A new beginning

Part three

Wanda POV

After going up an elevator we made it to what Nat Called the avengers floor. I followed her out and saw 3 men sitting at a table. I quickly grabbed Natasha's hand in fear.

"Don't worry Wanda, there my friends" Nat looked down at me. "Boys you remember Wanda right?" Nat looked over to the men.

"Yes, hi Wanda" the first man turned around and I let out a sigh of relief when I saw it was just Clint.

"That's, Clint who you've already met, that's Steve and that's Sam" Natasha pointed out each one to me. I just gave a shy wave, griping Nats hand tighter. "Okay come one we can see them again later. We need to go get you cleaned up missy" Natasha lead me away noticing how uncomfortable I was.

She lead me up a staircase to a hallway with a bunch of doors. She went to the second one and took out a key to unlock it. I looked around the apartment in amazement. It was quite small but very cozy and Natasha looked like she had done a great job decorating it. "Come in Wanda I'll show you around"

"It's very nice" I tell her softly.

"Thank you" she smiled at me "come on how about we get you cleaned up" I nod and follow her into a decent sized bathroom. Nat flipped on the light and bent down to start running a bath. "I'll start running the water. Go ahead and get undressed" after about five minutes Nat turned back to me and noticed I was still in my clothes "Wanda honey, you need to take your clothes off to have a bath" I quickly backed up to the wall and slid down bringing my knees to my chest. Every time Strucker told me to get undressed he hurt me. My breathing began to come uneven. Nat knelt down in front of me "how about I turn around while you undress and you tell me when your in the tub?" She suggested. I nodded and she covered her eyes and turned away from me.

"Okay" I whispered when I was in the tub. Nat turned around and walked over to me sitting on her knees.

"I'm going to wash your hair first, okay?" I nodded in response and Nat grabs a cup, filling it with water and pouring it over my matted brown hair. She did this several times before grabbing some shampoo and conditioner massaging it into myself. It felt nice to have someone's loving and gentle touch rather than being shoved around aggressively like they did at hydra. She rinsed the shampoo out of my hair and let me sit for a few minutes.

"Alright sweetie, I'm gonna need you to stand up so I can wash your body." I hesitate for a minute before I slowly stand up and let Nat began scrubbing me with a washcloth. Once she had finished Nat grabbed a towel and opened it up holding it in front of her. "Alright you can come out" Nat told me and I stepped out of the tub letting her wrap me in the soft towel.

"Natasha" I whisper

"Yes?" She asks crouching in front of me

"I don't have any clean clothes" I tell her looking down.

"Oh don't worry honey, my friend pepper brought some clothes for you this morning. I'll go and get them. Natasha left and quickly came back with a red float skirt and grey top.
"Do you need my help or can you dress yourself?"

"I can do it" I blush

"Okay I'll turn around, let me know when your done" nat turns around so she's not looking at me and I quickly change myself. Once I was done Nat brings over a stool and a hairbrush.
"Here sit down, I'll brush your hair" Nat offers

"Okay" I sit in the stool and she begins to gently comb her way through my thick dark brown hair. After about twenty minutes she had gotten all the mats out and had pulled my hair into a neat French braid. "Thank you" I smiled looking at myself in the mirror. This was the cleanest I had been in years.