Amanda Smith (The Avengers ff) #English

42.

"Where's the movie night today?", I ask after a while.
"At my place, Aunt May is going on a date tonight", he says.
"And what about Ned?", I ask.
"He has to go to the doctor again to check if everything's okay", he just says and keeps on walking.
"I hope he's okay", I say softly.
"I hope so too", I hear him say.
Slowly we go down the stairs to the underground station Forest Hills.
"What are we gonna do now?", I ask, not exactly knowing where he wants to go.
I should've gone home.

"Just wait", he says, heading for the train to Manhattan.
What is he doing?
As always, the train is full. I try to get hold somewhere and look out the window, at the people waiting for the train going in the opposite direction.
"Where's it going?", I ask, as the train leaves without a warning.
"To Manhattan", he laughs.
"I already know, but where exactly?".
Why does he do that?
"Just wait", he says again.
Slowly I don't like surprises anymore.

After an hour, we finally get off.
I keep looking around. So far, I haven't been to this part of the city so often, just on missions.
When he suddenly stops, I almost run into him.
"Surprise!!", he says with a smile.
"Are you serious?!", I look at him in surprise.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art!!!

He seems to be waiting for me to be angry with him.
That's why he's quite surprised when I suddenly hug him.
"I can't believe it!
You're the best friend I could ever have!", I say and can't stop smiling.
"If you hug tighter, it won't be much longer", he says, gasping for breath.
"Sorry, I'm just so happy.
Thanks Peter", I say as we go up the stairs.
"You're welcome", he says, following me inside. It's much better than I imagined. Many beautiful exhibits, pictures, sculptures and more.

Just as we are in the Department of American Painting and Sculpture, strange sounds are heard from the other corner of the room.
No not today!

Even Peter has noticed and disappears to men's toilet.
I look for a corner where nobody can see me and start to shine.
"You picked out a pretty bad day to rob the museum", I say, getting their attention.
Immediately they pull out their weapons, but also Spider-Man is here now.
"Do you really want to do that?", he asks.
They just look at us confused and then shoot at us.
Everything's back in slow motion, I collect the cartridges.

"Nice try", I say with a grin.
Meanwhile, Spider-Man starts webbing the criminals up.
"Well done Spidey", I say after they are all tied up.
The people around us applaud and cheer, that's completely new to me.
"You weren't bad either, Speedy", he says.
"Wait, what time is it?", I ask.
"Crap, Ned's definitely waiting for us", he says. Quickly we make our way to his home.
Peter climbs through the window, I stop glowing and jump inside quickly, but then freeze for a moment.
Ned's sitting at the desk looking at us.
"That's amazing!", he says with an open mouth.
Great, what now?