MJ

What's up loser?

Peter

Shouldn't you be in class?

I purposefully didnt text you half an hr ago  >:/

MJ

Meh   乁(ツ)ㄏ

It's a surprise workday

And there's no one in crisis rn

So I figured I could text you

Peter

Okay....

MJ

How'd Patrol go yesterday?

You didn't show up to school

Peter

It went... good

I just wasn't feeling well afterwards so I stayed home

MJ

Uh huh

Suuure

You want to know something?

Peter

What?

MJ

You are really bad at lying over text

Peter

...

Okay fine   :((

I got shot and stayed home to heal

Well, after I took the bullet out

Which really hurt

MJ

Well

Thanks for not lying to me

Peter

That's all?

Ned FREAKED

MJ

*Shrug*

The past is in the past

I'm glad you are okay :)

Just don't do that again

Peter

I can't promise anything

W / GP ⇒ GR

MJ

You got me there

But try for me loser

Peter

Huh

My teacher just announced that there will be a big test tomorrow

MJ

For what?

Peter

idk

She says it's a secret   ¯\_⸟ ʖ̯⸟_/¯

MJ

Well, what do you think it's for?

Peter

It's going to take up a few class periods

So something important ig

MJ

You'll do great

Your the smartest person I know

Peter

O•O

Is that a compliment from the infamous MJ?

MJ

...

What I meant to say is that after the test I will probably dislike you a little less than I do know

Peter

Awww

Tysm   :,)   <3

MJ

What's your plan for after school?

We all should hang

Peter

That should wor

•< Powering Down >•

What? 

I groan inwardly. I had been so exhausted after Patrol that I ended up just passing out in my bed for the whole day. I never actually ended up charging my phone. Ugh.

The rest of the class period passed by so sloooow. I couldn't concentrate and kept zoning out into my own thoughts.

Whats the test tomorrow?

I doubt I'm smart enough for it.

Am I even worthy to be Spider-Man? What would Uncle Ben think?

My frown and depressing thoughts morph into a quiet chuckle as an image pops into my mind of Uncle Ben with his arms crossed as he stares down at me with his stern, loving look while scolding, "Peter Parker, don't you dare think that way. You deserve everything in the world and I love you dearly. And you better not forget that kiddo, or else!" I can almost feel the warmth of his smile as he gazes at me and reaches down to ruffle my hair.

I instantly feel better and a slight smile appears on my face. My gaze flits slightly up towards the ceiling, even though that seems like a bit of a silly gesture. I will always love you too Uncle Ben. Thanks for everything.

"Parker," the teacher says, snapping me out of my thoughts, "how do I solve this?"

I glance up towards the board and take in the equation before responding, "You use the Quotient Rule ma'am, which should get you secant x times by tangent x all to the second power."

"Very good."

Rrriiinnngg

Everyone stands and hustles to the door, ready to go home after a long school day.

"Don't forget about the test tomorrow class!"

I was one of the last to exit the classroom with a sigh of relief. That is, until I remember what Flash has in store for me. I can always fight back, but I don't want to reveal my identity and I don't want him to go pick on an innocent kid. Better me than anyone else...

I merge into the bustling flow of traffic and get swept down the hallway. Of course, being me, I end up tripping over plain air and face planting right in front of my locker.

A snicker comes from above me, "I'm always surprised at how ungraceful you are loser."

I roll my eyes, "Wow, thanks a lot MJ."

I look over as Ned rushes towards us, his backpack slightly open, books strewn in his arms, and an apologetic look on his face, "I am so sorry guys! I had to finish up an extra quiz in class."

"Dude, stop stressing. You're totally fine," I smile at him, "and I'm a bit glad you're late."

MJ looks between me and the confusion on Ned's face before she bursts out laughing, "You should've seen it! I mean, Peters always clumsy, but this one was just a gem."

I can feel my face heat up as Ned smiles and says, "Well, it's nice to know I'm not the only one a complete mess right now."

MJ leans against the lockers as we wait for Ned to finish up with his locker, which is right next to mine. She glances at me, "Hey, why didn't you answer me last class?"

I smile sheepishly, "Yeah, sorry about that. I never ended up charging my phone after Patrol so it died on me."

Ned shuts his locker door, which of course closes with a loud bang even though he didn't shut it very hard. What's up with lockers doing that? 

He zips up his backpack and looks at us, "Answer you about what?"

MJ rolls her eyes at me, "Such a signature 'forgetful and clumsy Peter Parker' move," she says with a tone of voice that shows she is saying this in a friendly way. She turns to Ned, "I texted Peter last class outside of the group chat because I knew you wouldn't want your phone going off. We were chatting and then his phone apparently died right after I asked if us losers could hang out later."

Ned's face lights up, "That would be awesome! We could do it at my house. A movie night maybe?"

I beam at both of them, "Great. I know Aunt May's having friends over around that time so it should work out. If it doesn't, I'll let you guys know."

MJ turns and guides us down the hall and out the doors. She looks over and gives us her signature MJ smile, "Great. I get to spend my time hanging out with you two amazing losers."

We step out of the main doors of the building and a hand reaches out and ruffly shoves me against the brick wall of the school. I mentally steel myself for what is about to come.

"What's wrong Puny Parker? Are you about to cry?" Flash snaps at me, his face inches away from mine.

I subconsciously scrunch myself into the wall, making myself seem smaller. Flash knees me in the gut, "Aw, is Puny Parker going to go crying to his family? Oh wait, I forgot, you have no one to go whining off to other than that Aunt. And she probably takes you in as a charity case!"

"Hey!" MJ yells, "Don't you dare talk about his Aunt May like that." She sends him one of her deadliest glares. And for her, that's saying something, because her normal glare already can paralyze you where you stand.

Her glare hits Flash dead on, making him pause. He squishes me into the wall and punches me in the face before roughly letting me go and stalking away.

MJ huffs as her eyes follow Flash until he's out of sight, "I will never understand bullies."

Ned rushed over to me with a worried look on his face, "Are you okay? I know why you don't stand up to him every day but I won't ever fully understand how you don't."

I smile shakily, "It's fine. I'm used to it by now and I have super healing remember? Besides, today wasn't that bad," I glance at MJ and then beam at her, "mainly because of you. Thanks for standing up to him."

She ducks away from my gaze and looks around, pretending to be completely bored of this conversation by watching an ultimate frisbee game going on a little bit away from us. She wasn't completely successful at hiding the blush that tinged her cheeks after the compliment though.

I glance down at my watch, "Crap! I need to be home to help Aunt May clean the house before her friends come over."

MJ returns her gaze to us, "Yeah, come on losers."

We start our walk to the subway, MJ pulling out a book while Ned turns to me, excited to tell me about the new Lego set he got.

I glance between my two friends and smile. I will never be able to express to them how grateful I am to be their friend.

A/N: Ola everyone! This chapter is the longest one I have written yet with 1,373 words not counting this authors note! I really hope that you guys enjoyed it and that you will continue to enjoy this fanfic. You have no idea how much you reading this story means to me.

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Thanks ya'll! Have a good life!