New York, New York

Half of the bus ride there

*MJ|Michelle Jones*

I boarded the bus and took a seat beside Peter and pulled out my sketchbook while Peter pulled out a mini toolkit and started tinkering with his web shooters.

"You know your identity could get revealed if you just start to do that." I told him.

"Yeah, don't you want to reveal your identity at a press conference like Tony instead of it being spread around by a bunch of teens who can't keep their mouths shut?" Anna taunted.

"You're only making it worse by talking about it." Peter snapped.

"Woah! Parker's getting sassy." Flash sarcastically.

"Shut up Flash." Peter said playfully before pretending to pout.

"You know you look cute when you do that." I told him looking up at him before looking back down.

"Watcha drawin'?" Ned asked me looking over the seat.

"Who here is in distress?" I questioned him.

"Peter?" He asked his voice going a pitch higher.

"Who else?" I asked sarcastically before going back to drawing.

Soon the bus started to move along and my friends started to settle down. Peter put away the web shooters and instead decided to chat with his friends from Stark industries. Anna was watching the clone wars for what was like the hundredth time. Ned was watching Star Wars lego videos. Betty was sleeping on his shoulder, and Flash was vlogging. All in all, our little group was completely unaware of the chaos ensuing outside of our little bubble of friendship.

"Peter, can you please find something else to do? Your messaging is taking up half my screen." Anna suddenly said poking her head over the seat.

"Sorry, but why don't you just deal with it. You've seen this more than I have and I was watching it from the moment it first released." Peter shot back.

"Well I'm sorry that I like to appreciate fine art." Anna snapped at him before grumbling and putting her headphones back on.

"You heard her, no one should disrupt fine art." Ned shrugged.

"Hey! I thought you were on my side!" Peter protested.

"Sorry man, I go with the side that has the higher ground, and to me, you're the one burning in lava." Ned shrugged before going back to his phone.

"MJ, please tell me that you will take my side." Peter begged me.

"Sure, it would be unfair if the numbers weren't even." I shrugged.

"Did no one count me in?" Flash asked looking in our direction and away from his phone.

"I'm surprised you could even get your eyes detached from your phone." I snorted not looking up from my sketch book.

"Fine, guess I'm going on the fine art side, forget about me offering to join your side of this banter." He said sticking his tongue out at us before returning his gaze to his camera.

Peter sighed before going back to his phone and starting to play a game. Then the rest of us returned fully to what we were doing starting to get bored with the long bus ride. Honestly, I expected it to be long but not that long.