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

Chapter 51

It was Friday and finally I was really fine again, I even went back to school. May and Peter were back at home since  yesterday.

At school I spent almost all of my time with MJ and Riley, I only saw Peter briefly once. He let me know that he had to see Mr. Stark, but he didn't want me to come. Mr. Stark didn't want to see me fight again, he didn't think I was ready for that yet. In the evening I sat on my couch and tried to call Peter, but the mailbox immediately answered. I wanted to know if he was okay, after all, he had been in some fight with Mr. Stark, so I dialed May's number.

"Hi Lyra, are you okay?"

"Yes, I'm fine, thank you. But what about Peter? Is he home? I can't reach him."

"N-no, I thought he was with you."

"He disappeared from school earlier, he had to go to Tony. I haven't seen him since that. I'll call Mr. Stark!”

I hung up and called Mr. Stark.

"Well "Jadis", how are you? Don't worry, you'll be able to fight criminals with Peter again soon.”

I didn't like being called by my “superhero name”, but I ignored it this time.

"Hi, I'm fine, but do you know how Peter is? Since he made his way to you, I can't reach him.”

“That's bad, I thought he was with you a long time ago. We fought and when it was over he was gone. I thought he had just made his way."

"Are you serious? Have you lost sight of him? He is neither with me, nor with his aunt or you!”

“I will find him! Don't worry, I'll find him!”

Mr. Stark ended the call. I had to talk to someone about it. Ned. 15 minutes after I called him, he was at my door. He came in and I told him everything I knew.

“Peter can do it! He's Spider-Man! Mr. Stark will find him."

"What if something really bad happened, what - what if he's dead? I couldn't say goodbye!”

I couldn't just wait until Mr. Stark might find Peter. My suit, I put it on for the first time since that day. Mr. Stark had told me where the fight had taken place, so I started looking there. My search was unsuccessful. Dejected and worried, I returned to my apartment where Ned had been waiting for me.

"And?"

"Nothing. Absolutely nothing. No trace, no Peter!“

"I'm sure nothing happened to him.”, Ned tried to calm me down.

"I'll keep looking tomorrow until I find him."

My search was just as unsuccessful on Saturday, Sunday and Monday as it was on Friday. I was always running around looking for Peter everywhere. Things didn't go any better with Mr. Stark and Happy.

-Tuesday evening-

The streets were almost empty, it was cold and already dawn. I hadn't even gone home after school, I'd been looking for Peter all day. I was just walking through an area with many small alleys and there I saw movement in one of the alleys in the corner of my eye. I stepped closer, there was a boy sitting crouched at the end of the cul-de-sac. He was wearing a Spider-Man suit! Peter!

"Peter! Oh my god peter! Where have you been? We were all looking for you!”, I shouted, ran to him and fell around his neck. He pushed me away.

"Um, sorry, but, um, do I know you?"

"That's not funny! We were really worried.”

“Sorry, but I think you're mistaking me.”

Startled, I backed away.

“You really don't remember. Okay um... What can you remember?”

“When I think about it, actually nothing at all. For the last few days I've been sneaking through the alleys in this strange costume. I'm pretty cold, can we continue talking somewhere else? You seem to know me, then you can certainly help me on the jumps.”

“Yes, I'll take you away from here. I just have to give a few people a quick call and tell them I found you.”

I notified May, Ned and Mr. Stark.