From The Dark | Peter Parker x OC ✔️

Chapter Nine

A/N: I'm honestly surprised I got this chapter out on time because I wrote all of it today lol. I had some written, but I didn't like it and I wanted to change it but then I got my eyes dilated so my vision was useless so there's another day without writing and yesterday I honestly don't know butt I think I just wasn't in the mood to write. So I wrote most of it today and proofread it like five minutes ago.

In the last chapter, I was looking over it earlier and I found that there was a mistake with one of the dialogues at the end where Graves says she started school this week and then Lukov said last week. I didn't realize it then. Anyway, I found it and fixed it.

So in this chapter, Graves makes another appearance (btw, Graves is his last name) and I finally get to start on the Big Thing that I'm planning and this chapter is the first real 'build up' to it. Right now, I'm trying to figure out how I want to tie in all the Spider-Man stories with my version of Peter and let me tell you, it's a real pain in the ass. It's so hard picking just one villain. It's still a little ways down the road and we have a lot of Adie problems to deal with until then.

Now, chapter 9!

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"What, do you love math now or something?"

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It was just another normal Sunday morning for Ned Leeds as he left the Whole Foods Market with his mother. They were short on milk, his mother had reminded him this morning after breakfast. The blizzard had died down while they were asleep and some of the roads were paved by the time the Leeds family had woken up. As Ned and his mother turned the corner to find a cab, the teenager realized that he was standing across the street from the Stark Tower. Woah, he thought, Mr. Stark really lives here. For all he knew, Tony Stark was in there right now, maybe working on his Iron Man suit. Ned remembered the keychain that Adelaide had given him. He wondered if Adelaide's uncle had told Mr. Stark about him. He doubted it, but it was still pretty cool to think about.

"Ned, would you please call a cab for us? I've got to get this; it's urgent," his mother said, gesturing to her ringing phone.

"Sure," he answered as she turned away to take the call. Ned was about to stick his hand out to stop one of the yellow cars, when something caught his attention across the street. It was a normal black car, but that wasn't what Ned found shocking. It was the person that stepped out of it. The teenager took a step back in dismay. With big, curious eyes Ned Leeds watched his friend Adelaide Rivers step out of the black car with Happy Hogan and get warmly greeted by none other than the famous Tony Freaking Stark. His jaw dropped. He couldn't believe his eyes. His friend. His friend! With Tony Stark!

"Adelaide!" he shouted, waving. He realized he was grinning maniacally, but he couldn't care less – his friend was with Tony Stark! With all the traffic and street noise, Adelaide didn't hear her friend calling her name across the street. Ned watched in fascination as Mr. Stark patted his friends shoulder who lightly hit his arm in return. Adelaide laughed at something Happy said and then Pepper Potts emerged from the glass doors, a huge smile on her face. Ned took in the whole scene with his mouth agape. This was the coolest thing that had ever happened to him. Then, the four of them walked through the double doors and into the Stark Tower. For a second, Adelaide looked over her shoulder, scanning the area, but, once again, she didn't see her friend waving at her. Laughing at something, Adelaide turned around and followed the others into the Tower.

Ned realized he was out of breath. He still couldn't believe his eyes. He just saw his friend go inside the Stark tower with Happy Hogan, Pepper Potts, and Tony Stark himself. The teenager realized how little he knew about his friend. Suddenly, he remembered that her uncle was friends with Tony Stark. Wow, she is so lucky, he thought.