Finally Found

The Art of Awkwardness

A/N- Hello again peeps!! It's good to be back! I know I posted something very much like this, but this time it's edited and I've made the storyline wwaaaaaayyy better!! Thanks ya'll! Have  agood day! ;)

New school, new me, you thought to yourself. You walked through the halls of Midtown Tech, and your heart rate sped up. The halls were filled with teenagers and dozens of conversations. You frantically looked for locker number 221. You finally found it, and awkwardly placed yourself between 2 guys.

"Hi," you said absentmindedly.

"Oh um, hi," the one dude said.

"Hey," the other guy said.

Once you put away your backpack and grabbed my textbook and trapper keeper, you looked up at the boys. One was tan skinned, slightly bigger, with dark hair and brown eyes. The other was this curly brown haired kid. He also had brown eyes, but was kinda pale compared to the other dude. You realized that you were staring at him, and immediately looked away. You headed towards the same class, so you assumed you had it with him. The dark skinned guy went the other way, though, and the guy you were with obviously seemed uncomfortable, so you sped up, and the boy slowed down like you were telepathic in anxiety or something. You stepped into class, and the teacher and the class weren't there yet. Eventually, the class flooded through right before the bell rang, and you spotted the kid who was by your locker. He sat down a couple seats beside you, and another boy with tan skin and short black hair plopped down beside you with a cocky sigh. The teacher had started talking when you glanced over at him. He winked at you and you scoffed, rolling your eyes and turned your attention back to the notes you were taking.

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After 4th hour, you headed to the class you dreaded the most: lunch. You planned on just sitting at an empty lunch table, but just to your luck, there was none. Scanning the room, your eyes landed on a table with the two guys you saw from the lockers. Right as you looked at them, the curly haired boy's head turned to face you. You looked away immediately, embarrassed. Reluctantly, you started to look around the room again, but his friend waved you over. You awkwardly sat down and coughed. Another girl with very curly brown hair walked over to you guys and sat down a few feet away from the curly haired kid.

"Hey losers, and others," she said nonchalantly.

"Still don't get why you hang out with us," the bigger kid said while shoving green beans in his mouth.

"Cause you guys are less of losers than everyone else here," she said.

"Who are you?" She pointed at me and I mentally face palmed.

"I'm y/n, new here," You stated. MJ waved, and you awkwardly waved back.

"Hi," she said. She stabbed her porkchop and looked at it.

"Soooo..." Ned said awkwardly, and you chuckled. Today would be interesting. The bell rang, thank God, and you got up to go to your next class. You jogged up beside Peter and both walked to your lockers together silently. You looked over at him, and he was looking at the ground, smiling. You immediately turned away, not wanting to be creepy or anything.

"What class are ya going to next?" He turned to me at our lockers.

"Um, 6th period...advanced chemistry," he said sheepishly.

"Nice, I'm kinda dumb so I had regular chem this morning, I have art right now," you replied.

"You're not dumb I'm just a nerd, dude," you raised an eyebrow.

"Dude?"

"Uh...ma'am?" you laughed.

"No no, dude is better," you chuckled again, and waved him goodbye.

"See ya tomorrow!"

"See ya," and you headed off to class.

Boring boring booooooring. After school you did your homework and watched some netflix. Eventually, you decided you should at least try to go to bed, and laid down. You thought about Peter, he seemed cool, but something was definitely off.

Your alarm went off and you groaned. You didn't necessarily have to get up at 5am, but you liked to get an early start. Most of the time. Suddenly your blanket was the warmest, coziest, and most comfortable thing in the world. With a long, over dramatic sigh, you rolled onto the floor wrapped in your blanket like a burrito. Your dad knocked on the door and you jumped up, tripping and landing back on your floor. Slowly, the door creaked open and he snorted.

"You okay?" he laughed. You groaned again and nodded. You rolled over onto your back and looked up at him.

"I'm gonna head over to Jitters for some coffee before school,"

He nodded, "Okay. Hurry up though, you might not have too much time." you sighed and got up, stretching your back a bit. Your dad closed the door and you started to change.

About 20 minutes later you had your backpack and shoes on and said bye to your parents. You headed out the door into the warm morning air and trudged to the coffee shop. You ordered at the counter and something-or someone, caught your eye. Peter sat in a corner sipping some coffee. You took your cup from the barista and thanked her before walking over to Peter. He had headphones in and didn't look up from his phone until you sat down.

"Hey~" you chuckled. He looked up at you, startled. He took out an earbud and gave you a half-smile.

"Hey," he laughed back, "So, you found this glorious coffeeshop,"

You shrugged, "Closest one to my apartment," he nodded.

"How was the rest of your school day?" He asked nonchalantly.

"Kinda boring I guess," you laughed. We sat there in comfortable silence, but then he spoke up.

"So like, what do you like to do on the weekends?" he asked, trying miserably to create small talk.

"Eh, I kind of just do art and run and stuff," you shrugged.

"Cool. I...what do I do? Not that much besides homework, really. Sometimes Ned and I hangout I guess," he said.

"What do you guys do?" you asked intently.

"Well, uh, it's kind of embarrassing but, we're pretty much huge geeks," his face turned red, but yours lit up.

"Dude me too!" He looked up at you, surprised.

"Seriously?!" You both laughed.

"Ya seriously, I love Star Wars and DC and Halo and Destiny and...I'm rambling aren't I..." you smiled.

"Nah bro, you're good, I do that a lot, too,"

"Nice,"

He looked at his watch and started to get up.

"Holy shit it's already 7:30, I'm so sorry I have to go," he got up and waved.

You also stood up and headed out. You went out of the coffee shop, talking about nerdy things the whole way to your house. Peter and you stepped onto the train for the couple minute ride. School was regular and boring as usual, you sat with Peter, Ned, and MJ at lunch etcetera. After school you happily plopped on your bed and turned on the tv. You watched The Umbrella Academy for way too long, got lunch, and went back to the tv, but flipped to the News channel.

"'Spiderman severely injured after robbery may cause retirement of our lovely neighborhood superhero,'"

You spit out your ramen noodles. 

AN- hopefully that wasn't too short! love ya ;)

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