Joy giggled as she looked at the confused looks on her parent's faces, she had finally got them to kiss.
"Darling, what was that? You are being very naughty" said Natasha as she looked at Joy and she shook her head; she knew that Joy had purposely moved her head back so she would kiss Dom and not her.
"Princess, what were you thinking about, why did you do that?" asked Dom as he looked at Joy.
"I'm sorry, I just moved my head a bit" said Joy as she stopped giggling.
"Are you sure about that darling, because to me it seems like you did that on purpose" said Natasha as Joy just blinked and she did not say yes, or no.
"My darling, don't be naughty like that, it's not good to be mischievous, or set up things like that" said Natasha as she looked disappointed.
"I'm sorry mommy, I didn't mean to be naughty" said Joy in a sad tone as Natasha looked at her and then she looked at Dom who looked at her.
He could see that she wanted him to say something here, so he looked at Joy.
"Princess, you can't be mischievous like that, you can hurt someone's feelings, it's not nice to play games like that" said Dom.
"Your daddy is right my darling, it's not nice to play games that can hurt people" said Natasha as she looked at Joy, she did not want to be the only one scolding her for what she did, which was why she expected Dom to step up an explain why what she did was wrong.
"I'm sorry mommy, I'm sorry daddy, I didn't mean to be naughty, I'm sorry" said Joy as she felt sad and she hugged Natasha as Natasha sighed and Dom looked at her.
"It's fine my darling, I know you didn't mean to, you just have to be conscious that things you do can hurt other people okay?" asked Natasha as Joy nodded.
"Good, now it's alright my darling, we are not upset with you, right?" asked Natasha as she looked at Dom.
"Right, your mommy is right princess, we are not upset, you did apologize after all" said Dom as he smiled and Joy nodded.
"Don't be sad anymore, it's fine darling" said Natasha as she smiled and Joy nodded as Natasha put her down.
"Can I go to the bathroom mommy?" asked Joy as Natasha nodded.
"Go ahead my darling" said Natasha as she smiled and Joy walked out of the room as she smiled and Natasha sighed as she shook her head.
"Should we be worried?" asked Dom as he looked at Natasha and she looked at him as she shook her head.
"I don't think so, I think that she just wanted to test the waters and see the consequences, children are like that, and now that she knows it's wrong to play dirty games like that, I doubt she would do it again, we did scold her" said Natasha.
"That might be true, but I'm not talking about that, I'm talking about what could have made Joy do what she did, maybe she's…" said Dom as he was cut off.
"Don't go there, it's not what you think, she's just confused, and she wanted to play" said Natasha as Dom sighed, he really didn't have the mental capacity for this right now, so he wouldn't try.
"Fine, whatever you say" said Dom.
"Yes, because I already explained to her what's going on, so maybe she watched something on the tv that she wanted to recreate regardless, we have solved this already, end of story" said Natasha as she was irritated by what happened.
"I got it" said Dom as Joy walked into the living room.
"Princess, you want to have some ice cream with me?" asked Dom as he smiled and Joy nodded.
"Alright, let's go" said Dom as he smiled.
"Mommy, are you coming with us?" asked Joy as she looked at Natasha who shook her head.
"No my darling, I actually have some work to do, but have fun, and enjoy your ice cream okay?" asked Natasha with a smile.
"Okay mommy" said Joy as she nodded her head, she knew that this was her fault that Natasha did not want to spend time with her, she should have never tried to make them kiss.
"Yes my darling" said Natasha as she smiled and she gave Joy a kiss on the forehead as she walked out of the living room.
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Natasha was in her office when she heard her laptop make a noise and she moved to check the new email she received.
Natasha read through the email as she could not believe what she was reading.
"What in the…" she said to herself as this was unbelievable.
"This can't be true, it has to be some sort of joke" said Natasha.
"The shareholders want to overthrow the current management and take over the company for themselves" said Natasha to herself as she shook her head, she wondered if Dom knew about this, he probably did.
"Well not my problem, I am sure he will solve it himself" said Natasha as she shook her head, she would not get involved it was his family company, and she had already distanced herself from it, she did not want to get involved again, not again.
Natasha closed her laptop, it was already very late, and she did not want to add more problems to the list of problems she already had.
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The next day.
Joy walked into the kitchen as there was no one in there, she stood on her tippy toes and she took the wireless phone and walked to the dining room as she dialed the number for Ethan's house as she waited for him to pick up.
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Betty heard the phone ringing as she was about to pick it up but Ethan stopped her.
"I will get it Betty" said Ethan.
"Alright then, just make sure to change from your uniform" replied Betty.
"Got it" said Ethan as he took the phone and he answered the phone as she walked upstairs.
"Hello" said Ethan.
"Hello Ethan" said Joy as Ethan walked into his bedroom.
"I am sure you are calling to tell me that you got them to kiss" said Ethan.
"Yes I did, but it wasn't good, my mommy and daddy got very upset, and I don't want to make them upset it didn't work" said Joy.
"Well how long did they kiss for?" asked Ethan.
"Not too long, it was very quick" replied Joy.
"Well that's why it didn't work, they can't just kiss for a second and fall in love, they need to kiss for a long while so that hormones will release and all that nonsense" said Ethan as Joy was confused.
"I don't understand" said Joy.
"Of course you don't, I mean adults need to kiss for a long time for their brain to release the hormones that will allow them to continue kissing" said Ethan.
"How do you know all that Ethan?" asked Joy.
"Well I went to my Grandma's house during the summer and she left her disc playing on the tv, anyway, that's not important, since step one didn't work, we have to move to step two" said Ethan.
"And what's step 2?" asked Joy.
"I can't tell you now, I have to go do my homework before my mom comes back home, but I will see you tomorrow at school and then I will tell you" said Ethan.
"Okay Ethan" said Joy as she nodded and she heard the doorbell sound.
"There's someone at the door Ethan I will go and check it Bye" said Joy as she smiled.
"Bye" replied Ethan as he ended the call and Joy put the phone down on the dining table as she saw Natasha walking down the stairs as she walked to open the door and once she saw who it was, she quickly closed it as she could not, the door was stuck.
"Is that how you greet me devochka (girl)" said Romanoff with a smile as his foot was stopping the door from closing completely.
"What are you doing here Romanoff, how did you even get in here?" asked Natasha as she wondered which security guard let him in the estate in the first place.
"I told you I was coming to visit" said Romanoff.
"And I told you that you were not allowed to come here" said Natasha.
"Mommy, who is at the door?" asked Joy as Natasha turned to look at her and she sighed and shook her head as Romanoff walked into the house and Joy looked at him, he was a very tall man.
"Mommy who is this?" asked Joy as she looked at Natasha.
"Let me introduce myself rebenok (child), I am Romanoff, it is so nice to finally meet you Joy" said Romanoff as he smiled and he looked at Joy.
"Hello Romanoff, you know my name" said Joy as she found Romanoff strange.
"Yes I do rebenok (child)" said Romanoff with a smile.
"Mommy, who is Romanoff?" asked Joy as she looked at Natasha who was busy cursing herself and Romanoff internally as Romanoff looked at her and she sighed internally.
"My baby, Romanoff is my uncle, the one I told you about" said Natasha.
"Oh so you are my mommy's uncle, nice to meet you Romanoff" said Joy as she smiled and Romanoff liked her bright nature.
"Yes, that is more like it, it is nice to meet you" said Romanoff as he smiled and he stretched out his arms for a hug as Joy hugged him and he smiled, now he wished that Natasha would be more welcoming.
"Hello uncle" said Joy as she hugged him and she smiled as Natasha shook her head, she was starting to regret raising Joy to be too polite right about now.
"You are so big rebenok (child)" said Romanoff as he smiled and Joy broke their hug.
"You talk funny uncle Romanoff" said Joy as she giggled.
"Oh that's because I am from Russia, have you ever been to Russia before?" asked Romanoff as Joy shook her head.
"Well maybe I can take you one day" said Romanoff.
"I need my mommy's permission first, right mommy" said Joy as she walked to Natasha who carried her.
"Right my baby, right" said Natasha as she smiled.
"What do you say Natasha, will you let me take her to Russia with me hmm??" asked Romanoff as he smiled.
"Not a chance uncle, Joy is far too young to be going on trips with you" said Natasha as she smiled, she decided to play along, since she had told Joy that Romanoff was her uncle.
"I did try though" said Romanoff as he laughed.
"Uncle Romanoff, why do you have an eyepatch on your eye?" asked Joy as she pointed to his left eye that was covered with a black eyepatch.