The Other Parker

Part 2

Peter followed me to our car. Yes, we shared a car. I got on the driver's side and rolled down my window.

"Get in loser!" I called to him. He got in.

"I wanted to drive." Peter said.

"You can drive home."

Then we sat in silence. Peter was the first the break it.

"So, what do you think they're going to be like?"

I wanted to stare him down but, I couldn't. "Who?"

"The exchange students." He answered as if it were obvious.
I had forgotten about them until now.

"I don't know." I said as we pulled up to the school. "Get out."

Peter skipped to the entrance of the building. "You should really smile, Gwen."

I ignored him as usual and walked to the office. The principal and four students stood there.
"Gwen, Peter! It's good to see you. This is Wanda and Pietro Maximoff. They're siblings. This is Lila Barton. And that's Ava Starr."

I looked around and observed the group. Wanda had red hair and mysterious eyes. Pietro has silver hair and an accent. Lila had brown hair and braces. Ava was tall and pretty.

Peter spoke up. "Hey guys! I'm Peter Parker and that's my older sister, Gwen. She doesn't talk much and is the biggest nerd around."

I pinned him to the ground. "Say that again and you'll be reminded who was top of defense class."

Lila gave me a high five. "That was amazing." There were mutters of agreement.

Principal Fury cleared his throat. "Gwen you'll be showing around Ava and Wanda. Peter you will take the rest."

Ava and Wanda grabbed their stuff and followed me.

"Okay, do you guys know we're everything is?"

"Yeah." Ava said.

"Great! Why don't you tell me a little about your self."

"My friends call me Ghost." Ava starts. "I'm a Junior like you and Wanda. I like to experiment."

Wanda looks nervously at the ground. "I'm a twin. I used to live in Russian until... Until the bomb hit and killed my parents."

My face softened from my normal harsh features. "I'm sorry." Then I checked my watch. "I'd hate to break this up we have to get to class. Ava take two rights and a left to get to room 131. Wanda this is your class room 105. I'll see you at lunch." And we all went our separate ways
*At lunch*
I sat at my usual table, alone as always. I pulled out my lunch box because let's face it, our cafeteria food would give you food poisoning. I was about to take a bite of my sandwich when, Ghost walked up to me.

"Can I sit with you? Everywhere else is taken." She asked.

I swallowed. "Sure. Nobody every sits there."

Ghost took a seat and started unpacking her lunch. "So, since I told you about me, tell me about you."

I didn't know where to start. "As you might have noticed Peter and I are siblings. Our parents died in a plane crash at age four. We now live with our aunt and go to high school."

Ghost pushed me further. "Why does nobody sit with you?"

I sighed. "I'm the school freak. Unsocial, unlikable, to smart for anyone to give me a chance. My turn, why are you called Ghost?"

Ghost took a bite and answered. "It's complicated but in short it because of my ability to get information out of people. Like a ghost whispering in your ear."

I nodded that makes sense. Then I smelled the unmistakable smell of cafeteria food. The Maximoff twins stood behind us.

"May we please sit with you guys?" The boy, Pietro I think said in a heavy Russian accent. I nodded again just as Lila walked up with Peter, Ned, and MJ.

"Yes, you can sit with us." I said as they all sat down.