Girls Night
This was it, your first girls night in ages. You, Nat, Wanda and Maria had gone out for a nice dinner and drinks, nothing outrageous; you’d told your babysitters you’d be home around 10:30. But about halfway through the night you started to get hundreds of texts flooding your phone. Okay, hundreds was a dramatic way of putting it but still.
It started about five minutes after you got your meal,
Hey, Lily is too young for Astro-Physics right?
Ignore Barnes everything is fine.
You chuckled to yourself and didnt reply to either of them. You would have had your husband watch Lily, it would have been ideal, but with him out of town you were left with no other option but earth’s mightiest heros to watch your toddler. Fifteen minutes later and…
Okay, just so you know, Tony is going to have your walls re-painted. Lily and Steve got super into finger painting. There might be a Van Gogh in the hallway courtesy of the captain.
You almost choaked but managed to keep a straight face at the table.
“You good?” Wanda asked catching the brief struggled you’d had.
“Yeah, I’m just starting to second guess my babysitting choices.” You chuckled.
“Oh, no. What happened?” Maria asked taking a sip of her wine.
“Nothing, I think.” You checked your phone for anymore texts and were relieved to see there were none.
The evening continued on nicely and then came the dessert course.
Lily had mac n’ cheese for dinner with some carrots and peaches.
What Bucky isn’t telling you is that he’s spoiled your daughter and also gave her three scoops of ice cream, popcorn and a half a snickers bar.
Sam talks to birds, you can’t believe a thing he says.
You took a deep breath and ignored them. If she had that much sugar she should go crazy for a bit and then crash. It was fine. It’s gonna be fine.
You and the girls got your check but decided to hit up a coffee shop since you didn’t have to be back for another hour and a half. You had just gotten your drink when you felt your phone buzz in your pocket.
LADY MEG WE REQUIRE YOUR ASSISTANCE. THE SMALL CHILD NEEDS YOUR PRESENCE TO SLEEP. NO AMMOUNT OF MOVING PICTURES OR SOFT PLUSH ANIMALS HAS CURED HER TEARS.
She was crying? Well, had Thor figured out how to turn off the caps lock on his phone, this would propbably seem less dramatic.
“Ladies,” You said with a sigh.
“They can’t handle it, can they?” Nat asked with a smirk.
“No.” You smiled as everyone headed for the door. “And apparently Lily is crying.”
“Poor thing.” Wanda cooed.
What’s Lily’s favorite movie?
If I promise to take her to Disney do you think she would calm down enough to go to sleep?
My mom used to give me a spoonfull of Gin to get me to go to sleep. Is that allowed?
You panicked and fumbled to text Bucky back.
I’ve locked Mr. Barnes out of the liquor cabnets, the bar downstairs, and Mr. Stark’s personal collection.
You sighed and braced yourself on Natasha showing them the texts that had stopped your heart. They thought it was funnier than you did.
Meg, I’m so sorry. I’ve tried everything but she really wants you.
- I’m headed back now. ETA 10 minutes. Tell her I’m coming and put on Mickey Mouse Clubhouse. The one called “Little Parade”.
You took a deep breath and looked out the window of the cab. Eight more minutes and you could hold your baby.
The cab ride was short and you found yourself almost sprinting to the elevators at Stark Tower. When the doors finally opened you followed the sound of Mickey and the gang and found Lily and the boys watching the T.V.
Bucky was holding Lily and he whispered something in her ear. She snapped her head around and climbed out of his lap, running to your arms.
You scooped her up and could see that she had been crying pretty hard. She held onto you pretty tight and within minutes was asleep on your shoulder.
You thanked everyone for their help and took Lily to your room, tonight you’d snuggle your baby and make sure you were there when she woke up in the morning. She was your world and you’d give up ever going out again just to be with her.
