Dance With You

Chapter 3

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"One, two, three...One, two, three..." Natasha counted as she and Steve slowly walked through the steps to the dance they would be doing. They stopped and Natasha looked at the soldier before her. "You're getting the pattern but you're still a little off rhythm."

"I'm sorry Natasha." Steve apologized.

"Hey, don't be sorry. You're doing a lot better than any of us thought." she said.

Steve gave her a shy smile.

"I think I know what your problem is on getting the hang of rhythm."

"I don't have any?" Steve suggested.

"You put yourself down too much. No, I think you're mind and body are still stuck on military movements. You need to relax more. Once you relax you'll be able to get these moves easy."

"No offence ma'am, but I don't think that's for me." Steve said sitting on a near by bench. Natasha followed and sat next to him.

"Why do you say that?" she asked.

"I'm a super soldier." Steve answered. "Ever since I became this 'perfect soldier' I've always had to be on my toes, ready for anything and everything that might pop up. Which usually happened because of the war. After being defrosted and learning how the world is now, I guess it's a habit that stuck."

"I know that it's hard to accept, especially with our positions, but you can relax when you have the chance." Natasha said. "You don't always have to come train and push yourself. Believe me, that serum will keep you exactly the way you are so you don't have to worry about coming to the gym every day. Which Tony hates about you by the way."

Steve lightly chuckled. He'd heard Tony's declarations of hate because he actually had to work to keep in good shape while Steve could go as long as he wanted without working out and still be in the best of human health there is.

"Tell you what. Let's call the lesson done for today. Let's spend the rest of the day just relaxing. Just you and me." Natasha suggested.

"Just hanging out?" Steve asked.

"Yeah. We can go to some places that haven't changed since you grew up here." Natasha said.

Steve smiled.

"Sounds great."

"Good. Let's go get cleaned up and meet up in an hour." Natasha said.

"I'll be there." Steve said.

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It didn't hit Steve until he was standing in front of his closet that he was going to be spending the day with a lady friend. Granted that he knows her, it still made him nervous and it caused him to become picky and unsure of what he was going to wear.

He knows that he needs new clothing to blend into the new era he'd awoken into, heaven knows that Tony and Clint gave him not so subtle hints to do so, but he felt comfortable wearing the clothes he had back in the forties that, for some strange reason Steve rather not know about, were taken into someone's custody, given to SHIELD when it formed and kept in storage.

At the same time, Steve felt it would be pointless to try to blend in. The world knows who he is and that he's Captain America. Almost every time he went out into the world someone would recognize him which eventually led to more people noticing and then he was being asked to sign autographs and have pictures taken. All of which made him shy and nervous.