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

Chapter 19

Peter staggered backwards towards the edge. He slipped and fell.

"PETER!"

I ran to the edge of the roof and saw Peter lying on the ground. He didn't move. Vulture was gone, at least he was nowhere to be seen and Tony just landed next to Peter. What if he was dead? No, he couldn't die! I ran down the stairs to Peter as fast as I could. When I got to him, I dropped to my knees.

"Peter ... Peter, please open your eyes! Peter please! You mustn't die!”

The tears that ran down my cheeks dripped onto Peter's chest. I took his hand and held it to my face. I squeezed his hand, but there was no reaction.

“Please Peter, we need you! Ned and MJ and me, I need you.”

It was difficult for the words to escape my lips because I was sobbing so hard. Mr. Stark took my arm and pulled me up to my feet.

“You have to go, you have to go back to your class. I'll take care of him, he will make it. I'll take him to the nearest hospital, but you'll have to take his suit back and take yours off too. Nobody should see you like that.”

Luckily Peter and I had left our clothes underneath this time. Mr. Stark took off Peter’s suit and gave it to me, then took Peter and flew away with him. I ran back to the motel as fast as I could, I didn't know exactly where to go, but at some point I made it. I quickly ran to my room to hide our suits, then ran to Ned's room. I pounded on the door.

“Do you actually know what time it is? What's going on?”

“Ned, please, I'll tell you everything later, but please come with me! It - it's Peter it… “

I started to cry again involuntarily.

“Hey, don't cry. I'll come with you, no matter where.”

He hugged me briefly and then looked at me. “Where are we going?”

“To the nearest hospital, to Peter! As fast as it's possible!”

“Um, ok, I'll call us a taxi.”

After ten minutes, which had felt like an eternity, a taxi pulled up, but someone called us.

"Leeds, Adams, where are you going?"

It was Flash, he really always showed up at the wrong moment.

"None of your business!", Ned replied annoyed.“

"Where did you leave your little friend Parker? You finally realized he's a failure?”

His provocative laugh drove me insane. I couldn't hold back any longer.

“Leave us alone once and for all, Flash! Stay out of it, we're not friends, so it's none of your business!”

He laughed disgustingly. "What is not can still be! You know I'm not averse to you!”

Ned told the taxi driver where we were going and Flash let go of his next comment.

"Oh, just say someone is hurt ?! It won't be Parker, is it? Did the loser fall over?”

His disgusting grin made me so angry.

"Stop it! Don't talk about Peter like that! I don't know what your problem is and why you hate him so much, but you don't even know him and he doesn't deserve it! I don't know why you are like that, so cynical, complacent and hateful, but I really wish that at some point you can be more like Peter. In contrast to you, he is the best friend one could wish for, he is always there, he has a good heart and that would be good for you too!”

I turned around and got into the taxi with Ned. Flash ran up to me angrily, he wanted to say something, but instead he just slammed the door of the taxi.

"Aah! Oh my god, is he crazy?”

My hand was still in the door when he slammed it.

"Lyra, your hand!"

Ned stared at my hand in shock. It hurt like hell and turned red. My knuckles were even bleeding. The taxi driver drove off and I noticed that Ned was holding his cell phone.

"What are you doing?", I asked him.

"Oh nothing.", he said and put it back in his jacket pocket.

I felt like he was hiding something, but I didn't ask any further.