《The Stranger on the Train》Chapter 25: Marvel

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Pov y/n

I wake up with a smile on my face, the last night still very present in my memories.

It was amazing and the perfect first date.

There were a few little difficulties like the money thing but we talked about them and figured something out.

The dinner was extremely good and together with watching the sun set, it was the best atmosphere I could have asked for.

Memories paint pictures before my eyes and I see Scarlett's beautiful eyes in my mind, how they look at me with so much care and sweetness.

After we left the restaurant, we decided to go for a little walk before returning to the car.

We just strolled around the streets, eventually ending up with the Hudson River on our left. Since the sun is down, it got a little chillier but none of us minded and we just put thin jackets on.

We didn't talk a lot during our walk, just here and there pointing some things out. It was a calm and comfortable silence and we just enjoyed each other's company.

After an hour of walking or so, it got quite late, we made our way back to the car and got in.

We decided that Scar will drive me back to my apartment because she doesn't know when Rose will be back tomorrow and there is a chance that she has to pick Rose up after breakfast and we didn't want the morning to be rushed.

She got out of the car as well, when she found a spot near my apartment building. The closest street lamp was broken, which left us in a bit more darkness.

I leaned against the car and looked up into the sky, hoping to see some stars but sadly New York is too bright to see stars. I let out a little sigh, missing the stars.

"What is it?" Scar asked and stood in front of me, taking my hands in hers.

"I just miss seeing the stars in the night sky. Back home I could see them and they were so beautiful and fascinating." I explained my sigh and she looked up as well, searching for stars. We both looked for a while but we couldn't see any.

"You will get to see some stars again." Scar whispered due to the quiet atmosphere and I tilted my head back to look at her.

"I already see some. Whenever I look into your eyes and you are happy, they sparkle as if they had a bunch of stars in them." I whispered back, a smile on my lips as I lifted my hands up to cup her cheeks.

I could feel them heat up a little at the compliment and Scar just leaned into my touch as a reply.

Her eyes locked with mine and I saw the sparkling I just described in them. Seeing her this way made me truly happy and even though it wasn't very romantic, I wished that moment could have lasted forever.

Her hands found my hips and first just laid on them, until they wrapped around my further, pulling me a little more into her.

My body made contact with hers and it started tingling, making me get excited just by the simple gesture.

She leaned us a little back, until my body was meet by the cold metal of the car, a nice contrast to the heat that was radiating off her body and building up between us.

My back a little arched, due to her hands, that pulled me into her.

My eyes darted between her lips and eyes while her face slowly came closer to mine.

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I closed the little gap between us and met her soft lips.

Our lips danced together as if they always had and were destined to do just this, even though we haven't kissed that often.

After we pulled away, she leaned her forehead against mine and slowly traced her hands back to my sides, letting my back out of it's arching and I instantly missed the warmth of her body.

"Thank you for tonight, I hope we get to do this again." She said and leaned a little back to see my eyes better, her face shining with happiness.

"No, thank you for taking me on this date, it was perfect. And I also hope, we can do this again." I replied and watched her smile grow and her nose scrunched up a little bit.

We gazed into each other's eyes for a few more moments, until she let go of me and took a step back.

"See you soon. And if not before, then at least on Wednesday." She said with a grin that I gave right back and nodded.

"Yes, at least on Wednesday. Good night and sweet dreams, Scarlett." I said, giving her a small wave that she returned before I turned around to go to my building.

The memories end and I smile to myself, more than happy with how last night turned out.

I cross my arms behind my head and look up at the ceiling, thinking about what to do today.

Since I have a free day, I can do whatever I feel like.

Scarlett's and mine conversation of yesterday comes to my mind, where we talked about the movies she was in.

A smile appears on my face when I think about seeing her in a movie because it means I get to see her.

It may sound cheesy or something but I already miss seeing her face and hearing her voice, so watching a movie might be a good idea.

What movies did she list again?

Right, a couple of the Marvel movies.

I roll onto my side and grab my phone to look up in which she was.

I don't really know any of them but from the few websites I'm looking through, I'm gathering, that I should be able to watch the 'Avengers' movies without needing too much information beforehand.

The internet also tells me that I can only watch those movies on Disney plus, which I don't have. And I don't remember any other movie names.

I let my head fall back with a silent groan, I was looking forward to watch them.

My phone vibrates and I look at it, a smile appearing on my face when I see a message from Scarlett.

Scarlett: Good morning, how did you sleep? :D

Y/n: Good morning, I slept good. : ) What about you?

Scarlett: I also slept good. What are you doing at the moment?

I purse my lips a little, thinking about if I should be honest but yes, there's nothing wrong with wanting to watch movies she was in.

Y/n: I looked up the Marvel movies you're in because I wanted to watch some but turns out, you need Disney plus to watch them, which I don't have so that sucks.

Scarlett: Oh yeah, I think if you legally want to watch them, you can only do that on Disney plus. We have an account, if you want to, you can have the password etc. and watch those movies ; )

Y/n: That's so sweet honestly, thank you!

Scarlett: Of course! I'll send you the details as soon as I looked them up.

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Y/n: Great! So, what are you doing at the moment?

Scarlett: I'm about to do some gardening as long as Rose is still with her father.

Y/n: Sounds good, have fun.

I feel instant regret at the heart, not sure if it was the right decision to sent it.

Scar is typing and I bite my lip, afraid to have done something wrong but when her text pops up, I feel relieved and smile.

Scarlett: Thank you, you too.

She sent a heart back! That's a good sign, right?

I mean, it doesn't mean anything or it does mean something but eitherway, I'm glad she didn't seem to judge my heart.

After a few more minutes of staying in bed, I get up and get ready for the day. Today it's quite hot, so staying inside might not be a bad idea.

Since it's still not too warm outside, I open a few windows to cool my apartment down before I make breakfast.

My phone buzzes once again and I smile when I see that Scarlett sent me the login information for her Disney plus account. She also said I can make my own profile on there, which is really sweet of her.

Sadly I can't just start watching because I need to go buy some things today before I do anything else. Because I know myself, if I don't do it now, I will not do it at all today.

With a sigh, I get up, grab my things and a few bags and leave my apartment.

I hurry up in the store and decide to buy some ice cream as well, it'll go perfect with the hot weather and the movie afternoon I have planned.

I hurry up on my way back and put the ice cream in the freezer, so it won't melt further. Then I unpack the rest and change into some comfortable shorts.

I decide to watch the movies in the living room, taking my laptop down with me.

The login in quickly done and I smile when I see two profiles on there, one being Scarlett's with a penguin as profile picture, the second is Rose's with a picture of Anna from Frozen.

I smile at the choice and click the button to add a profile. It's been a long time since I watched the Disney or Pixar movies, so I simply choose Maleficent as my profile picture.

It feels a little strange to login over Scarlett's account but she offered it to me and is totally fine with it, so no reason to feel guilty or anything.

I click onto the Marvel icon and a bunch of categories pop up with even more movies and shows and I feel a little lost, having no real clue of this.

So, I slowly scroll through the categories and movies until I reach the bottom.

'Phase one', seems logical to start there.

After another click I also find the Avengers movie and start it.

I let the intro play and lean back a little but before I really watch anything, I remember that I bought ice cream and pause the movie to get the ice cream, settling back on the couch with it and a spoon, now I'm ready to watch.

The first few minutes only confuse me but I assume that might be because I haven't watch any of the movies before. I'm not sure, what I expected but even after a few minutes, I still don't see Scarlett. Maybe she has only a small role in this?

Well, I guess I'll just have to figure it out.

The title appears on my screen and I put another spoonful of ice cream into my mouth.

I hear her voice before I recognize her face and I almost choke on my food.

She looks really attractive and the red hair looks amazing on her. It makes her look different than now though, so it took me a second to recognize her.

I swallow right before she starts to speak Russian and I get chills from how hot that sounds. My eyes are glued to the scene and when she starts to fight, I can't help it but to be even more amazed. How does this woman pull it off to be this beautiful and attractive during a fight scene?

I almost don't listen to the plot, too distracted by her appearance but I eventually focus back on the plot, not wanting to not understand the next few hours.

I have to say, the movie is good, although my attention always slips away, when I see Scarlett on the screen but who can blame me?

Everything about her is amazing and I just wish I could see her right now but I feel like it would be weird to just text "hey, I just watched 'Avengers' and you were so great that I now want to be around you".

I will see her again very soon, at least on Wednesday.

Suddenly I get very excited for that day and to see her again and also to spend some time with Rose.

My heart warms up at the thought of the two blondes and I almost feel a yearning inside me to go see them but I also don't want to disturb their mother-daughter time. So, I decide to continue watching Marvel.

I know from the internet that Scarlett is in every Avengers movie, so I decide to watch the next one.

It makes me chuckle and actually laugh a few more times than the first movie and adds a nice atmosphere to it.

When a brunette, young looking girl appears,I feel my jaw almost dropping. That woman is really beautiful as well. Marvel seems to have an eye for great women, although that woman looks quite young, I'd say she's maximum my age.

I continue to watch the movie, crushing on the character my almost-girlfriend is playing.

Wait, what?

Do I really think of Scarlett as my almost-girlfriend?

I mean, we are dating yes and we have feelings for each other, in some way, but do I hope she'll be my girlfriend soon?

Yeah, I mean, if I'm being honest, I do. I would like for her to be my girlfriend but I am aware that she might need time to think about all of this and to figure out what she feels.

I focus back on the movie, not wanting to get lost in thoughts and questions I can't answer on my own.

Instead of that, my mind starts to seriously wonder how old that brunette woman is and I decide to look it up.

I pause the movie and search the cast of the movie. When I see a picture of the actress, I'm surprised because she looks quite different than her character, at least now.

After some more searching, I find out, that the movie is from 2015, so a few years ago.

Okay, that explains why the actress looked younger back then.

Not that she looks very different now, she looks really, really beautiful and I have to admit, also quite attractive but in my opinion not more than Scarlett.

Having that settled, I continue the movie, admiring Scarlett and her character. Without having watched more than two movies with her, I am already having a crush on her character, which may be influenced by the fact that I have a crush on the actress who plays this character.

Although, I'm pretty sure it's way more than a crush by now.

Just as the second movie finishes, my phone goes off and I am surprised to see that Scarlett is doing a video call.

I sit up properly before I accept it and smile at my camera, expecting to see Scarlett but Rose's face pops up.

"Hiii, y/n." She says with a wide grin and even through the phone I see the chocolate around her mouth.

"Hey, little dolphin. What's up?" I ask and hear her giggle at the name while her face lights up even more.

"Mommy said she already texted with you today and I wanted to see you too, so I asked her to call you." Rose explains and waves at me, the phone shaking a little as she does so. I chuckle and wave back.

"That's a nice surprise, sweetie. How was your weekend so far?" I ask and listen to her talk about how she was at her dad's.

This time it seems to have been good because she looks really happy and is very excited to tell me about the water park her father took her to. In all details she describes the floaties she wore and the swim ring she was wearing. I listen to her with a smile and ask a few questions to show her I'm listening and interested. When her story ends, her cheeks are a little bit red from her excited rambling and she looks adorable.

"Oh and Mommy had ice cream for me today." She adds and for a second I see Scarlett siting beside her before Rose tilts the phone back.

"That's great! I also had ice cream today." I say and hold mine into the camera. Rose's eyes grow big and she grins at me.

"What did you do while eating ice cream? I was allowed to watch an episode of my show." She asks and proudly tells me. I smile at her proud face.

"I was also watching something. I watched your Mom in one of her movies." I answer Rose's question and her eyes grow even bigger and she bounces excitedly a little.

"Which one?"

"Avengers and Avengers: Age of Ultron. They are the ones where your Mom is the superhero." I explain, not sure how much Rose actually knows about this. But she giggles.

"I know that, I even have her action figure and we played superheroes together once, do you remember?" She asks, waiting excitedly for my answer.

"Of course I remember, it was a lot of fun." I agree, making her grin happily.

"Do you like Mommy in those movies?" Rose asks further and the phone seems to sink on her hand as the angle changes. It seems like her arm got heavy.

The camera is moved a bit more and I hear some shuffling before I have a clear picture again. Now I can see Rose again and behind her Scarlett, probably holding the phone while Rose is sitting on her lap. Scarlett smiles sweetly at me and I give her a little wave that she returns.

"You Mom is amazing in those movies, she looks really great too!" I say, seeing Scar's smile widen and a slight blush appears on her cheeks. Rose doesn't notice that and just nods in agreement.

"I am not allowed to watch the movies yet because I have to be older first but Mommy showed me some clips where she doesn't fight and some videos from when she wasn't filming or did something wrong. Those clips are funny." Rose giggles to herself and Scarlett and I both smile at the little girl enjoying herself.

"Yeah, I can imagine." I agree and see Scarlett's eyes shift to look at me.

"Did you know that I was in Mommy's belly when she filmed that second movie?" Rose fills me in on some extra information and I raise an eyebrow in surprise.

"No, I didn't know that, little dolphin." I say and shake my head a little.

"I was." She states proudly and I give an impressed nod to Scarlett. I really didn't notice her being pregnant but my respect that she still did such an incredible job.

"When I was a little older, Mommy even took me to set with her. It is funny to watch them play and jump around. She doesn't look like my Mommy then and she sometimes is a little mean but she isn't really, she's just pretending." Rose tells me, nodding during her words as if it was a big secret. I smile at her adorableness and nod as well.

"That's good then because your Mom is way too nice to be mean." I say, looking up at Scarlett, who gives me a happy smile. Rose nods and hums in agreement.

"I will go play now, bye." She says after a few seconds, waving into the camera.

"Have fun, sweetie and bye." I reply, waving back at her before she slides off of Scarlett's lap and disappears out of picture.

"I will humbly say 'thank you' for all those subtle compliments." Scar grins and now I'm the one blushing a little.

"I meant each one just as I said them." I assure her and she nods with a wide smile.

"I'm glad you enjoyed the movies." She says and shifts a little into a more comfortable position.

I ask her a few things about the other movies and she tells me in which she is in and which I maybe should watch to understand everything.

To sum it up: I need to watch pretty much every movie.

I laugh a little when she ends her explanation and she chuckles as well.

Before I can ask her something else, Rose's voice is heard from the background, asking her Mom to play with her.

Scar gives me a quick smile before we say goodbye and end the call.

It's only now that I notice that I have been smiling this whole time. Seeing Scarlett and Rose just made my heart happy and I start to realize that my feelings may be stronger than I thought.

A/n: We finally watched a few of the Marvel movies.

And I know, it seems almost impossible for y/n to not know who Scarlett was in the beginning but it was important for the storyline.

Also, I am not like y/n, I watched every Marvel movie (maybe except two) :D

Thanks for reading and love to you all

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