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-CBryant123: I'm glad you like the story and I apologize for the grammar mistakes. I've never been good at grammar but I do try. I proofread the chapters like 3 times and I have a friend read all of them before the readers do. Also I think that its important for Peter to be a different person in his suit. I think in the movies they have him act somewhat different as well :)
-Guest: I thought it was important to get a more outgoing OC out into the world because I was tired of all the depressing lives that some of the others led but of course she will have her own struggles in the future.
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Now go enjoy Chapter 11!
Chapter 11
Elizabeth's POV
"Great practice today girls! See you all here same time tomorrow and Elizabeth great job." Miss Harris smiled at me as I grabbed my bag and walked out of the locker room. I looked around for Peter who had said he would be waiting for me so we could talk about my weekend as he walked me home. Peter was leaning against the trunk of a tree while he messed with something on his camera.
"Hey." I bit my lip as the nerves from what I was about to tell him built up inside my stomach. No one but me and Spiderman knew about my kidnapping so naturally I was scared to confide in Peter. As he looked up from his camera though, something in his eyes comforted me and made me realize I was making the right decision.
"Hey, what did you want to talk about?" He placed his camera in his backpack as we began to walk slowly to my apartment.
I took a deep breath before I began and I knew he could tell I was nervous. "Peter, I was kidnapped on Saturday night." He stopped and turned me to him.
"Oh my God Elizabeth, are you ok?" He looked so concerned as I felt tears welling up behind my eyes. I was not going to cry anymore about this especially not in front of Peter but I felt my self slowly slipping back into the place I was yesterday. I couldn't go back there! Everything about me was too cold and distant. I would not let my self slip back.
"Yeah, I think so. Spiderman saved me but there was something that happened in the warehouse that I didn't tell him about." I saw Peter's muscles tense up and he began to look nervous for what I was about to tell him.
"What happened?" I couldn't hold in my tears anymore as I came to grasp the severity of the situation and I felt them begin to roll slowly down my cheeks. Peter didn't hesitate to wrap me in his arms and comfort me but he felt as tense as he looked. "Elizabeth, what happened?"
I stepped out of his embrace and took a shaky breath, "They knew my name and they said that they were trying to get information out of me."
"Do you know what information?"
I shook my head, "No I don't."
He ran his hand through his hair looking frustrated then brought his attention back to me, "Are you ok now?"
"Yeah definitely." My response was not as convincing as I had liked it to be and Peter raised an eyebrow at me. "I was in bed all day yesterday and all morning today but when I got to cross country I felt all my emotions and personality just come flooding back." I saw Peter relax a little but he still seemed distracted as we continued to walk to my house. He then insisted on coming in the elevator with me as well which made me laugh but I let him come anyway. His clingy habits had lost their annoying factor completely and now I just enjoyed spending time with him.
"Do you want to stay for dinner? I don't know what we're having but my mom's a pretty decent cook." I looked at him hopefully and he smiled back.
"Yeah, sure. Let me go call my Aunt May and then I'll be right in." I walked into my apartment to find my whole family in the kitchen area.
"Okay guys I kind of invited a friend over for dinner because he walked me home so please be nice." I turned to go let Peter in. "Oh! and normal." I smiled and then went to open the door. "Come on in. Mom, Dad, Bryan, this is Peter Parker."
Peter smiled his nervous crooked smile and waved awkwardly, "Hi, everybody."
"So does this mean your dumping Johnny?" Bryan was the first to speak and I saw my whole family's face light up with hope.
"Bryan! Of course not! Peter is just a friend from the new school." I felt the heat rise in my cheeks.
"and lab partners." Peter pipped up from behind me and I laughed.
"Yes, and he's my lab partner."
"Well Peter," my dad started, "make yourself at home and can I get you anything to drink while my wife finishes up dinner?"
"No thank you Mr. Lewis."
"Hey Peter do you want a tour of the house?" I asked trying to get him away from my parents.
"Yeah sure."
"Ok follow me." I lead him down the hallway that held the bathroom, the bedrooms, and the den but we stopped in my room first.
"So this was never going to be a tour was it?" We both laughed as I shook my head.
"No, I just wanted to get away from my parents until dinner."
"Ya know I could probably learn a lot about you from looking around your room."
"Ok fine try to find five interesting facts about me from looking at my stuff." He smiled at me as he looked at my stuffed animals.
"What's with the toys?"
I gasped, "They are not just toys! They are life long friends that saved me from nightmares and monsters under the bed when I was little." He burst into laughter as he set the lion he was holding back on the pile.
"Ok, which one is your favorite?" I looked at the pile in concentration.
"Does it have to be just one?"
"Yes."
"Are you sure? Couldn't it be two? or three?"
"Elizabeth Lewis pick your ONE favorite animal." Peter was trying to be stern but failed miserably as a smile danced across his face.
"Fine, I pick Mister Bugsy." I picked up a blue fluffy bunny with floppy ears and hugged it close to my chest. Peter continued to smile as he proceeded looking around my room. This time he stopped at the guitar in the corner.
"Do you play?"
"A little but I'm not very good. I'm still learning." He picked up the guitar and brought it over to me.
"Come on Elle, I'm sure you're not horrible."
"No Peter trust me, I am." He pushed the guitar into my arms. "Play."
I groaned, "Fine." I slowly placed my fingers on the strings and played a very out of tune C chord then I put the guitar down.
"That's it?" He questioned in disbelief.
"Um yeah."
"You really are horrible."
"Hey!" We both laughed knowing it was true. Peter then moved on to looked at my bookshelf.
"You like to read?"
"Of course."
"Why?"
"When you read you can have every adventure you've ever dreamed of."
"What adventures do you dream of?"
"Flying to a magic kingdom in the sky where a giant lives, swimming to the depths of the sea with the mermaids, riding with the cowboys in the wild west. Any adventure you imagine is something I dream of." He moved on to my trophies.
"Well this is an obvious one. You love to run and you're good at it."
"You would be correct." He didn't linger to long at my awards as he focused his gaze on my pictures but he stopped at the one of me and Johnny.
"Is this your boyfriend?"
"Yeah, Johnny is his name." I sighed as I picked it up and looked at it. "This was taken last summer when we were... happy."
"You two aren't happy now?" He raised his eyebrows at my statement.
I placed the picture back on the shelf, "He cheated on me last winter. He said it was a moment of weakness and he would do anything to take the moment back if it meant he could stay with me. It took some time but I forgave him."
"How could you forgive him?"
"Peter, I have a rule that I try to follow daily. My rule is that I never look back."
"Why?"
"Because if I spend all my time looking into the past at all my doubt, fear, and failures I will miss the beauty of the future and the promises it holds for me. That's how I got over the situation that happened on Saturday. If I had stayed in the place I was in of fear and numbness I would eventually get stuck there and no one, not even Spiderman, would be able to save me."
"But if you never look back how will you learn from your mistakes? How will you remember the memories you made if you never take the time to reflect on the past?"
I opened my mouth to speak but air was the only thing to come out. Peter Parker had just made me doubt my life rule.
"Do you love him?"
"Excuse me?"
"Do you love Johnny?" I hesitated to answer but was cut off by Bryan.
"Liz, can you help me with some math homework?"
"Yeah of course Bry." I walked over and sat on my bed to see the problem he had laid out before me. I looked over it and scrunched my face in frustration of not being able to figure it out. "Peter can you help me over here?" Peter came over and within seconds had the answer and explination.
"Thanks Peter! Oh and dinner is ready." Bryan said as he ran to go put his homework away and sit down at the table.
"Thanks for helping him Pete. I can usually help him figure it out but I haven't done Geometry in a long time." I started to lead him out of my room but he stopped me.
"Wanna know what I learned about you?"
"Ok go." I started to count off the facts on my fingers.
"You collect stuffed animals and your favorite one is Mister Bugsy. You love to read because it lets your beautiful imagination run free. You can't play guitar. Actually you are horrible at guitar but I'm sure you would be awesome if you took the time to learn. You enjoy life and have a beautiful smile."
"Ok where did you get that one?"
"From the pictures of you messing around with your friends." I nodded my head and motioned for him to continue.
"You have a boyfriend named Johnny."
"Ok, that's five." I started to leave the room again but he stopped me again.
"You never told me if you love him or not." I groaned. Why did Peter have to challenge me? Why did he make me doubt what I had already set in stone for my life?
"Honestly Peter, I'm not sure." He knew that the conversation was over but he seemed satisfied with my answer as we walked to the kitchen to eat.
Dinner went really well and I was beyond pleased. Peter conversed comfortably with both my parents and Bryan. He made jokes, told funny stories, and by the end of dinner everyone's sides hurt from so much laughter. I couldn't help but compare this to previous dinners with Johnny. Those dinners seemed so tense and uncomfortable but this felt so natural.
After Peter had left we all cleaned up the kitchen and my parents complimented me on what a nice friend I had made. My mom told me to keep him in reserves so that if anything should happen to my relationship with Johnny I would have Peter to fall back on. I shook my head as I walked to my room but Bryan stopped me as I walked past his door.
"Hey, Liz?"
"Yeah?"
"I like Peter. I like him a lot." I smiled softly and walked into my room whispering to myself,
"I like him too."
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