Eight months pass by as Peter and I walk through the halls of Midtown Tech on the last day of school before summer vacation. A video tribute for My father, Steve, Nat, and Vision play before Betty and Jason appear to host the school news.
"Gone, but not forgotten." Betty says.
The news continues to play as we reach art class where Ned is sitting. Peter begins explaining his plan to ask MJ out.
"I have a plan. Okay, first, I'm gonna sit next to MJ on the flight. Second, I'm gonna buy a dual headphone adapter and watch movies with her the whole time. Three, when we go to Venice, Venice is famous for making stuff out of glass, right? So I'm gonna buy her a black dahlia necklace because her favorite flower is the black dahlia because of, well-"
"The murder." I say.
"The murder. Four, when we go to Paris, I'm gonna take her to the top of the Eiffel Tower, give her the necklace. Then, five, I'm gonna tell her how I feel. . . And then, six, hopefully she tells me she feels the same way."
"Oh, don't forget step seven." Ned says.
"What's step seven?" Peter and I say in unison as Peter pulls out a pen to write it down.
"Don't do any of that."
We look at Ned with a disappointing look.
"Why?" Peter asks.
"Because we're gonna be bachelors, and bachelorettes, in Europe, Peter!" Ned exclaims. "Look, I may not know much, but I do know this, Europeans love Americans."
"No they don't." I scoff.
"And more than half of them are women!"
"Okay, sure. But I really like Em...MJ, man, okay? She's awesome, she's super funny in a kind of dark way, and sometimes I catch her looking at me and I feel like I've stood up way too- she's coming over. Just don't say anything." Peter says.
"What up, dorks? Excited about the trip?" MJ says.
"Hey, uh, yeah, we're talking about the trip." Peter responds.
"Yeah, and Peter's plan." Ned blurts out.
"You have a plan?" MJ asks.
"Uh no I don't have a plan." Peter says and looks at me for an answer.
I hate when he does that. I blurt out the first thing that comes to mind.
"He- He's just gonna collect tiny spoons when we're traveling to other countries."
My lips move into a nervous smile and I shrug at him.
"Like a, like a grandmother?" MJ asks.
"I'm not collecting tiny spoons. He's collecting tiny spoons." Peter states.
"Oh, okay, well that was a real roller coaster."
She waves a marker between the three of us.
"By the way, travel tip, you should probably download a VPN on your phone, just so the government can't track you while we're abroad." She says.
"Smart. Will do."
MJ tucks her project under her arm and walks away.
"Dude I think that went really great." Ned says.
"Yeah, keep telling yourself that." I laugh.
The bells rings and as we pack up our stuff Peter stops me.
"Hey, uh, Emma. May is doing this thing for F.E.A.S.T. tonight after school gets out."
"Yeah, Pepper was going to send a donation. Happy was actually going to drop it off." I say.
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Home Is Where The Heart Is (Peter Parker)
FanfictionPeter Parker was bitten by a spider and gained the powers of a spider, we know that, but what if he had a different MJ? Emma Stark was born to Tony Stark and Valerie Johnson after a one night stand. Tony didn't know she existed for the three years o...
