Warnings: mentions of eating disorder and mental health issues
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The bell rings to leave class so I get out of my seat and see Ned and MJ in the hallway. "Peter!" Exclaims Ned. "Guys I really need to go right now sorry I have um... homework." I explained. Obviously this was a lie, I kinda have to lie when I'm in school. Only Ned and MJ know about the whole Spiderman thing. I speed walk for a while until I get to a alleyway and get changed into my suit. I start swinging and all my problems melt away. I love swinging. the soft chill of the wind, the buildings going in a blur, the calmness of not having to worry about anything. I am done patrol really quick today. I stopped a few minor crimes and prevented a bank robbery. I would call that a successful day.
I start swinging to Tony's house of should I say mansion. It's not to far from here. Today I am babysitting Morgan because Pepper and Tony need to go to some sort of event. I have the whole afternoon planned out, mac n cheese for dinner and then trick or treating. I know their house pretty well because I babysit Morgan a lot, and also because I kind of live there part time. I have been going there more often because May has been having some health problems and stays at the hospital most nights. She wont tell me what is wrong but she tells me not to worry. Something tells me I need to worry though.
I am almost at the mansion and make one final swing. I take my mask off and ring the doorbell. "Peter! How are you?" Pepper asks enthusiastically. "I'm doing great! How are you Pepper?" I ask in return. "I am also good. Come inside me and Tony are just about to leave." She told me. I quickly dashed to my room for a quick change out of my suit and then went inside and sat on the couch in the living room. Morgan was playing with toy trains on the beige carpet. "Crash! BOOM!" Exclaims Morgan whilst two trains crash together. "Sweetie inside voice remember." Pepper told Morgan. "Sorry mommy." I heard footsteps coming from the stairs which must be Tony. "Hey kid!" Tony said. "Hi Mr. S... Tony." I caught myself before I said it. Tony always tells me not to call him Mr. Stark because it sounds way to formal. Tony chuckled in reply to my response. "We got to go now. Morgan be nice for Peter ok." Tony told Morgan. "Thank you for babysitting again Peter!" Tony exclaimed while going out the door. "No problem Mr. Stark!" I replied. Oops... "bye kids! And Peter, call me Tony please!" He replied. "Bye!" Me and Morgan both replied.
"So what do you want to do, Morgan?" I asked. "Trains!" Morgan cheered. "Can I have this train?" I questioned while holding up the red and black train. So for the next hour or so we played with trains, played with Lego, and played just dance. I looked at my phone and the time was about 5:30. "Are you hungry Morgan?" I asked. "Yes please!" Replied Morgan cheerfully. "You ok with mac n cheese?" I asked while walking to the kitchen. "Yay! mac n cheese!" I took that as a yes and got to the kitchen to make dinner. I went to the pantry and got mac n cheese. While I cooked I could hear Morgan playing with her race cars. "Vroom! Crash!" I continued making the meal. "Morgan dinner is ready!" I told her. She ran to the kitchen and got her bowl.
"Are you going to have any Peter?" She asked. "No, I am ok I ate before I got here." I lied. I barely ate anything today. Maybe because of the stress with May or the stress with school or just life in general. I haven't been getting bullied anymore... for now. I think its because of May being sick and the others feeling bad. But it is still always there, like a permanent tattoo on your soul. Self doubt, self hatred. Mostly all caused by the bullying.
I tell Morgan I am going upstairs to change into my costume which is of course Luke Skywalker. I was kinda on a budget so it is only really a lightsaber I had from when I was a kid but I know who I am in my heart and that is all that matters. "You didn't really get changed into a costume. You just have a big glow stick now." Morgan states as I go downstairs. "Morgan Stark-Potts, do you not know what a lightsaber is?" I question. "We are watching Star Wars right now!" I tell her. "Ok." She cheerfully replies as she skips to the tv.
We watched a bit of the movie and hear the door open. It was Pepper and Tony. Morgan ran to the door and I walked behind her. "Hey kiddo!" He said to Morgan as he picked her up and span her around. "Ready to go trick or treating?" Tony enthusiastically asked. "Yay candy!" Morgan shouted. "You should go upstairs and get ready!" Pepper told Morgan. "Okay mommy." And with that Morgan went up the stairs to her room. "How was she?" Tony asked. "She was great. We played with some toys, had dinner and then watched some of Star Wars." I replied. "You should get going to... well wherever you are going." He told me. "Ok! Bye Tony!" And so, I started walking to the bus stop. I put in my headphones and started shuffling 'I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME' on my phone. (They are so good by the way I highly suggest you listen to them) New invention started playing and I started humming along to the tune. I got on the bus and took a seat to go to this Halloween party MJ invited me to. I don't even know who going to be there but I'm still really excited to go. I get off at the bus stop she told me to get off at and looked up the address in my phone. I got to the building right as it started to rain. 'Seriously rain on Halloween.' I thought to myself.
I got to a building with red bricks and went inside. I walked towards the elevator but saw a paper on the doors that said Out of order DO NOT USE. So I started walking up the stairs. Floor 5 is what she told me. I got to floor 5 and look for room 515. I get to it and see lights under the doors. This must be the one. I was going to knock but MJ opened to door before I could. "Hey looser. Nice glowstick." She says with a small chuckle. I roll my eyes. "What's your costume then?" I ask. "A serial killer. They look like all the rest of us." She says with a smirk. Ok then. I see Ned in the corner of the room. "Ned!" I exclaim. "Peter!" He yells back. We run up to each other and do our handshake. "Where were you dude?" He asks. "The party has been going on for ages." I recognise this apartment somehow. "Sorry I was babysitting Morgan." I apologise. "Oh ok no problem bro." He says. Flash starts to walk here from the hallway. I know where I recognise this apartment from. Its Flash's. How do I know that you may ask? We used to be the best friends when we were little and then we just drifted apart when we were 7 or 8. I know crazy Peter the nerd parker used to be inseparable from Flash the cool kid. I start to shake as he goes past us. Thankfully he just ignores us. "Oh shoot! I need to go. Sorry peter, I need to be back before 8:00." He tells me. "Its ok maybe we can hang out tomorrow." I reply. "Ya sounds good, bye!"
I talk with some of the kids from school after Ned leaves. Most of the kids don't like me because I'm the 'weird kid' but I still have some friends. I see MJ from across the room and start walking towards her. We started dating a few months ago. Nobody would have expected it. We are so different but that's what makes it interesting. "Hey MJ!" I say. "Sup nerd." She replies. "This party's kinda boring wanna go outside?" She asks. "Sure." I respond. We go outside, sit down and start to talk. "So Peter... How's May?" She asks. "She... she says she's ok... but I-I don't think s-she is." I responded holding back tears but I just couldn't. My eyes start to flow like waterfalls and I collapse into her lap. "I bet she's ok Peter. She will be ok." She reassured me while rubbing my back. "Do you wanna go home?" She asks. I nod. "Okay, I will call Happy." "C-can you come with me." I ask wiping off my tears. "Of course I can, love." She tells me. She calls Happy as I finished crying.
The car came and we sat in the back, my head on MJ's lap as we drove home. We came back at about 11:00 so everybody was asleep or in their room so nobody saw or heard us. We went up the stairs to my room. "Let me guess, you want to watch Star Wars?" She questions. I nod trying to smile a bit. "C-can you sleep over tonight?" I ask. "For sure. I'm a bit tired anyways so I might go to sleep." She replies. We cuddle for the rest of the night. I can't really sleep so I just watch tv and go on Tiktok where I collect some dabloons (iykyk) I have like 4000 now. I eventually go to sleep and feel much better in the morning.
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I hope you liked this chapter I definitely enjoyed writing it. Also I HIGHLY suggest you listen to I DONT KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME they are so good! I hope y 'all know what dabloons are or else the last part may not make sense. And make sure you comment suggestions for the next chapter:)
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