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

Chapter 59

Happy and Flash with a lot of detention hours, we left Mr. Baker's office.

"I have to go! Thank you for telling the truth."

Flash nodded with a slight smile and I ran home as quickly as possible. I just threw my bag on the floor, grabbed my cell phone, keys and my suit, put everything in a small backpack and then called May.

"Hi Lyra, are you allowed to call us?"

"Everything has been cleared up!", I announced happily.

"That's great! I'm so happy for you!"

"Can I come over?"

"Yes, Peter has just come home. It would be a nice surprise for him, he's not doing so well right now."

"Yes, I know. I'll be there in ten minutes."

I grabbed the backpack and started walking. After ten minutes I reached my aim and May opened the door for me. I walked quietly into his room and opened the door very carefully and slowly. There he was, with his back to me in his suit. I crept up to him from behind and jerked the mask off his head.

"Hello Spider-Man!", I called and as soon as he turned around, I pressed my lips onto his. It was nice to finally kiss him again. "Missed you!"

"You mustn't be here! I mean, it's nice to see you, but..."

"Yes, I can be here, from now on no more contact ban. Everything done!"

"Really? How?"

"Flash! Believe it or not, I asked him to tell Mr. Baker the truth and he actually did it. I talked to him, he said a lot and apologized and he doesn't think so bad of you as he always says."

He just nodded and smiled at me. Peter put his hands on my shoulders.

"Missed you too!
Do you have your suit with you? It's time for some action again."

"Yeah, I'll change."

I took my suit out of my backpack and put it on. Peter and I climbed out his window, I grabbed hold of him and he rushed us off the building. A few roofs further he set me down so that I could run on by myself.

"Look over there! The man!"

With the help of his webs, Peter flew in the direction of a man who was trying to push a girl our age into a car. I climbed down the wall and hurried after him. In a flash Peter shot his webs at the man as soon as he was within range. He hit the man with a wen and threw him against a house wall. The man groaned briefly in pain but I didn't give him time to rest. I moved my hands to form my fireballs. Several times in a row I shot the glowing balls right in front of the man's feet to push him back. He kept backing away and I went after him. The distance between us grew smaller and smaller. It made him nervous that I was getting so close. Now I was standing right in front of him, and there, he suddenly drew a knife. Faster than I could see, he pulled my legs away so that I was on the floor. He took advantage of the situation, held up his arm and was about to ram the knife into my stomach, but I was able to roll over to the side just in time. I kicked the knife out of his hand. With full force I also kicked him in the chest and he stumbled backwards against a lantern. Peter immediately tied him to it with well-placed webs. He took a moment to make sure that the girl was okay and then disappeared with me. We roamed the streets for a while and then returned to Peter's house.

We changed clothes and I couldn't help but stare at him the whole time as he stood in front of his window and stared outside. I thought about what Riley had told me. I stood up quietly and hugged Peter from behind. He just stood still. Unsure of how to tell him what Riley had told me, I gave him a tight squeeze.

"How are you? Are you okay?", I finally asked.

"Mhm everything's fine.", he replied without looking at me.

It was getting late so I decided to go home. "I have to go. See you tomorrow."

-Peter-

Lyra was finally gone. A minute longer and I would have told her how I was really doing. A lump had already formed in my throat, I wasn't feeling well at all, but I actually wanted to keep that to myself. I sank down on my bed, dejected. Since I was alone now, I could finally let go and a few single tears rolled down my cheeks.
I was shocked when there was a knock on the door of my room.

"Not now May!", I called.

My door opened anyway and Lyra came in.

"It's me again for a minute, I've left my cell phone .... Hey ... Peter"
She looked at me and wanted to sit down next to me, but then she stopped. "Would you prefer me to go and leave you alone?"

"Now you've seen me anyway, so you can stay too."

I leaned against the wall and pulled the blanket over my lap. Lyra crawled under the covers and leaned against the wall next to me.

"I'm sorry.", she apologized.

"For What? What are you talking about."

"I knew you were not doing well, you were not fine and I left anyway. But I thought it might be better if you didn't want to tell it by yourself."

"How did you know?"

"Riley told me. If you want you can tell me now."

Actually, I always tried to appear strong in front of her, she should be able to be sure that I was always there for her. But I noticed more and more that Lyra didn't mind, even if I wasn't feeling so well. I took her hand and crossed our fingers. The feeling of her warm palm calmed me down.

"I don't really know it myself, I don't really know why I feel this way."

"You don't have to, you can just tell me how you feel?"

“It's like in the "old times", I worry so much about what others think of me and take it all too seriously again. For example what Flash always said. I feel so useless again, somehow inferior and I'm also somehow sad, ...I don't know, actually everything is fine ... But earlier, so this afternoon I saw you with Flash and you didn't argue, it looked like you were friends or something. That made me quite insecure, now I know why you were together."

Lyra released my hand and put it on my cheek, then hugged me. She gave the best hugs, so I tried to hold the hug as long as possible. We lay down facing each other. Lyra ran a hand through my hair and looked at me.

"Why is it so unsettling to see me with Flash? You know nothing will ever happen between him and I. "

“Yes, I know, but as I said, I don't know why it's like that. Please don't get this wrong, it has nothing to do with you. I trust you, I know there is nothing. "

She nodded satisfied and moved closer to me. She leaned her head against my shoulder and put her hand on my stomach. I didn't move, just hoping she wouldn't get up.

"One more thing, Peter ... stop trying to hide your feelings from me all the time. I've told you so many times. I like to be there for you! "

Her voice grew lower and lower, she was about to fall asleep.

"That you can show your feelings is one of the reasons why I like you so much.", she whispered before falling asleep.

Lyra slept close to me, but I couldn't sleep yet. So I watched her sleep.