1. A Girl, Her Best Friend, and a Superhero (Peter Parker)

Chapter 17

"Move out of my way!" I ran past Wanda and right through Vision on my way to Peter's room. I threw open the door and saw Steve standing right in front of Peter's bed. He moved aside to reveal the one thing I had been praying would be there; an awake Peter.

"Sam?" He looks at me and the smile on his face makes my heart melt.

"Peter!" I run over to the side of his bed and reach down and hug him.

"Of course, the one time I leave your side you wake up." He chuckles and I pull away and look into his eyes. God, how I had missed seeing his eyes and hearing his voice.

"Hey, kid. How you feeling?" I looked up to see Tony standing in the door frame.

"Never better." I looked over and saw that Peter was staring at me. He reached over and grabbed my hand, squeezing it. I smiled at him and he smiled back.

"Wait where's May?" Peter's eyes grew wide.

"Don't worry, she's fine. I had Tony call her and make sure she was safe. She told him that the reason she wasn't home was that her tire was flat and her phone died so she couldn't tell you she wasn't going to be home for breakfast."

Relief rushed through Peter. "Thank god. But why are you guys all standing around me like I almost died?"

"You were in a coma." Steve states like it wasn't a big deal.

"A coma? For how long?" Peter had a confused look on his face like he was trying to understand how that was possible.

"Too long," I say, moving a piece of hair out of Peter's face. This time it stays put. We look at each other, neither of us saying anything.

"Ahem," Tony clears his throat, making both Peter and I look up. "I think we'll leave you two alone so you can, uh, catch up." Tony awkwardly opens the door and leaves. The rest of the Avengers follow, leaving us alone in the room.

"I've missed you so much." I turn back to Peter. He smiles at me again.

"I would say I've missed you, but I don't really remember much since Will took me from my apartment."

"Well, I can tell you that it's been hell." He laughs and I smile. "Also, if I end up failing any of my classes I'm going to be pissed at Tony for keeping me locked up in this tower."

"You've been locked up?"

"Sort of. They still don't know where Will is so they brought my mom and me here to keep us safe. We're not allowed to leave so I pretty much sat next to you doing homework or watching T.V. You're not as much fun when you don't move."

He laughs. "I bet I'm still better company than Steve is."

"Eh, I'd say it was a close tie." I laugh and he hits my arm playfully.

"I don't know about you, but I'm starving. Want to get some food?"

"Why not." I smile and help him get up.

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Peter and I walked into the kitchen to find that everyone was already sitting down to have lunch.

"Hey guys, glad you could join us." Natasha came up and gave both Peter and I a hug.

She pulls away and we both smile at her.

"Quick, everyone sit down and eat before it gets cold!" My mom commands, placing the last of the food on the table.

I smiled to myself, maybe this place wouldn't be too bad.

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"Hey, Sam! Wait up!" I turned around to see Peter running towards me.

"Hey, Parker! What's up?" I smile at him warmly.

"So I know we literally just finished eating, and, your, uh, probably not even thinking about dinner, but, I, um, was wonderin-."

"Are you trying to ask me to eat dinner with you, Peter?"

His face turned red and he started rubbing the back of his neck. "Uh, ya, I am."

"I would love too." I reached up and kissed him on the cheek, making his face turn a darker shade of red. "But you're going to have to convince Stark it's okay. He practically has me on lockdown."

"I've got it covered. I'll be knocking on your door at five o'clock sharp, be ready!" He smiled and turned around. I looked down at my watch to check how much time I had to get ready.

"Four hours. That should be enough time." I rush off to my room to try and make myself look somewhat presentable.

Author's Note

I'm about to get really busy so I am sorry if I don't post as often. I probably won't post any next week because I have tech week for the show I'm in. I'll do my best to find time to write though! Don't forget to vote and comment what you thought!