Amanda

Sunday afternoon

Slowly I pack my stuff and think.
Vacation is over, the school starts again. From now on I'll see my brother almost every day. Whether I should be happy about it, I don't know exactly.
I sink down on the bed next to my bag.
I sit around for a few minutes when someone suddenly knocks. I can already imagine who it is and ask him to come in.
"Hey Steve", I say, slightly smiling.
"You'll leave in an hour", he says, noticing the clothes that are still lying untidily next to the bag.
"What's going on?", he asks and sits down next to me.
"It's because of my brother, I always hoped to finally have him back with me, but after all that happened, I'm not sure if I'm glad that he'll come back.
Even if I am, it'll never be the same again", I say, looking down.
"Try to start over, and if that doesn't work, you still have the people you love the most by your side", he smiles.
"I was hoping for such brotherly advice from you, thank you Steve", I say, also smiling.
"Always, kid!
Now pack your things. You have to leave soon", he says and gets up.

Standing in front of the jet, I say goodbye to the others. I'll probably not be able to come here for a while. But that isn't so bad now. Like Steve said, I have the people I love the most by my side. At the thought of Peter, I start to grin. To be able to see him again.
Thinking about it makes me forget all the worries.
During the flight I fall asleep slowly, but after a while I wake up because of a 'Wake up, Aurora!' by Clint.
Finally we are there.
"See you, kid", Natasha says.
"Don't get sentimental", Clint calls, causing me to laugh.
"See you, Natasha", I say, smiling. When they're gone, I enter the building. To see the familiar surroundings again is wonderful.

As soon as I enter the apartment, I get hugged by a happy Peter.
Again I smile and enjoy the moment.
"Finally I see you again", I say quietly, my head's resting on his shoulder. Pleased, I hear him exhale.
After releasing me, Grandma comes to us.
"Well, how was it, darling?", she asks with a smile.
"It was great", I say.
"Come on you two, now let's get something to eat first", she says and disappears in the kitchen.
"How was your vacation?", I ask after we sit down on the couch.
"All right", he says, causing me to look at him questioningly.
"For real?",
"Well, I missed you pretty much", he says, and I kiss him on the cheek.
"You're really cute!", I say with a grin.
"I'm not!".
"Haha, you're blushing!", I can barely keep myself from laughing.
"No I don't", he says and laughs too.
"Yes you do", I say and hear Grandma shortly after calling from the kitchen.
"Food's ready".
Slowly we get up and go into the dining room. I cover the table, Peter gets the glasses.
How I missed those evenings when we ate and talked together.
Hopefully we can do that again more often.

After the dinner I have to say goodbye to Peter again. Tomorrow back to school, then I'll see him almost the whole day.
"I'll be at yours tomorrow at 7am", he says, leaning against the door.
"Okay, see you at 7", I say and kiss him.

A few hours later, I lie in my bed and think.
It's nice to finally spend time with Peter again. But I mustn't forget that I also have a certain duty towards the city.
Just a question I've been asking myself for a while.
Will they ever come up with a better superhero name?
IT is still pretty offensive.
Myself, I haven't thought about a name yet.
Would be interesting.
I think about it for a while and then fall asleep.