A supertale Of New York

Part 5

06:00 . You sat up and blindly swiped your phone screen to end the incessant beeping. You had 2 messages from Peter, and one from Hyo . None from anybody back home "I guess they're just busy" you thought. Hyo had sent you the waving emoji, you waved back. Peter had said "morning! Are you busy after school today? There's this awesome sandwich place by my house that I'd love to take you to, and maybe we could see a movie or something. Pete xx " YES YES YES OH MY FUCKING GOD YES! You typed and deleted . Hard-to-get y/n. desperate grovelling isn't very attractive. "Sounds good! X" you typed after his 🤪 emoji. Read 6:04am. a grey speech bubble pops up "awesome sauce" omg. Total dork. 

You went the extra mile today, did your hair like that girl on Pinterest. slayed a cut crease and winged eyeliner, carved brows and matte navy blue lips . Highlight; cheekbones , nose, Cupid's bow, forehead , chin.... ok put the brush down now y/n . You were starting to look like a wax figure . You checked your outfit in the mirror on the hall one final time, and looked at the clock 08:00 SHIT!! You slipped on your red vans, no time for laces today, and ran down the stairs; back pack hanging over one shoulder, still tucking your shirt into your jeans.

You sprinted to school , hoping you had remembered the route correctly, and made it at 08.17 "y/n!" Hyo called from the gates "Hey !" You wheezed. Out of breath From the running. "So uh... I was thinking maybe you might like to come to my parents restaurant tonight? You know , if you're free" they asked nervously "I'd love too, mate but I already have plans with someone... maybe tomorrow?" "Yeah , maybe" they sounded almost disappointed.and right on cue, mr ..... shit . What was his surname again? Peter skipped along the pathway up to you and Hyo ."Hey y/n !" He said excitedly. "Hey peter... oh yeah this is Hyo by the way" you gestured to them. "Hi I'm Hyo ! And it's they/them " "oh right ... okay" peter seemed slightly surprised by the unusual pronouns , but he went with it and clearly didn't have a problem so that was awesome.

"Once you said goodbye to Hyo and peter you headed to homeroom and sat in the same seat as yesterday, next to Jadara who today, had a septum ring with a blue diamond on it, hanging from her nose . "Oooh i love your peircing " you said hoping to gain a longer response than usual . "Yeah I got it done yesterday" she muttered pretty emotionlessly. She looked at you and saw the disappointment on your face "thanks, though" she said with a slight smile . An expression from Jadara ! Victory for y/n . Jadara was actually a lovely person you chatted about all sorts for the 20 minutes that Miss Aziz taught for. She clearly had some sort of major backstory , that was too heavy to go into at 9am . That was something you had in common.

The rest of the day flew by, you met lots of new people and learnt lots of new things but all you could think about was peter , and the possibility of snogging in the cinema. You watched the clock intently as it ticked ... 3.56 ..... 3.57.....3.59...4o'clock .

You rushed to the gates where you had agreed to meet peter. He wasn't there . You waited about 10 minutes then got out your phone to text him . "Where are you?" He didn't reply . 

It had been 20 minutes since peter was supposed to meet you. It didn't look like he was coming. You felt your heart slowly break at the idea of being stood up, what the actual fuck peter? I thought you were different. Suddenly your phone started to ring and you took it out of your phone to see who was calling . That fucking bastard. "What?!" You barked at peter "meet me at the subway station " He panted, had he "fallen asleep in the library" again ? You began to say "peter I don't know where the subway station is!" But he hung up . Rude. You opened up google maps to direct you, luckily it was only a 3 minute walk . 

You arrived at the station but peter was nowhere to be seen and you started to panic. Then a text came through. "Platform 2. Pete xx" don't you dare double kiss me you tosser . You found platform two and peter was sitting on the bench, a nervous grimace on his face. "Heeeyyy..." he whispered as you sat next to him , you stared at him with the bitchiest face you could make , and he frowned "y/n I'm so sorry!" He pleaded "one day I will tell you everything and it will all make sense I promise" to leave or not to leave. You hadn't invested that much energy into peter yet, you could still get out and it wouldn't destroy you completely. But for some reason, thinking of never speaking to peter again , made you tear up a bit. What the hell. You haven't cried in front of anybody since you were 6.

Peter noticed a tear fall down your cheek . "Oh my god y/n I'm really sorry, honestly I am I tried my best to be there waiting for you but..... something came up and I couldn't make it........ y/n.....please don't cry... I..." his voice started to crack like he was crying too. He looked at you for a while and then he pulled you into a hug. You couldn't even pretend to not enjoy it . You sobbed into his chest and he just held you. Thank god platform two was pretty quiet, you were making quite the scene. After about 10 minutes of attempting to explain your abandonment issues to peter , you managed to pull your shit together and stop crying . Peter let go of you and looked straight into your eyes. "Sandwich?" He said and you laughed . You moved onto platform 4 and got on the next southbound train. Peter didn't say much on the journey, in fact he almost looked like he was in pain. Had your words affected him that much?