𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐬𝐤 || 𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐨 𝐱 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐫

CHAPTER 33 - tony stark

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after getting out of the shower, i pick up my phone that was charging. "my god," i mumble, looking at the hundreds of messages. after replying to most of them, i tap onto josh's message.

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3:59am

joshua bassett

hey y/n :)

i saw you on the news, you're
kinda everywhere rn

i'm so sorry this has happened
to you :( i hope aunt may's resting
in peace, she seemed like such a nice
person. i wish i could meet her again

i'm here if you need me

hey josh, thank you

she really was the best, she liked you a lot

everything's kinda crazy right now

but thank you :)

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i turn off my phone, eyelids falling heavy as i fall asleep.

i walk downstairs, opening my fridge. "great," i say sarcastically, seeing barely anything in my fridge. i close the fridge, getting a phone call from liv. "hey," i say, picking it up. "hi, how you feeling?" i sit on my couch. "a little better... just ran out of food," i say, chuckling. "oh, want me to go shopping for you?" "no it's all good, i'll go myself." i stand up from the couch, getting my keys. "can i come too?" "do you need something from there?" i ask. "no, i just wanna go with you, is that okay?" i laugh. "i'll see you soon," i say.

my knee bobs up and down as i stare out the window as olivia drives. "nervous?" she asks. "yeah," i respond, putting my hand over my leg and stopping it. "don't be. there might not even be any paparazzi," liv looks on the bright side. "i hope so," i whisper mainly to myself.

we get out of the car, olivia locking it. we meet at the front of the car, starting to walk in side by side.

olivia's pov
after a successful shop, we exit the supermarket. my breath hitches and y/n freezes freeze as there was about 20 paparazzi waiting in front of the store, camera's flashing. y/n's face went from a look of calmness to looking incredibly uncomfortable. "spider-woman!" "y/n parker!" "how do you feel about your whole identity being discovered?" "do you have anything to say to the thugs who killed your aunt?" she tries to ignore them, and my arm wraps loosely around her arm and guide her to the car. 

y/n's pov
"how do you feel about taking over tony stark?!" i gulp, looking down. i drown out their questions, opening the trunk of the car as olivia unwraps her arm from mine. i place the bags in the trunks, closing it after olivia puts her bags in. i look up, facing the paparazzi as their camera's still flash. "i'm sorry, you guys seem like a perfectly nice people and i'm usually lovely but i just need space right now," i say, opening the car door as olivia opens hers on the other side.

the camera's continue clicking, a mixture of comments added. "are you and olivia rodrigo dating?" one asks as i get in. "no, we aren't," i say, giving the smallest smile, "have a nice day." i close the door, and olivia starts to drive off. 

i lean my head back, closing my eyes. "on the bright side... it could've been worse," olivia says, looking at me. "yeah... yeah, it could've," i admit. "what're you feeling? rate it on a one to ten," she asks. "i don't know... like a four," i answer. "you should get a therapist," liv suggests. "i don't need one," i say. "it helps, parker." "i don't need help," i say, a little too harsh. "okay..." liv mumbles. "sorry... i didn't mean to raise my voice," i apologize, looking at her. she looks at me, giving a soft smile before looking back onto the road. "it's okay," she says.