Believer [Peter Parker]

04 - New Hero in Town

"Hey, Hannah!" she heard her friend, Anthony Williams, call her. She turned around on her spot to see him jogging up to her.

"Hey," she greeted him.

"Did you hear about Spider-Man?" Anthony asked.

"Spider - Man?" she repeated. "Who's Spider-Man?"

"That's what I'm trying to figure out," he said. "Meet me at my locker after school. We need to talk."

"I know," she said. "Pizza after school?"

"Yeah, of course," he said. 

They both agreed to it before they went their separate ways. 

The school day had dragged on and relief washed over Hannah. The day felt like it dragged on longer than usual. The school days always feel like they drag on longer than usual. Today felt longer.

Hannah met Anthony at his locker.

"Ready to go?" she asked Anthony.

"Yeah," he said, closing his locker door.

"Let's go," he said. 

The two left the school and headed to a pizza parlor.

"Who is Spider - Man?" Hannah asked, leaning forward. They had already placed their orders.

"He's New York's new web slinger," he said. "He just showed up out of nowhere."

Hannah didn't say anything. She's trying to process what Anthony just told her.

"What's going on?" Anthony asked his friend. 

"N - nothing," she stuttered.

"Look, Hannah, I know you're hiding something from everyone," Anthony leaned forward, lowering his voice. "I know it's something big. Whatever it is, I can help."

"Do I really need to tell you what I'm hiding?" Hannah asked. "I have a very good feeling you know what it is."

"So my suspicion is right," Anthony said. "You really are the Spark."

Hannah didn't respond.

"Who else knows?"

"My uncle."

"Your uncle? How?"

"He connected the dots," she said. "Don't tell anyone. Especially my friends."

"Wasn't planning on it."

"Thank you."

"So, do you have a layer?"

"I wouldn't call it a layer, but yes," Hannah said.

"Seriously?" Anthony said.

Hannah nodded. "I'll show it to you later as long as you agree to help me."

"What sort of help do you need?"

"It's no secret that you're a tech genius and you can design amazing stuff," Hannah said.

A smile appeared on Anthony's face. 

"Oh, you know I'll do that. I already have so many good ideas and plans."

"Good."

"When do we start?"

"We already started."

Their waiter brought their pizza and buffalo wings to their table.

Hannah picked up her phone after the waiter left and went onto Twitter.