Chapter Seven: The Beginning of Heroes

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Gregary Fritsch: Is Natasha Romanov going to join the harem?

I don't know. I might add her to one of them maybe. Would you guys rather see her with Peter or Callum?

Hey guys, sorry for the late update. I've been having trouble writing this one. I apologize if you find it lackluster, but tried my best. I might change a few things in the future, and if I do, I'll notify you here on the author notes. This chapter I tried to concentrate more on Callum, and setting up one of his love interests, so I hope you guys enjoy it!


After Gwen had left their house the two felt a slight sense of guilt in their heart. Even before and after the violent event 7 years ago, Mr. Stacy always helped them. Although, Peter and Callum still felt frightened, scared of the unknown outcome if they decide to use their powers again. There was so much going through the brother's heads. The debt they owe to Mr. Stacy, the fear of what they are, and the weird dreams they have gotten.

It was already the next day, and Callum had told Peter to think about his decision. Peter already knew what Callum's answer was, and to be honest he envied that. Callum had always been more forthright in his decisions, and he himself was indecisive.

Peter woke up around 9:00 in the morning with Callum doing the same. Peter had remembered promising a date to Felicia this weekend, the only problem was where to take her. As you know, he isn't very well versed in this particular area, and was visibly in a panic.

"Uh… Are you okay?" Callum asked, slightly concerned at his brothers constant pacing, also slightly annoyed. He was eating an energy bar as their mom had to leave early in the morning so she couldn't prepare breakfast, luckily, she always had a back up plan.

"I have no idea where to take her…" Peter complained, frustrated at himself. He kept on playing random date ideas in his head but they were either too cliché or something he thinks she wouldn't like. "I have some ideas but…"

"But you think she'll hate it, ergo she will not like you in turn?" Callum answered nonchalantly eating his energy bar and reading a science fiction book. Peter turned to his brother flailed his arms saying, "YES!"

Callum sighed at his brothers most least attractive quality… His confidence, and self-esteem. Although, sometimes it can be quite endearing, and it shows how much he does care for other people, except for the self-esteem part. "Look Pete… Whatever your thinking of, I'm sure it's going to be fine. Unless you take her to a hotel…"

"Ugh… You know I won't do that" Peter shot back, appalled that his brother would even think of such a thing.

"Then where do you plan on taking her? A movie? The mall? A museum? There are plenty of things you can do." Callum suggested. However, most of the things listed by Callum fell into the category of cliché for Peter. "Hmm… bouldering?"

Peter deadpanned at the suggestion… Given his abilities… "Are you serious? I can climb a glass wall if it had a shit ton of wax on it"

"I'm just trying to help" Callum smiled, laughing a little bit at Peter's serious expression. Peter grunted and fell back on his bed with Callum quickly jumping on it beside him. "Hey bud, just trust yourself. Take her to a movie, and as cliché as that sounds, it's a good starting point. The movie is like an outlet for you two to start talking, get topics going you know?"

"You think I should take her to the movies then?" Peter asked, still hesitant about the idea. Felicia was a kind, beautiful girl… If he'd lose her to a movie date, it would wreck him.

"That's up to you" Callum answered patting his brother knee before jumping off. He left the room leaving Peter to his thoughts, and he was running out of time. He had to make a decision, and hope it's the right one.

Meanwhile Callum headed down the stairs and turned on the TV. The first thing being shown on TV was a news report about a recent bank robbery in Greenwich. Thank god Ben and May worked nowhere near there…

"This just in a bank robbery occurred in Greenwich yesterday night. This is not any normal robbery. Police and witnesses have reported a single man in an odd mechanical suit being the sole robber. The robber was firing some sort of weird shockwave at the officers that knocked over the police and even their vehicles. The police so far have no leads on this criminal, and plan to increase police patrols by tomorrow. The criminal also only took 10 minutes to completely rob a bank, the fastest New York has ever seen…"

"Damn… Ten minutes?" Callum muttered walking into the kitchen to grab a carton of milk. He began pouring his glass but his eyes were glued to the screen as the news channel showed footage of the alleged robber.

From a cop's camera you could see a yellow and black silhouette in the distance. He suddenly raised both of his arms high into the sky and thrusted them forward as if he was throwing something. Callum was stunned to see a shockwave blast apart the police and their vehicles. From what it looks like, the cop was knocked out but the camera still kept recording. The criminal had continued to use the shockwaves, coming from his arm as a means of travel.

"Damn… That's pretty cool" Callum muttered, feeling a strange could liquid dripping down his foot. Callum looked down to see his glass being overfilled by milk, "OH SHIT"

Callum went down and sucked the overflowing milk with his mouth whilst trying to grab paper towel behind him. Finally getting it in his hands he began wiping the counter as well as the floor.

Callum heard footsteps coming from upstairs and he immediately turned off the TV, whilst cleaning up the milk spill as fast as he could. As soon as he entered the dining room, Callum threw out the paper towel he used and walked over to where his brother was. Peter came down dressed pretty nicely, something Peter doesn't do often. Their mum would've gotten out the camera and took multiple photos.

"Well, well, well! Looking good my brother!" Callum teased fiddling around with his brothers fitting black blazer. He had the sleeves rolled up with a nicely white button up shirt inside. He wore a pair of dark navy-blue jeans, obviously with a belt, and even had on his Fossil watch Ben gave him on his 16th birthday.

"Alright, alright hands off" Peter laughed brushing his brothers' hand away from his apparel. "What do you think? Too much?"

"No! I think you look great. Definitely going to be turning heads from other girls" Callum said smiling at his brother as if he chose the clothes for him. "Man… I can only imagine what Felicia's going to say."

Peter looked at Callum as he continued smiling. The older brother looked around waiting for Callum to continue. "Uh… She will say nothing?"

"EXACTLY" Callum replied, scaring his brother slightly. "She will be so shocked at how you look, in a good way, that she'll be speechless!"

"I really hope you're right…" Peter replied hopefully, "I wonder what she's thinking about right now?"


Meanwhile

Mr. Hardy as sitting down in the dining room enjoying a nice cup of fresh brewed coffee, with a newspaper in hand, and classical music playing in the background. He was having a nice peaceful morn—

*CRASH*

Mr. Hardy lowered his newspaper from the sudden loud noise coming from upstairs. His music being abruptly interrupted, by whatever his daughter was doing upstairs. Slightly concerned for her being he walked over to the stairs and took a few steps up, "Are you okay there Felicia?"

"Y-Y-Yeah! I'm fine!" Felicia yelled from her room. Although, Mr. Hardy did not believe that whatsoever. He remembered Peter promising to take Felicia out today for their first date. He can only imagine she's panicking about what to wear. Being a worrisome father, he is, he decided to help his daughter out.

"Felicia?" Mr. Hardy knocked on his daughter's door. He could hear her clothes being flung around, and some of her makeup clattering about. "I'm coming in okay?" Mr. Hardy entered his daughters' room, and the first thing he saw was his daughters clothing all over the place. Felicia was in a white crop top, and pair of slim fit jeans, her hair was already done very nicely and her make up as well.

"Uh… What happened?" Mr. Hardy asked. He didn't understand why she was such in a panic, she looked fine as is. However, his daughter kept frantically picking up different shirts, pants, and accessories and matching it in the mirror.

"I can't decide on what to wear!" Felicia panicked throwing her clothes again all over her room. Mr Hardy face palmed at the situation before him, but he also felt a little happy about it. He hasn't seen his daughter this excited about a guy in a long time, or if ever.

"Felicia, Felicia!" Mr. Hardy grabbed his daughters' shoulders trying to pacify his daughters fluttering emotions. Felicia stopped moving and looked nervously into her fathers' eyes. "Felicia, honey look. Peter isn't a type of guy to judge you on how you look. He will like you no matter what you wear, trust me"

Felicia loosened up her shoulders as if a big weight has been lifted off. She probably should've known better, Peter definitely didn't look like a type of guy to judge harshly on someone's appearance. Even when she went out yesterday with her whatever clothing, he didn't seem to care.

"Just trust me hon. Come on, we don't want to keep him waiting okay?" Mr. Hardy smiled giving his daughter a quick peck on the forehead. Mr. Hardy walked out of her room closing the door behind him, not noticing a woman backing up beside him. She looked like an older version of Felicia, except with short blonde hair, around shoulder length. This was Lydia Hardy, Felicia's mother and Walter Hardy's wife.

"What's going on? It was really noisy earlier" Lydia asked looking at her daughter's room.

"Felicia's going out with a boy today" Walter said with a happy smile on his face. Lydia widened her eyes, as this was a major surprise to her. Not only the fact that Felicia was going out with a boy, but the fact that Walter was smiling about it.

"Really? This boy must be a keeper if you gave your approval" Lydia replied walking back down to the living room with her husband, arm in arm.

Walter placed down another cup of hot coffee for his wife and sat back down on the dining table, continuing his peaceful morning. "How would you know I gave that boy my approval?"

"You were smiling about it Walter. You rarely smile about anything, so seeing you smile about our daughter going out with someone? You must really like that boy" Lydia deducted, and it was on point with that. Walter had always liked the Parker brothers, and he would usually talk about them from time to time, but would never mention their names.

The two parents heard Felicia coming down the stairs. She decided to keep the clothes she had on and seemed to have calmed down a great deal. Lydia squealed on the inside, looking at her beautiful daughter. "Oh my! Look at you! You look sooo beautiful right now"

"Hehe… Thanks mom" Felicia thanked her cheeks lightly blushing from the compliment.

"Well we should probably get going. Don't want to keep Peter waiting" Walter said, finishing up his cup. Lydia handed her daughter a cup of jasmine tea, Felicia's favourite. Luckily it had already cooled down, so Felicia could just down it with one go.

"Bye mom! Thanks" Felicia said giving her mom a quick kiss on the cheek, and her mother did the same.

"Bye, bye! Have fun" Lydia waved good bye with a huge smile on her face. She hasn't seen Felicia so happy in a long time. She could only hope that this Peter boy will stay by her side.


Parker Household

"You sure you got everything?" Callum asked. It was now around 10:30, and Peter was about to go on his very first date! Exciting event huh? Peter was just double checking if he had everything, phone, wallet, and for some reason he had his web-shooters as well. But, given what happened last time, it was safer for one of them to carry it around.

"Yea… Yeah! I got everything" Peter said, flipping through his wallet. He saved up a lot of money from allowances from their mom and dad, so expenses weren't really a big problem. In fact, the moment Ben found out that Peter was going out with a girl, he immediately gave him $300. Callum was a little envious but the reasons for the money was understandable.

The two brothers walked out the door, and was greeted by a beautiful Sunday morning. Sun was shining, skies were clear, and some little animals scattering about. Felicia had texted Peter and they were going to arrive in a few minutes.

"Exciting day huh?" Callum said wrapping his arm around his brothers' shoulder. Peter nodded his head agreement; his heart was pounding in excitement with a mix of anxiety. There was a little bit of concern for Gwen's situation at the moment as well. However, he had already promised Felicia first. When he comes back, he hopes he will have an answer.

"Oh? Callum, Peter good morning" A familiar voice came from their neighbours house. It was none other than Mary Jane. She was wearing a neck strapped tank top with a pair of jean shorts, white sneakers.

"Morning MJ" Callum greeted.

"Morning MJ, how is it going?" Peter greeted warmly, surprising MJ. She was stunned at Peter's relatively normal greeting. Usually he could never stop stuttering, but she shrugged that off and continued her little talk with the Parker brothers.

"Nothing much, I was planning to go on a run soon and…" MJ trailed off her sentence, noticing Peter's apparel. He looked absolutely handsome… She never saw Peter dressed like this before, and it was causing her cheeks to turn red. "P-Peter? Whats with the get up?"

"Huh?" Peter looked at himself, and he smiled back at the beautiful red-head. "Oh, I'm actually going on date today. I thought I should dress for the occasion… Do you think it's too much?"

"A-A date?" MJ stuttered, she needed to make sure she heard that correctly. Peter? Going on a date? With who? So many questions were going through her head currently. "W-With who?"

"Ah, a girl named Felicia. She goes to ESU, I met her there during the science convention" Peter explained.

"A university student?!" MJ shouted in her head, she also felt like she heard of that name before. Callum examined the expression of MJ who was somewhat visibly disturbed. "Felicia?! Where have I heard that name before?"

As the three were conversing, Mr. Hardy's Urus had pulled up in front of their house. The three turned their heads to the sound of the sports car with only MJ opening her mouth in surprise. Another surprise was bound for her as Felicia stepped out of the vehicle almost as if she was stepping onto the red carpet. She brushed her platinum blonde hair over her ears which only enhanced her almost bewitching beauty.

"Holy…" Was the only word Peter could come up with. She looked absolutely stunning, even more so then the time they ate together… She already looked pretty then but now it was on a totally different level. Callum, although happy for Peter, could feel tension rising in the air as he directed his attention to his and his brother's childhood friend.

Mary Jane, stood awestruck at Felicia. She was pretty, really pretty. Furthermore, upon inspection, she did recognize this girl. MJ worked as a model, although she doesn't really tell anyone, except maybe her mother. "Is her name Felicia Hardy?" MJ asked, her voice lightly cracking, which was noticed by the two brothers.

"Huh? Yeah… How do you know her last name?" Peter asked, turning his head to the red-head. But before she could answer him, Felicia quickly strutted towards her boyfriend and looped her arms around his. This action struck a nerve in MJ as she clenched her fists in anger behind her back.

"Hm? Who is this?" Felicia asked, looking at the red-head. Her first thoughts were, she was beautiful. Likewise, what MJ thought of her, she thought the same for the red-head. Felicia and Mary Jane were both equally stunning girls, with Felicia looking more like a seductress and MJ being a femme-fatale.

"Oh, this is Mary Jane Watson. She's out neighbour and childhood friend. She also goes to the same school as us" Peter introduced. Felicia felt slightly jealous of MJ, after hearing their relationship. This girl probably knew a lot about Peter, and for some reason, she couldn't shake the fact that this girl was eyeing him.

"Have we met before?" Felicia asked, after looking at her more carefully. She recognized her face from somewhere before.

"Hm? No… I think you've got the wrong person… But it's nice to meet you Felicia" MJ greeted with a smile. She extended her arm out for a handshake with Felicia, "Likewise" The platinum blonde replied shaking MJ's hand.

"We should probably get going." Peter suggested. It was almost 11:00 and Peter wanted as much time as possible to spend with Felicia. She agreed with nod, and waved good-bye to Callum and MJ, with Peter doing the same.

"Have fun!" Callum called out, waving good-bye to his brother. MJ did not say anything but wave good-bye. When Peter and Felicia had entered the vehicle MJ sighed heavily, and lowered her shoulders, showing clear signs of sadness. Callum took notice and walked over to her, "Are you okay?"

"Hm? Y-Yeah, I'm fine…" MJ replied half-heartedly. "Who would've thought Peter would be going out with Felicia Hardy?"

"Uh… Is there something I don't know about?" Callum asked.

"You don't know?" MJ replied, slightly surprised, but then she realized these two brothers were always more interested in science then the opposite sex. "Felicia Hardy is a popular street model. She's done multiple magazine covers before… I've seen her in a photoshoot once"

"Wow…" Was the only thing Callum could think about. Somehow, he hooked up his brother with a popular hot model… "Looks like I did a solid for Peter then!"

*THUD*

"OW!" Callum screamed holding his shin in pain. MJ had just randomly kicked him in the shin with her foot, and was flabbergasted as to why. "WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR?"

"Hmph… Nothing" MJ huffed angrily walking back into her house, leaving Callum dazed. He looked at the red-head frustratingly shrugging.

"I don't understand anything…" Callum said to himself.

Now with Peter and his parents gone, Callum was left by himself in the house. It's funny, he and Peter were always together so it was weird not to have him around. Callum sat down in his room turning on his and Peter's laptop. He laid his head on his hand as she boorishly scrolled through all the concept ideas he and his brother made.

"Ugh… It's so boring…" Callum complained leaning back onto his chair. Usually Peter and him would brain storm ideas and figure out how these concept ideas would work. However, since his brother wasn't here, there wasn't anyone to bounce ideas off of. At this point Callum would want to do some homework, but they finished everything in class.

"Hm…" Callum pondered in his head. What was something he could do, that would be mildly interesting? An idea struck him in the head. He recalled watching the news about that bank robbery. There was nothing else to do, so why not do some research? "Let's see… Greenwich robbery…" Callum typed in, and he immediately got multiple news stories, none of which interested him.

"Who the hell is this guy?" Callum wondered. He browsed through the articles, and found something interesting. Seems like this wasn't the only bank this guy robbed… He robbed banks in the states of New York, Maine, and even some at Ontario in Canada. Oddly enough, some of the banks this guy robbed didn't hold that much value in them… A lot of these just seem like random targets…

"What the hell do these banks have in common?" Callum wondered. There had to be a reason why this criminal was robbing these banks. He robbed a small local bank carrying maybe around $125k, and then robbed one which held over two million. All of these robbery's were pulled with ease as well… If he could get away with a two-million-dollar robbery easily, why would he continue hitting the small ones?

Callum started to dig further into the case, and tried to pull out as much information as possible. There were bits and pieces everywhere he looked. The most interesting information he gathered was that most of the banks this guy has robbed is tied to the police. "Most of the robberies occurred where high-ranking police officers banked in… Captains, commissioners, chiefs, and even some regular old field officers…"

Callum leaned back onto his chair, spinning around trying to think of some sort of conclusive thought. "I mean most criminals have a personal vendetta against the cops, right? It wouldn't be out of the ordinary if some guy wanted to ruin their careers… but the method and grandeur…"

"Greenwich held New York's Police chiefs account… At least four million was taken…" Callum read out. Callum didn't even know a police chief can make that much money… That alone seems kinda sketchy. "Well, there are cops who are dirty as hell…"

"If he should target another bank… which one would it be?" Callum asked himself, browsing through the map for banks in Manhattan. Obviously, he won't be able to pinpoint exactly which bank he would hit, as he doesn't even know who the guy is targeting. Maybe the Manhattan Capital Bank? That one was known as the most secure… Hell even the police are stationed there to guard it. "That's the best guess in my opinion…"

"I mean… If I went to visit the bank it wouldn't be bad right?" Callum asked himself, his curiosity getting the better of him, along with a mix of boredom. Why not play detective for a little bit? Peter wasn't going to be back till late, as well as his mom and dad. At least he'll be able to grab something to eat downtown. "What have I got to lose?"

Callum changed into more appropriate clothing, and actually tried to look decent. Afterall he was going into the financial district. Where the rich people, celebrities, and models hang around. He put on a black dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up to his biceps, with a pair of navy-blue jeans and black and white sneakers. He brought his backpack as well which was holding a certain little something he was working on.

Callum felt slightly anxious about it, he has never left to go downtown by himself before. However, he thought it would be a good chance to see how he would do alone. Afterall, someday Peter won't be with him all the time, and the same could be said vice-versa. It didn't take long for Callum to make his way downtown; the trains were relatively not packed at this time. Most kids his age would probably go around early afternoon.

On the train ride down, Callum took out his little side project from his bag. It looked like regular old sunglasses, but Callum put some really cool tweaks in it. Like his brother, there are multiple things the two work on and not show each other. Its kind of gives the two a competitive edge when they create new items. For Callum these pair of sunglasses act as an area scanner, though due to material limitations it can only do so much.

"Hope these work…" Callum quietly said to himself. Even though he said the subway wasn't that packed, it's still New York and what he means by not a lot of people? He wasn't being slammed into the window or doors. He put on the sunglasses and pressed a tiny little button on the side of the frame.

CALIBRATING… … …

Through the glasses a large blue wave pulses out and scanned the surrounding area. Multiple little info dots started to appear around him, mostly telling him about what fabric's the seats uses, what metal the trains use, and even people's clothing's. "Wow, a lot of fake Prada suits and Nikes huh?" The glasses only scan about 20 meters away from him, he was hoping to increase that later, but right now it was working pretty well.

After a few minutes of using it, some people started to look at him. Unbeknownst to him, his sunglasses actually emitted a blue light, which in most cases strange for sunglasses. Callum immediately turned off the system and put away his glasses back into his backpack. Although the stares were more about intrigue than an oddity. Callum never really liked being in the centre of attention and luckily for him, the next stop is his.

Not surprisingly, a lot of people actually got off on the same stop as him. Most of them being business men and women. It felt strange getting off as he was the only one, as far as he could see; the only teen getting off.

Walking above ground now, he could see why he would never come here. There were a bunch of shops that really only catered to those who could afford it. If Callum said he felt out of place, it would be an understatement.

"Okay, now… The bank should be a 15-minute walk from here…" Callum said to himself, looking at his phone. The bank was close by a police station in the area, plus a mall as well. He hoped that the mall would have a food court as most of the restaurants here are more or less expensive, with names he does not dare pronounce.

After a few minutes of walking, Callum had finally come to the place of interest. The Manhattan Capital Bank, where apparently has impenetrable security. It looked more like a court house than a bank, with armed guards and dogs guarding the entry way that was also guarded by a gate and electronic detectors. "Jesus Christ? What are they hiding in there? The Rings of Power?"

"It wouldn't matter though. If that guys uses shockwaves as his weapon, a measly gate won't stop him… The guy could just blast it apart." Callum looked around further, and as always, multiple cameras placed in very obvious around the bank. Again, cameras wouldn't help either. "If this guy was a normal robber, he ain't getting in. A guy who came produce shockwaves and knock over a police cruiser? You're fucked"

As Callum was examining the bank, obviously in the least suspicious way, he saw an armoured vehicle turn at the nearest intersection. The young brother quickly followed behind it, "Probably going to an underground depository…"

Just like he thought, the armoured vehicles went down a ramp where multiple armed guards with assault rifles were. "Looks like you need identification as well…" Callum thought observing the entry way. If anyone saw him right now, that person would probably think he was planning to rob the bank. But thanks to his unassuming clothing, and his obvious age, he didn't have to worry about it… He hoped.

"If I could get in somehow and scan the insides… Maybe the bank has some thick concrete walls in the vault. If that was the case, that guy would have to really push his tech…" Callum really wanted to go inside, but given who he was, they wouldn't even let a hair from his skull in. Like that one time he walked by a Versace store, the guard immediately blocked him from going in. "What a fucking douchebag."

"Well… I'll have no luck getting in there… Might as well grab something to eat in the mall" Callum said walking out of the area, and towards the three-story mall.

You would think things would be better inside the mall. A mix of high-end to low-end shops… Oh boy, was he wrong. It went from high-end to what-hell-price? As soon as he walked in, he felt people staring at him, or maybe that was just his conscience. Nonetheless, he just wanted to find the food court and grab something to eat, he was starving.

"Is that it?" Callum asked himself upon walking into a very spacious area. It definitely looked like it. He could see some places that he recognizes with some others that he didn't. I guess you really can't put high-end food in a food court… Though Callum is pretty sure it would happen in the near future.

"Okay… What to eat now?" Callum walked around the food court browsing what this mall has to offer. He would get pizza again, but large chain pizzas aren't that good sometimes. He walked by a middle-eastern type food stall, and they were selling doner kebabs. "Haven't had those in a while… Looks good too"

Callum bought a kebab along with a soft drink to go with it. As he walked around to find a seat, he saw a bunch of people walking into the food court, along with some… paparazzi? Callum took a seat close to the kebab vendor and watched the event unfold. There was at least 20-40 people coming inside and even more with the paparazzi around. Security guards came running by him and behind the paparazzi trying to kick them out, as they were causing a huge disturbance.

"Being famous must suck sometimes." Callum said taking a big bite out of his food. He felt like he recognized some of people there. There were a lot of big muscular guys along with some really pretty girls. There were others among them wearing some suits. Most of the guys and girls were wearing some type of uniform with a blue star and white outline.

"Hm…" Callum looked more closely and saw one of the guys holding a football. That's when it clicked. "OH! Dallas Cowboys huh? I guess they're playing here." Callum never really was a big fan of football but never minded watching it when Ben had it on. In fact, Callum was never really big on sports anyways but appreciated the players who trained hard for what they do.

Callum finished up his food quickly and brought the tray to one of the trash cans. He noticed one of the players jogging by him backwards, which perplexed Callum a bit. Callum glanced back and saw the guy who jogged past him, catch a flying a football. I mean this place was big enough for that but it felt strange seeing that in a high-end mall. I guess they really don't care.

The nearest trash can was right beside the football team and he made his way over there when he felt something off.

"Here!" The member who caught the football called out and prepared to throw it back. However, a security guard yelled loudly at him, startling the football player and messing up his throw. The football was already on its way to the team but at the wrong person.

"Oh shit! Kid watch out!" The football player yelled. Callum saw the football flying to him, and he could have easily moved out of the way. However, there was a pretty blonde-haired girl behind him, and if he moved, she would've gotten hit instead. So being a perfect gentleman he is, he stood there and took the hit.

*BANG* *SPLAT*

The football hit his tray and all the sauces went flying into his shirt and face. Luckily none of it got past him and hit the girls. Callum could only sigh sadly, only being glad no hot sauce got in his eyes.

"Oh my god!" The blonde girl said covering her mouth in shock, and the other girls followed suit. The football members closed their eyes and sucked their teeth, feeling bad for the poor kid. "Are you okay?!" The blonde asked, trying to find some napkins to wipe off the sauces.

"Ah… I think so? As long as I don't have hot sauce in my eyes, I think I'm good" Callum joked. The guys and girls gave a slight chuckle at his witty remark despite his status. The blonde handed him some napkins which he gladly took and started wiping down his face and shirt.

"Sir! I am so sorry about this…" A man wearing a suit came running towards Callum. He looked to be the manager of the team, and he looked concerned for the poor kid.

"Nah, don't worry about it. Just a simple mistake." Callum replied. The manager shook his head, not thinking an apology is enough.

"You can't go out like that. Please! Let us compensate you!" The manager replied. He sounded kind of desperate. It's not like Callum was some sort of big wig that can ruin their team. However, before Callum could decline the others agreed to it, and that was 40 people against him.

"Uh… If you guys really insist." Callum gave in and the group brought him upstairs on the third floor. If he thought the first floor was expensive… He was not ready for the third floor. Honestly, he could've fainted seeing the number of zeros needed to buy this stuff.

"You know… You don't need to spend this much" Callum said feeling sort of guilty that they would buy this stuff for him. The manager turned around and smiled at him.

"Trust me I do. That girl you saved from the football" The manager pointed at the blonde who was looking around the stores, also seemingly shocked by the prices here. "That's Taylor Thompson, one of our main cheerleaders. If she would've gotten injured, there would be a lot of angry men out on the twitter-verse"

"Huh… She has a lot of fans then I assume" Callum replied, and the manager nodded his head with his eyes wide open. Well at least he knows now that girl is highly sought after by guys. The manager walked him inside a nice suit tailor, and the owner almost immediately knew who he was.

The manager explained what had happened and the tailor and the tailor happily agreed to help him out. "Come here son, I'll make sure you look like a million bucks!"

"It's not going to actually cost a million bucks will it?" Callum asked, slightly, no very concerned. The tailor laughed loudly and escorted him into the change room, not answering his question. This only added to Callum's stress.

While Callum was trying on some stuff. The others were walking around looking at all these expensive items. Most of them, speaking for the football players, can afford it, but they don't need to. The girls on the other hand, most of them can't as being a cheerleader doesn't pay that well and most of them have a side job.

"Hey Taylor" One of the cheerleading girls called out. Taylor walked over to the group of three girls who were sneakily taking peaks into the change room where Callum was.

"What are you guys doing?" Taylor asked with deadpanned eyes. Heavily judging what her squamates were doing.

"That guy is pretty cute actually… Especially when he puts a suit on" The brunette giggled.

"Yeah, I thought he was cute when he was wearing that dress shirt." Another brunette added.

"He also has a pretty good body… He definitely didn't look like it though" The blonde admitted.

Taylor had to confess, she was a slight bit curious. When the guy took the hit for him, she noticed he saw the football but didn't move. He could've easily just pivoted his foot to move away, with the amount of time he had. Instead he took the hit… "A kind guy indeed" Taylor thought in her head with a smile.

"Oh, he's coming out! Go, go, go!" The brunette pushed her squad mates, trying to leave the general area. Taylor looked back at her cheerleaders and shook her head. As she turned back, she was greeted with some sweet eye candy.

Callum came out with some nice fitting dark navy suit, a white dress shirt, red tie, and a pair of brown leather loafers. He twisted his neck slightly as he wasn't really used to this sort of clothing. He had to admit though… It was very comfortable.

"You look wonderful sir! Wow, you really look good in that!" The manager complimented, and he was completely genuine as well. Some of guys nodded their head, highly approving of this. The girls themselves were appreciating the view.

"Thanks… It still feels very weird wearing this though…" Callum replied, happy on the inside but was more worried about the money needed. "H-How much is this exactly?"

"$8,000" The tailor said with a smile.

"WHAT?!" Callum shot back but the tailor still had a smile on his face, while Taylor, who was behind him, chuckled at his reaction. "Uh… Do you want me to work here to pay it off or something?"

"Hahaha! No need sir, the suit is on the house. Afterall, you did save Ms. Thompson over there" The tailor pointed at the girl. Callum turned to her and then turned back to the tailor, who was waving happily at the beautiful cheerleader.

"Oh, okay, I sort of understand… What a sucker" Callum said in his mind. He walked over to the team when suddenly he heard some sirens coming from outside. The sound peaked his curiosity as he walked over to the nearest window. He saw multiple cop cars going in the direction of the capital bank… "That's not good… I hope it's some sort of drill…"

"Hey!" Taylor called out, startling Callum who was in deep thought. He turned around to see the blonde staring at him with her green eyes.

"Is this what Peter feels most of the time?!" Callum screamed in his head. Most of the time it was May staring into his soul but now that it's an attractive girl… It changes the feeling.

"I never caught your name" The blonde said.

"Ah! It's Callum, Callum Parker" He greeted, extending his hand out. Taylor happily took his hand with both of hers and he felt something being placed into his hand. As they two retracted their hands, Callum opened up his hands and saw that there were two tickets.

"Are these?" Callum started.

"Tickets to the game. I was going to give them to my family here but, they're busy. I thought I could give it to you instead. You know… As my thanks" Taylor explained and Callum had no reason to decline. He could take Ben out for a game night, he always wanted to go to one.

"Wow… Thanks Taylor. I'll make sure to go" Callum said smiling at her. The blonde happily did the same, and as this little happy moment was going on, the young Parker felt something dangerous.

Callum looked behind him, only to see a flying piece of concrete head straight towards the window he was standing in front of. Callum turned back to Taylor and lunged for her, "Get down!"

*CRASH*

The concrete debris smashed the window and part of the wall. Callum grabbed Taylor and held her close to his body as he jumped out of the way. Luckily the tailor was out helping others and the team members were close by to the entry. The only things that were damaged were the clothing.

"Are you okay?!" Callum asked, highly concerned for the girl's safety. She wasn't injured from what he saw and felt relieved.

"Yeah… I'm fine. You saved me again huh?" Taylor said smiling, even though the situation right now was not ideal. Callum heard something land onto the broken window, he turned his head around to see…

"Thor?" Callum questioned. It wasn't actually Thor. The person had a Thor mask on, with a blazer, white dress shirt, dark-navy jeans… "Whoa hold on a second…"

"Peter? Is that you?"

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Thanks for reading guys! Like I said, I had some big problems writing this chapter as it took me almost three weeks. I hope you guys enjoyed it though. I don't know if I an update this before Christmas but I'll try my best! If I don't, I'd like to wish a Merry Christmas to all of you, and Happy Hanukkah as well! Stay healthy, and I hope you guys enjoy the holiday season!