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08 → Feelings

Dia took another bite of the plum and shook her head. Not even because Clint named his son after him. True friends right there. Dia felt her phone vibrate and she pulled it out to see a reminder on her calendar. She has an appointment with her therapist in an hour. She should get moving if she wants to get there in time.

She got off the stool and passed Bucky who's heading to the fruit bowl to grab a plum. He eyed the arguing men and quietly left the kitchen. He doesn't need to be a part of that. As he backed away, he bumped into someone and quickly turned around, ready to apologize, only to see that it's Sam.

"Oh, it's you" he said.

"Yeah it's me and ow! You stepped on my foot" Sam jumped in place with one foot.

"Sorry" Bucky apologized. Sam opened his mouth to say something, but was abruptly cut off by Bruce.

"Take that apology and get moving. Last thing we need is another Sam and Bucky fight"

Sam and Bucky stared at Bruce wide eyed. They know they argue a lot but when Bruce intervenes it's best to step back. They don't want to unleash the Hulk, and even though Bucky and Sam have never seen him up close, they don't want to start now. The men shut their mouths and slowly walked away. 

"Wow, Natasha has to control her man" Sam muttered under his breath.

"Has anyone seen Dia?" Tony asked Clint, Natasha and Laura who are in the rec room "I've looked all over for her but can't find her"

"She's been out since this morning" Natasha informed.

"She left a little note" Laura held up a piece of paper and Tony took it and read it "she had an appointment with her therapist and then she went to see some friends and she's working at the bar tonight" Laura said as Tony read. 

"Hell's Kitchen? Who does she know there?" Tony questioned.

"The girl has friends, Tony" Clint spoke up.

"Not as cool as us" Tony set the paper down on a table.

"True" the archer nodded. The two women shook their heads "why were you looking for Dia?" Clint asked.

"I just wanted to ask her something" Tony waved it off and sat down and joined his friends.

"Is it just me, or has anyone noticed how blind the Avengers are?" Clint spoke up "I can't believe they haven't seen Dia, yet"

"Hey, don't complain to me. I didn't recruit them" Tony informed "but yeah, they're blind for people whose job is to observe" he agreed.

"Makes you wonder how you even met Dia" Natasha spoke.

"How did you guys met her?" Laura asked the three Avengers in the room "I mean I met her through Clint" she motioned to her husband.

"I met her through Nat" Clint nodded at his best friend.

"I met her through Tony" Nat turned to the billionaire.

"I met her in San Francisco" he spoke "her hometown"

"How did she end up over here" Laura questioned. Tony smiled small and went on to tell the story of how Dia and her siblings moved to New York.

Dia spent all day out in the city. She was with her therapist for an hour and after that, she went to Hell's Kitchen to visit her friend. Jessica wasn't home, no surprise there, so she hanged out with Malcolm, Jessica's neighbor. He informed her of what Jessica has been up to and they also talked about things not Jessica related.