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Abi's P.O.V.

"Oh my god." He breathed and I couldn't stop the nervous laugh that escaped my lips.

I quickly got changed back into my clothes from before, and Clint's t-shirt, before walking back out.

"Which one are you going to get?" He asked.

"I'm not telling you, I want it to be a surprise." I said with a grin.

"How are you going to pay for it? I have Tony's credit card." He said.

"Not anymore." I said, swiping it from his back pocket and sprinting to the counter with all of the dresses.

Before he had caught up, I quickly paid for the right dress and walked back over to him, handing him the credit card. He tried to peek inside the bag but I quickly moved it away so he couldn't see.

"You'll see it tonight." I said with a smile.

He just shook his head and laughed as we made our way to a shoe store and I picked out a pair of black flats, not wanting to risk breaking my neck or ankles in a pair of heels. I had never worn a pair of high heels and didn't want to embarrass myself in front of everyone by falling flat on my face or something of the sort. We made our way back to the car and headed back to the tower, we arrived about an hour before the party was set to start and I knew that time was going to be tight. I grabbed my bags and Clint's hand before running over to the elevator and pressing what I hoped to be the right button. Turned out I was right and when we stepped out of the elevator I turned to Clint.

"Thank you for taking me, see you in an hour!" I said quickly before running to my room.

I slammed my door shut behind me, dropped my bags onto the bed and ran into the bathroom. I was about to strip off when I remembered my bandages and stitches, I quickly turned on my heel and ran towards the kitchen but stopped when I heard movement in Bruce's room. I knocked on the door and a few seconds later the door opened to reveal a shirtless Bruce. I quickly looked at the floor, a blush rising to my cheeks.

"I uh... can I get my stitches wet?" I asked.

"Not for another few days." He said and I groaned.

"How am I supposed to shower?" I asked.

He disappeared then came back a few seconds later, handing me some sort of sticky patch.

"It's a waterproof patch, take off your bandage and stick it over the wound, it will keep all water out. Take it back off when you get out and put a clean bandage on okay? If you need help come find me, I'll be in here." He said.

I thanked him and ran back to my room, stripping my clothes and bandage off before sticking the patch over the wound then jumping into the shower. I tried to shower as quickly as possible and after about 10 minutes I got out, I wrapped my hair in a towel and wrapped a towel around my body before going back into my room. I put my underwear on and tried to wrap a clean bandage around myself but I couldn't do it so I wrapped my towel around myself again, over the top of my underwear, and made my way back to Bruce's room, knocking on the door three times. He answered quickly and let me step inside whilst he helped me. I had to take off my towel and I felt really self conscious being stood in only my underwear. I saw him frown when he saw how skinny I was but he didn't comment on it, but what could I say? It's what living on the streets does to you. He quickly wrapped my bandage and I thanked him, again, before leaving. When I got back to my room I slipped my dress on and dried my hair before curling it, I didn't bother with make up, I wouldn't know where to start, not that I owned any anyway. I checked the time, 7:54, only 6 minutes until the party was supposed to start but I could hear that there was already quite a lot of people here. I felt my heart start to race so I closed my eyes and concentrated on my breathing and soon my heart rate was back to normal. I took a deep breath and stepped out ready to join the party, hoping to find Clint or Steve straight away.