“I still feel the need to do so, Buck, you’re my best friend and I felt awful lying to you by omission, government or not.” And it had been lying by omission, since that was the only thing she could manage since lying right off the bat was something she couldn’t do, it just wasn’t in her heart to be able to lie to anyone and much less to him, it always felt wrong to do so. “And I know you do, but still I should have told you or hinted it, you’re smart enough to have figured it out.”

But then she wasn’t that sure about how good she would have been trying to come up with a code to hint him to things and maybe she could have asked Peggy to help her, but then the woman might have tried to discourage her from doing so, but that didn’t matter now. Bucky knew now and had seen the results, she was just thankful he hadn’t seen her in the choir girl outfit (on the few times she donned it) since she wouldn’t have been able to live that one down.

“Yes, but well I could never tell if my mom and your parents were teasing us due to how close we were and still are, I mean…many of the neighborhood kids did as well and people on your work.” Which explained why she had tried to avoid dropping by his work a lot since, well, some of the things his co-workers had said had pissed her off enough and she didn’t wanted him to lose his job, a small smile appeared on her face. “You know you’re important to me as well, Buck, you’re probably the most important person in my life and it was always enough to be at your side for as long as I was able to be.”