“Peter!” you called after him trying to catch up to him. “Peter stop! It’s not what you think!”
He kept walking, not looking back.
“Peter!”
He got in his car, slammed the door, and drove off without you.
“Shit.” You said, tears starting in your eyes.
You took out your phone and dialed a number.
“Hello?”
“Happy?”
“What’s up girl?”
“Can you pick me up… from school?”
“Uh… sure. Peter isn’t driving you home?”
“No… um… we had a fight… I guess.”
“I’ll be there in a minute.”
“Thanks Hap.”
It took him 10 minutes to get to the school. You couldn’t make yourself not walk back and forth, tears intermittently falling down your face.
“Are you okay?” Happy asked as he got out of the car and walked over to you.
“Yes…no.”
“What happened?” He said resting his hands on your shoulders.
“A boy kissed me… he cornered me in the hall and kissed me.”
Confused, Happy said. “And why is Peter upset with you?”
“He only saw us kissing… not the rest of it. Plus, it is the boy that bullies him all the time.”
“Let’s get you home.” He guided you toward the car.
“Happy?”
“Yeah hon?”
“Can I ride in the front with you?”
“Of course.”
Once you arrived at the tower, Happy walked with you to the lounge. Bucky was sitting on the couch.
“Hey doll how was school?” Then he looked at your face and stood up. “What happened? Who do I need to kill?”
With a huff you said, “Peter…”
“Excuse me?”
“Well…” you were cut of by Bucky.
“Where is he?”
“I don’t know.”
“He didn’t bring you home?”
“No.” you pointed to Happy. “I called Happy.”
Bucky started to walk away.
“Bucky wait. It isn’t his fault. This boy kissed me at school.” You stopped.
“Tell him the rest.” Happy said.
You took a deep breath and grabbed your arms. “The boy cornered me and started kissing me. Peter saw…”
“That’s assault doll. Why the hell didn’t Peter stop him?”
“He only saw him kiss me, not the part when I kneed him in the crotch. It is the same boy who bullies Peter, Flash.”
“Good girl. Flash?”
“Yeah.”
“You go talk to Peter, I’ll deal with this kid.”
You nodded your head.
Happy put his arm around you and walked with you to Peter’s room.
Happy knocked on Peter’s door. “Peter.”
“What?” he said back, annoyed.
Happy opened the door.
“Hey.” You said.
“I have nothing to say to you.”
“Peter, you two are going to talk or I will bring Tony in on this.”
Peter rolled his eyes.
“Bucky is already involved so I suggest you cooperate.”
“Fine.”
“I’ll be down the hall.”
Peter took a deep breath, then started on a rant.
“I don’t know what you want me to say to you. If you don’t want to be with me, just say so. You don’t have to hide in corners with the one person I can’t stand…”
He continued talking, but you couldn’t hear him. Sensing he wasn’t going to stop talking, you blurted out.
“He cornered me, Pete!”
Peter stopped talking and stared at you with wide eyes.
“Wh-what?”
“He started talking to me. Then he got closer and closer until I was up against the wall. I told him to stop, but he didn’t. He only kissed me for a few seconds… but apparently it was long enough… Then I kicked him in the crotch and punched him in the nose.”
Peter just stared for a few seconds.
“I’m so sorry… I shouldn’t have jumped to conclusions. Are… are you okay?”
Down the hall, Happy heard, smiled and walked away.
“Yeah, just a little shaken up.”
“Can I hug you?”
“Of course Pete.”
He came closer and wrapped you in his arms. You liked it there. It was warm. Home. Then there was something still nagging at you.
“Are you mad at me?” Peter finally spoke up.
You lifted your head to look at him. You realized you were. As much as you didn’t want to hurt him, he hurt you more. He let his ego get in the way and didn’t see what was actually happening.
“Yeah… I kind of am.”
“Good, you should be.”
Your eyes went wide in surprise.
“I ignored everything my body was telling me and left you in a horrible situation. I know you can handle yourself, but I was there, I could have done something.”
It took everything in you not to say, “It’s okay”, because it wasn’t okay, and he was admitting it.
“You should have.”
“I am so sorry babe.”
“You are forgiven. Just don’t do it again.”
He kissed you on the forehead and held you tight.
“I’ll tell Flash what’s what tomorrow.”
“Oh, I think Bucky beat you to it.”
“I suppose he is going to come after me next…”
“I’ll talk to him.”
“I love you.”
“I love you too.” You said back and sealed it will a kiss.