Final Chapter! Prompts Nine: Write a chapter in which drama ensues at a social event and Ten: write a chapter in which a character narrowly avoids getting in trouble from an authority figure.
Oh and yes, Anna's voice is written like it is in the comics, with 'Ah' instead of 'I' to denote her southern accent.
Wade was an idiot.
Of course Peter already had a date. It was Peter. Cute, adorable Peter.
He groaned loudly. He was an idiot.
All this skipping school probably isn't helping, a voice chimed. He hadn't been to school since Peter had visited.
Well he wasn't going to school with a broken heart.
He groaned again.
There was a knocking at the door and for a second, he froze.
Maybe Peter had come for him. In that second, he imagined a worried Peter, blushing and stammering over a confession – that he had lied about having a date because he was just so intimidated about how cool and awesome and handsome Wade was.
Then he heard the voice.
"Ah swear ah'll knock down the door if you don't open it." Anna yelled with her southern twang.
Wade frowned and jumped to his feet. "What's up Anna?" he asked as he opened the door.
She strode past him. "Get dressed. You're comin' to the dance."
Wade gave her a disbelieving look. "What?"
"Ya comin' to the dance." She repeated slowly. "Get dressed."
"Why?"
"Ya gonna be my date."
"What happened to Remy?" he asked, scratching his head.
"We broke up."
"Didn't you break up last week? And the week before that?"
"And we did it again," she said matter-of-factly. "Get dressed now."
Wade numbly followed her instructions while she waited outside his room. He stepped out in a tux, pulling at his tie.
Anna sighed and fixed it herself. "Hopeless," she muttered. She stepped away. "Come on."
"But I'm moping," he complained.
"Mope another day," she told him. "We have a Cajun to show up."
She mussed up her hair. "How do ah look?"
"Very hot," he complimented.
She gave him a look. "Right." She grabbed his hand. "Car's outside."
~
Peggy smiled at him. "You okay?"
Peter ran a hand though his hair. "I'm good."
The rest of their group had already dispersed into the dance. Steve and Nat were dancing while Sam and Bucky admired their partners from a corner of the room. No one was sure where Tony and Clint went, but there were rumours of mischief.
Peggy put a hand on his arm. "Wanna dance?"
Peter eyed the dancefloor. "You sure your girlfriend won't mind?"
She smiled. "Scared?"
"Terrified," he replied, but let her drag him onto the floor.
Wade looked around the room. "Classy," he commented.
Anna looked around. "Can you see 'im?"
Wade scanned the room. "No. Maybe he's not here yet?" he said hopefully.
"Remy's never late."
"Remy? I was looking for Peter."
She hit him on the arm. "We're looking for Remy."
"Oh." He looked again. "There he is."
She craned her neck in the direction he pointed. "Ah can't see 'im."
"By the food table."
"What's 'e doing?"
"Chatting with Gwen Stacy."
"That's bastard."
"I thought you broke up."
"We did."
Wade gave her a look. "Help me find Peter."
"Parker? What do you want 'im for?"
Wade shrugged, embarrassed. "Just keeping tabs on everyone."
Anna shot him a suspicious look. "There he is." She said finally. "Dancin' with Margaret."
"Margaret?"
"Peggy Carter."
"What?" he followed her gaze. "I thought she was dating Pepper!"
"Maybe they broke up?"
Wade shook his head. "Great." He said. How could he beat that?
Anna gave him a sympathetic look. "Care to dance?"
"I think I'll grab us some food."
Anna shrugged. "Up to you."
~
Peter lead Peggy to a corner.
Pepper sidled up to them and kissed Peggy's cheek.
"How's it going?" Peter asked.
"Oh great," Pepper said. "There are two girls crying in the bathroom, someone threw up and somebody spiked he punch so we had to chuck that out."
Peggy squeezed her arm and wisely didn't mention Tony and Clint's disappearance.
Pepper smiled back at her. "Figured I'd take a break and ask you for a dance." She looked at Peter. "If that's okay."
He smiled. "Go ahead."
Pepper took Peggy's hand and pulled her back into the dance.
Peter watched them dance for a bit. They were good together. He cast a glance to the table and grabbed a party-pie.
"Enjoying yourself?"
Peter coughed on his food. "Mr Summers."
Scott grinned at him. "Hello Peter."
Peter coughed again. "Um, yeah, it's good." He said in answer to his question.
Scott smiled. "Logan tells me you visited his restaurant."
Peter blinked. "Oh um yeah. I went with-"
"Wade, yes. Logan was quite impressed with you. He said you managed to keep Wade on his best behaviour."
Peter flushed. "Yeah."
Scott looked at him curiously. "Is he here?"
"I…uh…don't know."
"Oh."
"He did ask." He said quickly. "But I'd already promised to go with Peggy. Margaret Carter."
"Oh."
"Otherwise I'd have gone with him," Peter continued.
"It's okay Peter," Scott reassured him. "I'm not judging you."
"Right." He looked at the floor. A though occurred. "Is Logan here?"
Scott grinned. "Nah. He's not a party person."
Peter smiled back. "Yeah he didn't seem the type… Uh…sorry."
"Don't worry. He gets that all the time."
"Wade reckons he's an assassin."
Scott laughed. "I wonder sometimes." He ducked his head. "I better go. Supervising and all."
Peter nodded.
~
Wade and Anna were hiding behind a group of people.
"Ah can't believe he's still talking to her."
"Since when has he been friend with Summers?" Wade muttered.
"It's been over an hour." Anna complained.
"What's so funny?" Wade hissed.
"Arghh," they said in unison, then shared guilty looks.
"Um." Wade rubbed his head. "So you mentioned dancing."
Anna nodded. "Let's dance."
~
Peggy and Pepper rejoined their group.
"Where's Peter?" Tony asked, having reappeared with Clint a few minutes earlier.
Nat looked over the dancefloor and caught Peter's eye on the other side of the room. She waved him over.
Peter nodded and moved towards them, but somehow ended up walking into a dancing couple.
"Sorry," he blathered, looking at who he had hit apologetically. "Wade! I wasn't expecting you to…"
"Oh. Um yeah," Wade replied and gestured to his partner. "This is Anna Marie. My date." He added. "You're here with Peggy, right?"
"Yeah." Peter ran his hand through his hair. "I was actually…" he gestured to the group. "Sorry again. I better… Nice meeting you." He stepped away.
Peggy looked at him as he approached. "You okay?"
"Yeah." He looked over the group. "Where's Pepper?"
"Something happened in the music room." She shrugged. "You sure you're okay?"
"Yeah, I just…I'm going to go to the bathroom."
Peggy gave him a worried look. "Okay."
Peter crossed the room again quickly and entered the hallway with the bathrooms. He hesitated in front of the bathroom door, but remembered Pepper's comment about people already crying in the bathroom and kept walking.
He pulled himself into an empty classroom and sat at a desk
He wasn't sure why seeing Wade with Anna was so upsetting. It wasn't like he had anything going with Wade. They'd had one detention together, and one not-date. Just because Wade had asked him to the dance…
"Knock, knock," said a voice at the door.
Peter's head shot up and his leg kicked out and hit the desk. "Ow."
Wade gave him a sympathetic grin. "Hey Parker."
Peter stood up. "Ah. I was just…uh…."
"You okay?"
"Fine," he snapped. He made a show of looking around. "Where's your date?"
Wade shrugged.
"She seemed nice." Peter tried again.
Wade smiled. "Yeah, she's good. So's yours," he added. "Miss Carter. Very nice."
"Pepper's running the show so I agreed to keep her company."
Wade's mouth opened and he blinked. "Seriously?"
Peter blinked. "Uh yeah. Why?"
"So you're not dating her?" Wade asked excitedly.
"…No?"
Wade stepped forward with a grin and shook him by the shoulders. "That's great!"
"It is?"
"We're both single!"
"We are?"
"Yeah!"
"What about Anna?"
"She's got this thing with Remy. I'm the jealousy bait."
Peter brightened and Wade chuckled gleefully. "See I knew you liked me!"
Peter flushed. "I didn't say that."
"I can see it in your eyes," Wade sang back.
Peter looked away, then back to him. "So umm…"
"Wanna dance?" Wade asked.
"Yes," Peter replied quickly.
Wade grinned and leant in, and before Peter could react, Wade's lips were on his.
"Ahem," said a voice from the doorway.
Peter jumped away quickly, to see Pepper standing there with a clipboard. She raised an eyebrow.
"Pepper!" he said, his voice a few pitches too high. He cleared his throat. "What's up?"
"Peggy was worried."
"Ah." He opened his mouth and searched his mind for a response.
Wade stepped closer and wrapped his arms around Peter. "He's good. I've got him." He winked at her. "Don't forget to shut the door."
Pepper rolled her eyes. "The last dance is in two songs," she told them, then shut the door.
Wade grinned at Peter. "Wanna make out till then?"
Peter smiled back and wondered just what he'd gotten himself into.
A/N: Remy, my lovely baby. Shame he wasn't in it more. Ah, and Scott talking about Logan ^^
Anyway yay, the end!
