Nobody's; P. Parker

《Nine》

My eyelids flutter open due to the blinding light that I feel on my closed eyes. My hand balls up into a fist, and I rub my eyes. When they open Michelle stands by the window curtain grasped in her hand.

"Time to get up sleeping beauty," she smirks before letting go of the fabric. I throw the blanket off my body, and groan as I make my way to the bathroom. I grab my towel, and clothes on the way before closing the door and setting them down.

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"Hey suit lady, I kinda feel bad calling you suit lady, you know? I think I should probably give you a name....like liz. No. No. No. No. God, that's... that's weird. What about Natalia? Oh my god, that's even weirder. Jeez."

He gets off of the hammock swinging up onto one of the metal crates one leg propped up, and an arm resting under his head.

"What about Karen?" He asks rubbing one hand on his stomach, and tapping his foot.

"You can call me Karen if you'd like." The electronic voice says that comes out of his suit.

He had just been a little more than peeved when he'd found out Mr. Stark had installed a baby monitor protocol in his suit. Of course Mr. Stark would do something like that. He doesn't think I'm mature enough to handle it, but when I bring the vulture guy into the Avengers headquarters he'll see how grown up I am.

After playing with web combinations for what felt like hours, I lay down on top of a metal crate, "should I tell liz that I'm Spider-man?"

Who is Liz? Karen asks me, "She’s.. heh. She’s the best. She’s awesome. She, uh, she’s just a girl who goes to my school. And, uh... Yeah, I just... I really want to tell her, but it’s kind of weird, you know? Hey, I’m... I’m Spider-Man.”

Even though I was talking about liz all I could think about was natalia. "What’s weird about that?" Karen questioned me.

"What if she’s expecting someone like Tony Stark? I mean, imagine how disappointed she’d be when she sees me."

"Well, if I were her, I wouldn’t be disappointed at all." I held back a scoff. Can AI's flirt. I almost laughed at the insane thought.

"Thanks, Karen. It’s really nice to have somebody to talk to." I sighed, and ran my hand up, and down my spandex covered arm. "If I told natalia, im sure I could talk with her. She'd listen. She's a really good listener. She doesn't really talk much. I feel like she's starting to suspect it's me though. She is so smart. I've been competing with her to be first in the class since I can remember. She just ugh makes it look so easy, and she is like naturally pretty not like other girls."

"Sounds like you like her more than liz." Karen's voice says through the suit. I had been so lost in thought I actually forgot that she was listening. "What... pshh...noo.. uh... she's just... like.. a really good friend.... I guess... I honestly don't know."

"How long have we been in here."

"Thirty-seven minutes."

"What? Thirty-seven minutes?"

I sit up not being able to contain my frustration. "That's insane. I cannot take this anymore. I gotta... I gotta get out of here."

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My feet carry me over to peter and ned's room, and I knock on the door. I adjust the strap of my backpack on my shoulder. I take a deep breath as the door opens, "pete-." The word gets caught in his throat. "Nope. Natalia is peter not in there." I ask ned as he stands in the doorway holding the door open just a enough for him to peek his head out.