Why am I here?

Chapter 7

(Steve's P.O.V.)

It's been a few days since I thawed out and I still have Cerrie's song in my head. It sounded so real! But she's dead, she died falling from the train, like Bucky. I've seen a girl go by a few times, she always wears a green dress with a darker green jumper, a style from when I was ... small. And a bright green ribbon, similar to the one Cerrie always had around her neck. I've heard agent Barton, agent Romanoff, Mr Stark and Alex... Oh Alex! I forgot! It turns out Howard gave Alex a slightly different serum and now he doesn't age, I think I don't age either, Cerrie would've loved it. 

I guess I was so in my thoughts that I bumped into someone! "I'm terribly sorry!" She responded, it's that girl I keep seeing! "Oh no, it's all my fault." I insisted, helping her pick up her folders when I saw something that I recognised. An old photo with me, Alex, Bucky and Cerrie on her birthday at Coney Island. "How did you get this?" I asked her, picking it up from the floor.
"It's an... old reletive's." She said, snatching it up.
"Was it any of these people?" Maybe I might have some proper family after all.
"Yes, her." She said, pointing to little Cerrie.

(Cerrie's/Bailey's P.O.V.)

I really hope he doesn't notice me lying, well technically, I'm the closest reletive you're ever going to get to Cerrie. I'm Bailey now. "What's your name?" I asked, as not to be suspicious.
"Steve. Steve Rogers."
"I'm Bailey. Bailey Barnes." Shit! I told him my last name was Barnes! Now he's really gonna get suspicious! What do I do? What do I do!? "Guys! We need some things to sort out!" Tony yells through the door. 'Thank god Tony!' I think as all four of us follow Tony to one of his rooms. Yeah, one thing I didn't notice was Nat and Clint were watching the whole thing! 

Alex was already here, not surprising there. I stood up, leaning one one of the walls in the corner of the room. "Why don't you sit next to me Bailey?" Steve suggested, patting the empty space beside him. "I can't. Tony's furniture isn't fireproof." I said, chuckling at my little comment. Steve had a confused look. "I'll give a demonstration later." 
"Back to the original reason why I called this meeting." Tony said, annoyed. "One: Why was my barbecue on fire again?" Everyone looked at me, Steve did a few seconds later, still confused.
"...Oops...?" I tried to make a run for it but Tony had JARVIS lock all the doors. I miss Mr Jarvis, he was a good friend.

Near the end of Tony's rambling, there was something that made Steve look up. "Where is Capsicle gonna live?"
"Legolas and Scary girl-" I cut him off.
"Which one?"
"The one that shares a room with the archer." 
"And then Alex shares a place with me, as my security. I think Steve should share a place with Bailey."
"If Steve's comfortable with it. That is..." I said.
"Sure." He said, smiling.

"Anything anyone else want to complain about?" Tony asked.
"I do!" I said, sticking my hand up in the air like a child in school. "Where's my jumper and ribbon? I can't find them anywhere." A tear dropped down my soft cheeks.
"Me and Nat know not to do that." Clint said, scared looks crossed both of their faces. I was the only thing, or person Nat was scared of. It was at that moment that I saw a square of the comforting green cloth poking behind the cushion that my brother was sat, he started to sweat, noticing that I saw my jumper and ribbon.

"Alex?"
"Yes Bailey?"
"Stand up." He stood up, standing to Tony's right. I pulled my jumper and ribbon from behind the cushion, resulting with a gasp from Clint and Nat. I slipped the jumper over my chestnut locks that reminded me so much of Bucky. And tied the ribbon around my neck like Steve always used to when I couldn't. "Stay there." I pointed at my brother. I ran to my room and went to get something more comfortable to beat my brother's ass, the only thing I could find was my new jester uniform. I forgot about Steve being here and not knowing my true identity so I dressed in it. Storming back into the room, too clouded in anger to see anything other then what my mission is.

I clicked the button that changed my voice and called out, "C'mon Alex! It's no fun when you hide!" Nat handed me my special bell and tied it on my ribbon for me. 
"The Jester's gonna get you now!" Tony yelled, hoping to scare my brother shitless. All I could do was send Tony a glare and made him shut up. 

(Steve's P.O.V.)   (Later that night.)

Bailey helped me pack my bags and she teared up when she saw the old sketch Cerrie made for me. She thought I might need a picture of Bucky for when he went to war before the both of us.

"What's up?" I asked her, putting hand on her shoulder.
"It's nothing." She sniffed and just carried on packing.
"Where is your house by the way?" 
"In Brooklyn. I believe Cerrie shared it with you, James and Alex. She never changed any of the rooms, so neither did I. I hope you like how I changed the living room into some sort of library." She smiled nervously with her metal jaw. "What happened to your jaw by the way?" 
"I'll tell you when the time's right." Was all she said before we said our goodbyes and went off to her car. "Sorry if the car's not big enough. I would normally use my old motorbike."

When we were all unpacked, we played a game of 20 questions. Although it got cut short. "Question 1." She said. "Have you ever had a kiss before?"
"I've kissed Alex Before... It was an accident though!" I covered my face with my hands, blushing. I'm sure Bailey could see me blushing too. "That's not as bad as me. I had to kiss one of Tony's friends at a party for a dare before, and I'd never met them before..."
"What was their name?" I asked, getting curious.
"I think it was Bruce Banner..."

I got changed into a pair of blue and white striped pajamas for bed and when I came out to get a glass of water before going to say goodnight to Bailey, I saw her in the fruit bowl getting a couple of plums and a glass of water. She'd also poured a glass for me too. I saw that she was in a purple shirt that went down to her knees and a pair of beige trousers that looked like the pair I used for painting this very house.

"Goodnight Bailey." I said, and she hugged me as if she was going to die.
"What's the matter Bailey?"
"Every time someone used to say 'Goodnight', they always meant 'Goodbye'." She sobbed into my chest. I carried her to her bed, put her music on quietly and slept in my own bed.

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(Bailey/Cerrie's P.O.V.)

I woke up from another nightmare, this one was different though. It wasn't me falling off the train again, it was as if Bucky fell off the train. I think I heard Alex or Steve mention it, not directly to me at least. I turned to look at my clock and it was 02:50. I tried to grab another plum, but I'd ran out, so I grabbed my jumper and ribbon and went into the kitchen/living room to grab some more.