Portal - Book 1

Chappy 5

Okay, so this has like over 4,000 words...enjoy:

Next day, I was in class and I could see Peter and Ned chatting about something. Like, in every class. I'm pretty sure Ned was annoying Peter with tons of questions. Poor guy, haha. Should have been more careful, bro.

What was most entertaining for me, was Gym class. The coach had a TV and there was Captain America. I laughed, thinking about Germany.

Cap said, "Hi. I'm Captain America. Whether you're in the classroom or on the battlefield, fitness can be the difference between success or failure." He sounded all official and cheesy.

Ned leaned over to Peter and whispered, "Do you know him too?"

"Yeah, we met," Peter said. Ned's eyes got all huge. He looked at me impressed.

"I stole his shield," Peter tried to fineness.

"Then he beat you up," I laughed. Then I realized that I shouldn't have known that if I "wasn't Portal." Ned looked at me confused and asked, "How do you know?"

"Um...I asked him when I forced my way into going with him and May to Thai. May went to the bathroom and so I used that time to ask him some questions about Spider-Man..." I made up.

"Ohh, makes sense," Ned said, totally buying it.

The video played on and we did the "Captain America Fitness Challenge."

"Thank you, Captain. I'm pretty sure this guy's a war criminal now, but whatever. I have to show these videos. It's required by the state. Let's do it," Coach Wilson said. He blew his whistle and we all partnered up. Except for Michelle. She decided she was going to bench her book. I didn't partner with anyone either. I just did the sit ups. Someone holding your feet made it too easy.

Ned kept asking Peter a bunch of questions about the Avengers and a bunch of other stuff like being his "guy in the chair." Peter was doing sit ups the whole time just as if they were nothing. I mean, they aren't too hard and I was doing to same thing (just hero things, ya know, having a strong core helps fighting a whole lot...), but like it was still...alright I'm just gonna say it. Peter looked hot to me. There. You happy? I mean, he was kind of cheating though. Ned was holding his feet...

"Looking good Smith, Parker," Coach Wilson said to us both. If I wanted to keep my reputation of being a nerdy, no one, I had to take it down a notch. I saw Peter doing the same. We looked at each other and laughed in understanding.

I saw Peter gaze over at the bleachers. Liz was sitting there with her friends. Then, the word Spider-Man slipped out of one of their mouths. The three of us start to pay more attention.

"It's just Spider-Man," Betty said. She was one of the anchors of the school news.

"Did you see the bank security cam on YouTube? He fought off four guys!" Liz defended.

"Hey, don't forget about Portal, she helped," Jason said, the other anchor of the school news, "She's pretty hot."

I mentally face palmed. Peter looked at me and wiggled his eyebrows. I rolled my eyes and we laughed. Luckily, the exchange wasn't caught by Ned. We kept listening to the group.

"Whatever Jason. But, oh my god, she's crushing on Spider-Man," Betty said.

"No, way," The friend who brought up Spider-Man, which I think was Charles.