, he started asking questions about how my daily life was looking, how busy I was in the week and we spoke about the problem with Hydra looking for me everywhere.

We spoke about everything that may be a thing for the proposal he'd make until we started to wrap it up and he had a proposal for me.

He put a stamp on the file with my picture, he turned it to me and I looked. 'approved' was in red letters under my name. I looked at Nat and she was smiling.

"So, what does this mean?" I asked him curiously.

"I'm giving you an option, whatever you do is fine, it's your choice," he said and I listened to his options.

Option one was going to a location with Fury for 48 hours to take tests and approve me again, it's the original proposal meant to do weeks ago. 

Option two was going to shield headquarters, where I would go through training, physically and mentally while evaluating for approval again, but I'd be there for one or two weeks to get to know shield and whatever I could do.