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Her phone buzzed, alarm going off and already 10am. How - how did she sleep through the first 5 of them?

She... she had actually slept. Slept like a zombie, even. She hadn't gotten that good of a sleep in months.

Last night was ... different.

Her mind flashed back to images of red & blue, hands tightening around her waist, floating through stars.

What a strange night.. that boy...or bug...or whatever he was...had given her such a strange feeling that she couldn't place. Like an emotion that was so strong, but hard to reach like a fading dream. Maybe it had all been a dream. But as she looked at the cracked screen on her phone - she was reminded it definitely hadn't been.

Her fingers drifted up to an old necklace she had for forever. It was just a small remnant of a black flower, one petal left but still hanging on. The smaller piece of a whole. Ned would make fun of her for wearing it around so much - but she didn't care. It would calm her every time she needed to focus and think.

Who was he?

She had no idea, but found herself slightly smiling. He had been....sweet. Crazy. But sweet.

Spacing out, her phone buzzed again bringing her back to reality, as HARRYO popped up on her phone. A nick name her and Ned had come up for him since he was so posh compared to them. But also...had a tendency to overreact, as she realized the 5 missed calls and 8 text messages were all from him.

Ooof

Right. She had texted him back last night telling him what had happened.

"Hey sorry - got mugged. Fine though. Some guy named Spider Man was there to help? Anyway coffee sounds good."

Then immediately fell asleep.

It might not have been such a great idea to text someone back at 1 in the morning telling them you've gotten mugged and then going radio silent until the morning .

She groaned seeing the rest of the notifications - 5 missed calls and 8 text messages..

WHAT holy shit are you okay?

Okay - please confirm you are indeed alive. Also ..did you say Spider Man? MJ I don't recommend you hanging out with insects. I hear it doesn't end well.

MJ

Just tried calling, I'm worried

Should I send over our driver? You can crash here if you don't want to be alone.

NVM dad's a prick. Pick up!!!!

MJ?

MJ.

I swear, If you don't text back I'm coming there myself to check on you.

Then most recently,

See you in ten.

Her eyes widened checking the time, was he really marching all the way over here just because she didn't text him back?

She shouldn't be that surprised. He had been this headstrong from the first moment she met him...butting heads was an understatement because he was just as stubborn as she was.

She didn't know Harry at first except for what Ned had told her about him... going on and on about how cool he was and how he had been able to get him his awesome IT internship at Oscorp.

They had met by chance - Harry apparently had run into Ned at a convention for those interested in computer sciences. Harry had been the one to strike up the conversation - Ned always being shy at first, and then never shutting up once you got to know him. Once he got him talking, Harry learned all about Ned's love for Star Wars and computer coding, while Ned learned- reluctantly - that Harry's father's company had been one of the companies to sponsor the event. The company of course being Oscorp.