Denial until the last minute

PROLOGUE pt2

24 June 1943

Bucky awoke to the sound of knocking on the window. He got up and saw that it was Steve. Steve was tapping his watch that was on his wrist, indicating that Bucky had to get up. Bucky nodded at Steve and mouthed at him to wait five more minutes. Bucky went to his room and packed his bags, as he walked down the hallway he stopped out the front of Silea room. He slowing opened the door and looked sat the bed. 

There he saw Penny sleeping soundly on her bed, her messy hair every where. Bucky walked into the room trying not to wake the sleeping girl. He kneeled down next to her sleeping form, her nose was red and eyes were puffy from crying. Bucky was then overwhelmed with regret, he wished he could have gone back in time and stopped himself from saying those to her. he leaned down and kissed her forehand.

"I'm so sorry baby, I love you always remember that" As he said that tears started to brim In his eyes. He got up and left his daughters room. As he walked to the door he saw on the small dinner table, the drawing of him and Penny holding hands that she had drawn last night while waiting for him to get home. He smiled at it and picked it up and folded it and placed it into his pocket and continued for the door. 

As he opened the front door and stepped outside, he saw Steve waiting for him next to a taxi. He walked down the steps and  waved at Steve. Steve saw that his bestfriend was sad about leaving his daughter behind. Steve gave Bucky a sad smile as he walked over to the other side of the car and got in.

Bucky finally reached the car door and as he was about to open the door something in his head was yelling at him to stop, to go back inside and lock the door and go and hug his daughter and to make sure she know just how much he loves her. In his head everything was buzzing and it started to feeling like it was getting harder to breath. 

The suddenly he could hear a women's voice, it was soft he could only hear it if he really concentrated on it.

"Its okay, She'll be okay, I'll make sure you'll see her again" the voice said. It was a voice he had heard before. Bucky started to look around to try and find the owner of the voice. Then he saw her, looking as beautiful as the day he first saw her. With her red hair and eyes as dark as the night.

As she looked at him she smiled and nodded, she continued to say comforting things to him in his head until a truck came past and then she vanished and he came back to reality. He looked back at the house and smiled sadly before finally hopping in the car and sitting next to Steve in the back.

When they made it to the train station and he saw the train, turned to Steve and gave him a big hug.

"Don't do anything stupid while I'm gone" Said bucky with a big grin on his face.

"How could I your taking all the stupid with you" replied Steve who also had a big grin on his face.

"Also please take care of Penny, me and her had a fight last night, please tell her I love her" said Bucky as he looked down feeling really guilty. Steve just patted Bucky's shoulder saying stuff about how she already knows but he promises anyway. Bucky smiled at Steve one last time as he went and hopped onto the train. He saw all the other soldiers, some with happy and exited grins on their faces others sad and gloomy faces. He shuffled his way to his seat near the window. As he sat there he took out the drawing that Silea made and smiled at it.

'I promise Penny, when I get back I'm gonna make this drawing of you come true'

Time Skip

2 years later