Jealousy ~ Parley/Parkner

Chapter 8

*PETER'S POV*

Me and Ned were both sitting in my room and I was currently telling him about Harley.

"I mean...he's not as bad as I thought. Maybe having him around won't be as bad as I thought it would..."

I hated to admit it but he really was starting to grow on me.

"I mean when he came into my room he started going all fanboy crazy and it was kinda cute-"

Ned's eyes widened. "Did you just say he's cute?"

My heart dropped. Did I really just say that out loud?!

"I mean, not cute cute, just ya know, like..."

Ned raised his eyebrows. I sighed. "Never mind."

"No, wait. We need to get to the bottom of this." He had this stupid grin on his face. I knew that look.

"No. No. Just forget I said anything."

"Peter...are you like, gay for Harley?" He said that with a laugh, looking at my face getting redder and redder.

"No! Ned I just said he was cute, okay? It's not like I said how sexy he is and how amazing his hair is and how the color of his eyes makes my heart flutter or something."

There was a brief silence before Ned spoke again, "You...just did."

I facepalmed and felt my eyes burning. Why am I crying?

"Hey are you okay?" I heard Ned's voice from outside my arms where my head was buried. I lifted my head and sniffed. "I just don't know what's going on right now. Everything's changing and I can't keep up and everything is so confusing because-" Ned got up and wrapped me in a big hug.

"It's okay Peter." I started crying even more. God I'm such a baby.

"You'll figure it out," he added. Will I? I have feelings for girls and boys! Aren't you only supposed to like one?

"What about M.J.?" Ned asked.

I don't know. What about M.J.?

"Honestly, I don't even know anymore. She can be a bitch sometimes." But so can I, I thought, remembering how I've treated Harley these past couple of days.

I'm going to make things right.

-2 HOURS LATER-

Right after Ned left, I went down to the workshop that Harley was working in to talk to him. I saw him with his back turned, working on something on the table.

He has a nice ass.

I opened the door to the workshop and he turned. "Oh, hey Peter!" He did a weak sort of wave and smiled at me. "Come over and see what I've done."

I made my way over to the table and looked over his shoulder. It was part of what looked like an Iron Man suit. "I installed an air conditioner." He wore the biggest grin. "Wow, Harley this is really awesome!" I smiled back and put my hand on his shoulder. "Can we um...can we talk for a minute?" He looked anxious but agreed. "Yeah, sure."

I led him to one of the couches outside of the workshop and lowered my head. "So...I know that I haven't been the nicest to you. And I'm really sorry about that. I've just been jealous because you got along with my dads so well. But I shouldn't let jealousy get the best of me and I won't anymore. I know that you're not here to 'take my place' and that you're just here for an internship. I hope we can be friends." I looked up at him after the last part and he was looking down at the floor. "It's okay Peter, really. And of course we can still be friends." We locked eyes and my heart fluttered.

Oh my God, he's SO cute.

"You know," he said, breaking the silence, "I think it's really cool that you have two dads. And it's even cooler that they're Iron Man and Captain America. But it just gives a lot of inspiration to people like me when you see two really successful gay people. Superheroes even!" He looked totally starstruck.

Wait. Did he just say "people like me"? IS HE GAY?

I shouldn't just ask, that would be rude wouldn't it? Well I have to know!

"Oh...are you...gay?" I asked, trying to be the least amount of awkward as possible.

"Oh...yeah." His face got red. "I probably should have told you that a while ago-"

"No no, it's fine," I cut him off. "I don't mind at all."

He flashed a small smile. "I didn't think you would."

Does he know? Does he have, like, a gay-dar?

CAN HE TELL????

"What about you?" He asked suddenly.

My heart started beating faster. What do I say?

He could tell I was internally panicking and changed his wording. "You have a girlfriend don't you?"

I started to calm down...but only a little. "Oh yeah, um her name is M.J. but...wait well her actual name is Michelle Jones but her friends call her M.J. and she is so beautiful and kind, most of the time, and she's also really smart and I LOVE TO BE WITH HER because she's an amazing girl-"

"Woahhhh, calm down." Harley put his hands up. I just now realized how crazy I must sound. I was talking too fast. "Are you okay?" He questioned and leaned back on the couch. He seemed like he genuinely cared.

"Honestly...no." I buried my face in my hands.

Don't start crying.
Don't start crying.
Don't start crying.
Don't start crying.

He got up and came to sit beside me. "What's going on?" Should I tell him?

"I'm just...confused, I guess." I heard him sigh and say, "I understand." I didn't even tell him what I was talking about. He just...knows. I like that.

I threw my hands up and leaned back. "Why does everything have to be so complicated?"

"Everything is complicated for a while, but trust me. It'll all fall into place." He stood up. "And if you ever need advice, your friendly neighborhood gay kid lives right down the hall." He winked and started walking away, but turned back halfway. "Oh and Peter, I may or may not have been walking down the same hallway when you were talking to Ned in your room...and I think you're cute too."

Oh. My. God. He heard that?!

BUT HE THINKS I'M CUTE!!!!!!

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{A/N hey guysss! it's Reese again :) I'm on vacation but STILL updating because I love this story hehe...plus it's almost 11:00 at night here so I'm not really doing anything at the moment...anyway I hope you enjoyed this chapter, it's full of cute fluff and the first real Parley moments so far, so...don't forget to vote, comment, and enjoy!!}

(side note: this chapter is over 1.1K words!!)

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