Sitting in the dress shop Gwen's fingers flew across the screen of her phone as she texted Bucky. They had been texting back and forth for the past hour. She had given Bucky a phone a week ago and he's been starting to master it pretty fast. Smiling at her phone, Gwen didn't notice that Ronda was now standing in front of her.
"Gwen?"
He brown eyes shot up and looked at her friend, who looked inpatient.
"Sorry, it was-"
"Bucky. I figured. Come on, we have to pick a dress."
"I know, I know."
She said standing up and follow Ronda over to the closet rack of dresses. They have been out for the past two hours looking for bridesmaid dresses. The rest of the Macey's wedding entourage were somewhere else in the store, but Gwen and Ronda could hear them alright.
"I don't know what style I'm looking for here?"
Gwen said looking at what seemed like the hundredth dress she had seen that day. She was happy that Macey had gone with using one style of bridesmaid dress and not the popular 'everyone picks the kinda same dress, but they're different'. The wedding colours were turquoise, grey, and eggshell white. Devon and his groomsmen are going to wear tuxedos with turquoise accents, and Devon's tux was to have white waistcoat and the groomsmen were to have black waistcoats. While the bridesmaids had to wear grey dresses
Gwen pushed away the dresses she didn't like and continued to look for the perfect dress. Feeling her phone buzz, Gwen looked over at Ronda to see her looking at two different dresses. Quickly Gwen pulled out her phone and saw Bucky's message.
When are you coming back? -Bucky
Well whenever I find this dress I'll come back. So far I'll be back by...let's say next week :((((
Cramping her phone back into her pocket Gwen went back to looking at dresses. Then in seconds her phone buzzed again.
Where are you? -Bucky
Mia Amore Bridal.
Gwen rolled her eyes and looked at Bucky's message again and read it over again. He wasn't going to show up was he?
"Gwendolyn! Put it away!"
As if she got her hand caught in the cookie jar, Gwen fumbled with her phone, almost dropping it as she put it in her pocket. Looking back over at Ronda she glared at her and she just rolled her eyes.
"Calm down, Ronda. I'm looking, I'm looking."
She told her as she looked back at the dresses on the rack. Ronda gave her one last look and turned back to the dresses.
"Have you found anything you like?"
"No. This is so hard."
Gwen told her with a whine as she pushed thought more dresses. Ronda laughed and took another dress of rack, holding it up to herself.
"How are things with your super soldier?"
Ronda asked as she looked back at Gwen struggling thought the dresses. Gwen paired over at her with a smirk on her face as she thought about Bucky.
"Things are going really well. When Steve came back last week Bucky told him about us. He's totally okay with it. Things are going really great."
Ronda nodded and put the dress back walked over to Gwen. Standing right behind her Ronda looked around to see that they were alone then whispered in her ear.
"How's he in bed?"
Gwen rolled her eyes and laughed, pushing Ronda away from her. Ronda just looked at her, waiting for an answer. Gwen groaned and went back to looking at dresses.
"I wouldn't know yet."
"Excuse me? You haven't climbed that yet? What happened to you Gwen? What happened to my little sluty Gweny."
Ronda said wrapping her arms around Gwen. She tried to pull her off of her and rolled her eyes for the millionth time at Ronda.
"I grew up. I realized that I wasn't 21 anymore and that I needed to focus on my career here, Ron."
Ronda let go of Gwen and flipped through some of the dresses that Gwen had looked pass. Out of the corner of her eye Gwen saw that Ronda was still looking at her.
"So, now that you're done with Brock... you think you could send him my way?"
"Ronda!"
"What? He's hot and from what you told us fucking great."
"No."
"Rude."
Gwen smiled and picked up a dress and held it up to her, turning to Ronda.
"What do you think?"
Ronda put her finger to her chin and looked over Gwen's dress. She turned her head and then shook her head. Groaning Gwen put it back and moved to another rack of dresses. After another five minutes of looking at dresses Gwen felt someone walk up behind her.
"Ron, if you ask about Brock one-"
Turning around Gwen jumped when she saw Bucky standing behind her. Putting her hand over her heart she slapped his chest.
"You dick. What are you doing here?"
Bucky laughed and leaned down, giving her a quick kiss. Giggling Gwen turned back around and looked at more dresses. Bucky wrapped his arms around her and looked at the dresses with her.
"I just thought you might need some help. And who's Brock?"
"No one."
Gwen said as she looked down at the rank and pushed past more dresses.
"You've been at this for how long?"
"Almost two hours."
"Girls and your shopping."
"Oh shut up."
Gwen said trying to step on his foot but Bucky picked her up. He kissed her neck then put her back down on her two feet. Gwen smiled and grabbed another dress and held it up to her body then turned around to look at Bucky.
"What do you think?"
Bucky took a few steps back and looked at the dress that she held. It was grey, strapless and had ruffles. He pictured her wearing it and he smiled.
"I love it."
Gwen giggled and walked past him and towards where Macey and the other girls where. She called Macey's name and held up the dress.
"I found one! And this super cute accessorie."
She said pointing back at Bucky who was walking behind her. Macey laughed when she saw Bucky. Jennifer and Abigail moved Ronda out of the way so they could look at him and both of their jaws dropped.
"Where can I find one of those?"
Abby said not taking her eyes off of him. Ronda laughed and looked over at her.
"Hey, Abs you have some drool you might want to get."
She said and Abigail rolled her eyes and wiped her mouth. Gwen handed Macey the dress and the bride studied it. Bucky's blue eyes looked over at the eyes that he felt on him and saw the rest of Gwen's friends looking at him. Ronda pushed the two other girls over to him and went and hugged him.
"How's it going, Buck?"
She asked as Bucky gave her a quick hug.
"It's good. You?"
"Things could be better. These are the rest of our crew. This is Jennifer and Abigail."
Bucky turned from Ronda to look at Gwen's two other friends that he had heard so much about. Both Jennifer and Abigail couldn't stop looking at him, he was gorgeous. Now they didn't hate Gwen for not hang out with them all the time to spend her time with him, they couldn't blame her.
"It's great to finally meet you, Bucky."
"We've heard so much about you. It's good to finally put the name with a face."
Bucky shook both of the girl's hands before Gwen walked over and wrapped her arm around Bucky's side.
"You girls found anything?"
"Yeah, I was wondering where you found this, cause I want my own."
Jennifer asked looking over Bucky again, making Gwen laugh.
"Sorry ladies. I'm one of a kind."
"Well that's not a lie. Seriously was I the last to find a dress?"
Ronda, Abigail, and Jennifer all held up a dress by a hanger, showing Gwen that she was the last to find a dress. Groaning Gwen let go of Bucky and looked around for the changing rooms.
"Let's go get these bad boys on."
Ronda said as the girls started to head back towards the changing rooms. Bucky followed the girls to the back of the store. Gwen gave him a quick kiss on the cheek before walking into a changing room, leaving him with Macey in the waiting area. Bucky sat down on the expense looking white coach and folded his hands in his lap.
"You know that Gwen RSVPed with a plus one."
Macey said as she sat down next to him on the coach. Looking over at her Bucky wasn't sure on what to say to her.
"I hope that plus one is for you."
"You do?"
"You make her happy Bucky. Gwen has been through some serious shit in the last few years. Seeing her happy is like waking up on Christmas morning. Thank you Bucky."
Macey told him as she placed her hand on his leg and smiled at him.
"You're a good man, Bucky."
"That's what Gwen tell me."
"Well you should believe it."

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Gwen sat on the edge of her bed looking at the dress that now hung in her closet. Macey had gone with the dress that Abigail had picked out. It was a strapless sweetheart grey dress. It had cut down the middle at the bottom. She liked the dress but she couldn't help but not to stare at it.
"Bucky told me you were in here. Are you okay?"
Gwen didn't turn around as she heard Pepper come into her room. The sound of her heels hit the floor as she walked over to the bed and sat down next to Gwen on the bed. Pepper followed Gwen's eyes to the dress and smiled.
"The dress is amazing."
Gwen took in a breath then looked over at her friend next to her. Pepper was taken back when she as that Gwen's brown eyes stained red and tears were rolling down her cheek. Pepper grabbed Gwen and pulled her into a hug. When Gwen landed on Pepper's shoulder the tears started to fall again.
"Shh. Sweetheart it's alright. Just tell me what happened."
"I'll never be able to do this Pepper. I'll never be able to get married."
"What makes you say that?"
"Look at me, Pepper! Who'd want to marry this?"
"Gwen…"
"I'm an insane workaholic who works for superheros. Then I get involved with one of my clients? God, I knew that this would happen. What is wrong with me? I've broken so many rules with him. I could have my license taken away for this, and for what? With a guy who has been brainwashed and frozen for the last 50 years. I'm fucking wreck."
Pepper held Gwen tighter and rubbed her back.
"Gwen. Everything is going to be alright."
"What do you know?"
Gwen yelled pushing her friend away and stood up looking down at her, glaring down at her. Pepper just looked at her with a look of confusion.
"Gwen, I-"
She didn't want to listen. Gwen turned on her heels and strommed into her bathroom, slamming the door behind her.
"Gwen, open the door."
Pepper said knocking on it. Sinking down the floor with her back to door, Gwen closed her eyes and placed her head on her knees.
"Go away!"
"You're acting like a child, Gwen."
Gwen didn't say anything and just continued to cry into her knees. On the other side of the door Pepper was walking away from the bathroom and to the hallway. Once she stepped out of the room the door slammed behind her. Pepper turned her head and glared at the door. She walked down the hallway and down to the kitchen. Stromming into the kitchen everyone looked at her.
"Where's Gwen?"
Tony asked as he watched her walked over to the coach. Sitting down and looking over at the window.
"She's not coming out."
"What happened?"
Steve asked getting up from his chair at the island counter. He had the same look of concern on his face as Bucky did.
"I wouldn't go talk to her."
Bucky got off his chair and walked down the hallway. Steve hurried to his friend and placed his hand on his shoulder. Turning around Bucky looked at Steve.
"Bucky, she doesn't-"
"I'm going to talk to her."
He said pushing Steve's hand away and continued to walk down the hall. When he got the door he pushed it open and then stormed over to the bathroom door. With his left hand he pounded on the door.
"Open the door."
"Go away Bucky!"
"Gwen!"
He roared and he rested his fist on the door. Taking a deep breath, Bucky closed his eyes.
"Gwen, please. Just open the door."
"If you're so strong open it yourself."
Bucky sighed and grabbed the door knob and pulled the door off the hinges. Gwen let out a scream as she moved away from the door. Bucky walked into the room as Gwen stood up and glared at him.
"What the hell is wrong with you?"
Gwen screamed at him. Bucky just looked at her and cupped her face in his hands and kissed her. Gwen pushed him away and glared at him again.
"What the hell!"
"Gwen, what's wrong?"
"You! You are what's wrong with me! You just came into my life and royally fucked it up!"
"How did I royally fuck things up for you?"
"I'm risking everything I have worked for the last ten years! If anyone found out about us I could lose my license. Do you know how much time and money I have spent to be here? I went to Harvard for eight years! I'm still paying off the loans from that and I'll probably be doing that for the rest of my life. Then you just break into my life and shake everything up! Bucky, do you see what is wrong with this? There's almost 70 years age difference between us. Nothing good can come out of this!"
Bucky just looked at her like he had seen a ghost.
"What brought this up?"
"I was left alone with my thoughts too long. It would be best if you just left me alone."
"No it wouldn't. Gwen we need to talk. You don't have to be alone anymore."
"No. Bucky we don't need to talk."
"Yes, we do!"
Bucky yelled stepping a large step towards Gwen, pinning her to the wall. Gwen looked up at him with fear in her eyes.
"Bucky…"
"Gwen, I care about you. I'm sorry if all of this is too much to handle. I just can not have you in my life. I thought that Bucky was dead a long time ago. Gwen, you saved me. I can't lose you."
"Bucky. I can't do this."
Gwen said pushing him away and walked out of the bathroom.

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Author's Note:
So yeah. Don't hate me for this, but I have things planned.
Sorry about the late update. Shit has been happening at home and it's getting bad and annoying.
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