Chapter 36: Perfect
They didn't stay at the party long; leaving after their dance. When the fast song ended, Wanda pulled away from Claire, kissed her once more, and walked over to the table where their things remained untouched and watched as Claire went up and talked to the DJ. She watched him fumble around a bit before handing Claire a small flat square case. Claire soon joined her and the two of them left the party and began walking back to the car.
"What did he give you?" Wanda asked as they get away from the loud music of the party. Claire held up the CD case and handed it to Wanda. She inspected the disc through the see-through case, reading the name of the song: Never Stop (Wedding Version) by SafetySuit.
"It's the song that played when we danced. I thought it would be nice to know the name of our song." Claire placed her arm around Wanda's waist, pulling her close and kissed her lightly on her cheek. Wanda beamed at the gesture and held the CD close to her chest, feeling her face heat up once more. Our song. She liked the sound of that.
The walk to the car didn't take long and Claire unlocked it, placing her mask and Wanda's hat, broom and bear in the backseat next to their buckets of candy, and they both got in. Claire started the car and pulled out of the parking space, heading in the direction of the safe house. Wanda took out her phone, sent a quick message to Jemma letting her know they were on their way home, and sighed contently.
"You okay?" Claire asked, glancing at her, voice full of concern. Wanda chuckled and put her phone away after reading Jemma's reply.
"Of course," she said still beaming. She placed her hand on Claire's thigh and leaned over in her seat and kissed her cheek. "Thank you for tonight."
"You're welcome. I'm glad we were able to do this."
"Me too. It was a really great idea. I had a lot of fun."
"I'm glad. I was paranoid all week thinking it would go wrong or that it wouldn't be as fun as it sounded—"
"I love it when you worry like that," Wanda said biting her lip. Claire sent her a confused look.
"You love when I worry?" she asked, not bothering to stop her laughter. Wanda blushed and stammered as she thought of a way to explain herself.
"I didn't mean it like that. I guess what I meant was, when you worry like that, it shows me that you really care, and that's what I love. I love that you care so much about me and what I think." Claire's smile softened and she glanced down at Wanda's hand on her thigh and then up to her eyes before looking back at the darkened road.
"Of course I care about what you think. I love yo—" her heart stopped; she wasn't paying attention to what she was saying and she almost said it. "your opinion." Nice save. "I mean, you mean a lot to me, and I want you to be comfortable with me." She hoped that Wanda didn't notice her little slip up, and she was grateful for the darkness of the outside and inside of the car to help hide her panicked face and deep blush. Wanda smiled and leaned back in her seat, resting her head against the back of her seat and closed her eyes.
"I like spending time with you," she muttered.
"I like spending time with you, too."
"Claire?" she asked, opening her eyes again and looking at the redhead.
"Yeah?" Claire wanted to look at her, but she had to keep her eyes on the road.
"When we get back, can we still watch that movie in our costumes and eat our candy?" Claire giggled, almost perfectly picturing the innocent pouty face that Wanda gave whenever she wanted something, which included biting her bottom lip when it came to Claire.
"Of course we can, but to be honest, I'm probably going to change into some comfy pjs. I think this fake hair is giving me a rash." Claire exaggerated of course, and Wanda laughed her beautiful laugh.
"You mean it doesn't feel like the same thing?" she joked back making Claire laugh too.
"Absolutely not, but why don't you give it a feel and you tell me." Claire grinned at her, fully accepting the fact that she might be really bad at flirting.
Wanda looked at the CD case still in her hands and opened it, gazing at the CD. A small smile spread across her lips as she remembered the warmth she felt with Claire's arms wrapped around her and the shivers that ran down her spine when Claire sung in her ear. She thought back to the small sparks that exploded on her skin when Claire kissed her. She liked all of those things; it was almost like a high, an ecstasy that she's never experienced before and so much wanted to go back to.
They soon arrived back at the safe house, and as Claire pulled into the driveway, Wanda's hand fell on hers, stopping her from turning the car off and getting out.
"Wait," she said, causing Claire to stop moving and look at her. She held up the CD in her other hand, a dreamy smile on her face. "I want to dance with you. One more time before we go in."
Claire grinned and took the CD from her and placed it into the stereo and turned up the volume. The song started to play, and the two of them got out of the car, leaving the doors open, and stood in front of the car, headlights blaring at them, casting lovely shadows on the garage door. They resumed their position of Claire's right hand on Wanda's waist and her left hand in her right, and Wanda's left hand on her shoulder, and Claire pulled her close, brushing her nose against Wanda's as they spun around in a slow circle, all wrapped up in the song.
They were so wrapped up in each other that they didn't notice the curtains of the front window shifting open as the nomad Avengers and Jemma watched them dance, approving and loving smiles glued to their faces.
The song ended much faster than Claire would've liked, but she looked down at Wanda's face, still smiling and kissed her forehead. There will be a more perfect moment, she thought, as they pulled away. Claire went back to into the car, grabbed their things with the help of Wanda, and closed the doors and locked the car before the two of them headed towards the front door. Wanda stopped suddenly in front of the door and turned towards Claire.
"I really did have fun tonight," she said quietly.
"I did too." Wanda stepped closer to her and briefly glanced at her lips that were starting to swell.
"So...I did my own little bit of research on first dates, and something that I found was that, if the moment's right, people will when the date's over and they drop their date off at their house," Wanda said quietly, biting her lip. Claire sent her a cheeky smiled and leaned in, but stopped before their lips touched, teasing her.
"But the date's not over yet, is it?" And Claire pulled away and placed her key into the lock, opening the front door. Wanda huffed but grinned at her as she walked in, already meeting Jemma's smiling face. The rest of the team sat in the living room, acting as naturally as possible, hoping that they wouldn't pick up on the fact that they were all spying on the young couple.
"So, how was it?" Jemma asked, closing a book. Wanda smiled as her cheeks turned a light pink.
"It was great. We had fun." Claire studied the room and the faces of her teammates and family and gently pushed Wanda through the room, sensing the barrage of nosey questions that were about to be thrusted at them.
"Yeah, so we're gonna go watch a movie and just relax. Come on, Wanda," Claire said, her face a dark red. Wanda tried to suppress her giggles as they left the room and walked into Claire's room. Claire closed the door and leaned against it, letting out a deep sigh.
"Keep the door open!" they heard Jemma yell from the living room, and Claire let out a groan as she flopped onto her bed, covering her face with her hands, the redness in her face spreading to her ears. Wanda laughed as she crawled on the bed next to her and rested her head against her chest.
"You know she's just kidding, right?"
"Of course I do, but it doesn't make it any less embarrassing." They laid there for a while, Claire having moved her hands from her face to come around and embrace Wanda. She planted a small kiss against her temple and played with the ends of her brown hair. After a minute, Claire got up and walked towards her dresser, pulling out a pair of long red pajama pants and a black t-shirt. She then walked over to her closet and pulled out a blue towel. "Do you mind if I hop in the shower really quick?"
"Sure, go ahead." Wanda started to get comfy on Claire's bed, taking off her shoes and placing them on the floor and tying her brown hair up into a ponytail. "Do you want me to join you?" Claire froze, her fingers grazing the doorknob. Her face blushed a bright red, expanding all the way to her ears and down her neck. She slowly turned towards Wanda; her mouth hung open in shock. Wanda bit her lip trying to hold in the laughter, but she failed and she fell back on the bed, howling in laughter. When Claire realized she was kidding, she sighed and rolled her eyes, but the redness didn't go away. "I'm so sorry! I should've have done that, but I just couldn't resist!"
"You're so cruel, you know that?" Claire asked, attempting to hide the small smile that crept up on her face. Wanda got off the bed and hugged Claire, still laughing. "I thought you were actually serious."
"I'm sorry," she giggled. "Do you want me to join you?" Her tone was much more serious than before and even slightly accusatory. Claire looked at her with sincerity.
"I kind of do, but I'm only gonna let you join me when you're ready to join me." Before Wanda could reply, Claire left her room and entered the bathroom down the hall.
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When Claire came back from her shower, she settled onto the bed, pulling Wanda close to her, and started the movie. While she was gone, Wanda also changed out of her costume and into pajamas and brought their buckets of candy on the bed with her.
Wanda laughed as Claire quoted different lines of the movie in the same dramatic tone as the actors.
"How many times have you seen this movie?" she asked giggling. Claire laughed with her.
"Too many times. I used to watch it a lot as a kid. It was one of my favorite movies." Realization suddenly struck Claire, and she hopped out of the bed, scaring Wanda. "Oh! I almost forgot. I got you something."
"Claire, you didn't have to get me anything..." Wanda said, guilt washing over her since she didn't get Claire anything. Claire ignored her moved to her closet and pulled out the extra bags of chocolate.
"I wasn't sure how good the pickings would be when we went trick-or-treating or how long we would stay, so I went ahead a bought extra candy." She handed the bags to Wanda who inspected the packaging. She studied the blue bags, reading the words Crunch and smiled.
"My favorite...but how?"
"I saw you eating them at one point and you made a comment about how they were your favorite." Claire shrugged. "I know it's not much, but...I wanted to make you happy." Wanda placed the bags down on the bed and got up and embraced Claire, snuggling into her chest. She felt the damp tips of Claire's red hair dance lightly against her fingers and she moved her hands up and ran her fingers through it, humming happily.
"I don't think I've ever been this happy," she mumbled in Claire's chest, shivering as Claire's chuckle reverberated through her. She gripped her tighter, trying to pull her as close as she possibly could. "You make me happy, Claire."
Claire smiled a loving smile and said, "You make me happy, too."
They soon pulled away and went back to the bed and finished the movie and a good portion of their candy, which they would regret later. Wanda started to fall asleep towards the end of the movie, and when it was over, Claire picked her up and carried her down the hall to her room, disregarding Wanda's protests.
She pushed Wanda's door open with her foot and walked over to her bed, gently laying down on her unmade bed. Wanda grabbed the blankets and pulled them over her as she settled down. Her eyes fluttered as she fought the exhaustion and stared into Claire's gorgeous purple eyes.
"Go to sleep, Wanda," Claire whispered as she knelt down by the bed. She then stood up, placed a kiss on Wanda's forehead and made her way to the door.
"Wait," Wanda called out to her. She stopped and walked back. Wanda sat up and wiggled her finger, beckoning Claire closer. "The date's over now, so you have to kiss me."
"Yes, ma'am," Claire whispered as she pulled Wanda in for a kiss. It was short, but sweet and passionate and left her feeling weightless.
"Thank you again for tonight. I had a really great time."
"You're welcome. Goodnight Wanda." She left her side, giving her one more smile and opened her door.
"Goodnight Claire," was the last thing she heardbefore she closed the door and headed back to her room.
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