[2] Just A Lost Girl | Avallone the Avenger

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO

Natasha shrugged. "It's the most probable explanation, though I don't know how Harrison found us in Italy." She looked out into the coffee shop, deep in thought.
"Neither." I said, sipping my drink. Honestly, I just want to get home, and fall asleep in my own bed. No offense to any of the hotels we have stayed in, but their beds weren't particularly comfortable.
"Well. I think it's about time we go sight seeing." She announced, standing up. "But, we have been shopping for like, two hours, and my feet are falling off my legs! Can't we chill at the hotel room?" I pleaded, grabbing onto her coat.
Nat laughed but solemned down quickly. "Do you want a repetition of what happened in France? No? So we go ahead with sight seeing." She walked briskly out of Starbucks after paying.

"My feet are killing me." I complained, collapsing onto the bed. This was our last night that we would spend in Europe, and we had spent the whole day shopping and sight seeing, just like the day before that.
"Get over it. You can kick your feet up tomorrow in the jet, but until then, get your lazy ass off that bed, and get to work!" She said, jokingly. I muttered under my breath and cooked us a simple dinner of mac and cheese.
We sat in front of the TV watching Adventure Time while we ate our food. "Do we seriously have to watch this crap?" Natasha said, complaining. She reached for the remote but I got to it first with my lightning quick reflexes.
"This is not crap. Once you really look past your faked maturity and actually watch the show, I promise, you'll enjoy it." I said, poking her side. One thing I knew for certain is that with enough episodes, she would be hooked. Just like I was.
"No, I'm not doing this." She said crossing her arms and forcing her eyes shut. "Oh Nat, stop being such a baby. Please, watch it, for me." I used my puppy dog eyes and voice.
Opening one eye, she peered at me curiously before giving up with a huff. "If I hate it, you're so buying me a new gun when we get back to New York."
My mouth fell open. "But guns are expensive, and I'm broke!" She smiled evilly. "Than you shouldn't have made me watch it."

An hour later, Natasha was laughing along with me. "Okay, okay. You were right." She admitted holding her hands up, happily. "Hell yeah I was. Now, pay up." I said, holding my hands out.
She looked at me with a puzzled look on her face. "What? I never agreed to that!" I smiled. "Yes, but I did." I wiggled my eyebrows evilly, just like Marceline had done to the Ice King.
"Fine. What do I owe you?" She asked, searching her pockets for her wallet, I presume. "Oh, deary, you don't owe me money. I have something else in store, but I'll tell you when we are back in New York."
Natasha groaned and threw her arms up in despair. "You evil, evil person. Now I shall lie awake every night, trying to conjure up whatever mastermind plan you have in your creepy brain."
I laughed and rubbed my hands together, like I was plotting something, when really I hadn't. I was just giving myself time to think up something crazy for her to get me. It would probably be something that she needed to search for around the world, only to come back and find that I don't need it. Yes, I am that type of person.
"Shall we skype everyone?" Natasha asked as the Adventure Time marathon sadly came to a close. I nodded and we set up her laptop. Barton was online, so we opened up a skype with him.
"Hey!" All three of us said together, but Nat and I saying it a bit more enthusiastically. Barton smiled at us, almost sadly. "What's wrong?" Nat asked, leanign closer to the screen, like that would help.
As he explained to her that he just had a big arguement with Maria, I surveyed the scene from an outside view. I could see how much they missed each other, and it physically made my heart hurt. I know that Nat denied loving Clint, but right here, right now, it was obvious, and it was adorable.
"Avallone, how are you?" Barton asked, snapping me out of my dreamy state. "Great. Uber tired, but still pretty awesome. Sorry about your fight with Maria. That sucks. I hope you two can sort it out." I replied, rubbing my eyes.
Nat saw that and sent me off to bed. I obeyed quietly. I did want to talk to Clint, but I knew that Nat wanted to talk to him more, which was fair enough.
As I crawled into bed, I fell asleep to the soft sounds of voices in the room next door.

"Morning!" Natasha yelled, her bright face making me want to scream. "Ugggh." I said, rolling over and checking the time on my phone. 3:30. "Why the hell are we up this early?" I yelled, my morning voice making it sound dreary.
Nat giggled and flopped my suitcase onto my bed. "Because, today we are going home, silly! Home!" I rubbed my eyes and sat up. My hair was most likely a mess. My guess was that I was a pretty fitting picture of how Pincess Anna woke up in Frozen, minus the orange hair.
"Okay, okay. Just give me time, gosh." I mumbled, pushing the covers away from my body, and immediately regretting it. "I forgot it was Winter."
Natasha laughed at me and dragged me out of bed, literally. She forced me to take some clothes, and then pushed me into the bathroom. "I'ma making breakfast!" She yelled.
I covered my ears. Man, she can be loud at quarter to four in the morning. Changing quickly into something simple, I exitted the room and started to pack my clothes.
Despite being early in the morning, Natasha's happiness was rubbing off on me. As I packed, I started singing "I'm sailing away, to a Land of Opportunity. The sun will shine, and birds will sing there everyday. I'm sailing away, and I hope that you remember me. It was fun, we had our run. Hip hip hooray!"
From the kitchen, I could hear Natasha laughing, and I smiled.

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Song for the chapter is: Land of Opportunity by A Great Big World.