Chapter 46: Drunk
*Peter's POV*
*10 Days Later*
"Hey Web Head, where's the Tiny Dancer?" Tony asks as I walk out of the elevator and to the fridge.
"Excuse me?" I ask, opening the fridge and grabbing a water bottle.
"Jade, it's almost 1 and I haven't seen her." He answers.
"Weird, well I haven't seen her." I say before taking a sip of water.
"Has anyone tried checking her room?" Natasha asks from the couch, skimming through a magazine.
"I'll go check." Steve says getting up.
"Wait!" I say quickly as I'm thinking why Jade been out and about.
"What?" Steve asks standing in the hallway.
"What's the date?" I ask looking around the room. Everyone is either in the kitchen or on the couches. It is the 12th? Please let it be the 12th.
"Uh, October 13th, why?" Bruce answers.
"Shit."
"Peter what is it?" Steve asks stepping forward to me.
"Shit!" I say louder placing my water bottle on the counter.
"Please Peter, we do not understand." Thor says.
"Today's the anniversary when Dinan was raided."
"Dinan, as in where Jade lived? Where HYDRA took her prisoner?" Clint asks getting up from the couch.
"That's the one. God, I can't believe I forgot!" I scold myself, dragging my fingers through my hair.
"Woah, woah kid, calm down. Let's just go talk to her, try to brighten her day." Tony reassures me. I take a deep breath before responding.
"Okay, I should probably go talk to her first." I walk past Steve and to Jade's door. I already now she won't let me in, probably won't even talk to me. "Jade?" I ask knocking on the door. I can just picture her, balled up under the blankets, sad and feeling empty. Just the thought breaks my heart. "Please Jade. Staying in your room won't help anything."
"Getting up won't help either." Her voice sounds so hollow, but her accent is thick. Has she been crying? Oh no Jade...
"Will you let me in then?" I try
again. My only response is silence. I walk away from her door back to everyone. When I come back alone, everyone seems to understand Jade won't be coming out of her room.
"Is she normally like this today?" Natasha asks.
"Well last time I was with her today, she at least let me talk to her." I say sighing.
Everyone stood in silence for a moment until Clint spoke up. "What's different this time?"
"What?" Tony asks.
"What's different?" Clint repeats. "What would make Jade more distant?"
"To start, she's here." Bruce says.
"She wouldn't care that much about that though." I respond.
"She's no longer a criminal." Thor offers.
"Why would that affect her though?" Natasha asks.
"She was trained to be a weapon. Today's when all that happened." Tony inputs.
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