Our Future

Practice

Wanda's POV
I'm not exactly sure what happened last night but I think we're sort of okay now. I mean, it'll still sometimes be awkward and we'll still be shy but it's better than not talking at all. The only problem is that I'm not sure if last night meant something. Not in a romantic way, just in, like, a friendship way (?). Vision is complicated and so am I so I'm not sure if I'm making too much of nothing or too little of something. I find it hard to think I got it right- the perfect balance between meaningful and meaningless in our conversation. I've thought about this for a while as I look up the ceiling. "Training, get up!" Cap says as he knocks on my door. He does that with everyone every day. It's annoying but a good reminder.

I get up from bed and take a shower (even though I'll have to take one again after training). When I get out I put my training clothes on (basically gym clothes but with S.H.I.E.L.D logos all over them).

As I walk out I see Nat waiting for me in the hallway. We've gotten pretty close since we, You know, had to stay in a quinjet all the time while we ran away from the government. It's actually really nice. I really like having Vision and the team as friends but it's weird to talk about certain things with them. I can be more open with Nat about things. "So, what happened last night?" Nat said as we walked together to the training room. "What about last night?" I asked. "Well, you seemed to be getting pretty comfortable with Vision" she said. I gave her a look. "Nothing happened, I promise" I said. "I know but I still think you like him. You just seem happier when you're with him, you know?" She said. "He's my friend, of course he makes me happy" I said. "Okay, he seems to make you happier than the rest of us" she said. I don't think I strongly disagree but I kind of disagree. I don't know. "I'm a spy, you can't hide things from me. I know stuff even before you do" she says. "I- I Sometimes see him as maybe more but, he's my friend. That's all we are. That's all I feel for him. At least at the moment" I said. This is the truth. Once in a while I have thought. I have 'maybes.' 'Maybe he's cute' 'Maybe I like him' 'Maybe I'm just hiding my feelings' 'Maybe he's the only one who makes me happy.' But they're just maybes. They're nothing serious, I think. I hope. "Just...... don't hide your feelings. You don't have to tell me what you feel but don't avoid your feelings. You know, whether you like him or not. It just makes things more complicated. Okay?" Nat says. I nod. That's all I can do sometimes: nod.

"Wanda, you're with Vision" Steve says. I'm pretty sure he's not doing this to get us to talk or stuff but I have my doubts. "Okay" I say as I walk towards Vision, who's talking to Bruce. They've been talking a lot about how to... "fix" Bruce. Vision's thinking about how to take the Hulk's "brains" out and just leaving the body so Bruce has control over it. Bruce thought about staying in the Hulk's body and keeping his mind, which is simpler, somehow, but Vision wants him to have sort of a normal life. To be honest, I think Bruce does too. Nat doesn't talk much about it but they used to have something and I don't think it went away.

"Hey, Umm, Steve wants us to train together" I say to Vision once I'm besides him. "Right, Of course" he says and excuses himself from the conversation.

He won in hand-to-hand combat and I won when we used our powers. He was close to beating me, though. Last time, I think, I got to hurt him because he was busy with Clint. But, I don't know.

When we were don't we walked to the elevator. Some people were already done and others were still training so we rode the elevator alone. We were silent.

I was wrong. Our conversation was just a conversation that will lead to nothing.

As usual.