Peter Parker's Adventures

Who's the Boss now Tony?

Ned's POV
I was sitting in the living room of my apartment when I heard running coming from the hall, most likely one of the neighbor kids going up or down the stairs. At least that's what I thought it was until I heard rapid knocking on the door, I got up and looked through the peephole. "Peter? What's going on? Get in here!" I said as I opened the door and pulled my best friend into my apartment and lead him back to my room. I sat down on the bed and motioned for peter to sit next to me. "What's going on?" I asked noticing that he was crying as he tried to slow his breathing back to normal. "(Sob)They...(sob) choose...(sob) can't...(sob)" Peter said in between sobs but I could easily understand what he was trying to say. "They want you to choose between them but you can't do that?" I said it more as a question than I had meant to, he nodded his head 'yes' i pulled him into a hug and held him until his crying subsided. "Thanks Ned." Peter mumbled into my shoulder "sure, what are friends for?" I asked but it was a rhetorical question and Peter knew that which is why he didn't answer.

I woke up earlier than I usually do, mainly because Peter was screaming in his sleep. He stayed the night last night so that he could avoid having to see his parents, this was a recurring thing ever since they started having problems. "Peter, wake up! It's just a dream!" I said in a whisper yell as I shook my best friend out of his sleeping state. Peter shot up and immediately I wrapped him into a hug. "It's okay man, let's get ready for school." I said getting out of bed and dragging peter with me, he fell face first onto the floor, but didn't move otherwise. I rolled my eyes at him and threw him one of the shirts that he left here for when he randomly decides to stay here, which happens a lot more than you would think.

Peter's POV
"You're coming over today after school right?" I asked Ned as we walked to our last class of the day. "Of course man! I wouldn't leave you to do this by yourself even if you paid me." He said, I laughed but sadly I wasn't the only one who heard Ned's response. "Well that's good since penis can't pay you because he's a broke orphan with no life." Flash said from behind us but luckily we were right next to our classroom and Flash's next class was on the other side of campus. "Don't listen to him Pete. He knows nothing about you Peter Stark." Ned says in a mumbled tone to where only I would be able to hear him thanks to my heightened senses. sometimes being a spider human thing comes in handy.

After what seemed like forever, the bell finally rang. Ned and I ran out of the classroom and made our way out of the school building. "Hey Happy!" I said as Ned and I climbed into the backseat of the black SUV that was parked in front of the school. "Hey Peter. Welcome back to my SUV Ned." Happy said making the both of us laugh at his odd greeting for Ned.

Several excruciating minutes of silence later, the car finally pulled up to the tower. "Good luck kid. Let me know how it goes. And if you need a place to stay after telling them your decision then just give me a call and I'll be glad to take you back to my place with me for as long as you want." Happy said as we got out of the car, "thanks Happy!" I said as Ned pushed me out of the car. "You're welcome Pete! You're ALWAYS welcome. Remember anytime you need me, no matter what the situation. I'll be there." Happy said and that made my decision crystal clear.

"WHAT?!?" my mom and dad said at the same time, causing me to jump due to my senses being dialed up to 11, Ned walked over and put a hand on my shoulder to let me know everything was okay. "I said I choose neither of you." i said, my parents continued to stare at me dumbstruck. "I can't pick between the both of you. At least not right now. I'm going to stay with Happy for a while just to wrap my head around things. I don't know how long it will take me to figure things out, but when I do... You'll be the first ones to know." I explained as I walked over to the elevator with Ned, dialing Happy's number when the door closed. "Hey kid, I figured you would call. I'm still out front. Just come on down." Happy said when he picked up the phone. I smiled at that, he waited, of course he waited. Happy knows me WAY too well. "Thanks for waiting Happy. Is it alright if I stay with you for a while?" I asked even though I already knew the answer. "Of course Peter, I told you that you could before you got out of the car earlier." Happy said as he pulled out into traffic to take Ned back home before we went back to the house of Hogan.