Starting Over

Ch. 44

The couple slept soundly the whole night, awakening to their usual alarm sat by Friday.
"I forgot that was set." Natasha groaned burying her face in her pillow
"Guess we forgot to tell Friday to turn it off." Steve says chuckling at his Fiancé. "About last night, I..."
"Hey, we're okay. We'll be okay." Natasha says turning to face him.
"Still, I'm sorry I scared you." He says leaning down to place a kiss on her lips.
"I love you." He adds
"I love you too, Rogers." She smiles against his lips.
"Now, breakfast?" He asks raising himself from the bed.
"Yes, please." He hears her reply from her place in her pillow
"get an extra 15 minutes of sleep in alright." He says pressing a kiss to her shoulder as gets out of bed.

He makes his way to the kitchen, cooking pancakes in hopes of getting Wanda to eat something more than she had the past few days. He smiles when he feels, arms wrap around his torso. A kiss placed in between the shoulder blades of his t-shirt.
"The 15 minutes help?" He asks
"Just a little." Natasha smiles against him. "Fri, do you have any updates from while we were gone?"she asks the A.I.
"Yes, Ms. Romanoff, it appears Mr. Evans has called the compound various times during the course of your absence asking about Ms. Maximoff."
"Shit." Natasha mumbles "We didn't even tell him, it's been weeks and he probably hasn't even talked to her."
"In our defense we had a few bigger problems to worry about, babe."
Wanda then enters the kitchen looking much more refreshed and better than she had the past few days, Lia attached to her hip.
"Hey, kiddos. Good morning." Steve smiles at them
"Morning." Wanda mumbles. She makes her way to the table, helping her sister into the seat next to her.
Natasha goes to the nursery to wake Luna while Steve finished breakfast.
The family sits a the table, talking amongst themselves as Wanda pushes pieces of pancake around her plate in syrup.
"Think you can eat a few more bites, Milaya?" Natasha asks as she feeds Luna
"I can't...I'm sorry..." Wanda mumbles
"Hey, that's okay. Progress, yeah?" Natasha reminds her. "You wanna help?" The spy gestures to the baby's bowl of oatmeal, Wanda nods taking the bowl from Natasha's hands. Luna eagerly tapes her tray as Wanda spoons oatmeal into her mouth.
"Wands, when's the last time you talked to Noah?" Natasha asks. Panic flashes over the teens face.
"Before... oh no, Mama, he's gonna break up with me... he probably thinks I'm ignoring him."  Wanda says quickly.
"Sweetheart, I'm sure that's not the case. Why don't you go talk to him?" Steve suggests. The teen nods before dashing of to her room in search of her phone.

Wanda's eyes scan her desk look for her phone amongst the belongs from her trip. Thankfully, Natasha must have plugged it into a charger when they returned. Wanda's eyes scan the large amount of messages on her phone she only seems to get more anxious

Noah❤️
"Hey Wands, hope everything is okay? Call me later, I miss you!"
"Everything's okay right? Call me when you get a chance, hope you having lots of fun."
"Wands, I'm really worried it's been a week..."
"Are we okay?"

Kate💜
"Hey it's not like you to miss bio, where ya at?"
"MJ and I will have the sleepover completely planned by the time you come back, I hope everything's okay! We miss you!"

MJ🖤
"Wow dude, you're just gonna ditch school without us. Haha, we miss you!"
"Help, I have to deal with Kate at lunch all my myself! :|"

Pete🕸
"Hey, Wands, I know it's been a while and we haven't been on very good terms lately but is everything okay? You've missed a lot of school."
"I hope you're not still mad at me, if you are I understand I was a jerk. Just let me know you're okay."
"I don't know if you'll ever get this message, I hope someday I'll be able to tell you how sorry I am in person. I've been a terrible friend and a bad brother to you, Wands. I just want my sister back. I'm so sorry. If you end up getting this message somehow just please come home. I know Steve and Nat are working really hard to find you. Stay strong, Wands."

Wanda finds her eyes tearing up as she reads the messages, her fingers hover over Noah's name, before hesitantly pressing on it. She listens as the line wrings but picks up quickly.
"Wands? Wanda, are you there?" She hesitates.
"I'm here."
"God, it's good to here your voice." She hears him sigh.
"I'm so sorry, I haven't been able to talk to you... a lot has happened...I..." she struggles to keep her tears at bay
"Hey, it's okay. Are you at home?" He asks his voice calm through the speaker
"Y-yes." Wanda replies
"Can I come over?"
"Now? you're at school..." she says
"School will be here tomorrow. I'll see you in about 45." He adds and she can hear the swinging of his back pack as he throws it over his shoulder.
Wanda quickly messages Kate and MJ telling them she was out of the country to visit family, partially true, she ponders on messaging Peter, settling for the truth:
"Hey, Pete. I'm okay, it's been tough but I'm home now. I've missed you, pizza night and Star Wars soon?"
Wanda wipes her tears before heading for the kitchen.