Run Away

Ch 15

It had been a little over a month since Bucky had been staying with Mickeyla. They had already fallen into a routine. Wake up at 6, Mikeyla left for school and Bucky went out for a run or went to work out in the gym close to the apartment. In the afternoons, Mikeyla would do her homework while Bucky watched TV or read some books, sometimes they would watch movies together if Mikeyla didn't have a lot of homework. Usually Mikeyla would make dinner, Bucky would set the table and the both of them would wash the dishes together. On Mondays and Wednesdays, Bucky went with Mikeyla to work and watched her as she gave her classes, sometimes he would try and learn some moves after the last class had ended, Ms. Liddell never had a problem with that. On Tuesdays he would go with Mikeyla and help in the animal shelter, sometimes giving food to the animals or just petting them while she trained the others. On Saturdays they would eat outside, either for breakfast, lunch or dinner. Mikeyla kept in touch with her brother but she wasn't getting involved in his supernatural adventures, mostly because she couldn't do much and her brother didn't want her passing out again. Bucky kept having nightmares and memories in his dreams, he was about to fill the notebook Mikeyla had given him, thankfully she had gotten new ones. He was also taking more care in himself, remembering he used to care a lot about his looks back in the 40's, he shaved once or twice each 15 days and he usually tied his hair or combed it back with hair gel, Mikeyla had offered to cut it for him but he didn't want to, he felt like he wasn't ready to see himself as the man in the black and white picture again.

One day, Bucky helped Mikeyla study for her Russian exam, she was too worried about her grade and Bucky offered to help and answered her doubts, he also sometimes said phrases in Russian to her so she could get used to it

"Привет, как дела?" (Hello, how are you?)Bucky asked

"Здравствуйте, Я хорошо, спасибо, а как ты?" (Hello, I am good, thanks, and you?) Mickeyla answered

"Я хорошо, спасибо" (I am good, thanks) Bucky replied "You are ready for the test, seriously, you've studied for hours"

"I don't feel like it's enough" she said

"Что "женщина" означает?" (What does "woman" mean?) he asked

"Woman"

"а "человек"?" (And "man"?)

"Man"

"I say you're ready, you should get some rest" Bucky insisted

"But what if I'm not ready? What if I forget something?"

"Aren't you some kind of genius?" he asked

"No, I just like learning, it's different" she cleared

"Well, you're a psychic, right? Use that to your advantage" he said

"It doesn't work like that, I can't control it" she said

"Seriously, Micky, if you study too much you'll have too much information that may confuse you, just go to sleep" he said

"I'll go in a minute" she replied and picked up her notebook reading her notes. Bucky frowned and stood up, instead of leaving, he took away her notebook "Hey, give it back!"

"Micky, you're tired, whatever you study right now won't get stuck in your head because your brain is concentrating in keeping you awake" Bucky reasoned. Micky pouted and looked away crossing her arms in front of her, Bucky couldn't help but smile. He grabbed her chin lightly and moved her head to look at him "Go to sleep, alright?" he said. Mickeyla made a face

"Alright, fine" she finally gave up, she turned around and closed her books putting them back in her school bag

It wasn't until 3 days later that she arrived with a big grin on her face, she put her school bag down and hid something in her back looking at Bucky with a grin, he smiled back