Never Safe

Chapter Twenty-One

You walked to school again on Wednesday. Peter was waiting for you by the school entrance. He spotted you walking up the stairs towards him. You had your hood up and you were looking at the floor so you didn't notice him at first.

"Hey y/n/n" Peter called to you. He smiled at you when you looked up at him. You didn't return the favour.

"Hi" you mumbled.

Peter pushed your hood down and sorted out your hair a little. He kissed your forehead and put his arm around you as you walked into school.

"You okay?"

"Mm."

"Did you talk to Bucky last night?"

"Not after you left... can't believe you snitched on me."

"I'm sorry. I was just worried about you. I still am."

"You don't need to worry."

"I'm going to worry. Did you have breakfast?"

"No."

"I have a chocolate bar in my locker" Peter said. You reached his locker; he opened it and handed you the chocolate. You broke it in half and handed some back to him.

"Hey y/n!"

You and Peter both rolled your eyes as Flash walked over. Liz was with him.

"Is it true you quit the basketball team?" Flash asked.

"It's none of your business" Peter answered.

"It is true" Liz said. "Betty told me that Amy told her that Sarah told her that Justin told her that Daisy told him that you quit last night. Why would you do that! That's so selfish!"

"Excuse me?"

"Does this mean I'm the best player in the school now?"

"No-"

"I mean, think of something other than yourself for once in a while!" Liz complained. "Just because you don't want to play anymore, you're sacrificing this schools reputation?"

"Wait, who's the captain of the girls team now? And is she hot?" Flash wondered.

Perfectly timed, the bell for first period went off. You instantly grabbed Peter's hand and walked off with him.

"Ignore them y/n, they were just being jerks" Peter said.

"Yeah, I know. Everyone seems to be acting like a massive jerk recently."

You went to first period. You lost interest about halfway through, and so you zoned out looking out the window. In second period, you had no intention of paying attention from the very start.

You sat in the back corner of the room, furthest from the teacher. You put your hood back up to hide the earphones you put in. You held up a book and placed your phone between the pages.

You managed to stay undisturbed for just over ten minutes before Peter nudged you. You looked up and saw your teacher Mr Harrington, standing with his arms folded. You sighed and took your earphones out.

"You shouldn't have your phone out in class" he said. He held out his hand and you slammed your phone down in his palm. "You can have this back at the end of the lesson."

"Whatever" you mumbled, but he luckily didn't hear you as he'd already walked away.

"You okay?" Peter whispered to you.

"Pete, you're gonna need to stop asking me that question because my answers not gonna change anytime soon."

"You mean you're going to keep telling me you're fine even though I know you're not."