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Chapter 5*

//Ned//

Ned was working the register that day when when a freckled cuatomer walked in with her face glued to her Iphone. He worked at the register when he wasn't in the lab for extra money. He had to pay for alot of things including aunt May so instead of being in the streets with drugs he took a safer approach and for a second job.

"Hey, do I know you?" Ned asked the redhead as she moved up in line.

"I don't believe so. I'm not really a people person." She said with a sassy eye roll.

"Oh well, I'm sure we've met before, do you come here often?" Ned said regretting his choice of words.

"I'm sorry, that sounded like I was flirting. I mean have you came here before today?" Ned rambled.

The red head smiled as he struggled to price together his question.

"No, I this is my first tine." She confessed. "I'll take a Carmel frappe." She said reading the menu above his head.

Ned not paying attention to his job raised an eyebrow.

"A what?"

'Dumb ass she wants caffeine' Ned thought to himself.

"Oh right, sorry for that." He made her coffee and took her money and processed or through the register.

She took her seat at a table alone in the corner and scrolled through her phone. She was reading so she must be lonely or very smart.

After a few minutes when there weren't any customers Ned stopped at her table and took a seat. She gave him a disturbed look and set her phone face down. Giving him her full attention.

"I'm sorry it's just kind of bothering me. Damn it! Your not bothering me it's just-." She cut him off raising her finger to his lips and then she pointed to the window behind him.

"You here the rain?." She asked.

Ned listened and answered 'yeah'.

"Close your eyes and focus." She told him.

Respectfully Ned follows her demands and as he started to become bored and confused he asked 'Why' expecting an answer he opened his eyes and she was gone. She left without making a noise whilst leaving a sticky note before him on the table.

《I'll be back tomorrow》 it read.

Ned looked at the window behind him when he saw a black hoodie walk past with red hair falling her shoulders. She turned to the side lookung up from her phone and winked.

Ned hoped she wasn't flirting back because them it would get weird. He was still attracted to girl he just didn't know what he and Peter had or what it would become. He didn't want to hurt Peter or feel rejected of he was seeing the wrong signs. He fears that what they had was just for fun.

He didn't want to be a sex buddy again.

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Ned got off work later and instead of going to work he stopped by the book store were he thought he might see his old friend Sam. He was his friend from junior year. They used to talk for a while meaning they had sex occasionally.

It wasn't anything serious they just used each others bodies to let off steam. The sex was great but they had to leave from seeing eachother a every few months so they won't get attached.

They both were aware of how attractive they were and they didn't want that to be a factor in there arrangement. Now that Ned was complicated with someone else he figured they could finnaly just an friends.

He found him organizing books in the back. He was still as hot as he was back then. That worried Ned because he was caught staring.

"N-ned, hey it's been what four tears since you called?" Sam said putting the last book on the high shelf.

"Y-yeah, it's been four years already huh?" Ned said scratching the back of his neck.

"Don't act like it didn't happen. You fucked me up then left me." Sam said without regard of who was around to hear. "It was my fault. We weren't suppose to catch feelings but I figured it could be okay" he fell into silence for a second before connecting to Neds eyes.

"So, how's it been?"

Sam was always straight forward since the beginning he didn't like dragging time. He was always straight to the point. He was very flirty and that often left Ned confused. It was never complicated with Sam. It was either we are cool or I want to fuck you senseless. No in between.

It only got complicated senior year and that's why Ned had to walk away.

"It's been better." Ned complained.

"I came to see you though. I was wondering what you've been doing since. Well then." Ned said during his words not wanting any keeping toms to know there secret arrangement. It was more secret to Ned than it was Sam.

"Nothing, just throwing books at people. Why?" Sam asked climbing down and now neing awfully close to Ned. It was a sexual look Sam gave to Ned. Licking his lips and looking him up and down. It was what made Ned want to have sex with him so bad back then.

Ned wanted to break that way so he wouldn't get mixed signals.

"I wanted to talk. It's about a guy." He mentioned. Sam took a step back.

"I see. You always wanted to talk about you relationship issues after we. Had our moments." Sam said with a laugh. "Your three years late babe. I've got a new sex buddy now."

Ned smiled at his comment. He hated how he called him a sex buddy, that reminded him that he was just a tool back then even if he did reject Sam the words jusy bothered him.

"I didn't come for cock Sam. I need help." Ned whispered/shouted.

"The what did you come for" Sam said taking a seat on a bean bag chair in the reading area.

Ned took a seat in front of him in another bean, he smirked forgetting how comfortable they were.

"I'm seeing this guy who is kind of messed up and we had sex last night. I don't know if he wants to be a thing or not. He just won't mention it."

Sam laughed at his confession and threw his head back. He didn't care for the sudden. Noise hell he owned the shop they couldnt tell him to be quiet anyway.

"Why don't you ask him genius?"

Ned shook his head disapproving.

"I don't want to ruin it."

"Then you tell him, if he doesn't want anything serious with you then you should stop. You don't want to be a fuck buddy. The same I told you back then."

Ned laughed at the irony.

"That's good advice coming from someone who is currently having a fuck buddy."