Chapter Two: A Rooftop Q&A
"Hey Alex! You ready?" Jenna asked as Alex opened the door.
"Yup, you?" Alex asked with a grin. Jenna nodded and practically pulled Alex out the door and towards subway. Alex barely had time to grab her bag from its peg next to the door.
"You're going to love this movie, it's amazing!" Jenna told her as they waited for the train. Alex listened as Jenna told her all about the movie, and just like Alex had guessed, it was a romance. They got to the theater early and got their favorite seats. Alex didn't normally like romance movies, but this one she did.
"So, what do you want to get for dinner?" Alex asked with a grin as they walked out of the theater, it was almost seven and Alex knew that both of them were hungry. Jenna shrugged.
"You pick, but somewhere close to home, ok?" Jenna told her. Alex nodded, she already had a place in mind. There was a little burger place close to Alex's apartment that she knew Jenna would love. It doesn't take too long before Alex is opening the door to Greg's Burgers. Jenna sat down at a table as Alex went up to the counter to order the burgers. Currently, they were the only consumers. They had just started eating their burgers when Alex's spider sense started tingling. She heard the door open and saw a woman enter. Alex glanced at Jenna and made a decision, she quietly opened her bag and pulled on her web shooters.
"I'm only going to say this once, empty the register and no one gets hurt." The woman says. Alex heard the sound of a pocket knife opening and looked at Jenna again. Jenna had heard what was happening and started nervously tapping her foot on the ground. Other than that the two of them pretended that they didn't hear the conversation happening. Alex was pulling out her hoodie from her old costume when she heard the register opening.
"I'll explain later," Alex told Jenna before putting the hoodie on and standing up. Jenna's mouth fell open as Alex puts on her special glasses.
"You better," Jenna said as Alex stood up.
"Hey, we were having a good dinner until you decided to crash it." Alex said walking over. The woman turns around and Alex saw the knife she was holding, Alex wanted to laugh, but didn't, the knife is tiny.
"Buzz off kid, I don't have time for you." The woman said. Alex shrugged then leaned against a pillar folding her arms.
"One, I hate being called a kid," Alex said in a light tone, as if the two of them were talking about the weather. "Second, are you really holding up a burger place with a glorified kids toy?" The woman looked at the knife in her hand then back at Alex with a flash of anger behind her eyes.
"Don't you have a cat in a tree to save or something?" The woman asked.
"Maybe after this, but right now, you have two options," Alex said. "One, you stay here and get arrested, or number two, you leave and don't do anything like this again." The woman looked at the door and shrugged, Alex thought she was going to leave, but then the woman reached over and grabbed a handful of cash from the still open register. Alex sighed and webbed her hand to the counter before she can run off. Then she grabbed one of the paper bags from the counter and packed up the food she and Jenna had been eating.
"Um, what are you doing?" Jenna asked.
"Just come on," Alex said. The guy working the front counter hadn't moved, and Alex wanted to get out before he called the cops. "See ya later man," Alex calls as they walk out. Alex stuffed the food in her backpack and looked at Jenna.
"What?" Jenna asked.
"Grab on," Alex said and held out her arm. Jenna wrapped her arm around Alex's shoulders and looked at her curiously.
"Ok, what are we doing?" Jenna asked. Alex didn't answer, instead, she starts swinging them down the street. When she set Jenna down on the top of a building she pulled her mask off and her face is red.
"Ok, look, I should have told you earlier," Alex said. "But I might be the White Spider." Alex doesn't meet Jenna's eyes. Jenna took one look at her girlfriend and closed the distance between them to kiss her.
"And I think you're the best hero out of them all," Jenna says with a smile. "Now, can I ask you something?" Alex nods smiling.
"Ask away," Alex says.
"I know that we just started school like five weeks ago," Jenna says slowly. "But would you like to go to prom with me in the spring?" Alex just blinked.
"What?" Alex asked surprised. Out of all the things she had imaged happening after she told Jenna her secret, Jenna asking her to prom was not one of them.
"I mean, if you don't want to we don't have to," Jenna said quickly. But Alex cut her off by kissing her. "Is that a yes?" Alex giggled and kissed Jenna again.
"That is a capita yes," Alex said with a huge smile. "Now, do you want to finish the food?" Jenna nodded and they sit on top of the building looking out over New York as they eat the last few bites of the burgers. It's about ten o'clock before Alex drops Jenna off at home. Jenna promised not to tell anyone about Alex being a superhero and Alex promised to see her at school on Monday. Alex walked home feeling happier then she had in a long time. When she got home, she had an idea, she talked with Justin for a moment, then rushed to her workroom. She opened her paints and started working on the painting of her and Jenna. She didn't stop until she was finished, and when she did the painting was just like the photo, except that now she was wearing a white hoodie with a purple spider on the front in the panting. No mask, no glasses, just her and Jenna, she could finally be herself around her family, and that was the best feeling she had ever felt.
The next day she showed up at Stark Tower a little early, but when she went inside the lady at the desk smiled at her and handed her a card. Alex then walked over to an elevator and looked at all the floors.
"Hello, Ms. Alexandra," said a sweet voice, it sounded female. Alex looked around the elevator, but she was alone.
"Hello?" Alex said hesitantly.
"I am, Friday, Mr. Stark's artificial intelligence system," Friday said. Alex laughed.
"I should have known, Stark Industries is the leading in AI development," Alex said. "Now, can you take me to Tony?" As a response the panel next to her lit up with LAB 10 (Authorized Personnel Only). Alex smiled as she felt the elevator start moving. It didn't take long before the elevator opened to a huge workspace.
"Please refrain from touching anything until Mr. Stark arrives," Friday said as the elevator doors closed. Alex walked over to a table with unfinished projects scattered across it. She looked around and saw that this was the most advanced place she had ever been in. Over in a corner was a huge flat screen TV, across most of the middle of the room was a huge work table, along all the walls there were tools and half-finished projects. She ran her hand along the huge work table and heard a soft beep, then a holoscreen popped up right in front of her. Alex quickly pulled a chair over and sat down. She clicked to open a new folder and started playing with the 3D designing software. She was still using the holoscreen when the elevator opened again. She turned around to see Tony Stark walk in. She grinned and used her hands to make her designs bigger. Tony came over and looked at what she had been designing.
"Are you telling me that you came up with all of this in fifteen minutes?" Tony asked. Alex nodded and started highlighting different parts.
"This would cut the average energy cost for a house by a lot," Alex told him. "I came up with the different designs so quick because they use a lot of the same parts." Tony looks impressed as Alex started explaining everything that she had been designing. She had redesigned several different household appliances to be super energy efficient.
"It looks great, hook this up to solar or an Arc Reactor and you would have the most energy efficient house on the block," Tony said zooming in on parts of the designs. He gave her a few suggestions before pulling up the designs for her suit.
"Hold on! She gets to use the holo on her first day! You didn't let me use it for three months!" Peter said with mock indignation as he stepped out of the elevator.
"Well, 'she' also figured out how to use it in two seconds instead of opening up most of my files at once," Tony said with a small grin. Peter's cheeks turned red and he set his bag down by the elevator.
"Fine, you got me there," Peter sighed. Peter joined the other two and they started going through some designs together. They worked on some random projects before starting on the suits, Tony asked Alex to tell him about what she thought of the suit, things she thought could be improved, and things that she wanted added or redesigned. Peter mostly just worked on his suit by himself, but Tony and Alex go over and help him a lot so he's not left out. Then Alex and Peter worked on their homework together for a bit before going back to tinkering with various things.
Alex ends up spending the entire day inside Tony's lab, and it's not until Friday says something that Alex realizes how late it is.
"Crap! I need to go!" Alex said grabbing her bag. "See you guys next week?" Tony nodded and goes back to working on a new Iron Man suit.
"Bye, Alex!" Peter called from the other side of the lab, she thinks he's working on a new formula for Web Fluid. Alex gave him a quick salute and hurried to the elevator. She took the subway home and by the time she gets back, it's just passed nine thirty. There was a note on the coffee table from Justin telling her that he was taking the night shift at the hospital that night and not to stay up super late. Alex had done her homework at the lab, so she pulled on her new suit and heads out through her window. It didn't take long for her to hear the soft sounds of sirens in the distance, she followed the sound and starts her first night super-heroing in the new suit. Around eleven Alex crawled back through her window. She was slightly sore from crashing into a few buildings, as her new web shooters were more reactive then her old ones, getting used to them took some time. But other than that she had had a pretty good night. Saved a pair of twins from a fire, stopped a few muggings, helped a guy who had gotten his door jammed, and returned a lost dog to her owners. She fell asleep happy and ready for whatever the next day would bring.
Alex woke up to her alarm at six which was set to play 'Non-Stop' from Hamilton. She got up and grabbed a pair of jeans and a long-sleeved shirt with the Deathly Hallows symbol on it from Harry Potter and went into the bathroom. She got dressed after a shower and brushed her hair before going back to her room. She put her boots on and checked her backpack to make sure that she had all her homework. She went into the kitchen and scrambled up some eggs and sausage to put in a breakfast sandwich. She made herself a mug of coffee and turned to head out the door. But before she did she grabbed a notepad and wrote Justin a short note, he wasn't going to wake up anytime soon, after night shifts it was rare to see him up before eleven. Alex left and walked to the subway as she ate her breakfast. She got to school just a few minutes early, so she went to her locker and put her now empty coffee cup in it.
"Hey, you," Jenna said as she hugged Alex. Alex laughed and turned around to hug her back.
"Hey," Alex said smiling. "Come on, the bell's going to ring soon." Jenna nodded and they walked down the quickly filling halls.
"So, you want to come over this weekend?" Jenna asked.
"Sure, It'll be fun," Alex said with a smile just as the bell rang. The rest of the school day went by like normal, although Alex did see Peter talking to M.J, his face red as MJ laughed. Alex had a feeling that he had told her, and most likely she had already known, hence the laughter Alex heard. But other then that nothing happened out of the ordinary that day, and the next few months were some of the best of Alex's life, but it didn't last.

Author's note:

Kinda short chapter this week, but next week things get better, it's about to get real interesting real fast. Hope y'all enjoy! See you next week!