(Peter Parker x reader) Romeo and Juliet

23: Rejoin the Team

"Hey, it's Peter!" Abe announced.

I looked up from where I was, shadow-reading MJ's book.

Indeed, there was Peter, bouncing over to us.

"Guys," Peter greeted.

I smiled at him. He winked back.

Then he did a full-body scan with his dark eyes, which I ignored.

"Your boyfriends back," MJ whispered.

I elbowed her. "He's not my boyfriend."

"Yet," MJ finished for me.

"Yeah, I was hoping I could uh, rejoin the team!" Peter shrugged.

Flash pushed to the front of the group, meaning I got shoved too.

Peter's eyes flashed when he saw Flash do so. "No no, no way, you can't just stroll up and be welcomed back by everyone!"

Just then, Mr. Harrington stepped off the bus. "Peter! Welcome back! Flash, you're back to first alternate."

Flash looked angry and confused. "What?"

"He's taking your place!" Abe and I announced in unison.

Peter gave me a grateful-ish smile.

The whole bus-ride long Liz drilled us.

We all answered correctly, with the exception of Flash. Who sucks.

I started to feel sleepy, but Peter kept poking me to keep me awake.

"Why're you so tired?" He asked after one particularly hard poke.

I lifted my head off his shoulder. "Because we stayed up so late last night tracking your stupid bad guys!"

He thought for a moment. "Oh, sorry sweetie."

I nodded curtly and lay my head back down.

"Uh, stratum, barium, vibranium," Peter answered.

I sighed. He was keeping me awake, but not on purpose this time. His hand was lazily and absent-mindedly running up and down my thigh.

It kept me wide awake.

But I pretended to be asleep incase being awake made him stop, and I didn't want him to do that.

Suddenly his phone rang, startling both of us.

He took it out of his pocket, and when he went to stand up he slowly lowered me onto the seat as if I was sound asleep.

I tried not to smile.