𝐴𝐿𝐼𝐾𝐸 - Peter Parker

62.

Peter's POV

"Where are you going?" Mr. Stark had paused as I was passing by him on my way out.

"Ned and I are going to the movies," I answered and put an assuring smile on to make it more believable. Not that it wasn't partly true, I was going to the movies. I just wasn't really going with Ned.

"Okay. Who's driving you?" He asked and turned off his phone, that he had been looking in before he stopped me.

"Happy,"

"And what are you planning on watching?"

"What is this? An interrogation?" I snickered at the end of my defensive question and Mr. Stark raised his head and squinted his eyes in suspicion.

"Answer the question," I lowered my head, staring at my shoes.

"Uh... The Notebook..." Instantly, he chuckled and shook his head as if I had just told a joke that was so stupid it actually was funny.

"So you're going with a girl?" He asked having stopped laughing and was yet still smiling.

"Well... Yeah,"

"I was actually just about to go check if we've got anything new on Rue, but... I see you've moved on,"

I hadn't forgotten about Rue. In fact, she was still everything that was on my mind, not only at night but even at daytime. Ned missed her too, but he set the date up between me and his cousin Raven, who apparently found me 'weirdly cute'. I had told him no, but he kept on insisting and eventually I thought it might be time. After all, we had had a kind of funeral for Rue when they sent in a picture of her.

I wasn't allowed to see the photo, but it must've been horrific, because I saw Wanda throw up and Steve put his hand over his eyes. Mr. Stark told me that it was better off that I didn't see that photo and to be honest I agreed. I wanted to remember her the way I loved her, but about six months after she was taken I began forgetting details about her. Small things like her laugh, her voice and the way she moved. But in some way, it didn't really matter to me. I still remembered the way she made me feel whenever she allowed me to touch her. And the way I just wanted to hug and kiss her whenever she cried. 

"I haven't moved on. It's just... this is the last thing I've tried," I ran my hand through my hair and shrugged as he searched my face. His gaze was like a mountain hovering over you. 

"Fair enough. Let me know how it works out," he put his hand on my head and ruffled my hair, that I had used a good amount of time to set and then walked away, again with his head down in his phone. Mr. Stark had changed his behavior towards me after Rue was taken. I broke down in front of him as I tried apologizing for telling him that it was all on him, if she died. I had never been hugged by him and I haven't since either, but it felt really nice when he did it. Ever since he's kinda been like a father to me and I'm pretty sure I've been like a son to him too.

Happy dropped me off a block away from the movie theater where I was supposed to meet Raven. She was wearing a flower dress and her curly black hair hung down her shoulders. She was really pretty. When I approached her, she had a big smile on her face that somehow made me want to call it all off and go home. But I didn't and we went into our seats. 

Right when Ryan Gosling was hanging from the ferris wheel I felt her warm touch on my fingers. I looked down at her hand that was now laying on top of mine. I turned my head to her face and chocked on absolutely nothing. Rue was smiling at me, not letting her teeth show but so stunningly that I was on the verge of crying. 

"Rue?" I exclaimed baffled with a smile. Suddenly the world sunk together again and Sylvie was in front of me with a weird look on her face. 

"Peter are you okay? Who's Rue?" I got dizzy as I shot up from my seat and began walking over the people's feet letting out a few I'm sorry's and excuse me's in between each person. I stumbled out of the theater and out on the street where I could get some air. 

It had been so real, I didn't understand. She was there. Right in front of me. 

"Happy I need you to come pick me up right now!"

"Already? Peter it's been like fifteen min-"

"Happy! Just do it!"

"Is everything alright?" I took a few seconds to get a hold of my breath and leaned up against a wall. 

"Please just hurry," I sighed in between breaths and closed my eyes. Without letting him answer, I removed the phone from my ear and hung up. 

Five minutes later, Happy arrived in his black Audi and started driving me back home. Ned texted me on the way and asked me why I had bailed, but I didn't answer. I couldn't wrap my head around that at the moment. 

I couldn't help but think that maybe that was a sign. A sign that she wasn't alive anymore, but in a better place where she was maybe happy, hence the smile. 

"So was it a total disaster?" Happy broke the silence that had been in the car for a few minutes. I was looking out the window at the passing cars figuring out what response to give, so that he wouldn't be hurt, but wouldn't speak more either. 

"Just felt sick,"

"Peter it's okay. I remember when I was nineteen and went on dates with girls too. Some were disasters and others were successes. She just wasn't it-"

"It was fine! Just let it go," I snarled at him and got filled with regret only a second after. 

"Oh I see... It's because you were thinking of another girl isn't it?" he asked as we parked in the giant garage filled with high priced cars Mr. Stark owned. I didn't feel like keeping the conversation going, so I went to pull the door handle. Just before I pulled it, Happy locked all doors and looked at me. 

"Happy I swear, I will rip this door off," I articulated, my voice steady as a rock. 

"Look there's something I need to tell you that I think you deserve to know," he looked nervous and straight forward out the front window. "Tony knows where Rue is. She's an assassin for Hydra... The best so far,"

"What?"

"I know it sounds crazy, but I need you to not freak out-"

"How long?" I was so close to ripping that door off like I had told him I would. "How long have you known?" Happy sighed and let his head fall back slightly. 

"Tony has known for a week, but he told the others yesterday," I didn't know what to say, I didn't know what to do. My mind was racing around in memories of her and lastly they landed on Mr. Stark. 

How could he not have told me?

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