Peter's Protector

{11} spying

I was sitting in a study hall class with Mj, talking about our favorite theories and debates on books we have read. I laugh as she closes her book, laughing along with me, "I don't know though...it really isn't a mystery because we all know that it was the butler that did it!"

I lightly gasp, chucking, "No way! It had to be Scarlet! She hated him! I bet she's just framing the butler."

Mj sat there for a second, thinking. "That...makes sense. No wonder why she was acting so suspicious in chapter 11. See, this is why you're my best friend (Y/n). Who else am I going to talk to about all of this?"

I smile towards her, "You're my best friend too Mj."

We heard as gasp behind us and I see Peter and Ned standing there. Ned dramatically places a hand on his chest, acting as if he were in pain, "You hurt me (Y/n), I thought I was your best friend!"

I play along, dramatically waving my arms around, "I'm sorry, but I've found another..."

"And that person is me!" Mj cut me off.

"That person is..." I pause for effect, holding in a laugh, "Peter!"

"Noooooo! Peter how could you?!" Mj and Ned cry out before we all start laughing.

The bell rings letting us know that it was time for lunch. Mj and I collect our things and agree to meet up later. That's when I ask Peter, "So...did you figure anything out about the glowy thingy?" I whisper the last part.

He softly sighs, "No not yet but—-" all of a sudden he stops speaking, before urgently whispering, "crap!"

I go to see what he was looking at but Peter quickly pushed me behind the corner, protectively holding an arm out in front of me. "Hey, (Y/n), remember the guys in the van?" Peter asked.

"You mean the guys who kept kicking me out of the van? Yeah, I remember."

"They're here."

"What??" Ned and I both say.

"Yeah, we gotta follow them! Maybe they can lead us to the guy that nearly killed us."

"He nearly killed you?!" Ned panicked.

Peter and I quickly shushed him, "He dropped us in a lake," I started.

"Yeah it wasn't good," Peter continued.

Peter and I look around the corner, seeing the two men walk into a classroom. "Guys?" Ned starts, but Peter pulls me towards the classroom whispering to Ned, "stay there!"

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Peter goes down the staircase first, holding a protective arm in front of me. We listen in on the two guy's conversation, they're looking for the glowy thingy, they know it's here! I internally panic. I was deep in my thoughts when I realized that one of the men were about to look our way so I quickly shoved Peter and I behind a tall row of shelves to hide behind. They turned to find no one, just an empty classroom. When they realized what they were looking for wasn't in here, they began walking back up the stairs to leave.

Quickly, Peter shot a tiny robotic spider at one of the men's legs as they left. Woah. I look to Peter, feeling much more calm now that they were gone. "That was close," he whispered to me, peeking in between objects to make sure we were the only ones there.

"Yeah, that really was," I say quietly. "Pete, they know that it's here."

Peter sighs, "Yeah, that's...definitely not good."
He bashfully looks away, his expression changing.

"What—what's wrong?" I ask before realizing, "Oh! Is it because I called you Pete? I'm sorry if it made you uncomfortable or something it honestly just slipped out and—-"

"No it's fine, (Y/n). I actually like it...no one has ever really given me nicknames before," Peter says softly; stopping my awkward rambling.

"Oh, I-I'm glad."

We sit there, behind the shelving glancing at each other before Peter awkwardly stutters, "W-well we should start—-"

"Oh yeah..."

"Umm, yeah let's just go," Peter states, standing quickly and walking away.

I softly sigh, feeling the familiar warmth in my cheeks. No. No no no. I am not catching feelings for him, he's just a great friend! Besides, he likes Liz.

I finally stand up and leave too.

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After a long, long school day, the bell finally rings. Finally, freedom! I pack up all of my things, ready to finally leave this place. I head to my locker to find Peter and Ned. "Hey guys!"

"Oh hey (Y/n)!" Ned says cheerfully as usual.

"(Y/n)! We're going to go back to my place and track the guys we were spying on earlier. Do you wanna come?"

"Are you kidding? Of course! Let's go!"

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After chatting with Aunt May for a bit we all sit together in Peter's room, looking at the tracker he placed. I make small ball like shields for Ned and I to play with as Peter says, "They're in Brooklyn."

We sit and wait for a bit longer, doing our homework as Ned states, "Staten Island."

We were currently starting to rebuild the LEGO Death Star when I realized that it was already nighttime. I turn and look at the tracker, "Oh guys, they're leaving Jersey."

We sat there for even longer, and I wake up from a beeping noise. I sit up quickly, slightly embarrassed that I dosed off before realizing that I fell asleep on Peter's shoulder. I internally scream, "I-I'm sorry Pete! I didn't realize I fell asleep! You should've just woken me up."

He lightly chuckles, "it's okay, I didn't want to move or wake you...you looked so peaceful."

"Yeah!" Ned chimes in, "you should've seen him, he was all like-"

Beep beep

Ned was cut off by the beeping noise again, "Oh, they stopped."

"Maryland?" Peter and I question.

"Yeah, what's there?"

"I don't know...an evil lair?" I say softly, still waking up.

"They have a lair?"

"Ned, dude, a gang with alien guns run by a guy with wings? Yeah, they have a lair," Peter quips.

At this Ned only nods, "Badass. But how are you going to get there? It's like, 300 miles away."

I turn and look at the decathlon poster that was hanging up on Peter's wall. "Well...it's not too far from D.C."

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Author's note:
I finally updated y'all.
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-Star 💫