Peter stood on the football field inside the gates where you, Michelle, Ned and a few other students had gathered to watch the fight between Peter and Flash. "Are you sure you still want to do this Peter?" You ask him and he smiles at you.
"Don't worry Y/N, Peter's gonna be just fine." Ned comments confidently and smiles.
"Why do you think that Ned?" Michelle asks and Peter's eyes widen and he shoots Ned an angry glare. Ned stammered a bit.
"Uh well because-" Peter moved his hands in a 'come on dude say something' motion, but stopped and scratched the back of his head and smiled when you turned to him. "He's been working out a lot lately. I mean even our gym teacher thinks he's improving a lot."
"I wouldn't exactly trust the opinion of a guy who after teaching a class about our health then proceeds to eat a dozen donuts." Michelle says.
"You can do it Peter!" You cheer him on and he smiles and blushes a bit from your encouragement. Wow, Y/N's cheering me on. He thinks to himself. She's so pretty, and nice, and sweet, I thought I was invisible to girls like her but now it looks like one day she might be into- Everyone gasped as Flash's fist hit the side of Peter's head and Peter fell over onto the ground. You gasped and covered your mouth with your hands, watching with a worried expression as Peter stood back up, rubbing the side of his head.
"Hey!" Michelle called out to Flash. "What was that? That totally wasn't fair he didn't see you coming! ( get it? ;) )"
"Well it ain't my fault he was staring at h/c hotness over there while I was coming up behind him." Flash says. You scoff and look disgusted and Flash winked at you. "And I can see why. Hey there gorgeous, what's say after this you and I go grab something to eat?" He flirts and you look away from him. You noticed that Peter was just standing there. Why wasn't he trying to fight Flash. "Hey Penis Parker what's wrong?" He whines with a pouty face. "Can't take a punch?"
"Nah you're just not worth it." Peter says and you smile. You liked that he wasn't just some pigheaded hubris filled guy that would eagerly jump into a fight.
"And by that you mean you're scared." Flash taunts and all the students start booing Peter. You looked at Peter sadly, you didn't like how Flash was treating him. "That comes with having a tiny penis Parker!" Flash laughs and you could see Peter clenching his fists. "And those three loser friends of yours are scared of me too. They know no one in this school is cooler than me." He zeroes in on you. "And if that chick is dumb enough to keep hanging out with you, then maybe I'll come up with a little nickname for her too-" He groaned in pain when Peter's fist collided with his jaw.
"Don't threaten my friends." Peter says.
"Alright let's brawl Parker." Flash says and the two boys start fighting.
You watch carefully and notice that it seems like Peter's holding back. It looked like he was even letting Flash get a few hits on him. MJ and Ned were cheering him on, begging him to keep fighting. You hoped he could pull through too, but then you saw some blood come from Peter's lip as Flash punched him in the jaw. And you couldn't stop yourself. You skillfully climbed the gate and jumped over it and strode confidently up to Flash and tapped his shoulder. He smirked.
"So you changed your mind?" He asks. You giggle and smile at him.
"Yeah I did." You say and he bites his lip and looks you up and down. Ned and MJ looked shocked from your betrayal and Peter felt his heart break a bit. I should have known. He thought sadly and groaned in pain.
"Alright then. How about a kiss for the victor?" He asks and closes his eyes and puckers his lips.
"Of course." You say seductively and lick your lips before punching him hard in the mouth, sending him flying to the ground, and he probably lost a tooth or two. The crowd had gone silent. "What?" You asked them. "I thought he said he wanted a fist. It's hard to hear him over his huge ego." You say and step over Flash, completely ignoring him.
"Hey are you okay?" You ask him and he looks up at you and smiles.
"I'm fine. Just a little bruised that's all." Peter says like it's nothing. Michelle uses her lock pick to unlock the gate and you drape Peter's arm over your shoulders and help him walk to the gate. While Flash watched in a state of utter disbelief.
"Guys, guys, I'm fine." Peter says, trying to push Michelle and Ned away as they nurse his wounds. Michelle holding a frozen steak to his eye and Ned with bandages and rubbing alcohol.
"Dude come on just let us help you." Ned begs and dabs a cut on his friend's temple with a cotton ball making Peter wince.
"Yeah I needed some excuse to head to the butcher and get some frozen meat." Michelle says and Ned and Peter gave her a strange look. "What?" She asks. They hear the doorbell. "That's probably Y/N with your sandwich." Michelle says. "Here hold this." She says and tosses the steak at Peter but he wasn't watching and it ended up hitting him in the crotch. He let out a loud groan of pain bent over and Michelle cringed. "Sorry." She apologizes and goes to get the door.
"Do you think Aunt May will be upset when she finds out you got in a fight?" Ned asks Peter.
"Well I'll probably heal up before she comes home tomorrow, but I imagine she'll be mad." Peter says and smiles at you when you walk in with a sandwich.
"Hey, how are you feeling?" You ask him and sit down next to him on his bed.
"A lot better thanks." Peter says. "Thanks for sticking up for me today. Again. That was some wicked punch."
"Yeah I bet Flash will be feeling that one for the whole weekend." Ned says. You blush.
"It was nothing. That jerk had it coming." You say and hand Peter his sandwich. "I don't know what kind you usually get so I just got one that I'd usually get…" Peter's eyes widened and his smile grew as he heard you describing the exact same sandwich he usually got at the Deli, that had been rebuilt recently. "With pickles and pressed in one of those panini presses." You finish and Michelle walks over to Peter and gently closes his jaw for him. "You okay?" You ask him and he snaps out of his trance.
"Y-Yeah I'm fine it's just that that's the exact same sandwich I usually get." Peter says and you gasp and smile.
"Really?" You ask and he nods.
"Here have half of it." He offers.
"No no no Peter I couldn't-" You try to push it back but he presses it towards you more. Both of you blushing at the contact of your fingers.
"I insist. You've done so much for me today you deserve this." He says and you cave and take a bite of your half of the sandwich and Peter takes a bite of his.
"Isn't it crazy." Ned says.
"What?" Michelle asks.
"How they finish each other's sandwiches." Ned says and Michelle's nostrils flare.
"Oh you did not just quote Frozen!" She yells at him and hoists him up by his shirt and drags him out of the bedroom while you and Peter laugh.
"Aw come on Michelle, you see it too don't you?" Ned asks and she turns to him.
"See what?" She asks.
"The chemistry that they've got brewing in there." Ned raises his eyebrows a bit.
"They have that class together. Of course something's brewing." Michelle says, still oblivious to what's going on. Ned groans.
"Come on. You totally know. Their mental synchronization can have but one explanation."
"What?" Michelle asks flatly.
"That Y/N and Pete, were just meant to be-" Michelle silenced him so the two possible lovers in question wouldn't hear Ned.
"Say goodbye, to the pain of the past." Michelle decides to sing and takes Ned's hand and leads him to the door. "We don't have to feel it anymore. Love is an open door!" She swings the door open and pushes him out and shuts it. She hears a knock on the door.
"Do you wanna build a snowman?" He asks softly.
"Go away Ned." She answers.
"Okay bye…" He says and then turns to find you and Peter clapping. She looks utterly confused until Ned comes back in with a big smile on his face.
"You guys planned this didn't you!" She exclaims and you all laugh.
"I thought it would be funny and help lighten the mood." Ned says.
"Wait so you told her what sandwich I usually get?" Peter asks.
"No dude that wasn't planned at all, that was totally unexpected." Ned says and you and Peter lock eyes for a brief moment and then turn back to Ned. "More unexpected than Leia being Luke's sister am I right?" He asks and Peter and Ned high five. You look confused.
"What are you guys talking about?" You ask and Peter and Ned look confused.
"Wait have you never seen Star Wars?" They ask and you nod. Both of them scream in horror and Michelle covers her ears.
"Ouch! Guys what the hell! So she hasn't seen your little dork movie what's the big deal-" Michelle says then Ned pushes her aside and he and Peter each grab one of your arms and pull you over to the couch, slightly against your will and push you down on it.
"You are not allowed to leave this couch until you've seen the original trilogy." Peter says. "I'm going to go make some popcorn, Ned fire up the movie."
"I'm going to go home." Michelle says.
"No MJ please stay!" You beg her and mouth "Don't leave me alone with them please." And made a small begging motion with your hands, which of course means she stayed because she's such a good friend.
Halfway through the first movie you were invested. The only time you moved was to take a piece of popcorn out of the bowl. At one point it seemed like Peter had the same idea and his hand slid on top of yours, pulling you both out of your trance and looking into each other's eyes. It was then you realized how beautiful they were. They reminded you of chocolate. Little did you know that he was thinking about how pretty your eyes were too. Suddenly an action scene came on and reclaimed your attentions to the film. There were popcorn fights and the occasional debate Ned and Peter would have over some minute detail.
"Dude I'm telling you Han shot first!" Ned says.
"No it was totally Greedo (I think that's the name I haven't seen the movie in awhile ?) George Lucas even said it himself!"
"Does it matter?" You ask, sitting next to Michelle, both of you sporting bored expressions.
"Yes! It's one of the biggest debates in the fandom!" Peter says and you smiled a bit from how passionate he seemed about this whole thing. It really was rather cute.
"Han shot first!" Ned says.
"Greedo shot!" Peter says.
"I'll shoot you both if you don't sit your asses down and let us enjoy the movie." Michelle says and the boys exchange a look.
"Yes Ma'am." They both say and sit back down on the couch.
So that was Michelle's secret power. You'd have to keep that in mind for the future. By the time you had reached the third film you were resting your head on Peter's shoulder and he subtly rested his arm on the back of the couch, imagining if he would ever get lucky enough to wrap it around your shoulders. The movie ended and Peter stretched and realized where you were and his face turned fifty shades of red. He looked at Ned and the two of them mouthed
"Oh my God." To each other. You looked up at Peter.
"You make a comfy pillow." You tell him and he smiles.
"Thanks. I try." Peter answers and you giggle, prompting him to laugh. Michelle smiled, she had to admit you two were pretty cute.
"I had a lot of fun with you guys tonight. We should do this again sometime!" You suggest.
"Yeah I mean Y/n/N still needs to see the prequels." Michelle points out.
"No!" Ned and Peter shout and Peter covers your ears.
"She's pure right now, we don't need to taint it by having her watch those abominations." Ned says and you remove Peter's hands from your head, but you still hold onto them gently.
"You don't own me." You tell Peter and that instantly reminds him of something Dragonfly said to him the other night. "I watch what I want, where I want, with who I want." You tell all three of them and give Peter's hand a gentle squeeze.
"Okay well we should all get going. Y/n/N do you need a ride home?" Michelle asks.
"Not this time MJ. My foster dad's coming to get me." You tell her.
"Foster dad?" Peter asks and looks at you.
"What happened to your parent-" Michelle slaps a hand over Ned's mouth to silence him.
"I really don't want to talk about it." You tell them and look into your lap. A jolt of warmth ran through you when Peter put his hand on your arm and rubbed gently.
"That's okay. I know what it feels like to lose your parents." He tells you and you feel bad for him and give him a hug. He's a bit shocked at first but then he reciprocates and the two of you pull apart. You, Ned and Michelle head to the door.
"Thanks for letting us hang out Peter. See you tomorrow bro." Ned says and fist bumps Peter before leaving.
"Goodbye Peter. Try not to get beat up again." Michelle says.
"I make no promises." Peter says as she leaves.
"Thanks for letting me hang out with you today. You, MJ and Ned may be the kindest people I've ever met." You tell him.
"Well I'm happy to be your friend." Peter says. "You're a really cool girl, I'd love to hang out with you more."
"You too." You tell Peter and blush a bit. Your phone buzzed. "Well my ride's here, goodnight Peter."
"Goodnight Y/N." He tells you and shuts the door. Both of you leaned on it from opposite sides and slid down to the floor.
"She's incredible." He mutters to himself.
"He's amazing." You say to yourself.