Stones and Glass Houses (Book 1)

🕷(44) Enemies and Allies

Brooklyn POV-

Brooklyn was trying very hard not to seem jumpy at school the next morning. 

In her defense, it was a rather difficult task to accomplish when she had the weight of so many secrets on her hands. Though last night had been a success all things considered, it left Brook with more work than ever, not to mention everything else clouding her mind.

She was currently somewhat at ease, conversing with her friends at their usual morning spot at the front of the school, but her eyes were keeping a lookout for a certain someone.

Someone who was late, more so than could be considered normal under his usual fashionably late entrances. 

It was a person who had a lot of fucking explaining to do after all the research she'd done last night when anger had kept her from sleep. Of course he'd chosen today of all days to leave her waiting as a ball full of nerves.

"How bad was your punishment? Wanna give us details of what it was like to baby-sit with a stick in the mud like Damian?" Harry asked, hugging her from behind and placing his head atop hers lazily.

Brooklyn stared at her group of friends, rolling her eyes.

"It's a long story, wait for the movie" she joked, earning laughs from her friends, "In short, it was pure torture with a hint of amusement, but I think one more hour might've killed me. Preschool was not the place for me for sure, but now I never have to go back!"

Tanya smirked, placing a golden cheer bow atop her hair as she motioned her head towards the principal, who was out of his office for once, overseeing the flow of traffic into the parking lot. The hype for the game later today made that job almost complicated enough for Brooklyn to get a sense of revenge from it.

"Count your blessings my dear Brook. I thought he would give you a worst punishment like he did the Amstern twins last year, they got expelled for placing stink bombs in his office. But I suppose our next history project is punishment enough, I suggest you don't get too behind on it Brook, the whole thing is giving me chills already and I haven't even started" Tanya said.

Of course the one day Brooklyn was gone, just as the girl was starting to get leads on very important crime stopping missions, Mr. Travis would decide to burden her with something as unimportant as homework. 

Thank's to Peter's help, the Stark had been given most of her assignments when he came to get her for their morning walk to school. It seemed all her teachers were in the same page as the history teacher, because Brooklyn would have to slave over homework this weekend at the Avengers compound, if only because her future goal of valedictorian depended on it.

"If Mr. Travis hadn't refused to give Peter information on the assignment, I would've already looked into it" Brook complained, but still managed to keep an eye out for that someone over her friends' shoulders.

Why was he not here!?

"Hey" Peter whispered beside her, "Are you alright?"

Brooklyn's eyes snapped to her best friend, seeing his concern. She wasn't entirely sure how to answer to that, her researching fever to work out the information from the Tracksuit Draculas had taken all night, and she was too out of it from shock to be a normal functioning student and friend today.

She needed a desperate nap, maybe a tranquilizer as well.

By the time Peter had knocked on her door a few hours prior, the girl barely had a chance to change into clean clothes and Harry's jersey for the game tonight. That rushing had set her in an even more nervous mood, she hated rushing things.