chasing waterfalls [Peter Parker]

~49~

The next morning, we stood outside of the hotel, waiting for a boat to take us to a bus so we could go to Paris. Peter was talking to Ned and I was talking to Dani. All of a sudden, Mr. Harrington came out of the hotel with an announcement.

"Good news. We're going to Prague." I shot Peter a look. There was no way this was a coincidence. Fury was involved in some way. He had to be. "The company called. They upgraded us. You should have heard me on the phone with them. I really gave them hell. All I heard was crying."

As we headed to the bus, I caught up with Peter.

"Do you think this is related to our meeting with Fury?" Peter nodded, gesturing to the bus driver. I looked over and saw it was Dimitri. I rolled my eyes.

"Peter, what's going on?" Ned asked. Peter sighed.

"I think Nick Fury just hijacked our summer vacation." Ned smiled.

"Awesome." We got on the bus.

As we drove through the Austrian mountains, I sighed. This was not how I wanted summer break to go, but there was no turning back now. Two rows in front of me, Flash was live-streaming the bus ride. This was going to be a long drive.

Eventually, we stopped in a little village for a break. We went to get off the bus, but Peter got stopped by Dimitri. I assumed this had something to do with the fact that Peter didn't want to get recognized, so I followed the group.

Ten minutes later, I walked back to the bus. I noticed Brad and Peter talking to each other, which confused me a bit, but I brushed it off. I sat down next to Dani, and not even a minute later, Brad stood next to me.

"Hey, can I talk to you for a sec?" He asked, and I looked over at Peter. He had a very nervous look on his face, and I shrugged, confused.

"I think the bus is gonna start, so-"

"Everybody in their seats, let's go." Mr. Harrington interrupted me, and Brad headed back to the back of the bus. The bus started moving.

An hour into the drive, Peter almost stood up from his seat, looking behind the bus. I noticed he had his glasses on. Flash did too, because he took the glasses from Peter.

"Nice glasses, Parker. How'd you pay for these?" Peter tried to take the glasses back.

"Flash, give them back." He struggled with Flash and accidentally knocked him out. My eyes widened. Peter took the glasses and put them back on. He looked back at me, and I mouthed what the hell. He stood up and started mumbling.

"Did you just punch Flash?" The girl across the row from me asked, to which Peter responded.

"No." I looked behind the bus to see a drone following us. Peter shot a web at the wheel, and pulled it so the bus would swerve. I held on to my seat. What was Peter doing? Dimitri kept turning the wheel, swerving.

"Peter, plant your fanny in that seat and buckle up." Mr. Harrington warned, and Peter pointed out the window.

"Look at the baby mountain goats." Everyone turned their heads, leaving Peter enough time to jump up out of the bus and take down the drone. He landed back in the bus, his hair blown back by the wind.

"I didn't see any mountain goats." Mr. Harrington complained.

"You missed them." Peter responded.

"I know you think none of us have noticed, Peter..." I looked back at Betty, who had just spoke. "But your new look, I love it." She turned to Ned. "Right, babe?" Ned nodded.

"Very European." Peter sat back down.