eleanor ◇ peter parker

chapter twelve

CHAPTER TWELVE. THE CONCERT.

ellie stood with a few of her friends in the auditorium lobby, welcoming people to the concert. every few seconds, a shiver would run down her spine. ellie didn't know if it was because she was cold from the double doors letting in all the cold, night air or just nerves - either way, they were getting annoying. ellie rubbed her bare arms again, trying to push the goosebumps down.

she crossed her arms and checked the time for the 6th time in three minutes. her friends kept trying to talk to her, but it didn't work. she would simply say 'yeah' or something small, only going back to checking the time and glancing at the door. after a few minutes they gave up, simply leaving her alone and talking to themselves.

15 minutes until the show started, and ellie could feel her heart dropping. where were they? were they even coming? peter said he wouldn't miss it for the world, but what if he forgot? not only would it break her heart if peter forgot, but what about ned, mj, quentin, and harry? did they forget too? ellie has been talking non-stop about this concert, they would have to really try to forget it if they wanted to.

ellie shook her head. she was being crazy. peter said they would be there - they would be there.

five more minutes passed and ellie finally heard the familiar yelling voice of ned leeds. 

ellie's head shot up and she beamed even when she saw peter, mj, ned, and quentin walk through the doors. she ran up to them and gave them all hugs. they all looked great. ned and peter both had on suits - peter had on a blue tie and ned wore a red bow-tie. quentin had on a tux as well, but he dawned a pink tie that matched his hair.

of course, mj didn't skip out either. she wore a dark purple skater dress with a pair of black vans. her hair was in a curly bun on top her head with a few stray hairs out to frame her face. 

"thank you all for coming!" ellie squealed. "y'all look so good!" peter kept an arm around her waist. he pulled out the single dark red rose from behind his back and handed it to ellie. she took it sweetly with a confused face.

"you know i normally get the roses after, right?" ellie giggled.

"you deserve it now," peter gushed at the gorgeous girl. "because i already know it's gonna sound amazing."

"it's gonna be awesome," ned jumped a little. "we're excited, dude."

"i'm excited," ellie replies. "we've been practicing for months." 

"when's competition?" ned asked.

"it's in europe this year," ellie smiled even wider. "the biggest competition of the year."

"ellie gets to come with us on the school trip!" peter added, his arm still around her waist. ned and mj nodded with smiles as quentin didn't really react. ellie knew that since he always had missions in new york that he probably wouldn't get to go to europe. ellie's tried to convince him that they can deal without kid omega for a few months, but quentin refuses. 

ellie turned back to everyone. "and you all get free tickets to competition!" her friends were all ecstatic, smiling wide and cheering softly. ellie always had that effect on people. it didn't matter what mood they were in, ellie could change it in mere seconds. even mj.