Stark's Daughter, Iron Maiden

Ch.11: Competition Day Pt.1

Aria's POV:

Peter leaned in to kiss me.

"Peter." I whispered.

"Yes?" He asked.

"Please. We agreed to be friends." I said.

Peter backed up.

"I'm sorry." He said.

"It's okay." I said.

The bell rang for 5th period.

"Uh..I'll see you later." I said giving Peter a hug.

Peter hugged me back.

"Wanna go to your house later?" Peter asked.

"Yeah." I paused. "Uh, yeah okay."

"Okay." Peter said.

We broke the hug.

I ran off to class.

When I walked in, Khrome, Camyle, and Bry called me over to them.

"What's this?" I asked.

There were four easels with a canvas resting on each easel.

"It's competition day. This happens every trimester! It's where the entire class competes for the opportunity to paint a new mural in the school garden. The artist of the painting stays anonymous through the school wide voting rounds. The artist's name is revealed once a winner has been chosen. Members of this art class cannot vote since they have seen who is painting what in class." Lily said from across the room.

I rolled my eyes.

"Fun." I said.

"Alright class." Ms J said. "Guidelines: No stealing artwork. No copying another's artwork. No stealing ideas. No making similar painting to others."

"Isn't that all the same rule?" Some random kid asked.

"Yes." Ms. J said. "You may begin and remember, this is due tomorrow."

30 minutes into class and I had no f*cking clue what to draw.

"Struggling Aria?" Lily said with a strange tone.

"Yes, Lily." I said rolling my eyes.

"Oh that sucks. I'm already done...so.." Lily said.

I rolled my eyes and took a deep breath.

"I really don't care, Lily." I said.

She got an angry expression on her face, then walked away.

~

After school, Peter met me at his car.

"You ready?" Peter asked.

"Yep." I said opening the car door.

We both got inside the car.

"Are you okay?" Peter asked.

"I'm fine. I think I have to interrogate Jacob later tonight." I said.

"Really?" Peter asked backing up the car.

"Yeah..I also have to finish my art for the contest tomorrow." I said tapping my foot on the ground.

All if my micro-tech shifted to my wrist and hand.

"Woah what are you doing?" Peter asked.

"Oh." I giggled. "Watching Tom Holland's instagram story."

"Who is Tom Holland?" Peter asked.

I showed Peter a picture.

"He actually looks a lot like you." I said.