Okay, okay I know that it's been like forever since I last updated, but come on, the girl's got some school work to do. Anyway I finally did this chapter, which is so far my most favorite one. So presenting before you the third chapter. Well this one not really needed in the storyline but I just decided to do it because after all the characters need a break too right? So yeah here it is. Now I've never been to New Jersey, or heck not even to the US so excuse me if some of my descriptions will not be to the point.
I'm sorry if I could not describe the starting scenes perfectly, I'm not much of an out-going person, you know. So there will be some what you call 'slight smooching' here. Gosh, I love that kind of stuff! Anyway let's get you into the story.
ZWENJOY!
Chapter 3: Cerulean Fantasies
It was almost an adjacent place to paradise. The breeze blew slowly, whistling merry tunes as it hit the palm trees in the distance. The sand beneath felt unreasonably smooth and welcoming. And who could miss the magnificent cerulean water spread across the miles? It was crystal clear, cool and beautiful. The vastness of the ocean was an embracing experience. The setting sun at the horizon of the ocean seemed like a smirking child, warm and innocent. This was a perfect place to be. This was a place where you could lose yourself, amidst the bustling nature and beauty. And not just one type of beauty…
She adjusted her sunglasses, while smiling contently at a certain someone. There he stood, with his messy brown hair flowing gently to the pace of the wind. His soft skin reflected the sunshine and he seemed to glow in some radiance. His eyes were bright and they were smiling. You may be wooed by the surroundings but to her he was the most alluring thing present over there. Everything else was faint in front of his charming face. She didn't care how good the ocean was, all she could see was him; her guy.
Seeing her lost in his thought, he walked up towards her. Gazing into her emerald greens his hands reached out to her stomach, tickling it slightly. She quickly swap back to reality and shrugged, making him chuckle. His laugh, which was her weakness. But she pouted like a child and folded her arms before saying, "What are you? A five year old?"
He smiled lopsidedly before answering, "Maybe, but at least I'm not a slow oldie!"
"What? You're so dead now!" she exclaimed whilst chasing him.
Surprisingly she was faster than he had expected. She caught up and jumped upon him, making him fall over her on the golden sand beneath them. Both of them stared into each other's equally stunning eyes before she smirked.
"Not bad for a slow oldie, huh?" she teased him, rubbing her nose against his then getting up to her feet.
"Possibly but now let's test your escape skills, shall we?" he swiftly turned up and wrapped his strong arms around her with a menacing smile curling his lips.
"More like, kissing skills I suppose", she replied ruffling his hair, returning his flirty tone. He just rolled his eyes, aware of her terrible sense of humor. But he just knew what she meant. She licked her lips for once before leaning in. At last she could have him all to herself. She could have him all in herself. She just loved that feeling. But before she could feel soft flesh against her lips, she was hit by a wave. A wave of reality….
Liz slowly opened her eyes only to find a more familiar location, a square room full of tables and chatter of students. Plates of unfinished meal lying almost on every single table. The usual smell of food. Cafeteria. Jeez, she hated this place. Seriously, her Brother Mark's room was less messy than the school's cafeteria.
When she searched for the source of the disturbance, she found that her best friend, Teresa was shaking her hysterically.
"Finally, Liz are you back with us?" Teresa sighed gently.
"Huh? What do you mean Ter?" she was completely unfazed right now. Wait where was that astounding ocean that perfect sunset, and most important of all, 'HER' boy? Was she..? No she couldn't be daydreaming, right?
"Liz, are you okay? You've been staring at god-knows-where for like 15 minutes or so. When we tried to talk, you just smiled to yourself. And now you don't even know that?" Teresa said in a worrying tone.
"Uh ah not just smiling, blushing to be exact. And we all know for whom that comes for", another girl, Taylor said in a knowing tone.
Everyone giggled silently except for Liz. She turned a slight shade of crimson.
"I'm…I'm fine. It's just that I might have been distracted for a while. I think I was sort of daydreaming", she answered, embarrassed. Then she told them about the whole situation. Like how it was so weird. Yet how much she liked it. And well, how that guy was none other than the web head.
The group busted into laughter as some people around eyed them. After calming down Tracie asked," Well isn't it ironic? I mean today morning we were told that we're going to Cape May (a beach in New Jersey) for the annual school trip and now your little dream. Are we getting somewhere with this?" she added in a teasing tone to which everyone just 'Hmm-ed'.
Actually Midtown High had planned a relaxing trip to a nearby beach for the juniors just for a break from all of the bone-wreaking syllabus. It wasn't exactly a 'Nearby' trip as the journey was quite 3 hours long so they were going to stay for the night. There had been quite a buzzing of this sudden surprise in the 11th graders, to which Liz wasn't an exception.
The girls suddenly went all silent and smiled at each other knowingly. Liz straightened up a bit and did her best to look normal. Peter was just walking by, exiting the cafeteria when his eyes locked up with those of Liz. He smiled genuinely and waved at her. She did nothing but gulped hard.
Did he just? Yes he did. Oh My God! I can't believe it….
She just stared at the exit long after he was gone. The girls were already giggling.
"Earth to Elizabeth", Taylor smirked. Liz just rolled her eyes.
"It's official now. Our dearest Liz Allan has just foreshadowed the beach day", Rae announced.
"Amen to that!" everyone echoed in unison.
'Just shut up already", Liz said pretending to be annoyed. Suddenly she remembered something. She quickly stood up on her feet, "Hey I just got something to do. I'll be back in five", she said before walking out of the room.
"Anyone wanna guess where she's heading?" Taylor smirked.
"PETER!" everyone amplified once again.
Peter was walking down the hallway into his next class, French. That's when he heard a certain feminine voice calling his name. He knew that voice too well, Ava. He quickly turned around to find out a certain dark haired girl walking up towards him. There weren't many students in the hallway so he was actually quite glad.
"Hey Ava", he replied smiling. Something about him told Ava that he was in a good mood. Well, he was a happy-go-lucky person. Correction, he used to be. Anyway, she confronted him and shared his smile.
"HI Pete. How you've been?" she asked genuinely. Peter was stunned a little. This was a new thing to him. Ava had never asked neither told him anything out-of-business. But he actually quite liked this little loosened up version of Ava.
"Never better", he said with a thumbs up with his gaze focused on her face. An awkward silence passed before Peter cleared his throat.
"So about the other night, I'm sorry that I stormed off like that. I was just…disturbed, you know", he said avoiding eye contact.
"No, it's okay. I can understand. This wouldn't be easy", she said in a slight monotone.
"Yeah, I mean no. It isn't that bad…" he trailed off thinking abruptly as to why only Ava was the one who could understand him this well. It was almost like she could read his mind. Like they had some kind of internal bond within them. A tap on his shoulder startled him out of his trance.
"Hello...? Peter….? Is Peter Parker still alive in there?" she said and giggled slightly.
"Uhhh…hehe", he chuckled nervously before he noticed something.
He realized that he couldn't help but gaze at the brown eyed girl in front of him. He couldn't take his eyes off her. He missed her laugh, he missed her lighter side and he missed her beauty. He was surprised how he never realized truly how beautiful Ava was, but now he was able to recognize her features in a whole new way. He loved it when she let go of her softer emotions, it was just that she wasn't the most open person. He joined in with her as they both continued to laugh until a voice merged in with them.
"Hey there Peter", A sweet voice called out and in a moment there stood a slender blonde with a fresh hue of red on her face. She nodded at Ava but her full attention seemed to be only towards the wall crawler.
"Hey, Elizabeth right? Nice to meet you again." He said with his usual smile.
"Yeah, thanks. But I don't suppose that I know you", she said turning towards Ava.
"Oh well I'm Ava Ayala…" she began but was cut off by Peter.
"She's one of my closest friend, he paused to notice her secret smirk but then again continued, and Ava this here is Liz Allan and I think that you might know her."
"Yes of course. It's a pleasure to meet you. Well you guys continue I gotta go. See you later." She waved and moved towards her class. Liz waved back but then she thought about Ava. She really was a lucky girl. To be able to be so close to Peter. Of course not in that way, but still she was a tiny bit jealous because he seemed to be very relaxed when around her. Like he could share everything with her.
"So you wanted to say something?" Peter asked casually.
"Yeah actually I wanted to ask you about the trip. I mean are you coming to Cape May?" she replied in a low tone.
"I don't know. I mean I gotta ask my Aunt if she's okay with it. I don't think that she'll have a problem so probably that a yes", he said, smiling.
"REALLY?" she squeaked loud enough for the whole corridor to hear. She quickly put her hands over her mouth after getting those words out.
"Whoa, you sure do have one hell of a voice", he said looking back and forth.
That made her blush madly. Geez, couldn't she just control her excitement?
Stupid, stupid, stupid, stupid….
She mentally cursed herself before saying, "Oh, I'm so sorry about that. Well I guess that's good that you'll be along there with me…No, no, no I mean not with me but... Ah never mind. See you", she grinned lopsidedly before disappearing, leaving Peter more confused than ever.
Seriously? Along with me?
Liz face palmed herself as she remembered the previous encounter. That wasn't the best thing to say, she thought. She made her way to her table but her mind kept turning back to Ava. Damn, was she really just a friend? She could see the way he looked at her, with so much trust and sincerity and something else she couldn't quite decipher. Could he be in lo…No, no, no what are you thinking Liz? She's just a good friend of his, that's all.
Soon, the thoughts melted away from her mind as she joined in to the chatter with her friends.
When Peter entered French class, the teacher Mr. Dubois was already there. The red color on his face indicated that Peter was in a big trouble. He also saw Ava standing there with a book in her hands, an amused look on her face.
Crap, I'm late again?
"I'm sorry, Mr. Dubois…" he started but was cut off by Dubois' firm voice.
"Francias, Monsieur Parker."
"Uhhh…je..." he started but he didn't know what to say. He just hoped that someone might help him. So finally Ava spoke up
"Je suis desole (I'm sorry)."
"Mademoiselle (miss) Ayala, it wasn't asked you to answer the question. And now Monsieur Parker, as a punishment you will have to answer some of the questions."
"Alright, I guess", he said smiling weirdly.
"Mademoiselle Ayala, please continue", he said narrowing his eyes.
"Okay. So can you translate Bonne-nuit into English?" She said calmly.
"Ha, I know that one. Its Good Night", he said, proudly.
"Merci?"
"Thank you."
"Salu or Bonjour?"
"Hello."
"Au revoir?"
"Goodbye."
"Beau?"
"Beautiful."
"Uhhh…"
"What happened Miss Ayala? Please continue. Mr. Parker is doing very well. Don't break his streak", he said smirking.
'Yeah, bring it on", he said smiling ear to ear.
She raised an eyebrow before speaking hesitantly, Je T'aime?"
"I love you."
The whole class busted into laughter. Ava gave him a death glare. Peter didn't know what was so funny but when he saw the smirk on Sam's face he came to a painful realization.
"Uh oh…" He knew that he was never going to hear the end of it.
"Does 'Je T'aime' really mean I love you? Or was it just to…you know? Sam said nudging Peter in the arm.
"Sam I'm telling you for the last goddamn time that it was a freaking mistake", he said with a huge frown.
"Yeah, tell that to the whole school", he said with a vicious smile.
Jeez
The whole school had been buzzing with what they so-called 'confession'. Seriously, there was nothing to talk much about. It was just a spur of Peter's excitement. Nothing of it was really true. But the school just needed something to chew into. And that something was that Peter said 'I love you' to Ava. Many didn't even knew the real incident. There were just rumors and false additions to actually what had happened. But of course, it was a high school and like all of its counterparts, these sort of things spread like fire. And it didn't take long until it reached Liz's ears.
Ava was fuming too. She knew that it was just a pure mistake but yet she was so furious right now. He could've said that he didn't know the answer. Or that this word didn't exist. Hell, he could've just thrown one of his lame-ass excuses. The girls around every corner were whispering about her. That's when her phone beeped.
"I'm Sorry".
She didn't need to move her head to notice whose message it was. Peter, of course. But she didn't wanted to talk anything about it right now. She just switched off her phone and walked out of the hallway. That's when she saw Liz coming from the other end. Her usual smile was nowhere to be seen but replaced by a furious expression. As they crossed paths, their eyes locked for a moment, but they were so flooded with jealousy and anger that Ava could not bear to see through them. So she just jerked her head and kept moving.
Liz couldn't hold that expression for long. She could feel her eyes flooding. She felt like she could cry at any moment now. Why? What had she ever done so wrong that this had happened? Why had Ava got what she deserved? Those all questions were for that only guy. The guy who had stolen her heart for the very first time. The guy who belonged to her.
Peter was in a bigger conflict.
Jeez, why did I even go to that fucking French class?
That's when his mind raced through a thought. If he was only Peter Parker, this wouldn't have even mattered. But him being Spiderman changed everything, he realized that now. Nothing about him will ever be personal. And he knew that he was going to regret that. But the biggest issue right now was to convince and apologize to Ava. That was the greatest priority of our web head for now. Even if that meant sidelining a certain blonde who was just around the corner waiting for him. And the perfect opportunity for that was the school trip.
Everyone had plans for the journey, but no one knew what 'Cape May' had to offer them…
Okay so that's it for the 3rd chapter. I know I've been off for a while and this isn't the chapter to make up for it but still I hope that y'all will forgive me. The next chapter is going to be the big 'reveal'. So stay tuned for the drama unfolds, with Spidey stuck in-between two of the most brilliant girls of Midtown high amidst his identity crisis.
As always, all of the gracious people who reviewed the last chapter:
Man285: Thanks for your support. Well, I'm really glad that you think I'm creative XD. Don't worry, you'll know soon as to why Peter did this. Damn, how did you know that I was a RobRae shipper too? I guess because of the hints I gave in the chapter but anyway I gotta admit that you got a good eye in there!
The Story's Shadow: Thank you for your generous review. I really look up to you. If I couldn't call you my idol, but an inspiration to all the budding writers like me. Yeah, MJ and Ava have less moments in the show so I thought that I could give them some.
Death Fury: Aww, thanks dude. And here the new update is, Tada!
DJKitKat12: Well in that case, Tiger: Raven, Nova: Beast Boy, Cyborg: Luke, Danny: Starfire, Spidey: Robin. I mentioned that in the chapter, just in case you didn't notice ;P
