liar liar ⦚ spider-man

ACT II, SCENE I * Familiar

QUICK A/N BEFORE WE BEGIN ACT 2, WHICH BTW I AM SUPER EXCITED FOR.

In honour of #PrideMonth, the 'Real Boy' cover had gone under a little renovation. Also, lgbtq is doing a wonderful Pride Party, and books which tag #WattPride donate $1 each to International LGBTQ organisations! This Pride Month, as a booming bisexual badass, I'm so filled with Pride in how far I've come. I came out to my parents, I started writing 'Real Boy', and I've had my first real, meaningful relationship.

To all my LGBTQ+ Readers and Allies who are celebrating/supporting Pride Month, this chapter is for you.

I hope EVERYONE has a great month.

Except you homophobes, transphobes, bisexual erasers, and Donald Trump. Fuck You, get the shit off my page.

Also I'm entering this Book into the 2018 Wattys, so wish me luck, I guess.

- N A N C Y

It had been a few days since Derek climbed through Peter's window, and he hadn't seen either Karter or Derek since. Exactly a week later, Peter woke up to the sound of his alarm, he felt extremely lost. He tried texting Derek, with no response, and he daren't message Karter. Eventually, he messaged Ned and told him everything, and the other boy plunged into an excessive story to take Peter's mind off of everything.

Sunday seemed to drag on forever. Peter eventually gave up with his homework and headed out on patrol. Before he could leave the fire escape, however, he heard a voice from behind him.

"Holy shit." It was Abby. Peter didn't really talk to Abby, but they were friends. He turned around slowly, and internally screamed. "Spider-Man."

"Hey." He said, standing up. Abby climbed onto the fire escape, mouth hanging open. "Is everything okay, Miss?"

"What are you doing on a fire escape?" Abby asked, suspicion filling her words. She looked at Peter's window, which he'd thankfully shut, and then back to 'Spider-Man'. Peter's heart skipped a beat when she called him that, his mind flying back to Karter.

"Patrols." He said, not entirely lying. "Lot of stuff happening recently. Lagos, those two girls, and the Avengers are off doing what ever they're doing." Abby raised an eyebrow at his poor justification. "Also I'm really bored."

"There we go, there's the truth." She said, smiling. "It's okay to be bored, just don't go and kill a bunch of people." She turned around and headed back to her appartement. "See you around, Spider-Man."

"I really hope you don't." He said under his breath, before continuing louder. "You too, Miss." Quickly jumping off the fire escape, Peter cursed under his breath and closed his eyes briefly. He swung around the city for the rest of the day, nothing severe happening, and crime seemed to be taking a day off. He swung back into his room after a few hours, and got changed into normal clothes; a baggy hoodie and sweatpants.

"Peter?" Aunt May called from the kitchen, her voice sounding on edge. "Can you come here for a second?" Peter stuck his head out the door, and saw a huge explosion on the television.

"Holy shit." He whispered under his breath, before walking towards his Aunt and the TV. "What happened?" May looked up at him, sadness in her eyes.

"They were signing the Accords." She responded, in a heart shattering tone. "You know, the thing that's been on the news since Lagos?" Peter nodded slowly, everyone had heard about the Accords. Ned was freaking out about it, and Michelle had complained for a whole day when she found out what it was. "Well, a guy blew the up the signing." Peter's heart dropped.

"Anyone die?" He croaked our eventually, feeling slightly numb. Karter's sister Elizabeth was there, and he knew that Karter needed her.

"A few, Elizabeth wasn't one of them." May said, acknowledging his pain. "Maybe you should message Karter." Peter nodded, rushing back to his room to grab his phone. He looked at the screen and saw twenty missed calls from Karter, and a spam of messages. He took a deep breath and called Kater back.