Peter Reid

Chapter 5 ~ Learning to Live

Peter's POV

          Peter had taken a nap after the 26th video, and the 3rd video of him swinging into a wall. However, as the world fell into black nothingness, a dream took over.

Peter was on top of a plane, using webs to avoid crashing into the city. Everything was twisted and turned. Then he was on the ground trying to stop the ringing in his ears. However, before he could he was trying to stop a man in metal wings. He was completely lost as he screamed at the man. No... this was Toomes, Liz's dad... why was he-

An explosion blew him back and suddenly he felt a crushing weight on his chest. "I'm down here! Please, anyone! Come on Spider-Man!"

Peter woke with sweat dripping down his neck, his brain replaying the words: come on Spider-Man. Taking deep breaths he tried to relax but he couldn't help questioning it.

"Peter! Spencer's back! He brought a friend!" Ned's mom called. Peter shakingly sat up ignoring the pain. However, before he could try to get up Ned was there helping him into the wheelchair.

As he came out of Ned's room, he looked over to see Spencer standing next to a blond woman. She was tall with loud colors on every piece of clothing she was wearing. Even her shoes were bright green. Her fun colors almost made him miss how Spencer looked even worse than he had before he left. Spencer gave him a tired smile, "Peter this is- "

"Penelope Garcia, you can call me Aunt Penelope or Penelope or Pen. Anything is fine with me, I'm just happy to finally meet you. Terrible circumstances but happy all the same. I'm a member of the Baby Genius team. I'm a good friend of his. Wait a minute, is baby genius accurate now? I mean you have a kid maybe daddy- nope. Baby genius is staying." She said quickly and almost in one breath.

"Nice to meet you, Penelope. Spencer has told me about you in his letters. I don't know anything recent but..." he trails off awkwardly and painfully shrugging.

Peter looks down for a second before taking control of his emotions again. "I'm happy to finally meet one of the members of Spencer's famous team. Spencer wrote about you all a lot in his letters."

Garcia smiled, "I just learned about you yesterday, I also learned that he," she bumps her arm into Spencer's. "Loves to keep secrets." Spencer's face goes pink, and Peter can't help the small smile. With her wacky style and happy persona, she was exactly how he had imagined.

Reid cleared his throat, "I did some research on the way in. Your old apartment was rented out almost immediately by an unknown buyer. Garcia will hack in to hopefully find a name. That way we can- "

"Tony Stark rented it out," Ned said cutting in. Peter tensed at the name. "Hi, I'm Peter's best friend Ned..." he said awkwardly. "After May... Tony rented it out for Peter so it would stay in the family for now." He said awkwardly, then looked at Peter with a small smile. "You were mad at him for that. You were determined to handle it, but you were secretly pleased to have that taken care of."

"Huh?" Garcia asked and Reid looked a little confused as well.

"He kind of become a mentor/friend to Peter since they met," Ned explained, and Spencer understood while Garcia looked a little lost.

Spencer nodded pulling out his phone, "I'll talk to him..." he paused and glanced over. "Unless you want a new-"

"No." Peter cut in before taking a deep breath, "it's my home."

He nodded looking around until he spotted Peter's phone. "I'll take care of that now." He stepped out of the door and Peter envied the way Spencer knew he could guess Peter's password.