𝐴𝐿𝐼𝐾𝐸 - Peter Parker

24.

Rue's POV

I woke up by someone sitting in my bed, with a bag of something in their hand. I opened my eyes, and it was Mj. I took a glance at the bag with a big yellow M on it's side, and I smiled. "I knew you'd be happy I brought you this," Mj chuckled and opened up the bag while I sat up in the bed.

"Oh god, my head," I groaned and put a hand on my forehead. She took out the yellow thin fries, that were low quality, but just the kind of food I loved when hungover. "Wait... where's Peter?" I asked and looked around the room for a quick second.

"Miss him already?" Mj smirked and took a fry to her mouth and chewed it. "Just kidding, he left when I arrived, so like ten seconds ago. Had to do chores or something," she explained.

"Oh okay," I uttered surprised, and took a bite of the big tasty bacon, Mj had bought for me.

"So did you guys have sex or what?" she asked, making me nearly choke on my burger.

"No!" I exclaimed and swallowed the bit of burger, that already had been down in my throat once. "I don't think so, I don't remember anything since-" I stopped mid-sentence, as I suddenly recalled everything, that had actually happened. "Oh shit, last night was messed up," I put a hand over my eyes in embarrassment.

"Yeah what the hell happened? Ned just told me, Peter had left with you, and that I needed to get another ride," she worriedly said, and I removed my hand from my face.

"That guy... what was his name uhh... Mark!" I snapped my fingers, when I remembered, but Mj just looked at me, waiting for me to go on. "Yeah I got really drunk, while dancing with him, and I ended up making out with him in a bathroom, but he... shit... he tried to get into my pants, but I told him no," I put down the burger and wiped my hands clean. "He didn't listen and suddenly someone, I'm very sure now was Peter, kicked the door in and punched Mark... It's all really hazy though..." I took a bite of the burger.

"Mark did that?!" Mj then said, looking very serious. I looked down and then back up at her strong gaze.

"Yeah... It was a good thing Peter was there," I sighed.

"What a fucking dick though!" Mj said with a grossed out face. I put two fingers around two fries and stuffed them in my mouth.

"Tell me about it," my eyes widened in agreement as I chewed. "But yeah no, me and Peter didn't... you know,"

"But he slept in here? With you?" she then questioned and looked at me.

"Well... yeah," Mj started chuckling as she dipped a fry in some ketchup. "What?" I smiled, matching her face, but she didn't lift her head up to face me yet, though she was still chuckling.

"I'm sorry Rue, it's just... nah shit forget it,"

"No what? Just say it, I know how much you love to get out your opinion," she finally looked me in the eye, and formed a tiny smile. I began getting I tiny bit worried at this point. What did she know?

"I know you two have been seeing each other behind everybody else's back," it was that kind of sentence that normally would be expressed in a stone cold serious tone, but there was a sort of clumsy and silliness over the way she said it. "And don't even try to deny it, cause I've seen you walk home and to school together everyday for three months now. And that t shirt you were wearing, was 100% his. Now the real question is... are you two dating?.. or are you hiding something else? Something very very special..." she had her usual 'I know what you're hiding' face expression put on. I was completely frozen, even though this was the very moment I had to play it off cool.

"Fine you got me. We're dating?" I chuckled, but inside I was screaming my lungs out.

"I knew it!" She had a big proud smile on her face, and I returned it. "Peter Parker... never would've guessed he was your type,"

"What do you mean?" I snickered a little confused at that sudden comment.

"I don't know, he's just so... you know," she shrugged. "And you're just so... you know" she traced my hair smiling as she emphasized the 'you know' part for the second time. Did she think that I was too good for Peter? Or am I the wrong one?

"You're gonna have to repeat that sentence, cause I did not understand the meaning you clearly put behind it," she smiled and looked down at the bedsheets, seeming a bit hesitant now. 

"I don't know, he's just a real nerd, and I didn't think you'd want to... hit that," we both giggled. 

"Hey! I'm a nerd too you know," 

"Oh shut up. Just because you're good at science and chemistry, doesn't mean you're a nerd," she giggled and stuffed the last french fry in her mouth. "Peter is like... a full on math nerd. I have never heard him answer a question wrong,"

"Bullshit," I chuckled.

"I'm not even kidding," she answered, seeming very sincere all of the sudden. 

"Not one?" she folded her lips in and raised her eyebrows, as she shook her head from side to side. Wow... okay Parker. I knew he was good, but wow.

"So can I ask you one last question, before I go home and my mom rips my head off, for not answering her texts all night?" she had already stood up from the bed and picked up her jacked by the end of the sentence. I chuckled, and then told her to go right ahead and ask me. "Do you love him?" she asked. It was like my heart was racing, but my brain was empty. It was a simple question, and I'm pretty sure I did love Peter. Just not in the way she thought. 

"I don't know yet," I answered, and smiled faintly and innocently. 

"Okay... just don't hold it in, if you do," she went out my door and then exited out the big white apartment door. As soon as that slam from the door locking into the frame sounded, I threw my head back onto the pillow with my hands covering my exhausted face. Fuck. I really really really messed up, and I hadn't even gotten to the worst part yet. Telling Peter. 

"Fuck..." I mumbled and removed my hands, now looking directly up into the ceiling. I got up from the bed and walked over to my window to open it, but something caught my eye. I silently rolled up the window and looked down. Peter was standing right at the buildings entrance talking to... Liz? Are you kidding me? Why is she even here? 

Not long after I had spotted them, she leaned in and started kissing him. He kissed her back, and I frustratedly slammed the window shut. "OH FUCK! MJ!" I hissed at myself. She was gonna come out that door any minute now. She would see them kissing, and knowing that Peter would never do something like that she would figure out I had lied. I quickly put on my suit and basically threw myself out on the fire escape. I swung down and grabbed Liz pulling her up from the ground, and breaking the happy couples' kiss.

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I don't know what this chapter was, but enjoy I guess! 😭🔫