Part 23

Third person point of view:

"Pepper! Hey Pepper! I've got an idea for how to tell tony" Natasha yelled throughout the penthouse. "Pepper where are you? Pep- oh there you are. What's wrong?" Natasha found Pepper lying on the couch with a hot pack on her stomach. 

"Well there is good news and bad news. What do you want first?" Pepper asked sarcastically.

"Bad news?" Natasha said confused. 

"The bad news is I'm not pregnant. I was just really late this month, and my cramps are killing me." Pepper said.

"Oh my god. Pepper, I'm so sorry!" Natasha said giving her a hug.

"The good news is we didn't tell anyone. So we don't have to explain anything." Pepper said sadly.

"I'm so sorry Pepper. I know how much you want kids. Is there anything I can do?"

"Natasha it's OK. Really. Now maybe Tony and I can do it the traditional way. I mean it's not like I lost the baby, I just jumped the gun. I'm fine really. But what about you? How did the surgery go?"

"It went perfect. They removed the device and Bruce is examining it now. The baby did fine during the surgery and I just have to rest till tomorrow. So we are calling a family meeting so Clint and I can get some ideas for baby names, but Fury and Coulson can't come, so it'll just be us. Actually speaking of the meeting, we need to get going so we aren't late." Natasha said helping Pepper up.    

The elevator ride was short and when the doors opened they were met with most of the avengers, excluding Bruce and Tony, and the addition of Maria who was sitting very close to Sam. Bucky was sitting on the couch while Steve stood next to the poster board with Clint. Rhodey was next to Thor, trying to explain to him once again that Natasha didn't have the baby yet and this was a Midgardian tradition to do before the baby was born.  

"Guys where are Tony and Bruce? They need to be here." Natasha asked the group.

"I think they are down in the workshop. I'll go get them." Pepper sighed.

"Thank you Pepper." Natasha said as Pepper got in the elevator.


Pepper stepped off the elevator to find Tony sitting at his desk surrounded by projections with AC/DC music blaring.

"Tony! Tony!" Pepper screamed to get his attention but was unsuccessful. "Jarvis cut the music." She  said at a normal volume and the music stopped instantly. 

"Hey! Jar- oh hi Pepper. What's up?"

"Tony we're having a family meeting upstairs and you're needed."

"Tell them that whatever is going on I'm not needed for. I'm working." Tony said turning back to his projections.

"Oh so you don't want to help pick the name for our future niece or nephew?" Pepper asked.

"What no! That's what's going on? Here I come." Tony said frantically shutting down the computer and rushing into the elevator. "Are you coming Pepper?" 

"I'll meet you up there. I've got to get Bruce." Tony nodded as the elevator doors closed and Pepper walked off to find Bruce. 

"Bruce are you down here?" She called into the lab.

"Yeah. I'm over here." He called from his computer.

"What are you doing? We've got a family meeting to get to, come on."

"I don't need to go Pepper. Go on without me. You guys don't need me there." Bruce said somberly.

"What do you mean we don't need you. We need everyone. We're helping Nat and Clint pick out baby names and Nat wants everyone there."

"I really don't need to be there. I'm not that important. This is a family thing."

"Jesus christ Bruce! You are more apart of Clint and Nat's family than almost anyone else. I mean come on! Your the only one they trust to deliver the baby and Nat wants you there. Nat specifically made me come down here and get you. So turn off your computer, stop your moping, and get your ass in the elevator, because your apart of this family weather you like it or not Bruce."

"You really mean that?" Bruce asked. 

"Yes. Now come on." Pepper said walking to the elevator with Bruce not far behind.



"I mean I'm just saying you did knock her up. You guys should at least start with the names she chooses." Tony said as Pepper walked in.

"You know she may be pregnant, but she can still kick your ass, Tony." Pepper said catching the tail end of their conversation.

"Great! We're all here now, so we can start." Clint said stopping an argument before it could start. "So Steve has volunteered to keep track of the baby names because he has the nicest handwriting, except for Pepper. Does anyone want to start?" Clint asked.

"I think that before we start, we should take bets on what the baby is going to be." Bucky said from his spot on the couch.

"Winter, since when are you a betting man?" Natasha asked in Russian.

"Since my baby sister is pregnant, Natalia." Bucky answered back in Russian while the rest of the Avengers looked on confused. 

"I don't know what you guys just said, but that sounds like a great idea. I'm saying the baby will be a boy. I mean it is the first heir of the Avengers." Tony said, while Steve flipped the poster over and was writing out boy and girl on the top of the paper.  

"Jesus, Stark stop calling our kid that." Clint said exasperated. 

"All right everyone come write your name on either the boy, or the girl column." Steve announced proudly. The Avengers all went up one by one, and wrote their names with Tony leading the pack, and Maria at the back on the phone with Coulson and Fury. When everyone but Natasha had cast their vote the final score was, Maria, Pepper, Bruce, Sam, Bucky, and Fury all voting for a girl, and Tony, Steve, Clint, Rhodey, Thor, and Coulson voting for a boy.

"Come on Nat, you've got to cast your vote, it's a tie." Clint said trying to tempt her out of her chair. 

"No I don't have any idea what the baby is going to be, and I don't care as long as the baby is healthy, it doesn't matter." Natasha said staying put. 

"Natasha it's fine, you can guess, you've got a 50-50 shot, we promise not to hold it against you if you get it wrong." Pepper said to her. 

"Fine. If it will get us on to baby name suggestions sooner I'll guess." Natasha said walking over to the board and writing her name on the girls column, and there was a round of applause from the girls voters. "Alright can we please move on to name suggestions now?" Steve flipped the board over as Natasha walked back to her seat. 

"OK. So as you all know we never expected to be able to have kids, with that said we have absolutely no name ideas, so we are open to any and all suggestions and make as many as you the more names we have the better. So who wants to start?" Clint said and as he finished every hand popped up. "OK I guess we are just going to go around in a circle to start, so I guess we'll start with Bucky. And for the first round we'll start with one of each gender, and we can go around as many times as we want." Clint said unsure.

"For a girl name I say Tatiana and for a boy I would say Sasha." Bucky said with a chuckle, while Steve wrote. 

"Those are nice, but what about Tony for a boy and Tonya for a girl." Tony said arrogantly. 

"Could you be any more narcissistic Tony? I'm thinking Megan for a girl or Noah for a boy." Sam said happily.

"No arguing today boys so stop it." Maria said as Tony opened his mouth. "I have Fury, Coulson, and I's picks. For a girl I would say Tiffany, Coulson votes for Thalia, and Fury thinks Elizabeth. For a boy I'm going with Jesse, Coulson says Percy, and Fury votes Joshua." Maria said reading off of her phone. 

"You guys are reading way to much into this. Nat and Clint are going to pick a very simple name. So I am going with Amanda and Derrick." Rhodey said smugly. 

"I say the child shall have a strong name. I am choosing Eric for a boy, it means king forever and Freya for a girl, she has blessed you." Thor bellowed.

"Oh yeah about that, if we get a fruit and chocolate basket for her can you make sure it gets to her? We want to say thank you." Clint asked.

"Freya is an old god, she died thousands of years ago, but I can put it in her shrine on Asgard. Or you could write a letter she receives those at the end of each day." Thor said, thoroughly confusing Clint who nodded his head. 

"Speaking of that, how did this happen?" Rhodey asked. 

"Well you see Rhodes when two people love each other very much." Tony said sarcastically.

"Shut up Tony. I have no clue how I ended up pregnant. I am still shocked that I have a human growing inside of me, and that in less than six months I'm going to have a baby. So I don't know how to answer your question Rhodey." Nat said with a smile.

"No that's cool, do you at least know where it happened?" Rhodey asked. 

"Budapest." Clint and Natasha said at the same time.  

"Boy do you two have a complicated history with that city." Tony said smiling.

"This is all very interesting, but maybe we should get back to the baby names." Bruce said. "I vote for Nicolle and Spencer."

"I like those, but I think Bianca and Acel are nice too." Pepper said. 

"These are all great names, but I'm surprised none said this yet, none said Peggy or Philip." Steve said while writing his picks down.

"These are all great options guys I don't know what we would do without you. I'm going to order us all some pizza but if you guys want to keep going, be my guest." Clint said walking to the kitchen. 

"But Agent Barton I did not get to go." Jarvis said slightly sad.

"Oh my bad buddy. What are your picks?"

"I've always liked the names Echo and Finnick." Jarvis said.

"I like those J. Hey Nat want to come help me order the pizza?" Clint asked and Natasha walked with him into the kitchen while the Avengers started shouting baby names to Steve.

"Natasha, what's wrong? You haven't said a single word about any of the baby names. We know the baby is OK. We're out of the first trimester and the device is out of you, right now there is nothing to worry about." 

"I'm scared Clint. I don't know how to be a mother or a wife. My past life has almost killed the baby twice now. How am I supposed to keep the baby safe after it's born when I can't even keep it safe when it's still inside of me. I don't know how to do this Clint. I don't think I can." Natasha was starting to cry.

"Tasha you don't have to do this on your own. I'm going to be with you the whole time. You are doing an amazing job keeping the baby safe. None knows how to be a parent the first time around, but that's OK, our family is here to help us. I know you can do this Tasha, I know we can do this, as long as we are together nothing can stop us."

"Clint I know about the mission. Maria told me about it before she told you to make sure I was OK with it. You need to come back home. I can't do this without you. I won't now how to do anything without you. I can't lose you."

"I promise I'll come back home. I haven't married you yet, and I won't leave you ever. I don't know how to live without you, OK? Don't worry about me or anything else for that matter. I will take care of everything I promise." Clint said giving her a kiss and holding her tight to his chest.  



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