Guardians of my Heart (xReader)

Chapter 19

I wake up to someone's arms wrapped around me and soft kisses all over my face. I smile and open my eyes.

"What are you doing here?" I ask.

"Waking you up." Peter answers and keeps kissing my face.

"Where's Liz?" Liz's bed is empty.

"She left when I got here. Said she wants to go working out extra early."

I nod and get up. Peter watches me putting on new clothes and I grin at him.

"Stop staring, stalker." I joke.

He laughs.

"Sorry. Can't help it. You're just too beautiful."

I blush and put on a shirt.

"Shut up." I say and start brushing my teeth.

We go to the cafeteria and get breakfast. Ned and Michelle sit at a table and Ned signals us to come sit with them.

I see Liz sitting with some other people and smile at her. She clearly didn't work out this morning. It was just an excuse to get away from Peter and I.

"Hey losers." Michelle greets us.

"Hey Michelle." I say and sit down in front of her.

"You can call me MJ." She says and smiles at me.

"Is that your nickname? I like it." I smile back at her.

"It's what my friends call me."

"I'm honoured to be one of those people." I say happily.

We eat our breakfast and talk about Decathlon. MJ tells me how happy she is that I answered the last question this time since she didn't really like all the attention she got last year.

After breakfast we all go to pack our bags. Liz and I make some smalltalk but I know we were are still far from being friends.

"Y/n? Can I ask you something?"

I nod and wait for her question.

"You know people talk. And you probably know they talk about you since you're new. And there's this rumour you're Tony Stark's niece? Is it true?"

I'm about to laugh and say no but then I remember that that was what I had to tell people if they asked.

"Um- Yeah he's my uncle."

Liz stares at me in awe.

"So do you know all of the Avengers?"

"Yeah I live with them. They're all really nice. I even know the Guardians of the Galaxy." I say proudly.

"Who?" Liz asks confused.

"Um- forget it. They're not really famous here." I say and mentally roll my eyes. Stupid people from earth. They don't even know who saves their pathetic asses daily.

We finish packing and went to the bus where the others are already waiting.

Everyone gets on the bus and I sit next to Peter again.

I rest my head on his shoulder and stare out of the window watching houses and fields go by.

Suddenly I start to think about leaving everything behind soon. Leaving Peter behind.

"We only have one month left..." I whisper and Peter looks at me sadly.

"I know. But let's make that month one to remember." He says and squeezes my hand.

I nod and get my phone out to listen to some music. When I offer Peter one of my earphones he declines.

"No thanks. I have to talk to Ned for a second you can have both earphones for now." He says and gets up.

Weird. Ned is sitting directly behind us. But they both get up and sit in the back. I don't want to eavesdrop so I put both earphones in.

I watch them talking. It seems serious. But I trust Peter to tell me if it's something I should know.

The rest of the drive home isn't really spectacular. After their conversation Peter sits down next to me again and takes one of my earphones. We don't talk. He looks out of the window the whole drive. It seems like he's thinking about something important and although I am dying to know about what I don't ask him. He'll tell me.

We finally reach the school and get off the bus. Everyone is greeted by their parents. Peter and I are looking for aunt May who is supposed to pick us up but she isn't there.

Suddenly people start gasping and whispering excitedly. What is going on?

Then I see the reason.

"If that's not my favourite niece and intern." Tony says and pats Peters and my back.

"H- hey Mr. Stark. Why are you here? I thought-" Peter starts but Tony interrupts him.

"Your incredibly attractive aunt got replaced by me. Y/n's incredibly attractive uncle." Tony winks at us and I smile awkwardly.

Tony notices everyone staring at us. Especially Ned who's about to freak out.

Tony smiles at Ned and then walks back to his car. We get into the back and Tony sits in the front next to Happy.

We leave everyone behind. They're still staring amazed and I am sure people would talk about this all week.

"So why exactly did you pick us up?" I ask.

Tony's face goes serious.

"It's about Loki."

I feel anger rise up inside me but try to act neutral.

"What about him?"

"Don't worry. He didn't freak out again. It's just... he won't eat he won't sleep he won't talk. Nothing. He's just staring at the wall all day. He looks like he's barely alive anymore and we need you to try and fix him."

I roll my eyes.

"I still don't get why he's my problem."

Tony looks at me.

"You owe us. We took you in although we didn't even know you or your people. And we took care of you. Payed for everything. This is the least you can do."

I take a deep breath.

"Yeah I know. I'll try to get him back to normal again. But I can't promise anything. And I don't know how long it'll take. We only have a month left."

"True. That's why you're going to spend as much time as possible with Loki."

"What?!" I yell and Peter looks shocked too.

"You can't do that! I want to spend as much time as possible with Peter!"

Tony looks at me sadly but I know this isn't something I can argue about.

I scoff and look out of the window.

Peter takes my hand.

"It's ok. We'll get to spend more time together. I promise we'll find a way." He says and kisses my hand.

If only I could believe him.