The Winter Witch

Chapter 12: Normal

A week has gone by and still no signs of Bucky or Amell. Steve made sure Clint stayed by my side at night because I've been letting my hex out while I'm asleep. I may have accidentally shot Steve and Clint while I was asleep. My bad.

"Wanda?"

I snapped out of my thoughts and saw Clint come in my room. I smiled a quick smile.

"How are you today?" He asked.

"Perfectly fine." I replied.

He gave me a weird look. "Okay. Well, Steve wants you to meet him in the lounge. Whenever you're ready."

I smiled and nodded. He still looked at me weird but he eventually left.

I trudged down to the lounge and saw Steve waiting. He looked sad but I could tell he was masking that emotion. Once he saw me, he smiled and grabbed my hand.

"What's going on?" I asked.

"Seems like you haven't been out of your room in a while, so I'm taking you out. We're going to see the city." Steve replied happily.

I couldn't argue because I might hurt his feelings. "Okay. Sounds fun." I lied.

Steve opened his arms wide and smiled. "This is Times Square. It's changed a lot since the last time I saw it."

I took in my surroundings. Everything was huge. The buildings, the signs, the lights. I've never seen anything like it. It was all fascinating. In that moment, I forgot about Bucky and all of the problems we were soon going to face.

"Ever had street food?" Steve asked.

I gave him a strange look. He laughed and took me by the hand. We walked up to a guy selling hot dogs. They looked strange. I've heard of hot dogs before, these just looked enormous.

"Two please." Steve told the vendor.

Soon, we were both holding enormous hotdogs with sauce and all kinds of toppings on it.

"Try it. It's good, I promise." Steve nodded towards my hot dog.

I took a bite and savored every moment of it. "It's really good." I said with a mouthful.

Steve laughed and started to eat his. I could get used to this. Hanging out with the Avengers on a daily basis. Getting street food, look at the sights and even laugh. It was way better than hiding in my room all day. I suddenly wished Pietro was here to see all of this. I know for a fact that he would devour the hot dog in a second. Thinking about Pietro made me think about Bucky. I wondered where he was. Was he in pain? Was he being tortured? I push all of those thoughts away and focus on reality.

Once we were done eating, Steve hailed a cab and we headed to Central Park. It was beautiful. The smell of the flowers and freshly cut grass hit me instantly. I walked off the sidewalk and laid down in the grass. Steve joined me and we were soon pointing at clouds and telling each other what they looked like. The sky was so beautiful. I have never seen a sky so pure before. It made me think back to Sokovia and how the last time I saw the sky, debris was clouding over the city. I could feel a tear slip down my cheek.

"You okay?" Steve asked me.

I continued staring at the clouds, mesmerized. "Yes. This has been such a great day, Steve. Thank you."

I could practically hear Steve smile. I grabbed his hand and held on tight. He squeezed my hand back reassuringly. "We'll get through this, Wanda." He whispered.

I looked at all of the clouds and how they were so big, puffy and white. "I hope so."

We laid there on the grass for maybe hours, just staring at the sky and holding hands. It was then that I knew I could count on Steve to be my rock and I be his. Bucky was a piece of us and that automatically glued us together.

Today was the first day that I ever felt like I could have a normal life. Everything about today was just...normal. It felt great and that genuinely made me happy. Even if Pietro and Bucky weren't here to enjoy this with us. I decided right then and there that after this battle with Amell was over, I was going to start a new life for myself. I will do everything a normal person does. I'll travel, eat strange things, meet new people, and even avenge if I have to.

Even if Bucky won't be apart of it.