lucky list, peter parker ✓

chapter eight

chapter eight
driving lessons between two teens

nova had been grounded for two weeks. she hadn't don't anything wrong per say, it was just bucky being mad that nova had gotten sam to sign for her tattoo and not himself.

he did like the tattoo though.

now her two week grounding was up and peter had asked if she wanted to hangout at the book store nova worked at. he had claimed there was a new star wars comic book he wanted to read.

so that's where the two where now, both sitting across from each other. both reading their own books — peter with his superhero comic book, and nova with her poetry book.

"do you know how to drive?" peter questioned suddenly, his hands lowing his book so he could just look at nova without anything in the way.

"no." nova replied, she didn't both to look up at peter.

she would have at any other moments, but things like that: like the question bugged her. nova bounced around foster homes, group homes, any homes that would take her. she never got the opertinity to learn to drive. the closest thing she knew about driving was the time she had to reach over and hold the steering wheel, unfortunately when bucky got a slight case of road rage.

peter nodded, deciding not to press on the topic.

instead he focused back on his comic, looking up every few minutes to just look at nova.

now here's the thing. peter parker wasn't over mj, or at least he didn't think he was. mj was his girlfriend when his world had crashed, she had stuck by him when he needed her the most. but unfortunately when strange casted the spell she forgot him along with everyone else.

mj was his first kiss. mj, despite her comments, could always bring a smile to his face. mj was one of peter parkers best friends — with ned leeds in first place.

but now, he had nova. nova was his friend, his only friend it seemed like. he was doing things by himself and had been for a few months before nova came around. now he had her. she was there for him now.

what peter was feeling was what confused him the most. the way he felt was almost identical to the way he felt for mj after liz. did he like her?

there was so much about nova that peter wanted to know, wanted to unlock. he wanted to know how she remembered him for one. oh, he wanted to know why she was so bubbly — she reminded him of a fizzy pop.

if peter had to describe nova, he would say this — "she's a shot of expresso, she's the sunlight on a cloudy day, energetic and enthusiastic, fizzy and bubbly like cheep alcohol."

oh but peter could go on. he could tell whoever about her smile and the way she talked, or how she bounced around all the time. he could tell them about the sparkles in her eyes or what she did when she was focused or angry.

hm. maybe peter b parker liked nova barnes.

"wanna go for a drive?"

( okay, maybe he was thinking about driving because lucky number 7 on his aunts lucky list was to drive down an abandoned road — past the speed limit. and maybe peter could complete number 4 on the list too — teach someone something they didn't know. )

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step one. finding a car.

peter had zero idea how he would find a car that someone would let him and nova use. neither had a car. and bucky wouldn't let them borrow his car.

"how about sam?" peter asked as he looked across the booth.

"bucky said if he helped me out with any more of my adventures, without him knowing, then id be grounded even longer next time." nova sighed.

"hmm." peter hummed in reply.

"maybe we could take one on a joy ride? borrow from a dealership?" nova suggested. "we could pretend we're buying." she added.

it was worth a shot. but was it worth getting into trouble for?

neither really knew. it seemed as if this lucky list was going to unlock more than one thing.

step two. find an abandoned road.

now this would be easy. nova or peter could look online for a vehicle they could take out for an hour, well the other one looked for an abandoned road.

it was a win/win situation — if they could find a car.

peter, who had taken it upon him to look for a car they could use was having a lot of trouble.

no car dealerships would let them take out a car because they weren't over 18 yet, and neither were going to have a guardian with them either.

peter was silently cursing out his aunt. he wasn't mad at her — and he could have chosen not to do the list, but he was doing it anyways.

and honestly, he wouldn't stop for any reason. times like this with nova by his side he felt good. he wasn't so scared of the fact he was alone anymore. he could feel himself getting over his aunts tragic death. he was also getting over the whole multiverse thing too.

"hey. i found something." nova spoke up, watching as peter looked away from his own phone to stare at nova, waiting for her to tell him what she found.

step three. complete number 7 + 4.

"okay." nova sighed as she held the steering wheel tightly.

both peter and nova had convinced bucky to let the borrow his car. he had told them that if anything happened to it then he wouldn't be happy, and he would make them pay for the damages. fun.

"so." peter looked ahead at the abandoned road. "when your ready to go, slowly take you foot — off the brake!"

nova laughed loudly as she stepped on the gas. the car went fast and for a few moments both peter and nova were going over 100km. both laughed and let out screams of pure excitement.

that was until peter remembered nova didn't know how to drive.

"stop! oh god — nova stop the car!"

nova stopped the car and turned to peter. "that was so much fun!"

peter blinked. "were never doing that again."