6 | IM SPIDER-MAN

The next day at school, Valdís kept thinking about the night before. Valdís sat in gym, after she had finished her exercises, next to Liz and a couple of her other friends as they played F, marry, kill. "Now see, for me, it would be, F Thor... Marry Iron Man and kill Hulk." One of Val's friend's spoke. Val suppressed her gags.

"Well what about the Spider-Man?" Another one of Val's friend's asked. Val suddenly became interested in the game.

Liz shook her head. "Its just Spider-Man. And did you guys see that security cam on YouTube? He and that new superhero fought off four guys!" Liz exclaimed.

"Oh my gosh she's crushing on Spider-Man." One of their friends groaned.

Val looked at Liz with, almost, angry, eyes. For, she herself had been growing a subtle attraction to Spider-Man too. However, it wasn't because she had seen a YouTube video of him. It was because she had fought alongside him and felt like she had known him for a while. "Kind of." Liz shrugged.

"Gross, he's probably like, 30." One of their friends mumbled.

Valdís sneered. "Hypocrite. Weren't you the one saying you'd fuck a thousand year old alien?" Val inquired, hushing the girl.

"You don't even know what he looks like. What if he's like, seriously burned?" Another friend spoke up.

Valdís looked at him with confusion crossing her face. "Are you thinking about Deadpool?" Val asked.

"I wouldn't care. I would still love him for the person he is inside." Liz told.

Val narrowed her eyes at Liz. "You've never even met him." Val scoffed.

Liz raised a brow. "And you have?"

Valdís rolled her eyes. "No... but don't get dragged, Miss Thing." Val threatened.

Suddenly, from the ocean of students in the gym, a voice yelled out: "Peter knows Spider-Man." It was Ned. Everyone in the gym stopped what they were doing to stare at Peter and Ned in disbelief.

Peter shot up. "No, I don't. No, I mean..." Peter stumbled over his words.

"They're friends." Ned announced.

Valdís cocked her head slightly and scanned Peter. How would he, of all people, know of someone so brave and strong? She thought.

"Yeah, like Coach Wilson and Captain America are friends." Flash, who was among the other students in the gym, spoke up and caused an eruption of laughter.

"I-I've met him. Yeah, a couple of times. But it's, um... Through the Stark internship. Yeah. I'm not really supposed to talk about it." Peter gulped nervously.

"Well that's awesome! Hey, you know what? Maybe you should invite him to Liz's party, right?" Flash stated.

Liz shook her head. "Yeah, I'm having people over tonight. You're more than welcome to come." She shrugged.

"You're having a party?" Peter's voice trembled.

Flash smirked. "Yeah, it's gonna be dope. You should totally invite your personal friend Spider-Man." Flash told.

"Don't be such a dick, Flash. Just because you're insecure about your ugly self doesn't mean you can lash out at Peter." Val sniggered.

Flash shot daggers with his eyes at her. "Shut the fuck up, Val." Flash scoffed.

Val shrugged. "Suck my—" Val was interrupted by the bell, cueing everyone to leave and go to their next class.

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Later on that night, Valdís stood anxiously in Liz's large home. Liz was filthy rich, and it made Val gag just looking at how much stuff she had. Liz was really the one who befriended Val, Val never really liked making close friends... for she had way too many trust issues to even try.

Val stood at the door, waiting for Peter to enter the party so that she could pull him aside. She was quite suspicious of him after the scene in the gym. Val sipped her drink and watched the people of the party bob their heads to the generic music Flash played.

She stopped staring blankly at the crowd when Flash screamed into the microphone. "Penis Parker! What's up? So where's your pal Spider-Man? Let me guess. In Canada with your imaginary girlfriend? That's not Spider-Man. That's just Ned in a red shirt." Flash shouted into the microphone while blasting air horn noises every time he thought he had said something funny.

Peter simply nodded curtly at Flash then disappeared into the crowd. Valdís curiously followed him and noticed that he walked into a bathroom. Val continued to go after him and rapidly opened the bathroom door. A small shriek erupted from her lips when her eyes laid upon a half dressed Peter. "Oh my god!" Peter shouted as he covered his chest.

"Wait... you still have your pants on." Valdís sighed out in relief.

She entered the bathroom, a bit tipsy from the drink she had been busying herself with earlier, and locked the door behind her. Peter rose his arms up. "Woah, woah, woah, Val. I'm not ready to—" Peter began.

Val waved him off. "Oh shut up, that's not why I'm in here." She dumped the rest of her drink out in the sink then turned to face him.

She place a finger on his chest. "I know who you are. I know what you're hiding." Val growled.

Peter gulped. "How'd you find out that I'm the Spider-Man." Peter whined.

Val widened her eyes in disbelief. She was shocked. That was definitely not what she was going to guess. "What?!" She exclaimed.

"Wait what?" Peter sucked in a breath through his teeth.

"Then you know I'm Inferno." Valdís slapped a palm to her head.

Peter's jaw dropped. "What?!" He exclaimed.

Valdís shook her head in disbelief she had done the same stupid thing Peter had done. Before she could say anything else, a loud knock was sounded from the door. Valdís pushed Peter against the wall and covered his mouth. "Someone's in here!" Val shouted, making the person at the door leave.

She waited a few seconds before she removed her hand from Peter's mouth. "Do you have your suit?" She asked.

Peter nodded. Valdís groaned. "Meet me on the roof in five." Val instructed as she left the bathroom, abandoning Peter in his shocked state.