"I can't believe you guys are dragging me to a party" I complain as we walk towards Flash's house. I was more than happy to wallow in my room while wondering how Ashton and Clover met, but Peter, Natasha, and Tony forced me to go to Flash's party.
"You'll have fun, stop whining" MJ says, glancing at me. MJ's wearing a pretty, floral dress with white heels. I'm wearing a purple skirt with a black long-sleeved top, MJ helped me pick the outfit, I haven't been to many parties before. I lasted only about half an hour at the last party I attended, considering I left to run after Scarlett.
The door is open, and we can hear music and see people, so we head inside. A lot of my classmates are here, either chatting, playing video games, or dancing. Ned and Peter head towards the drinks, I glance at MJ.
"Are you drinking?" I ask MJ, wondering why she didn't follow Peter and Ned. I see Peter and Ned glancing at all the drinks, deciding what to say. A guy in our year level says something to them, Peter starts talking to him.
"Not yet" MJ replies. "You should, have some fun." I shake my head, getting drunk isn't a good idea for me, I've never been drunk before so I have no ideas if it would affect my powers and I can't take the chance of hurting anyone.
"I'm okay" I reply. MJ looks as though she's about to say something when we notice Flash heading towards us.
"Hey, my favourite girls, thanks for coming" Flash says, smiling at MJ. He turns to me and hugs me, I return the hug, despite my urge to run away. Flash steps back and I can tell he's drunk but his slightly unsteady feet.
"Let me show you around" Flash says, placing his arm around my shoulder. I blink. I glance back at MJ, giving her a 'help me' look that she ignores, she just grins and heads towards Peter. I glare at her retreating figure. Traitor.
I follow Flash into a room, I raise an eyebrow. His family is wealthy, there's a long white couch with three white chairs, a large TV is up on a wall, and I see an expensive-looking dark brown coffee table. There are a few photos of Flash in the corner, some have his parents with them, but most are Flash and his friends.
"I should get a picture of us to put up there" Flash suggests absentmindedly, I frown. I wouldn't say we're close friends, but if he wants a photo of us in his house, he can have one, I don't particularly care. Flash pulls out his phone and starts taking pictures, his arm around my shoulders.
"Hey Flash" Peter says walking over to us, he gives me a questioning look and I shrug my shoulders. Flash came over to me, I didn't seek him out. I glance past Peter's shoulder and see Ned and MJ glancing over at us.
"Hey, loser, I'm just talking to your cousin" Flash informs Peter. I cannot wait until the day Flash finds out that Peter and spiderman are the same person, he'll lose it when he realises Peter is spiderman. I smile at the thought.
Flash grabs my hand and leads me into another room. I glance at our hands, why is Flash holding my hand? I wasn't too concerned when Flash showed interest in me when I first started, figuring he was just interested since I was new, but his interest hasn't really gone away.
"Hey, Storm" Eric says, he's Flash's best friend. I don't know him well, we're in the same math class but I've never spoken to him, something I've observed is that Eric is almost always at Flash's side, I hardly see the two apart.
"Hi" I say, giving Eric a small smile. Eric glances at our hands and smiles at Flash. I resist the urge to tell Eric we're not together, I'm sure he's aware. I glance over at Flash; does he actually like me? I don't know him that well, but I can't see many reasons for him to like me. My heart aches as Clover pops into my mind. I thought Clover liked me and this whole time she was just using me to get what she wanted.
"What made you come tonight?" Flash asks me. I haven't been to last couple of parties he's thrown, they've usually been when things were super chaotic, and I think one was when Magneto had kidnapped me.
"I wanted to have fun" I say honestly, as tempted as I was to haul up in my room, I knew I would have fun once I arrived here.
Flash looks like he's about to answer when his phone goes off. He glances at the message and his face darkens. "Everything okay?" I ask, wondering who messaged him.
"Yeah, my parents are just returning home later than they planned" Flash says causally, though I can tell he's upset by his expression. I know his parents are wealthy, maybe they must travel for work so Flash feels like he doesn't see them.
"I'm sorry, it must feel like you don't seem them often. I bet you feel isolated" I reply, Flash frowns slightly as he glances at me.
"That's exactly how it feels" he admits, it takes me a second to realise I'm squeezing his hand. My cheeks flush and I pull my hand away. I'm about to say something when I notice Peter heading over to me, a concerned look on his face.
"We need to go, something's happened" Peter says quietly, Flash glances at us. My heart sinks, what's happened now?
"My driver can take you home" Flash offers.
"Someone's already coming but thank you for the offer" I say, giving Flash a sincere smile. Flash's driver taking us to Stark towers will open questions that I won't have an answer to, I don't know what a normal teenager would be doing at Stark towers late at night.
Peter grabs my arm, and we head outside, MJ and Ned are already sitting in Happy's car. I sit down next to MJ. "What's going on?" I ask Peter, who shrugs his shoulders. I bite my lip, Natasha and Tony were fine with us going to the party, they wouldn't summon us home for no reason.
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Beautiful Ruins
Action"Maybe there was a fleeting moment where I wanted to be a hero and believed I could be one, but the truth is I'm not, I won't ever be. My past does define me, it made me a villain" - Storm. Fifteen-year-old Storm is the daughter of Black Widow and I...
