A night to remember

Epilogue

The next day

A sigh escaped your lips as you leaned against your locker. You held your books firmly in your hands and bit your lip, thinking about the kisses you had shared with Peter and the revelation that he was Spider-Man.

     "Oh gosh," Tracy said, sounding annoyed. "[Name] is staring at Peter again..."

     You ignored her comment and waved at Peter, who was staring back at you from across the hall. He smiled at you, his cheeks turning slightly red, probably thinking about the same things as you were. He turned his gaze from you when Ned started talking to him, though looked at you now and again from the corner of his eyes. Knowing he had felt the same way about you for all those years, made your knees weak and spread a warm feeling through the pit of your stomach.

     "I thought we agreed not to talk about that anymore," Liz whispered to Tracy, hoping you didn't notice.

     You did, but after everything that had happened last night, you couldn't care less.

     "So," Liz continued, turning to you. "You had something to tell us?"

     Right, you thought, having almost forgotten you had promised Liz you'd tell her about your kiss with Spider-Man. "Did I?" you faked ignorance, pushing yourself from your locker.

     "Yeah," Liz nodded. "Something amazing happened last night, remember?"

     "Hmm," you wondered out loud, while Tracy was frowning at the both of you.

     "Did I miss something?"

     "Oh, come on, [Name]," Liz crossed her arms at you. "Are you really not going to tell us? I told you I was sorry about what I said about Peter."

     You could feel Peter's eyes on you from across the hall. His hand rested on the lock of his locker, but he didn't seem in a hurry to open it. The look in his eyes told you he was listening in on your conversation. You held his gaze until Liz said your name again.

     "You should really forget about him," Tracy added. "Liz is too nice to tell you, but I'm sorry. After all these years, he's not magically going to like you all of a sudden."

     You snorted, nodding at her words. They didn't hurt as much as they would have before last night. Before Peter had confessed his feelings for you. Though, her comment still stung. "Yeah, maybe... But a girl can dream, right?"

     "Sure... But–uh–I think he's coming this way," Liz said, elbowing you.

     "Who's coming our way?" Tracy asked.

     Before either of you could answer, Peter had already reached you. Nerves were raging through your body as you wondered why he was coming your way. When you walked to school together this morning, you had agreed it would probably be best – at least for now – if no one knew about what happened last night. It had been hard not to kiss him when you parted ways, but Peter had insisted he wanted to tell Ned first. Keeping it a secret had you giddy all morning.

     "Hey, Peter," Liz smiled, a wondering look on her face. She probably thought he was coming over to talk to her. "What's u–"

     Peter didn't let her finish and walked straight up to you, getting your face between his hands and pressing an urgent kiss on your lips. A squeak left your throat. Your hands rested on his chest and you could feel his heart beating as fast as yours.

     "I'll see you in class," he said, slowly pulling away from you. Before you could say something, he had already walked back to Ned, who still stood on the other side of the hall with his mouth wide open.

     As you looked at Tracy and Liz, you could see neither of them was any better off than Ned.

     "What–What just happened?" Tracy asked, turning her questioning look from Peter to you.

     "Wait, was that what you wanted to tell us? You and Peter... Last night..." Liz mumbled, seeming lost for words until she started laughing. She hit you softly on your shoulder. "So that's why we couldn't find you."

     A small smile curled your lips and you could feel your cheeks turn red. "Well, not exactly. Back then I was kissing Spider-Man."

     Now it was Tracy who laughed. A rare occurrence, which made you laugh as well. "After what just happened, I'd almost believe you..."

     When you were done laughing, the bell finally rang, signaling the start of the school day. Liz quickly closed her locker and stuffed the books she needed for the first period into her bag, motioning Tracy they needed to hurry to get to Drama Class. A class you didn't share with them.

     "We'll talk about Peter and you later," she said. "I'm dying to hear what happened last night."

     "Sure," you nodded. You wouldn't see them again till lunch, so that gave you a few hours to come up with a story together with Peter. You watched them walk away from you and slowly turned around when Liz waved goodbye.

     Peter was still standing a few feet away from you together with Ned. You smiled as you made your way towards them and followed them towards Science Class.

     "So, does this mean you're friends again?" Ned asked.

     "Something like that," you said, wiping the hair behind your ear, looking at Peter.

     "Yeah," he agreed. "Something like that... Ready?" he asked you when you had arrived at the right classroom. He offered you his hand before walking in, a hopeful look in his eyes.

     Peter holding your hand might have meant nothing to everyone else – not even to Ned – but to you, it signified the start of your adventure together. You hadn't really talked about it yet, but accepting Peter as your boyfriend meant you accepted someone else as well.

     He was Spider-Man after all.

     You nodded, taking his hand and letting him pull you to his side. "Ready..."