Queens and Brooklyn | Peter Parker x Starks Daughter

[6] Why are you here..

PETER/SPIDERMANS POV (AGAIN)

Brook was no where in sight, neither was anyone else.. I took one huge step into the neighborhood like a dork. I skipped a few steps forward expecting an alarm to go off. The houses continued up the hill a great distance apart from each other. They each had a fancy loop driveway and a fully gardened and freshly cut front lawns. Brook had turned in left at the top houses. Other than the one that was at the top of the cul-de-sac, her house and the house across from hers were tied for the 2nd best houses on the street. The entire neighborhood was surrounded by trees and cut out from the Golf course that was on the same hill.

"Huh... No where to swing here..." I said to myself quietly seeing as the buildings would take great effort to get to one another, so I just walked.

I strutted up to Brooks door and knocked. Sure there was probably going to be nothing good coming out of this but to be inside an exclusive ' Dearling St. home' was enough in itself.

A camera popped out of the wall and pointed at my masked face.

"Name?" A woman said.

"Spider-Man!" I said.

"What..?" She questioned.

"I'm Spider-Man! Queens friendly neighborhood Spider-Man! I'm a superhero! Maybe you've heard of me?" I rambled.

"Uh huh..." She said slowly.

"Brook? Do you know any Spider-Man?" She shouted off into the house.

I heard a muffled angry shouting in the background. Oh god....

"Come in... and your in trouble... with Brook by the way..." She said.

The door opened itself, I expected a woman to be behind it but no one was there... The wide open room was nearly all white aside from a few plants in the corners of the main room. A fancy couch that dipped into the floor was in front of me so I took a seat. I looked up and a chandelier was hanging up a-top of me.

"Nice place..." I said.

"You get that couch dirty with that hideous cloth suit and I'll murder you.." a voice said echoing from the ceiling.

I flinched back at the sound of the Woman. I look around expecting a female to be standing around speaking in a microphone trying to scare me. No one was there except for Brook who I was blinded to see until now.

BROOKS POV

I sat on top the counter in my super dorky StarWars pajama shorts with my 'Always' tank top on from Harry Potter. I had a light blanket around my shoulders that was made of the softest fabric in Brooklyn. Spider-Man was shocked that I had been there the whole time. I picked up a brownie and played with it in my hand.

"Sooo.. Why are you here.." I asked.

"I had the chance to drop you off here.. I'm not gonna leave without coming in! Dearling St. is the most famous neighborhood on the planet!" Spidey said.

"Clearly you've never been to Hollywood" I muttered under my breath.

I took a bite of my brownie while HARLEY began to question him.

"Who are you really?" HARLEY asked.

"Uhm... Classified! Duh.." Spidey said.

"How did you meet Brook?" HARLEY asked more anxious.

"Saw her sprinting down from a coffee shop...." He paused. "Her quick mannerisms led me to believe she stole something but it got late and there was someone watching her do I took them out and watched her go home until she saw me."

"I am not fond of you Spider-Man..." HARLEY said.

"Ok that's enough HARLEY..." Brook spoke up and said.

"That's umm.. HARLEY she is my AI I live with... She taught me all through middle school. She's like a teacher, nanny, Mom, and best friend in one... I guess" I said.

"Seeing the quality of your suit... Your not exactly up to date with tech are you..." I continued.

"Heh..." he chuckled nervously seeing as I sized him up very quickly based on his outfit.

"Are you an Avenger trainee or something?" I asked.

"Oh no way! I wish I was though that would be awesome! I've only had these... 'abilities' for a short while so... For right now it's nice to show off to the ladies seeing as I've become stronger!" He said winking at me. He began to flex his muscles but a mechanical arm came down from the ceiling and stopped him.

"Please stop making a fool out of yourself..." HARLEY said.

"Hehe" I started laughing.

"You two are quite the dynamic duo... What even are you HARLEY?" He asked.

"Oh god.. Here it comes.." I said plugging my ears for the extensive scientific methods behind AIs...

"I'm HARLEY! An AI created by Stark industries in 2005! I have excelled in technological advancement since then but the word HARLEY stands for
H - Helping
A - Assist
R - Rook
L - Learn and
E - Expand her
Y - Youth
Don't ask me why there's not a B in Brook I didn't design myself!" HARLEY explained in the most obnoxious manner going on way farther than she should be.

"That's amazing! Now if you excuse me I must be going... I need to go home immediately!" He said checking the time.

"Don't come back Spider-Stalker!" I said playfully before giving him a brownie for the road.

I opened the door and kicked his back with my foot out the door.

"So this Spider-Guy... You like him?" HARLEY said.... And if she was real she would have a smirk across her face.

BACK TO PETER/SPIDER-MAN

I ran down the street constantly checking the time on my watch. It was 5:30... I told Aunt May I'd be back by 4:00! Ugh I'm so dead...

I got to the bottom of Dearling St and cast my webs up to the buildings once I got back into the city area. Dearling St almost seemed like a distant world compared to East Brooklyn. I crossed the small Queens/Brooklyn border in a matter of seconds.. He kept thinking about Brook and her small Summer report from this morning.

"So Harley is an AI that's why her name was all capitalize!" I said to myself as I swung around town.

"Her dad must have a really good professional job landing her in the 'Dearling neighborhood' " I said then grunted as I took another swing.

"Happy was nice..." I said to myself still having no idea what that even meant.

I landed in the same alleyway I was in this morning. I grabbed my bag that I had left there behind some boxes. Thank god no one threw it away! I quickly changed out of my suit and shoved it in the deepest part of my bag.

I scurried around the building and ran up the stairs. I paused in front of the front door. God I'm in so much trouble.. I opened the door and looked around the apartment. There was May. Sitting on the couch. Looking at me with dead eyes. Crap....

"Hello Peter.. Sit down..." She said with her arm out ushering me to sit.

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