𝗠𝗮𝘆𝗯𝗲 𝗜 𝗡𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗬𝗼𝘂 𝗧𝗼 𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗠𝗲 (𝘙𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴 𝘈𝘜) ❶

Chapter 38

Monday morning came faster than anyone expected. Tony, Clint, Bruce and Phil came to the girls as soon as they heard the news from Pepper. Clint vowed he would teach Steve a lesson, but for right now they needed to get Natasha out of bed.

The redhead had been crying herself to sleep, hand gripping tightly to Steve's phone. It was indeed the most heartbreaking thing any of them had ever seen. None of them had ever thought to see Natasha reduced to this state. No one had ever thought Steve would be cruel enough to make her fall in love with him only to break her heart for the sake of winning a bet.

"Nat, come on." Pepper knelt down "You have to go to class"

Natasha just rolled herself over to the other side and mumbled something no one could catch.

"I'm going to kill that fucker" Clint vowed

"WE are going to kill that fucker" Darcy corrected

"Will you two stop" Phil interrupted "We have to help Natasha before we go kick Steve's ass"

"Don't say that name around me ever again" Natasha hissed and pulled the blanket over her head.

"Come on, Tash. Don't let some guy who doesn't care about you ruin your life." Hill spoke up. "Don't throw your education away for this worthless bastard."

Maria's words seemed to be exactly what Natasha needed to hear. She finally got up from her bed. Pepper pushed everyone out of the room to give her some privacy. They waited for Natasha for about half an hour until she stepped out. To everyone's shock her long red hair was gone. She had cut it off to her original short curly haircut.

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Steve was trying to avoid leaving his room. He wasn't ready to face the outside world. He was sure that everyone knew by now what he had done to Natasha and would probably wanted to kill him. Steve told Thor that he would not attend any classes today and would meet up with the Linebacker at the stadium.

Fuck! He was heart sick over these whole businesses. He wasn't supposed to feel any of this. Apparently, he did have a heart after all. He couldn't control the feelings racing through him or the millions of thoughts running through his mind, and they were all confusing him.

GOD! Give me some sign that I make the right choice

His damn defensive mechanism was working overtime. His instincts were telling him that he should not fall in love again but he felt guilty for leaving Natasha like that. He broke every promise he had made her, and what's worse he had intentionally hurt her.

He wished he could just disappear and never see her again.

Steve's mind was working on high gear and he couldn't stop it. He felt like his head was about to explode.

He snuck out of his dorm without being noticed and went straight to the stadium. He quickly changed into his football gear before anyone noticed the marks and bruises on his body.

He had hoped football practice would be able to take his mind off Natasha. But thoughts of her plagued him, and he felt ready to go insane. The Captain couldn't focus on the game and got sacked by the defensive line a couple of times.

"Are you alright?" Thor asked as he pulled the Captain up to his feet.

"Yeah, I'm fine" Steve lied.

The fourth time he got sacked, Fury ordered Steve to hit the shower, afraid to have his best player injured before the play-off even started. Steve wasn't in the right mind to do anything when Natasha haunted his every thought.