Believer [Peter Parker]

21 - Discovery

Hannah knocked on Peter's door and entered.

"Hey, Ned," she said.

"Hey," Ned said, smiling. His LEGO Death Star was sitting on his lap. "What happened to your arm? Are you okay?"

From how stressed and rushed she was, she didn't feel the cut on her arm. She hadn't realized how much it hurt until Ned pointed it out. She wiped the blood off of her arm even though she knew it wouldn't help/

"Yeah, I'm okay," she said. "It was an accident. Don't worry."

"Hannah, you're hurt," Ned pointed out.

"I know, it's fine," she said. "I'll fix it later."

"Are you sure?" Ned asked as Hannah removed her waist and put it on.

"Yes, I'm sure, Ned," she assured him as she put on her hoodie.

Hannah sat next to Ned on Peter's bed.

"What took you so long?" Ned asked.

"Um, I lost track of time, I was working on homework," Hannah lied.

"Oh."

Hannah heard a window open. She looked up to the ceiling. She had a feeling that someone came in.

Peter appeared on the roof dressed as Spider-Man on the ceiling.

I knew it, she thought. He's Spider-Man.

Hannah left the bedroom door open so Peter pushed the door closed and hopped down to the floor. Peter sighed in relief and turned around to see Hannah and Ned sitting on his bed. Hannah wasn't at all surprised, unlike Ned, who was shocked with his mouth hanging open.

The LEGO Death Star crashed onto the floor and broke into pieces.

"What was that?" May called.

"Uh, it's nothing! Nothing!" Peter called.

"You're the Spider-Man, from YouTube," Ned said.

"I'm not, I'm not," Peter denied.

"Dude, we saw you crawl on the ceiling," Hannah said, "and you're dressed as Spider-Man. You can't deny it."

"No, I'm not," Ned denied. "Guys, what are you doing in my room?"

"We agreed to hang out tonight, remember?" Hannah reminded him.

"Yeah, and May let us in," Ned agreed. "We said we were gonna finish the Death Star."

"You can't just bust into my room!"

"You come into my room while you're waiting for me until I get home," Hannah said, "and I can't come into your room to wait for you until you come home?"

"Good point," Peter said.

May opened the door, setting her hair free from a low bun. She waved a rag in front of her face to dissipate the smoke coming from the kitchen.

"The turkey meatloaf recipe is a disaster," May said. "Let's go to dinner. Thai? Ned, you want Thair?"

"I can eat," Hannah shrugged.

"Yes," Ned said.

"No, they've got a thing," Peter lied.

"A thing to do after," Ned said.

"I made sure that I don't have any plans tonight to come over for you, Peter," Hannah said.

"Okay," May said.

"Oh," Peter said.

She waved a finger at Peter, who was only in his boxers.

"Maybe put on some clothes," she said.