Hello! This story is going to be posted from now through Christmas, hopefully. It is not going to be very long, but it will be a multi-chpater fic. I am planning on updating every week, so we should have several chapters before it ends.

This story takes place after Diary of an Avenger, and is some set-up for my second story. You do not have to have read all of the first story, but I would suggest reading some so that you are familiar with Diana.

Disclaimer: I do not own Avengers, only Diana.

Diana: Actually, she doesn't own me either. She just made me up.

Chapter One

Floating in the Stars

Diana Stark awoke to sunlight just beginning to peek into her room. She allowed herself a luxurious stretch before suddenly sitting up quickly. "Jarvis, where did Tony put the decorations?"

"Good morning, Miss Stark. The time is 6:30 AM, and Mr. Stark hid them in the attic."

Diana grinned. "Thanks, Jarvis!" She bounded out of bed and quickly went about her morning routine, gulping down a glass of milk and a granola bar before slipping on some shoes and heading toward the attic door.

On the way, she met Steve who was on his way to the gym. "Good morning, Miss Stark."

"How many times must I tell you to call me Diana?" she asked, a little reproachfully. "Morning, by the way."

"Sorry. Where are you going in such a hurry?"

"Attic. Today is the day I start decorating."

"But Thanksgiving was yesterday. Shouldn't you wait a few days?"

"No way! Where's the fun in that? Christmas is my favorite holiday. I just love decorating and getting into the spirit. Of course, this will be the first year that I have the whole tower to decorate. We used to celebrate in our house in California, but we're all going to be here this year, so I have a lot of work to do. Wanna help?"

Steve chuckled at Diana's rapid-fire explaination. "I'd love to. Where do we start?" With a grin, Diana had him swept up in the details of decorating. She didn't have enough decorations to do the entire tower to her satisfaction, but she did have a paper snowflake for every, single window in the place. She and Steve went around handing out boxes of snowflakes on each floor before returning to the main Avenger floor to eat lunch.

After lunch, Diana dragged Steve after her all over the main floor that the Avengers lived in. By dinnertime, the entire place was decked out with tinsel, paper snowflakes, candy canes and lights. "We'll all decorate the living room together and put up the tree later," Diana said. Then she paused and frowned as Steve collapsed on the couch with a sigh. "Are you okay?"

"Yeah. I'm just not used to all this. It seemed a little crazy."

Diana laughed. "If you thought this was crazy, you would have passed out if you went shopping with Tony and Pepper today."

"Why?"

"'Cause today is Black Friday. The day after Thanksgiving lots of stores have huge sales on their stuff. People go absolutely nuts just to get what they want."

Steve sighed again. At Diana's questioning look, he explained. "So many things have changed from before I was frozen. I guess I was hoping that Christmas would have stayed the same. You know, lots of family and friends coming over and eating cookies and drinking hot chocolate, and singing carols, and just having a good time. Then, a few days before Christmas, the tree would get put up and decorated. It was like the entire neighborhood would be transformed into someplace magical overnight. But everything is so different now."

Diana smiled kindly at him. "We still get a little of that. We don't have many friends to come over, but the Avengers are family now. Once everything is decorated, it does look a little magical. Even the city gets dressed up. You can walk outside and see ribbons and bows and wreaths and lights all over the place. And, of course there is the tree at Rockfeller Center. I love to go skating when it is all lit up. I feel like I'm floating in the stars. That is until Tony runs into me and knocks me over."

Steve laughed. "That sounds like fun."

"Would you like to come with me? They've unveiled it now, so we can go skate tonight if you want. We can finish decorating tomorrow."

Steve smiled, "I'd like that."

That evening, Happy drove Steve, Diana, Tony, Pepper, Bruce and Natasha down to Rockfeller Center to go skating. Clint was on a mission, so he couldn't join them. But that was fine. Steve realized that Christmas hadn't changed as much as he had thought. Diana was ready first, so they all watched her do some figure skating moves while they put on their skates. Tony had rented the rink for the evening, so they were all alone on the ice.

Natasha was ready next. She went out and joined Diana in dancing on the ice. The two moved in sync. While Diana did less complicated moves, Natasha spun and leaped around her. Steve couldn't take his eyes off of her. She was so graceful and confident.

Finally, it was his turn to brave the ice. He had never skated before, so it took some getting used to. Diana was occupied with Bruce, so Natasha came to help him. She held his arm to help steady him as they skate slowly around the outside of the rink.

Steave heard a sound from the center of the rink. He turned to see Diana with her head tilted back to gaze up toward the top of the tree. Her arms were spread out on either side of her, palms up, fingers spread. She was laughing. The sound was so light and free that it made his heart soar along with it.

Diana looked away from the tree and at Natasha. "Come dance with me!"

Steve turned to Natasha with a question in his eyes. She smiled, "Last year, she invited me to join her here. They were building the tower, so they were here for Christmas. We came up with a routine to do, and we agreed to do it every year that we could. Will you be alright if I go dance?"

"Of course. I'd love to watch you."

With a smile, Natasha joined Diana in the center of the rink. Then, while Diana sang a song in what sounded like that Elvish language she was so in to, Natasha did an amazing routine of jumps, spins, and dance moves. Then, Natasha stood in the center of the rink and sang in Russian while Diana did a much less complicated, but no less impressive routine. Then came the grand finale. The two of them wove their voices, languages and dances into one, incredible dance routine that left Steve breathless with wonder.

Finally, the two ended with a bow and the rink exploded with applause. Tony had been videoing the whole thing, and Steve smiled at the look on his face. "That was incredible, you two," Steve told them as they skated over to the side for a rest.

Diana smiled and thanked him, and Natasha nodded in acknowledgement. Steve couldn't help staring for a moment. Natasha's grey-green eyes were sparkling from the exercize, and the cold wind had blown color into her cheeks. Her hair was slightly tousled from leaps she had made, but it still looked beautiful.

"Hey Steve," he pulled his eyes away from Natasha to look at Diana. "Remember what I said about floating in the stars?" he nodded. "That was what I was talking about."