If I Remember You

20

Isabel

"Welcome to my humble home." I welcomed Peter and Wanda as I opened my front door.

"This is suppose to be humble?" Peter sassed as I rolled my eyes at his comment.

"It's technically my grandmother's house. But now the house is mine" I explain as they both admire its interior while I closed the door behind them.

"Your house is beautiful" Wanda compliments looking down at me as I give her a grateful smile.

"Thank you Wanda. My grandma would have truly appreciated it" I tell her as she gives me a soft smile.

"Anyways. The guest bedrooms are scattered upstairs. So, let's go settled and then go grab some dinner" I tell them as they nodded already walking up the stairs.

"I know you are planning something. I've chosen to respect your boundaries and haven't read your mind" Wanda tells me as she pulls me back letting Peter go upstairs all on his own.

"It's a good surprise. I promise" I smile mischievously as she chuckles at me with a soft "okay."

"We will leave in like an hour. Sounds good with everyone?" I call out from my own room.

I got a chorus of 'yes' from them both and nodded to myself as I began unpacking my bags.

***

" This place is notoriously known for having the very best wings in town. It's one of my favorite places" I tell them as we walk into the laid back restaurant.

"It smells amazing" Wanda agreed offering me a smile . "Right? What do you think Pete?" I ask him as he smiles but his eyes said a different story. "What's wrong?" I whispered towards him.

He shook his head slightly "Nothing. Aunt May loved wings. I'm just happy I get to relive that. I haven't had wings since she passed" He explains with a lingering sadness.

"Peter I didn't know. We could somewhere else" I offered half-heartedly as Wanda eyes me weirdly.

"No no. I need to let go and move on right? Isn't that what you two are always saying?" He retorts with a small forced laugh.

"Not overnight. If its too much we can go" I assured him as he rejects my offer a second time.

"I'm fine Isa. Let's go. We're holding up the line" He tells me dragging me away from blocking the entrance.

We soon got seated and I fidgeted with my hands nervously as I discreetly scanned the room for my suspects.

"What is going on with you?" Wanda asks me when Peter excuses himself to go to the bathroom.

"Wh-what?" I stuttered stunned by her question. " What has you fidgeting and shaking in your seat?" Wanda asks again out of concern.

"Over there" I tell her with a small smile. She follows my gaze gasping softly when her eyes landed on Ned and MJ sitting several booths down from us.

"Isabel" Wanda scolded looking over at me. "You did not" She adds with wide and stunned eyes.

"Surprise" I whispered jazzing my hands up for emphasizes.

"Peter will kill you and I won't stop him" Wanda declares as I scoff at her alliance.

"You can't choose sides. You have to be Switzerland" I remind her bumping shoulders with her as she shakes her head.

"You don't know if he's ready to see them." She points out as I bite my lip nervously.

"You can't just throw him under the bus and expect him to thank you" She adds as I groan knowing she was right.

"If I don't leap for him, he won't ever do it himself. Sometimes you just need a little push to get you where you're meant to be" I counter her argument as she sighs disapprovingly.

"Plus, we both know he won't move unless circumstances force him to. So I brought the circumstance to him" I add with an innocent smile as Wanda frowns at me.

"What circumstance?" Peter asks cluelessly as he sits back down with a smile.

Now I feel bad. I just look at him and think of a lamb ready for slaughter.

"Nothing" Wanda and I reply simultaneously.

"You guys are acting weird" Peter chuckles looking down at his menu.

"Can you order for us? We don't what the best things are here" Peter suggests looking at Wanda for approval.

"Yeah order for us. We're clueless here" Wanda agrees implying another thing with her choice of words.

"Well since I have been here a lot longer. I do know what's best" I retort as we spoke silently through our eyes.

"I hope you're correct" Wanda replies as Peter chuckles.

"Relax. It's not a big deal. I'm down to trying anything" Peter interrupts our stare down by patting my back.

"You good? You seem tense?" He laughs as I laugh back awkwardly. "Yep. I'm-I'm great. You?" I ask back as he nods "I'm great" he replies shaking his head at my weirdness.

"Are you guys ready to order?" Our waitress asks softly from behind her notepad.

"Yes" I reply swallowing back my nervousness.

"Great. What can I get started for you guys?" She asks as she looks up from her notepad to fully disclose her face.

"What the-" Peter mumbled under his breath as he stares at her bluntly.

"Excuse me" She asks looking at him. "Oh sorry. I'm MJ. I'll be your waitress today. Welcome to Wing SNZ Porter Square." She finally introduces herself as I take a deep breath waiting for Peter to speak up.

"I always forget to do. Sorry again. I'm sort of new here. Still adjusting" MJ laughs it off looking at all of us.

"Uh-I'm Peter" He stutters a reply as she smiles politely at him. "Hello Peter" She greets him as Peter tenses at her voice.

Oh God. This was a terrible idea. He's gonna kill me. And Wanda is gonna help him cover it up.

"Can I get drinks started for you while I give you guys a couple more minutes to sort through the menu?" MJ asks again.

"Can I get a coke please?" I asked as she jots it down nodding her head. "Of course" She replies happily.

"Sprite" Wanda follows to ease the conversation. "Uh-co-coke" Peter says as well as MJ nods.

"I'll be back with those" MJ replies as she walks away with a small smile.

"What the hell Isabel?" Peter demanded angrily as he glared directly at me.

"Surprise" I reply in a high pitched and overly sweet tone.

So that didn't really go according to plan...

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