Chapter 13
I woke up the next day happy. I had a good dream and last night ended amazingly. And then everything came rushing back to me. My mom. Peter. The Secrets. Uh, and I have to go to school today. I got up and took a shower, getting ready and doing the usual. I was trying to think of how I could stay away from Peter, taking different routes through the school. Though I did want to talk to MJ. I feel like she was genuine with me, and may have not known.
I walked out saying by to Adam, and ignoring my dad. I had an apple in my hand, a camera in the other and my earbuds were in. I couldn't really hear my surroundings besides the occasional sirens and yells. When I was able to block everything out around me, and be in my own element I always felt a lot better. I didn't have to worry for just a few minutes, before I was brought back to reality. I was looking around the street. I had about 15 minutes until school started, so I took my time getting there. I lived pretty close so I never had to rush to get there. I took some pictures of the crowds of people, satisfied with my work. Just as I was about to put my camera in my bag, I saw a flash of red and blue dash in the air. I immediately turned the camera back on and tried getting a decent shot of him. I did end up getting one. He was letting go of one web and shooting the other. And the picture wasn't that blurry either, so that was a bonus. I then continued my walk to school feeling happy with the shots that I was able to get.
Walking in I kept my head down, and went a different way to my locker. I bumped into a few people, but just continued making my way down the hallway. Luckily I got to my locker fairly quick and without being spotted. Dang, I sound like a spy. Taking out my books, and putting some in, I closed my locker and started to head to homeroom. But with my luck, I bump into another person, my stuff falling to the ground.
" Shit, sorry" I say as I bend down to get my stuff.
" Don't worry your fine" They say while helping me collect my stuff. Once we stand back up I look up to see who I bumped into.
Peter.
Damn luck.
" Amelia.." He said, thinking of what to say next. I was frozen. I wanted to run as far away as I could from him, but the look in his eyes made my body freeze.
" C-can we talk?" He asked.
" Peter, I really don't want to do this right now"
" Please Amelia, why aren't you answer my text or calls. I don't know what I did!!" He said, looking into my eyes deeply.
" You should know" I said and walked off. Tears burned in the back of my eyes threatening to fall. But I pushed the feeling down, and just kept walking.
I made it through most of the day, and I think Peter got the message. He didn't try to talk to me and he hadn't texted me all day. It was free period and I was outside at the tables. I just texted MJ to see if I could talk to her. She said she was on her way, and would be there soon. In the meantime I was working on some of my math homework. I was about to start a problem when I saw MJ sit across from me. I stopped what I was doing and looked at her. She had her binder, and a book, just like usual.
" Hey, what's up? You seem distant lately" She asked.
" I-I don't really know what to do" I said softly, looking down at my hands.
" Know what to do about what?"
" I was at my locker yesterday, getting stuff for class, the usual. Then Sally and her minions came up to me and told me that my parents were paying Peter to be my friend. I don't know how they know but I just don't know who to trust or what to do"
" Oh. So that's what Peter was so upset about at lunch. He wouldn't stop talking about you, and how he felt really bad"
" So it's true?" I said, feeling a wave of sadness wash over me.
" Hell no. Those bitches make up shit day after day just to get under people's skin"
" Wait, so I have been a complete bitch to Peter over something that wasn't even true?" I asked.
" Apparently so, you should go talk to him" She said.
" Oh my god, I feel so bad. I've got to find him" And with this I started to pack my stuff up.
" Thank you so much MJ, I don't know what would have happened without you talking to me"
" Anytime girl" She said. I gave her a quick hug and started to walk away when I heard her yell
" Go get your man!!" She said. A small blush rose to my cheeks while running into school thinking of where Peter would be. I went to the library first and searched it head to toe. Nothing. He wasn't outside with me, and I peeped in the gym to see if he was there. Still nothing. Free period was almost over, so I didn't have much time left. I was heading to his locker to see if he was there. And he was. But with someone else.
Gwen.
I stopped in my tracks, just starring at them. They were talking and she was smiling and laughing, and he was too. I heard a brief " See you then Pete!" And then she walked off and waved back at him. I was about to turn around, knowing my chance of getting him back was gone. How could I have been so stupid. My chest tightened and I could just feel my heart slowly breaking into pieces. But before I could move his eyes met mine, and I felt a tear role down my cheek. He starred at me, and whispered my name while walking towards me. But I quickly wiped it away, and with a swift movement turned around and started walking away. I heard him call my name, but that just saddened me more.
I went the rest of the day ignoring any sign of Peter trying to get to me. He would try and talk to me during class but I would shut him out. I left school feeling drained. I now know Peter was being genuine with me, but I had pushed him away over some made up thing. If I had just asked him sooner, maybe we would still be friends. But we aren't, and its all my fault. Gwen is so much better for him than me. She's smart, funny, pretty, and so much more than me. Peter deserves someone like Gwen, he doesn't need me.
I had done all of my homework, so I was going to go to the roof early today.
When I arrived home I grabbed some snacks, water, and put it in a small bag. I then ran up to my room and gathered my sketch book, pencils, camera, all the things I use when it comes to drawing. Once I had my snacks and art stuff, I made sure to have my phone and earbuds. I climbed up all of the fire escapes, making it to the top successfully without dropping anything. I left the food in the shade, I figured if was gonna be up here for a while I was gonna get hungry.
I've been up here for a couple hours. Just drawing and listening to music. I just finished with picture I took of Spidey this morning. I decided I would do it in black and white. Color just takes so much longer. It was starting to get pretty dark, but I din't want to leave. I told my dad that I was at a friends house for studying and we went out for dinner. When really I just raided our pantry and fridge. Because it was dark, I couldn't really draw because you can't see. So I just sat and waited for my friend Spiderman to show up to our nightly talk. I need to see my mom tomorrow, I told myself that I would see her everyday and its now almost Wednesday and I haven't seen her since Sunday. I was munching on some Chex mix, waiting for him to show up. It was 9:30 and yesterday he was here by now. Maybe he forgot. And with that I started to pack everything up, putting my pencils away, and all the snack back in the bag. I was about to climb down the first step when I felt a hand on my shoulder and felt an electric shock. I whipped my head around and stumbled back a bit nearly going over the edge. I let out a yelp, dropping all of my bags, my heart started to race up and I closed my eyes, preparing for the impact. But it never came. Instead I had a web attached to my hand, and I was pulled forward into the hero before me. He stumbled back a bit, but caught his balance. I looked up at him and we were chest to chest, and he was looking down at me. He had his arm around my waist and the other holding my shoulder to steady us both. Before I knew what I was doing, I wrapped my arms round him and hugged him so tight. If he didn't have those reflexes I could be on the pavement 3 stories below me. He tensed up at the sudden action of me, but he hugged back causing me to calm down a bit.
" Th-thank you" I lightly whispered.
" Don't bother"
" I'm sorry I wasn't here earlier, I got in a pretty bad fight with electro" He said. I was walking towards the center of the roof, him following behind me but with a slight limp. He looked exhausted. Before I knew it he was about to collapse. I put my bags down and ran over to him, catching him at the very last second.
" Woah, hey are you ok?"
" I don't know, he hit me pretty hard" He said shakily.
" Okay, um. I don't know what to do?" I looked at him up and down. I was siting Criss cross, and his head was on my leg, his body laid out on the floor. He had cuts and scraps all over him wear the suit had been torn.
" D-do you have any water?" He said.
" Yes! I do" I gently laid his head down on the floor below me, and ran over to grab my stuff. I then again put his head back on my leg, and searched through my bag for a water. I found it and took the lid off. He was starting to prop himself up on arms, then his hands. I handed him the water bottle, and he pulled his mask up just so I could see half of his face. It looked familiar but I couldn't put my finger on it. He drank the water slowly, before putting it back down. He sat all the way up now, letting out a hiss every now and then.
" Do you need any bandages?"
" N-no, I'll take care of it when I get home"
" Are you sure, they look really painful"
" Positive" And with that I left it alone. I didn't want to make him upset.
" I bet your hungry" I said, handing him the snack bag.
" Oh my god, thank you so much" He said. He took an apple, and we shared the Chex mix.
"Anytime Spidey"
" So, did you talk to him" he said while chewing his apple.
" Huh"
" Peter, did you talk to him?" He asked.
" Oh, um. I tried to. At first I didn't want to, but then I talked to my friend MJ and she said that the girl who told me that my parents paid Peter, that it was fake. Apparently they make shit up like that all the time to get under people's skin"
" So, when she told me this I felt really bad. I went to find Peter, and when I did he was talking to another girl. Her name is Gwen. She's smart, pretty, funny, kind of popular, but there's nothing you can't like about her. And they were talking together, and it just hurt. Like Peter and I weren't dating or anything, but I just felt replaced"
"Oh"
" And now I don't know what to do" I put my head on his shoulder. He tensed up a bit, but then relaxed and put his arm around me.
" How are you always so warm?" I say, scooting closer to him.
" Perks of being a spider, we never get cold"
" That must be nice"
" Yeah, being Spiderman has changed everything for me"
" Like what?"
" Well, I don't wear glasses anymore. I'm a lot stronger than I used to be. I now work with Tony Stark, and I'm only in high school. And sometimes I'm luckily enough to find really cool and amazing people like you"
" Aw, thanks. I'm one of a kind" I say while smiling like crazy. I was blushing a bit, but Spiderman just said I was cool and amazing. No one has ever said that to me.
" Speaking of Mr. Spiderman. I have something to give to him. Do you happen to know where I could find him?" I said playfully. I stood up grabbing my sketchbook, and finding the new drawing. I placed my hand over my eyebrows and walked around, as if I was searching for him.
" I don't know, he's been pretty busy tonight" He said, standing up as well.
" Oh really, doing what?" I say facing him. We had a distance between us, but I could still see him perfectly.
" He said he was trying to catch this stubborn little girl, who he has been trying to talk too. She's got long brown wavy hair, hazel eyes, about yay high" He said moving his hand to about my height.
" Yeah, I might know her. She sounds familiar" I say starting to back away, but staying aware of the edge of the building. He started to inch near me.
" Do you know where I could find her" He says, moving faster to me. I started moving away faster.
" No, not really" I said, a smile prickling my lips.
" Oh really" He said. Since he had part of his mask up, I could see the smirk forming on his lips.
I started to lightly pick up my pace, and he saw what I was doing. He started to move faster as well. We are now running in a circle around the roof. I was still ahead of him, but I swear he is going to do something because he still has that stupid funny smirk on his face. I faced forward, continuing to run away from Spidey. I was still holding the drawing and I was a little worried that it might rip, or fly out of my hand, but I was relying on my amazing ways with luck to help me out.
Note the sarcasm.
Just as I am about to turn the corner, I feel something sticky attach to my arm. I stopped in my tracks as I looked down to my arm and saw a web.
Oh no.
The next thing I knew I was being spun in circles, the web wrapping around me, and I was pushed into his chest, trapped by his web and his arms now around my waist. Just like earlier, except I wasn't tangled in a web.
" Oh look, I found her" He said, while we both chuckled a bit.
" And I found him" I say, knowing I was blushing and smiling like crazy. I moved my arms up, so they were around his neck, that way we were both more comfortable.
" So, what is it you wanted to give me?" He asked.
" Oh, wouldn't you like to know" I said, taking the paper and holding it out for both of us to see.
" Yeah, I mean that's why I-"He stopped taking as he saw the artwork. It was probably one of my best ones yet. I watched him, as he looked at the piece of paper in my hand. He started to smile, and his eyes kept changing in sizes.
" Woahh" He said, while moving my arm closer so he could see it up close.
" This is my favorite"
" Me too"
" C-can I keep this one too?"
" Of course"
" Thank you!" He said, while hugging me tighter.
" Ok, please don't suffocate me"
" Oh, sorry" He said, but still kept his arms around my waists. I couldn't help but wonder why.
" Hey, uh..."
" Hi" I said, looking at him curiously.
" C-can I try something?" He asked.
" Yeah of course, as long as you don't throw me off this roof"
" No, no. I won't do that" He said, while smiling a bit. I couldn't but just smile right back at him. He had this thing about him that just made me happy and excited.
" D-do you trust me?"
" With anything"
" Okay" He said. He held me a little tighter, and brought me closer to him. My arms were around his neck, and he had a strong grip around my waist. We were so close, and he was moving his head down lower, so it would meet mine. Our faces were now inches apart and I knew where this was leading too. My heart was starting to race, butterfly's exploding in my stomach. Was this about to happen? My first kiss? With Spiderman?! His lips brushed against mine, and were about to connect, until.....
Mywhahahahahah. Cliff hanger people!!! I hope you enjoyed this chapter. It's the longest one yet. 3071 words in all ( It took forever). What is going to happen to Amelia and Spiderman? Stay tuned for the next chapter to find out!
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Ava