don't let me lose you too.

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we walked through the bus, me and peter saying hi to our friends.
wanda was trying to act confident, and thankfullly people seemed to like her. 

i noticed a few guys staring at her, and one of the dicks, chad warren, (of course his name was chad) catcalled her.

"shut up chad, that's my cousin." i yelled at him across the bus.
he immediately quietened down and mumbled an apology. 

"payton what the hell was that?" wanda whispered at me. "i can handle myself."

"oh i know you can" i smiled at her. "but they were disrespecting you, and sadly you don't have the power to stop them because you don't have a rep here.
i do. sort of. one day you'll have some power around here but until then ill make it clear you're one of us and are not to be messed with."

"you're right" she grinned. " according to you soon ill have a rep as popular emo chick".

"im counting on it. anyway, be careful of chad warren and the guys he hangs with, they suck." i warned her on our way to the back.

***

ned got in at the stop after us, and greeted wanda as if she was an old friend. or as if she was the coolest person he'd ever met. 

his first words to her were "oh my god i love your accent!"

the two hit it off immediately, and we all laughed and talked on the way to school.

"do you guys even realise how cool this is?" ned whispered to us. "i literally know the secret identities of three avengers!"

we laughed as ned started fangirling; in his eyes we were basically gods. 

wanda had so many questions, about teachers, subjects, breaks, her timetable, everything. 

in return for each question about our school, ned was allowed to guess what her power was.

"mmm, mind control?" 

"well... it's one of them anyway" wanda laughed.

"there's MULTIPLE?? wow, mind control. you're like the coolest superhero i've ever met"

" excuse me? "

ned turned to peter.
"sorry bro, but mind control immediately beats egg-laying spider. it's basic science."

"for the last time, i do not lay eggs."

i chimed in. "totally wrong, you definitely do."
wanda nodded vigorously.

"yeah you guys are real funny. i know that i don't and never will lay eggs.

ned turned to us. "the first stage is always denial." he whispered.

we all started laughing, as peter sat there staring at us.

"i'm pretty sure this is considered bullying. i can report you to the principal."

"fine fine let's talk about something else... perhaps, more superpowers and detaila?" ned raised his eyebrow at wanda.

"no"

he groaned and collapsed into his chair.

peter took pity on him "sorry ned, but it's just too unsafe to let civillians know too much."

"even friends?"

"especially friends. the more people we tell any details about our lives, the more villains can use it against us."

"yeah, nat said it was best not to tell anyone, only exception is if the circumstances force us to" wanda added.

"nat? like natasha romanoff? black widow?"

"yeah she basically created all the rules. she's very smart."

ned sighed. "man i wish i was a superhero. it seems so cool."

"to be fair fighting bad guys is like 5% of the job." peter told him.

"the rest of the time we mess around or watch clint and thor argue over the tv remote."

"that sounds amazing. what's thor like?"

"loud" i answered.

"what about captain america?"

"a wet blanket on all our plans." wanda added this time. "he wouldn't even let us slide down the stairs."

we spent the rest of the ride discussing boring high school things, like what our teachers would be like, until we turned the last bend in the road. 

ahead of us was a huge building. midtown high school.

i signed happily. i was nervous but in a good way. hopefully this year won't suck.