If I Remember You

19

Peter

"Oh come on Peter. It'll be fun." Isabel whined tugging at my arm as I roll my eyes at her.

"No Isabel. Just stop" I reply shrugging free from her grasp.

"Look. Wanda is already here in New York. She could come with us. And stay with us at my house in Boston. And we can also go see your friends" She retells her plan for the 20th time this morning.

" I said no" I say as she rolls her eyes. "Well I'm going back to Boston because I need to take care of my things. Come with me. Peter please" She begs me with puppy eyes as I shake my head at her childish tactics.

"It's dangerous. Plus, I have a duty here. I can't just leave an entire month" I try to convince her as she chuckles.

"New York survived without Spider-Man for five years. I'm sure they'll be find. Plus, all the superheroes living here can split the work. We have crime in Boston too" She persuades with an innocent smile.

"I don't know" I said hesitantly as she sits down on my twin bed. My bedroom apartment is too small so we usually use my bed as a couch.

"I'll meet Ned and MJ with or without you. And I'd rather you be with me" She blackmails me as I glare at her.

"You're stubborn and annoying" I tell her sighing defeatedly.

"I know. So is that a yes?" She asks with hopeful eyes.

"Fine. I'll go to Boston with you" I reply as she squeals excitedly. "Yay. We're on a mission" She says in all seriousness as she stands on her feet and looks at me dead in the eye.

"What's our mission?" I asked curiously as the corner of her mouth turn into a mischievous smile.

"Getting you and MJ back together" She explains with a playful smirk.

"I'm playing matchmaker" She adds flipping her hair dramatically. "And lucky for you, I am very best" She concludes as I chuckle at her.

"Let's just wait until Wanda finds a way to bring her memories back" I suggest as she rolls her eyes.

"We can wait. But that doesn't mean you can't do a little innocent flirting in the meanwhile" She encourages elbowing my ribs to taunt me.

"Oh shut up" I retort shoving her playfully aside as I go grab us some drinks while we waited for Wanda.

"What's taking her so long anyways?" Isa perks as she looks towards the door.

"She went to get some decent dinner" Wanda talks about herself in third person as the door swings open.

Let me just tell you she doesn't have a spare key to my apartment.

"Freaking finally" Isa sighs happily at the sight of food.

"We're going to Boston. How cool. I've never been" Wanda says out of the blue with excitement as Isa and me roll our eyes.

"Boundaries" Isa reminds Wanda as she mutters an apology.

"It's just so hard to ignore when you both are so obviously happy about going" Wanda justifies herself.

"Well I'm just excited to go back home. Peter, on the other hand, is excited to see his girlfriend" She teases me raising her eyebrows suggestively.

"He is really nervous too" Wanda added feeding into the gossip banter.

"Now you too Wanda. Come on" I argued with a small smile as both girls laugh light-heartedly.

"When are we going to Boston?" Wanda asks changing topics.

"2 maybe 3 days" Isa suggests as we all nod in agreement. "I have an appointment with my lawyer early morning. So, I'm leaving after dinner" Isa says mostly to me.

"For what?" I asked in curiosity as Wanda hands each one of us a bowl with some Sokovian dish.

"Matt Murdock. My lawyer. He needs to go over some my trust funds and New York properties. Well the properties I inherited from my parents" She explains to me as my eyes widen in shock.

" You know he actually helped me when my whole identity was revealed and I was being persecuted. He's a criminal lawyer, so why is he helping you with real estate?" I asked her genuinely confused.

"I use to have another lawyer here in New York. An older guy but I guess he retired and he asked Matt to take my case. So he's doing it as a favor more than anything. But it looks like he knows what he is doing, so I decided to stick with him for now" She explains before taking a bit of her food.

I nod chewing on my own food. "This is really good" Isa speaks first as Wanda nods.

"The one I make is way better" Wanda teases as we both chuckle.

"I don't doubt it" I said kindly as we mostly ate in silence with small talk here and there.

"Alright I'm heading home. Wanda if you wanna crash at my place. You know where it is. Do your floating through walls thing" Isa offers like she has been for the past week.

"Leave a blanket out for me this time. I was freezing yesterday" Wanda mentions as Isa rolled her eyes.

"I'm sorry. I thought you could call one into existence with your mind" Isa jokes as Wanda chuckles.

" I can. But it's polite to thing to do to be hospitable wit your guests" Wanda retorts as Isa chuckles shaking her head.

"You're not my mother. But thanks for the suggestion. I'll think about it next time. By all means, don't let my lack of proper etiquette leave you in a hypothermic state" Isa sasses as she goes to grab her keys and jacket from the hanger by the door.

"I'll keep that in mind" Wanda retorts with a ghost of a smile.

Isa and Wanda banter a lot. That's how they show they care about each other. It's odd but I guess its their love language.

"Ok. I'll see you tomorrow?" I call out to Isa. She smiles at me over her shoulder "Same time. Same place" She teases as she turns on her heels and closes the door behind her.

"I don't know why she insists on walking home. I could take her and be in her penthouse in seconds" Wanda shakes her head in amusement as I shrug.

"I think she likes the peace of being inside her mind" I tell Wanda as we sit on my small table.

"I spend too much time inside my own head. It's nice to do something different for a change" She waves her hands in the air for emphasize.

"I'm going in for seconds, you want some?" I asked with an innocent smile lifting up my bowl.

"Sure. Why not?" She thanks me handing me her bowl as I go serve us a decent portion of food.

I can't believe I'm going to see Ned and MJ after almost a year. I wonder what they've done while away.

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