juliet [b.b.]

02.

"it's my last night here, juliet, i say we should all go out and enjoy ourselves." bucky spoke as he looked down at the brunette on his right.

"i don't know, buck..." juliet trailed off as they continued to walk down the sidewalk of the street, slowly nearing the theater. they were to meet steve there for one last night together before bucky shipped out tomorrow.

bucky turned to juliet, his face suddenly in the pout that he knew would always win juliet over. she rolled her eyes, giggling loudly. her eyes crinkled as a content smile made its way onto her face. she could feel her cheeks heat up as bucky continued to stare at her, a genuine look of adoration etched onto his features.

"fine, i'll go to the expo for you, now quit it with that pout!" she joked. he started to laugh as he put his arm around juliet, pulling her closer. she could smell his invigorating cologne, and she couldn't help but smile again.

"i can't wait for all three of us to hang out again. i feel like i rarely see you and steve anymore." juliet confided.

bucky stopped her, and started to feel guilt bubble in his chest. "about that, juliet... connie might be joining us."

juliet could feel herself start to regret agreeing to go out. there wasn't anything necessarily wrong with connie, yet juliet would always hate it when she was around. she didn't have a good reason, but steve would always tease her about it, claiming it was jealousy. despite her ill feelings towards connie, juliet could never bring herself to openly demand bucky not to invite her anywhere. however this time, juliet was exasperated.  

"bucky," she sighed. "i--"

the two had stopped in front of the alley adjacent to the theater when she suddenly heard six, very familiar words. 

"i can do this all day."

she abruptly stopped speaking, and looked to her right. her suspicions were confirmed when she saw none other than steve taking a couple of blows to the face. juliet could feel her blood boil as she started to approach the man who wouldn't stop his punches. she completely forgot about bucky, who just started to take notice of the scene.

she tapped the large man, who turned around with an angry glare on his face. before he could even look down at juliet, he felt a hard and painful slap resonate against his face. once the realization had settled in, he looked down at juliet with a different kind of anger in his eyes. 

"you bitch!" juliet faltered for a second when she noticed the man had lifted his hand, ready to punch her.