Author's Note: I still don't own Marvel's The Avengers or Captain America: The First Avenger. They still belong to Marvel and Disney and people other than myself. I'm borrowing the characters for this story and am using them with love and care (and without getting paid, mind you). This story is still AU so don't expect it to follow any kind of Marvel cannon. This is a sequel to Something's Gotta Give and it picks up about two months after that story lets off. I hope that you all enjoy it as much as the first story because I was thrilled with the reaction that the story got. Read and review if you'd like although I love seeing people follow and favorite the stories as well. Enjoy!

Steve leaned against the nearest bookshelf with a soft sigh as Aly looked through books about pregnancy. She had already picked out several wedding planning books today and Steve was carrying all of them for her at the moment. He didn't understand why she needed all of these books though. He didn't see how hard it would be for the two of them to plan a wedding. Steve didn't see how hard it would be to prepare for a baby either but Aly was insisting on getting books on these subjects for some reason. She already went to the store to set up a baby registry, something else that Steve didn't understand. She was talking about going to a couple of other stores to start wedding registries as well.

"Is all this really necessary?" Steve asked, trying very hard not to sigh again. He had asked the same question when they started looking at the wedding planning books. He had asked it again when Aly grabbed a couple of wedding magazines as well. Both of those times, he hadn't been able to keep from sighing which had earned him a frown from Aly when she looked over at him. This all seemed like it was over planning but Steve wasn't going to question it. He'd get her any books or magazines that she might want because it would make her happy. "I mean, it seems a little obsessive."

Aly glared at Steve for a moment as she put a book back onto the shelf after briefly thumbing through it. She turned her back to him and pulled another book off of the shelf to take a look at it. "Don't start, Steve," she said as she thumbed through this book next. Then Aly pulled a baby name book off of the shelf and looked through that for a moment as well before tucking both books under her arm. "Let's get these things and then we can go wherever you want. Okay?"

Steve wrapped his free arm around her waist and pulled Aly close, kissing the top of her head. "I want to go home but maybe we should stop and get some lunch. We have to make sure that you eat after all. Is there anything you want?" he asked, knowing that he tended to defer to Aly when it came to food these days. Steve had noticed that she didn't like the same things that she'd eaten when they first met and he didn't want to suggest that they eat somewhere that Aly wouldn't want to go. It was easier to ask her what she wanted in case she was craving something in particular.

Aly shrugged a little as they got into line. She wasn't that far along yet, just over two months, but since she'd been to the doctor a few times and had started taking prenatal vitamins, she noticed that the nausea had passed. Of course she drank a lot of ginger tea and ginger ale lately. She even snacked on crystallized ginger now and then which helped with the nausea as well. Aly did, however, notice that certain foods didn't smell as good these days and she had started developing cravings now and then but nothing that ever seemed that odd. "Why can't we go to Coney Island? I want a corndog and a candy apple and some saltwater taffy," she said with a soft laugh.

"Do you really want to walk around just to get that stuff? I mean, we can stop at the store and buy those things," Steve said with a shrug of his shoulders. If she wanted to go to Coney Island, that was where they would go but he didn't want her on her feet all day either. Maybe he worried too much about Aly but Steve couldn't help it. "Maybe we should go home and relax. You deserve to kick up your feet and watch a movie."

Aly rolled her eyes as they walked up to the counter, putting down the books that she had and looking at Steve, nodding to the counter. She watched as he put the books down and saw the way the cashier looked them over briefly as the cashier saw the books and magazines that the couple was buying. Aly rolled her eyes again and sighed loudly. It was enough to make the cashier blush as she finished taking care of them. Aly reached for the bag but Steve grabbed it first. For that, he got a punch in the arm and a glare from Aly although he chuckled softly at her for that.

They were half way to the door when Aly finally spoke again. "You need to stop that, Steve. I'm not broken or something. I'm not going to fall apart just because I walk around for awhile or just because I carry a few bags," she said, shaking her head. "I don't need to constantly sit on the couch. You do realize that I'm on my feet most of the day at work, right? Walking around Coney Island on a Saturday afternoon is nothing. Can we please go?"

Steve frowned a little although he couldn't deny her anything, especially when she seemed so insistent about it. He didn't want her on her feet that much but if Aly thought that it would be alright, he'd let her make that call. "Okay. Okay," he said, putting his hands up as if he were surrendering to her. In a way Steve was surrendering though, letting Aly get her way. "We'll go to Coney Island to grab lunch and maybe even play a few games in the midway but you're not riding anything."

Aly laughed and rolled her eyes. She hadn't planned on riding any of the rides but the fact that Steve felt the need to point that out to her did bother her. "I wasn't planning on it," she said with a shrug. "On our way we need to stop by the gym though." From the look on Steve's face, she could tell that he didn't like this idea. With a sigh, she rolled her eyes. She pulled out her keys and unlocked her car. "I'm driving so I can just stop there whether you like it or not, Steve."

Steve, who had been walking toward the driver's side, turned to head to the passenger side instead. He got into the car, buckling up and then glancing over as Aly got into the car. He watched until he saw her buckle up as well. "Why do we need to stop by the gym?" he asked, looking out the windshield at the moment.

Aly shrugged as she put the key into the ignition and started the car. "Nate said that he had something that he wanted to give me," she said with a little shrug as she carefully pulled out of the parking space. It was a tight fit but she got out safely and started to drive toward the gym. "He wouldn't tell me what it was though."

"Does he know?" Steve asked, glancing over at Aly. He tried not to smile when she looked over at him briefly. "I'm only asking because suddenly Nate wants to give you something. So does he know that you're pregnant or that we're engaged?"

Aly bit her bottom lip for a moment, chewing on it softly. They hadn't told a lot of people about either thing but she hadn't been able to resist telling a few people. A couple of teachers at work knew and so did her parents and her cousin. She was aware that people that Steve worked with knew about this too although she wasn't sure how she felt about that. Aly had also called Nate to tell him. He was like a father to her so she felt like he had the right to know.

Steve chuckled as he watched Aly chewing on her lip. He knew that she was nervous about saying something. It was one of her nervous habits, something that he picked up on rather quickly. "It's okay if you told him," he said with a shrug. He knew that Aly liked to drive with both hands on the wheel so Steve didn't even tempt her by putting his hand near hers although he did want to hold her hand right now. "I figured that you would."

Aly looked over at Steve as they stopped at a red light. There was a light blush on her cheeks and she smiled softly. "You're not mad?" she asked, smiling a little brighter when Steve shook his head. She leaned toward him, giggling when he leaned toward her. Stealing a quick kiss, her attention shifted back to the task at hand, which was driving. "I did tell him. I told him that we're engaged and I told him that I'm pregnant. It's not like it's something that I can hide very well right now."

Steve glanced down toward her stomach. She wasn't showing too much yet but if someone looked carefully, they would be able to see the slight curve to her stomach now. As his eyes moved up her body, he felt himself blush but he knew that her breasts were a bit larger as well. It was something that he noticed so he knew that other people, those who saw her often enough, probably noticed those changes as well. Steve really didn't see how Aly thought that she couldn't hide that she was pregnant at this point though. She wasn't wearing maternity clothing yet although she made it clear that she was going to have to get some sooner rather than later.

"You're hardly even showing, Alyssa," he said with a chuckle, shaking his head a little bit. He knew that she worried about things about as much as he did although he also knew that Aly didn't voice her concerns as often as Steve did. "You look amazing and you're going to still look beautiful once you are showing."

Aly glanced at Steve out of the corner of her eye, laughing softly. She glanced down for just a moment at her stomach. Maybe he didn't see it but she felt like she was showing already. It wasn't like people hadn't commented or started to ask if she was pregnant after all. Maybe Steve didn't see it but clearly other people could tell. Even Aly felt like she could tell that she was starting to show a bit. Maybe it was just because of all of the changes that her body was going through but she certainly felt very pregnant already.

"You're biased. Besides you're not the one who's going to be carrying this child inside you," she said, shaking her head as she turned onto the block where Nate's gym was located. It was that far now and she could feel her nerves growing. Aly really had no idea what in the world Nate wanted and she was both curious and nervous right now.

Steve chuckled and was shaking his head as Aly parked the car. He glanced over at her before reaching for her hand after she turned off the ignition and pulled the keys out. He lifted her hand to his lips and softly kissed it and then leaned in to softly kiss her as well. "Just you wait and see," Steve said with a confident nod of his head. "Pretty soon everyone will be telling you how beautiful you look. They say that pregnant women get this glow about them. I can't wait to see that look on you. It's going to be incredible."