Guys... I'M BACK!

Wahh, I know it's been so long since I've posted anything, and for that I apologize :( But, here I am now! Back at ya with another Avengers Fanfic! This idea honestly came to me because I realized that there aren't really too many OC pregnancy fics out there. Because of that, I ended up contemplating my life and my time in the fanfic community and decided that if I wanted to see an OC pregnancy fanfic, then I was going to have to write one myself!

So here I am!

Honestly, it's funny because I have started writing SOOO many fanfic for a broad variety of different shows/movies/anime, yet this one was just the easiest to write for me so that's what I've been working on when I have the free time. Any of you who have read my previous fics know that I only post things once I complete them, hence the reason it takes me so damn long to post a story. This one is an exception, however. I am almost done, I have everything except the last couple chapters written. I just couldn't wait to share it with you. It is literally 12:30 in the morning as I post this. That is how excited I am to share it with you guys! :D

So, with that being said: I really hope you enjoy it! I'll be posting the second chapter tomorrow- or, well today... (Friday) and from there, I will be updating every Friday. After this story, I think I might have one or two one-shots to post, but other than that, I am going to TRY to work on a ROTG story I started but then randomly stopped half way through the year last year. I honestly don't know why. Probably because I have a problem with starting to write things but then never finishing them...

Anywho, on with the story!

DISCLAIMER: I DO NOT OWN AVENGERS OR ANYTHING MARVEL! So please Marvel, don't sue me 0.0

7 Months Pregnant…

Cadence sighed.

She turned over the piece of thick construction paper in front of her and looked at it thoughtfully, turning it again.

Why wasn't this working?

She had tried just about everything she could possibly think of, but nothing seemed to work. No matter how hard she tried, she wasn't getting the results she wanted which annoyed her to no end.

She sighed again.

'Last time I ever try something off of Pinterest,' she thought to herself bitterly. She violently crumpled up the piece of construction paper and tossed it into the black trash bag sitting beside her.

'Another one bites the dust.'

All she wanted was some nice decorations for the baby's nursery. After not seeing anything she particularly liked in stores, Cadence had the bright idea of trying to DIY the room's décor herself. After all, what better way to decorate her child's room than with items handcrafted by her own two hands?

Yeah, turns out that idea was much better in theory.

"Stupid internet with your stupid impossible DIY's," Cadence muttered to herself in annoyance as she began to pick up all the loose paper that managed to spread itself around her while she was cutting the thick sheets of construction paper, ranging from various shades of blue.

They may not have known the baby's gender yet, but that didn't stop Cadence from designing the room in the stereotypical "boy" color.

She liked blue dammit, and if she wanted to make her child's room blue, then she was going to make her child's room blue. Whoever said that blue was a boy's color was a complete idiot. Blue is her favorite color, and she's a girl. Blue was a beautiful color and didn't deserve to be stereotyped towards males only. There's nothing wrong with being female and liking the color blue.

She sighed once more.

'I'm hungry,' she thought to herself. Suddenly, all of the things she had been craving for the past couple of weeks popped into her head and she could already feel herself drooling at the thought of it.

It was decided right then and there that she was going out for food.

After she was done cleaning up the small space around her, Cadence moved to stand up only to realize that she had a problem.

She couldn't.

While it was true that she wasn't overdue and ready to burst or anything, she was seven months along.

Translation: she was huge. She felt bigger than a beached whale at this point. She was actually dreading getting any bigger than she already was. She knew she still had two to three months left, so she could only assume she was going to grow even larger.

This time, she groaned at the thought.

Knowing that nobody else was there to help her at the moment, Cadence tried her hardest to get herself onto her feet. Hell, if she could get herself onto her knees she would be happy at this point. However, no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't manage to get herself up on her own.

With that being said, there was only one thing left for her to do if she didn't want to be stuck on the floor until Steve got home.

'Ugh, this is going to be so embarrassing…"

"Jarvis?" she called out.

A few seconds later, a voice responded.

"Yes Mrs. Rogers?"

"Um," she stammered out, dreading having to stoop to this. Deciding to go with the person on the floor above hers, she continued, "Can you tell me if Bruce is home please?"

A few seconds went by before she got a response, "Mr. Banner has gone out to lunch with Mr. Stark."

Cadence huffed in frustration, "Can you tell me who is home then?"

"Mr. Barnes seems to have just returned from his run with Mr. Wilson. Is something wrong miss? If there are any issues, I can contact Mr. Rogers for you."

Cadence shook her head, "No, that won't be necessary, but thank you Jarvis. Can you call Bucky up here though? I need a bit of help."

"Right away Mrs. Rogers."

Cadence wanted to bang her head in a wall.

She hated being pregnant sometimes. Sure, the outcome would be great, but getting there was almost hellish with so many new things to get used to. Sometimes she just felt overwhelmed with how frustrated she'd become.

Usually, Steve was there and ready to help her through each and every one of those situations, but unfortunately for her, he had just taken a mission and wouldn't be back for a week or so. It wasn't too dangerous of a mission, so she didn't worry that much. He was still away, however, and it were moments like these that she wished he was home with her.

In the few minutes that she waited for Bucky to come and help her, Cadence brushed the few tears that managed to escape from her eyes away from her face.

'Damn these annoying pregnancy hormones,' she thought to herself, chuckling at how something as insignificant as getting stuck on the floor had made her start to cry.

Suddenly, the door to the nursery was swung open, leaving a very panicked looking Bucky standing on the other side of it. It took less than a few seconds for him to scope out the entire room before his eyes fell on Cadence, who was lying flat on her back in the middle of the room.

"I need some help," she said in embarrassment, sniffling a bit at the end.

Bucky was beside her faster than she could blink.

"What's wrong? Did something happen? Are you hurt? Is it the baby?"

All of these questions left Cadence grinning in amusement. Ever since Bucky had moved into the Avengers Tower, he and Cadence have gotten along swimmingly. It all started with Steve wanting his best friend to meet his girlfriend and from there, blossomed into a beautiful friendship. Now, Bucky is like the brother she never had. She knew she could go to him with anything, and he knew that he not only had Steve to go to when he had a bad dream or a relapse, but Cadence as well.

And Steve was more than happy that they had become so close.

It wasn't uncommon to see the three of them up in the entertainment room: Steve sitting on the couch with one arm wrapped around Cadence and Bucky on the floor propped up against the front of the couch as they all watched movies that Cadence usually recommended.

They were like the three musketeers and had been that way for the past few years.

So as soon as Cadence found out she was pregnant, not only did she have an overprotective Steve on her hands, but an overprotective Bucky as well. He wasn't as bad as Steve, but his protective side definitely showed through over the past seven months.

Cadence didn't mind though. To be honest, she found it cute how often the two super soldiers worried over her. It let her know that she had people that cared about her and her unborn child.

Cadence quickly brushed his worries aside with a flick of the hand, "I'm fine. I'm just kind of stuck."

Bucky looked at her in confusion before realizing what she meant.

"You can't get up, can you?"

Cadence frowned, "You know, I really don't like that annoying little smirk of yours."

With a raised brow, Bucky's smirk widened, "Sorry, but I can't just ignore how amusing this situation is."

Cadence rolled her eyes, "Yeah, yeah. Can you just help me up please? Every moment lying here just makes me feel more and more like a beached whale."

Bucky let out a soft chuckle before offering Cadence his hand. She gratefully accepted, more than happy when he carefully pulled her up and onto her feet.

After balancing herself out, Cadence reached over to grab the trash bag and her phone that sat right next to it.

"Thank you Bucky," she said, blushing lightly in embarrassment.

"No problem Cade. Anything else you need?"

"Actually…"

Bucky raised a questioning brow, "Yes?"

"I'm hungry."

"And…" he asked, not seeing what the problem was.

"I'm also tired. And my feet hurt," she admitted.

Bucky sighed.

"Chinese or Thai?" he asked, already knowing where this was going.

"Thai please!" she smiled, all previous signs of frustration completely wiped from her features.

Bucky shook his head and rolled his eyes as he turned for the door, "I'll be back."

"Thank you Bucky!" he heard from behind him as he made his way down the hallway to the elevator, on his way to go buy his very pregnant friend some Thai food to satisfy her craving.

After all, he and just about every other Avenger living in the tower knew not to mess with Cadence's cravings.