Optical Illusion ₪ Peter Parker [DISCONTINUED]

F O U R

Overwhelmed

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Leo's schedule became consistent and truthfully, quite boring very quickly. Her mornings consisted of talking to her siblings about either her school days or her powers, them always checking in on her to make sure she was still in control of her powers. They didn't know about her nightly escapes or alter-ego, and Leo wanted to keep it that way. The last thing she needed was anyone worrying about her. Elijah did enough of that.

Her school days were even worse. She went from class to class exhausted and mostly in a spaced out, almost drunk-like state. She had always been like that, mixing up reality and sometimes not knowing what's real or not. Her sister said that it was something called derealization, but Leo never really looked into it. Sometimes Peter would catch her in her spaced out moments and, depending on what she was daydreaming about, she would either look scared, concerned, or just completely confused. Once he snapped her back to reality she didn't even think he was real and poked his nose with her pointer finger, which he found kind of cute in a way.

Her afterschool activities were slightly more exciting. She joined the school's art club and the Decathlon team, but that was only because Elijah and Elena were on the team and wanted her to join. Her other friend Michelle Jones had her join the art club after seeing her doodles in her notebook, so now most of her weekdays were booked. Mondays and Wednesdays were decathlon days while Thursdays were Art Club days and Tuesdays and Fridays were her study-dates with Peter. Weekends she was free, but she knew the moment Volleyball started in the winter she'd have to probably quit art club.

Every night she snuck out and worked on her powers. She'd change into her skin-tight, spandex costume and soar through the lit up city. At the end of her night, she'd meet with Spiderman on the billboard and they'd talk about their days. They knew they were around the same age since both of them mentioned being in high school. Leo didn't give out any details, she'd only complain if there was a random pop quiz or if someone bothered her in the hallway.

"So," Spiderman snapped her out of her day-dreaming state, making her frown as she looked around their surroundings in slight confusion. For a moment, she forgot where she was and why she was on the billboard and who the brightly clothed boy was sitting next to her and why he wasn't somewhere like a comic-book or movie where he looked like he belonged. "What's your deal?"

"What?" Leo asked, shaking her head slightly. "I-I'm sorry, I, uh, don't know what you mean."

"S-Sorry," Spiderman stammered, rubbing the back of his neck awkwardly, his feet swinging softly through the air while Leo's swung viciously. "T-That sounded rude. I-I meant what's the deal with your powers. Were you born with them? Oh, or were you born in space or something? Are you an alien?"

Leo laughed, imagining herself as an alien coming down to earth with her crazy powers. Spiderman must've imagined the same thing because he chuckled slightly with her. Leo watched as he leaned back so he his hands were behind him to keep him sitting up. Her laughing died down and she turned to look out at the beautiful city in front of them.