OUT OF THIS WORLD [2] ✓ (AVENGERS FF)

27. Training

TRAINING

A pleasant melody blares loudly through her headphones, the girl moving along with the rhythm of the song, her hands and arms following the lyrics, which she mutters under her breath, counting a few beats in between verses.

"Five...six...seven...ei-"

"Hey." A voice startles her, the girl jumping up.

"Ah! Oh my goodness! Don't do that." She says, a hand placed over her fast beating heart.

"Sorry." Peter says scratching his temple. "I didn't mean to startle you."

"It's all good." She says, managing a small smile now that she's calmed down. "I just wasn't expecting anyone else in the room."

"Right. Sorry." Peter apologizes again, his arms crossed as he shifts his gaze to the floor.

"Um, Pete? How long were you standing there?" She asks, her cheeks a soft pink color as she fidgets with her fingers, suddenly feeling self conscious.

"I just got here." He says, the corners of his lips slightly curved upwards. "What are you up to Nessa?"

"Nothing much." The girl says with a heavy sigh. "Just trying to get a better flow with the energy. I thought that maybe dancing would help me relax and control it better." She explains.

"Did it help?"

"I'm not sure to be honest." She says. "But I do feel less tense, which is something."

"Well, from what I saw," Peter says, "which wasn't much, it didn't look too bad."

"You can say that I'm a bad dancer.I won't take offense." The girl says, letting out a small laugh as the boy quickly shakes his head.

"T-that's not what I meant." He says, letting out a small huff as he looks at her. "Here, how about I give it a try?" He offers, already positioning himself in the middle of the room.

"Alright." Vanessa says with a smile. "Any requests?"

"Hmm how about we ask FRIDAY to play something for us?" He offers. "That way it's totally random for both."

"I like that idea." She says, looking up to the AI for their request.

Minutes later, a soft melody starts to play.

"Alriight. Here we go." The girl says, placing a small ball of energy in his hands. "All yours."

"Thanks." He says with a smile, his lips turning into a slight smirk as he looks at the girl. "Try to keep up Nessa."

"I'll take that challenge."

To the best of her ability, the girl tries to keep up with his moves, which proves to be quite difficult given all the flips and tricks he knows and adds to the choreography. His moves are full of energy and power, yet graceful at the same time, and in no time the song comes to an end, Peter ending the song with a flip, landing perfectly on the floor.

"Show off." She mutters, playfully rolling her eyes as she looks away from him.

"Come on, you did great!" He says. "And in my defense I've been doing this longer."

"Yeah, I guess." She says, hiding her smile as she faces away from him.

"Here, let me help." He says standing behind her, moving her arms around with his, the action making the girl laugh. "See, you're already much better."

"Shut up." She says, playfully hitting his shoulder, the pair walking together towards the benches.

"So, what were you up to before this?" Vanessa asks, handing him a towel.