Isabella and Peter were still not talking when Peter got on the bus to Washington D.C. Peter was a little distracted by the thought of Isabella but he was mostly trying to distract himself from her with the academic decathlon. 

Isabella was sitting at her usual cafe doing her homework, trying to distract herself from the fact that Peter is going to Washington D.C with Liz. Her phone started to vibrate at the table, showing Tony's face. She sighed before picking up. "Yeah?" She asked putting down her pencil. 

"Peter is leaving Queens, where is he going?" Tony asked. 

"The academic decathlon." Isabella responded almost numbly. Not wanting to talk about Peter. 

"Why are you not with him?" Tony impatiently asked. 

"I didn't know I had to be." Isabella sighed. "I haven't talked to him since that night." She added and Tony sighed heavily. 

"Really Isabella? You need to keep looking after him. I told him that. Why didn't he tell you? Wait you're not talking to him. Why? I thought you liked him?" Tony rambled causing Isabella to roll her eyes. 

"Because he's disappointed in me and he doesn't want to be near me." Isabella said looking at her notebook page, her eyes welling with tears. 

"Isabella, I'm sorry you're hurting right now but you need to talk to him. You're still assigned to him, so please go to Washington D.C." Tony said and Isabella groaned a little as she started to collect all of her things. 

"Fine." Isabella muttered as she stuffed everything in her backpack. I'll stop at home before going because I need clothes and everything." Isabella added as she lung her backpack over her shoulder.

 "Already done." Tony's voice said behind her, causing her to jump and whip around to look at him. 

"You've got to be kidding me." Isabella muttered as she hung up the phone and shoved it into her back pocket. 

"Happy will be driving you to the hotel they're staying at. The teacher is expecting you." Tony explained as he handed Isabella a duffle bag filled with her things. 

"You're unbelievable." Isabella said as he smiled. 

"I'll see you soon kid, be safe." Tony said kissing Isabella's head softly before walking away. She looked over at Happy and he motioned her to get in the car.  

Isabella sighed and climbed into the car and leaned against the seat. 

During the long car ride, Isabella fell asleep, and when she woke up, they were in Washington D.C. Isabella sighed as she said thank you to Happy with a small smile on her face and got out. 

Isabella took a deep breath as she walked into the hotel to meet the teacher there. 

"Hey there Isabella, I heard you're here to learn and to hopefully be on the team next year." The teacher said and Isabelle just nodded a little bit but didn't say anything. 

She saw Peter and Ned walk into their room and she smiled a little before turning back to the teacher. 

"Your roommate will be Michelle, your room will be 320." The teacher said and Isabella nodded, taking the key card. "I'm sure she'll fill you in on the itinerary." He added and Isabella nodded before walking away and up to the room. 

Isabella walked up to the room and paused at Peter's door but shook her head before walking over to Michelle's room and knocked on her door. 

Michelle opened the door and smiled. "Hey, I heard you were coming." She said and moved to the side so Isabella could walk in. 

Isabella smiled a little as she walked into the room and put her stuff down on one of the beds. Michelle went and sat down on the bed that she was laying on, and started to read her book again. 

"You should probably talk to Peter." Michelle mentioned causing Isabella to look up at her. 

"What?" Isabella asked as she sat down on the bed. 

"He's been pretty sad lately and I'm pretty sure it's because you won't talk to him." Michelle said as she continued to read. 

Isabella sighed as she nodded a little and walked towards the door. "Room 317." Michelle called. 

"Right, thank you Michelle!" Isabella said before walking out of the room and towards Peter's. 

Isabella looked at Peter's door for a minute before knocking softly on the door. 

"One second." Peter's voice called through the door. There was some shuffling before the door opened showing Peter's face. 

Isabella's heart jumped a little and she smiled gently at him. "Hey." Isabella whispered and Peter froze for a second. 

"Uh hey, what are you doing here?" Peter asked as he ran a hand through his hair. 

"I um, I want to be on the team next year and I figured I should be here to see the team in action. Tony also sent me." Isabella said and whispered the last part.

Peter nodded a little bit and looked at Ned. "Hey, could you give us some time?" Peter asked and Ned nodded as he hurried out of the room. "I'll text you when it's okay to come back." Peter said and Ned smiled and nodded before leaving. Peter stepped aside and motioned Isabella to come in. She walked in and looked at Peter as he closed the door. 

"Peter, I know that you probably don't want to see me or talk to me or anything but I am sorry. Like I am so sorry and I just can't stop thinking about what happened and how I should have handled it so much better and I am so sorry that it happened, like you have no idea." Isabella rambled as Peter just looked at her and nodded a little. 

Peter was leaning against the wall with his arms crossed, listening to what she had to say. 

"I'm so sorry." Isabella whispered another time as her eyes welled with tears. "You were my first friend my own age who is from this planet because I had a friend from Asgard who had to go back. That's not important though, you just mean so much to me." Isabella added as she gripped her upper arm again. 

Peter saw her grip her upper arm and walked over to her. Isabella looked at Peter and smiled a little. He just looked at her for a minute before taking her hand off of her arm and smiling a little back at her. He then hugged her, pulling her as close as she could be. She arms wrapped around his torso as she bit her lip, not knowing exactly what it meant. 

"I forgive you." Peter whispered as he rubbed Isabella's back to calm her down a little. Isabella smiled as she pulled away from the hug. 

"You really forgive me?" She asked and Peter nodded with a small smile on his face. 

"You were just doing the job that Tony gave you. I forgive you. Tony on the other hand, I'm still a a little mad at." Peter explained and Isabella nodded a little, with a smile still on her face. 

"Well, thank you so much for forgiving me. If you need any help with the spidey stuff with the guy that threw you into the lake, just let me know and you can even tell me that you don't want Tony to know. Just let me know." Isabella rambled and Peter laughed. 

"I'm here to win the academic decathlon Bella. Just that." Peter said, his eyes not meeting hers when he said that. 

Isabella nodded a little, knowing he was lying but knowing she shouldn't push him. "Well if there's anything just let me know." Isabella said as she gave him one last quick hug before walking out of his room and back to her room. 

When Isabella came back into the room with a smile Michelle laughed a little. 

"What, did he kiss you or something?" Michelle asked causing Isabella's eyes to widen.  

"Wait what? No, he didn't kiss me, we're just friends...we're friends." Isabella said as she plopped down onto her bed happily. 

"Sure Bella, both of you like each other. It's kind of obvious." Michelle said as she went back to her book, ignoring the fact that Isabella's face was pink and her smile had gotten even bigger.