I'm Always A Text Away -- Peter Parker Texting Story

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PETER PARKER HAD BEEN ABOUT to go to sleep when his phone vibrated. He froze, eyes widening: his phone hadn't vibrated with a text message for three months. 

He leapt over his bed for his phone, ignoring the howl of his stomach as he picked it up, recognizing the number as the one he'd randomly messaged earlier. 

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Hello, Peter Parker 

How did the world forget about you? 

Peter's heart raced and he shut his eyes. His phone vibrated again.

I know you read this, kid 

Peter Parker 

im not a kid

###-###-###

The news articles about you say otherwise 

Peter Parker 

news articles?  

###-###-###

yep

come on, im curious

why did it take me time to find out about spiderling?

Peter's breath hitched, and he suddenly remembered meeting Mr. Stark for the first time. Mr. Stark had appeared in his apartment one day after school, saying that he knew that Peter was Spider-Man. But he hadn't called Peter 'Spider-Man'...no, Mr. Stark had called him 'Spiderling'. 

 Peter Parker 

spider-man

###-###-###

sure. 

suit's pretty impressive for a vigilante, by the way

Peter Parker

thanks

i think

###-###-###

who made the suit? 

Peter's fingers stalled and he swallowed, wondering if he should really say (or text). 

Who cares? he thought. It's true, and what's this guy gonna do, anyway? Tell Mr. Stark? 

Peter Parker 

tony stark did 

i helped a little, tho 

read 1:59 a.m. 

Peter let out a sigh and flopped back onto his bed, telling Karen to shut down his phone. He had programmed Karen to inhabit his devices, kind of like Siri in Apple devices. 

Karen responded with a "Good night, Peter," and shut off his phone, letting Peter close his eyes and succumb to sleep. 

***

"HEY, MR. DELMAR," Peter said as he threw on an apron. He set his backpack on the floor behind the counter and pulled gloves over his hands. 

"Hey, Peter," Mr. Delmar greeted, fixing up a sandwich. "Here you go," he added to the lady behind the counter, who smiled. Once the lady left, Mr. Delmar turned to look at Peter, and suddenly frowned.