𝐢 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐬, peter parker

II

Peter climbs up a story and follows Seven into her room. Seven's room is filled with fairy lights and a lot of different kinds of posters. She likes the movie Little Women, she also had a poster of Black Widow and Spiderman.

"You like Black Widow?" Peter asks, pointing at the poster.

Seven looks at the poster behind her. "Oh yeah, she's so badass".

"Funny, I've actually...met her".

"That's cool, how?"

"Um, I kind of have an internship at Stark Industries", Peter explains. "Sorry, I don't usually tell that to people."

"It's fine", Seven assures him. "So you actually like science?".

"Yeah".

"Sorry for asking but why do you live with your aunt?" Seven asks while lying down on her bed.

"Oh, my parents passed away in a plane crash when I was four", he explains.

Seven realized that that was probably a sensitive question to ask someone you just met. "Oh, Peter, I'm so sorry".

Peter cut her off. "It's alright, my aunt is great. She's the best", he said slightly smiling.

"I never knew who my dad was,'' Seven explained. "I don't usually get into that so quickly, I just wanted you to know so you don't feel awkward about it."

The room was quiet for a moment because both of them didn't know what to say. The "sorries" never seemed to cut it.

"Um, it kind of smells funky", Peter says. "Not saying that your room smells bad or anything".

Seven laughs. "It's fine, my mom's a hippie so you know, she likes to...", Seven raises her eyebrows hinting that her mom likes to smoke weed.

"Oh".

"Only a hippie would name their kid a number".

"Yeah, how did that happen?"

Seven patted at her bed so Peter could sit. "My mom lived with hippies after graduating high school", she explained. "Their van had a big green number 7 on both sides of it and I was born on July 7th inside that car. She took that as a sign from the universe telling her to name me Seven, so that's what she did".

"That's a cool story", Peter says. "I actually really like your name".

Seven smiled at him.

"Hey, do you want ice cream?" Seven asks. "We have some Ben & Jerry's in the freezer".

"Sure", Peter agrees.

Seven and Peter walk out of her room into the kitchen. Peter looks around her house. It was built the exact same as his home, just obviously different.

"What's your favorite color?" Peter asked as Seven got the ice cream out of the freezer.

"Green", Seven smiled. "What's yours?"

"Blue", Peter then got an idea. "Tell me your favorite things".

"Uh, I love cats. Dumplings are my favorite food. And my favorite movie is literally any Star Wars".

"I love Star Wars,'' Peter gushed. Oh my God, she's perfect for me, Peter thought to himself.

"Actually", Seven said, remembering something. "Wait, right here".

Seven left the room for a second. Peter sat there on the kitchen counter with his ice cream. Seven came back with two lightsabers, turned them on and excitedly exclaimed, "Look!"