Chapter 7

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*PETER'S POV*

I went through class today thinking about Harley's new friend, Jeremy.

Are they... dating?
Do they want to?
They're probably just friends and I'm overthinking it.
Or maybe I'm not...

So many thoughts were going through my head. Anxiety is a bitch.

I got back to my room after a long day of sitting and listening to snobby professors yell at the whole class and threw my lanyard across the room, where it landed on my bed. I swung my backpack onto the hardwood floor in front of my desk and pulled my phone out of my back pocket.

New message from: Harls :)

Hey Pete, I probably won't be back until kinda late tonight. Sorry. I'll try to be quiet coming in.

What the fuck?

I texted him back:
Why???

Three question marks. He'll know I'm very curious.

I saw the three dots pop up that meant he was typing back.

Then they went away.

Oh no he didn't-

They came back up.

I'm going somewhere with Jeremy.

My heart sank in my chest.

Has he really moved on?

I texted back bluntly:
Ok.

"Yeah make him feel bad Peter," I thought.

Read 3:37 P.M.

HE JUST LEFT ME ON READ.

Fine then. Two can play at that game.

I made up my mind to ignore Harley as much as possible. Except I can't ignore him if he isn't even here. I groaned and flopped back on my bed.

*HARLEY'S POV*

So Jeremy and I are going to a banquet tonight. It's for one of his classes so he has to attend it. It's something about working in business. It'll be boring but he wants me to go to make it less boring. And of course I will because we've become really good friends. We talk all the time now.

It's too soon to say that I have feelings for him but...

I hope Peter isn't upset. We haven't gotten to talk much lately because we've both been busy. I really do want to hang out with him soon though. I miss him. He never texts back "Ok." either so I'm not sure what that means...

Right now, Jeremy and I are walking to the building where the banquet is. I think it's called Martin Hall.

He's telling me about his family and his childhood.

"Growing up in Nevada was... interesting." He laughed. "I never thought I would be where I am today. I mean I lived in such a small town. Every time people think about Nevada, all they think about is Las Vegas. But a lot of it is just desert. And everyone thinks about the U.F.O.'s when they think about the desert."

I laughed too. "I grew up in Tennessee. In a little place called Rose Hill. It was okay. Not exactly my type of place to live, but it was good enough. I prefer cities though. But if I hadn't lived there, I never would have met Tony Stark."

Or, eventually, Peter.

My heart dropped. I can't imagine not knowing Peter. It makes me sad.

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