Chapter 8 - Peacefully

Natasha opened her eyes, she looked down and she saw a little cute figure hugging her while still sleeping very soundly.

She smiled at the sight of her still sleeping cute little daughter, and she moved her hands through Joy's hair, which made her let out a grumble which made Natasha smile.

Natasha carefully and slowly peeled off the hands of her daughter that were hugging her, when she was sure that she was free from her hold, Natasha grabbed the stuffed animal on her side of the bed to replace her, and she slowly gave it to the still sleeping Joy.

Joy did not hesitate at all, and she quickly grabbed the stuffed animal and hugged it tightly, which made Natasha smile, Natasha bent down and she kissed Joy on the forehead, before she tiptoed quietly to the door and she gently closed the door behind her.

Natasha entered her room which was right across Joy's, she switched on the light, and she looked at her new room that she did not even sleep in, Natasha's eyes went to her beside table where her honey yellow alarm clock was.

The time read 6:30 am, which made Natasha frown, had she been sleeping for that long??It was impossible, she had never slept so peacefully in such a long time.

She did not even notice, she was used to being woken up at 4 or 5am, by a certain someone who never slept.

While Natasha was busy thinking, she suddenly remembered something, she was late!.

Natasha quickly went to her closet and she brought out black sweatpants and a blue shirt, she changed into those and she walked out her room door, she did not even take a shower of brush her teeth, she decided that it would be better to do that when she came back.

Natasha made her way downstairs, the whole house was still quiet, people must have still been sleeping at this time, but not her, she had something very important to do, something that would greatly benefit her right now.

Natasha walked out the front door, it was at this moment that she realized that the sun was shining very brightly, and it was just 6:30am, she did not notice because all the windows inside were covered by the curtains.

She loved summer, it was her favourite season, there were longer days and shorter nights, which she loved.

Natasha looked up at the sky and sighed, she had made it, she made it to another day, now she was sure, she was very sure that she was back for good, and she was here to stay, she was not going anywhere, and no one, absolutely no one would take away this second chance from her.

Natasha stopped looking at the sky and she began to walk, she had to get to the training area, she seemed to have lost her way, she had not been outside in such a long time, and that counted in both her last life and her current one right now.

She usually always stayed inside, formulating stupid plans that brought no benefit to her, and wasting her time, but she was not going to do that anymore, she decided that she was going to go out more, and do more things for herself.

After some few minutes of walking Natasha finally found the place she was looing for, her memory of this place was a little hazy, but she was sure that this was the place, and nothing assured her more, than her seeing a brown haired man with his back turned towards her standing and waiting.

"Good Morning" said Natasha as she opened her mouth and spoke, this were the first words she had uttered today.

"Good Morning Madam" said Benjamin as he turned around, he did not know what the Madam looked like, he had never seen her before, but he was sure that she was the only one that would come her at this time per her orders.

"I am sorry I am late, I overslept" said Natasha, as she had put the time of their appointment for 5 am sharp, and yet here she was an hour and thirty minutes late.

"It's okay Madam" said Benjamin

"How old are you Benjamin?" asked Natasha.

"Well Madam I just turned 23" replied Benjamin.

"I see" said Natasha.

"I have heard from Alfred that you are very skilled in different martial arts" she said.

"Yes I am Madam" said Benjamin.

"So in your opinion which martial arts if the most violent?" asked Natasha specifically.

"That is a hard question to answer Madam, there are manty brutal martial arts fighting styles that are violent" replied Benjamin, to tell the truth he was shocked on why Natasha would ask such a question, as if she wanted to do something dangerous, but he kept his thoughts to himself, he was in no place to ask such a thing.

"I see, well then narrow it down to two" she said.

"Madam, for a person in your build and stature, I would suggest learning Mixed Martial arts" said Benjamin as he gave his honest opinion.

"I see" said Natasha as she seemed to be contemplating something, to tell the truth she knew nothing about fighting at all, so she had to trust that Benjamin knew what he was doing.

"If I may ask, why do you want to learn Martial arts?" asked Benjamin, because if he was going to be her teacher, he had to know her reasons.

"Self Defense" replied Natasha calmly.

Benjamin was a bit suspicious, why would a woman like her need to learn self defense? her whole house was surrounded by bodyguards and they followed all the family members wherever they went, so for her to want to learn self defense it meant one of two things.

The first one being that either she did not trust any of the bodyguards and she wanted to be able to protect herself, which was understandable considering the play of disrespect he saw with the other bodyguards yesterday.

Or the second reason being that she did not feel safe in her own home, and that would be alarming, but whatever the reason was, Benjamin was not in a place to ask, his job was just to train her and nothing more.

"Okay then Madam, since self defense is your reason, so Mixed martial arts should fit you" said Benjamin as he went straight to the point.

"Alright then" said Natasha.

"But first before we go into that, I want to get fit and in shape" said Natasha

"Can you help me do that?" she asked.

"Of course Madam, that is part of my job as your trainer" said Benjamin

"Thank you" said Natasha as she nodded.

"So Madam when do you want to start?" asked Benjamin.

"Is right now okay?" asked Natasha.

"Of course it is Madam" said Benjamin as he did not show it, but he was shocked about her eagerness.

"But before we start, is there any specific area that you want to work on?" asked Benjamin.

"Yes" said Natasha.

"Okay, what is it" asked Benjamin

"Running" replied Natasha.