Alone

57: First Date

Friday, 5:30 p.m.

Elizabeth POV:

I ran my fingers through the clothes in my closet, surveying the options for tonight. I grabbed a green blouse and pulled it out, and I turned around to show MJ who was on FaceTime with me.

"What about this with jeans," I said holding it up to myself.

"It's cute but maybe not for tonight," MJ said, I nodded and threw it on the floor making a mental note to put it way later. I turned back to my closet, I pulled out two more blouses and showed them to MJ who turned them down, finally, I got to a small black mini dress, I grabbed it and turned around, she smiled at the sight of it.

"That's the one!" She said giving me a thumbs up. I jumped in excitement and then moved out of frame slipping on the dress, I walked back in front of my computer showing off the dress. A smile spread across her face and she clapped.

As I sat blow drying my hair and putting on my makeup I began to get nervous.
"I've never been on a date, what do I do?"

"Uh I don't know, I've never been on one either," MJ said with amusement in her voice. I shook my head finishing with my mascara.

"Okay, how do I look?" I said standing awkwardly in front of my computer, MJ smiled before letting out an odd screech of excitement, I laughed and sat back down and looked at my phone. "Oh no, it's already 7:15," I grabbed my black ankle boots putting them on quickly.

"Call me after and tell me everything that happens. Good luck!" With that MJ hung up and I was left with an overwhelming feeling of nervousness.

Peter POV:

I neared the front gate in May's car and my driver's license that I had gotten only the day before. I had been driving non-stop all month to get my license so that I could impress Elizabeth, I had kept it secret from her so I could surprise her tonight. As I pulled up to the front gate, my heart began to pound as the reality of the night ahead of me weighed in.

I pulled up to the speaker, "Hi, um I'm Peter- Parker I'm here to see Mr. Stark and Elizabeth..." There wasn't an answer, only the crackling of the speaker and soft rustle of the trees, "They know me, I promise, I've been here before." I said awkwardly, I sighed feeling embarrassed. I waited for a moment then picked up my phone to call Elizabeth when a voice came through the speaker.

"Hey kid, come on in." Happy said, just then the gate opened and I drove down the long road, passing different buildings before reaching where Elizabeth lived.

I shut off the car and walked up the stairs to one of the doors, I felt butterflies fill my stomach as I knocked on the door, it opened to reveal Mr. Stark.

"Come in Peter." Mr. Stark's voice was calm but made me nervous. I followed him up the stairs and into the kitchen where Happy was waiting. They looked at me as if studying me, I smiled awkwardly.

"I'll go get Elizabeth." Happy said walking out of the kitchen leaving Mr. Stark and I alone in an uncomfortable silence.

"Okay, so where are you taking Elizabeth tonight?" Mr. Stark said breaking the silence and pouring himself a glass of water.

"I'm taking her to a dinner theatre type place," I said nervously twiddling my fingers.

"That sounds nice." Mr. Stark said with a smile that calmed my nerves. It was quiet for a moment before he spoke again, "I trust you Peter, so I won't give you a whole speech on how much I care about her and how to have fun but not too much fun because I know you know all that, so I will save you the pain of hearing the dad talk," he said with a chuckle. "What movie are you going to see?"