My Life with the Avengers

Game Day

Breakfast the next morning was pretty solem. Not only were Clint and Natasha leaving, but I had just found out that Thor was going back to Asgard for who knows loq long.

"Is everything okay in Asgard?" I asked.

Thor shrugged. "There have been some reported disturbances in the other realms but I'm sure its nothing too serious."

"Could I come with you?" I asked. For my birthday a few years ago, Thor took me to Asgard and it was breathtaking. I got to meet Lady Siff, she told me that I had the heart of a great warrior and I got to watch her train with Thor for a while. I also got to meet Odin. I was terrified of him at first, but he was very kind. I remember Thor telling him that I was his niece now. Then Odin said, "Well Thor, if this little girl is your niece now, that makes me her grandfather. Doesn't it?" Odin has treated me like his granddaughter ever since then. He even insists that I call him Grandfather.

Since then, I have been back a few times. But the wonders of Asgard have never ceased to amaze me.

"You have school now, Jackie." Bruce reminded me.

"Oh, right." I said.

"Speaking of which," Steve said, "We need to leave now or you're going to be late."

"Okay." I said, stuffing the rest of my breakfast in my mouth and grabbing my backpack.

"Tony and I filled out the paperwork for football." Steve said, handing me a small stack of papers. "And bruce is going to meet with the coach in a few days."

"Awesome." I said with a grin.

"Jacklyn." Steve said firmly. I looked at him, surprised. Steve never used my full name. Ever. So, I deduced that it was one of two things. Either I was in deep trouble or something was up.

"Yes?" I asked nervously.

"I want you to promise me that you'll be careful." He said. "Please promise me that."

"I promise." I said.

Steve smiled softly. "Thank you. I know I must sound overprotective, but I don't know what I would ever do if you got hurt."

"I understand." I said, getting into the car.

Once we got to school, I dropped off the paperwork in Coach Stockton's office and then met up with Caleb in the library. "Hey, I talked to someone and he said he'd help us with our physics project." I said, sitting down next to him.

"Who?" Caleb asked.

"My uncle Tony." I told him. "He's a... shall we say.. at home tinkerer."

Caleb raised an eyebrow. "Define at home tinkerer."

"He builds stuff in the basement and has some really decent equipment. He's actually really good at it and he said we could use his stuff."

Caleb thought about it for a moment. "I'm pretty busy this week but do you think we could work on it next Friday?"

I shook my head. "I've got my first game on Friday. But I'm free on Saturday."

Caleb pulled out his phone and looked at his calendar. I was surprised at how organized he was. "Saturday will work." He said. "Oh, and if we're gonna work at your house, I'm gonna need your address."

I hadn't thought about that. If we were working at my house, then that would require Caleb meeting my family. In other words, he was going to have to meet the Avengers. "How about my uncle and I just pick you up from your house?" I asked

"I guess..." Caleb said awkwardly. "Is everything okay?"

"Yeah, its just..." I tried to find the right words. "My family is very... interesting."