WRONG NUMBER, But Thanks For Calling?

Um What?

Peter rushed into school. His shirt was dirty, his hair was messy and he looked tired. Eveyone stared at him as he ran in, but he had to find Ned.

He rushed to his locker, finally spotting Ned. "Dude?" Ned asked. "You're actually here." He smiled.

Peter yawned. "Yeah. Wheres lilac?" He asked. Ned shrugged. "Shes not here today, I think.'' He said.

Peter smiled with relief. "Reallt? Thankgod." He said. The bell went and Peter and ned walked to class. "Why? I thought y'all were friends."

"Shes not that cool, actually." Peter said.

Ned just silently nodded. They sat down in class and Peter leaned down to close his eyes. "You don't look too good." Ned comented.

"Thanks." Peter said.

"Okay, class." The teacher walked in. "Today we have the last 2 presentations, Peter and flash. Flash, you're first." She said.

Peter woke up. I mean, really woke up. He leaned in. "Presentation?" He whispered to ned.

"We were assigned it last week." Ned whispered back. "You chose to talk about stark towers." Ned said like it was obvious.

Peter cringed with the memory. He cant do that anymore.

Flahs's presentation was quickly over, and Peter stood still. "Mr parker," the teacher said. "You're not going to present?" She asked.

Peter silently shook his head. The teacher sighed. "Then that is an E for you." She marked. Eveyone laughed.

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Ned played on his phone as Peter silently ate his lunch, although he wasnt hungry at all. Lately, he was never hungry. He was always just going to school and being bored. He didnt necessarily feel sad, but he didnt feel great. Like a big slump.

He had too many responsibilities, but also none he could do. He wanted it all to stop. Peter teared up a little, but shoved down his feelings. He looked at Ned, who hadn't heard him sniffing.

"Ned," Peter stared ahead. "Do you ever want...life to stop?" He asked.

Ned looked up from his phone. "Not really." He laughed.

Peter decided to go all in. "Because, lately I've just been feeling like everything is...wrong. like nothing will change." He signed. "Like I'm stuck in some endless loop where nothing is real and I see the same people every day-" he tried to reach out for help.

"Hey, its lilac!" Ned called out. Lilac walked into the cafeteria and sat down next to Ned.

"Hey lilac, hows life?" Ned asked.

"Eh, okay." She smiled. She looked at Peter. "Jeeze, who fired you? You look terrible." She added.

Peter noticed no one cared. No one heard him out, no one seemed to notice. Not even ned, who was back on his phone.

Peter just left. He didn't need to hear anyone out anymore. He decided he was going to leave and just become spiderman, full time.

And you know whats sad? Ned didnt even notice he left.

Peter went to his locker and grabbed his bag. He started to walk out, but to his suprise, somone called out to him.

"Peter!" Lilac yelled. She stopped in front of Peter. "What?" He asked.

"What's wrong?" She asked.

Peter scoffed. "Why were you late?" He asked.

Lilac smiled. "Had to do somthing." She said.

Peter couldnt be bothered to talk to her, she used too much energy. So Peter began to walk away, when lilac grabbed him. "Wait," she said. She pulled him into the storage room and closed the door.

"Wanna know why?" She asked. Peter sighed. "Why?" He asked.

Lilac looked out a hole in the door to make sure no one was near. She pulled Peter in close and whispered in his ear. "Because I planted a bomb." She giggled.

Peter's heart stopped. His eyes went wide. Its like everything in the world froze.

"What?" He asked. Lilac nodded and giggled more. "Spiderman goes to our school! Did you know that?? I'm going to blow up the school and kill him." She said.

Peter wanted to run away, but who knows what would happen. "How did you get...a bomb?" He asked.

Lilac laughed more. "From the internship." She said. Peter froze.

"...What?" He said. Lilac smiled.

"Its set to go off in 30 minutes. Peter..." she grabbed him close. "I love you. Come with me, when can run away and be safe together." She offered.

Peter backed away slowly. He needed to leave. "I..." he started. Peter knew what he had to do. "I love you too."