Green Eyes

I don't own anything from the MCU!

The school day had finished long ago and Annalise was at work now. She worked at a broken down little restaurant as a waitress. Of course, her day just had to get worse. Peter Parker and a tall, brown haired, pretty woman walked in. And they sat in Annalise's section.

With a sigh, Annalise went up to their table "Welcome," She said flatly "Can I get you two anything to start? Drinks?"

Peter looked up, startled. Why was Annalise working here of all places? With her brain she could easily work anywhere.

"Annalise?" He asked "What are you doing here?"

"I'm working, Parker. Gotta make money somehow." Annalise shrugged then, noticing the woman's confused expression, said "We go to school together."

"Oh!" The woman smiled, she seemed very friendly "I'm Peter's Aunt, May. It's so nice to meet another of Peter's friends."

"We're not friends." Annalise clarified "We just met. We're partners on a science project."

"Alright." May clearly didn't believe her "What time do you get off? You're welcome to come home with us so you and Peter can get started on your science project."

"Thanks, but I work until closing at midnight, I wouldn't want to keep you awake."

"So late?" May asked "Won't your parents worry about you walking home alone?"

"Not really." Annalise shrugged nonchalantly "Haven't got any parents to worry."

"You're an orphan?" May asked horrified.

"Oh, no." Annalise said quickly "I have a Dad, he just doesn't know I exist. Mom died five years ago."

"English!" The manager shouted "Hurry up!"

"Sorry, Greg." Annalise muttered "So, what can I get you?"

She took the pair's orders and headed back to the kitchen where she gave the order to the cook. Then she continued on taking orders and delivering food. After about fifteen minutes she brought the food out to Peter and May.

"Here you go." She set their plates in front of them "Enjoy."

"Thanks, Annalise." Peter smiled as he dug in.

"Thank you." May smiled

"No problem." Annalise plastered on a smile.

She went back to work. Eventually, Peter and May left and Annalise continued taking orders, bringing out food, and getting yelled at by her boss. Finally it was closing time and Annalise started the never-ending task of cleaning the diner. By the time she was finished it was nearly one in the morning.

Slowly she made her way down the streets and alleyways to the small apartment she called home. It was run down and ugly, but there was a bed and a bathroom, running water and electricity. That was enough for Annalise.

Her father didn't know who she was or that she existed. She knew exactly who her mother had been though, a kind woman who had lost the fight with cancer. Her mother had left her some money but not a lot. But Annalise felt guilty using it, her mother should have used it for her treatments.

Her father, well, he'd abandoned her mother before she could tell him she was pregnant. Not that it mattered. He was a cheating, no good, scoundrel who broke her mothers heart. Annalise had never met him but she knew who he was. She'd found some old letters in her mother's things that were from him.

She would never lower herself to asking him for help though. She would rather work her fingers to the bone and kill herself with exhaustion from endless work than talk to him. Still, she thought, how bad could it be?

She slapped herself gently to bring herself out of her traitorous thoughts. Bad Annalise, she thought, don't think like that. Don't be dragged into the temptation of a more comfortable life. You'll graduate, top of your class, and get a top notch job somewhere he can watch you rise and rise to happiness.

Peter was on the phone with Ned that night after he got back from dinner with Aunt May.

"Hey, Ned?" He asked "What do you know about Annalise English?"

"Who?" Ned was confused "Who's that?"

"She's in science with me, and math, and English." Peter explained "She and I are partners for a project in science."

"Annalise English..." Ned said softly "Let me see what I can find out." Peter heard the clacking of keys as Ned did a search through the school registry "Annalise English! Found her! I'm sending you the information now."

A message dinged on the computer and Peter clicked on it. On the file Ned had sent him was her grades. Her GPA was as high as Peter's and her grades were almost better. There was also family information. It said her mother had died five years ago and her father was listed as unknown. There was also a mailing address.

That caught Peter's attention. He quickly sent a message to Ned saying he was going out on patrol and he'd send a message when he was back. Then he pulled on his Spiderman suit and swung out the window and down the street.

He made his way down the road, swinging from building to building until he reached his destination. A small run down apartment building. Peter peered through windows seeing people passed out on sofas and the floor until he reached one where Annalise sat inside reading a book on physics and taking notes on a page on the table.

Peter watched her for a while, staring as she pushed her purple hair out of her eyes.

"Hey, kid." Mr. Stark's voice startled him out of his watching "Whatcha doing?"

Peter fell from his perch and caught himself on the fire escape, which promptly broke and left him dangling from a web.

"Um...hi, Mr. Stark." Peter offered up, lamely "Nothing."

"Uh-huh, who's the girl?"

"She's my science partner." Peter said, trying to cover up the truth.

"Sure, that's why you're outside her window at four in the morning." Mr. Stark quirked an eyebrow.

"Wha-four in the morning?" Peter asked, shocked "I-I haven't been out here that long. Have I?"

"'Fraid so." Mr. Stark laughed "I've been watching you watching her for hours. Happy got a call from your little friend, Ted?"

"Ned."

"Whatever. Anyway he called Happy, worried about why you hadn't called after patrol. Happy called me and here we are."

"Crap, if I've been out here that long, Aunt May's probably worried sick." Peter realized "Thanks Mr. Stark."

"Hold up, kid." Mr. Stark held up a hand "First you're going to tell me who this girl is and why she's studying such a high level of physics."

"She..." Peter sighed "She's just a friend. I don't know really. She's not even really a friend, yet. I just met her today. She is my science partner but I guess I just feel guilty that she's been at school with me all year in so many of my classes and I never took the time to even learn her name. I want to get to know her but all I know so far is that she works at a crappy little diner, is super smart, and she doesn't exactly like you."

"What?" Mr. Stark gasped "How can she not like me?"

Peter shrugged "I don't know."

"Well, I'm going in there and finding out."

"No, Mr. Stark, wait!"

Word count: 1225 words
Please don't forget to comment, vote, and add to your reading lists!
Love,
The Author
P.S.
Sorry for the cliffhanger!