Hi friends. Waz up? Hahaha I'm trying to act gangster. I mean gangsta. Jk okay shoutout to CrackYourReign911 and highlander348 for being such dolls and reviewingXD Oh, it just made me so happy!
"Hi Peter," Jesse smiles at him from the sidewalk, her hands wrapped around her backpack's shoulder straps. Peter nods at her, trying to smile but the fatigue weighing him down. "Looks like someone needs to go with the Fanta and Snickers line in cafeteria at lunch today," She says, patting Peter's cheek. "I've got a stash in some random cooler I found behind the lunch-line counters."
Peter squints at her as the cross the loud road. "What?" She shrugs, looking at him. Peter shakes his head, a laugh escaping his throat. "You're not you when you're hungry," she says, making Peter laugh again. "Or tired," She adds, jumping up onto the curb.
She seems so casual that Peter nearly forgets what had happened the afternoon before walking home. As the memory comes back, he feels himself blush and smirk at the same time. Peter watches Jesse slide down the subway railing and board the train after sliding her still-crisp school district subway card through the little scan system.
"So, what were you up to last night?" Jesse looks over at him through her platinum hair. "Must've partied hard if you're this tired. Why was I not invited?" She asks playfully, pushing him with her shoulder.
Actually, Jesseca. I was out getting beat up, threatened by, and almost making out with some random chick in tight black and a mask. You know, the usual.
"Uh. Homework," Peter states. Jesse rolls her eyes and nods mockingly.
"Homework," She repeats. Peter laughs and nods, trying to be convincing. "Yeah, whatever," She snorts, crossing her legs.
...
"Parker." Peter rolls his eyes and taps his pencil against his desk, thinking about the question in front of him. "Parker." Flash's voice hisses from a desk to his left. Peter pretends not to hear, is eyes still focused on the question. "Parker!" He says a little louder.
"What the crap do you want?" Peter nearly yells, flipping around.
"What's number two?" Flash asks quietly.
"What?" Peter asks. Seriously?
"I said I need number two. What's the answer?"
"What makes you think that I would give you an answer after all he crap you've done to me?" Peter asks, his eyebrows raised.
"Because, if you don't, I'll beat the crap out of your sorry butt in front of Jesse."
Peter smirks. "I'm not afraid of you, Uigene." He says.
Flash's face flares red. "That's it Parker. I'm going to beat you so hard, so you better say your last goodbyes to your little sympathy girlfriend."
"She's not my girlfriend,"Peter replies. Though in all honesty, part of him wishes he could say she was.
"Good."
Peter turns around silently, trying to direct his concern back toward his test.
He hears Flash kick someone's desk. "Hey Simon. What's number two?"
...
"Okay, come over here," Jesse holds Peter's arm tightly as he edges her closer and closer to a ramp. Jesse had suggested he take her to a skate park that afternoon instead of going home like usual so he could help her learn some more. Not wanting to go to a more piblic park, Peter showed her the old abandoned warehouse he had learned so many tricks in in the past. The rusted chains hung from the rafters above, the chains he had first hung from like a spider.
"I'm going to push you up and you'll just roll back down," he says, gesturing to a sloped wall. Prying Jesse's fingers out of his arm, he gently pushes her back so she glides up the wall a little, and back down. Her hips wobble back and forh uncontrollably as she comes back down, and she tries to throw her arms out for balance.
"Okay, I'm going to push you up again, and this time, try to keep your arms down lower and your feet more firm." Jesse reaches and puts her hands on Peter's shoulders to stop.
"Uh-oh, okay," She squeels, shaking out her knees. She lets go of Peter's jacket and he places his hands on her hips gently. She stops squeeling as he pushes her off again, and this time she doesn't tremble and shake quite as much.
"Hah! I did it!" She laughs. Peter laughs too, and she shakes her stiff body.
"Let's try this ramp," Peter says, taking her arm again and wheeling her over. Jesse smiles and nods as he pushes her back and forth.
After a hour or two, Jesse says they should take a break from skating. "My body hurts from not moving," she laughs. Peter smiles, and he gets an idea.
"Come over here," he calls, running to the longest chain hanging from above. "Watch this." Jesse jumps off the board and watches as Peter grabs the end of a chain, pulls it back a few strides, then runs forward and jumps on it. He easily holds on to the chain and grabs another, flipping upside down as he does it.
Jesse erupts in laughter from below. "You're like a little chimp!" She hollers at him, giggling. "Here I go!" She yells again, cluthcing her own long chain. Doing the same as Peter, she climbs up the chain and jumps for another, wrapping her legs around it for support. Not everyone could have spider-like cabilities like Peter did. Effortlessly, he swung back and forth, laughing at Jesse's expressions of shock.
"Not going to lie, Peter! I thought you were sort of lame before this!" She teases, calling to him from high on a chain across the warehouse.
Peter rolls his eyes and jumps from the chain, flipping backwards in the air and landing in a squat on the cement. "Uh Peter?" Jesse laughs a little as she tries to scoot down the chain slowly. He could tell she wanted to jump, but somehow she had gotten herself way too high up.
"Hold on, I'll come get you," He yells to her, cupping his mouth with his hands. He jumps up and climbs until he reaches her. "Okay, one second." He jumps to her chain and climbs closer. "Okay, I'm going to hold your waist and we'll scoot down together." Jesse nods, still holding the lengh of rusted chains above her. Peter reaches up and grabs the chain with one hand, and slowly wraps the other around Jesse's stomach.
Peter swallows as he scoots down, inch by inch, Jesse leaning further into him. Sure, he had rescued plenty of people before from burning cars, gunman, and giant lizards, but somehow having a girl wrapped up in his arms like this was making his pulse quiver.
He continues to move down slowly, listening to Jesse's light breathing. Peter feels the cement touch his shoe and he lets go of the chain, he and Jesse landing together on their feet. He drops his arms from Jesse's body, half of his screaming to just to keep holding on. "Thanks Peter," He watches Jesse smile and bite the inside of her cheek.
"I have to go," She says, looking down. Peter feels his shoulders sink as she she blinks and looks at him again.
She moves away slightly and he reaches out for her shoulder. "Before you go-" he says and she looks back up. "I had fun today," Peter finishes, his chest clenching. Jesse goes still but then nods and smiles.
"Bye."
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