'Just A Little While'

'Chapter 7'

I heard a knock on my door and then it opened. It was Bucky and he had yet another bowl of warm soup. I hadn't eaten anything since they brought me a glass of milk yesterday which I had only had 3 mouthfuls of.

"Doll, I got you soup. Steve cooked it." He brought it over to my nightstand and gently placed it down.

"Come on doll, you need to eat something." He said pleadingly. He sat on the edge of the bed and held my hand in his. He slightly rubbed with his thumbs. He picked up the bowl and offered it to me. I turned my head away; I didn't want to eat anything because I wasn't hungry, and I felt too sad to digest anything. He sighed placing it down onto the decide table. He then lent down and laid gently on my stomach. He stayed there for a little bit as I slowly rubbed his head with my hand. He then got up and grabbed the bowl.

"Come on, just a little bit before it gets cold." I finally gave in, his ocean blue eyes starring deep into my eyes. He grabbed the spoon and scooped up some soup into it and then pressed it to my lips. I opened my mouth and let him pour the spoons contents into my mouth. The lukewarm soup went down my throat as my tongue tasted its flavor. It was slightly salted but still good. Bucky hand feed me until the bowl was mostly empty.

(TIME SKIP TILL 2 MONTHS LATER)

(Florence POV)

Everything was coming crashing down. I was losing money quickly. Too quickly. Soon enough I was working 2 jobs just to stay above the rent. I was working in a café from 7am till 4pm and then a bar form 7pm till 11pm. I then went to sleep, and the cycle started again. Work, eat, work sleep repeat. Bucky and Steve tried to help me in any way they could, but I was drowning in the bills.

(TIME SKIP TILL 11PM)

I struggled my way home after a long day at work. My hair soggy with alcohol for I had given the wrong drink to the wrong customer, and they were not happy about it, ending up spilling the drink all over me. I walked up the stairs and saw a red letter on the door. I walked up to and saw the first 2 words in bold. EVICTION NOTICE. After all the work I had done I still amount to nothing. I tried to unlock the door and the key didn't fit inside. I turned my back to the door, and I sunk to my knees. 'Tonight, was going to be a cold long night.' I clutched my knees as I tried to shut my eyes and go to sleep, outside in the cold.

(TIME SKIP TILL MORNING)

I woke up and I was shivering in the cold. I couldn't feel my hands for they were numb with the cold. My bottom lip was shaking, and I could feel my lips were blue. The sun didn't do much to warm me up either. My hair smelt horrible from last night and I would do anything for a warm shower. I then heard my name being called.

"Florence?" I heard again. I looked up and saw Bucky and Steve rushing up the stairs and looking at me.

"Florence what are you doing outside in the cold?" Steve asked. I pointed to the door and they both gasped in shock. First my parents have died, I worked until I almost dead and then get evicted from my house that I grew up in. They helped me up and I knew I smelt like alcohol.

"Florence, you're freezing!" Bucky said taking off his coat and wrapping it around my shoulders. He then held my hands in his, attempting to warming them up. We then started walking down the steps. I could tell that Steve and bucky could smell the alcohol coming from me.

"Florence, you do work at a bar, right?" Steve asked me. I nodded.

"I uh, messed up an order and someone got very mad at me a dupped the drink all over me." He nodded slowly.

"You can have a shower at mine if you want!" Bucky said.

"Yes please, that would be amazing." I spoke.

We walked up the stairs to Bucky's house and Winnifred met us at the door. She looked at me up and down and the smiled form her face slowly disappeared.

"My dear what happened to you." She said welcoming me inside. She led me up the stair and into their bathroom and shut the door. I felt more tears forming in my eyes as she pulled me into a hug.

"You can stay here as long as you want." She said into my ear. I nodded and then she handed me a towel and then left the bathroom. I quickly undressed myself and then walked over to the shower. I turned the water onto a lukewarm temperature and got in. I washed my hair and my body, letting the water run over my skin. I then jumped out of the shower, and I wrapped the towel around me. I then heard a knock at the door. I opened it slightly and it was Winnifred again. She had some fresh clothes which consisted of one of Bucky's old jumpers and a pair of her shorts. I got changed into them and felt weird. Bucky shirt was way too big for me and so were the shorts. I felt overall weird. I nearly folded up my old first clothes and then walked out of the bathroom. Bucky was there to meet me, and he looked me up and down and laughed.

"Right, well. We have you up in the guest room for now." He said leading me to the bedroom.

"Thank you, Bucky." I spoke. Pulling him into a hug. His hands immediately found my waist and he pulled me in tight.

"It's okay, whatever I can do to help you, you seem to need it a lot these days." He laughed. I smiled a little. I settled into my room and then feel asleep on my new bed.

(TIME SKIP UNTIL LATER THAT DAY)

Bucky woke me up. I sleepily got out of bed and got changed into one of my dresses that Bucky had brought me over from my house.
"We are going over to you house to get anything you don't want burned before they take your house out of your hands." Bucky said. We walked over to my old house, and I walked through it. I grabbed down any photos I had of my family into a box a slowly made my way up to my room. I grabbed my special box from under my bed. Any special jewelry I had been gifted and finally any other small things I wanted to keep. I then handed my key to the landlord and then had moved into the guest room in Bucky's house.