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FRIDAY CAME sooner than I thought with the early September air picking at my skin. My back leaning on the school building waiting for Claire to be done talking to her friends so we can leave. I would've waited with her inside but I'm not really in the mood to make conversation with her friends.
I turn when I hear the double doors open, Claire walking through and waving at me when she sees me. I push myself off the wall and walk towards her "Hey did you hear about Flash's party tonight?" She asks me when I reach her.
Flash has been talking about his party all week. During PE, he talked about his "Mad DJ skills" the whole period. We walk to the school's parking lot and wait for Will to get here and pick us up. We made plans to go eat after school and since he's the only one with a car, he's taking us. "Yeah, I heard about it. He invited me but I don't know if I'm going."
Claire turns to me "We should all go. Me, you and Will." I give her a questioning look, not sure about this since I've never really liked parties.
"Oh please Nick, we would have such a good time" she begs.
I shove my hands in my pockets, the last one Claire and I went to was last summer, we were having a fun time up until a random girl threw up on me. Claire starts to pout and I roll my eyes at her "I'll think about it."
Shortly after Will pulls up and we hop in his car, and he drives off school campus. We start thinking of where to eat and after a series of places were suggested we decided on Delmar's, he makes the best sandwiches in Queens.
Will parks on the side of the road in front of the small sandwich shop and we get out of the car. We walk inside, the smell of bread instantly hits our noses. "Hey Will do you want to go to a party tonight?" Claire asks him as we wait in line to order. "Sure, I have nothing better to do." He answers as place our orders.
"Are you going Nick?" Will asks me moving to pet murph but he runs away before he can.
I should just go out with them. For awhile now I've cancelled all the plans they make because I didn't feel up to it. I know they know somethings up. They've been checking up on me, asking how I've been. it used to piss me off, knowing that they cared. I mean I want them to care because I care about them but theres a part of me that just wants to push them away.
Distant sirens pull me from my thoughts and I turn to look through the window, a black cargo truck drives past us with a least thirty cop cars tailing it. "What the-" Will starts but is cut off by a chopping noise, we run outside seeing three helicopters in the sky capturing everything. Just as we look after the moving vehicles, Spider-man swings above us, following them. "Wow, we're seeing an actual car chase and look. It's Spider-Man!" Claire points to the blue and red hero as Will pulls out his phone, starting to record him in action. We walk back inside the shop once they drive out of our vision. Delmar quickly grabs a remote from off the counter and flips through channels on the tv, stopping on the news.
