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"Why don't you tell me what you're really doing, Andi?"

Andi rolled her eyes and turned onto what she knew to be Peter's street. She was talking to Tony, who was unnecessarily curious about how she was spending her day outside of school. She wasn't so sure why he was curious all of a sudden, but she figured she'd find out sooner or later.

"I'm not doing anything," she said. "Just a bit of homework is all."

Andi stepped into Peter's apartment complex.

"Then why do I see on my screen that you're walking into Parker's apartment complex with your suit?" Tony questioned skeptically.

Andi stopped walking immediately. Tony was tracking her, which made her a lot angrier than she expected it to. When she first got her powers, she expected Tony to track her, which he did for safety purposes, but now that she was capable of using her powers responsibly and safely, there was no reason for him to still have a tracker inside her suit, regardless of the mission. She could handle herself just fine without any extra from Tony.

"You're tracking me?" Andi's tone was that of disbelief.

"Duh," Tony chuckled. "I've been tracking you since you were fourteen."

Andi growled under her breath and began up the stairs. "I figured by now you would've acquired a bit of trust in me."

"Don't worry, I have."

"Then why are you tracking me?"

"Because Parker is a troublemaker and so are you, so the both of you together could prove to be rather unpredictable," Tony explained to her. "I'm also gonna go out on a limb here and say that the two of you have made up and are now plotting to take care of a situation that is far beyond your level of expertise."

Andi let out a dry laugh and stopped at the top of the stairs. "Beyond my level of expertise or his level of expertise? Listen, Tony, you don't need to worry about me and Peter. I'm doing my job, so why don't you just sit back and relax?"

"It's hard to do so when the two teenagers I've sought to protect are trying to get themselves killed," Tony muttered.

"No we're not," Andi laughed. "We're just doing a bit of homework."

"With your suits?"

"I'm not even wearing mine," she told him. "Some days I pack it just in case."

"Okay, Andi."

"I'll talk to you later, okay?"

"Got it."

Andi hung up the phone before continuing down the hallway. She soon approached Peter's apartment door and knocked. Normally, she would walk right in, but she knew May was not home and she did not need to walk in on Peter handling his boy business.

Moments later, the door swung open to reveal Peter. He pulled her inside the apartment without hesitation, startling the blonde.

"What the hell?" Andi breathed out as Peter shut the door behind the two.

"I'm not supposed to be here," Peter told her.

Andi followed Peter to his room. "What's that supposed to mean?"

Peter glanced up at Andi and sat down on his mattress. "I got detention, Andi."

"And that's where you're supposed to be, I'm guessing?"

Peter only nodded.

"Dammit, Peter." Andi let out a sigh and shut his bedroom door. "Are you trying to get yourself suspended?"

"It doesn't matter anymore anyway," Peter told her. "Remember? Mr. Stark is moving the Avengers upstate. School is the last thing on my mind at the moment."

"Whatever, let's just get this over with."

"Got it."

Andi watched as Peter took out his mask and put it on, and in moments he was speaking to his AI, who And had come to learn was named Karen. Normally, she would've judged him for naming his AI, but when she remembered she named her AI Jace two years ago, she decided it would be best to remain quiet.

"Okay," Peter started and propped his feet onto the table. "Andi and I are trying to figure out who the guys under the bridge were that night, but I can only remember, like, part of a license plate."

Andi sat back and closed her eyes, using all of her concentration to listen in on Peter's conversation with Karen.

"I can run facial recognition on the footage of that encounter," Karen informed him.

Peter was confused. "Footage?"

"Yes, Peter," Karen replied. "I record everything you see."

"Everything?"

"Everything."

"All the time?"

"It's called the Baby Monitor Protocol."

Andi couldn't help but laugh at the answer, but Peter was less than pleased. The last time Andi heard the term "Baby Monitor Protocol" or even the term "Training Wheels Protocol" had been years ago. Tony put every last one of the settings on her suit after she changed, and Andi could remember it taking about a year for Tony to lighten up and give her all of her suit's perks. Luckily for Peter, he'd found a way around all of his restrictions, otherwise Peter would be forced to wait a while for the remainder of his suit's perks.

"Just fast forward to the arms deal," Peter's voice tore Andi out of her thoughts and she opened her eyes back up to look at him. "The two on the right, who are they?"

"I'm searching law enforcement databases and there are no records found for two of the individuals," Karen informed the boy.

Andi let out a breath and closed her eyes again.

"Nothing?" Peter asked in disbelief.

"One individual identified," Karen replied. "Aaron Davis, age 33. He has a criminal record and an address here in Queens."

"Well, let's pay him a visit."

Peter removed his mask and looked at Andi, who was laying on the bottom bunk looking at him.

"Got an address?" Andi questioned him.

"Karen's working on it," Peter told her. "I would suggest getting ready."

Andi smirked and stood up, walking over to place a hand on Peter's shoulder. "And I would suggest getting me an address, Parker."

Peter pulled his mask back on while Andi rushed away. He let out a breath and sat down in his previous seat, propping his feet back up onto his desk.

"How exactly am I supposed to do this?"

"Do what, Peter?" Karen questioned.

"Pretend like I'm not so ridiculously in love with her," Peter breathed out.

"Are you talking about Andi?"

"Yeah."

"I thought you had feelings for Liz?" Karen was slightly confused.

"I do, I really do," Peter sighed, "But there's just something about Andi that makes me feel things I never knew I could feel, y'know what I mean?"

"Not exactly," Karen answered.

Peter shook his head and stood up. "I like Liz, I really do, but liking her has only become a distraction from me loving Andi."

"Why don't you tell her how you feel, Peter?"

"Because she's Andi, and there's no way in hell someone like her would ever reciprocate those feelings," Peter spoke with a tone of defeat.

"You'll never know unless you tell her."

"I guess you're right."