Time After Time | H. Rogers ✓

eleven - pep talk

Lila put about five braids in my hair with literally twenty bows clipped all around. Also don't forget the glitter all over my face. I'm a human disco ball.

I didn't make her stop, she seemed happy as can be. We played with her toys for awhile.

"Cooper, Lila, Hazel, Dinner!" Laura called.

"Now everyone can see your beautiful hair!" She skipped out.

"Typical."

I turned off the light and walked downstairs.

Lila was washing her hands, I guess Laura makes everyone wash up.

"What on earth-" Tony began but I lightly punched his arm.

"Hazel sit next to me!" Lila called.

"Hazel, your makeover looks lovely." Natasha smiled, as if she knew exactly what happened.

I walked over, sat down then picked up my fork and began eating.

"She's a princess now." Lila grinned and took a bite of her dinner.

Everyone was glancing at my hair and the glitter on my face but I gave a look that said if you say anything bad I'll murder you

Laura is a great cook, I missed good home cooked meals.

Everyone was talking to one another, mostly about Ultron but I didn't have enough energy to care.

They all would be alive if you didn't fail.

I coughed when I was sipping on my water. "Excuse me." I scooted my chair back and ran off outside.

I sat on the steps, wiping the glitter off my face. If I could I would run my fingers through my hair.

I took a deep breath, I don't know the reason for the vision that I saw.

Was it meant to hurt me? Or show me something important.

Was I the cause of the fall of the avengers?

I heard a creek behind me. "Go away, I don't want to hear another heart to heart conversation." I didn't care who it was. I wasn't up for a pep talk.

"You're not the only one who saw things." It was my dad's voice.

Will he ever leave me alone?

"You don't know what I saw." I brought my knees to my chest, a coping mechanism other then biting my nails.

"I let you get hurt..." he sat next to me. "I broke my promise."

I stayed silent.

"I feel like you're pulling away from me."

I'm not trying to.

"But you're not a little girl, I missed it...I missed it all."

I shut my eyes.

"I missed your first steps, word...day of school, smile..." he had a sad smile on his face.

"There's many regrets I have but my biggest one is not seeing you grow up."

I took a breath, this is more then a pep talk.

"Things would have been different if I never went under, I could have actually found and raised you with Peggy."

"You're here now." I finally spoke up "this family, the avengers is all I wanted."

I leaned on his side, he wrapped his arm around my shoulder. "Ultron has to go down, we can't just break apart because of a robot."