Okay…He never thought it would be this nervous. Well, it was their first date since…ages ago and everything about Natasha only make him nervous. His mind was running on high gear and he thought about every possibility about their date tonight.
"Steve, you can do this, pal." Steve said to his reflection in the mirror and adjusted his tie.
To be honest, everything that he did for Natasha, he wanted it to be as perfect as it could be because she deserved it. She was one of the kind and someone that you shouldn't let go.
He will not let her go again.
He didn't want to let her go in the first place but it was the choice that made in order for her to pursue her career, to pursue her dream, to have the life that she always wants rather than stuck here in this quiet simple life with him. He couldn't do that to her, after all, all he wanted was the best thing for her.
They had a very long history together and every memory of them only made him smile. She was his high school sweetheart, his first kiss, and his first time.
They parted away. He was enlisted with the US army and had been on three tours. He risked his life in the line of fire many time but he had something that held his sanity together, the only thing that help him through hell, the picture of him and Natasha. Well, Natasha did help him a lot.
He heard news about her and not exactly tried to contact her. From what he heard she became a Broadway superstar. He was just a poor soldier, a soldier that lost his way home. The second tour was more bearable than the first one. Maybe because of he got used to it. He found himself looking at her picture less but every time he looked at her picture, he felt the weight on his shoulders was gone for a little while.
And here he was, asking her out after ten years of not seeing each other. They just met again last night at the reunion. He was surprised that she say yes to him. Not really that surprised because he still could notice the connection between them.
10 years didn't do anything to their feelings toward one another, to be honest. Yeah, first love always tended to stick that way. She was his first love and only love.
Steve stopped himself from thinking and finished dressing up. He will attend her play and he brought a bouquet of roses for her. Natasha got him a front row seat. He couldn't be more excited to see her performance because this was her dream since they were very young. She loved to sing. She loved to dance and she is very good at it.
The show was terrific. Natasha did her job fantastically and received a standing ovation from everyone. She looked at him and smiled when he waved for her.
Steve met her back stage for their date after the show. Natasha came back twenty minutes later. Dressing in her red dress making her look even more beautiful. She went to him and gave him a hug.
"This is for you." He said with a proud smile, "Your performance is wonderful and you are really beautiful tonight."
"Just tonight?" She asked teasingly
"No, you are the most beautiful woman I ever see in my entire life." He replied, "Even I travel the globe and meet a lot of people"
A faint blush on her face had Steve took a mental note how cute she is. They walked along the street to the place where they would have their dessert. It was their favorite pizza joint since they were in high school and, well, this place was their first date.
"I can't believe they still open after all this year." Nat exclaimed
"How can the restaurant that serve the best tiramisu and Margarita pizza shut down?"
