the chemistry project

the to do list

peter felt as if everyone was staring at him as he walked into the halls of midtown tech the next morning. he felt like they knew what had happened. peter felt different. something had changed within him and he felt proud or at least, happy with what happened just a mere 15 or so hours ago. he walked to his locker and put his bag inside, quickly checking his texts when he felt someone arrive next to him. 

'hey peter. how are you going with y/n?' ned asked.

peter coughed and looked at ned. 'sorry w-what?' peter asked ned. 

'you know, with the chemistry project? mj and i are nearly finished.' ned asked. 

'oh! uh, yeah. y/n and i only have a few parts left i think.' peter answered sheepishly. 

the bell rang and peter thanked the universe because he didn't want to answer anymore questions about chemistry. he was still in a state of schock and knwoing him, peter is horrible at keeping secrets but he promised y/n and he did not intend to break it. 

y/n had shown up to school on time as usual, waiting for debbie but she still didn't show up. she must still be sick, y/n thought. y/n saw peter walk through the doors but turned to face the other way, once again avoiding any early seeds of awkwardness this morning. she felt her stomach tighten seeing him. she almost couldn't believe that last night, he was in her bed. y/n heard the bell ring so she made her way to her first period. she figured she would join peter and his friends again at lunch. 

lunch was about to start when y/n began packing her things up and once the shrill ring spewed out of the loud speakers, y/n walked out of her history class and made her way to her locker to get some money out. as she turned around from her locker, she saw peter at his locker and walked over to him, a small pit of nerves in her stomach. she leaned against the locker net to his. peter turned and saw y/n, his breath hitching and nerves instantly building up as he remembered the night before. 

'is it ok if i sit with you guys again today?' y/n asked. 

'y-yeah sure.' peter answered.

'thanks parker.' y/n nudged him. 

'no stress. want me to walk with you?' he asked.

'yeah that would be great.' y/n accepted his offer. 

the two walked into cafeteria, queueing up with trays. y/n got some salad and orange juice with a cookie. peter opted for a slice of pizza, some water and an apple. they walked over to peter's usual table to see ned and mj already seated. they sat down and greeted the others. y/n smiled at the two. 

as lunch went on, y/n watched peter's body language and the way he'd smile. she liked how pretty his smile was and took a mental picture. peter caught y/n staring a few times and felt a little on edge but tried his best to appear as normal as he could given the events of the past 24 hours. y/n kicked peter's leg and watched his eyes grow wide. ned and mj, thankfully were too wrapped up in a discussion about books or something to notice. y/n smirked and ran her foot up peter's leg, teasing him. peter cleared his throat awkwardly and took a sip of his water. 

'hey peter, can you come to the library with me? i just remembered a really good book that might be able to help with our project.' y/n asked the nervous peter. 

'sure.' he answered. they took their trays and returned them, saying goodbye to ned and mj, beginning the walk to the library. once inside, peter followed y/n into an aisle, furthest away from the librarians. she stood facing peter who looked confused. they were standing in the comic book section. 

'how are comic books going to he-' peter was cut off by y/n. 

'the book thing was an excuse. i wanted to talk to you about our other project, ya know?' y/n explained. peter's mouth made an 'o' shape as he realised what she meant. 

'y-yeah? what about it?' he said quietly. 

'well, i was thinking, if you wanted to, we could work on it tonight? maybe at your place?' y/n suggested. 

'yeah ok, my aunt is on the night shift so works perfectly.' peter answered. 

'cool! i'll see you then.' y/n walked off, leaving peter standing there trying to comprehend how on earth he was thrown into such a lucky situation. before peter started walking out of the aisle, y/n popped her head around the corner. 

'peter!' she whispered and he walked over to her. 'can you get some condoms too? we used the last ones yesterday.' y/n asked. 

's-sure.' he stuttered.

'thank you.' she whispered. she gave peter a look of thanks before looking around the library for any onlookers. seeing that there was almost nobody, y/n gave peter a quick peck on the lips and walked off as the bell rang. peter stood there with a dopey smile on his face. 

peter parker had 2 things to do tonight:

1) clean his room

2) buy condoms

the end of the day arrived quicker than y/n anticipated. she left the school grounds, putting her headphones in as she walked to her house, thinking about tonight. she wondered what peter might choose to do. she wondered what his room looked like. probably geeky, she thought. she wondered what paintings hung around his apartment. what colour the couch was. she was just curious to get an inside look at peter parker's life. 

y/n arrived home and unlocked the door, heading straight for her room. she grabbed the book and notebook she would need for tonight at peter's. she decided on lounging outside on a chair in the shade by the pool with a glass of lemonade in her head. y/n read through the book, looking at all of peter's little red stars. some caught her eye and intrigued her but many were simple or the same as she wanted to try.

when the bell had rung, ending the school day, peter had speed walked to his locker, nerves growing with every minute that passed. he ran to the station by the school, hoping he hadn't missed the train and to his luck, he was right on time. peter took the train down to the stop outside delmar's. he was going to get his usual with a little something extra. peter entered the deli and greeted mr delmar. 

'just the usual and squish it down real flat.' peter said smiling. while his sandwich was being made, peter wandered through the store, over to the 'family planning' aisle, staring at the shelves. he felt as if everyone was watching, making his mind run a thousand miles a minute. after a few minutes of contemplation, peter grabbed a simple 10 pack of condoms and on his way back to the counter, a pack of gummy worms. he placed the box on the counter, placing the gummy worms on top as if to hide the contraception underneath. mr delmar walked over with peter's sandwich and scanned his gummy worms, a look of surprise when he scanned the condoms. peter gave a nervous laugh. 

'$13.98.' mr delmar stated. peter grabbed out his wallet, placing a 10 and a 5 on the counter, not worrying about the change. peter put the box of condoms in his bag, somewhat embarrassed from buying them. he ate his sandwich on his walk home, trying to steady himself. once he got home, may was getting ready to leave for her night shift. 

'hey pete, i'm gonna head out now but i'll see you tomorrow after school, ok?' may smiled. 

'yeah of course. oh, um is it ok if y/n comes over to work on our chemistry project?' peter asked, trying his best to keep his stuttering to a minimum. 

'yeah of course, just remember: no drugs, no alcohol, no sex. bye peter, love you.' may smiled and made her way out the door. if only she knew. 

peter made his way to his room and put his bag down, kicking his shoes off. he had clothes and shoes all over the floor, papers all over his desk and a few plates here and there. so, peter walked over to his phone dock and plugged his phone in, playing some music to clean to. he began by sorting his clothes into clean and dirty piles, putting the dirty in a washing basket and folding the clean. next he put his shoes in his closet. peter grabbed the plates that were scattered around and brought them out to the kitchen, putting them in the dishwasher. he returned to his room and gathered all of his papers, shuffling them into a pile and putting them in his desk drawers. peter looked at his room, it was almost clean. he walked out to the hallway closet and grabbed out the vacuum player, plugging it in and began vacuuming his carpet. once he had put the vacuum cleaner away, he walked over to his bed. peter decided to change his sheets. once he had finished taking off the bedding and replacing it with fresh sheets, peter layed down on his bed and let out an exhale. he was finally done. he only had an hour till y/n was coming.