Release me from this curse I'm in I've been trying to maintain But I'm struggling You can't go, go, go I think I'm going to oh, oh, oh - Disturbia, Rihanna
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It's been two months since we dropped Peter off. Two months since the Cap and half of the team became wanted fugitives. Two months since I've been living my new identity as Rachel Roth. That's all people know me as. Just a normal girl. Tony's personal assistant. At least that's how he's introducing me. Either that or his adoptive kid. He does have the papers, so might as well.
But he's been dragging me everywhere with him. I'm glad I get to travel the world, but I'm getting pretty bored doing nothing. There hasn't been that much missions since the accords. The most we have done was stopped a train from crashing into another one. I was even tempted to go back to Jump City. But that was out of the question. I needed more time to myself, so I was in my meditation mirror. But it was really hard to meditate when happy me keeps bothering me.
"When are you going to see him again?" She asked me.
"See who?" I asked.
She appeared from above me. "You know, who? Peter."
I groaned. "I'm not seeing him again. You need to stop asking."
She giggled. "Come on. He's so funny. And cute." She disappeared, then reappeared on my side. "He even made you laugh."
"It was a mistake."
She laughed again. "Yeah, right. We saw him staring at you, remember? You almost blushed. And he's so sweet. He's been messaging you everyday for the past two months."
My brave emotion jumped down. "Let's not forget how awesome it looked it was when he took Cap's shield."
"And you've been feeling even more lonely since you left Queens," sad me cried as she walked up from behind.
"No I haven't," I denied. "I don't feel anything."
"As you should," anger me dropped down. "You don't need him. You don't need anyone!"
Happy me started to laugh. "That's what you said last time and looked what happened. Pietro could have -"
The red eyes in anger popped up. "We didn't need him! We didn't need his pathetic sister either. She wasn't on our side and looked what happened! He's dead and she's a fugitive!" My head started to hurt. "She didn't need them. So she doesn't need that stupid spider!"
That's when happy, timid, and brave started to argue with anger. My headache kept getting worse.
"Yes, she does!"
"He's perfect!"
"He's stupid, immature, weird!"
"He is not weird!"
"He'll only drag her down!"
"Don't talk about him like that!"
"Guys, can we stop fighting?"
"The guy kicks some serious butt!"
I grabbed the side of my head. The pain was getting worse and them arguing isn't helping.
"Quiet!" My voice roared. My emotions stopped and looked at me. There was a small tapping on my mirror.
"Rae Rae," Tony's voice came through. "Hello, earth to Raven."
I groaned before walking through the portal. I came out of the mirror and landed in front of Tony.
"What now?" I snapped. Tony raised his eyebrow at me. "What?"
"That's a bit better," he said. "We need you in the lab in five minutes."
I nodded. "I'll be there." Tony smiled. "But if this is about another wardrobe touch up -"
Tony raised his hands in surrender. "It's not another suit like mine, I swear. Though given the right technology, the suit could have increased your powers -"
I gave him a look. "Tony!"
He sighed. "Fine. Fine. Just be ready in five." He grabbed my communicator and tossed it towards me before making his way towards the door. "And that thing's been buzzing for past two minutes."
I rolled my eyes as he left. I looked down to see a few more messages from Peter.
Peter:
Hey, it's me. Just wanted to see how you were doing.
3:46 pm.
Peter:
How are you, Raven?
3:46 pm.
Peter:
Do you still go by, Raven?
3:46 pm.
Peter:
Oh, shit. I'm suppose to call you Rachel, am I?
3:46 pm.
Peter:
Ok. How are you, Rachel?
3:47 pm.
Peter:
I'm doing alright. Caught a few guys who tried to rob a grocery store. The cashier was so nice to me afterwards. He actually gave me a big bag of chip and a sandwich from the deli, so I have lunch for school. Lol.
3:47 pm.
I sighed. Why did Tony think it was a good idea for Peter to have my number? This time my phone actually rang. Peter's name popped on the screen as he requested for a FaceTime. Another thing that's been happening everyday. Peter would at least leave me a video message when I don't answer. I really don't look at them. I just delete them. My communicator stopped ringing. I let out a breath before it went to voicemail. A few seconds later, his message popped up. I clicked on it, my finger hovering over the delete button. But I'm curious to know what he says in these. Before I knew what I was doing I pressed play.
Peter's face popped up on my screen. He was in the Spider-Man suit, but the mask was off. It looked like he was sitting of the rooftop of some building.
He waved at the camera. "Hey, Raven. It's me. It's Peter...Parker, in case you don't remember." He moved the camera around to show me the view of the city. "Here's Queens. Still the same, nothing much happening here." He turned the camera again. "Um, yeah, I just wanted to see how you were doing. I don't know if you actually get these messages or if Happy gave me the wrong number."
Peter slowly nodded.
"Yeah. May wanted me to invite you over. I told her I don't know, it really depends on your schedule. It would be great for you to come over. You guys could catch up. I could see you again." Peter's eyes went wide. "And that just came out. Shit." His camera started shaking. "Oh, I'll have to let you go. I hear the cops coming." He started making police siren noises. "Weeoo, weeoo, weeoo."
The message ended there. That's...a bit weird.
But he wants you to visit him, happy me thought. You should do it. I know you want to.
I shook my head before leaving my room. I don't know...yet.
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A/N: I am so dead set on this book. Ahh. And sorry if the text messages and video message were crappy.
