I Can't Peter

Another morning

Gamora woke up before the others. She was still tired. Her and Peter stayed up later than the others had. Rocket had woken up after Gamora and sat down at the table where she was sitting. "You look tired." Rocket said. She knew she did. "Yeah, couldn't sleep last night." She said. She hoped Rocket wouldn't ask anymore questions about it. Peter came in the room where Gamora and Rocket were. She was happy to see him, but she tried not to show it. She didn't want Rocket to notice her affection for Peter. She knew Peter would make fun of them, mostly Peter. He was afraid of Gamora and knew not to mess with her, Peter on the other hand, he didn't care about making fun of him. Peter had gotten up later that morning, she didn't know why. He was always up before everyone else. When he walked in, he was holding his neck, like he was hiding something. He was holding his left side of his neck, trying to seem like it was all normal. "Hey Quill, what's up with your neck?" Rocket said. "Oh, it's just sore." He responded. He was a good liar, and could cover up anything. Groot walked up to Peter. He was so small and couldn't reach everything he used to be able to reach. Peter bent down and help Groot get onto the table. He walked up to Gamora. It was obvious that he favored her. Drax and Mantis walked up to the table, already in conversation. "Oh guys, I forgot to tell you something," Gamora started telling everyone, "Nebula is coming over later!" She said with excitement in her voice. The guardians were fine with it, they thought Nebula was fine.

"Hey guys, I'm just going to do something outside." Peter said getting up from the table. "Aight Quill, we were just gonna chill here." Rocket said. Peter was still holding his neck. "I'm gonna be right back." Gamora said getting up. She didn't walk to the same exit as Peter, but she wanted to see him. She walked out through another door, even though it was farther away from where Peter was. She walked up to him. "Uh, hey Peter." Gamora said. "Hey." Peter replied. They were happy to see each other. Peter looked tired. His neck was red, almost like he was rubbing it and trying to get something off. "What are you doing here? Not that I'm mad that you're here, but, just wondering." He asked her. "I just wanted to see if you were ok because you've been holding your neck since you came out of your room." She explained. "Oh, I'm fine, it's nothing." He chuckles. "C'mon, I know you better than that." She says. "It's just something from last night." He said. She knew what he was talking about, and she knew that he was uncomfortable with that topic. "Ok." She said. She put her hand on his shoulder. He looked at her and smiled. They wanted to kiss each other at that very moment. They looked around to make sure that no one was there. She put her fave close to his and he did the same. Their lips met each other. She backed away from him. "I'm gonna go back inside now," She said with a smile on her face,"I don't want the others wondering what we're doing." She finishes and walks back inside. He was listening to her, but couldn't get that kiss out of his mind. He never wanted it to end.

He waited a few minutes before going inside after Gamora. He didn't want to go right after her so the others wouldn't think anything of it. When he walked inside, there was just Groot, Rocket and Drax sitting there. "Hey guys." Peter said. He joined them where they were sitting. "Hey Quill, what's that on your neck?" Drax asked. "Crap." Peter said in his mind. He had forgotten to cover up his neck. "Oh, it's nothing." He said, hoping they would get over it. "C'mon, tell us!" Rocket exclaimed. "I am Groot." Groot said. "Exactly! Now Quill, show us!" Rocket said. "It's nothing." He said. Rocket was trying to pull his hand away from his neck. Peter was using his other hand to try and get Rocket off. Drax grabbed Peter's other arm. Rocket was able to get Peter's hand off of his neck. "Woah, what's that?" Rocket asked. "It's seriously nothing guys." Peter tried to stay calm. "Is that a hickey?" Rocket exclaimed. "What do you- I would never- what!" Peter stuttered. He was never this nervous when talking about these types of things. "What's a hickey?" Drax asked Rocket. "You see-" Rocket was cut off. "Woah, woah, woah, why are we talking about this for?" Peter asked. "Before I was rudely interrupted, a hickey is a mark that someone leaves on another person." Rocket says. "Like punching someone and leaving a bruise?" Drax asked. "Close, it's in a more romantic sexual way." Rocket said. "What female would wanna show that type of affection to him?" Drax asked. Sometimes Peter wished Drax wouldn't say everything that was on his mind. "I've got an idea of who would." Rocket said quietly. "Who?" Drax asked. "Someone on this ship." Rocket said. "Mantis?" Drax asked. "What!? She wouldn't even know what it is! Let alone know how to do it!" Rocket exclaimed. "Wait, are you talking about Gamora?" Drax said quietly. "Yep. I mean, they were both tired when they woke up this morning and left breakfast at the same time and Peter got back in a few minutes later than Gamora did." Rocket explained. Peter just sat there. He was too tired to fight it. They already figured it out. "Hey man, respect. You got Gamora, daughter of the mad titan Thanos to like you." Rocket said. Peter just looked at him. He thought he was being sarcastic. They hear someone knock on the entrance door. It must have been Nebula. "I'll get it." Peter said. He opened the door to see Nebula. "Hey Nebula." Peter said. Gamora walked up to them. "Hey guys!" Nebula said. Peter didn't want to do anything that could be annoying or anything to Nebula, since he was technically dating her sister. He mostly just didn't want to be on her bad side in general. Nebula and Gamora walked to Gamora's room to catch up.

"So how's life been?" Nebula asked Gamora. "It's been pretty good." Gamora responded. She saw it in Nebula's eyes that she wanted to know about her and Peter. "So are you and Quill like, y'know." Nebula said moving her hands a lot. "Uhhh, kind of?" Gamora said. Nebula rolled her eyes. "What do you mean kind of?" Nebula asked. "It's just, we haven't made anything official. Like I love him and he loves me but we haven't really confirmed anything yet." Gamora explained. "Do you wanna talk to the other Guardians too?" Gamora asked. "Sure!" Nebula said. They walked out of Gamora's room. They were all playing cards. No one flinched, but Peter looked over to them. "You guys wanna play?" Rocket asked. "Uhh, sure." They both responded. "Hey Gamora, can I talk to you outside for a second?" Peter asked nervously. "Sure!" Gamora said. Peter got up and both of them walked outside where no one could see them. "Gamora, I've loved you for a really long time and I never wanna stop loving you," he started. Gamora was confused by what he was going to tell her that would be so bad he couldn't tell the rest of the Guardians. "Gamora. Will you be my girlfriend?" Peter asked. He was obviously nervous asking her this. She was so happy, she had no words. Her hands met her face in shock. He was so nervous. He didn't want her to say no. It would cause so much tension between the group. "Yes!" She exclaimed. He was so happy. He let out a breath of relief. She hugged him tight. He hadn't felt that in a long time. He kissed her. They were so happy. Little did they know that the other Guardians, including Nebula, were watching them. They looked at them. "How long have you guys been standing there for?" Peter said with a weird look on his face. "Since you guys went out." Drax said. Peter looked down. He was annoyed by them. "So you guys a couple now?" Rocket asked. "Yeah, I guess." Peter said softly. He didn't usually date people, so it was weird to say that he was in a relationship with someone.

To Be Continued...