Avengers Academy

Chapter 32: Forever

It's only been a week and a half and Laura wants to shoot herself already. She's tried calling, texting, video chatting, anything to get in touch with Peter and the service is preventing that. She either has one bar or nothing at all. Laura has asked to go back for graduation but Professor X hasn't given her even the slightest hint to a yes. It's killing her. Every night she lies there in her bed staring out the window thinking of ways to run. Her roommate has even become concerned.

She's never seen Laura like this and it's honestly frightening her. Tonight, Laura has finally given up. Rehearsals for graduation are tomorrow and Professor X hasn't given her permission. Laura didn't beg knowing that's not what gets her what she wants. She's also accepted the fact that maybe she'll never see Peter again. Laura curses at herself for believing everything would go according to plan and that she deserved love. Tonight she's going to sleep in hopes that though this is a shitty situation, tomorrow will be a better day. She should've seen this coming.

Laura was now fast asleep, having quite a vivid dream of Peter. They're just hanging out in the apartment. She can feel him, his warmth. She can see the twinkle in his eyes and his smile that makes her heart skip a beat. She can hear his voice and his laugh that would make anyone go weak kneed. Laura places her head on his chest, listening to his heartbeat a million miles a second just because she's there with him. His soft shirt against her cheek and him holding her makes her feel at home. But then something weird happens. Everything freezes except for Peter's heartbeat but it wasn't his heartbeat. It was someone talking. 

"Go Laura." A deep voice boomed in his chest. "Go be with him." She pulled away. 

"Hello?" She asked hoping it wasn't just in his chest. 

"Laura go be with Peter. You never belonged here. You belong in the world. We only kept you here until we knew you were mature enough to control yourself." The voice spoke. Laura was less concerned about what the voice was saying but more concerned on who it was.

"Who's tapping into my dream right now? Is it Emma?" She said referring to Emma Frost. 

"It's Professor X. Go Laura. Be with him. Wake up and pack. You're free to leave." Professor X exclaimed. 

Laura looked at the still body beneath her. The frozen in time smile. it was content and as if any filth of the world was just a myth in the moment. She needs to go. She closes her eyes and opens them to the moonlight she fell asleep to. Laura didn't hesitate, but she did accidentally wake up Julibee. 

"Laura what the hell are you doing at 3 a.m.?" Julibee rubbed her tired eyes. 

"He's letting me go Ju. He's letting me leave." Laura said frantically packing.

"Yeah, he was kinda in the middle of telling me that when you woke me up. I'll help you." Julibee got up and helped Laura. The packing didn't take too long since half was still packed from the academy. 

"Now how are you getting there?" Julibee asked. That question stumped Laura because she had no clue. 

"You're getting there by me." In popped their blue friend Kurt aka Nightcrawler. 

"Oh my god Kurt you're the best." Kurt has been there just as long as Laura. They were the outsiders for a while until Julibee showed up. 

"No problem. Now grab on you two. We're going for a ride." Kurt gave a devious smile. 

This kind of thing was right up his alley. The two grabbed stuff and held onto Kurt. Within seconds they showed up outside the apartment building. 

"You be safe now. If you're not, I'm sending Kurt to come get your ass." Julibee hugged Laura. 

"I will I promise. As for you Mr. Nightcrawler, this doesn't give you permission to pop in whenever. Have Professor pop in my head first. I could be doing things you don't want to see." Laura hugged Kurt as he gave the 'noted and I'm now disgusted' look.

Julibee held onto Kurt and the popped away. Laura headed inside. Before Laura made it to his floor she called May to let her in so she didn't wake Peter. May let her in quietly with a hug and helped her get situated. Laura said she'll sleep on the couch to surprise Peter in the morning when he woke up. After getting comfortable and made herself at home, again, she began to drift off. Laura smiled as she fell back to sleep. She's home. When the sun came up, Laura woke up to the smell of breakfast. 

"Good morning, dear." May said lowly so Peter wouldn't wake up. 

"Morning May." Laura whispered and smiled.

It was a good 20 minutes before Peter woke up. The boy grabbed his phone. Still no texts from Laura. He misses her more than anything. He expected this, though he still checks. Peter got up and stretched. His mood perked up when he smelled the food. May always made the best breakfast. He slipped on his slippers and headed for the door. Laura heard the door knob and stood up knowing that sitting wasn't a good idea. The door opened to a still sleepy Peter with messed up hair. Laura's heart skipped a beat.

"Hey Aunt May what's for-" He stopped in his tracks after yawning. "Am I still dreaming?" He asks the two women in the room. 

May shook her head and Laura smiled even bigger than she already was. Peter ran to Laura and picked her up. 

"Hey." She said lightly into his shoulder. 

"Hey." He let a couple tears fall. 

Laura pulled away and grabbed his face. She leaned up and kissed Peter while wiping a few tears away. 

"I'm here forever now." She whispered. 

Laura was given permission to not come back unless she needed help or wanted to visit. There was no way in hell that she was going back now.