Alone

33: Tracking

Elizabeth POV:

Peter and I made our way down the crowded hallway after the bell rang releasing us to go home. Soon Ned joined and walked next to Peter.
"Okay were going to my apartment and we are going to figure out where these guys are going." Peter said as we walked out the doors of the school.
"Okay but can we get food first?" Ned asked earning a smile from Peter and I.Peter nodded and we made our way towards a sandwich shop. After ordering and taking our sandwiches we started off again towards Peter's place.
"Peter who's your favorite Avenger and why? Present company excluded." Ned asked taking a sip of his soda. Peter looked focused, taking the question seriously. After a minute he finally seemed to come up with an answer.
"Tony Stark, hands down, because he is a leader, intelligent, and a legend." Peter answered confidently.
"okay, Elizabeth what about you? I mean you've lived with them and fought with them, this must be hard." Ned said leaning his head slightly to look past Peter at me.
"Oh i don't know."
"come on you have to pick one, besides your sister though." Ned said. Peter turned to me giving me an amused smile. I shook my head began to think. It was truly a hard question they had all been so kind to me and so welcoming, there was no one that I didn't like. I had narrowed it down to, Tony, Nat, and Steve, because they had all made a huge impact on my life. I eventually decided on Steve.
"Okay, Steve Rodgers, because he was there for me when things were- hard, and he a kind man, who fights for what is right, despite what people are saying." Ned looked satisfied with my answer and nodded, I looked up at Peter who had a apologetic expression on his face. I wanted to look in his mind to figure out why he looked at me the way he was but I had promised to never use my telepathy or mental manipulation on him. I assumed he had looked at me the way he did because of the fight that had gone on only a few months before. I looked down, as if remembering again what had happened, I felt like I had forgotten all about the events that had taken place ever since I had begun to be close with Peter. My mind had been occupied by the excitement and happiness of it all, I had forgotten the pain and anger that had been consuming me these past few months. I pulled at my locket, and shook my head an looked up at Peter, who now looked concerned I gave him a reassuring smile  and turned forward looking down the street.
"I mean I don't know what do you guys think?" Ned said, I hadn't noticed he was talking, and immediately felt bad.
"huh?" Peter said turning to look at him.
"weren't you listening?" Ned asked. I nodded my head no, with an apologetic expression, Peter nodded as well. Ned sighed and let out a light laugh. "never mind, we're here anyway." Peter and I laughed as we made our way up the stairs. We soon made it to his apartment door and went inside.
"May we're home!" Peter yelled tossing his keys  to a dresser next to him and walking further in the room. May popped her head out from the kitchen and smiled. She placed her towel down and walked towards us.
"Hey!" she said giving me a hug then ned a hug then finally peter. "What are you guys up to?"
"oh just hanging out." peter said quickly trying not to seem suspicious. "we're going to my room now." he said starting to walk, ned and i soon followed after.
Once inside his room we began to track the guys who had come to our school earlier, after about an hour of messing around which consisted of Ned wearing Peter's Spiderman mask, Peter hanging upside down, and me humoring Ned by moving objects around the room with the darkness we got a location.
"They stopped." Ned said holding the tracker up. Peter still upside down studied the map closely.
"huh, Maryland?" Peter said still studying the contents of the tracker.
"What's there?" Ned asked as I stood up and walked closer to get a better view of the tracker.
"I don't know, maybe an evil lair." Peter said.
"Evil lair?"
"Dude, a gang of guys with alien weapons run by a guy with wings? Yeah they have an evil lair."
"Badass!" Ned said making me laugh. "But how are you going to get there if it's like three hundred miles away?"
They both turned to a poster talking about an Academic Decathlon.
"That's not to far from D.C." Peter said to Ned then looked at me. "You coming right?"
"uh-" i started not really knowing. I hadn't really thought about joining something like that so soon.
"Come on we could someone like you on our team." Peter said hopping down from the ceiling.
"I don't know it's just so soon." I said, "Plus don't i have to like take a test or something to join? That's in less than a week,"
"Yeah but you're guaranteed to make it, you're really smart and i've seen you in math class, you get a hundred on every test and answer every question correctly, come on Elizabeth, we could use your help."
"Alright fine, I'll go, but I promised I would not fight or use my powers or do anything to potentially get caught," I said, Peter nodded and so did Ned. "I'll borrow some ear pieces from Tony so we can communicate while you're pursuing them."
"Sounds like a plan." Peter said with a small smile forming on his face. I shook my head slightly at the excitement radiating off the two. I was honestly excited to be going on this trip with them, and getting to be with more often, because the truth was I hated to be alone back at the Avengers head quarters because I had nothing to distract me from my past. Every night I sit alone in my room trying to distract myself with books, music, drawing, but nothing will make me temporarily forget about everything. Only when i'm with Peter, and Ned do I forget and it's when I'm truly happy.

( kind of a short chapter sorry:(( and i'm sorry it's taking me long to put out these chapters it's just i'm trying to space them out so i can see Endgame and Far From Home so i can incorporate them in this story. But i think i'm just going to put them how i used to.)