I began to freak out. I started crying and yelling for Pepper, scared of what might happen next. "Peggy, she's confused, touch her." His voice came booming through my ears. "You're not real!" I yelled. "Yes, I am." Feeling a subtle touch, I froze. She was real, very real. As was Steve who was standing behind her. "So, it is true?!" She smiled. "Is what true?" I asked while standing up. "You are engaged to Steven?" "HA!" I scoffed regaining my smart ass composure. "Were engaged. As in past tense." That earned a frown from Steve himself. "Jessi, don't be like that." Pepper came into the room. "Be like what?" I snapped. "Be upset because my ex fiancé came back from the past which he decided to leave me for? Oh and brought his one true love..?" I hurt Steve with that one. Although, I had no idea why. "I'm going to sleep." I hauled out of the living room and went to bed. I cried for I don't know how many hours before I fell asleep. All night long, all I could hear was Pepper, Steve and Peggy talking. One thing I did conclude, however was when there was laughter it was never Steve's.
"Help! Help!" I yelled. Then suddenly I was awake and sobbing. My nightmares. Yay. "Jess?" I heard a familiar voice. "Go away Steve." I began crying harder when I realized who it was. "No." He said firmly. "Why? You're so good at it, anyway." He didn't speak. He just walked up to my bed. "Baby.." "Don't you dare." He turned the lamp on by my bed. "Oooh Jess, I'm so sorry." He wiped away the tears from eyes. I could tell he was being honest. "Why did you come back here? More importantly, why did you bring Peggy?" I asked. "Scooch over." Steve motioned for me to slide to the other side of the bed. "Let's talk about it in the morning. Okay?" Part of me screamed say no, but the other parts, screamed do it! I moved over and he got in the bed. I curled up on his chest and fell asleep.
I woke up to Steve staring at me from across the room. "Hello, beautiful." He smiled. "Hi." I smiled back, softly. "You know, Peggy really wants to meet you before she goes back." "I know.. Wait what do you mean, she?" Questioning the entire situation. "Come to the living room when you're ready." "Ok." I said. He walked out of the room. I put on a pair of torn up jeans and my boots with a t shirt that said Keep The Rumors Coming. Walking into the living room, and there she was. Peggy, his one true first love. That's exactly what she was though, his first love, apparently. "Where's Steve?" "He's busy with something." Peggy said. "Where's Pepper?" "She is helping him. Can we talk, just for a moment?" "Sure." Sighing, I sat down. "Steven Rodgers loves you. More than he could ever have loved me. That's why I had him come back here. You see, he was so different than I remembered. He was sad, internally sad." "Depression" I remarked. "I suppose you could say that. However, he loves you. More than he ever loved me." "I doubt that." "No, he does." She reassured me. "Okay, but why are you here then?" Once again questioning the entire situation. "Because I wanted to meet the greatest woman in the world. As he called you." My heart fluttered. Suddenly there were foot steps behind me. I turned around. Sure enough, Steve was the one who made them. The next thing I knew, he was on one knee, holding the ring he'd once given me, that I had once thrown at him because he told me he was leaving to go back in time and be with Peggy.
"Jessi, I know, I haven't been the greatest man in the world to you. I know that. But I just want to let you know, you're the love of my life. You are the only women I wish to spend my life with. And God knows, it'll be along one. So, with that, I want to say I love you with all of my heart and soul. Will you marry me?" Tears were already flooding my eyes. "Yes!" I cried out.
