𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐓𝐇𝐀𝐓 𝐆𝐎𝐓 𝐀𝐖𝐀𝐘, peter parker

CHAPTER 24

"SO LONG, LONDON."

GOING ON THE PLANE HOME WAS A BITTERSWEET EXPERIENCE. Everyone was excited to go back home, to see their family's and friends. But nobody wanted to actually leave the trip, everyone wanted to continue the journey. At the same time, everyone wanted to leave the trip and get back to their seemingly safe hometown.

Betty and Ned happily sat beside each other, Peter and Andie very happily sat beside each other, leaving MJ and Brad sitting beside each other again.

Andie lightly nudged Peter before takeoff, she didn't say a word but she extended her fingers. Offering her hand to hold his. Peter softly smiled, taking the offer, tightly holding her hand. He was scared, Andie found it cute to see him so vulnerable.

After the takeoff, Peter's grip on Andie's hand lightened. "Do you want to watch a movie?" Andie asked, with a smile across her face.

Peter nodded, and checked his phone for any movies they would both like. "All my downloaded movies expired." he frowned.

Andie blew raspberries, "So did mine. Music?" she offered.

Peter shook his head. "Wanna just talk?"

"Yes!" Andie giggled, she threw her hair up in a perfect messy bun, it fell slightly to the side, she pulled out the two strands beside her ears. She slightly moved in her seat to be facing him more. She sat cross — legged directly across and beside him.

Peter smiled at her. She was so pretty. He didn't know how he got so lucky. "You're really pretty." he complimented.

A small smile appeared on Andie's face, "Thank you." she tilted her shoulder up.

"I don't really know how to talk to a girlfriend." Peter admitted, "I've never had one before." he awkwardly looked at his shoes.

Andie chuckled lightly. "There's a first time for everything." she laughed, "I'm still Andie, just talk to me like normal." she instructed, still smiling and laughing.

Peter's face turned red out of embarrassment. "Right." he mumbled.

Andie looked over to MJ and Brad, MJ was watching a movie with her wired headphones as Brad watched the movie captions. "You wanna hear something funny?" she laughed, throwing her head back. Peter nodded. "Oh my god, okay, you're never going to believe this. MJ is going to pretend to date this girl I know named Gwen Stacy to get Brad away from her." Andie sang, still laughing between every word.

Peter laughed along, running his hands through his hair. "That doesn't even surprise me for MJ." he laughed.

Andie was still manically laughing. "MJ is actually the awesome — est. I love her, she's a fucking bitch." her laughing calmed, now she was catching her breath. There was a moment of silence, "I'm kinda scared to go home." admitted Andie.

Peter's eyes focused on Andie immediately as she said that. "Why's that?" he asked, with worry filled in his eyes.

Andie stammered, "Um — I don't know, really. I have a bad feeling. And with everything going on in my life lately, I just can't shake the feeling that my mom's gonna leave me to fend for myself again." she explained, not making eye contact out of fear that tears were going to fall. She was playing with her shoelaces as she talked, and kept readjusting her position in the seat.

A sigh left Peter's mouth, "Well, if she does, I'll be here for you, and I'll try to help out when I can." his hand migrated to hers in a comforting way.

Her eyes met his. "You're the best, you know that?" a stray tear fell from her eyes, she quickly wiped it off with her unaccompanied hand, praying Peter didn't see it. He did. "Sorry. I feel like I always make things about me." she sadly chuckled.