Something More

Chapter 2: Nightmare

peter punches mj back and then reaches for her drawing book. "peter!"

he grabs it, jumps up and reaches his arm up. that book means a lot to mj. if he opens it he'll see all the drawings she has of him.

"tell me what you were going to say before you said i'll be fine" he says with a devilish smirk.

mj hops up and tries to grab her book. but peters free hand stops her from getting it. she tries to move around his free arm but as she did, she trips over her own feet.

the next thing mj knew was that's peter free hand was now on her lower back and the hand with the notebook holding her head up from the ground.

they locked eye contact for what seemed like forever. mj never knew he had a little bit of gold in his eyes. and his hair had the perfect curls. they fell down on his face so beautifully that she wanted to comb through them. again.

mj wanted to stay in this moment forever. she didn't want to come back into reality. hell she never wants to face reality when she's with peter.

has his face ever been this close to mine? mj looked down at peters lips and he must've caught on because he looked down at hers too and his face came a little closer.

she could feel his hot breath on her lips but then she ruined the moment. "u-uh-uhm t-thanks p-peter"

peter lifted her up and gave her back her notebook. "uh i-i...y-you're w-welcome..."

damn he's so cute when he stutters... mj stop it. Mj fixes her hair and clears her throat. and there's an awkward silence.

"i-i'm going to go n-now. it's almost d-diner."

"o-oh y-yeah... i'll w-walk you home." peter goes to grab a jacket and the keys to the apartment.

it was a very awkward walk home.

mj wanted to talk to him she really did. but with how she's acted tonight... she doesn't want to make the cost.

they reach her apartment complex and mj starts walking in but then peter follows.

"o-oh peter you don't have to come up with me."

"no i'll walk you home, so i'll walk you all the way up to your home." he gives her a soft smile.

and damn that smile. that smile can make mj weak to her knees and her heart heavy. she lives for are smiles like that.

they've reached mjs door and she starts looking for her keys to get in. she's trying to get more time with peter.

"so uhm, you might not think that i don't notice when you're about to say something, but i do."

"what are you saying peter?"

"well, right before i got your notebook you were saying things, but cut yourself off and fixed it. ... i want to know what you were going to say.."

mj is so concerned now she feels sick to her stomach. why did you have to be so dumb.

"i-i... i-i u-uh" she falls to the ground passing out.

"mj! omg!"

peter looks in her bag for her keys and unlocks the door. mjs parents are never home. she's never told peter that and she didn't want him to find out but that went out the window.

he picks her up and carries her to her bed. peter rushes to the kitchen to find a rag or something cold to put on her head. he found some water and brought it with him for when she woke up.

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2 weeks ago

"mj you look pale" peter says stopping his conversation with liz.

"oh i do? ye-yeah it's nothing"

"when was the last time you drank or ate something?" he runs to catch up to her.

"um lunch, so maybe like two hours ago."

"here take d-" mj falls into his arms.

ned rushes over to help and he fans her while peter tries to give her water.

"peter... i don't need water.."

"shhh it's helping mj. ned keep fanning her for a second i'm going to go get some ice."

ned does as peter told him too.

mj has been so stuck up with pretending to be liz's friend around peter. and she's been so sick of trying not to like peter. but every time she sees him all feelings come back and she just can't help herself.

when she was walking by liz and peter she got sick to her stomach for like he fifth time this week and she almost fainted this time.

seriously need to get in check. i cant afford this.

mj stands up and walks out of the school to head home. "mj! wait peter will be here soon to make sure you're okay"

"i'm fine ned. tell peter i'll text him if i need anything."

and she did text him that night. she was so lonely at home because her parents would always fight and then head out to bars and come home late at night. she needed someone. and she was always at peters for this very reason.
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"peter!" mj jolts up.

"m-mj, what's wrong?"

peter was right on the edge of her bed. waiting for who knows how long for her to wake up.

"i-i has a b-bad dream."

"do you wanna t-tell me about it?"

mj shakes her head. she definitely will never share any of her dreams with him because he's always in them.

"t-that's alright...here" he comes over to her and hugs her tightly. "if you're ever ready to tell me about it, i want you to know you can."

she nods her head and then starts crying.

"h-hey hey...shhhhh. you're alright."