JULY 5
Wanda's POV:
We were all hanging out in the living room, as usual. Steve was overjoyed now that Nat was back, so were we. Overall, the household was more cheerful.
"You know what we've never done?" I asked.
"What?" Steve and Bucky replied.
"We've never had a party with all of the Avengers."
"I'm not sure we have room for that many...well not all of them are people....um, Avengers." Nat said.
"Well not all of them of course, but our friends."
"That would be all of them."
"Ok, ok. Be like that. Then I'll pick some."
"What's the occasion?"
"You coming back, if we need an occasion."
"I mean, inviting people for no reason."
"It's not no reason, we've never had them over for an official...house warming." Steve jumped in.
"We should all split up and call everyone we know." Bucky said.
"Got it. Let's plan for.....7?" Steve asked.
"6:30." Natasha said firmly.
"Is Mowgan coming?" Emma asked.
"We'll see baby." Nat said. Nat and Steve are like the best parents. Strict when necessary, but it's not, because Emma is an angel. They play with her, keep her company, they're just the cutest family. I just hope that we will be too.
An hour later...
"The ones we got on board are obviously us five, the Starks, Scott and his family, the Bartons, Sam, Carol, and Thor." Steve said. Bucky fell on the couch, exhausted from talking to so many people.
"Mama?" Emma asked, climbing on to Natasha.
"Yeah baby?"
"Who's coming?"
"Let's see. Morgan, Cassie, Lila, Cooper, and Nate." Emma nodded and sat down.
"That's 18 people." Nat said.
"Do we even have room for 18 people?" Steve asked, looking at Natasha, a bit worried.
"I'm sure it'll be fine. We'll make it work...somehow." she said, mumbling the last word.
"I mean you have a big-ass backyard, that could work." I added.
"That's true." Bucky said.
"We just need to start planning." Nat said, grabbing a sheet of paper from who knows where and started scribbling tasks. She was a very organized person.
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Around 6:30pm...
Nat's POV:
Everyone showed up basically on time, which was nice. It took Thor and Carol slightly longer, but they live in space, so...
Wanda, Pepper, Hope, Carol, Laura, and I were inside in the living room, talking, leaving Sam, Bucky, Steve, Tony, Thor, Scott, and Clint outside. Cooper, Lila, and Cassie were in the guest room doing whatever, and Nate who didn't want to be there, but Clint forced him, Emma, and Morgan were in Emma's room playing.
We were all sprawled out on our big, L-shaped couch, with Wanda spread out laying on her back on three of our laps. She reminds me of when I was having Emma. We had a few drinks, but the guys stole all of the beer, or whatever Thor brought. Carol seemed to have found something, because she picked up a bottle and took a sip, then wiped her mouth with her sleeve.
"So, how's everyone doin?" Carol asked.
"Very well, thanks." Pepper said.
"Pretty good." I said.
"It's nice, I haven't seen Clint so relaxed in years, so yeah, I'm good." Laura chimed in.
"Things are great." Hope said.
"I can't. Do. Anything, And it sucks." Wanda said. Everyone laughed.
"Oh, yeah. We haven't caught up in a while, so about that, Wanda?" Laura asked.
"Yes, about this." Wanda smiled, putting her hand on her stomach.
"You told me about it, right?" Pepper asked.
"I came to your house while Nat was gone, so I'm pretty sure."
"Enough with the chit-chat, I want to hear details. Look, I know I'm new here, but I like you guys already. Sorry, I just like being a part of stuff." Carol said, first happy, then a bit disappointed sounding.
"Aw, it's ok. You'll fit in just fine." Pepper said. Carol smiled, and Wanda continued on with her story.
"So it happened during the snap/blip, whatever you wanna call it." Wanda began. "Bucky and I spent a lot of time together, he was so kind about my losses and I helped him with bringing back his old memories and taking out his bad ones. We make a good team, if I say so myself. I don't know, over the span of five years, you get to know someone pretty well, I mean, I'm pregnant, and we consider ourselves 'partners'."
"You think you'll ever get married?" Hope asked.
"Maybe one day, but not now."
"You took his last name, right?" Laura asked.
"I did. Wanda Barnes."
"Awww." Pepper said. "Do you know the baby's gender?"
"No, I think we decided to keep it a surprise."
"I better be the first one to know." I said. Everyone laughed again.
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Steve's POV:
"You look good, man." I told Thor, who had slimmed down back to his usual self.
"Thank you, and you do not look half bad yourself."
"Thanks."
"Should've seen him before he looked like that. Half bad would've been a great way to describe him." Bucky grinned. Everyone burst into laughter. I rolled my eyes and we continued into our conversation.
Around midnight...
At this point, almost everyone had left except the Starks, Bucky, Wanda, Sam, Carol, and of course Nat and Emma. Tony, Pepper, Nat, and I tucked Emma and Morgan in bed in Emma's room, since it was too late to try to take Morgan home. Natasha was sprawled out, half on my lap, half on the couch. Pepper was the same with Tony, and Wanda for Bucky.
"Woah, dude, it's late. I think I'll go." Sam said, yawning and checking his watch.
"You sure? We have a guest room." I said.
"Nah, nah, it's fine. I'm fine to go home. Thanks, though."
"No problem." Everyone weakly waved bye to Sam as he walked away.
"I think I should go too." Carol said.
"How far do you have to go?" I asked.
"It's a bit of a trip, but I'll be fine."
"I know where you're going, Carol, and I'm not letting you go there tonight." Natasha said. Her very awake voice startled me because I thought she was asleep. "You'll stay in the guest room."
"Thanks, but-"
"No. You're staying here."
"Thank you, then."
"Where do you have to go?" I asked.
"New Asgard."
"That's where Thor lives, right?"
"Yep."
"Anything special over there?"
"You could say that, yes." Before we continued the conversation, Pepper cut in.
"I think it's time that we go. If it's no problem, we can pick up Morgan in the morning."
"Of course it's no problem. We'll call when we're up." Natasha replied.
"Thanks for everything. G'nite guys!" Pepper said, half dragging Tony back to their car.
"Uh, I think I'm gonna go to sleep now. W-where's the room?" Carol asked. Natasha slowly got up and showed her to the guest room. Bucky and Wanda fell asleep on the couch for today, they didn't seem to mind, I think they were too tired to care.
"Night, guys."
"Night." Wanda replied weakly. I got up and started walking to our room when Natasha almost slammed into me. All of the lights were off so it was very dark in the house.
"Oof! Sorry!" Natasha whispered.
"It's fine. You ready?"
"Yeah, I'm tired." she said sleepily.
"Me too."
This is my makeup for yesterday's chapter, and I'll post the next chapter as if my schedule didn't get messed up, so...maybe Thursday? Since it's Thanksgiving, as long as I have time I should be able to post the next chapter, but my mom and I are going to have people over and we're cooking, so if it's time to post on Thursday, don't wait for me. XD
Happy *early* Thanksgiving!