As promised, the next chapter. I was originally going to post this with the last one but it was a little over five-thousand words so I decided to split it into two. I'll try to have another chapter up soon!

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P: Hey, wasssuuup?

A: Studying. Did you get into the caffeine again?

P: What? no. Anyway, wanna come over?

A: As in me, come to your place? That's new.

P: I know. I think May's starting to believe you don't exist.

A: Well, we can't have that, can we? My dads here now, I can get Charles to drive me. But I was serious about studying, I have a test next week.

P: Bring your books, I'll help.

A: Be there soon.

Standing from her seat, Ada gets dressed with a quick look in the mirror. If she was meeting Peter's Aunt, she wanted to look at least like she hadn't just climbed out of bed. Stuffing her books into her bag, the teen throws it over her shoulder and leaves her room.

Nathan was in his home office, as usual when he was here. Ada found him quickly, knocking on the door to get his attention without entering.

"Hey, dad, I was wondering if I could go study with some people from school." It wasn't exactly a lie, but she still hated it, even if he probably wouldn't care if she told him the truth. The teenager wasn't willing to risk it.

"Don't be out late." Nathan said without looking away from his computer and Ada sighs. She probably could've told him there was a unicorn flying outside the window and he wouldn't blink.

"Okay, bye." Ada mumbled, turning to leave but pausing and looking over her shoulder. "Love you, dad."

Clutching her phone in her hands, Ada texts Charles quickly, asking him if he could drop her off somewhere before leaving the apartment, climbing into the elevator, and riding down to the garage. As said in his reply text, Charles was waiting for her and Ada wasted no time climbing into the back seat and giving him the address.

"Thank you, Charles." Ada smiles at the man when he parks the car. "Have a good day, okay?"

"Will do." He smiles back to her, watching until he was sure she was safely inside the building.

Before climbing into the elevator, Ada sends a quick text to Peter, letting him know she was there. Tapping her fingers against her thigh, Ada blows a heavy breath out of her mouth, stepping from the elevator when it opened.

"You sure you didn't drink a cup of coffee or something?" Ada asks Peter as she approaches him outside his apartment door.

"Yeah, why?" The boy questions as he turns to her, his phone disappearing into his back pocket.

"You're jittery." The girl observes, watching Peter all but bounce on the heels of his feet while wringing his hands together. He looked ready to burst.

"Yeah, well, I just want Aunt May to like you, you know? You're my best friend." Peter explained, shooting a glance at the closed door next to him.

"Ooh, best friend." Ada smiled, warmth filling her heart at the title.

"Next to Ned of course. And MJ."

"You mean the girl you're totally crushing on?" Ada teased with a smirk.

"Am not."

"Are too."

"Am not."

"Are too."

"Seriously?" Peter asks and Ada chuckles. She was nervous about meeting Peter's Aunt, of course, she was. But she meets new people all the time, she just usually didn't care what they thought of her. She did now, but if she's learned anything over the years it's that you need to play it cool. Don't freak out because that's not going to help anyone or anything.

"I'm sorry." Ada apologizes with a soft smile. "As much as I love your hallway..."

"Right!" Peter jumps forward, hand wrapping around the doorknob before he twists it, pushing the door open. "Hey, May." The boy greets his Aunt as he leads Ada into the kitchen where the woman stood. "This is Ada."

"Hello." Ada smiles with a nod towards the woman. She was very beautiful, the teen noted. Her long hair was down, her face framed by her red glasses. She had a cute sense of style as well. And her smile was very comforting.

"She is real." May joked, laughing when her nephew groaned and turned away. "I'm only kidding. It's great to meet you, sweetie."

"You as well. I've heard a lot of good things."

"Well, in that case, they're all true." Ada shares a laugh with the woman. If Peter's praise of her wasn't enough to know how amazing of a person May was, meeting her confirmed that.

"We were just gonna study for a bit, okay, May?" Peter tells his Aunt, standing from where he'd leaned against the counter.

"Alright, let me know if you guys need anything." The woman nods, allowing Peter to lead Ada to his room.

"She's lovely." Ada comments as she entered the smaller room, smiling at the bunkbed.

"Yeah." Peter agreed with a nod, plopping down in his desk chair while Ada sat on the edge of his bed.

"This is so very, you." Ada said as her eyes roamed around the room. It was very clearly a teenage boy's room, but cleaner. With a few posters on the wall, Star Wars, and other movies. There were old parts and wires to things that were once some kind of device, Ada wasn't sure. And of course, the Spider-Man suit was hanging out of his closet. "Really?" She chuckled, standing to pick up the mask.

"Uh, well, I wa-, it's- I was gonna put that up." Peter stutter, feeling very small under his friend's gaze.

"Can I put this on?" She asks while turning the mask over in her hands, looking up in time to see Peter nod with a shrug. Huffing a laugh, the teen slipped the mask over her face. It was weird but super cool, she thought. Her hair was down so the part covered by the mask became stuck to her head, the rest of it flowed down her back. Clearing her throat, Ada did her best to deepen her voice as she spoke. "Hey, look at me, I'm Spider-Man."

Rolling his eyes, Peter can't hide the smile on his face as he threw a pen at Ada, laughing when she very poorly tried to dodge it. "Rude." She pointed to him, with the hand that wasn't resting on her hip before pulling the mask off, blinking as it pulled her hair into her eyes. "Be happy you have short hair."

"You could have short hair." Peter told her as he caught the mask she threw at him.

"Maybe one day." Ada sighs as she falls back onto Peter's bed.

"Hey, you okay?" Peter questions her, sitting forward in his chair when he noticed the odd look in his friend's eyes. She did that sometimes. It was always completely random, her eyes would change and she'd just look incredibly sad.

"Yeah." Ada whispered, turning her head to smile at him. "Now, help me study."

"This is so not fair." Ada groans as Peter laughs. "How come you're so smart?"

"I was born this way." Peter shrugs, leaning back in his chair.

"Did you just quote a Lady Gaga song?" Ada asks incredulously, picking her head up to raise a single brow at him.

"Maybe." Peter smirked before slamming the book in his lap closed. "Let's take a break."

"Ima take a nap." Ada mutters, curling into a ball on Peter's bed. "Wake me never."

"Sure." Peter chuckles as he walked out of his rooms to find something to eat. After searching around the kitchen, the teenager just grabbed a bag of chips and some cookies before returning. "Hm, Ned's coming over." The boy informs his friend without looking up from his phone.

"Okay, but I can't be held accountable for anything I say or do. My brain is mush right now, too much reading." Ada responds without opening her eyes.

"He's picking up MJ on his way." That got Ada's attention. The girl sat up, her eyes locking onto Peter's face with a smirk.

"Ooh, I get to meet the girl Peter's got a crush on." She says in a sing-song voice, laughing at Peter's annoyed face.

"Do not have a crush." He mumbles before throwing the bag of chips at her. Closed, of course, Peter would never waste perfectly good chips.

"Spicy Doritos." Ada observes, smiling to her friend before opening the bag and taking a chip. "Thanks."

"You're welcome." Peter says around the cookie in his mouth, causing Ada to grimace.

"Don't talk with food in your mouth."

"Says the girl who just spoke with food in her mouth." Peter argued after swallowing his food.

"One chip isn't as bad and two cookies."

"Whatever." After that, the two teens continued talking about nothing until the others arrived. Ada would admit she was a bit more nervous meeting others her age. Even if she went to a school full of them. These were Peter's friends, she wasn't sure what she'd do if they didn't like her.

Ada hadn't even realized they were there. She was busy talking as Peter threw a ball in the air and caught it over and over to hear them. Peter had known, he'd heard them coming from a long way away but didn't see the point in saying anything about it. Plus he didn't want to interrupt Ada.

So when two other teenagers pushed their way into Peter's room, the girl froze but quickly gathered her bearings.

"Ned, Mj," Peter starts, still in his seat as he points between the teens. "Ada. Ada, Ned, and MJ."

"Hi." Ada's voice sounded meeker than normal as she waves to the other teenagers.

"How'd this loser get you to hang out with him?" MJ asked with a wave towards Peter, no real malice in her words.

"He bribed me with food." Was Ada's answer, the girl holding up the chip bag in her hands to further prove her point. "Chip?"

"Yes." Ned nodded, moving forward to take one from the bag.

It got late fast. Ned and MJ had to head home too soon for anyone's liking. Ada was enjoying the time spent with people her age that she actually liked. It was a welcome change to her life. It had always seemed impossible to her, having people to laugh with, people who enjoyed her company as much as she enjoyed theirs.

Ada tried not to let her good mood turn sour as the night was coming to an end. After Peter saw the others out, she painted on a smirk and raised to brow at him, confidently stating.

"You like her."

"No, I don't." Peter was quick to say in return, shaking his head as heat rose in his cheeks.

"Yes, you do."

"No."

"Yes."

"No-is it really that obvious?"

"No, I don't think so. I just have a knack for these kinds of things. If art doesn't work out, I want to study human behavior."

"Huh, never would've guessed that."

Not long after, Peter offered to swing Ada home. He'd noticed her smiles stopped reaching her eyes and hoped to cheer her up. He threw her bag onto his back and held tight to her as he climbed out his window. Thankfully, it was dark and this side of the building let out into a small alley no one even cared to look down.

"Thanks for the lift, Spidey." Ada releases a sigh with her words while stepping back from her friend, gaze shifting to the scenery in front of her. The view from her building's roof was far from the best she's seen since meeting Peter, but it held something odd that the others didn't. Ada wouldn't call it comfort, but she didn't know another word to describe it.

"Anytime." Peter smiles down at her from behind his mask, turning to stand by her side as they both gazed out into the night. He'd agree, it wasn't a bad view. "Want me to hang around for a bit?"

"Nah." Ada sighs once more, tearing her eyes away from the city. "I'm late. And I'm sure Queens is missing its friendly neighborhood hero."

"Spider-Man is known to venture out every once and a while."

"So I've heard." Ada nods once, a small smile gracing her pink lips. "But I think tonight he should stick close to home. I'll see you later, Peter."

"Yeah, see you later." With a two-finger salute, Peter backs up to the edge of the roof, not bothering to turn away from Ada as he steps off, disappearing from her sight.

Letting out a soft breath, Ada lugs her bag onto her shoulder and makes her way to her fire escape. Despite the cold night air and the heaviness settling into her limbs, the teen wanted to stay there, on the roof, watching the lights flicker throughout the city like stars. She wanted to stay there until she could see the sun shining through the structures as it pushes itself into the sky.

Instead, the girl quietly descended the metal stairs until she reaches her floor. Opening her window, she sets her bag on the floor before following. Years ago it finally sank in. It didn't matter what Ada wanted.

She wanted to stay on the roof, but she didn't.

Not the biggest fan of this chapter but that's okay, I got more coming that I do like.

Hope you guys enjoyed it anyway, I'd love to know what you think!

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