Alone

52: Hey You Never Know

Peter POV:

Ned and I walked down the hall as the homecoming banners were being taken down.
"It looked so insane. That whole... Like, it was just crazy. He, he was just like, "Zzzz," and you were like, "Ah!". Ned said with excitement, I shushed him as his voice grew louder.
"And then I just hit him with the "pew." It was so, oh, my god." Ned continued.
"You saved me. It was awesome." I said smiling at Ned.
Up ahead I saw Liz with her mom walking beside her carrying a box full of her belongings, Betty and Liz were hugging. I then ran up to Liz.
"Hey Liz!"
Liz wiped a tear off her cheek. I felt terrible about what had happened during homecoming.
"Liz, look. I'm so sorry." I said.
"You say that a lot. What are you sorry for this time?" She said, I didn't know what to say. "The dance? That was a pretty crappy thing to do."
"Well, yeah, but I... I mean, your dad... I can't imagine what you're going through. If there's anything I can do to help..." Liz was fighting tears.
"I guess we're moving to Oregon. Mom says it's nice there, so that's cool. Anyways, Dad doesn't want us here during the trial, so..."
"Liz, I... I..." My words left me, I really did feel terrible about just leaving her at homecoming and also about everything with her dad.
"Bye, Peter. Whatever's going on with you, I hope you figure it out." Before I could say anything she turned around and walked away with her mom. Ned walked up behind me.
"So have you seen Elizabeth since that night?"
"Nope, Mr. Stark is probably never going to let her see me again." I looked at Ned, and he patted me on the shoulder. "I mean she could've died."
"Hey you never know." A smile formed on Ned's face as he looked passed me. I turned around to see Elizabeth walking towards me. She pulled me into a hug as a smile filled her face, she then hugged Ned.
"Lizzy, I- I thought Mr. Stark,"
"Tony and I talked about everything so you don't have to worry about that." I pulled her into another hug feeling overjoyed that things were back to normal with us, when we parted she giggled softly, "Hey don't we have a meeting in the Library about the Decathlon."
"Yeah, it's going to start soon."
We then all walked to the Library where Mr. Harrington and the other members were sitting. Mr. Harrington places the decathlon trophy on the table where everyone sat.
"Congratulations, Decathlon national Champions!" Mr. Harrington said, making everyone cheer. "I'm gonna have to put this back in the trophy case soon, but just for motivation right now at this practice. I'm a little ahead of the game, but we will need a new team captain next year. So I'm appointing Michelle."
Everyone clapped and Michelle and Liz hugged.
"Uh, thank you. My friends call me M.J."
All of a sudden my phone buzzed, I looked at the screen to see a message saying, "Go to the bathroom".
"I... I gotta go." I said.
"Hey, where are you going?" M.J. asked.
I paused thinking of an excuse.
"What are you hiding, Peter?" she asked now, I looked at Lizzy and her eyes were wide.
M.J. then smiled. "I'm just kidding. I don't care. Bye." She said then looked to the rest of the team, "All right, so we should run some drills."
I let out my breath and began walking out of the Library.
I turned the corner and walked into the bathroom to see Happy waiting for me, he turned around and smiled at me.
"Hey, Happy. What, uh... What are you doing here?"
"I really owe you one. I don't know what I would do without this job. I mean, before I met Tony-" He said before he was cut off by a toilet being flushed. Brian then walked out of the stall and began to wash his hands as Happy and I stood awkwardly, he then wiped his hands and began leaving the bathroom as he looked at us with a confused expression.
"So, uh, how long you been here?" I said breaking the silence.
"Long enough to be awkward. Boss wants to see you."
I pointed to the stall and whispered, "Is he here too?"
"In the toilet? No, he's upstate." Happy said.
My eyes widened in excitement, "Upstate? Like, upstate-upstate?"
"Yeah, lets go."
Once Happy and I were in the car he pulled out his phone, "Just gotta text Elizabeth to come out and then we'll go."

Elizabeth POV:

I listened as Ned was talking when I felt my phone buzz, I looked down and saw a message from Happy saying, "We're waiting in the car.".
I leaned near M.J. and whispered, "Hey I gotta go." She looked at me and nodded. I grabbed my backpack and stood up.
"I'm sorry I have to go," I said as they all looked up at me, I then waved and walked out of the library. Once I got outside I saw Happy's car waiting out front, I could see Peter sitting in the backseat, I smiled and opened the door and sat down next to Peter. His smile stretched across his face, and he looked at me with excitement in his eyes. Happy turned around and smiled at me before turning around and starting the car.
"Alright let's go."