Widow's Shield

Valentine's Party

Morgan walked in and headed for the bar, "Dry martini."

As the dark haired man turns, he gasped, "Didn't expect to see you here, Morgan?"

Morgan rolled her eyes, "It's a party thrown by my parents, John, why wouldn't I be here?"

John was Morgan's high school friend. John made the drink and gave it to her, "So why are you here? Shouldn't you be out with some billioner's son?"

"Nah." Morgan sipped her drink, "How bout you? Shouldn't you be with the wife, instead of working this God forsaken party?"

"I don't have one." John shook his head.

"Ha!" Morgan laughed. "And why not?"

"I was pining over this girl, ever since..."

"Oh yeah?" Morgan puts the glass down, "What's her name?"

"Um..."

"Okay? What's stopping you?"

"I don't think..."

"What?!"

"Nothing."

"Seriously, what?"

"No."

"What?" "If you like someone you should tell them."

John smiled, "I love you."

"What?!" Morgan shocked.

"I loved you, ever since..."

Morgan leaned into the bar and gave him a quick peck on the lips, "I love you too. But I thought you liked Ana..."

"I was nice to her because she was your friend," John explained, "and yes, I like her, but as a friend."

"So what do you do?"

"John?!" Morgan heard Ana's voice. "Is that you, John?" Ana greeted John with a hug, then turned towards Charlie, "John this is Charlie, my prince. Charlie, John a friend from high school."

As the prince shook the bartender's hand, John looks at Ana, "I wanna thank you, two, for getting me this job."

Ana waves it off, "Its the least I can do... since you serve our country for ten years..."

"Wait, you were in the army?" Morgan asked.

"No, I was a paramedic in the war," John shook his head, "in the hospital wing."

"Oh." Morgan nodded. "So you're a doctor?"

"Um... I just graduated med school last semester, and was in need of work to pay for student loans and such."

"May I have this dance, my princess?" Charlie asked holding out his hand for Ana to take.

Ana smiled as she notices the dancefloor was empty, "You may."

As she was led to the middle of the dancefloor, Ana felt her heartbeat and all eyes were on her again whispers and murmurs from the people was heard.

"Is that the prince of Wakanda?" a man asked.

"Yes, and that's Anastasia Rogers, the daughter of the Black Widow and Captain America." a woman responded.

"Didn't he abdicate the throne to be with her?"

"Aww! How romantic?"

"I think it's pretty stupid and selfish of him sacrificing his kingdom for a girl..."

"But she's not just a girl."

"True, she is the only daughter of the two most important members of the original Avengers."

"That's not my point!"

"Then what is your point?"

"I heard that Anastasia hasn't even said I love you to him and they've been going out for a year..."

"Not to mention the five months they were together since Rome but broke up. Only to get back together... She wasted her chance, if she hadn't broken up with him then she could've been the princess right now and the next in line to the throne of Wakanda."

"Oh how sad, what a waste of her beauty." the woman exclaimed.

"Um... excuse me but I do believe that's my daughter you're talking about." Steve said and the woman walked away hastily.

"I apologize, sir." the man said walking away.

"Oh!" Lila chuckles, "Okay... so little Ms. America gets a date, and you don't?"

Cooper frowns, "I like being single and Nathan's doesn't have a date as well, so why don't you go bother him?"

"Why?" Lila whined, "When I can just annoy you?"

Cooper looks down at his younger sister, "Why aren't you out with Carmella?"

"She's in Rome looking for her folks." Lila admits.

"Oh so you got stood up?!" Cooper smirks.

Lila glared.

Cooper got to his feet, "You know what? I don't plan wasting this moment, so let's dance, sis. I do owe you a dance, don't I?"

Lila raised an eyebrow.

"At your 14th birthday, I was sick and I didn't get to dance with you." Cooper reminded her.

"Oh yeah, you ditch me for Sarah!" Lila nodded.

"I'm sorry about that, okay?" Cooper looks at his sister.

"Okay, but not this song..." Lila went over to the dj booth and handed the dj her phone, "Number 7."

The dj accepted the phone and plugged it in, playing the song, Hey Brother by Avicci.