She hopped off the train, her fingers sliding over the rail as she skipped down the stairs. She ran her other hand through her hair trying to pull it out of her eyes, finally giving up and tying her long dishwater blonde hair back into a ponytail. She pulled her headphones out of her pocket untangling the headphones before slipping them over her ears. Shuffling through her playlists, one playlist automatically caught her eye. She pressed play, looking up to see that she was walking towards the wrong entrance. The sign Midtown High School came into view as she sharply turned left, chuckling to herself about her mistake. Her headphones blasted 'This is Gospel' by Panic! At the disco and she instantly began swaying her head to the beat as she walked across the football fields, skipping slightly and dancing. Today would be a good day; she muttered to herself with a smile. Today *crash* the song abruptly ended as she landed on the ground with a loud thud, her headphones falling off.

"Ouch," she said harshly looking up to see someone hovering above her, holding a hand out.

"You seriously need to watch where you're going, Nora. One of these days, I'm not going to be here to save you." She rolled her eyes as she grabbed the hovering hand standing up slowly. She looked around finally focusing on the figure in front of her. His dark brown hair was wavy today, and his dark brown eyes looked down at her with amusement. He wore a white shirt that fitted him well with a red pizza and writing on it, with a thin grey hoody over the top. Handsome was the only description that came to mind.

"God Peter, what the hell?" She yelled, punching him in the arm but she quickly winced shaking out her hand from the punch, "You made of steel or something?"

Peter chuckled before gently placing his hands on her shoulders and turning her around to face the boys throwing around footballs. They waved at her throwing many catcalls in her direction. Peter's hands on her shoulders instantly tightened. Nora ignored Peter as she waved back, flirting. She needed a distraction to forget all about how handsome Peter was. Peter turned her back towards him.

"One of them nearly ran into you, I had to run over and grab you, but you sought of slipped," He admitted as he ran a hand through his hair angrily. She didn't notice… to busy staring at his biceps.

Peter. Peter Parker. One of her best friends who was not only smart but also physically attracting. Damn. She had fallen hard. Both just then and over the years. She couldn't deny it… she liked Parker. He was, of course, oblivious to it all, which was a good thing. She had too much to focus on. She had many goals, and she had to achieve them, she even had them written on her dream board at home:

Get straight A's while being involved in numerous activities.

Graduate.

Get into Harvard Med School.

Become a doctor.

Become rich and famous.

Help her father.

Get a Ferrari.

Medicine wasn't her thing. Sure, she wanted to help people, but she never liked the idea of blood and guts. However, the smile on her dad's face when she considered medicine, following her father's footsteps, made it all worthwhile. She couldn't mess it up. She couldn't afford it, not with everything on the line, which was why her one-sided love worked so perfectly. Not love more like attraction. She was not in love with Peter Parker.

She huffed at the dilemma before looking up into his eyes, "Thanks, Peter. Always my knight in shining armour," she bumped her hip against him before walking backwards.

"So… how is May? I haven't seen her in forever!" She exaggerated as she continued walking backwards.

Peter began to grow worried about her walking backwards knowing about her general clumsiness but knew that he could save her if anything happened. He was a superhero of course.

He rolled his eyes, "You saw her last night, and surely your relationship with my Aunt can withstand a few hours of alone time."

She stopped in front of him, dramatically holding her hand to her heart in pain, "You know nothing, Peter Parker… See no," She shook her head, "It only works with Jon Snow. I'm sorry, but your name is ridiculous. It's never going to fit that sentence." She threw her hands in the air before walking back beside him. They were close so that their arms were touching, pinkies grazing. Nora was ecstatic but played it cool. At least she thought she was playing it cool.

"You know I have no idea what you are talking about," He said as they stopped at the drop off area checking both ways for cars.

Nora shrugged, "That's why I need Aunt May," She said stepping onto the road but was quickly pulled back as a car zoomed around the corner, stopping dangerously close to the curb, dangerously close to her. She looked down at the fancy Porsche, down at the license plate before groaning.

"Flash," She muttered before looking up at his glance.

"Penis Parker, The beautiful nightingale, why you still hanging around this loser? And I still don't understand why you won't go out with me Nora. I am spectacular after all. Why don't you meet me tonight, take a ride around town then you can ride me all night!" Nora scoffed glaring at Flash. Peter just hung his head in embarrassment as Nora exploded.

"Why don't I go out with you? How about this question. Why are you such an ass? I know everyone has to excel at something but seriously? You pick on other people because you're insecure and expect me to date you? No way in hell. Are you clinically insane or incredibly annoying? And ride you all night? All you're going to be riding in the short bus straight to back elementary school after I-" By this stage, Flash was steaming as Nora drew attention to the fact that she was dissing Flash when Peter placed a hand over Nora's mouth moving towards the back of his car shouting apologies. She thrashed in his arms, flicking Flash the bird as he drove off in embarrassment. Finally, Peter let go off her mouth but still held onto her biceps.

"You done?"

"Pretty much."

Slowly someone began to clap. Nora turned around to see Liz, Peter's crush, applauding her. Nora dramatically bowed, standing upright and waving her hand like the Queen shouting thank you's, and I love you too's to the crowd that had joined to watch the Flash takedown. Peter's cheeks grew red from the amount of attention they were receiving and was fiddling with his backpack strap. Nora quickly said one last thank you before moving through the crowd with Peter on her heels. She bounded up the stairs, turning back to see Peter staring at Liz. She reached for his hand grabbing onto it. Peter looked down in surprise but was quickly pulled inside the building.

"Peter no matter how many times I tell you. If you like her… ASK HER OUT!" She whisper-shouted dragging him through the halls. Many people shouted out at her saying hellos and asking her to check stuff for them. Peter knew how busy she was being the Student Body President. He wanted to say that he was busy too… being Spiderman of course. But he couldn't… he couldn't tell his best friend that he was the guy from YouTube. He couldn't risk her getting hurt. Instead, he lied, saying he was busy with homework when he helped people.

Finally, they ended up at their lockers; Nora looked up at him with a smile before unlocking her lock. He secretly loved her concentration face, her brows knitted together and she ran a tongue over her lips as she worked on her lock. He liked Nora. More than a friend sometimes but he knew she wouldn't go out with someone like him. She was great friends with Liz for god's sake. And look at her. Her dark blond hair hung in a ponytail, and she wore a dark black trench coaty thing that flared out at her waist, matching her dark black skinny jeans and bright red combat boots. She wasn't thin and straight like Liz; she was curvier and built considering she was a basketball player. She looked back at him giving him one of her signature smirks before unloading the contents of her backpack into her locker. He sighed before returning to his locker pulling it open with ease. He quickly grabbed his physics and chemistry book while Nora grabbed her chemistry and biology books. He stressed the term books. She had at least ten on each subject all sticky noted and colour coordinated. God he even loved how smart she was. How she was fun yet took this so seriously. He loved… not loved. Liked. He was not in love with Nora Edmonds.

As they walked towards their classrooms, they finally ran into Ned. Ned was the other member of their group. While Nora had plenty of other friends, Ned and Peter were close, almost like brothers at times.

"Ned. Where the hell have you been? I've been waiting since seven this morning at the front gate," Peter said as they did their secret handshake.

"Wait," Nora said dramatically. That was another thing Peter lov- liked. Liked about her. She was dramatic; she mixed things up, "You were not waiting for me at the front of the school today?" She fanned her face pretending to cry. Peter and Ned just rolled their eyes.

"Dude," Ned said ignoring Nora, "You should have come by the band this morning. We were practising when that guy from YouTube, you know the red and blue one was on the news. Stopped a bus with his bare hands from falling off this broken bridge. Amazing," Ned said quickly.

"The spider-man?" Peter said sheepishly, a blush creeping up his cheeks as he scratched his head, "He's pretty cool."

"Aww," Nora said leaning her head against Ned's shoulder pretending to clutch her heart, "Peter has a crush on Spiderman." Nora and Ned snickered as Peter hit Nora on the arm.

"Come on guys. Knock it off."

"It's alright; I've got a crush on him. I mean god what teenage girl with hormones does not," Nora continued as Peter and Ned stared at her worriedly, "I mean, Captain America is probably hotter. That is just because he wears spandex and you can see everything. And I mean everything," She stressed to them.

"God Nora. That's disgusting," Ned said pushing her off his head.

Peter didn't say anything. Nora had a crush on him. Sure she had one on Captain America, but this was still unbelievable. The hottest girl, beside Liz, had a crush on him.

"Come on Ned. You think Black Widow and Scarlett Witch are hot," She said walking backwards so she could still talk to them. People dodged out of the way, knowing not only about her wrath but about also getting on her bad side would be terrible for their social status. "I've gotta go. See you at lunch," She said turning around before quickly kissing them both on the cheek and skipping off.

Ned and Peter stood there staring off at the figure who walked down the hallways saying hi and waving at people.

"How are we friends with the hottest and smartest girl in school?" Ned asked as they slowly turned around walking towards their classroom.

"Don't forget Liz," Peter said absentmindedly. He still couldn't believe she kissed him on the cheek.

"Come on dude. Liz is like perfect first kiss, dating and stuff but Nora's the girl-" Peter cut him off.

"Nora's the girl you marry," He said running a hand through his hair.

Ned looked at him before chuckling, "I was going to say take home to your parents but sure," he looked at Peters' face before stopping dead in his tracks, "You like Nora."

"Of course I do."

Ned shook his head. "Not like that. You like her like her."

Peter looked around before quickly shushing Ned, "No I don't."

"Yes, you do."

"Dude let's just get to class," He said.

"How long," Ned said not budging as Peter pushed him towards the classroom.

"I don't know. A while now," Pete said shrugging as he thought about it, "Probably since she walked into the wrong classroom," Peter said anxiously, "But I just think she's pretty. I like Nora. But I think Liz is the one for me." Peter said, the lie rolling off his tongue.

Ned ignored the end of his sentence, "You've liked her for 9 years," Ned was beyond shocked. Actually, he wasn't but still. They finally reached the classroom, sitting in their seats. He saw Liz smiling at something one of her friends said. He looked at her from the corner of his eye watching as she turned to smile at him.

They took their seats, but Ned kept gushing about how he knew it all this time. God, he was going to kill his friend soon.

At lunch, Ned and Peter sat at the table talking but Peter was too distracted, watching as Nora talked to Liz who sat at her table. Nora was leaning over the table, her elbows on the table listening to something she said. Just then one of the footballers walked pass slapping her butt. Peter clenched his fist, knowing he could have killed that guy but knew Nora had it handled. Nora turned smiling as she ran her fingers up his abdomen up to his chest. Her other hand reached for her coke can. She pulled him down for what seemed like a kiss but poured the coke over his hair, before whispering something to him. She sat down this time at Liz's table as people clapped and applauded her. She looked around the cafeteria and her eyes caught Peter's staring. She gave him a small smile before mouthing I'm okay. Peter nodded, giving another forced smile. Nora smiled before turning back to Liz.

"Dude you should seriously stop staring." Ned pushed Peter's arm pulling him back to reality. "Ready for Decathlon, it's in 2 months but I am so excited. We get to go to Washington!"

Peter just nodded still distracted. He saw Nora leave the table walking away towards her locker.

"Ned I've gotta check on something," He said leaving before Ned could say anything, chasing after Nora. He finally reached her seeing her slumped against her locker.

"Nora?" Peter asked cautiously. She didn't answer her head still in her lap, her legs pulled up against her chest. He slowly sat down next to her, placing an arm around her shoulders pulling her closer. She rested her head on his shoulder, her lip trembled, and her eyes burned as she tried to keep her tears at bay. "What's wrong Nora?"

She sucked in a breath, desperately trying to think of something else to say before wiping her eyes, "I shouldn't have to stand up for myself. Women should have equal opportunities. Should be treated with the same damn respect. But when that happens I know I look tough but sometimes it just breaks me. You know?" He didn't. She didn't either, she just needed to say something so he'd forget about her panic attack. So he just held her, knowing there was nothing really he could do.

"Come on Nora," He said standing up and offering her a hand, much like this morning.

"My knight in shining armour," She said taking his hand as he led her down the corridors toward the school entrance, "Are we skipping?" She asked as he looked both ways before running out of the school.

"We only have study and assembly. Besides, I will just call in sick. Come on, let's go have some fun!" He said putting an arm over her shoulder as he led her towards the train station.

It was amazing. They talked and laughed as they walked around the city exploring little bookshops and cupcake places. They sat on a park bench joking around. They sat on the swings, running around the park. It was the perfect date- no perfect afternoon. This was not a date she scolded herself. He led her towards his apartment building his hand wrapped around her shoulder protectively as she leaned her head on his shoulder. She stopped staring at the limousine out the front of his building. Peter continued walking oblivious.

"Peter? Look at this car!" Nora said peeking inside the car. There were bottles of champagne and chocolate galore.

"That's strange, why is it outside my building?" He said quietly. She shrugged watching his curious expression. He shrugged back walking towards the building before stopping outside a garbage can.

"What are you doing Pete?" Nora asked walking up behind him.

"There's this really cool DVD player…" Peter said trying to grab it.

"Come on Pete. I'll buy you a new DVD player. You shouldn't have to dig through the garbage," Nora said quickly stepping back as he grabbed the DVD player. He looked at Nora with a smirk who just gagged and walked back towards his apartment building.

"You know what the DVD player is for smart ass. I could use the parts for the computer," he said as they made their way towards the elevator. They quickly made it to the 7th floor arguing about the DVD player. The elevator door opened and she walked behind Peter saying hi to the little boy that lived downstairs.

"Hey, Sam? How are you going? How's Grade 1?" She asked kneeling down next to him. He smiled showing her his lost tooth, "Wow you lost a tooth. Did the tooth fairy come?" He nodded before looking over her shoulder at Pete who made a funny face. He giggled running off towards the elevator. She sighed as she stood up standing next to Peter who looked at her with a smirk.

"You did that on purpose!" She said as he unlocked the door.

"I have no idea what you are talking about," He said nudging the door open.

"Hey May? Nora and I are here," He said dropping his backpack and DVD player to the ground. She did the same, groaning at her sore shoulders.

"How was school today you two?" May asked.

"Okay, Nora fell a couple of times, oh and there's this crazy car parked outside," Peter said as he walked towards the kitchen with Nora closely behind.

"Yeah," Nora piped up, "It was this sweet limousine! Not as cool as a Porsche or a Ferrari but still," she was cut off as she walked into the back of Peter. "Ouch," she commented as she rubbed her forehead. She looked at Peter watching him stare into the lounge room. She turned her head and gasped loudly. There sitting on his couch was Aunt May, but that wasn't the cool news, beside her was Tony Stark.

"Pete," She whispered, "Pinch me. There's a millionaire sitting on your couch." Peter nodded his mouth still open.

"Billionaire actually but who's counting?" Tony Stark said, "Oh, Mr Parker," he commented eating May's walnut date loaf.

Pete walked forward stammering, "What are you doing…" Nora coughed punching him hard in the shoulder, smiling sweetly at Aunt May.

"Hey," he said in annoyance before realizing what she was doing, "Uh, I'm Peter." He stuttered, moving towards the couch.

"Tony," Mr Stark said pointing to himself. He then looked at Nora who was cautiously standing behind Peter, "And you are?"

"Nora Edmunds, Student Body President of Midtown Science and Technology High School and a huge fan of Game of Thrones," She said with a curtsy.

May rolled her eyes at Nora before whispering something to Mr Stark.

"What are-what is- what are you doing here?" Peter said quickly crossing his arms over his chest.

"It's about time we met," Mr Stark said gesturing to Peter, "You've been getting my emails, right?"

Peter scrunched up his eyebrows before hesitating, "yeah. Yeah. Right, regarding the…"

May replied quickly, "You didn't tell me about the grant."

"Me neither. What the hell are you doing dumbass," Nora whispered behind him.

Peter stepped on Nora's foot telling her to shut up, "About the grant."

"The September Foundation," Tony said quickly.

"Right," Peter breathed out confused.

"Yeah," Mr Stark said quickly, "Remember when you applied?"

"Yeah." Peter rubbed his hands together nervously.

"Know any other words than yeah and right Peter?" Nora questioned.

"Shut up Nora," He whispered back.

"I approved, so now we're in business." Tony took a large gulp from Nora's favourite teacup, finishing the drink.

"Could I have that cup," She asked Mr. Stark, "How much would that be worth considering it has your fingerprint Id and saliva which all in all could be used for illegal activity such as hacking into the Federal-" Peter clammed a hand down over Nora's mouth before she could embarrass him further. Tony just laughed placing the cup in her hands. Peter let her go, hearing her mutter a thank you before grabbing a snap lock bag from the kitchen and placing the cup inside.

"But you didn't tell me anything, and from the looks of it, you didn't tell Nora either. What's up with that?" May questioned, raising her eyebrows.

"Yeah. What is up with that? You keeping secrets from me now?" Nora questioned as well, folding her arms over her chest.

"I just know how much you both love surprises so I thought I would let you know…" turning his head between Nora and Aunt May before turning back to Mr Stark, "anyway, what did I apply for?"

"That's what I'm here to hash out," Tony said gesturing to Peter.

Peter nodded confused, "Okay. Hash it out, okay."

"It's so hard for me to believe that she's someone's aunt," Tony gestured to Aunt May. Nora scoffed, glaring at Tony. Tony flinched when he saw Nora staring at him like that.

Aunt May was the same, "Yeah, well, we come in all shapes and sizes, you know?" She said staring at Nora as if to say, 'can you believe this guy?'

"This walnut date loaf is exceptional," Tony said reaching for another piece.

"Let me just stop you there," Nora said talking about the loaf but Peter looked at her, pleading for her to shut up, "Alright continue."

"Hey is this grant got money involved or whatever? No?" Peter said waving his arms before placing them behind his back.

Tony nodded, "Yeah it's pretty well funded I mean look at me," He said gesturing to himself.

"The billionaire who only looks out for himself. Looking alright but I have to say I'm not impressed…" Nora said looking at Aunt May who was trying to control herself from laughing, "Sorry. I'm pretty sarcastic." She shrugged at Mr Stark before mouthing sorry at Peter.

"Can I have five minutes with him?" Tony asked May who hesitated before saying sure.

Peter led Mr Stark to his room before looking at Nora with a glare. She smirked at him before shrugging innocently. "I can't believe you, Nora," he whispered, "this is an amazing opportunity. I get that your life is all planned out but mine isn't. Is my future a joke to you? Is everything?" He turned around hearing her inhale sharply but chose to ignore it.

Peter walking in hearing Mr Stark lock the door behind him. Tony quickly walked to his bin before spitting out the date loaf, "As walnut date loaves go, that wasn't bad."

"Nora would have to disagree," Peter said quickly, not even realizing he mentioned her name. Tony nodded before walking towards his desk that held the computer parts he had demolished.

"Whoa, what have we here? Retro tech, huh?" Tony said picking up a piece of a motherboard, "Thrift store? Salvation Army?"

Peter looked embarrassed before saying, "uh, the garbage, actually."

"You're a dumpster diver?"

"Yeah, I was… anyway, look, um, I definitely did not apply for your grant… maybe Nora did it under my name but no I didn't…"

"Ah-ah! Me first," Tony said holding up a finger.

"Okay," Peter said quickly gesturing for him to say something.

"Quick question of the rhetorical variety," Tony said holding up his smartphone which showed a screen, "that's you, right?" He said as Spiderman swung past.

"Um no." Peter turned white, well whiter than he already was, "What do you mean?" he stammered again.

"Yeah," Tony said turning the screen again, "look at you go," as he swung past a camera stopping a car from colliding with a bus. "Wow! Nice catch. 3,000 pounds, 40 miles an hour." He put the phone away before stating, "That's not easy. You got mad skills."

"That's a- that's all on YouTube, though right?" Peter said moving towards his computer parts, "That's where you found that? Because you know, that is fake. It's all done on the computer. It's like that video. What is it?"

"Hmm," Tony said unconvinced, "Yeah. Oh, you mean like those UFOs over Phoenix?" he said as he pushed the broom up into the attic space where the Spiderman costume came flying down.

"Exactly," Peter said before looking at the costume dangling rushing and throwing it behind him.

"Oh, what have we here?" Tony said gesturing to Peter.

"Uh…" Peter said leaning against the wall exhaling.

"So…" Tony said walking towards Peter standing in front of him, "You're the Spider-ling. Crime-fighting spider. You're Spider-Boy?"

Peter stood defensively, "Spider-man."

"Not in that onesie, you're not," Tony said turning around.

"It's not a onesie!" He said moving towards his desk, "I don't believe this. I was actually having a really good day today, Mr Stark. Didn't miss my train, Nora said she found Spiderman hot, kissed me on the cheek, Liz smiled at me, Nora and I cut school and had a great afternoon, this perfectly good DVD player was just sitting there… and Algebra test, nailed it," He said with a smile picking up a screwdriver and banging it on the table.

"Who else knows? Anybody?" Peter shook his head, "Not even your unusually attractive aunt or hot girlfriend?"

Peter shook his head, "Nobody. No. No. No! If they knew, they would freak out and Nora is not my girlfriend. Besides if Nora start's freaking out, I freak out because she's the chilliest person you'll ever meet… except when she's studying." He said with a smile.

"You know what I think is really cool? This webbing." Tony threw it at Peter who caught it fast without looking, "That tensile strength is off the charts. Who manufactured that?"

Peter looked at it sheepishly before looking proud, "I did. Nora helped but she doesn't know." He threw it back with his costume.

"Climbing walls. How are you doing that? Adhesive gloves?"

"It's a long story. I was..."

"Lordy! Can you even see in these?"

"Yes," he said snatching the costume defensively, "yes I can. I can see in those. Okay? It is just that when whatever happened, happened…it's like my senses have been dialled to 11. There's way too much input, so they just kinda help me focus."

"You're in dire need of an upgrade. Systemic, top to bottom, hundred-point restoration. That's why I'm here," Peter slowly sat on the bed looking at Mr Stark, "Why are you doing this? I gotta know, what's your MO? What gets you outta that twin bed in the morning? The girl?"

"Kinda. Just… Look…," He couldn't figure out a way to describe his feelings, "Because…Because I've been me my whole life, and I've had these powers for six months. I read books, I build computers. Yeah, I would love to play football, but I couldn't then, so I shouldn't now."

"Sure, cause you're different."

"Exactly. But I can't tell anybody that, so I'm not," he stared at Mr Stark for a second before continuing, "Did you know Nora's studying to become a surgeon. Not because it's her dream but because it's her dads. She smiles anyway and continues because she knows she can help people, her dad mostly. She wanted to be president or an engineer and maybe one day she will be but she just continues following her dad saying 'We can't help everybody but we can help someone.' I want to help people not just stand back. When you can do the things that I can, but you don't…and then the bad things happen… they happen because of you."

Mr Stark sat there for a moment taking it in, "Nora sounds special."

"She is…"

"So you wanna look out for the little guy, you wanna do your part? Make the world a better place, all that, right?" Tony said gesturing with his hands.

"Yeah, just looking out for the little guy, that's what it is," Peter looked at his hands, disappointed he couldn't play a bigger part.

Tony moved and sat at the foot of the bed, before asking, "You got a passport?"

"No, I don't even have a driver's license."

"You ever been to Germany?"

"No?"

"Oh. You'll love it!"

"I can't go to Germany."

"Why?"

Peter didn't say anything, but after overcoming the shock he exclaimed, "I got homework."

Tony sat there with a raised eyebrow, "I'm going to pretend you didn't say that."

"No, I'm being serious. Midterms are coming up. I can't just drop out of school."

"Might be a little dangerous, better tell Aunt Hottie and sarcastic "not your" girlfriend I'm taking you on a field trip," as Tony reached of the door handle Peter quickly stood up webbing Tony's hand to the knob.

"Don't tell Aunt May or Nora. Especially Nora, Aunt May… she's family she has to stick around but Nora… I need her."

"All right, Spider-man. Get me out of this," He said after a little while.

"Sorry I'll get the…" quickly unsticking his arm.

Tony walked out of the room with Peter on his heels. Peter looked around the lounge room seeing only Aunt May, "Where's Nora?"

"She got sick of waiting for you. Went home. She's actually really pissed so if I were you I'd go over there and apologize." Tony looked at Peter nodding. If she was just a part of his motivation then Pete needed her. Peter grabbed his backpack thanking Tony as he ran out of the apartment, not before kissing Aunt May on the cheek. He quickly flew into the elevator pressing the buttons urgently. The doors finally opened and Peter sprinted towards her home, which was only a couple blocks away. He flew up the stairs two at a time, knocking on the door. He waited but there was no reply. He knocked again, this time hearing someone come to the door.

Nora's little brother, Daniel opened the door, wearing pyjamas.

"Hey Daniel, can I come in and talk to Nora?"

Daniel age 11 studied Peter up and down before replying, "No."

Peter was taken back, "What do you mean no?"

"I mean no. She doesn't want to see you right now!"

Peter hung his head before looking up and shouting, "Nora! Can you come out here? Please?"

"Dude, whatever you did she's pissed. Thanks to you I had to do the dishes tonight," Daniel said shrugging as he sat at the doorway.

"What are you doing Danny?" Peter asked the boy who was on the ground.

"Nora paid me 10 bucks not to let you in. I'm tired so I don't particularly want to stand," Daniel said laying his arms out like he was making an angel in the snow.

"Where're your parents?"

"Out at teacher interviews. Charlie might be jumping up a grade because he's so smart or something," Daniel said referring to his younger 8-year-old brother.

"Come on Nora. Please," He pleaded knowing she was somewhere in the house.

"Daniel," Nora said from the kitchen, "Tell Peter to leave."

Daniel pointed to his sister, "You heard the lady," he said dramatically pretending to sleep.

"Nora," Pete pleaded, "Can you just come and talk outside? Five minutes?"

Nora crumbled reluctantly, stepping over her brother as she held a 10 dollar note out to him. He took it, bowed and returned to his room as Nora closed the door behind her.

She stood there in front of Peter waiting for him to say something.

He looked at her face clearly seeing much anger, her eyes glaring at him as she crossed her arms over her chest.

"Can I help you?"

"Come on Nora. Please, I'm sorry I left you but that was Mr Stark-"

"I don't care about that. You treated me like some imbecile telling me to shut up. I get that you wanted to impress him but I'm your friend. Being embarrassing is in my blood. And don't you dare get mad at me saying that I consider your future a joke. You know how hard it is for me. Being forced to go through this one door whether I like it or not. And if I refused I know it'll be one of my brothers who will have to be a doctor and give up their dreams. I know I have everything planned out but I never considered your future as a joke. You as a joke. I have stood beside you since we were born as your friend and this is how you treat me?" Nora ranted on the verge of tears. Peter's eyes are watery as he reached for her arm but she stepped back out of his grasp. All he wanted to do was apologize. Nora had had it with his silence. "Say something!" She screamed at him as she pushed him towards the elevator. "Say something!" She kept shouting as she pushed him down the corridor, tears streaming down her face. He let her though, knowing she had to get her frustration out. She finally stopped, keeping her hands on his chest as a sob racked her body. Peter slowly held her hands trying to comfort her but she quickly stormed away.

What he did next was stupid.

Really stupid.

He slung his web at her hand and pulled her back towards him until they stood chest to chest. She looked confused as she rested her hands on his chest until she realized what happened.

"Oh My God. You're, You're…"

He replied with a nod.

"Spiderman," they both replied at the same time.