Falling for a Maximoff

Chapter 14: Tired and Wanda's magic

Pov y/n

I groan at the annoying sound of my alarm and turn it off. As much as I would love to stay in bed, I have to get up and go to school.
Since I stayed the past few weeks at the Barton's, I probably have to catch up on some things, even though I did school work when I was not there.
My body feels way to tired to move and my brain isn't awake yet while I go down to the kitchen. For some reason, a lot of the Avengers get up this early, even though they have no where to be.

Bruce will only go to his lab, Thor does whatever a God does and Steve has some administrations things to work on. Sometimes he works out this early but apparently not today. Mom gets up to drive me to school and to go on her morning run.
I never got why she has to run this early, or at all but she says she likes it. Running is one of my least favorite things to do, I prefer other kinds of sports, like boxing or archery, obviously.

Tony is the only one who sleeps longer but I don't mind, especially not this morning. I am not even nearly awake enough to listen to his comments.

Mom was so kind and made me breakfast.
I sit down at the kitchen counter and eat my French toast and fruits. Her eyes are on me as I quietly eat. She eats breakfast herself but I can still feel her eyes on me. But as long as she doesn't say anything, I'm good.

After I'm done, I go back up do get my stuff and meet her outside. She's already sitting in a car and waits for me to get in.
It looks like the car is new but since I don't really know much about cars, I could also be false.
I get in and we drive out of the compound. The way into the city is a little bit longer than expected but we're still good in time and I listen to the radio and look out of the window.

"You look tired." Mom observes and I nod in agreement, not in the mood to talk a lot yet. I'm honestly not really a morning person, especially not when I didn't get enough sleep.
"Did you stay up too long or did you have a nightmare or something like that?" She asks and I turn my head around to look at her.
She looks at me quickly before looking back at the road.
"I stayed up too long." I answer.

It's not a lie, I did stay up too long. Even though she can't read my mind and tell if I lie, she is pretty good at figuring it out. And I also feel bad when I lie to her. Technically I'm lying to her about the whole Wanda thing, well I keep it from her but that's different.

"Please go to bed earlier today, you need to be able to concentrate in school." She scolds lightly and I hum in agreement, knowing I still probably won't do it. Talking to Wanda is just something I really like and I want to find out more about her, so I probably won't stop that, but maybe I can try to leave a bit earlier.

School goes my slowly and I barely pay attention. My mind is half of the time still asleep and the other half of the time, I'm thinking about Wanda.
I don't know why I can't stop thinking about her but she is constantly on my mind.
One teacher notices my absences and asks me after class if I'm alright. I tell her I'm just tired and she lets it go.
My schedule didn't change so mom knows when to pick me up and she takes me back to the compound, after I said goodbye to my friends.

I'm more awake by now and tell her a bit about my day and what we talked about during lunch. She smiles at my telling and we talk about her day for a little while until we arrive.
Even though I don't want to, I sit down at the dining room table and start working on my homework. There's a bit I have to catch up on and I just wanna get it over with.
I get some chips to snack on while I write an essay and feel my brain getting tired. But I continue to work until dinner is ready and I put my stuff away. I got a lot done today and if I keep being this productive the next few days, I should be all good.

Mom and I watch a movie after dinner and Tony joins us, making sarcastic comments about the main character until a glare from my mom makes him shut up.
We go upstairs after the movie is done and mom reminds me to go to sleep earlier today, before she wishes me a good night and we go into our rooms.
I go through my books and pick out three that are different in genre and brush my teeth. Then I sneak out of my room to see Wanda again.

She looks happy when I arrive and her eyes light up a little at the books in my hands, it's adorable.
It takes a while until we figure out how I reach the door to her cell but eventually I stand in front of it.
My eyes scan the door and I see the lock system. There are two bolts, one each on the top and the bottom of the door and one lock in the middle. It looks like both bars need to be pushed down or up so the lock in the middle is usable. Sadly I can't reach the upper one.
Wait, did I just thought about opening the cell? I mean, I don't think Wanda is dangerous...so why not?

She would just have to go back in eventually or mom and the others would notice. I sigh internally, wishing I could free Wanda just for a few moments a day, but sadly I can't.
I open the lid and slide in one book at the time. Wanda picks them up and when I get back to where I can see her, she's sitting on the bed, reading the summary on the back.
When she's done, she looks at me with a smile and my heart jumps a little at the honest joy.

"Thank you, y/n. That's really nice of you. I appreciate it a lot." She says and I blush slightly and smile.
"Of course, I mean, I wish I could do more for you but I wouldn't know how." I admit.
"That's okay, you're already doing a lot. You keep me company for a few hours a day, so I'm not lonely and you bring me books to read. That's already a lot, especially since you're not allowed to." She points out and I remember that I'm not supposed to be here.

When I'm here with her, I forget that it's something my mom forbid me. I just feel good and some kind of happy when I'm here with her and everything else becomes background information.

"I hope it's not rude to ask...why do they think you're dangerous?" I ask and shift a little. I've been wondering that since we meet but never really dared to asked or got an answer.
Wanda leans back against the wall and inspects me a few seconds before she sighs quietly.
"I don't want you to be scared of me, I like having you here." She says and looks down.

My heart beats a little faster and I have to calm myself down to not over interpret her words.
"I won't be scared, and even if I might be, I'll still come back to visit you." I promise and she looks up again.
"I'm not a monster." She states quietly and I look at her and feel a bit sad, why would she think that?
"I know you're not, Wanda." I ensure her and she takes a deep breath before she looks at the books next to her.

She lifts one hand and slowly moves her fingers. Suddenly the book starts to fly and I stare at it, a mix of confusion and shock washing over me.
Is this real? Does the book really fly?
I am not able to say anything and just stare at the book that moves around the cell when Wanda moves her fingers. It settles down after sometime and Wanda's eyes search for mine.

"Did you do that?" I ask and feel dumb for asking. She nods and chews the inside of her cheek, nervously waiting for a reaction.
"That's so cool." I finally burst out and she seems relived "How did you do that?" I ask, amazed by her gift or magic or trick or whatever that was.
"I have magic inside of me." She explains but sounds a little unsure on how to explain it.

"Are you a witch or enchantress or something like that?" I ask excited.
She chuckles slightly and relaxes even more when she sees that I'm not scared.
"No, I'm just a girl with magic powers, I suppose." She answers honestly and I nod.
"You're not scared?" She asks and sounds a little insecure again. I shake my head immediately.
"No. Why would I? That's so cool!" I assure her and she smiles a little.

"People are afraid of the unknown. They don't understand what I'm doing and see me as a threat." She explains her worries.
"I mean sure, it's something I've never seen so far but it doesn't change who you are as a person. So, I don't really have a reason to be scared of you or your magic." I state and watch as she nods and smiles again.

We continue talking about it a little more and she shows me some more and I watch all three books fly around the cell before she yawns. It looks adorable but I can keep myself from staring too much and we wish each other a good night before I go back once again. 

A/n: We now know about Wanda's magic but Nat also starts to get suspicious. Do you think she'll find out, we see Wanda?

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