Lucky Me

Face Time

Lucy's POV

I slammed my door shut and threw my keys in the bowl on the table. It had been an emotional day at work. I checked the clock and saw it was just before 7pm. I rushed to the kitchen and switched on my oven. For some reason all day I had been craving cheese and Nachos, so I vowed as soon as I got home I would have them for dinner. Nutritious I know...Anyway, I threw a pack of Cool Ranch into a bowl, scattered some cheese over the top and slid it into the oven to warm up whilst I took a shower.

It was a Tuesday, and that meant my chill out night. My favourite night of the week lately. I'd get whatever junk food I fancied, my blanket to cosy up with and watch whatever the hell I wanted in peace and quiet. And tonight was no different- until I thought I heard my phone ring. But I was stepping into the shower- so it could wait.

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When I was done, I pulled on my favourite grey cotton shorts and cream sweater and wandered back down the stairs whilst finishing off towel drying my hair. The nachos in the oven smelled divine, so after grabbing a bottle of Heineken out of the fridge, I took out the food and placed it on a tray to take into the living room.

I got settled and flicked on the TV to see what Netflix had to offer me tonight, when my phone chimed with a reminder that someone had tried calling. I reached over to the coffee table and checked the screen.

1 missed call: Captain Spangles

1 new message: Captain Spangles

Hey Sweetheart. Hope you are ok. How's work? If you're free, face time would be cool? Chris x

I giggled at his message. No matter how many times he initiated a conversation via text message, he always signed off with his name- almost in case I was to forget who it was messaging me. Either way, it was cute, so I replied.

me: Hey! face time would be great! x

I placed my phone back down and checked the clock. 7.45pm, that would make it 10.45 in Boston. I'd be totally fast asleep by that time I laughed to myself. I held off from putting anything on the Tv right now, because knowing Chris, as soon as I replied to a message he'd be straight on it. And soon enough, my phone was flashing up with a face time call...

God why did I get this nervous? I'll tell ya...that gorgeous face of his. Every time he looked at me through that screen I felt like a shy school girl.

"ah there she is! My favourite girl" his baritone voice beamed when he saw me and I saw him. I felt my full face colour up but I smiled. "hey" I giggled. "how are you sweetheart?" he asked, leaning into the camera as if to have a better look at me. "I'm good...not been home from work long...how about you?" I asked, hoping to get him talking, it always seemed to take me a little while to relax.

"good, great now actually...wanted to talk to you all day. Just been chilling out with Dodger...been telling him about this cute girl I met..." he beamed a smile at me, making me giggle. "oh yeah?" I blushed. "yup. he can't wait to meet ya" he smiled, grinning boyishly. I bit my lip and looked away briefly. "I got him something actually..." I blushed, looking back to the phone. "oh! well, when you meet him you can give him it. Thank you" he said earnestly. "you're welcome...I saw it and just couldn't resist" I smiled. "sounds like when I met you" he quipped, making me face palm. He laughed loudly, his warm happy laugh that had my stomach swirling. "such the charmer huh Evans" I rolled my eyes playfully as I leaned to pick up a nacho.

"ah, whatcha got there? Looks good" he said, leaning forward again. "Cheesey nachos. Been dying for these bad boys all day." I smirked, picking more up. Chris' eyes were set on my food as I placed it into my mouth and he gulped. "they taste soo goood" I sighed, not knowing where the hell this part of the conversation had come from.

"uh..." Chris made a noise which made me start giggling and I crunched down on it. "Charlie said something to me..." I started, dipping another one in the cheese. "about you...or was it maybe Steve being some sort of human nacho..." I playfully asked him- feigning confusion. His cheeks dusted with blush as he let out a shy chuckle. "yeah, yep...th-that has been said before" he stammered a little, making me snigger. "huh" I replied, snapping one between my teeth. His blue eyes looked up at me under his brow and he bit his lip. "they're growing on me a little more..." I teased him, and again he burst into fits of laughter. This man, I tell ya...

  "So, have you caught up on all the movies now then?" he asked through his chuckles. I grinned and nodded. "I have, yes" I nodded. "Charlie thought it be prudent now that I get familiar with them" I rolled my eyes. "and?" he questioned. "that Thor is a hottie" I said, watching as he threw his head back in more laughter. "I've heard that." He nodded. "must be the name, Chris...there's a lot of us, but we're all fairly handsome" he nodded, making me snort and giggle this time. "not if you ask my niece" I said, making his eyebrows shoot up. "she is in love with Holland" I laughed. "she's a spidey kinda girl?" he asked. I nodded with a laugh, "she's 14 and thinks she's gonna marry him. It's so cute" I told him. He smiled and nodded, "I told her that I met Captain America and Bucky and she did not care one bit" I laughed. "If it's not Tom she isn't interested" I laughed. Chris chuckled, "how did she like her little toy thing?" he asked- totally not a Zelda fan. I laughed, "I've not seen her yet. My sister has taken her on a little girl'strip to Utah for the week. I'll see them when they get back on Sunday" I told him. "that's nice." I nodded. "yeah, I would have gone with them, but work commitments and all that" I shrugged. "bummer"

"well, not really...I'm so excited, you know how I said we have a reptile area at the conservatory?" I asked him, seeing him nod in response. He rested his head on his hand as he sat listening to me waffling away. "well our turtle exhibit is finally ready. I've been putting the final touches to it today and the specimen arrives on Friday!" I almost squeaked with excitement. "that's awesome!" he beamed back at me. That was the sweet thing about Chris, if he knew you were passionate about something, it seemed that he would encourage it and try and be as excited about it as you were. "yeah, I can't wait to be there on Friday. To finally get what I've always dreamed of." I sighed, "and I am going to be the lead caretaker for him! Like I'm sad to be leaving my current post, I've been in the Butterfly sanctuary for so long, but this...this is what I studied for."

"4 years in Florida right?" he asked me with a little frown as he recalled. I nodded and bit back a smile. "we've been working so hard to get the grant to build his enclosure. I worry that it's going to be hard, y'know keeping everything going with us being a charity, but I'm so ready for the challenge." I sighed in a determined manner. He sent me a warm smile, "I have every faith in you that you're gonna make it awesome" he said honestly. "thank you" I smiled bashfully. "so does that mean all your time- free or otherwise- will be there with that lucky son-of-a-bitch turtle?" he asked, making me burst into laughter. "probably" I giggled. "I have a few weekends working and then I'll be on call if they need me to help with him. So honestly I don't mind being home just in case" I grinned. "awesome." he smiled, "well...I was kinda thinking..." he said, scratching the back of his head as he leaned back on his couch and stretched his other arm out. "I have a space in my diary in a few weeks...ya think I could steal ya away from the Turtle for a little while?" he asked, those blue eyes looking back at me with a tinge of nervousness.

I let out an audible gasp and bit my lip as I beamed the biggest smile. He chuckled at me, "I'll take that as a yes?" he questioned me and I nodded. "I don't think he'd mind, be sick of the sight of me I reckon" I replied, making him laugh, "sweetheart there is no way anyone would be sick of the sight of you" he smiled, making me blush again.

"but uh...about going out, like it's gonna be our first date..." he said. first date...that had my stomach in knots. "thing is...this is gonna sound so shitty..." he sighed a little under his breath as he looked away from me for a second. "I'd love to take you out someplace nice...do somethin' special..."

"but you don't wanna get spotted right?" I thought I'd help him out here. His blue eyes looked up at me and he bit his lip and nodded. "It's not that I'm wanting to hide us or anything...well, actually I am...but not in a crappy way!" he added, bumbling through this even more. I smiled at his adorableness and he let out a sigh and stopped talking.

"I just wanna keep this for me. A-and you. Without all the bullshit that will eventually happen. Just me and you being normal." he said. "so what? You wanna come hang at my place?" I asked him and he smiled. "I'd love nothing more"