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Flash POV
After overhearing Ned and Peter gossiping about a dirty secret of Peter's, Flash decided that this could be his chance to expose Penis Parker to the school. Flash could finally show everyone that Peter isn't as perfect as they think he is! There is no way that Peter is top of their class, in the Robotics club, Academic Decathlon, and on top of all that, has an internship with the Tony Stark. But before we go any further, let me make this clear, Flash is not jealous. Nope. Not jealous at all. Penis Parker is just a dirty, lying, stuck-up snob. Flash isn't jealous. At all..After 2 full weeks of watching Peter, Flash has only gotten even more suspicious. Peter was often late to class, and when he wasn't late, he left early. At the end of the school day, Peter would literally run out of the school, which is especially weird considering he is so unathletic, and he also has asthma. Now that he thought about it, Flash hasn't seen Peter use his inhaler in over a year now. Odd. Flash has also noticed that whenever he tries to follow Peter out of school, he somehow manages to disappear seemingly out of thin air?Today in class, Peter was messing around with something inside of the desk."Penis!" Flash taunts."Hey, Penis!" This time Peter stiffened and Flash smirked. "Yo, Parker, I know you heard me."Flash kicked Peter's chair. "Don't be rude, answer me."Peter rolled his eyes and continued working on the lab that their science teacher, Mr. Harrington, assigned."Don't ignore me, Penis Parker!" Flash growled. I couldn't believe Parker had the audacity to blatantly disregard him. Flash grabbed the collar of Peter's shirt and yanked it back. Peter flew backwards over his chair and hit his head on the ground.Peter winced and rubbed his head.Flash chuckled. "Wow, Pete, could you be more clumsy?"Laughter from the other students filled the classroom.Ned quickly rushed to Peter's aid, scanning him for any injuries. "Peter! Are you all right? You hit your head pretty hard, do you need to go to the nurse. How are your senses?"Ned's caring nature almost caught Flash off guard; he didn't have any friends like that. Flash quickly brushed those thoughts away."Mr. Parker, do you need to go to the nurse?" Mr. Harrington sighed, clearly bored of whatever drama Flash and Peter had. "Well then, Mr. Parker, if you're alright, would you please stop disrupting the class and get back to the lab."Flash smirked, "I'll help him up." Flash leaned down to Peter's level and offered him a hand up. Peter hesitated, as if he knew what was coming, but Peter being Peter didn't want to be rude and took the 'helping hand' anyways.Flash swiftly yanked Peter up off from the ground, making him stumble. After making sure Peter was fully on his feet, Flash pulled him close and whispered in his ear: "I know you're hiding something."Flash shoved Peter one last time before making his way back to his seat.
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Peter's POV
"I know you're hiding something."Flash shoved Peter one last time before making his way back to his seat.For about a minute Peter sat frozen on the ground. What does Flash know? How does he know I'm hiding something? Peter gulped, and with his shaky arms, pulled himself up off the ground. His head was pounded, he likely had a minor concussion but Peter wasn't too concerned, he knew it was be gone by the end of the day. Peter sat down apprehensively and gave a reassuring glance to Ned who was eying him worriedly. "I'm okay," Peter mouthed to him.
~TIME SKIP~
Peter could feel Flash's eyes drilling into the back of his head. Ever since that whole situation in Mr. Harrington's last week, Flash has left him alone, but his spidey-sense (Peter tingle haha) told him that Flash was watching him. "Peter, are you listening?"Peter looked up from his desk to see his teacher, Ms. Bradford, standing in front of him with her arms crossed, clearly unhappy. "Have you payed attention at all this class?" She said pointedly.Peter looked back down at his desk; he had been zoned out for the majority of the class. "Sorry, my internship ran late last night, I'm just pretty tired." He mumbled. He heard Flash scoff from behind him."Okay, but the next time I catch you daydreaming during my class, you're going straight to detention, is that clear?""Yes, Ms. Bradford."Peter looked up at the clock, happy to see that there was only 5 more minutes until lunch. Peter walked in to the lunchroom and soon spotted Ned sitting with Cindy, Abe, and Betty. Peter headed towards them."Hey guys! Where's MJ?" As if on cue, MJ entered the lunch room with her head buried in a new novel. MJ plopped down next to Peter. "Hey, Losers.""Hey, MJ!" Peter responded with his signature bright smile. He reached into his bag and pulled a few slices of leftover pizza from his internship last night. Yes, Peter does also have a real internship with Tony Stark besides just being Spiderman."So, MJ, do you maybe want to hang out later?" Peter asks while rubbing the back of his neck nervously. (I know it's kinda cliche)"Why? Do you like me or sum?" MJ stated, still not having looked up from her book"No! No, no, no, no. Just, maybe like, friends?" Peter returns with a slight chuckle. "But, we're not friends." MJ reminds him."Well, maybe we can be!" Peter says while flashing his typically dorky smile at MJ. "Friends. Maybe we can be friends, I mean," Peter quickly adds. "We could like, go grab food or see a movie. Maybe I'll invite Ned as well! Or, or we could hang out at my place... I do have some pretty rad legos!" Peter cringed, "Ugh, why did I say rad? I mean, you probably don't even like legos, and now you think I'm a nerd. I'm-""Stop talking, you're embarrassing yourself." MJ cut him off. Peters ears cheeks flushed bright red."Oh," He looked down."But I'd like that," she quickly added, looking up from her book for the first time since the start of lunch. Peter's face lit up and MJ gave her best attempt at a smile, which was basically a small smirk.When MJ got up to use the bathroom, Ned swiftly turned around to face Peter. "My boy is finally turning into a man." Ned gripped Peter's shoulder and smiled, bearing a striking resemblance to a proud dad. Peter shook off the hand. "I wouldn't really say that," he laughed."Dude! You're going on a date!" Ned countered."What? No, no, it is so definitely not a date! It's just... two friends hanging out!""Yeah, okay." Ned rolled his eyes jokingly. "So anyways, is there anything new going on with your stark internship?""My 'internship' or my internship." Peter asked."Either! Both are crazy cool!""Well this weekend I get to shadow the real interns for the first time and afterwards Mr. Stark and I are going to work on my suit together!" Peter gushed."Suit? What suit?" MJ questioned while sitting back down at their table."Erm, my, uhhhh," Peter stammered, running his fingers through his hair."His tuxedo!" Ned cut in."Ah yes, my tuxedo! Mr. Stark and I are working on my tuxedo for a convention, I mean conference! We're working on a suit for a conference." Peter gave a small chuckle.MJ pursed her lips and looked between them. "Cool." She shrugged before going back to her book. Peter sighed with relief.
~TIME JUMP~
The car stopped in front of a small gray house in the suburbs."Thanks for the ride Aunt May! I'll see you around 11:00 tonight?" Peter asked as he got out of the car."Actually, I'm working late tonight, but I'll see you tomorrow morning for pancakes!" May replied."Okay, I'll see you tomorrow! Love you!" Peter got out out the car and started walking towards the house."Love you too, honey. Have fun on your date!" May called from the car window."It's not a date!""Whatever you say honey."Peter groaned and proceeded to make his way up MJ's driveway. He wiped his hands on his pants. Why was he so nervous? Sure him and MJ have never hung out on their own before but it's not like this was a date or anything! Peter didn't even have any feelings for MJ! He made his way up her front steps, took a deep breath, and knocked on the door. Wow this really felt like homecoming all over again. Oof.While waiting for MJ, he quickly fixed his hair. The door swung open and there stood MJ in only a pair of black boyfriend jeans and a plain long sleeve shirt.Dang, maybe he did have feeling for her.
~TIME JUMP~
Flash's POV
Flash and his friends were sitting in the backseat of his dad's car while his chauffeur drove them home. The two friends with him were chatting in the seats next to him about girls or something but Flash was instead looking through his phone for any Spiderman sightings. It was almost 10:30 at night and he apparently hasn't been out yet. Disappointed, Flash put down his phone. The one time Flash is in Spiderman's usual territory at the right time of night and he wasn't even out. Of course. I've never seen him in person before and was hoping to catch a glimpse of him tonight, but I guess that isn't going to happen.We pull up to a stop light and I rest my head against the cool glass of the window. I was watching people pass by when I noticed something odd: is that Peter Parker and Michelle Jones eating dinner together?"Hey, guys." Flash nudged his friend, Jackson. "Is that Penis Parker on a date with Michelle Jones?""Uh yeah, looks like it. Never thought Jones would settle for such a nerd." Jackson chuckled.His other friend, Eddie, reached across Flash to roll down the window. "Sup, Penis Parker!" He called out. "Enjoying your date?" They all burst out laughing; Peter looked up horrified. Jackson threw the remainder of his soda out the window and it nailed Peter right in the chest. The coke stained the entire front side of his shirt a nasty shade of brown."How do you like it now?" Flash laughed. "I think that color looks really nice on you!""Aww, is someone not having a good time?" Eddie cooed."Hey MJ, why would you even go out with this loser anyway?" Jackson joked.MJ stood up and started marching towards their car, but Peter held her back. Flash could practically see the steam coming out of her ears. Before they could react, a half-eaten hamburger, thrown by MJ, was hurdling towards them. The burger hit Jackson in the side of the head and it splattered onto Flash's face.'You're so dead!" Flash screamed out the window as their car began to drive away. In the distance they could see MJ flipping them off. They are so dead.