A/N: Thought it'd be nice to focus on two characters in this chapter, it'll be shown which character's POV will be next.

I also have to clarify mistake I made last chapter(new readers won't notice) . I actually called Mr Sinister "Ezekiel Sims" instead of Nathaniel Essex

I thank Maxblast for helping me notice the error before it was too late

Anyway, enjoy

Kitty POV

I was staring at the clock at the wall while sitting down.

The Bugle was a nice place. Nice-looking, at least.

I sat there on the couch with my headphones on, listening to music

The clock says 5:30

5 fricking 30!

What's taking him so long?

I feel like giving up, but Logan would not take that lightly at all.

Also, I can't help but feel like I'm forced to go out on a date.

I mean, sure, what the guy does is pretty cool, but it's not like I'd bow down to him or something simply because he knows Spider-Man.
I might just be exagerating

It can't be worse than Bobby, I said as I scoffed

I kept focusing on the elevator and the clock, to see if the Parker guy would ever show up.

Parker POV

I burst out of the elevator and into the crowd

30 minutes late. 30 minutes. Damnit Parker, you had one job!

She's probably not even here anymore.

Alright try to remember. Leather jacket, pink shirt, brunnete...I think that's it.

I finally saw her. She was laying on the couch while wearing headphones

She waved at me.

I waved back and walked over, quickly putting both palms in my face.

"I'm so sorry. I'm so sorry. I took too long, you should've left me. Ugh"

she sighed "Any reason for you to come so late?"

I removed my hands from my face "Yeah, ever heard of Jolly Jonah? Takes him 60 pictures to give you one paycheck."

"Wow. Sounds like a great boss" she said while crossing her arms

"I'm sure he can hear you from down here" I looked to my left and right and whispered to her ear "Let's talk somewhere else please? I need a paycheck. Rent sucks"

She slightly smiled "Sure, c'mon" she leads me out

"So, we are absolutely sure this isn't a date, right?" I ask

I need to know. A date would just add more problems to the fact that I can probably grow six arms at any second.

"Yeah, whatever. Mind if we go get something?"

She said that while looking at her phone. She didn't even lay an eye on me. How disrespectful is that?

She slightly stopped walking near the road and took a deep sigh. Like if she was regretting something.

She looked at me from the side.

"Sorry for saying that...I...should..." She looked like she didn't know what to respond with at all.

She fully turned and faced me directly.

"Sorry for acting so rude...I just feel like this is sort of, forced, y'know?"

I didn't know how to answer to that, and I didn't answer that.

"I mean, don't get it the wrong way but-"

She suddenly stops "...Nevermind.."

I wonder what she meant by that. Forced? Didn't she ask me out?

"I don't know, I feel like I'm in the mood for drinking something first… coffee?" she told me

"It's a hot day, you don't need coffee" I said with a smirk

"Okay fine, a smoothie?"

It took me a while to respond properly. I didn't want this to look like a date, even though it's bound to look like one.

I looked back at her with a really, really dorky smile "Um..fine?"

I don't even want to see how that smile looked like. I can tell it was awful by the tone of her face.

"Let's go" she said

"I'll find it, I know this city by memory. Follow me" I said as I went in front of her

"So uh—I guess we take this one?" I pointed at a table with two chairs, next to a window.

"Oh. Sure." she said

We sat down and a waiter came to us

"Um, I'll take chocolate please" I said

"Yeah, me too" she said. "I really didn't have an option right now, stomach is aching for something."

"Oh I see" I said while putting my hands together

When the waiter walked off, Kitty looked outside to the streets.

"Nice city, right?" I asked, catching her off guard

"Yeah, it's nice." she said, focusing her view on the window

"Oh, cool" I said

This is going to be unbearably awkward

When the smoothies finally came, she immediately started sipping on hers.

"You look pretty rushed" I said

she didn't answer.

"Okay then…." I said

Kitty POV

The silence when drinking the smoothies was intolerable.

We were just each minding our own smoothie, not paying attention to anything else. I saw multiple people at the corner of my eye look extremely perplexed. It was so silent that I'm sure I could hear the conversations of other people.

My phone had been vibrating for some time. Pretty sure it was Logan. That made me realize he's going to be pissed if I come back with nothing on Spider-Man.

Finally, I decide to speak up

" So uh….Peter, right?"

"Yeah, Peter." He stuttered

"Hey, I know someone named Peter!" I told him, myself obviously referring to Colossus

"Oh. Cool" He went back to his smoothie.

Damnit. Okay, something else…..Spider-Man related.

"How did you meet Spider-Man?"

"He uh…." He kept repeatedly stuttering, like if he were searching for the answer now "Understood what I needed his shots for"

"Well, what are they for?" I asked him

"Support myself. And my Aunt, I'm the only one who can do it." He said

"Well, why?" I ask

"My uncle died years ago" He shut his eyes in anger

Ouch.

"Well, what about your parents? Can't they support her?" I asked

He looked down to his smoothie "My parents died in an airplane crash..."

Double ouch.

"That left me with my Aunt and Uncle." he continued "They've been my parents for as long as I can remember. "

Well good job Kitty, you got him depressed and now he probably sees you as a terrible human being

I need to make him feel more comfortable...

I see his free hand

Oh boy. I'm either going to really like this or really hate this.

I did an ambitious move, but anything to help.

I reach my hand over to his and put it over his hand, grabbing it tightly.

"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to-"

He looked back at me with a faint smile "It's okay, thanks"

I smiled back "you at least had friends, right?"

"I rather not talk about that either." Peter responded

Okay, I'm making him feel beyond awful now.

Say something nice to him, Kitty

"Hey, my life hasn't been fair either. I mean, my original parents sort of dropped me at my Institute. They didn't disown me or anything, I still visit them here and there but...long story." I told him

"I can get that...in a sense.." he said "Guess that makes two of us..."

"Yeah, I can see that..." I said

his cheeks suddenly burst red "Now can you finally…..um…."

I saw his eyes motion to his hand. I'm still holding it?

"Oh!" I quickly remove my hand while feeling warm on my cheeks

We both faced opposite ways for some time. Unbearably quiet like the beginning, great.

"Sorry... I just-"

Peter didn't let me finish as he spoke out "Hey, no hard feelings. You tried to help me, and believe me, with a guy as sad as I am, I appreciate it"

I smile slightly and look below "you're welcome."

"You wanna know what's worse than that?"

"What?" I asked, raising my head

Parker POV

"Rent." I answered

We both went on an endless laugh track that could probably be heard outside the restaurant.

Oh and by the way, have I mentioned how cute her laugh is?

I don't know, something about it is just adorable.

Can't believe I'm actually thinking that. She's cute.

"You hate rent, don't you?" she says

"I got a crappy apartment. I can barely support my own water." I say

Y'know, this is slowly turning into a date. But for some reason it isn't bothering me. At all! Just hope the Parker Luck doesn't mess it up.

"Anyway, enough about me. Let me know you a little better, Kitty" I said "First of all, what's your real name?"

She raised her eyebrow

"Like, full name" I said

"Katherine. Katherine Pryde." she tells me

"Alright! Miss Pryde, do you have to suffer through the curses of rent as well?"

She should know.

"No, you already know I'm an Institute" she finished her smoothie "Nice try though"

"...So they pay for your rent?" I asked

she nods

"Damn! There any spots for a prospering geek?" I ask

"Hm…..I'll have to check on...Oh wait that's right! I took that spot!" she says to me

"Oh c'mon!" I said

"Fine, I'll try my best" she winked at me

"Okay, keep in touch" I said before we both laughed

Again, cute laugh. Is that term even manly? Okay, what do I mean by manly?

Let's see what she thinks of my double life...

"What is your general opinion of Spider-Man?" I asked

"I had a gigantic crush on him. You know, temporal celebrity crush thing" she said

Ohhhhh boy.

I raised an eyebrow "Really? Why are you here then?"

she was caught off guard and she stuttered "E-E-Excuse me?"

"You still have a crush on him don't you?"

"Well..." she kept stuttering

I couldn't resist any longer. I exploded in total laughter. I kept laughed harder and harder

"Hey, knock it off Parker!" she playfully smacked my head

"He's an icon. Y'know? It's nice to meet someone like him" she said "It's like meeting Captain America, or any other hero"

She just compared me to Captain America. "Honored" is definitely not doing justice to how I feel now.

"Suureeeee" I said

"Cut it out Parker! I'll throw a piece of this dirty table gum at you!" she said.

"Ew, no." I said "Those things consume you like the Blob"

She looks at me wide eyed, for some reason "How did you-"

"Y'know, that campy horror movie?" I interrupted

"Oh that!" she starts laughing "We should watch that some time. I've got friends we can roast it with"

"Roast? Nah, too young" I said

"You're 19" she said

"I got my limits" I said

"Ugh, geeks." she says playfully

"Here's a controversial thought" I said

"What is it?" She asks, leaning on the table

I take a deep breath

"I don't really like Star Wars, so I don't think I'm a geek" I said

"You don't what?!" she said

"I—It's okay….I guess"I said

"Wow." she said "You are a terrible geek"

"Empire Strikes Back was good!" I said

"Terrible, terrible geek" She said

"Sorry, I'm sorry" I said "I still like Lord of the Rings. Movie and book. Though I lean a little bit towards the books more"

"Up top!" she high fives me "So much more depth than the movies right?"

"Much longer and enjoyable. It's also fun to read" I said

"Ha! Geeks forever!" she said raising her arms

"I thought that was a bad thing according to you" I smirked

"Shh!" she interrupted

Kitty POV

"How about superhero films? I like The Dark Knight series" He said

"Oh, those are pretty cool" I said "I didn't like Rises. Ending personally made no sense to me"

"He survived" He says

"But he blew up. By a nuke, to be specific" I say "But yet he appears in the end with Selena, and Alfred never knew Bruce and Selena were a thing and...You get where I'm going with this?"

"He's Batman. All I gotta say" He said

"good point." I add

"I heard Iron Man's getting a movie" He said

"I expected that. Guy has a huge ego. I saw a friend of mine play a videogame based on his life. No kidding" I said

I was referring to Bobby, I once saw him play that Iron Man game while reading a book.

"Just some of the things you can do with a few billion dollars" he said

"What would you do with a few billion dollars, Mr. Parker? Make a metal armour and laser people in the face?" I said

"I'd probably do what I'm doing now." He said "Except under a different boss."

He leaned in closer

"What? I thought Jonah was Jolly" I said sarcastically

"That's called irony" he said

"Also ironic how I thought you were an un-socialistic dweeb" I said, directly facing his eyes

"Wait, so that's what you meant by forced?" He asked

I looked slightly to the side and bit my lip "It's...complicated. Point is though, I thought today was going to suck. Mainly because of you."

"Wait, so I didn't ruin it?" He asked

"Of course you didn't, dweeb" I said

Suddenly, my phone vibrated again.

I sighed. This is probably his 13th call, gotta take it.

"Oh! Hold up!" I took my phone, it was Logan. It was also past 8 too.

"That's your…"

"Adoptive father. Well, he acts like one." I interrupted "Teacher of the institute. He's probably waiting for me to get home now"

"Alright, I guess we leave now then!" He gulps his smoothie entirely "Check please!" he says

"Go ahead, I'll pay." He said

"No, I'll do it" I search through my wallet "You have crappy rent, I'll save you from that"

"Nah, it's totally fine. I'll figure out my rent later"

Right when I got the amount of money we needed, he already payed. I guess that's cute?

The moment we step outside, Peter tells me "Past 8. No Spider-Man"

No way. I seriously forgot about Spider-Man. I forgot about Logan's mission and pretty much made it a secret date. Add that with the fact that it is past the time he'd usually want for me to be home…yeah I'm never going out alone again

"So, this has become a date right?" I ask him

He shrugs nervously and stutters "I-I-I-I-"

I laugh hysterically

"Hey, stop laughing!" He said

"You're so socially awkward" I said

"Well, I take no offense in that" he admitted "I'm always socially awkward"

"Don't ever take offense in it."
I swear, it's only been a day, and I know this is a nice guy

He stops for a moment and looks away. He looks back at me, "Well...that makes me feel better"

"You're welcome" She smiled

"Anyway, I better be heading home now" I said "Nice to meet the real you"

"Likewise." He said "Good for us to actually meet before we go Spider-Man sight seeing"

"Definitely! Maybe we can actually see Spider-Man next time!" I said

"Oh sure." He said "So do I walk you home or…."

"Don't worry I got my ride, but thanks"

I obviously knew the X-Jet was waiting for me. Logan is worried sick, he probably sent someone to track me down

Parker POV

"Even though plans didn't go as anticipated, I thank you, Peter. Very cute of you"

Suddenly she just kissed my cheek, leaving me red and bedazzled. How's that for Parker Luck?

She walked away to the shadows, while waving at me the same way as in the Bugle

I wave back

She said cute! Is she reading my mind?!

I start to walk back home, with a huger smile than ever.