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I lay in silence on peters bed scrolling through TikTok as Peter spins around on his chair texting someone on his phone with a slight disappointed glare.
"Whoooo yooou texting?" I smirk at him.
"I- uh- nobody- a friend- Ned" He panics quickly trying to hide his phone but ending up throwing it on the floor. I sit up taking a peak at his screen to see many unread messages sent by him.
"Woah you look really desperate, who's Happy anyway?" I tilt my head
"Nobody important, anyway wanna watch something?" He changed the topic as he picks up his phone placing it onto his desk.
I felt the need to pry as it was unusual for us to keep secrets from each other but decided to accept his topic change. He’d tell me when he wanted to.
"Hmm sure we could watch a new hope if you want." I stand up from the bed as Peter excitedly sprints into the lounge, with me trailing close behind.
Peter and I have known each other for years, he was getting made fun of by some little kids in kindergarten but I stood up for him and we have been best friends ever since!
"Should I make popcorn." He asks jumping to the kitchen.
I chuckle and give him a thumbs ups, "sweet of course!"
I flop onto the sofa and put on a new hope, " Hey, don't you have like a huge crush on Liz, how's that going?" I emphasise the huge with a playful smirk on my face.
Peter leans against the side his face now shifting a bright pink colour.
"It's- uhh going fine." He stammers laughing awkwardly.
I clock his lie instantly, “You haven't spoken to her yet, have you." I cross my arms leaning on the back of the sofa and rest my head on them.
"I uhhhh- nope." He looks down defeatedly, "how about you and what his face from the cafe hmm."
The microwave dings signalling the popcorns ready, he fetched a huge bowl and took the popcorn out tossing it between each hand like he's playing hot potato with it.
"There's nothing going on between me and CARLOS were just friends. Plus he probably has a girlfriend and is way out of my league." I sigh.
Carlos is a guy whom I’ve found myself fawning over recently, he works in his family’s cafe near my house and other than a few awkward conversations, we hit it off just fine. Whether he likes me back is out of the question. I mean he looks like a model with his slightly tanned skin and dark brunette hair that naturally falls perfectly. He’s on a completely different level to me unfortunately.
Peter pours the popcorn into the bowl quickly, throwing the bag onto the counter trying not to burn his hands. "Nahh I've seen the way you two flirt and to be honest it's more like you're out of his league."
I roll my eyes as he takes a seat next to me placing the bowl on both our legs. I grab the controllers and press play as we both begin digging in.
A sudden realisation comes over me, "Wait Peter what times it?" I turn to look at him.
"Ummm," he looks up towards the clock behind him, "10:37."
I sigh, "after this I really have to get home before my brother kills me."
"Nahh he loves me he'll get it." He gloats.
"Suree"
We turn back to the tv just as Luke finds his family dead.
TIME SKIP
We watch as Luke, obi-wan, chewie and Han Solo run around trying to save Princess Leia, I feel my self begin to grow tired. I desperately try to stay awake but fail miserably as I feel myself begin to drift asleep.
I open my eyes, slightly yawning. I look towards the front of me to see the tv now turned off. I realise where I fell asleep causing me to quickly take a look at what I was laying my head on, only to see I was leaning on the shoulder of an asleep Peter. He is so nice. Most people would have just pushed me off or left but he stayed, Im so lucky to have such an amazing best friend. I take a deep breath out and close my eyes again still feeling sleepy, and find myself falling alseep again.
TIME SKIP
I woke up once again this time alone on the sofa with a blanket now laying on top of me. I lay up rubbing my eyes. I grab my phone from the side table to see a few messages from my brother. Guilt washes over me as read each worried message he sent at my no-show at home. I quickly reply informing him of what happened and glance up at the time. I calmly closed my phone before realising, IM LATE!
I jump from the sofa towards Peter's room to try find him. Slamming open the door to see Peter in trousers without a top on, brushing his teeth.
"I need to borrow clothes!!" I yell at him causing him to jump slightly in surprise.
"Could you knock next time!!" He grabs the nearest jumper desperately trying to cover himself.
I roll my eyes, "Yeah yeah, I need it borrow something as I didn't expect to be staying over. I don't have anything and I need something quick, you do realise we have to leave in like 20 minutes." I lift up my phone to his face revealing the time to him.
"Wait, what. No, we have like an hour look!" He picked up a clock on the side only to realise he was checking the clock that hadn't been on the right time for 2 years.
"You are an idiot.”, I walk to his closet rummaging through his clothes. I grab a shirt, "Hmmm this will do I'll just wear the jeans I'm wearing now."
I leave Peter to himself and go into the bathroom to change. I walk out wearing a white shirt saying 'find x' with an equations with a circled x and a note pointing to it saying 'found it'. It was a little nerdy but cute.
I walk into the kitchen to see aunt may in a messy bun and sweats, rushing around trying to find something.
"You looking for something." I ask her taking a seat on the arm of the sofa.
"Yeah I can't seem to find my pen. I put it down somewhere and it's gone." She lifts up some papers and searches through her draws.
She turns away from me revealing a pen sticking out of her bun. "Uhh I think it's in your hair..." I awkwardly point out. She freezes, he eyes growing wide.
"Oh how'd it get up there? Oh god I'm really loosing it thank you hunny. And where is Peter I made you two lunch." She grabs the pen out her hair placing it onto the side.
On queue Peter walks in holding his bag ready to go. "We gotta go bye aunt may, love you."
He grabs our lunch's and rushes out the door.
"Cya May thank you for the food." I wave her good bye as I follow Peter.
I catch up with him.
"Thanks for waiting up." I say sarcastically.
"Sorry just don't want to be late." Peter replies sheepishly.
“Yeah yeah.”
TIME SKIP
Me and Peter walk over towards school, talking about a science test we have coming up.
"You'll do fine Peter I don't think you've ever failed a science test." I laugh.
"I have, I got a 37/54 once!" He replies defensively trying to prove a point.
"That's not failing and really is that your worst?" I reply astonished.
"Yeah.?" He looks at me with a confused glare.
We walk across the street only to see flash begin to speed up almost hitting us while honking his horn. "Sup penis Parker! Y/n." He smirks at the last part trying to make himself more flirtatious. I feel a strong sense of nausea, ew.
I look over at Peter pointing a finger in my mouth pretending to puke earning a laugh out of him. Flash attempts to flirt with me often, like I would ever. Other stared judgmentally at us but it was nothing we wasn’t used to.
We walk through the busy halls barely being able to make it through. Peter opens his locker as I lean myself next to him while he sorts out his books. I look over to see Ned walking towards us holding a Lego figure. He looks at him placing a finger over his lips signalling me to stay quiet.
A palpatine Lego figure appears on top of Peter’s shoulder, along with Ned’s bad impression "Join me and together and we'll build my new LEGO Death Star."
Peter turns around excitedly "what!?"
The group of cheerleaders looks to us giggling to each other "so lame."
I choose to ignore them and instead relish in the excitement of the two nerds. "No way that's awesome!!"
"Woah How many pieces!?" I asked also excited myself.
"Three thousand eight hundred and three." He smiles causing me and Peter to smile back.
"That's insane!" Peter carried on taking out some of his books.
"Can you guys build it tonight!?" Ned asked, his smile not fading.
"Sure, can you Peter?" I nudge him.
"Ah No I can't tonight I've got the stark-" peter begins.
"Mm-hm stark internship." Ned finished for him as we begin walking away. I take out my phone and my headphones as I turn on some music while the two boys continue on with their conversation.
I carry on walking till i bump into something. I look up to see Peter now standing still, staring at Liz from afar. I chuckle and pinch his arm.
"Let's get to class lover boy." I take out my headphones and drag him away before he ends up following her into another room.
We sit down next to each other in class as miss rambles on about something. I look down at my paper that's now filled with more doodles than actual notes. I sigh and look over at Peter.
"Hey Peter." I whisper.
He doesn't reposed as he stares at his computer, I look over his screen to see him watching videos of Spider-Man.
"Woah you really must like Spider-Man." I snicker getting the attention of Peter.
"What no it just came up I didn't have time to click it off." He says as an obviously fake excuse.
"I'm not gonna lie Spider-Man's kind of attractive" I say. Peter quickly pauses the vid and turns to me.
"Oh really. Why?" He smirks. I look at him weirdly as he glares with this strange grin.
"I don't know but he's nice, he saves people, he's not got a bad body, he seems cool." I shrug.
Peter just stares at me looking like he's about to burst out laughing. "You have a crush on Spider-Man?"
"What no! I just think he's fit! Nothing more." I turn away so I'm unable to see his face, knowing he's mocking me.
TIME SKIP
I look over to Peter on the other side of the class to see him messing around with something in his desk, I see him quickly do something and lift his hands above desk only to have a slight sticky substance in his sleeve, my eyes widen and I turn away. I'm never going to un-see that.
I keep my head down the rest of the lesson till finally lunch comes around.
We all sit in the cafeteria as Peter drools over Liz.
"Oh hey y/n I'm building the death star tonight wanna come to mine and help, after we can go to Peters to finish?" Ned turns to ask me.
"Sure!" I smile as Peter doesn't break eye contact with Liz barely noticing we're alive and next to him.
TIME SKIP
I walk outside with Ned as Peter ran off the moment school ended before I could catch up with him. I go back to Ned’s as we spend our time watching Star Wars while building the Death Star.
"Finally, it's almost done!" Ned celebrated.
"It's beautiful..." I wipe a fake tear from my eye. "Just on time to, we have to meet Peter soon we should get going."
"It really is."
We arrive at Peter house, aunt May lets us in and we go straight to Peters room only to find him not there.
"Guess he's not back yet." Ned shrugs.
We take a seat on Peter’s bed admiring the death star we had built. A strange sound comes from the window as if someone was opening it. I look at Ned and place a finger on my lips.
I lean forwards slightly to look at the window only to see something red fly into the floor. I look down at it to see the mask Spider-Man wears. I blink a couple times before looking back at the window.
There, right in-front of me was Peter in Spider-Mans outfits crawling along the ceiling making his way to the door. He stops and quietly shoots a web that laches onto the door before slowly pulling it, trying to not make any sound. He turns around and jumps down, pushing it fully closed.
He let out a sigh and turned around causing him to instantly freeze. Me and Ned look at him dumbfounded. I listen as the Death Star slowly falls out of Neds hands before crashing onto the floor.
"What was that!?" I hear may shout form outside.
Ned shoots up from the bed. While I stay sat down frozen in shock.
"Uh it's Nothing, nothing." He yells.
Ned speaks up, "your the Spider-Man." His breathing becomes heavier, "from YouTube."
"I'm not. I'm not!" Peter presses the chest of his suit causing it to grow baggy and slip of him.
I finally stand up feeling some courage to actually say something, "you were on the ceiling."
"No I wasn't- what are you guys doing in my room!?" Peter scolded us.
"May let us in." I speak up.
"You said we were gonna finish the Death Star!" Ned defends himself.
"You can't just burst into my room-" he begins before May walks in laughing.
"Ha-ha. That turkey meatloaf recipe is a disaster. Let's go to dinner. Thai? You two, you want Thai?"
"Yes-" Ned smiles
"No" his happiness was short lived as Peter intercepts him, "they've got a thing!"
"A thing to do after." Ned sadly carried on the lie.
"Ok. Y/n hunny you ok? You look like you've seen a ghost?" She asks turning to look at me who's still in part denial.
"Mhm yep totally fine I'm great nope better than great yep fantastic !" I over sell it causing a concerned look from may.
"Well that's good and also Peter maybe put on some clothes." She closed the door as Peter grabs the nearest shirt.
"Oh she doesn't know!" Ned looks at him surprised.
"Nobody knows!!!" He blurts outs.
"Nobody?" I reply slightly unconvinced.
"I mean Mr. Stark knows because he made my suit but that's it!" He rushes to out on a shirt.
"Wait are you an Avenger or something." I take a seat into his desk chair feeling slightly dizzy.
"I mean yeah basically." Peter smiles with a small sense of pride.
"Woah..." Ned leans back into the bed trying to balance himself.
"You guys can’t tell anybody about this! You gotta keep it a secret!!" He panics.
"A secret why?” Ned asks almost sounding upset.
"You know what she's like!" He points towards the door signaling May, "if she finds out people try and kill me every night she not gonna let me do this anymore!"
I feel my heart sink at his statement, "Wait what? People try kill you every night?" I ask concerned.
"I mean, yeah. But I have my Powers it’s fine but come on please. This has to be a secret!" He pleads
"Okay okay okay okay. I'll level with you, I don't think I can keep this a secret. This is the greatest thing that's ever happened to me!" Ned gleefully exclaims.
"Ned. May cannot know! I cannot do that to her right now! You know! I mean, everything that's happened with her. I- please." His voice begins to become softer with his pleading as he looks over towards me to.
"Okay." Ned replies.
"Anything for May." I smile weakly.
"Just swear it ok." He calms slightly
"I swear." Me and Ned say unison.
"Thank you." He smiles.
Ned begins bombarding him with questions about the suit while I begin to think. Every night people have been trying to kill him? I mean what if he gets hurt? I get he's a superhero but he's still my best friend, I've seen those videos on YouTube and there not like small 1 on 1 fist fights.
I watch as Peter shoved Ned out the room. I stand up to leave.
"So, you are really Spider-Man?" I ask him.
"Mhm yep. And I would really love to talk about this but I'll talk about it tomorrow. I promise!" He says slightly panicked tone again trying to usher me out the door.
"Wait I'm gonna leave but....are you, ok?" I begin to fiddle with my fingers. Looking at the ground.
"Yeah of course why wouldn't I be." He smiles
"No I mean your 15 and a superhero that must be stress full and painful. I saw on the news about a robbery tonight at a bank. Are you ok?" I look back at him to see his face begin to look softer.
"You don't need to worry about me, plus my powers make me more a lot more durable and I heal a lot faster than normal people but thank you for asking." He half smiles.
I sigh and rush towards him, wrapping my arms around his middle, I feel him tense up for a second before leaning into it placing his arms behind my shoulders.
"Just stay safe and don't get to injured, if you die I'm going to kill you." I tighten my grip slightly.
He nervously laughs, "thanks I think."
I let go of the hug and wave him good bye. I quickly leave, asking my brother to pick me up.