Peter and friends
I turn the last corner and there, in full glory, is MJ's house.
The lights of MJ's room is on. That's good. That means that MJ's home. School must have ended
Cautiously I knock on the door. Me, MJ and Ned have a special knock that tells the rest of us that someone thing is wrong and to open the door quickly.
We've never been in a situation where we've actually needed it but it's still nice to have.
Knock
Wait
Knock knock knock
Wait
Knock knock
Immediately after I do the knock MJ opens the door.
She pulls me inside to her room stares at me, eyes wide, taking in how I look.
I probably look terrible.
No scratch that I look terrible.
My hair is messy.
I am wearing an old jacket I found in a dumpster.
The bags under my eyes making it look like I haven't slept in weeks.
I am way too skinny. And my wounds are everywhere.
"You look like shit," MJ states seemingly finding her words again.
"You can tell me that again," I say sarcastically.
"Okay. You look like shit" she says smirking.
I roll my eyes at my best friend's antics.
"Okay, what happened this time loser?" She asks suddenly becoming serious. MJ doesn't get serious except when she's worried.
"A lot," I say, it'd take a long time to explain anyway "And I'm kinda hurt"
"Fine. Tell us later then, first let me see your wounds so I can at least assess the damage," she says poking my shirt
"Us?" I ask as she cuts my suit off my body carefully so it doesn't affect the wounds.
"Yes me and Ned- aaaand what the actual fuck did you do? This is a lot of damage for someone who was fine yesterday and has enhanced senses" she asks as she sees the extent of my wounds. "God have you even BEEN eating!?!"
"Oops?"
MJ sighs as she rubs her temples with her index finger and thumb.
"You can't just forget to eat- it was Helen wasn't it," she says with venom so strong it sends shivers down my spine.
"You got me there," I say as she finishes up bandaging my wounds.
Suddenly Ned comes in the room
"Peter are you okay!?! I got MJ's texts! What happened!?! I heard about the fire!!! You didn't come to school either!!! I was worried sick! We were worried sick! Did something happen as Spid-" I clamp my hand on my best friend's mouth, don't get me wrong Ned is an amazing friend but he has a habit of ranting. A lot.
"Hey Ned, you came just in time to hear Peter explain why he has many, many many, burns, a whole lot of cuts, bruises and a bunch of broken ribs and other bones!" MJ says with a fake smile.
"What!?!" Ned screeches.
"Listen, guys, I'm okay-"
"Since when?"
"It's just that I may or may not run into some of the avengers-"
"THE AVENGERS!?!"
"Yes, and they wanted me to go to the tower and find out who I was, so I was like naaaah bro and they were like yaaas bro so I was like skedaddle skadoodle oops i broke my foot oodle and got back to the orphanage yadayada it lit on fire somehow so I put on my suit and went to help and then I went back for my backpack and they came back like surprise motherfucker and brought hulk, I don't need to explain the rest. On the bright side I have a new green friend" I said quickly awaiting their reactions.
"...I'm not even gonna act surprised with your life" was all MJ said getting over what happened pretty quickly, Michelle style.
Ned, on the other hand, was in complete fanboy mode.
"DUDE ARE YOU SERIOUS!?!? Now I can be like even the avengers notice my best friend!" Ned says excitedly
I laugh at my friend's reactions.
Despite how worried they are inside they already know I'm pretty worried so they act just like normal so I don't get even more worried than I already am.
And I am grateful for that. Where would I be without them? Probably dead in a ditch somewhere.
"Yup now I can be Spiderman, Spiderling that annoys all," I say using my hands to gesture around us.
"Also don't worry about your backpack," Ned says
"What!? But I didn't tell you guys that I lost it!!" I say, eyes wide.
"First of all did you really think that we wouldn't realize you lost it again?" MJ says as if it was the most obvious thing in the world.
"Also I went past the orphanage while going to school, and saw your backpack just laying there."
"You took it?"
"Yeah but it was all out in the open and the webs had dissolved I needed to take it so no one stole it!" Ned says "I hope I didn't worry you too much"
"Don't worry you didn't!" I lied, I accidentally had a panic attack when it happened.
Ned hands me my backpack and we continue on as if nothing happened.
We laugh and talk for a while. I am forced to eat a lot of food from my worried friends.
Actually helps to heal a lot more than one would think. In the end, it still hurts but it is better.
Ned and I are building a Lego death star and MJ is reading her book, only looking up to throw sarcastic comments at us.
By the time we finish it it's 6 pm, man time flies when you're with your friends.
When all seems well MJ suddenly gets up. "I hate to be the one to ruin the peace but what are we going to do about tomorrow?"
What about tomorrow?
Ned grimaces as if he just remembered something bad. "Ah yeah that"
"What about what!?!" I ask, losing my patience. I don't know what tomorrow is but I know it's bad. I can tell you that much. My spidey senses go off every time they mention it.
"Oh yeah, Peter doesn't know cause he wasn't at school today," MJ says, now I am even more confused.
What's happening tomorrow!?!?
"Peter remember how we had the trip to Oscorp as our special field trip last year?"
I immediately feel a pit generate at the bottom of my stomach. How could I forget?
It was the place where I got bitten by the spider. The radioactive one. If I hadn't been bitten by it I'm sure no one would have died.
Everything would be better if Spiderman didn't exist. If on-
"-ETER PETER!" Ned yells at me. I hadn't realized I zoned out.
"What?"
"Well you know how that place was scientific?" MJ says specifically not mentioning it.
"Yeah?"
"Well, don't freak out-" she starts
"That just makes me freak out even more"
"-but our field trip tomorrow is to Stark towers" She says quickly.
I feel panic rising in me again. What if they found out I was Spiderman? What if they find out Ned and MJ are my friends and hurt them!?! WHAT IF IT WAS A TRAP!?!
WHAT IF
WHAT IF
WHAT IF
WHAT IF
But this time before I can go into a complete panic attack I notice two pairs of hands on me.
"Peter I know you're scared but you need to calm down"
"Yeah, we're here for you!"
"Don't worry loser we WILL find a way to go without them finding out."
"And if not I'll kick their asses!"
I smile. I might have to face the earth's mightiest heroes but this time I won't be alone. I have my friends with me.