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"Dad," Harry said quietly, wringing his hands, he pushed open his father's office, and stepped inside. It was the office Mara had been held in, less than two days ago. Mr Osborne looked up, setting down his pen. Motioning for his son to step forward "I…I think maybe we should tell Daze we don't want to work for her,"

Mr Osborne laughed "Don't be stupid Harry, the fame that she's promised us? If we get her the key to Spiderman's genes, she's promised us the flower powder she uses, imagine that, we'd be even richer-"

"Do we need more money?" Harry cried, he quietened when Mr Osborne's stern look fell upon him. "Look dad," he said quietly "I'm just saying, Jerome Clarke…he's a lot nicer than we thought-"

"What?" Mr Osborne stood "Don't tell me he goes to the public school?"

"As does Mara Jaffray,"

Thomas Osborne's intake of breath was sharp "They didn't recognise you?"

Harry shook his head "Quite the opposite, Jerome…he's a nice guy dad…he's actually my friend,"

"Friend?" Harry's dad seemed inspired with the idea "That's good, become friends with him, become better friends with his girlfriend, maybe we don't have to kidnap her every week, maybe you could become closer to her;"

"What?"

"Does she like you, Mara Jaffray?"

"She's dating Jerome Clarke, she's dating Spiderman, why on earth would she look twice at me?" Harry exclaimed, looking at his dad, as if he was crazy "And I'm not doing that to her! She was nice to me today, she showed me around, we have a lot in common-"

"Make her fall in love with you." His father said simply. "Manipulate her, get her to tell you everything about Spiderman, his powers."

"I'm not doing that to Jerome."

"Is she pretty?" his dad quipped quickly. And Harry, the good, and kind, and so exceptional Harry faltered. She was beautiful. She was beautiful, and she was kind, and she was accepting. She had made him blush. Mr Osborne nodded, pleased with his son's response "You're a nice boy Harry, you're good looking, you're rich, and you already seem to like her,"

"No- dad!" he said loudly, "I refuse! I won't do that to Jerome!"

Mr Osborne arched an eyebrow at his son, and nodded, sitting down. "Fine Harry, you do whatever you like," he watched his son expectantly, but Harry stood there, watching his dad, confused. "I mean, you've failed me in every other way. You're not intelligent, you have no gifts, and you can't follow basic commands. Go, go be a disappoint after I've given you everything since the day you were born."

Harry felt his waver dissolve.

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"Dress to impress," Amber smiled, sitting beside Harry in English. Harry looked up from his book, with a confused smile. "You're clothes, very nice designer labels, I like that brand myself,"

"Oh, thanks," Harry nodded his gratitude, somewhat reservedly. He was wearing a black turtleneck, the sleeves rolled up, and dark jeans. "You're um…" he frowned "You're Amber Millington," Amber nodded, and he took a deep breath, he needed to get further into their group "The pretty one?" immediately Amber brightened, she flicked her hair over her shoulder

"And you're observant," she smiled "You're going to fit into our group well," Harry smiled.

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"I'd love too," Jerome nodded, "I'm free Wednesday mornings," he smiled at Doctor Conners, he was in his house, at about eight o clock before school, just chatting

"Brilliant, Jerome, brilliant," he patted Jerome's shoulder "You know, if this is right, we could get this cure for breast cancer done right,"

"I'm just glad you've stopped that elixir of life thing,"

"Well, all the research was destroyed," Doctor Conners whispered "It would…it would take a lot of time to redo all of that, I should…take a small step before I re-embark,"

"Re-embark?" Jerome repeated, voice breaking slightly "R-right,"

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"Front page!" Eddie grinned, literally jumped onto Jerome's back, slapping the newspaper onto his chest. Jerome laughed, taking the newspaper, and closing his locker. "We made front page!"

Jerome turned to the front page, and sure enough, there was a picture of Captain America, punching a robber, and Spiderman webbing up his accomplice. The caption read "Super Saviours," Jerome grinned "We did awesome," he turned to the back page, and there was the same picture, only with a different caption "Deadly duo?" he groaned "How can one newspaper be so hypocritical?"

Eddie shrugged "As long as we made first page man!" he slapped Jerome's back.

"Why are you so happy, Slimeball?" Patricia asked, crossing her arms. Eddie grinned

"Captain America and Spiderman are on the front page,"

"Surely Jerome should be the happy one?" she frowned, turning to Jerome "I saw the story on the news, Clarke, impressive," Jerome pretended to be flattered

"Oh stop it, Trixie, I'm only amazing,"

"So…do you know who Captain America is?" Patricia asked curiously "I mean, the two of you have been seen together a lot,"

"I do know," Jerome smiled "But uh…obviously that's not something to be discussed,"

Patricia rolled her eyes "You'll spill eventually Clarke, you always do,"

"You better not, bug boy," Eddie hissed, elbowing Jerome. The prankster only laughed.

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"Joy," Mick stopped her in the corridor "You're one of them now?"

Joy froze, she had forgotten. She had forgotten all about popularity and being judged. Because when you're with a group of people who like you, because of who you are, it's easy to slip outside the world. "I…" she trailed off, looking at her heels "Missed Amber,"

Mick sighed, staring up at the ceiling in the busy corridor "Joy I want to join-"

"It's Jerome you need to talk too,"

"I tried," Mick insisted. "Please Joy, we were friends, help me out,"

Joy thought hard "Mara," she shrugged "To get in, you need Jerome's approval," and she could obviously see why "So…get to him through Mara,"

"Joy!" Fabian called, waving at her from across the corridor. Joy blushed, just at the fact he was giving her some attention.

"Bye Mick," she said quickly, rushing to the nerd. Mick watched, completely bewildered.

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"Mara," Harry cleared his throat. Mara jumped, covering her heart, then relaxing, turning back to packing her bag. The school was deserted, she was in the library, packing up. She was doing extra credit, for no reason.

"Hey Harry, what's up?" she swung her bag over her shoulder, smiling brightly at him. And he admired her. Long dark hair, that she had let loose today, it was straight and silky. A red knee length dress that puffed out at the end. A blue cardigan. And white heels

"You match the union jack, very patriotic," he nodded. Mara looked down at herself, and blushed

"Actually, don't tell anyone," she admitted "I'm doing it to co-ordinate with Spiderman,"

Harry nodded in realisation "Won't tell a soul," he promised. He took a deep breath, taking a step towards her "Are you okay Mara?" he asked. Mara frowned

"Of course I am,"

"You seem…stressed, like your hiding something," Of course she's hiding something his conscious screamed You and your father have poisoned her dad and forced her to betray her boyfriend "Like…your mind is somewhere else,"

Mara sat down in shock, and her mouth dropped open slightly "You noticed? After only knowing me two days?"

"I know when someone's bottling something up," he whispered, moving behind her. He moved behind her, gently, very gently and hesitantly, he placed his hands on her shoulders, massaging them, in a soothing way. "What's wrong?"

Mara wanted to cry, he had noticed. Which means she wasn't hiding it well enough. "I'm petrified," she whispered. She tried to spend every moment she got with her dad, and whenever he made a small comment about how he felt, she wanted to burst into tears. They could set off that bomb at any moment. He was in even more danger than usual. And she couldn't stand it.

"Of what?" he whispered, choking back his own emotion. He had done this to her, he was making her feel that way.

"Oh Harry," she whispered, shaking her head, she leaned back into his relaxing hands "I just...I'm just really worried right now,"

"Well, whenever you need to talk, Mara, I'm here," he leaned down, probably pushed his luck, and kissed her softly on the cheek. He removed his hands from her shoulders, and headed for the exit.

Mara watched him go with teary eyes.

Not realising she'd been played.

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AvatarRocky: Yes, I think Harry might be part of a bigger plot AW! You're so kind!

Rachel: I knew you would! I knew you'd get it immediately! You are always right!

Lorna: I love jabian! YES! You got it right! But he is a good guy! Aw! SeriouslY? You're the kindest person ever! Hahaha, we're in the same time zone Lorna, you're adorable! Xxx

OH MY DAYS I GOT MY GCSE RESULTS TODAY! I got an A in science, but I was SOOO close to an A*…ugh, very irritated, want to cry To all those who got their results, well done! A, B, or C, let me tell you, you are clever, and you will be happy. And if you're not happy right now, this doesn't matter, I promise you, this isn't going to follow you around, just prepare yourself better next time. Let's all do it together, right?

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