Forever and Always

Chapter 12

The next day getting ready for the party was hectic, Natasha dragged me to her flat to get ready with her. Her flat had modern furniture and was completely spotless. I walked into her room. The colors of her flat were between black and gray. Her bed had an outfit laid out for her, I'm assuming and then a white box. She picked up the dress that was laid out and held it up, "what do you think?" The dress looked like it would come down to her knees, white backing and stopped mid way down. The front also had white but then black in the middle of the low cut leading down the rest of the dress. "That is so pretty, what shoes do you have with that?" she went into her closet and came out with black wedges that lace up most of the calf, 'Now those are sexy" we both laughed, "The white box is for you, Captain wanted to pick out your dress" she smirked and my hands started sweating, I opened the box and immediately saw navy blue, I picked up the dress and gasped. The dress was an off shoulder maxi dress, it went down to the middle of my thigh on my left leg and then the dress was long on the other side and reached down to just above my ankle, it was beautiful.

The shoes for it were simple gold small heels with a lace around the ankle and to secure my foot in the shoe. "I didn't know Steve had such good taste in clothes" "None of us did" we both laughed again. Natasha straightened my hair as I put waves in hers and we both did our own makeup side by side. Natasha finished before me, "people should be here by now so I'm going to greet them, I'll see you soon" she smiled. "Okay!" Not long after I finished getting ready, I took a deep breath before heading to the elevator.

I took another deep breath as the elevator opened to the common room that was packed with people I've never seen before. I walked in seeing Thor sitting on a couch talking to a bunch of older gentlemen. He was wearing a brown jacket with a bluish/gray t-shirt underneath with jeans. Natasha was having a conversation with a gentleman as they both sat in reclining seats. Clint was leaning on a table talking to a pretty female, he was wearing something close to what looked like his hawkeye uniform. There was a pool table that people surrounded and that's when I saw Steve. He was so perfectly handsome, his signature brown leather jacket over a navy blue button down and jeans holding a pool stick, my heart wanted to burst. He caught my eye and waved me over smiling like a fool.

Making my way over I noticed someone by his side saying something as he looked at me. "My my look at you, you're absolutely stunning" he wrapped an arm around my waist and pulled me close to lean in for a kiss. "Not too bad yourself handsome" I looked at the man that was standing with him before, Steve introduced me, "This is Sam Wilson, a good friend of mine, also known as the Falcon" "Ah okay it's nice to meet you" he shook my hand, "the pleasure is mine, I started to think Steve was making you up" I laughed. I looked over to Steve taking off his jacket and I wanted to swoon, you could easily see the muscles through his shirt and I wanted to rip that shirt off him. They continued playing pool as I sat at a high top noticing Tony and Thor at the bar talking to two people smiling. Steve came over to me to take hold of my hand helping me down the chair. Sam walked on one side of him as I walked on the other, Sam started to apologize about missing a fight, I didn't want to listen to a conversation I wasn't involved in, as they walked up the stairs to look over the party. I leaned on the bar and couldn't believe how many people were here. I then saw someone and excitement bubbled up in me as I went back down the stairs and straight to Alice who I engulfed in a hug. "Babe!" She greeted me, hugging me tightly. "Alice, I missed you so much! I have so much to tell you" "I'd love to hear everything, let's get a drink" We made it over to the bar to get some margaritas, I told Alice about my new job and the newspaper articles I was seeing about Fashion Grove and then she updated me on her life and how she works in finance for a bank. It was so nice seeing she was doing good.

Tony came over and propped himself up on the counter beside me, "Hello ladies what're you drinking?" I could tell he was a bit tipsy, "Margarita's" he smiled leaning back on his hands, "been awhile since I've had a margarita" I jumped up, "challenge accepted" Tony and Alice quizzically looked at me as I made my way behind the bar. "One of my friends back in Florida was a bartender and used to show me all sorts of drinks after hours" I concocted a margarita and put sprinkles around the rim of the cup. I proudly handed it to him waiting to see his reaction. He took a sip smacking his lips together. "The sprinkles take away from the margarita" I shook my head "okay fair" I took another glass and made a different margarita before handing it to him and taking the first one to dump out. He took a sip and made a face of disgust, "do you know what you're doing?" "Yes!" I was trying to hold back the tears as I made up another one, a bit angry at how judgmental he was being about my margaritas. "Here" I forcefully handed him the third one and he took a sip. He shook his head giving it back to me, "I don't even taste any other ingredients besides the vodka" I sighed and attempted one more margarita making sure to balance out all the ingredients before handing it to Tony. He took a sip and threw the glass down making it shatter and the people around us looking. I couldn't help as tears left my eyes feeling like a failure toward Tony. "No Babe, you'll ruin your makeup" Alice said concerned. Tony sighed and swung his legs over the counter to jump down beside me. He wrapped me up in a hug, "No need to cry, just accept that you can't make a margarita. I'll teach you one day" I hugged him back trying my best to stop my tears to not ruin my makeup. He let go and left. I came back around to take my seat next to Alice as she helped fix my makeup.