Castaway [Peter Parker]

08 - Secrets Revealed

"Yeah, it would've," Hailey agreed. "Um, goodnight, then."

"Night," he said as Hailey turned around.

She began to close the door.

"You look ni -" Peter began but Hailey didn't hear him.

Hailey stood by the door for a moment. She opened it just as Peter was about to knock on the door.

"Oh!"

"Hey."

"Hey."

"Uh, look, um..." Peter said, nervously, "I'm not ready for this trip to be over yet, and I kind of want to do something fun that's not on the itinerary or planned or with Mr. Harrington."

"Yes," Hailey said, knowing what Peter was going to ask.

"'Yes' like you wanna go?" Peter asked.

"Yes," she confirmed. 

"Okay, awesome," Peter said, slightly taken aback, but was happy. "I'll see you outside in ten minutes."

"Meet me outside in five," she said.

"Five," Peter repeated. "Five is good."

"Okay," Hailey smiled, nervously.

"Okay," he smiled. "Bye.

"Bye."

Peter began to walk away and Hailey slowly closed the door.

"Wait, wait, wait!" Elizabeth and Chase came rushing into her room.

"What?" Hailey asked as she closed the door behind them.

"We heard your conversation," Chase said.

"What? You eavesdropped?"

"Oh, trust us, we didn't want to," Elizabeth said.

"But we did it anyways," Chase smiled.

"What are you and Peter going to do?"

"You heard everything," Hailey said. "And I have an idea of what he is going to tell me, but I'm not sure."

"Oh, don't tell me about that theory," Chase said.

"Hey, you're beginning to believe it," Hailey said.

"Believe what?" Elizabeth said, looking between the two siblings. "What theory?"

"We'll explain it later," Hailey said. "But I..." she picked up her hoodie, "I am meeting Peter in five minutes outside. And don't tell Mr. Harrington where we went."

"Oh, don't worry, we won't," Elizabeth assured her. 

Hailey put in what she and Chase picked up from the carnival into her backpack and put her backpack on. 

"See you guys in a bit," Hailey said. 

"Good luck," Elizabeth called to Hailey as they headed out of the room, "on whatever it is."

"Yeah," Chase agreed. "See you in a bit."

"Bye."

Hailey met Peter at the lobby. He was leaning against a pillar when she came down.

"Hey," Peter said, smiling as he approached her.

"Hey," she said.

"So, um, where do you want to go?"

"Who cares?" Hailey said. "Let's go anywhere."

"Awesome," Peter smiled. 

"Let's - let's go," Peter said.