If I Remember You

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Isabel

"So do you approve?" Peter asks as me as I look up from the book I was reading. I can him quickly from head to toe. "I approve son" I tease him as I stand up.

"So it looks like Davina has kidnapped Wanda for the day and taken her shopping." I explain to him handing him my phone so he could read her message.

He eyes me warily before I add "I'm sure Wanda will call if she needs me to rescue her."

"So, now let's focus on our mission to get your girlfriend back" I suggest with an innocent smile.

"Please let me deal with it" He counters crossing his arms. "I think we both know through sufficient evidence that it never works" I smiled as he rolls his eyes.

"We should leave before your eyes get permanently stuck to the back of her head" I suggest snatching my phone back from him.

"I can't believe you have Wong's contact. I don't even have it and we fought Thanos together" He whines as he walk out the door.

"People love me" I shrug as he rolls his eyes yet again. "And stop snooping through my phone you creep" I add looking down at my phone.

"You texted MJ pretending to be me" He argues with a challenging stare. "And you gave me your password. So its technically your fault" I countered as he shakes his head.

"Well I gave it to you because I was driving. And we don't text and drive" He justifies as I shrugged.

"You should've changed it" I mused as I unlock my car doors. "Now get in. We don't want to leave your girlfriend waiting." I teased again as he climbs into the passenger side.

"Or maybe we should? For a dramatic entrance." I suggest as Peter shakes his head profusely.

"No, no, no, no, nooo" He declares as I pull out of my driveway.

"Jeez. Okay. No dramatic entrance" I confirm with a bored expression. "So I went to Wanda's room while we were still showering and I got a few strands of hair from her brush. I have a friend from my university who works in a lab and I'm gonna have run some tests" I tell Peter as he nods.

"I think that's good. You know? Keep it all under wraps. If you trust him" He adds as I nod.

"We're here" I called out parking in front of the restaurant.

"Here goes nothing" Peter exclaims rubbing his hands together nervously as we get out of the vehicle.

***

"No way, you were in a decathlon team too?" Ned exclaimed excitedly wrapping his arms around Peter's shoulders.

"It's weird we never contended against your high school ever" MJ perks narrowing her eyes at Peter in suspicion.

"Well my school was low-budget and our team wasn't the best. If you went to nationals, I'm sure I can guess fairly easy why we never met" Peter lied smoothly and even I was impressed my his lack of awkwardness.

"So when did you two meet? Since you're from Boston and you're from New York" MJ asked leaning back on her chair scanning our facial expressions for any uncertainty.

Damn this girl is a handful.

"While my parents were still living, they managed to buy a penthouse in New York. It was actually one of their first home together. They met each other while in NYU" I tell her detailly as she just looks at me.

"I was born in New York and we moved to Boston when I was toddler. Anyway, I guess I just wanted to reminisce and to make a long story short, I bumped into Peter and then we kept bumping into each other randomly" I lied looking over at Peter for support.

"So you two have been together for a while?" MJ assumes as I smile softly at her.

"Sorry guys. MJ is always asking questions. It's just who she is" Ned apologizes giving her friend a stern warning silently to shut up.

"No no its totally fine. We're actually not together" I tell her as I carefully tried to read her reaction for any clues.

"But Davina said-" MJ countered before I cut her off. "We just pretended so I could her off my back. I'm sure you've noticed she can be a little too overbearing" I teased as MJ laughs lightly.

"She's persistent" She agrees as I smiled at her. "So how about you? How long have you been with your boyfriend?" Peter asks shyly as I look over at him in surprise at his boldness.

"Oh just a couple of months" MJ smiles looking at him.

I could feel the sparks. Time to be a matchmaker.

"So it's not too serious?" I perked as she snaps her gaze towards me.

"Uh-I-I think we are getting to know each other" she replies honestly as Ned rolls his eyes.

"You've been friends for seven out of the 9 months you've known each other. How much longer does it take to know if you like him or not?" Ned challenges almost as if they have had this exact conversation before.

"You know she acts like she's trying to get over an ex sometimes but she's never had a boyfriend before" Ned adds freely as MJ hits him underneath the table.

"Well its true" Ned adds kneeling down to rub his outer thigh. "I've never liked rushing into anything" MJ explains herself as she blushes in embarrassment.

"You and me both" I assured her with a small smile.

"Have you guys ever seen Spider-Man swinging around New York?" I changed the topic and I could feel Peter jabbing my knee as a cue to shut the hell up.

"Oh yes! All the freaking time. That dude is so awesome" Ned exclaimed eagerly.

"Oh don't get him started on Spider-Man. He's a groupie" MJ teases as we laugh light-heartedly.

"I've seen him a handful of times myself" MJ replies.

"I've heard he's hot" I comment making Peter choke on his own spit. "Is he?" I asked MJ as she gives me an awkward smile.

"I wouldn't know. Taking out the mask would defeat the entire purpose for a secret identity" MJ shrugs as I grin at her.

"You don't need to see his face to know if he's hot. You know that. I know that." I teased as she chuckles.

"I mean-I-I guess he's hot..." She admits hesitantly as I nod with a growing grin. I could sense Peter's overwhelming joy beside me.

"But I think it's his heart that I find the most appealing and intriguing" She adds looking at Peter this time instead of me.

Wow, wow, wow, wow. I missed a step. Did she just-? Why-why did she do that? Does she? She can't know. Right?

"Yeah and why is that?" Peter asks her softly meeting her intimidating gaze with ease.

"I'm still trying to figure that part out" She retorts with a sly grin.

"I'm sure you'll get there" Peter teases her with a subtle smirk as she chuckles at him.

"I know I will" She affirms with a glint in her eyes that said a million words.

And this is why I'm the best matchmaker.

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