Chapter 8

The next day, Elena had woken up, touching her lips. She hoped it wasn't a dream. She looked over at her window and saw a sticky note. She couldn't remember the last time she ran so fast.

She opened her window and grabbed it.

'Meet me at the roof, 7:00 - S'

Elena smiled and looked out the window, waiting for 7:00 to come. She needed something to do to pass the time. She wanted to avoid homecoming pictures, knowing that Peter asked Liz, and she didn't want to see any of it.

Elena decided to play music and clean up her from, top to bottom, organizing the stack of trinkets and papers on her desk. Knocking the dead cobwebs out or the corners of her roof.

She sighed as she finished, looking around and smiling. Elena walked over to her phone and checked the time.

11:30 a.m.

She changed into a nice outfit, walking out to her living room where her mom was walking in from her shift.

"I'm going to go cash in a check from the Daily Bugle," she said and her mom pulled out her pepper spray from her purse.

"Just in case the bank gets robbed, and be careful, I love you," she kissed Elena head and walked out. Elena grabbed her wallet and put it in her hoodie jacket. It actually was the Spider-Man jacket, she had to wash the blood out and fix a small hole.

She was a bit surprised that it wasn't damaged completely. Paired with the jacket, she wore black skinny jeans with a hole in the knees, so she wore fishnets underneath it. She had black on black vans.

She walked out onto the street and made her way to the closest Suntrust. Elena's new loose curls bounced off her shoulders and she felt the breeze brush her hair back.

When she walked inside, a couple people eyed her jacket but nonetheless left her alone to her business. Elena walked up to the nearest person with a badge in the window.

"Can I cash my check here?" she asked and the person looked down at it and nodded, leaning over and pulling out a stack of cash, taking another look at the check and pulling out the right amount of money.

She passed it under the slot and Elena smiled, putting it in her wallet. She looked up at the banker.

"Thank you," she smiled and the banker nodded. Elena stuffed her wallet deep into the pocket and walked out. Starting her way home.

She turned a corner and ran right into someone and stumbled back. Their papers scattered around and she immediately helped to pick it up.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't even hear you come around," Elena said and the guy shook his head, pushing his glasses up.

"It's fine, I'm just glad you helped me. Thank you," he said and they parted ways. She turned and leaned against the building, she checked the time as her stomach growled.

12:23

Elena looked around and found a McDonald's. She started walking and went inside. There was a bit of a line as she waited.

When she finally made it up there, she made her order and paid. She grabbed a number and walked over to an empty booth.

She sat down and went onto her phone, sighing as she waited for the time to go by.

This is the first time I wanted a Saturday to go by faster, she thought.

Her food was set on the table and she set her phone down.

When she finished eating, she got up with her tray, put the number where the others were, and she put the trash away as well as the tray.

Elena walked out of the restaurant and checked the time.

She burned an hour.

She walked around the corner and went up to her building. Elena walked up the steps and went inside, getting her mail and going into the elevator, she looked through for her name but didn't find it. She nodded and pulled out her phone.

No notifications.

She posted a photo of her new hair that she had taken with Mj on Sunday. She had gotten a lot of likes. Elena looked through and saw that a lot of people who followed her had made fan account for Spider-Man.

Spider-Man.

She had made a conclusion that he was around her age from the height and tone of his voice. Elena couldn't ever imagine anyone at her school being Spider-Man. Maybe it was, but she couldn't see it.

His voice, it sounds so familiar like she's heard it her whole life. She shook her head as the elevator opened and she walked out. She unlocked the door to see her mom staring off into space as she looked out the window.

Elena looked at the time.

She had enough to clean the whole house and then get ready.

She was going to do just that. She started off in the living room, sorting out the movie collection, going in alphabetical order and them dusted the whole entertainment center down.

Elena fluffed out the couches and cleared up the coffee table.

She cleaned up the floor, getting everything sorted out and she went through and vacuumed.

She did similar things to the kitchen, washing what was in the sink. Her mom always wanted a clean kitchen, so there wasn't much to do with that. She went around the corner and did a load of laundry.

She checked the time.

She needed to get ready. She walked into her bathroom, turning on music and she assessed her face.

She fixed a lot.

She had been heating up a wand and she went to wrapping strands around the device. When she finished, she shut everything off and cleaned it up.

She checked the time.

6:59

7:00

"Fuck," she muttered and ran out to her room, climbing out the window.

Elena went up the fire escape in a rush.

When she made it up, she straighter herself out to see the Spider-Mans back facing her.

"Uhm, hey," she said and he turned around.

She walked over to him and saw his hands shaking.

"Is something wrong?" she asked, she took his hands and he shook his head.

She smiled and nodded.

"Take off the mask," he commanded and she widened her eyes.

"Are you sure?" She asked.

"Yes."

She lifted her hand and reached around the back of his neck.

She lifted it upwards all around.

She had shut her eyes and pulled it all the way off.

She slowly opened them, gasping at the sight in front of her.

"What the fuck!"