Chemistry

06

Alessa ran home and found her grandmother waiting for her with a frown.

"Where were you?" she demanded.

Alessa fidgeted and put on a small smile. "Just the store, abuela. I got cheesecake from Mr. Delmar and walked around while eating it."

"Were you with May's nephew again?"

"Sí, why?"

"That boy is trouble, Alessandra. Since becoming friends with him, you have become distracted."

"A girl can have friends that are boys. Ned is my friend, too."

"Ned doesn't look at you with stars in his eyes."

"First MJ and now you," Alessa muttered.

"Ah, Michelle notices as well. Be careful around a boy that loves you. People do the strangest things for love."

Alessa scoffed. "Peter doesn't love me and I don't love him. I'm going to hang out with my friends and build a Lego ship."

"Ah, ah, ah. No you're not, niña."

"Why can't I hang out with my friends?!"

"It's a school night and you're already in trouble."

Alessa glanced at the clock. "It's 6:17 PM! Please can I go? I promise I'll be back before nine."

Her abuela thought for a moment and sighed. "Fine, but call me when you're returning."

"I'm literally going to the floor above us."

"I still want to know. You could be kidnapped in those five minutes."

"You watch too much crime shows for your own good." She kissed her abuela's cheek. "Te quiero, abuela."

"Te quiero, Alessandra."

Alessa smiled and left the apartment. She walked to the elevator and pushed the button. However, she decided it was taking too long and ran up the stairs, two at a time, arriving about the same time as Ned.

"Have you seen Peter?" Ned asked.

"No," Alessa lied. "Shall we build a ship?"

"The Death Star. Let's do it."

They knocked on the door and May let them in with a smile. The two made their way to Peter's room and started building the ship.

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Inside the Avengers Tower, Tony's belongings were being packed up. Dum-E picked up an expensive-looking china vase

Happy said to Dum-E, "Okay. Good. Yes. Yes- No. No, put that down. That's worth more than you or me." He took a call. "Yeah?"

Peter was running down a rooftop as he said, "Happy, the craziest thing just happened to me and Alessa. These guys were robbing an ATM with these high tech weapons-"

"Hey, take a breath, okay? I don't have time for ATM robberies..."

"Yeah, but-"

"...or the thoughtful notes you leave behind. I have moving day to worry about. Everything's gotta be out of here by next week."

Peter jumped onto another rooftop, then stopped in his tracks. "Wait. Wait! You're moving? Who's moving?"

"Yeah, don't you watch the news? Tony sold Avengers Tower. We're relocating to a new facility upstate where, hopefully, the cell service is much worse."

"But what about me or Lessa?"

It was Happy's turn to be confused. "What about you and Alessa?"