The Unexpected [1]

Chapter 15

Day 1 of no Spiderman

Since Peter isn't busy anymore, Carter and Ned thought it would be a good idea to have a movie night at our place. So we're watching Star Wars, one of my favorites. "Dude, it's not like there were any other women in the galaxy. All he had was Leia." Ned glared at me. "There had to be other women." I laughed and shook my head. "I'm on Parker's side with this one, Ned. She has a point." I high-fived Peter and Ned threw popcorn at us. "Whatever. This was stupid conversation anyways." We laughed and continued to watch the movie. A few hours later, Ned had to leave and Carter went to bed, leaving Peter and I by ourselves on my fire escape to watch the city. "Is it weird?" He looked at me confused. "Acting like it never happened. Having to pretend that this life changing event was just a dream." He nodded. "Yeah, it is. My powers changed who I am. They're such a big part of me and now I have to act like a normal teen again." I chuckled. "Don't worry, you haven't missed much." We both laughed and continued to watch the city.

Day 3 of no Spiderman

Peter and I were sitting on my fire escape when Carter came running into my room. "Parker, there's a fire downtown. The fire department can't get the fire to calm down enough to get the people out- oh, hi Peter. Wait, Peter?" Her eyes went wide and looked at me worried. "Don't worry, he knows." Peter waved and I walked into my room. "I'll be right back." I took my suit from Carter and changed in my bathroom, because, well, you know, Peter was there. I walked out onto the fire escape and pressed behind my ear, making my mask appear. "Parker," I turned to face him, "be careful." Carter walked out onto the fire escape and nodded in agreement. "Yeah, what he said." I laughed and nodded. I flew to the building and got the people out. I'm not sure what it is with Queens and burning office buildings. I wonder if people just hate office buildings. I helped calm down the fire and teleported back to my room to hear Peter and Carter arguing. "But, come one, Thor is a superior superhero." I laughed and changed back into my normal clothes. "Carter, what about the Hulk?" I walked into the living room to find Carter looking at Peter with a glare. "Carter, you only like Thor because you think he's hot."

"Oooo, you've been exposed. Glad to see someone's on my side." I sat down next to Carter and grabbed the tv remote. "So, what do you wanna watch?" Peter shrugged and Carter repeatedly hit my arm, like she was saying something and I would understand it. Which, thankfully for her, I did know what she was trying to say. "Hey, Peter?" He nodded. "Have you seen the movie Aliens?" He shook his head. "No." Carter gasped and I laughed. "Well, you should. You'd love it. Which is why we're going to watch it now." Let's just say, Peter loved it and was referencing it for a while.

Day 5 of no Spiderman

I held my books close to my chest and sprinted down the hall. I looked everywhere for him but I couldn't find him. Then I remembered one place I haven't checked. I stopped running a few feet from my destination and there he was. I quietly walked up behind him and gave him an evil smile. "Peter!" He jumped and turned around. "Geez Parker, could you be any louder?" I rolled my eyes. "Haha, very funny. But look at this." I handed him our group paper. "We blew up a ferry and got an A+. I call that a success." He laughed. "Oh yes, because almost killing a boat full of people is a success." I laughed and started to walk towards the exit. "I never said which part was the successful one."

"You still coming over?" I nodded. "Yes, I'm teaching you calculus. Of course I'm still coming over." He looked at me amused. "You are the only person I know who gets excited about calculus." I shrugged. "Oh, Carter does too. She's actually way worse than me. You mention calculus to her and it's like you gave her a puppy." We laughed and greeted Carter and Ned at the door.

Day 7 of no Spiderman

"Hey Peter?" He laughed up and nodded. "When are you gonna ask Liz to homecoming?" He fell off the couch and looked at me surprised. "What makes you think I like Liz?" I gave him the I'm-not-an-idiot look and he sighed in defeat. "I don't think I am." I looked at him shocked from my place on his couch. "Dude! This is your chance! You can ask Liz to the dance! It's not like you have anything better to do. I'm 75% sure she'll say yes." He ran his hand through his hair and groaned. "I'll think about it, ok?" I smiled and repeatedly punched the air causing Peter to laugh. "Go home so we can go to school, Parker." I playfully rolled my eyes and left to get my backpack.

Later that day, I got a text from Peter telling me to come to his apartment after school. I knocked on the door and Peter quickly opened it. He dragged me into the living room and made me sit on the couch next to his aunt. "Hi, May." She smiled and Peter ran his hand through his hair before turning to us. "Ok, I asked Liz to the dance and I don't know what I'm doing." Aunt May and I high-fived and I pointed at Peter. "I told you she would, didn't I?" He nodded and We got to work getting Peter ready.

Day 8 of no Spiderman

Peter and I were at the store looking for a tux for homecoming when I got a call from Carter. "Parker, you'll never believe what just happened!" I brought my phone away from my ear from how loud she was and Peter looked up confused. "What happened, Carter?" Peter held up a dark blue tux and I shook my head unsatisfied. "Ned asked me to go to homecoming with him." Peter held up a gray one and I pointed towards the dressing room. "That's great, Carter. Good for you." I walked towards the dressing room. "I'll tell you more when you get home. Have fun shopping." I nodded. "See you later." She ended the call and Peter came out of the dressing room. "I like this one. Like a lot." I nodded and fixed the collar on the jacket. "Me too. Gray is like black, it goes with everything." He looked at me confused but nodded anyways. "Alright, now go change." He saluted and walked back into the dressing room. He came back and we headed towards the register. "Oh, Ned asked Carter to go to homecoming with him." He stopped walking and gave me a look that I interpreted as him being impressed. "Wow, he really did do it." I nodded and we continued towards the register. "Are you going to go?" I shrugged. "I've thought about going to the dance but those kinds of events aren't my thing."

"Well you should. Just in case it doesn't go well with Liz." I laughed quietly. "So I'm a backup plan?" His eyes went wide and he shook his head. "No, no, no. That's not why. It's just so that if it goes bad with Liz, I can hangout with you. Ned and Carter all might and I don't want to be third wheeling." We both laughed and he paid for the tux. "Fine, I'll go. Only to be your backup plan. That's it." He playfully rolled his eyes and we left the store to get him ready.