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Chapter 32: catching up

With that I leave the best friends to catch up while I head to my room. Peggy's funeral was earlier today and the day is not over yet. Seen Bucky made Steve feel a little better but I can tell he is still sad, and he has all the reasons to be.

Slowly relaxing my shoulders, I rest my head on my pillow until a shadow in the corner of my eye gets my attention. I slowly head towards it and open the window. To my surprise, I see Peter losing his balance but I manage to grab one of his arms and pull him up. When I pull him our faces are a few inches apart. "Hi." I say.

"Hi" he responds with a smile. "Can I come in?"

"Oh, sorry about that. Please, be my guest." I say signaling for him to come in.

"So this is what the inside of your room looks like." Peter says looking around.

"Pretty much." I say with a shrug.

"You want to know what my favorite part of your room is?"

"Hmmm...I don't know, you tell me." I say teasingly.

"The decorations with those beautiful, really amazing pictures."

"I wonder who took them, he is an amazing photographer." We look at each other and start laughing. "Thank you Peter, I really needed that."

"Why, what's wrong?" He asks furrowing his eyebrows and holding my arm while I look down and let out a sigh.

"It's complicated."

"Well, I have some time today, so you're stuck with me, I'm not going anywhere." Peter says sitting on my bed.

"What about the city?" I say pointing at the window.

"The city can wait a little." He says with a smile.

I take a seat next to him and put my hands together. "Well, the thing is that earlier there was a funeral...."

Before I get to finish my sentence, Peter interrupts "Wait, the funeral for Agent Carter?" I nod slightly. "You knew her didn't you?"

"Yes." I say with my eyes getting teary.

"Hey, hey, hey." Peter says softly, "it's okay, just let it out." He says getting closer and embraces me in a hug, while I cry on his shoulder and hug him back.

"Thank you for being here for me." I mutter. "I've being trying to look strong for Caps sake, but it's hard."

"No problem." He says making small circles on my back with his hands. We stay like that for a while until we hear sirens outside.

"Seems like you have to go." I say while our foreheads are together, then I slowly wipe my tears with my hands.

"Unfortunately, but I'll be back later." He says without moving.

"Peter?"

"Yeah?"

"The city needs you."

"Right." He says. "Do you mind if I change in your bathroom?"

"Go ahead, you can leave your stuff here if you want.

"Thank you."

In less than a minute he comes out and starts running towards the window, then he jumps out. I follow him all the way to the window and watch as he swings away.

Poor Peter, always busy saving the day. I think to myself and chuckle a bit. I decide to collect Peter's belongings and leave them on a safe place.

I feel much better now, I just needed to let it out. Before walking out of my room, I wash my face and look at the mirror to make sure that my eyes aren't puffy or red. If Steve sees me like this, I know he will get worried.

The two best friends are currently in the training room. They are so focused on their training that they don't see me coming.

After a while, they turn in my direction and see me. "When did you get here?" Steve asks.

"A while ago." I say looking down while swinging my legs.

"How did you come in?" Bucky asks. "I didn't even hear you."

I respond with a shrug. "I just wanted to check on you guys, is there anything you need?"

They shake their heads but I still handle them a bottle of water. I know that Steve is pouring out his emotions on his training, should give it a try?

"Wanna go a few rounds?" Steve asks.

"Hmmmm....no, I think I'm okay." I say but he doesn't buy it. "Maybe later, I'm actually a little tired, I'm going to head back upstairs."

"We'll be here for a while." Steve says re-wrapping his hands. It's better to give them some time, I can always come back later.