Holding on by a thread | Peter Parkerl

~nine~

School was bad. Very bad.

A lot of stares, too many questions.

'Oh my god Zoe what the fuck happened?'

'Girl that looks painful...'

All day.

It was even harder sticking to the one story about my imaginary cat attacking me.

But at least i had Peter.

He really made sure i was okay or talked over people if they said something rude.

We stuck together all day throughout classes, Ned standing in between us as we all debated Star Wars opinions.

'Ewoks are awesome.'

'Dude they're terryfing...'

'Nah i think they're cute c'mon!'

In chemistry, since me and Peter sat away i chatted with Ned, I think he viewed me as his best friend now.

When everyone was left to do their experiments, Gwen made her way over to me. Her knee high boots hitting of the ground as she strutted in her short white skirt and jumper. 'Hey girl, just reminding ya the party is this Friday, you better be there!'

I still sat with their group from time to time, depending if Peter was hanging out with Ned in some abandoned band room. I'm not sure what they were up to but it was good to mix with the others i guess.

'Yeah of course, is it still cool if i bring my friends?' I actually really liked Gwen now, once i looked past her snobby exterior, she was actually really fun to talk to. She always kept me updated on gossip and was actually really sweet about my scar.

'P-Peter and Ned?' She glanced over at Ned as he smiled at her happily behind his safety goggles.  'Sure of course girl...anyway, my jeans arrived and they're so perfect, so keep it casual with dress code babe.'

I nodded and smiled. She beamed back and strutted back to her partner.

'Party?' Ned asked sarcastically, I giggled back.

'Yeah i've been meaning to ask you guys to come with me.'

'Left it a bit late for me to plan an outfit!' He said jokingly fussing.

'Ah yes its hard to organise a graphic tee and jeans.'

We continued to experiment and i sneakily glanced over at Peter. He had opened a drawer in his desk and was quickly whisking something, it looked like goo?

That was not our experiment, we were attempting to create an explosion with specific chemicals.

*

At lunch i told them about the party and how we should go.

'Ehhh i don't know Zoe, i don't know if i can handle Flash outside of school.' Peter grunted.

'Come onnnn, you're not going to miss a big party because of Flash Thompson?'

'You called?'

Amazing timing.

'Sup penis Parker, I hear you're coming to Gwen's.'

'Uh yeah Zoe is bringing us-'

'You want to bring some of your Stark internship buddies? I hear Hulk loves a good party.'

'Flash come on-' I tried to get him to stop.

'Peter's friends with Spiderman.' Ned blurted.

Both Flash and I gave Peter the same shocked look, Peter glanced between the both of us. 'I-I think what Ned means is i've met him before when working-'