Amanda Smith, just a normal girl.
But what happens when she suddenly finds herself in the Avengers' headquarters and because of "a coincidence" finds out what she really is.
An inhuman.
Will she become a heroine like her idols?
Does she have what i...
In a forest I stop, no idea where I exactly am. But the environment calms me down. After the death of my parents, I've been in such a forest often. I sit down slowly and think.
Did that really happen?
Unfortunately yeah. Embarrassing.
I run through my hair and close my eyesl. What happens when I come back? Actually, I was hoping I was spared by these teenage problems. Definitely wrong!
Will that change anything between me and Peter?
I stay here for a few hours, then run in the direction I came from. "Hey Grandma", I say, closing the door behind me slowly. "Amanda, where have you been? Peter called and asked where you are. What happened?", she asks, putting her magazine aside. "I just walked around a bit and thought", at some point I have to tell her what happened. "Please let me know next time", she says, hugging me. "I promise Grandma", I say, and return the hug. "Are you hungry, dear?", she asks, whereupon I only shake my head. "How was the movie night?", Normally she doesn't ask me so many questions. "It was, we watched Raiders of the Lost Ark", I say, forcing me to smile. But what if I put her in danger, if I tell her?
"Grandma, I have to talk to you about something", I say. "Can that wait until this evening? I'll meet up with some friends for coffee", she says. I know how important spending time with friends is to Grandma. "Of course Grandma, that can wait, have fun", I say and say goodbye.
Back in my room, I'm writing a new essay for history when it suddenly knocks again at the window. Oh no! Reluctantly, I open the window and let him in. "Hey", he says. "Do you always have to come through the window?", I ask and sit down again. "I got used to it somehow", he says.
"Well, because of what happened yesterday", I start, but he interrupts me. "Do we have to talk about it?", he just asks. "Why are you here then, if you don't want to talk about it?", I ask skeptically. "Hm, I wanted to see if you're okay", he says. "Do I look like I'm okay?", I just ask and get up again, "I'm not okay, I'm confused, what's going on here? Everything suddenly changes between us. I don't want to lose my best friend", I say and run through my hair again. "I have no answer either", he says softly.
We can't stay friends, even if we try. "So what, aren't we friends anymore?", I ask, looking at him seriously. "No, we're probably not anymore", he says suddenly, to which I look at him startled. I haven't expectedthat he would say that. "It doesn't work anymore", he says quietly, but I still can hear it. "What do you mean by that?", I ask and keep looking at him. "We can't be friends anymore", short after he said that, he's gone.
I just stand there. I don't believe it.
Peter
"So because of what happened yesterday", she says, but I interrupt her. "Do we have to talk about it?", I just ask. "Why are you here then, if you don't want to talk about it?", she asks. "Hm, I wanted to see if you're okay", I go up to her. "Do I look like I'm okay?", she asks and gets up again, "I'm not okay, I'm confused, what's going on here? Everything suddenly changes between us. I don't want to lose my best friend", she says desperate. "I have no answer either", I say softly.
"So what, aren't we friends anymore?", she asks seriously. I will never forgive myself what I'll do now. "No, we're probably not anymore", I say, whereupon she looks at me startled. I can see in her eyes that something has just broken inside her. "It doesn't work anymore", I say softly. "What do you mean by that?", she asks in a shaky voice. "We can't be friends anymore", I say and climb out the window again. This sentence killed me.
I stay by the wall next to her window and hear her cry softly. There is no other possibility. It's better this way.
Amanda
In the evening I wake up again. I was probably asleep sometime. After a while, I finally notice the shining of my cell phone. Two messages from Ned.
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I put my phone away and lie down again. "Amanda, I'm back home", she calls, but I don't answer. I just want to be alone. "Amanda?", she calls again, knocking on my door. Then she opens it. "Amanda, are you okay?", she asks, sitting down on the edge of my bed. "What's wrong?", She asks and runs her hand over my back. "Peter has quit our friendship", I just say. "Is it because of the movie night?", she asks, causing me to look at her questioningly. "May and I talked on the phone this morning when you disappeared. She told me about it", she explains. Great!
"What should I do now?", I ask and snuggle up to her. "Be patient. It's going to be okay, Amanda", she says, kissing my forehead. Good advice, Grandma. Thank you. After she left, I try to fall asleep again. Unfortunately that brings nothing.
