Starting Over

Ch. 20

To say Natasha was enjoying being engaged to Steve was an understatement. Something was different, in a good way. They seemed to grow closer if that was possible, now if they could just get that date. Wanda had been over the moon, when she woke up the next morning her eyes landing on Natasha's left hand.
"No way!" She said nearly dropping her cup of tea, before sitting it on the counter and grabbing her hand to get a closer look. "You did a good job." Wanda said turning her attention to Steve after her eyes analyzed the small silver band and small diamond. Steve had knew Natasha wouldn't want anything too flashy.
"Thanks kiddo, I'm just glad your Mama said yes." Steve smiled reaching over to give Natasha's thigh a squeeze
"Did you think I would say no?" Natasha asked quirking an eyebrow at him playfully in question.
"I was hoping for a yes." Steve replied in a teasing tone.
They ate breakfast soon joined by the little ones, making bets on how long it would be before the rest of the team found out.

Wanda rolled her eyes as she sat at the kitchen table.
"Do I have to go?" She asked. It was a nearly week after Christmas and Stark was having his annual New Years Eve Party at the Tower.
"It'll be fun Malysh, I promise. Tony's intern, Peter, will be there, maybe you two can hang out." Natasha said, currently already dressed in her dress for the party. She may or may not be wearing the dress Steve loves.
"You say that every party..." Wanda sighed. Over her few months at the tower she had certainly become accustomed to Tony's partying habits, there was one at least once a month. Needless to say, she was very happy when the compound was built and they were able to get out of the city.
"This one is supposed to be more low key, team and family only." Natasha says going to stand in front of the girl. "If we get there and you want to come home, you just let me or your dad know okay? Tony said we can stay at the tower if we want on our old floors, but we can always come back home." Wanda nodded, exhaling as Natasha rubbed her shoulders.

An hour and a half later, Wanda exited her bathroom clad in a red dress. It was nice, a little snug much to Steve's dismay, but Natasha just elbowed him telling Wanda she looked nice. Wanda sat at the vanity as Natasha helped her with her hair, fixing her brown curls into a half up braid. Wanda nodded in approved before grabbing the lip gloss out of Natasha's makeup bag. Steve came in the bathroom to see both girls getting ready
"Wow" He said running his eyes up Natasha's frame. She watched as a blush creeped up his cheeks, when she made eye contact with him.
"You look beautiful." He said leaning forward to kiss her. "So do you, kiddo." He added planting a kiss on Wanda's cheek. Steve, Natasha, and Wanda made their way to the elevator. Steve picking up the toddler still in her normal clothes, while Natasha carried the baby. Wanda followed behind carrying their two duffles in swirls of red. They decided to take jet, as the flight would be under 30 minutes. They were meeting Clint's family there too.

Wanda heard the music before they enter the building, it was loud but the sound was muffled. She followed Steve and Natasha to drop of the bags and the children to the sitter Tony had offer the Roger and Barton families. Natasha finally approved after running numerous background checks on the young girl who would watch the girls. It wasn't long until they were greeted by Tony and Pepper.
"Capsicle, Red, Sabrina good to see you." Tony said already slightly buzzed from the scotch in his hand, shaking Steve's hand and giving Natasha a hug before nodding in Wanda's direction. Wanda played with her bracelets, avoiding his gaze. She wasn't exactly fond of the man, he was arrogant, cocky, and self-centered. Not to mention his bombs killed her parents, she wasn't one for grudges but that it seemed to always leave her stomach unsettled in his presence.
"It's good to see you guys." Pepper smiled, giving the three of them a hug before her eyes found Natasha's ring.
"Oh my gosh! I just found out you were dating last month and now you're engaged?!" Pepper asked gasping
"What's going on over here?" Clint said making his way to the group and arm wrapped around Laura's waist, she too noticed the ring.
"No way, when did this happen?!" Laura bring Natasha's hand closer to her face.
"You got engaged and I wasn't your first call?!" Clint asked hand to his chest, faking hurt.
"It just happened a week ago." Natasha replied rolling her eyes at Clint's drama.
"It just sort of happened, I saw the moment and I took it." Steve smiled
"Congratulations, guys." Clint said slapping a hand on Steve's shoulder before leaning in closer to him "Our talk still applies."
"Clint." Natasha said narrowing her eyes at him.
"Hey, I'm just giving him a fair warning...." he replied

After the news had rang through the party, the attention finally seemed to be off the Rogers family. Wanda was thankful, she was currently sitting across the bar from Natasha, who had poured the girl a glass of sparkling juice before making her own drink.
"Why don't you go talk to Peter?" Natasha nodded in the direction of a teen boy playing a game of cards with Sam.
Wanda looked wearily over at them. He seemed nice enough, dorky and a little loud. His brown hair fell over his forehead as he laughed at something Sam said.
"Hey ladies." Steve said walking to the bar.
"I was wondering when you were going to come over here. You should really watch your staring, Cap." Natasha teased smirking at him from over her drink
"I can't help that my fiancé is very, very beautiful. You look gorgeous, Nat." He said leaning over the bar as she met him in the middle, pulling him in for a kiss.
"I'm gonna go before there's any more PDA." Wanda said taking her drink and venturing off towards Sam and Peter.
"Public displays of affection make people very uncomfortable." Steve smirked "including our daughter."
"Yes they do." Natasha replied kissing him again
"You think we could sneak away for a bit?" Steve asked pulling away. He watched Natasha analyze the terrain for a moment, Wanda seemed to be in a conversation with Peter and Sam. Their other girls were upstairs on Steve's floor.
"We probably could if we went to my floor." Natasha says after a moment, he doesn't waste anytime in grabbing her hand and sneaking up the steps to her floor. No one says anything when the both return slightly more disheveled than before, though Clint does give Natasha a smirk as she sits next to Steve on the couch her legs draped over his lap.

Wanda makes her way over to Sam and Peter, when she realizes she's never talked to anyone her age before in years, other than Pietro of course.
"Hey, Wands! Glad you could join us." Sam says "This is Peter, he's pretty cool."
"Hi, it's nice to meet you." Wanda smiles sitting on The other side of Sam.
The boy blushed before stuttering out "I-It's nice to meet you t-too. I-I'm Peter."
"I'm Wanda." She adds, as Sam deals her in.
A few hours later and they're in Stark's theater room watching a Star Wars movie Wanda's never seen before. There's a few things she's learned. One, Peter is 15 and he goes to midtown. Two, he blushes really, really easy. Three, he really loves science and Star Wars.
They're an hour into the movie when Peter asks "So where do you go to school?"
"I'm homeschooled, well online actually." Wanda replies
"That's cool." Peter says completely changing the subject "You're training to be an avenger right?"
"Umm, sort of..." Wanda mumbles
"I saw you carrying in your bags, with the red clouds. That was really cool!" Peter says
"I..." Wanda stutters, she didn't know if Peter was supposed to know about her power or not, she had thought they were alone on the roof.
"Sorry, I didn't mean to pry. Mr Stark says I talk too much sometimes." He says "do you want to see something cool?"
"We're watching a movie, no?" Wanda asks confused as to why he would need to show her something in the middle of the movie.
"Come on." Peter says, going to the elevator and into Tony's lab.
"Are we supposed to be in here?" Wanda asks looking at all the tech littering the lab.
"Yeah it's fine, I'm here all the time." Peter says " See this." he says picking up a small bottle before clicking it into a bracelet on his wrist. Wanda watches in amazement as her shoots a web from the device across the room
"That's really cool." Wanda says
"Thanks. I uh, noticed you didn't seem too comfortable with me knowing about your powers so I wanted to show you mine. I'm Spider-Man." He says "You're the Scarlet Witch right?"
"Yeah." Wanda replies and for the first time it didn't seem so bad.

Hi everyone! Sorry this is a short chapter but I thought that the ending was really cute, so I wanted to leave it here.  I promise the next chapter will be longer! Thank you guys for all the reads (already at 4K, that's crazy!), I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter. As always feel free to leave any feedback or suggestions of what you guys want to see in the comments! -musicgirl145