Mine (Bucky Barnes)

Forty-Four

Heeeeyyyyyy! Sorry it took so long to get this chapter together. Like I said last week, I've been pretty busy. But I hope you find this chapter worth the wait!

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"Everything looks fine."

Bucky exhaled a breath he hadn't realize he was holding. "Thanks, doc."

"But it does look like you are getting close to the end," she added, looking at Mirjana over her glasses.

"My due date is three weeks away," the soon-to-be mother shrugged. Bucky squeezed her hand with his. She yanked it away, glaring at him as she rubbed it.

"I would say she is coming sooner than that. She is already turned head down," the doctor said.

Steve uncrossed his legs and stood from his chair. "I guess now is not the best time to say we're flying out tomorrow night?"

Mirjana paused her attempts to get off the table while fighting Bucky's help. "Flying where?"

"To the states."

"So soon?!"

Steve sighed. "The government said as soon as you're free you need to speak with them about finalizing your conditions of a pardon."

Mirjana wrapped her arm around Bucky's waist. "Could you not have waited another day or two to let them know?"

"It wasn't me that told them. T'challa had an agreement that you could stay here without interference, as long as they kept them up to date on removing the trigger words," he explained.

"Oh. We were hoping to have time to say good-bye." Mirjana looked up at Bucky, who smiled sadly with her.

"Ororo has arranged a special dinner and a girl's night," Ayo said from behind them. Mirjana was going to miss her greatly.

"You'll be there, too, right? And Nareema and Aneka?"

Ayo nodded. "Yes, we will be there. Shuri, Ramonda, and Okoye have agreed to join as well."

"And Natasha?"

Steve chuckled. "Pretty sure she'd force her way in if she wasn't invited."

"Oh good. I want her there. Will she be coming back to the United States with us?"

"Yeah. We'll both be flying back with you. And Wanda," he assured her.

"Good." Mirjana stopped walking, the men and Ayo stopping with her. "Will there be snacks?"

Steve and Ayo burst into laughter. Bucky, however, frowned. "Jana, I'm not sure that is what you should be concerned about. I'm worried about whether or not you're okay to fly."

"Why wouldn't I be?"

His eyebrows rose in disbelief. "What do you mean? You've been having cramps that could be your body preparing for labor and the doctor said you are likely to have the baby any day now! I'm not sure you should be flying! I need to ask the doctor if you're okay to fly – can you fly?!"

With a straight face, Mirjana shrugged. "Not that I know of. I haven't tried flying before."

"I'm serious," he frowned again.

"So am I. But I can start small to test if I am able to fly. Jumping off a chair would be a good place to start. I am not going to jump off a mountain right away."

Behind them, Steve and Ayo were clutching their sides from trying to hold in more laughter. Bucky held her face between his hands, his eyes just bright enough for her to see. "Jana."