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𝐖𝐇𝐄𝐍 𝐒𝐇𝐄 𝐅𝐈𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐋𝐘 𝐌𝐀𝐃𝐄 𝐈𝐓 𝐓𝐎 𝐐𝐔𝐄𝐄𝐍𝐒, 𝐏𝐇𝐎𝐄𝐁𝐄 𝐖𝐀𝐒 𝐌𝐄𝐓 𝐖𝐈𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐍 𝐎𝐕𝐄𝐑𝐃𝐔𝐄 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐂𝐄𝐑𝐍. She was already on her way, following the directions Gabriel had given her to Peter's home, but she then realized exactly what she was doing, and wondered if her presence was going to be taken as well as she initially thought it would be.
She had met May Parker at the funeral, and she had been very kind, but that didn't mean that she wouldn't feel rather invaded with a random classmate of Peter's appearing to offer notes and condolences; it made more sense for his friend to appear, less pitying.
Though Phoebe didn't pity them—she felt terrible for them, of course, but pity wasn't the right word—but she wasn't just doing this for them, as terrible as it sounded to say, she was doing this for herself as well; she needed to atone for what she did, and she was willing to do whatever she needed in order to be rid of the guilt.
Of course, nothing would bring back Ben Parker, nor make up for the mistake Spider-Man had made, but maybe she could make it easier on the people she had wronged for her own choices.
She could hear Gabriel's frustrated screams already.
As she continued to walk, her phone buzzed, and she pulled it out to find an incoming call from Sonny, whom she had forgotten to notify about her not showing up; she had just assumed that her father would have told him, though considering that her father was editor-in-chief, she probably shouldn't have.
"Hey, Sunshine, you coming in?" the man asked, and it seemed like he was chewing on something while he spoke.
"No, sorry," she sighed, rubbing her face with her free hand, "I gotta go bring notes to someone in my class 'cause he wasn't at school."
There was a shuffling in the background as Sonny spoke, "Don't worry about it, Sunny, I'm not mad, that sounds like a really nice thing you're doing. Did the teacher make you or something?"
"No," she admitted, "I just feel bad for him, you know? Not just 'cause his uncle died, but that's also it, I just feel like I owe him since he brought me notes when I was out, but because of other stuff too."
Phoebe winced when she heard herself speak, struggling to keep the facts to herself. The issue with Sonny was that he was very good at getting people to trust him, as well as well as getting people to speak with him, and with their relationship, Phoebe often had to stop herself before she told him too much and made a mess she couldn't clean up. Still, it was rather hard for her to remember to keep certain things under wraps when she talked to the man.
"Oh, that kid?" Sonny asked, remembering what Phoebe had told him about the boy, "It's great that you're helping him, Sunny, and it makes sense that you wanna just give him notes too, but what do you mean by other stuff?"
