At Long Last (OC x Natasha Romanoff)

Chapter 32

Alex POV

When I woke up the next morning, the first thing I noticed was the arm that was wrapped around me. The second thing was that the remote was poking me in the ass. I had turned so I was now facing Nat. She looked so peaceful in her sleep. I had reached down to grab the remote, but when my hand touched it, Nat let out a small groan. I stopped and let her settle back to sleep. The last thing I wanted to do was to wake her. Once she was back to sleep, I went to move the remote again, but when I grabbed it, Nat's eyes flew open. Next thing I knew she was running into the attached bathroom. I looked down to move the remote, not thinking much of Nat's action, but the remote was gone. I looked around thinking her jumping out of bed moved it down, but after not finding it in the bed, I spotted it on the nightstand. If the remote was there, what was the "remote" that I was feeling?

After about 10 minutes, Nat came back into the room, freshly showered and face as bright red as a tomato.

Nat: "Um, Sorry about that."

Alex: "Nat what was that." Nat's face got even brighter.

Nat: "Well I wasn't born a normal female, normal as in with female reproductive organs."

Alex: "Soo, that wasn't a remote..." Nat let out a nervous chuckle.

Nat: "No, Alex. It was not a remote." I couldn't help but look down, but quickly looked back up not wanting to seem like a creep. Seeing how nervous she was, I stood up and approached her. I wrapped my arms around her neck, joining my hands together and resting them on the back of her neck as I played with her baby hairs.

Alex: "Nat, it's ok. Nothing you do or have will change my mind about you." Nat looked back at you surprised. You nodded your head. "I'll remind you every day if I need to." Nat wrapped her arms around my waist bringing me closer as she buried her head into the crook of my neck. I placed my hands on each side of her face, effectively making her look at me. "Remember, everything is at your pace. You don't need to force it; I'm not planning on going anywhere. Well other than the kitchen, come on." I grabbed her hand, pulling her out of the bedroom and dragging her to the kitchen.

Nat: "How are you hungry?"

Alex: "I'm a wolf, I eat a lot." I shrugged. Entering the kitchen, we see Laura is already up and making breakfast. "Good morning, Laura."

Laura: "Morning you two. How are you two feeling after yesterday?"

Nat: "I'm good, talking when I got back, I think helped both of us."

Alex: "I'm good too." Artemis quickly pushed me to the side and took over.

Artemis: "I'm feeling great this morning. 100 times better than yesterday."

Laura: "Glad to hear it, Artemis. I got to say though, I may never get used to you taking over Alex's body like that. You seemed to have recovered quickly though."

Artemis: "Yeah, all the food helped a lot. Everything you made was great, especially those meatballs."

Laura: "Glad you liked them."

Nat: "Hey! What about the food I made you?"

Artemis: "Nat I would kill for you if you asked me to, but please, for both our sakes, stay out of the kitchen." Laura tried to fight back the laugh from escaping but failed miserably.

Nat: "I can cook!"

Artemis: "Slapping that nasty ass, brown crap on a slice of bread is not cooking."

Laura: "Don't worry Nat, one of these days you will learn how to cook." Nat just started mumbling as she mocked both Laura and I."

Artemis: "Don't worry Nat, Alex and I both still love you." She said then leaned over and gave her a small kiss on the cheek.

Nat's face lit up like a tomato, Laura didn't even try to hide her smile, and I just started cursing Artemis out in our head for kissing Nat. Not wanting Artemis to try anything else, I forced my way back to the front.

Alex: "Haha, sorry about that. Stupid wolf."

Artemis: "Who the hell are you calling a stupid wolf." I ignored Artemis and turned to Nat.

Alex: "I hope that wasn't too far." Nat chuckled and she reassured me that it was ok. "So, what is the plan for today?"

Laura: "Well, we are almost out of food after last night, so Clint or I will need to make a run into town for more food."

Alex: "Do you guys happen to have any deer here?"

Laura: "Yeah, there's a herd that runs through here a couple times a week. Why?"

Alex: "Well, Artemis and I could go hunting, if you want. We haven't been on a run in a while anyway, so it will be good for us to stretch our legs a bit. I was also hoping you would join us, Nat."

Laura: "I'm not sure. I would need to ask Clint."

"Ask me what?" Clint asked as he came into the room.

Laura: "Alex just offered to go hunting for us, since we need to make a grocery run."

Clint: "That's not a bad idea. I just saw the herd out on the edge of the property right before I came down. I can go with and help harvest."

Alex: "Oh, I was hoping Nat could come with me."

Nat: "We would need him anyway. I may be good with a knife, but I've never gone hunting before either."

Clint: "Tell you what, why don't you guys eat and head out, I'll check on the four-wheeler and follow on either that or in the truck. I would be at least 30 min behind you then." That could work I thought. Plus, I would get some time with Nat.

Alex: "Yeah that would work. Nat are you okay with that?"

Nat: "Yeah, I'll take my tracker too, so you can find us. Come on Alex."

Nat took us back up into her room, for what I thought would be just to grab her tracker.

I was surprised when she pushed me against the door and kissed me. It took me a second to mentally slap the shock out of me and kiss her back. She pulled away when the lack of air became a problem.

Nat: "That was for earlier. I just didn't want to do it in front of Laura." I couldn't help but smile like an idiot. Artemis was not helping either as she jumped around my head howling. After Nat had grabbed what she needed, she turned around and saw my face. "I take it you liked the kiss?" I couldn't respond verbally so I just nodded my head like the love-struck idiot I currently was being. Nat let out another chuckle and took my hand. "Come on Scruffy, we have food to find."

Alex: "Wait, I need to change first." 

I quickly ran into her bathroom and closed the door enough so I can undress and transform, without locking myself in the bathroom.  Once I was out, I followed Nat down the stairs. Once outside, I laid down and signaled for her to get on. Once on, I started our slow trek to the edge of the property, while Nat petted and scratched behind my ears. Oh, how I could get used to this.