The blip (sequel to my stupid spider-boy)

Chapter 21

(Ferryn's P.O.V.)

Dr. Strange and the other uh wizards made sure everyone had a portal to get back home. I went between Peter and Pepper just hugging whoever I was closest to. Pepper went somewhere to help with Dad and told me to go home. I stand in front of our portal and I just can't stop crying. I'm in a constant state of pain and I don't think it's gonna stop anytime soon. Peter comes over to me and holds my hand and we walk through the portal to the house out in the woods. Morgan is sitting on the porch with Happy when we get through.

"Ferry!" She shouts and runs to me. I bend down and hug her. Oh, god how are we gonna explain this to her.

"Hey, goose." I whisper and hug her tighter.

"No, you're all smelly." She giggles and pushes me away. "You need a shower." she laughs. It makes me smile to hear her little laugh. "Ferry! It's Spider-Man! Ferry told stories about you and now you are real!" Morgan exclaimes, pointing at Peter. Peter looks at the kid surprised.

"Peter, this is Morgan Stark, my little sister." I introduce and he sighs in relief. "What?"

"Nothing, Nothing. It's nice to meet you Morgan." He says and bends down to greet her. I laugh a little. I swear, if he thought Morgan was my kid, I'd die.

"Hey, hate to break up the love fest but Harley has called a million times looking for you, I bet he's on his way down here by now." Happy says as he walks down from the porch. Crap. Harley.....shit. I grimace and stand up.

"Um, Uh. I'll be back." I say and Peter looks at me confused. I run across to my house. My phone was somewhere in the wreckage of the Avengers building so I hadn't been getting any calls. I find one of the many backups I have and tap one of the many missed calls from Harley to call him back.

"Ferryn! Are you ok. I can't believe it but whatever you guys did it worked. My mom called me. They are back! Are you ok. What happened? I saw the Avengers facility got bombed or something. Is everyone alright?" Harley asks a bunch of questions very quickly. I sigh, thinking about what I should say.

"Dad didn't make it." I whisper and tears start to come back to my eyes.

"What?"

"He saved all of us. But he didn't make it. I'm fine. I'm at the cabin with- with uh, Morgan." I stutter. What am I supposed to say about Peter. He knows what Peter means to me. Well what he meant to me. It's been five years and I had gotten over him but now that he's back. I don't know what to do.

"Wow, I'm so sorry. I'm getting in the car now. I love you, I'll be there soon." He says and hangs up before I can say anything. I freeze. What do I do now. He's gonna be here in less than an hour and Peter is here. I don't even know if Peter knows it has been five years. I mean he knows about morgan but I'm not sure if he understands how much time that really is.

"Who was that?" Peter asks as he walks into the room. I take a deep breath and look back at him.

"Um, I uh." I stutter and sit back on the table. "You understand it has been five years right?" I ask hesitantly.

"Yeah, I mean dr strange told me that. I guess I haven't really processed it though. I mean it felt like I just got knocked out and then woke up." He explained and sat in one of the chairs at the table. I took a deep breath and pushed myself to sit fully on the table. "You look older."  He says, studying my face.

"Yeah, I'm 23 now, Peter." I say laughing a little.

"Wow, I mean uh that's cool." He says awkwardly.

"That was Harley. On the phone." I  started. I look down at my shoes and mess with my fingers, nervously. "When I was younger, dad would send me out to Tennessee to live with Harley and his family when it got too dangerous to be here. I lost touch with him as we got older. His family died in the snap and he started living with us." I stopped, I'm not sure how to continue. How do you tell your old boyfriend who died that you were dating someone else and now that he is back you don't know what to do.

"So his family is back now. That's great, right?" He asked with a confused look on his face.

"I don't know how to- I'm not sure how-. Well, I thought you were gone and I had to get over you. Peter I can't believe that you are back, and I'm so excited that you are, but I didn't know you were going to come back." I start to ramble but then stop. I look up at him and see that he's starting to catch on. I look back at my hands. "Harley and I are together." I say quickly and he stays quiet. I can't even look at him.

"Oh" He said quietly. "I mean it's been five years, I. I." He stutters and stands up from the chair and stumbles over it. "Yeah, It's- It's fine. I'm fine." He continues as he backs up to the door.

"Peter. I'm sorry." I whisper and finally look up at him.

"No, It's fine, Ferryn. I would have wanted for you to move on. I mean I was dead. You should be happy. I'm guessing you are happy with him. You are, right. If you aren't then- nevermind. I'm just gonna shut up. I'm- I'm gonna go home." He rambles and backs up to the door.

"Peter, wait." I say and stand up from the table. "I don't want you to leave. I've missed you so much. I want to talk. Can we just be friends?" I ask hopefully. He stops and finally looks at me.

"Um, yeah. I guess... Sorry, I just need some time to process, you know. And I need to go home. I need to see May." He whispers and looks back down at the floor.

"I understand... Just so you know, May and Ned were both snapped so they'll probably have questions. I'm sure Happy will drive you home. I'll see you later, Peter." I say quietly.

"Yeah, see you later, Ferryn."