Chapter 5: First Dance

A/N: Hey guys sorry its been awhile since i updated Mid-terms are this week so this is a short one. We're going way back for this moment. i hope you guys all enjoy it.

Peter Parker had no idea how he got this lucky. Here he was with his arms around the most beautiful girls he'd ever known, Laura Kinney. Over the last few months their relationship had gone from Laura being cold and distant to whatever they were now. Peter was still trying to figure that one out, so was Laura.

Laura put her head on Peter's chest she'd never let anyone get this close to her, but with Peter everything felt different. Sure he was reckless and could be childish at times, but he was also the one who treated her like a human being. Ever since he came to the institute he made her feel special. She didn't want this night to end.

Rouge and Kitty had told her once that Peter was one in a million and Laura had to get him before someone else did. At first she brushed them off as being dumb for ever thinking someone would love her, especially someone like Peter.

She stopped moving with Peter and the two looked at each other intently.

"Laura whats wrong?"

Laura, not X or X-23 but he called her Laura. That just made her heart flutter faster. She wanted to kiss him right then and now, but she didn't want to cause a scene.

"Can we go outside privately?" Laura whispered so only the two could hear. Peter looked around to see if Xavier and the others weren't looking and he nodded quickly running through the crowd of teenage mutants and into the fresh air of the Xavier Institute. It was a quiet and cool night, the stars shinned bright with a full moon as well in the light.

Laura walked towards the balcony all Peter could do was stare. He felt his heartbeating a mile a minute not even MJ could make him feel this way. He walked towards her and gave her a small smile which she returned brightly.

"I wanted to say thank you Peter, for everything." Her voice started to shake it was always hard expressing her emotions and tonight was not any different, but this was Peter. "You gave me a chance and treated me like an actual human being. You showed me things that I had never seen….you're my best friend Pete." She smiled at the last part and walked towards him placing her hands over his.

"Peter…I love you." She said looking into his eyes.

He didn't say anything, he just smiled. At first Laura didn't understand then she saw his smile and he pulled her face to his and kissed her. After almost dying and Peter saving her and Laura saving Peter this was worth all the close calls of death that came. Laura returned the kiss and the two were lost in what felt like hours of a passionate embrace. Laura didn't want this moment to end she wanted time to stop to be with Peter forever.

Peter wrapped an arm around Laura and smiled he shot a web line and the two went up to their little spot on the roof of the Institute. The two held each other close while Laura listened to the sound of his heart beat.

Peter smiled and kissed her softly getting out his phone.

"May I have this dance m'lady?"

Laura giggled as she took his hand and the two danced in their own little world where none could bother them. It was just them.