Super Human? •PETER PARKER 2•

Chapter 10

I finish up my makeup and take a drink of my vodka lemonade. We usually have to get pretty drunk before we go out since we are still underage. I actually never get drunk though since I'm always worried my mind will go insane with noises and I'll blackout, and not the good kind of blackout. I sigh as I look at myself in the mirror. Can't believe I'm going out with Felicia. We haven't been to a club or party in what feels like years, but it's only been a couple of months. Mostly since I was preparing for school and trying to stay out of trouble. Felicia taps on my door and pops her head in. She looks a little tipsy and has a huge smile on. "You ready to prowl my friend?" She asks with a little giggle coming into my room on her tip toes and hunched over, like she's doing the creep, but cute. I chuckle a bit and down my drink getting out of my chair and pulling my dress down a bit.

"Where we off to?" I ask her. She smiles and takes a swig from a flask she is holding that's says "down the hatch" on the front in glitter writing. She offers it to me but I shake my head as she swallows.

"I thought we'd hit up a frat party. It's officially not rush time so all the parties are starting back up with the new members being hazed and shit. Thought we'd cause some chaos," Felicia says with a smirk. Kind of like the one she gives Peter when they are, what did he call it? Dancing? I nod as we head out towards the door. I grab my bag and walk behind her as she leads the way to the frat house.

When we get there, there's already a ton of people out front, inside, out back. Literally everywhere. I take a deep breath and grab Felicia's hand, trying not to have a fit. The alcohol help I suppose. She leads me through the house to find a spot to squat and dance. We find the perfect place near some other girls dancing that has a nice couch near by. It's also close enough to the drink area that we can grab some jungle juice if we want. We start dancing as I'm trying to focus on the music and actually have a good time. My head seems to be doing alright as I sing along to Wannabe by the Spice Girls. Felicia is going hard on her flask but doesn't seem to be getting anymore drunk. I wonder what she's drinking? "Hey!" I yell to her. "Can I have some?" I ask her pointing to the flask. She shakes her head.

"Nah you won't like it," she says simply. I nod in agreement and keep dancing looking around a bit when I suddenly stop. I'm staring at the door because someone I recognize just walked in. Peter Parker is at a frat party. I furrow my eyebrows and try to keep swaying but Felicia has caught on that I'm not partying anymore. She looks at where I'm looking and smiles a bit. "That's your friend right? The cute one from the other day?" She asks. I nod slightly, not looking at her and just watching Peter look around and head to the drink area and pours some jungle juice into a red cup. He's wearing a red and blue flannel with the sleeves rolled up, unbuttoned to show a white T-shirt, and a pair of black jeans. He looks really good. He even did his hair swooped to the side, it's not as messy. "Let's go talk to him," Felicia says taking my hand. I shake my head no, but she's already dragging me towards Peter. She gracefully has me bump into him as he turns around trying not to spill his drink.

"Oh sorry," I say going along with it. We make eye contact and he smiles. "Oh hey Pa- Peter," I say. I suddenly remember Felicia mentioning Parker was talked about and I didn't want to blow his cover. Hopefully she didn't hear me call him Parker when he came to the apartment the first time.

"Hey Stella," he says. Felicia is grabbing herself a red cup and a drink and quickly comes back to my side.

"Oh Peter this is-

"Cat?" He questions quickly a little quietly. Felicia looks at him confused. Her hair is up the same way and her black dress shows her figure like the suit does. It's probably not hard to figure out she's Black Cat, but no one has really seen Black Cat expect Spider-Man and Fisk.

"Sorry?" She questions in the same voice she uses with every guy. Smooth and sexy. Peter shakes his head.

"You, Uh, look like this girl I went to school with. Her name was Cat." He's trying to save it but it's not convincing. Maybe she won't notice. She seems to brush it off.

"Actually this is Felicia, my roommate. Felicia this is Peter," I say. She holds out her hand and he takes it and they shake.

"Very," she pauses. "Nice to meet you." I hate when she does this. Every guy I've somewhat liked she normally swoops in and tries to flirt her way in too. But, um, good thing I don't like Peter. "And Felicia Hardy. What was your last name?" She asks. I bite my lip a little and shake my head a bit trying to warn him not to tell her. I can feel the wheels spinning in his head as he let's go of her hand. He mouths something as if to try and pretend she can't hear him over the music. "Oh, don't be a scaredy-cat to say. I won't judge it," she leans in to him a little closer. "Also I have excellent hearing you could whisper and I'd hear it," she says with a smirk. He backs up and little and swallows some of his drink.

"Peter how is your aunt?" I ask changing the subject from his name. Felicia gives me a look then looks back at Peter. She seems to keep sizing him up, as she looks him up and down.

"She's good. Actually she just went on vacation," he says glancing at Felicia every now and then. I look back and forth between them. I don't know what's going on, but I feel so caught in the middle. I'm really not supposed to know anything about their relationship. I couldn't even imagine how someone on the outside would feel not knowing he's Spider-Man and not knowing she's Black Cat.

"Stella I'm gonna take a lap. Got some people to see," Felicia says in my ear. I nod. "Be seeing you Peter," she says with a wink and walks away. I watch her leave and turn back to Peter who is still watching her. More like he's on high alert though.

"Peter you okay?" I ask him.

"What do you know about her?" He asks not taking his eyes away from her as she leaves the room. He glances back to me and looks down at his watch.

"Felicia? That's just her personality. She can be a bit much."

"No I mean like," Peter moves a bit closer to me and talks quieter. "What does she do? Who does she hang out with? What do you know about her?" He seems to be intriguing me instead of sounding like he's just curious.

"Peter what is this about?" I ask pretending I don't already know. He bites his lip and runs a hand through his hair messing it up.

"I," he stops himself and sighs. "I don't know if I should tell you," he says looking around. "Not here, but also," he sighs again. "I don't know if I should tell you at all now."

"Peter you can tell me anything," I say lightly as he looks up at me. It's the first real eye contact we've made. He looks away quickly and sets his cup down playing with his watch again.

"I know I'm supposed to lay low," I hear Felicia say. It comes out of no where and I look around. She is no where to be seen. I realize my mind has some how found her voice to try and help Peter. "I just need to research somethings, but I think I know the identity of him," Felicia says. I feel a tap on my shoulder.

"Stella did you hear me?" Peter asks as I look at him. I shake my head no. "I didn't think so. Are you alright?" He asks.

"Yeah," I say. "But you aren't," I add. He furrows his brow and tilts his head confused. I sigh. "I have some things I don't know if I should tell you too," I say. He sighs. I look down and grab his hand and start leading him out. He looks down and looks up at me. "I think we need to talk."