He wanted to write her, but she's already done that first. Just after he turned on laptop he saw a facebook message:
„U told harrington?"
It was about two hours old, so she must have written it while he was still jumping around Queens. He replied:
„Yes, of course"
He didn't want the conversation to end ther, so he asked, event tho maybe he shouldn't:
„Is your family ok today?"
„Kind of, I guess. The was no argumnt in the house today, which is very uncommon"
„I'm happy because of that and just so, so sorry that it's not like this everyday"
„Yeah, I know, you've said it like a million times already"
„It's just because I don't know what else to tell you. I'm just so sorry I can't help you in any way. Also I'm sorry that I kept you awake for so long last night, you were probably very tired today"
„Stop blaming yourself for everything, seriously. I'm a free human and I can turn off Facebook if I want to"
„I'm just so sorry"
„Stop apologizing, jeez, you did nothing wrong. And you helped me, you did what I asked you for"
„It was nothing, I just told Harrington that you have a dentist appointment"
„How was the practise?"
„Totally normal, kind of boring I would say. You know like sometimes we go into this offtopic discussions about stuff that we learn about and make jokes and learn shit but it's fun? It wasn't like it at all."
„You got all the answers right as always"
„No, I made a mistake once"
„What? What happened to you?"
„Nothing, I always make some mistakes"
„Not true"
„I sometimes make mistakes"
„More like you make a mistake once in a few months"
„Ok, probably"
„Are you a robot? Is this what you're hiding?"
„What? No. And I'm not hiding anything"
„Yeah, you almost got me there"
For a brief second he considered telling Michelle he is Spider-man, but that would be stupid. Especially over trackable Facebook account. Also she really was very observant. Or maybe obsessed with him?
„Really, I have no secrets. What are you talking about"
„You had to stop attending so many classes because of Stark internship? They don't want you to learn there by any chance?"
„They weren't forcing me to skip them if that's what you mean, I just wanted more time, because I already have so little"
„And you are also skipping sleep second night in a row, how do you even function?"
„I menage. Hardest part is to remember to eat"
„How can you even forget that, wtf"
„I forget that all the time, I work for many hours and then I am super hungry, because I haven't eat anything all day"
„How do you even function. Is this a boy puberty thing? I've heard that testosterone makes people more capable of physical effort"
He really is terrible at keeping secrets. He should remember once and for all that he should not talk to people about weird things his body does at all, because puberty doesn't cover that.
„Maybe. But my effort is less of the physical kind and more going into physics"
„Oh my God, that's so lame I can't even"
„What, physics? I don't think it's lame, it's beautiful"
„No, this joke was lame"
„I make lame jokes because I'm a loser"
„You so are"
He was a little anxious to post his response, but he could always make it into another lame joke.
„You don't think I'm a loser at all, you want me to be your friend"
„Even if so, I wouldn't tell"
„Why exactly?"
„I only express negative emotions"
„And why is that?"
„Just like you don't know. I'm super sure you are actually a little ball of anxiety and insecurieties like all of us nerds"
„Tbh yes and no from me. I know the feeling for sure, but I feel kind of over with it"
„How do you do that? Seriously, I need to know"
He was so terrible at keeping secrets. So, so terrible. He wasn't really thinking about it before from this perspective, but since he bacame Spider-man it was harder for him to care about his social status and things like that. He became much more laid back when it comes to school and relations with people. So what to tell her?
„I don't know, really. I always think about worst thing that might actually happen and reconcile with the idea before actually doing anything risky, like expressing positive emotions can be.
„Easy in theory"
„What is the worst possible outcome of you telling me you actually want me as a friend?"
Is he hosting some kind of therapy now?
„You would tell me that I suck and that you would never willingly talk to me and laugh at the idea of ever being friends with me"
„Ok, I said possible. What the shit with me not wanting to talk to you? We've been talking for hours now. Also I don't think you suck. And I wouldn't laugh at you"
„You just say that, because you're nice"
„Congrats, you've just expressed your first positive emotion"
„Maybe I would like to be friends with you. Happy now?
„Yes I am, are you happy too? You've just gained a friend, because I would like to be friends with you too, of course"
„Why would you like to be friends with me?"
„Why not?"
„Why yes?"
„I don't know, I like talking to you? And I think you are very smart and funny, that is when you say anything at all, you aren't very talkative, when you talk to me irl you mainly insult me"
„You mind that very much?"
„Not really, those are funny insults, much better than repeating Penis Parker for million times"
„I still have no idea why don't you just respond him with something like „My name is Penis Parker, because my dick is so big", he would shut up inmediately"
„a) I don't like to brag about my big dick b) I haven't thought about that"
„It's because you are nice and I am mean"
He typed „You are not mean" but quickly deleted it, because she kind of was.
„At least you have a reply for shit like that, I do nothing"
Conversation went deeper into the night and memories from grade school, mainly in the matter of bulling. He felt guilty for not letting her sleep again, but what was his main concern was chemistry that they were going to have next day, because it's a class they were attending together.
