Chapter 4: A new life part 3
Moving…that one word would never leave Peter's mind
Peter was moving in two days, he could not believe it he was stunned speechless when his aunt told him the news it was the most shocking thing that he has ever received. At first, the voice told him that Aunt May was being completely unreasonable but he would not pass that from his mind to his lips, he wanted to hear the full story.
Aunt May had tears in her eyes as she broke down in front of her nephew in his room, for the bank was going to reclaim the house that he grew up in for the past…well ever since he was a kid that was when he was only seven and that time was the last time he saw his parents.
Somehow, the image of his parents began to fade away from his mind over the years and Uncle Ben and Aunt May began to fill the void but it suddenly stopped to disappear after his costume change from traditional red and blue suit to the black suit just like that.
Now he was forced to move out because Aunt May had not come up with the money to pay for the house not that it was her fault, Aunt May was advanced in her years at the age of 58 years old not only that she was capable of finding a job but it would difficult find one suitable for her.
Today's day in age, it was all about the computers whether it be the iPhones, or the Droids, or the Mac, Aunt May was a person who was very old fashion and even had a hard time trying to figure out how the computer works sometimes, she even talked to it when the electronic voice was speaking.
As for Peter he was in his junior year of high school 17 years old, has a job but it pays lousy and he hated by his boss from his alter-ego Spider-man. Even if does get another job, he won't have enough time to make the deadline which was in two weeks, his other job is not for the thrill of being a superhero even though the action is his reward or collecting money, he made a vow and he was going to keep it. The bank had said that they sent the final notice last month they have given the Parkers two weeks to find a new home or else.
Peter had a lot on his mind, how can he break the news to the few friends he has made here? Two days was not a lot of time to tell people you were suddenly moving and you could not visit them often as well. Peter also found out that Aunt May had been prepared actually for a month now after she finally calmed down from crying she told Peter of a nice house that was located in Bayville, New York.
She called the owner while Peter was in school one day she told him; he said that the rent would be about 800 hundred dollars a month, which was not too bad but it was not the best either. He was making $125.00 dollars but that was all and J.J was not give him a raise because he was being cheap since it was a mask vigilantly, very rarely did he get a raise. He will just find another job when he gets to Bayville with a more decent salary pay. He also found out from his aunt that the first two month was free since they were moving in, however, the third month they had to pay rent, keep nice and clean and maintain the yard.
The trip was only 45 minutes to an hour away from Queens, to tell the truth, Peter was actually looking forward to starting a new life. He was thinking of meeting new people and maybe getting to know someone fully and to his luck, that someone would treat him the same.
'Might as well keep positive on the situation I mean it can't be that bad moving right?'
It was September 20th Peter remember, he was leaving in two days so which means he'll have to call Gwen, MJ, Harry together for one final outing before he left to Bayville. Change is always going to be hard no matter where you looked. It is was harder to accept the fact that Aunt May had already been prepared for this, she had a few boxes packed and a couple neighbors had helped her packed once they found out.
Even Mary Jane's aunt came to help that was a shocker.
Xavier Mansion
At Xavier institute home for the gifted, Charles Xavier had just informed Scott and Jean about their new arrival. They were walking into the Professor's private quarter curious about the new arrival. They came in and they saw him with a hood covering his face.
Professor X spoke up breaking the ice between the three, "This is Kurt Wagner, and he arrived late last night."
With a smile and a two-finger salute, Scott introduced himself and Jean, "Hey Kurt, this is Jean and I'm Scott."
He walked up to the lad extending his hand, however; Kurt moved back behind the Professor, the professor encouraged him.
"It's alright Kurt you are among friends here. Our friend here is quite apprehensive when it comes to meeting new people."
Kurt took some courage and extended his hand, Scott and Jean were a little bewildered when they saw a blue three-finger hand come out of his pocket.
"Hello…" His accent was German that much they could tell
The professor cleared his throat; it was not easy being a mutant, you were born normal and your powers came suddenly during one point in your life or you like Kurt with scales, or fur or something else that made like an outcast to society.
"I was telling Kurt here, how I set up this institute for gifted youngsters. Youngsters whose gifts are not always an asset, right Scott?" he tested him, Scott was a little baffled at what to say
"Uh…so…about last night Professor…I get the intention…you heard…"
"Difficult not to hear when it's on every single news channel." He said firmly
"Look, professor, it was a bad situation that was occurring and well it just happened." He stuttered
"Well Scott, try to be more careful luckily for us, no one got seriously hurt or discovered the true cause of the accident." He said
"Come on Professor I'm packing a bazooka behind these shades!" Scott touched his glasses as they shined a little, "What do you want from me!"
"Control Scott!" He exclaimed, "That's why you are here to learn that's why you're all here."
"Well not everyone Professor is here to learn..." Jean said as she stood next to Kurt
"What do you mean by that, not everyone?" He spoke up
"Ah yes I meant to tell you about what had occurred two weeks ago." Professor Xavier mentioned to Kurt that found a hero by name of Spider-Man and that he has been trying to find for a year and when they did, he offered him a place to stay at the institute but he declined the offer. He also added that Scott had an optic beam within his eye.
Kurt took his hood off reveal a blue face, with pointy ears behind the cover-up, "Cool…"
"How about you Kurt, what are your powers?" Jean asked, "Got a special gift that brought you here?"
Suddenly there was nothing more than smoke and the smell of sulfur in the air as Kurt teleported to the other side of the room corner.
"Maybe…"
The professor smirked, "I'll be helping Kurt settling in. We can talk more tonight."
Bayville High School Principal's Office
With one foot dragging Todd Tolansky waited for the principal to show up to the office, already he was bored out his mind just waiting for her to call him in her private office. A few more moments went by and the door suddenly opened.
"Mr. Tolansky."
He walked into her office; she got a whiff of him waving the air in disgust at what she was smelled from him.
'Ugh…does this young man ever take a shower?'
Closing the door she went right to the window then went right to business with him, "Now Todd shall we talk about your friend Scott Summers?"
"What about him?" He said picking his ear, "He's cool…hey wasn't for that jack would have pounded my skull flat ya know."
"Yes well, Summers, as you noticed, has special powers." Her mind thought of a certain wall-crawler that she will want to get back at for humiliating her and because him she was brought back webbed up as punishment from him. "There is other like him and we need to know more, much more!"
"Hey, I don't want to…"
"Silence! You will do as you are told! Understand!"
Queens New York Next Day Saturday
It was morning around 11:00 am Peter managed to call the few friends that he had in New York, he first called Harry, then Mary Jane and finally Gwen, he told the three to meet him at the Mall around Noon. The movers would be there tomorrow morning a bright Sunday morning and he was already dreading the last thing he had to do, to say goodbye.
He told them he had to talk to them about something important and left it at that not getting into details. It was not something you would talk about on the phone; it had to be done in person. He told Aunt May where he was going and she seemed to understand why he had been down this morning during breakfast, Peter was only playing with food.
Peter decided to web swing to the mall as he thought. Even though they might still keep in touch from time to time, there was that nagging possibility that most likely the three of them will drift apart. He got to the mall within minutes close to it enough, he went on the other side of the street where he ducked into the alleyway, changing clothing. One thing that he had to like about his new costume that it saved him time to change, he saw three familiar figures near the entrance talking amongst themselves.
Harry was the one who spotted him, "Peter!"
The other two turned to reveal themselves as Gwen and MJ they smiled, once he reached them, he was immediately pulled into a group hug by his friends. The voice in his head screamed, 'GET THEM OFF! GET THEM OFF!'
'Oh shut up and enjoy this.'
Once the hug broke he looked at the three of them, Harry had been his best friend for years, and MJ...on the other hand he was actually slightly attracted to her but then he took in Gwen he was definitely attracted to the blonde. He never got the nerve to ask her out since it might ruin the friendship they had.
'I guess I'll never know what we could of having been.' He thought sadly
'You don't need her, she'll get in your way, she'll only hold you back…' the voice hissed at him, that raised some red flags in Peter. Concern was written all over his face this worried three friends as Gwen spoke up.
"Peter are you alright? You look kind of down."
Peter clicked his tongue and sighed. "Guys...let's sit down I got something to tell you all." They sat down on one of the benches with Peter in the middle, "I'm moving in two days…"
There he said flat and plainly the bomb has dropped the look on their faces was to the voice was priceless but to Peter, it was something he wished he said nicely.
'You should take a picture…' The voice laughed
'Two words; Shut…up…' he thought annoyed
"Peter so suddenly?" Harry asked not believing this
"Yup…"
"Where are you moving?" Asked Mary Jane, they have been best friends since she moved in next door to him since they were children, then she thought the way Aunt Anna was in a depression-like state, she wanted to ask but held her tongue now she knew why.
"Bayville…"
Gwen was the stunned one out of the two, sure, she had feelings for Peter, but she never thought he would like her back. Now that he was moving, she will never know what it would be like with Peter, something wet dripped from her eye, and Peter could have sworn that there was a tear shed.
Silence hung in the air, Harry broke the ice, "Well…If you're going then I say we make this day count as much as possible."
Gwen and Mary Jane agreed, Peter held a small smile on his face, he was grateful for the few friends that he has here he will surely miss them. Until the evening came around which would around midnight the four of them spent the entire day together doing what they normally they would do in a week in an entire day. It would have been a great time for Peter if it were not for the fact that this was going to be the last time he might see them.
Not to mention he will have to start looking for a new school to go to, oh boy he'll have to do some research on which school will be appropriate for to go to but he'll have to do that later when they move to the new house.
LXD: There you have it, Peter is finally moving to Bayville and his new life will begin in Chapter five. Comment, rate it, subscribe…till the next chapter.
