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Chapter 3: Homecoming

The school was unusually busy the moment Peter entered the building. The halls were filled with chattering from sea of people, the atmosphere holding with excitement. He wondered why was today so special than the rest.

"Hey, Parker! Watch where you're going!" a nasty laugh shouted as all of a suddenly, Peter got slammed into his locker.

Peter growled from annoyance and he made a death glare look at the boy who ran down the hallway with his friends. In all honesty, he wanted nothing more than to use his web shooters and shoot him out the window and say it was an accident but like with all heroes, Peter couldn't break the one sacred rule.

Never show your identity unless the situation is drastic.

Huffing, Peter resumed his task before he was roughly slammed into the locker. After getting the books, he made his way towards his first class where he knew his friend, Ned would be there, waiting for him as always.

As Peter got to his seat, he dumped his things on the table which startled Ned.

"Hey, Pete," he greeted.

"Hi," Peter replied gloomily, slumping against the chair.

Ned raised an eyebrow as he studied him. He sighed. "Lemme guess: rowdy Thompson shoved you in the locker?"

"Yeah…"

Ned groaned. "Oh, Pete. You can't give him the satisfaction. You have to stand up for yourself."

"Can I give him a taste of his own medicine?"

Ned opened his mouth only to pause as he briefly approved of the idea but decided against.

"No," he flatly refused. "It'll just make you the bad guy which I know you're not."

Peter groaned. He looked around and the room eventually began to be filled with students. His eyes lit up when he saw Liz with her friend and they seemed to be talking excitedly which reminded Peter.

"Hey, by the way, why is everyone excited today?" Peter asked.

"Oh," Ned rolled his eyes. "It's the upcoming Homecoming. You know, for welcoming back students and stuff. People are so excited about it especially with the girls. It's always a hit."

"Uh-huh…"

Ned looked up from his stuff and he eyed Peter, trailing his gaze which earned him to smirk.

"You know, I think you should ask her out," he said suddenly.

"What?" Peter asked sharply.

"You love her. Have a crush on her. You stare creepily at her. ("I do not!" Peter insisted.) So just why not ask her? Homecoming is the perfect opportunity to do so. And who knows," he shrugged. "You may find out if she likes you or not."

Peter's eyes lit up with delight. "Really?"

Ned smirked. "No. Who would want to like you?"

Peter scowled. "Jerk."

School went pretty eventful, minus Flash Thompson which Peter hated him with his guts. No sooner or later, they eventually reached the final period which was gym. Ned kept on picking Peter how he doesn't have the guts to ask Liz out for Homecoming and Ned talked non-stop until they reached outside at the field. They were supposed to do track and field which was one of Peter's worst sports. Even if he was Spider Man, he was terrible at jumping over the obstacles.

"Hey, look. There she is now," Ned pointed to the girl who was hanging up the banner at the building. "Go ask her while the class hasn't started."

He shoved Peter to that direction where he stumbled over his footings.

"Alright, chill," Peter said. He stared at the girl, eyes closed and took a deep breath.

Here goes nothing. And I swear on my life that I would kill Ned if something embarrassing were to happen.

As he was going, all of a sudden, time suddenly went slow for Peter as he watched the next scene. Liz moved towards closer to the edge of the ladder in order to even the banner but she lost her footing which earned exclaims of shouts from her friends. Acting on instinct, Peter ran towards Liz in hopes of reaching her in time. Much to his relief, he caught her by grabbing the loose ends of the banner just as Liz fell down.

Liz shrieked as she was riding down the banner and when she reached the end, she stumbled against Peter who fell at the ground.

"I've got you," Peter breathed.

Liz awkwardly moved herself so she could look at her saviour only to give a small smile.

For a minute, it felt like Peter's heart had just skipped a beat when she was staring at him until he remembered that she fell down from a height where she could've injured herself.

"You okay?" Peter asked.

Liz nodded as she moved herself away from him. "Yeah…yeah, I'm fine."

"Liz!" her friends called out.

"I'm fine!" she replied.

Peter moved out of the way and got up so he could help her out. Liz gave a last smile.

"Thanks Pete,"

Peter, who was still gazing at her absent-mindedly, nodded. "Yeah…no…problem…"

As Liz was walking away, Peter finally snapped back to reality as he realized that he needed to ask her something. Good thing that she wasn't with her friends yet who were running towards her.

"Hey uh, Liz!" Peter called out.

Liz stopped walking and turned to face him. "Yeah?"

Peter stared at her, temporarily forgetting what he was supposed to do. He felt all tingling inside and his heartbeat went faster than usual.

Oh my God…oh my God…I'm going to kill Ned.

"Uhm…that is…if you aren't…erm…" Peter stumbled which made Liz giggle. "Er…I…Homecoming…"

Liz gave him a weird look. "Sorry Pete but I can't understand you in that language," she grinned.

Peter took a deep breath. "Would you like to go to the Homecoming with me?" he blurted out.

Liz blinked before her smile widened, nodding. "Sure…yeah sure. I would like to."

"Alright. Okay…uh, cool. That's cool." Peter replied.

Liz laughed. "See you later,"

"Yeah bye…bye…" he continued to gaze at her until this time, reality actually hit him hard.

Wait a minute…his eyes went wide. Oh my God…I've just asked Liz out…

"Oh my God," Peter breathed with eyes wide.

Grinning, Peter walked back to Ned who couldn't stop laughing at the boy.

"I…uh…er…" Ned laughed. "You're so hopeless, Peter."

"Shut up," he playfully shoved him.

Ned smirked. "And I think you should thank me,"

Peter snorted. "Over your dead body."

"Alright class. Let's begin!" the teacher exclaimed.

Author's Note: Peter you fool XD but we all love Peter aha. This was a fun chapter; no action but that will change in the next one! So while writing with this, I've decided to make all seven books (I'm currently planning out for the sixth book) and as we go on, each of them will go darker and darker so it will be cool ^^ toodles!