Peter Parker- I'm with you, no matter what

Chapter 16

Friday morning, we were late and since we still had to pick up Peter's luggage from his home, we hurried.
After we did that we drove quickly to the school where the others were waiting for us. We all got in together and Ned and Peter sat down next to each other. MJ and I took a seat on the other side of the aisle. MJ and Ned were each sitting at the window and Peter and I were only separated from the corridor. I chatted animatedly with Michelle the whole trip. It was good that we had time for our “girls' talks” again.

When we got to a medium-sized motel, the teacher just said: "So guys, everyone has their own room. Take a rest now, tomorrow is the competition!”

We each went to his room and settled down, after all we would stay the whole weekend. In the evening MJ and Ned knocked on my door.

"Hi, are you coming downstairs with us? We want to hang out a little longer.”

I just nodded and went downstairs. Ned said Peter didn't feel like it, but after we'd been talking downstairs for half an eternity, I decided to go ask Peter again if he wouldn't want to join us. I knocked on the door of his room and then entered.

"Don't you want to come downstairs after all?"

"No!"

"Sure that ..."

"I said no, go now!" His voice grew louder and more serious.

“What's the matter with you?”

“Nothing, I just want my peace and quiet! Is that so hard to understand? Get out of here and leave me alone!”

I felt like I was about to cry,nhurried out of his room and slammed the door behind me. I had never seen him like this before. Did i do something wrong? No idea. I just ran through the nearest door and up the stairs behind it. I landed on some kind of roof terrace, sat on the floor and started crying. Why was he talking to me like that, it had hurt me in a way I didn't know until now.
Maybe Peter was more than just a friend to me after all.
I just sat there for at least half an hour, but then I heard my name.

"Lyra! Are you out here?”

It was Peter, I didn't respond to his calls, but he spotted me anyway.

"Lyra, it- I'm so sorry! I don't know what was going on earlier. But that's no excuse, I should never have talked to you like that.“

"Then why did you do it? Did I do something wrong yesterday? ... No matter, leave me alone, I don't want to talk to you!”

“You did absolutely nothing wrong, I'm the one who acted wrong! Please understand me, I'm sorry! I was just so stressed about tomorrow and - and I'm scared! I found out that this guy called Vulture is also here in Washington and I'm just scared! Fear that something will happen to you that I can't prevent.”

“That's no reason to push us away from you, no reason to push me away from you! Especially since we are partners now, you are no longer alone with all of this!”

The tears came back into my eyes, I was so mad at him, but all I wanted was to hug him now.

“You're right, that's no reason to push you away and yell at you. I'm sorry!”

I couldn't help myself, I ran up to him and fell around his neck. He immediately put his arms around me and held my head with one hand.

“I'm so sorry Lyra! Please forgive me!”

I nodded slightly, but didn't let go of him. It felt like an eternity as we stood there.