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Lizzie and you walked the streets of New York, and since you had no idea where you were going you let her take the lead on this adventure

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Lizzie and you walked the streets of New York, and since you had no idea where you were going you let her take the lead on this adventure. it was cold, so cold that you could clearly see your breath with every exhale. Lizzie would point out different sights every now and then, acclimating you to the city and you happily followed along and nodded when she did

lizzie abruptly stopped in front of a small Italian restaurant, looking at you with a smile. as people walked in and out of the door the smell of pastas, breads and so on wafted into your noses, you were suddenly hungrier than you remembered. your stomach growled with anticipation when Lizzie opened the door for both of you and you both made your way inside

Lizzie was seated almost immediately, she giggled and whispered...

"the perks of being known"

you laughed along with her, as you saw people notice her presence. it was only one or two but it was definitely more than zero. the table was at the back of the restaurant, a nice secluded corner, a place where you were away from the rest of the world but could still look at it with just Lizzie.

stop that. she's your friend, it's a nice friendly dinner

"i love this place" lizzie said to you as she picked up her menu, and slid one over to you "i hope you like it"

"i love Italian food, you picked perfectly" you replied, picking up the menu next to you

lizzie seemed pleased with that answer

"how are you liking New York so far?" she asked you, waiting patiently

"i'm having a lot of fun already, i've seen some pretty nice things so far" you remembered the time in the hotel bathroom, but quickly shook those thoughts out of your head

"yeah, New York is pretty once you get past the smell," you nodded with wide eyes, pinching at your nose, lizzie let out a loud belly laugh

"do you come to New York a lot?" you asked

"yeah i do, sort of. i come for press and some of my friends live here, we film some avengers stuff here as well" Lizzie informed you

"sometimes i forget i'm in the presence of a superhero" you nudged her leg with your foot, poking fun at her

"oh i'm far from that" lizzie playfully rolled her eyes at you before nudging your leg back with her foot

Lizzie normally didn't have a lot of fun on press tours, they were an anxiety ridden occurrence but with you there it's like she completely forgot why she was supposed to be anxious. things seemed to be more comfortable now, and nothing was interrupting the evening

you both went back to your menus and picked out things, you picked out the Chicken Parmigiana and Lizzie picked Risotto Milanese. your orders were taken and soon enough the conversation continued

"my sisters live around here"

"the same sisters who showed up at my door and demanded i speak to you?" you asked, raising a playful eyebrow

"yep, those are the ones" lizzie replied with an awkward laugh and tucked both sides of her hair behind her ears

"i'm glad they did though" you quickly added, putting your hand on hers

"me too" lizzie replied as she looked down at the touching hands, smiling slightly as she did

the moment was interrupted by your phone ringing, you pulled your hand off of lizzies to find it in your pants. when you pulled it out and saw the contact name you instantly answered

"hello?"

"y/n ! i hope you haven't forgotten about your work assignments, they do have a deadline" your boss said cheerfully from the other line, just loud enough for Lizzie to hear even when it wasn't on speaker

"oh yes, i've just gotten to New York and am just having dinner now. i'll work on them more later on" you replied back, looking at Lizzie with a quick smile

"have double the fun for me, you know i...i mean we miss you down in the office. call me if you need some guidance with the work, please" Carolina said back

"will do, bye" you quickly hung up, "so sorry about that, i completely forgot about the work"

"it's okay i didn't.." lizzie paused for a second before continuing, "i didn't care" she finished with a smile

soon the food came and the table was filled with the sound of utensils scraping on plates, and small talk. every time Carolina was brought up or lizzie just heard her voice, she got annoyed. this confused you because she wasn't a bad person, she never did anything to get on Lizzies bad side

"what are your plans for tomorrow?" you asked Lizzie, taking her attention away from her pasta

"i have an interview and a small photoshoot" lizzie told you before taking a quick bite of pasta

"oh, that's cool" you smiled, "i'll probably stay in the hotel and finish some work"

"i want you to come with me" lizzie said quickly

"people already think we're dating, won't taking me to interviews and photoshoots add to that publicity?" you asked innocently

"i don't care anymore, i invited you and i want to be around you as much as possible" she informed you, looking you directly in the eye

her stare was firm but kind, she really meant what she was saying and it made you feel hot... either that or the heat from the kitchen just made its way only to your little secluded corner all of a sudden

"i do really like being around you again" you told her truthfully, the corner of her mouth twitched into a small smile, "but i have to finish my work"

you wished you didn't but that's not how this job ran, you couldn't just forget about your job and run away with lizzie to a random place and expect to still be employed when you returned

"bring your laptop, i'll help you out when i get a passing moment of a break" Lizzie's eyes were pleading at this point

"you know... i'm starting to think you like my company a lot, Elizabeth" you added, trying to ease the situation and make it less intimate as you didn't know how to navigate it

lizzie laughed, squinted eyes and everything before answering "what ever gave you that impression?"

Lizzie's mission on this trip was to make sure Carolina didn't steal you away, you might not be together but that didn't mean she didn't want you to be hers

and all you could think was you should call Carolina more often if it got Lizzie to act like this

A/N you guys hate me yet?👀👀 maybe i'll make it worse, some more angst if you will

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