Chapter 16

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Note: I'm back!!

(Peter slides into his apartment's kitchen with a frenzied look. "May, I need your help." May stares at him with a surprised expression. Peter picks out a dress shirt and tie, polishes his shoes, shakes his head in front of the mirror.)

"I can't tell if you're psyching yourself up or are disappointed in yourself." Carol says with an exaggerated thinking face.

Peter shrugged, "Both."

(May prepares a pink ribbon corsage for him. Peter sprays a perfume in the air to test it, then grimaces at the scent.)

"Perfume?" Steve asks confused, "Why not cologne?"

Peter ducks his head to hide his red cheeks and mutters something about money problems.

(May and Peter watch a YouTube video about how to tie a Windsor knot. Peter turns to May with a surprisingly passable knot; overlooking his lopsided collar, that is.)

Clint smiles as he thinks fondly about when he first taught Cooper to tie a tie. It did not go smoothly. Voices overlapped as he tried to direct while Cooper insisted he had it. It took a couple tries and he wouldn't trade that moment for anything.

(He is now fully dressed in a suit. May teaches him how to dance, then straightens his clothes.)

This was one of his favorite memories of the two of them, Peter thought. It was something he had thought back on back when he had been so alone and things were hard. When sometimes he just wanted to...May motivated him to keep going then, to keep helping people in her name and so no one would have to go through what he did.

(May's car comes to a stop in front of Liz's house.)

"Seems different without all the people, multi colored lights, and horrible music." Stephen says dryly.

("It's game day." May says, "So what's the plan.")

"Why is she using sports talk, it's Peter?" Sam asks making everyone laugh.

(Peter states his plan, "Open the door for her." "Mm-hmm." "Tell her she looks nice, but not to much because that's creepy." "Don't be creepy.")

"How do you know though what's to much?" Kamala groans. Why does everything have to have a double meaning or hidden message in high school.

("No. And, uh, when I dance with her, I'm putting my hands on her hips.")

"That's important." Several people say.

("I got this." Peter gets out of the car and leans into the car window, "Love you." "Bye." He walks up to the front door, corsage in hand, then rings the doorbell. He waits with a nervous look for the door to open.)

"Meeting the parents." Hope says, "I don't think you have to worry about being overconfident or rude. You're nice so just be yourself. It'll be fine."

Everyone who knows who is behind that door winces.

(The door is opened by Toomes.)

    "WHAT?!" Kate yells.

    "Oh come on!" America says loudly.

    "Whyyyyy." Clint whines.

    "For the love of....gahh!" Jen says loudly.

    Stephen clenches his jaw.

    Bruce's eyes widen almost comically.

    "This is not fine." Hope amends.

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