Doll [sᴛᴀʀᴋᴇʀ]

ᴄʜᴀᴘᴛᴇʀ 37

[Peter]

Alright, Peter. This is it.
You have a job again. One that pays wonders.
It's all just like last time.

You'll work as spider, you'll make good money. You'll go to college. You'll get good grades. You'll deal with flash every other day.

Things were going to be normal again. Finally.
Of course, except for the fact that Sean would be up my ass all the time, but that's fine.

Things were gonna be.. normal.
I huffed, covering my face with my hands
"..Why don't I want it to be normal again?" I groaned loudly, trying to tune out the voice in my head that actually answered

I didn't want to hear it. Not again.
I got out of bed and got ready for school. MJ would come around and pick me and Ned up

Sean would walk with me home. Said he liked walking around the neighborhood and he wanted to make sure I wasn't doing anything stupid that could further damage my broken bone

It had been 3 weeks already. One more week and I would stop wearing this stupid brace and I would be working again

Ned and MJ have been paying rent. Ned doing what he could and MJ filling in my half. I didn't want that anymore. I wanted to pay my own damn bills

But, aside from all that Sean has been noticing that I haven't been doing too great. I was always in a bad mood and my grades were slowly but surly getting worse

"You Okay?" He would ask and "Doing great. Better" I would answer. He would purse his lips and walk away. I was getting sick of it.

"I'm leaving!" I called as I opened the door
"Okay!" He yelled back from the kitchen
"Ned, hurry up! She has been honking for five whole minutes" I whined to my friend who was still tying his shoelace

He finally got up and rushed past me and to the elevator. I rolled my eyes and followed him, slamming the door shut with a cringe at how loud it actually was

"Neighbors aren't gonna be too happy.." I whispered to Ned who sighed "Don't. I'm not in the mood"

MJ drove us to campus in relative silence. Sunflower playing in the background. Everything was soothing.. everything was calm.. but, somehow I just couldn't stand it

I liked this calm, but not here. Not now. Not with MJ and Ned. I couldn't erase the image on Tony, smirking as he drove sitting next to me..

I kept imagining him there.. with me..
I kept hoping he would pop out of nowhere and take me back. Make me feel special again. But, he wasn't coming back. The end. Get over it Peter Parker, you weren't special.

To him, you were just a dancer.