My Story (An Avengers Fan Fic)

Arrested Development

Chapter 9

Arrested Development

I cried for a good long while before I finally got up. I sat up on my bed and looked around my new room. Someone had brought my bags to my room for me. I put my things away and was glad that it helped me feel a bit more at home. After I had unpacked everything I checked the clock. It was 9:30. I was feeling kinda tired after the long day I'd had. I took a quick shower and changed into a tank top and a pair of yoga pants. I put my damp hair in a bun and sat down on my bed, deciding to watch some netflix before I went to sleep. After browsing the options for a few minutes I picked Arrested Development, one of my favourite shows.
I was watching Gob attempt to get some elderly people to pay attention to his magic act when there was a knock on the door. I glanced at the clock. It was 10:12. Sighing, I paused the show and got up to answer the door. "THIS BETTER BE GOOD," I yelled as I walked over. I swung the door open and then promptly slammed it shut when I saw who it was. "THAT WAS NOT WORTH PAUSING MY SHOW FOR," I shouted, quite annoyed. "Please open the door, Cat," he called. "Go away, Steve," I answered turning the show back on.
"I'm not leaving until you let me talk to you,"
I paused the episode again. "Yes you are. You're going to leave right this instant or else I'm going to call security." "Is that right?" he asked. Suddenly I heard a familiar meow. "BUBBA!" I shrieked, leaping off my bed and running to the door. I opened it up and snatched Bubba from Steve's claws. "Oh you poor, poor, baby. Did that big nasty freak of nature hurt you?" I cooed, stroking his soft gray fur.  Steve cleared his throat. "Um... I'm still here," "That's unfortunate," I sat on my bed and put Bubba on my lap, apologizing for forgetting to bring him with me.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw Steve was still standing in my door way awkwardly. I continued to stroke Bubba as I watched him tentatively come in and then sit down next to me. "Cat? I'm sorry. I'm sorry I called you stupid. And a public menace," "Do you hear something Bubba? Yeah your right. It must just be some dumb stink bug trying to trick a beautiful princess and her lovely adviser into forgiving him for ruining their day. What a nasty little stink bug," Bubba purred in agreement. "Cat I'm trying to apologize! Just listen to me for two minutes please!" I ignored him and started to hum Little By Little, because that is Bubba's absolute favourite song.
"CAT!" Steve grabbed my chin and turned my head so I had to face him. "WHAT?" I asked annoyed, swatting his hand away. He blushed realizing what he'd just done. I looked down. "Just... I... here," he said shoving a box at me. I looked down at it. "PIZZA!" I yelled happily. "Tony said you'd like it because you're Italian. I had Coulson send someone to go get it. He'll do basically anything I ask him to." "Well Tony was right. It was a bit racist of him to say that, but he was right," I took a peice from the box and handed it to him, then took a peice for myself. "You've got two minutes to explain why you were being such a jerk to me. Go,"
"Well, uh, this is a pretty crumby excuse, but I've just been kinda stressed out lately. This new world is a bit overwhelming and I don't exactly have anyone to talk to. I mean a lot of the people here are really nice, but it's kind of hard for me to relate to them. I have so much that I have to learn about this world but now I'm busy trying to save it so I don't really have any time for learning. And I don't have too much privacy either. I'm always worrying I'll get recognized by a pack of crazed fans. And you know what really tops it all off? When Agent Coulson was bringing me over here he said he used to watch me sleep. That was just about the creepiest thing I'd ever heard. It didn't help when Natasha later informed me he has all of my trading cards,"
I started laughing, almost choking on my pizza. "Are you pulling my leg?" I asked trying to regain control but failing miserably. "No! It was horrible! Why is this so funny to you?" he pouted. "Because h-h-h-he watched you..... sleeep!" I cried. I fell back on my bed laughing so hard tears were streaming down my face. Steve set the pizza box on my desk before I could knock it over. For some reason this made me laugh even harder. He was laughing too at this point, most likely at me.
I finally calmed down after about 5 minutes. "I guess I'm sorry I threw a chair at you," I said wiping tears from my face. 'Thanks," he replied chuckling. "Well I better get going," Steve stood up but I pulled him back down. "You have to watch an episode of Arrested Development with me first. Bubba and I always watch tv together after a fight," "We weren't really fighting... Just disagreeing." I rolled my eyes. "I threw a chair and you locked me in a closet,"
Steve sighed. "I guess one episode couldn't hurt. But should we, uh, open the door...?" "Why? Is the room too stuffy?" I asked. He was staring at the ground and looked kind of uncomfortable. "Well it's late and I don't want anyone to think that we're... um..." I rolled my eyes. "If they say anything I'll just tell them I like Natasha." "You do?" I didn't answer him that time. I just got comfy and turned the show on.