Girl's Night
When Sage got home that day, she darted straight to Wanda’s room, knocking franticallly.
Wanda threw open the door clad in a pair of tiny shorts and one of Pietro’s hoodies. “What’s wrong?”
Sage grinned at her breathelessly. “Emergency girl’s night?”
Wanda’s eyes lit up. “Colour me intrigued. I’ll talk to Natasha and Pepper.”
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Pepper was, regrettably, the last one to arrive, and when she walked in, the party was already in full swing. Natasha was quietly braiding Sage’s hair as she chattered back and forth with Wanda. “Ladies.” She greeted them, pulling a pint of ice cream from the mini fridge and four spoons. “What did I miss?”
“Not much.” Wanda smirked. “Sage has a crush on someone.”
“Oooh. Do tell.” She handed out the spoons and sat down beside Wanda, turning her attention to Sage.
The girl flushed and took a spoonful of ice cream, murmuring an apology when Natasha tugged on her hair to keep her still. “Okay, so. Today was the first day back, which sucked.” Wanda and Natasha cooed sympathetically, but Pepper - who had barely had a day’s rest since Christmas - rolled her eyes. “Anyway. When I walked into first hour, there was someone in my seat. Which, that’s fine. I can ask people to move, but she was new, so I didn’t want to be mean. And besides that, she was really, really frickin hot, so that was another reason not to ask her to move, because, like, hot people are intimidating, and-” She saw Pepper’s raised eyebrow and reached for her phone, hissing when Natasha pulled her hair again. “Ow, Nat. Rude.”
“If you want straight braids, любовь, then you need to hold stil.”
Sage scowled and unlocked her phone, grinning suddenly at what she ahd pulled up. She turned the phone to Pepper, who whistled.
“Alright. Fair enough. Continue.”
“So, she’s from Florida-”
“She moved here from Florida? In the middle of winter?!” Wanda looked personally offended, which caused Pepper to laugh.
Sage grinned too, and barely resisted the urge to nod. “That’s exactly my thoughts. Anyway, our class schedules are practically identical, so we hung our for th ewhole day. I’m practically in love with her already.”
Natasha hummed thoughtfully, and Pepper glancced up to see the soft smile on her face.
Wanda stole the ice cream from Pepper and started eating it, sighing when Sage pouted and held our her spoon. She scooted toward the younger girl and started feeding her bites of ice cream in between her own, causing the girl to smile contently.
Pepper couldn’t help but smile. Some days, she swore Sage was practically a cat.
“What’s her name?” Natasha asked quietly, fingers still deftly braiding the blonde’s mass of hair.
Sage’s brows furrowed as she ate another bite of ice cream. “If I tell you, are you guys going to stalk her like you did with Aerin?” She shot a pointed look at Wanda since she couldn’t glare at Natasha.
The Sokovian girl shrugged unapologetically. “No promises.”
The blonde sighed. “Her name’s Adeline.”
Pepper serruptitiously pulled our her phone. “Adeline…?”
“Collins.”
Pepper immediately did the backgroun check and sent it to Tony without context, looking up to see Sage glaring at her.
”Pepper.” She whined. ‘I thought we were friends.”
The ginger smiled sardonically. “Honey, I love you, but I’ve loved Tony a whole lot longer.”
Sage pouted, though the experession quickly dissolved into laughter when Wanda shoved ice cream in her mouth. “I think I’m gonna offer to take her for coffee on Friday. Y’know, show her around the city.”
Natasha snorted, tying off her second braid and starting to massage her neck. “You barely know your way around the city, любовь.”
Sage groaned, tilting her head forward. “Yeah, I know. But Addy doesn’t know that. And anyway… I want her to meet Aerin and Sam and Jason.”
“Mhmm.” Wanda narrowed her eyes in sage’s direction. “When do we get to meet her?”
“Well, gee, I dunno, can y’all even manage to meet someone without them figuring out you’re Avengers?”
Pepper’s brows furrowed, and Natasha chuckled.
“They made us, huh?”
“Yes, Aerin made you. Each one of you is about as subtle as a boiling tea kettle.”
Pepper blanched. “A civilian made the whole team because you were all checking them our because of Sage?!”
“Blame Tony.” Wanda offered the CEO some more ice cream, and she took it, grumbling.
Sage’s head shot up suddenly, grin wide. “Let’s watch The Princess Bride.”