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chapter 6

At lunch peter could tell something was up with me. Maybe it was the way I kept moping around, maybe it was all the nonstop sighing.

Whatever it was, it seemed to be driving him crazy.

"Linzy, will you cut that out already? What's bugging you anyway?" I looked up abruptly; both Harry and Mary Jane were looking at me in concern.

"What, no. I'm fine. Nothing's bugging me…" I took a deep breath and forced myself to act normally."Really guys, I'm fine. Just feeling a little…strange today."

MJ stood up and thrust her hand onto my forehead."strange how? Are you sick?" I shook her off and leaned back.

"No, excuse me…" I got up from the table and walked calmly to the bathroom where I splashed cold water on my face.

'Alright Linzy, pull yourself together. So you only have three days… you can't mess things up that badly, right? All you have to do is make sure everything turns out the way they do in the series…ugh, this is going to be a disaster.'

With a puff of air I blew the hair from my face, my cheeks shining and scarlet.

"Why me?" I asked my reflection miserably.

That night I didn't get any sleep.

I tossed and turned in my bed, trying to figure out what I could do then scolding myself for thinking too much.

Finally I gave up and got out of bed, crept out into the hallway and ultimately outside.

The night air always helps me clear my head, even here in Manhattan.

I stepped outside onto the sidewalk, taking a deep breath as I did so.

I've been in this world for almost a month now, although to everyone, including myself, it feels as if I've always been here.

I paced around the yard for a while before turning once again to the ladder leaning against the house.

I haven't been up there since that night a few weeks ago.

I sighed and climbed up, sitting on the same slanted spot from before.

I crossed my arms behind my head and lay down, gazing at the sky and thinking.

I thought about my home, my friends, my family… my new family here… and again my thoughts wandered back to how I was going to handle living through the year 2012 again…in a different universe… with a superhero for a cousin.

I groaned and closed my eyes.

Why does everything always have to be so complicated?

"Hey cuz, you up there again?"

…sheesh, how does he keep finding me up here?!

"Yeah, I couldn't sleep. Why are you still up? It's pretty late…" I turned and watched as peter's head popped up over the ladder.

"Yeah, I've been… studying." I rolled my eyes. It was more likely he'd been in spandex, swinging around the city on a web.

"…ok then. Hey Pete, um…"

"Yes?" I met his gaze. "…Never mind."

"No, really. What is it?" I frowned.

"Nothing. I had absolutely nothing to say, I just didn't know it until I spoke."

He looked at me for a moment, his eyebrow inching higher each second. "Linzy, you are one of the strangest people I have ever met. And believe me, that's saying something."

…wait a second, does that mean he's comparing me to all those wacko super villains he fights every day?!

I turned and gave him my almost-a-less-likely-to-kill-you death glare. "Whoa, hey- watch were you're pointing that thing!"

"… You do realize you're talking about my face, right?"

"Uhh…gottagobye!" he sputtered quickly, then disappeared over the side.

A moment later I heard the front door slam.

… Peter Parker is becoming less of a super-hero idol and more of an annoying cousin.

Is that good…or bad?

yes, I know it's sort of short, but if you ask nicely enough and I get at least 3

reviews I'll give you an extra long one in my next update,

which may or may not take place this week.

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