Believer [Peter Parker]

07 - Contact

Hannah got back to the lair after fighting a few criminals. Once again, Spiderman showed up and started chasing her again. 

"Why can't Spider-Man just piss off?" Hannah asked Anthony angrily as she took off her mask and jacket and threw it onto the table. "You don't seem me going after him almost every single day."

"Maybe you can just talk to him?" Anthony suggested.

"I'm not talking to him."

"Why not?" Anthony asked.

"I don't want to deal with him," Hannah said as she sat down next to Anthony. 

"Hannah -"

"I know what you're going to say and I'm not going to team up with him," Hannah interrupted him. "Not now anyways. Maybe in the future, but for now, I just want to work alone."

"You're not alone," Anthony said. "You have me and Luke."

"True. You and Luke are enough. I don't want any more people being part of our team."

"You think we're a team?" Anthony asked.

Hannah noticed how happy Anthony became when she said that they were a team.

"Yeah," Hannah said. "Haven't we been a team since you started helping Uncle Luke and me?"

"It's just you never actually said it."

Hannah looked at the computer screen, waiting to see if there's anything else she could do.

"I see the way you look at Parker," Anthony said.

"What?" Hannah looked at Anthony.

"I know you like Parker," Anthony said.

"I have no idea what you're talking about," Hannah denied.

"Hannah, even though we haven't been friends for that but I see the way you look at him," Anthony said. "I can tell that you like him."

"Anthony, I don't like him like that," Hannah lied. "Please, just leave it."

"Fine."

Hannah looked away from Anthony. She knew that Anthony is right, but this is one of the few times she didn't want to admit that Anthony is right. She has been aware of her feelings for Peter for a while, but she never saw the point of acting on it. She doubts that Peter feels the same. He's been crushing on Liz Allen, a junior at their school, for quite some time and she stood in the sidelines, watching him fall for her. 

Ned Leeds has tried to assure Hannah that Peter likes her too, but they both knew it wasn't true. A part of her wants to continue hoping that one day he might like her too, but she told herself not to get her hopes up. He might never like her too.

Hannah was good at her hiding her feelings. Someone who knows her really well can easily tell if she likes and surprisingly, Anthony, who she hasn't been friends for long, could tell that she likes Peter. 

So far, Ned and Anthony are the only two who know of her feelings for Peter. 

***

On Hannah's way home, she noticed a van following her around. She took a detour, hoping that the van would give up and stop following her, but they wouldn't stop. They continued to follow her.

Hannah bit her lip, trying to figure out what to do. An idea struck her. She can go into any building and use the outlet to get home.

She entered the nearest building to do so.

She found an outlet and walked over it. She looked over her shoulder to make sure she isn't seen. She stood against the wall, right next to the outlet. She let a few people in the hall pass by and disappear around the corner so she isn't seen. 

As soon as Hannah was alone, she disappeared. She reappeared in the living room. Hannah took a deep breath. She texted Luke, telling him that she was being followed.

"Do you honestly think we wouldn't find you?" she heard a voice, causing her to jump.

The house was dark. Now that she heard the voice, she can see a figure sitting on the recliner.

"Who the hell are you?" she asked.

Hannah turned on the lights to see it was none other than "Captain America" Steve Rogers.