One-Shots

Peter Parker - That Way Pt. 2

Second and final part:)

Peter drops me off at our apartment complex and then leaves to go patrol before Ned comes over. When I walk inside I am not surprised to see that neither of my parents are home. Both of them are still at work which means I am making myself a salad later for dinner because I can't cook. Okay that's a lie, I've never tried to cook, so I don't really know if I can or not.

I take my backpack to my room and get out my computer so I can finish my homework. It's pretty easy and I finish it quickly. Afterwards, I go to the kitchen and make myself a salad, eating it in my room while watching TV.

I have just finished eating when my doorbell rings. I put my salad bowl in the sink and then answer the door to see MJ standing in the hallway.

"Hey." She smiles.

"Hey!" I say, letting her in. "Are you hungry?"

"No my Dad had dinner made when I got home." I give her a questioning look because she normally eats dinner pretty late and she shrugs. "He has a late shift tonight."

"Makes sense." I say. "Do you wanna-"

"Desperately." She groans.

"Okay." I laugh.

We walk to my room and MJ pulls Of Human Bondage out of her backpack and I grab Love and Other Words, because I finished Truly Devious in school. We lay down on my bed, side by side on our stomachs and read. We do this a lot, it may seem boring to some people but to us it's actually really fun.

My book is a childhood best friends to lovers book, and it reminds me of me and Peter in a way. As I'm reading, I realize I haven't actually been paying attention to the words on the page. All I can think about it the kiss. I look up from my book and to my surprise I can see the sun is setting through my window.

I close my eyes and try to think of anything other than Peter but it doesn't work. All I can see in my mind is us kissing. It's literally haunting me. It seemed like the right thing at the time but afterwards it felt wrong. I can't lose Peter, even if it means having him as my best friend and nothing more for the rest of my life. I can't lose him.

But if I keep this to myself it's going to consume all of my thoughts. If I don't tell anyone eventually I'm going to go insane and-

"Peter and I kissed." I blurt out.

MJ looks at me in confusion and slowly closes her book. "So that's why you've been uncharacteristically silent."

"That's all you have to say? You're not going to tell me I'm stupid?"

"You're not stupid. Let's take some deep breaths okay? In and out-"

"MJ now is not the time for you to be nice!" I yell. "Tell me how much of an idiot I am. Tell me that I'm a pathetic, hopeless romantic and that life sucks and it's never going to be like it is in the books."

"Gracee I'm your friend, okay? That means I'm going to support you no matter how much of a pathetic, hopeless romantic you are."

"Hey." I say, frowning.

"You can't get mad at me, you told me to say it." She says, putting her hands up in defense.

I groan and lay facedown on my bed.

"What are you doing?" MJ sighs.

"I'm suffocating myself." I say, my words muffled.

"Okay that's enough." MJ says, lifting me up.

"I'm so stupid." I pout.

"Gracee your not stupid."

"I kissed my best friend. I am stupid."