Truth Be Told

Chapter 3

"Watch where you are going!" a business man yelled at Vanessa as her shoulder bumped into his. She ignored him. She ignored all her surroundings as she walked out of the elevator into the open main hall of Oscorp. The last thing Vanessa wanted was more rude comments from showoffs who had more skilled academics than her. It was just another way of saying "Hey, I have a better job than you and I'm rich!" Screw it. Vanessa could probably give them a good beat down later. Hell, might as well do that to her new 'boss!' Seriously though, why did he hire her if he knew she didn't even work here? Gwen and the lawyers were dressed in fancy business wear while she wore casual clothing. It was obvious he tried to hit on her considering he had the smirk plastered on his face. Hah, its gonna take more than just charm to get to her. But his eyes though, they were beautiful. Its like if he stared at her any longer, she would be lost in them. Wait what?

"Ugh will you just get out of my way?!" a voice interrupted. Vanessa looked up to see a woman who had shoulder length black hair and a black suit sprinting down the hall with files and papers in her hands which soon ended up on the floor as she bumped into another employee. She growled and bended down to pick up the papers. Vanessa walked over and got on her knees to help her out. "God, thank you," the woman sighed out in relief before standing back up and fixing the papers into one neat stack. "No problem. Do you need help with those? They seem like a lo-" "No no! I got them, but thanks! " She said shaking her head and trying to catch her breathe. "Ok..." Vanessa said while furrowing her eyebrows and looking at the woman strangely. Lord, if this is what working at Oscorp is like, there is no way she will survive as an assistant here. She'll probably get fired the first day. Hey...that doesnt sound like a bad idea. "Im Felicia by the way," the lady said giving a small smile and sticking out her hand "Felicia Hardy." Vanessa accepted. "I'm Vanessa" she said nodding her head and smiling warmly. "Nice to meet you. I would really love to stay and chit-chat but i have a really important meeting with Mr.Osborn," she said pacing past Vanessa. "Um...that meeting already ended..." Vanessa mumbled almost to herself, but Felicia heard it. "What?!" she said with wide eyes "Since when?!" "Like 5 minutes ago." "Dammit!" Felicia said stomping her heel on the ground. "I knew taking a cab was too slow..." she mumbled. She looked up at Vanessa. "Well,do you know who his new assistant is?" Vanessa bit her cheek from the inside of her mouth before her eyes made contact with floor. "You're looking at her." she said simply before turning to walking away without hearing another word from Felicia.

"Ah, there he is, there's the Harry Osborn I know," Vanessa heard as she walked down the steps from the upstairs floor. She stopped in her tracks. "Peter?" She whispered before running into a huge room full of fancy antiques. Vanessa looked around before seeing two guys hugging at the stop of the stairwell. She recognized one of them as Harry. Shit...he wanted some papers done and put on his desk. Once they pulled away she saw the other guy was Peter. Their eyes met and Peter stood there shocked. "Vanessa, leaving so soon?" Harry commented. "Vanessa..." Peter mumbled. Without thinking for even a second, Peter ran down the stairs and pulled Vanesa in a huge bear hug. "I knew it was you!" He said smiling widely during the hug. Vanessa chuckled and hugged back tightly. "I missed you!" She said smiling and feeling tears form in her eyes. Peter pulled away "I missed you too. God, look at you! Your hair grew longer, you got taller. Wait, you got taller? Aw man, now I cant tease you anymore about that." He said while chuckling. Vanessa laughed, "Shut up, you changed too, But your weirdness hasn't changed." She teased him shoving him on the shoulder playfully. "As if it wasn't already obvious," We heard Harry retort playfully behind Peter. "He got his braces off, now there's nothing to distract from his uni brow" Vanessa laughed again at his comment before nodding. "Yeah see," she said pointing her finger and gesturing to Peter's eyebrows. "You can't miss it!" She waved her finger around before Peter slapped it away. "Cut it out Vanessa, I know you're wearing heels to hide your shortness." "Am not!" "I can see the little sticks behind your feet!" Peter said pointing down at her shoes. Vanessa rolled her eyes, "Glad to have you back Parker." She said sarcastically but was still smiling. Peter puts his arm around her shoulder,"Oh c'mon Croford, you know you missed me." "Yeah, because I just said that like 5 seconds ago." She retorted. He smirked, "A whole family reunion right here!" Peter wrapped his other arm around Harry. "I wouldn't call it a family if I work for Harry now." Vanessa grinned and shook her head while looking at Harry. Peter looked at him too "Ey, shes your little teacher's pet now?" Peter smirked, Vanessa used her hand to slap him across the head. "Ow! Damn, you became more violent now haven't you?" Peter said using his hand to rub his head "Don't test me Parker," she smirked while Peter and Vanessa walked to the exit. Harry followed behind, just a few feet away from them. 'Feisty and hot. Damn I made a good choice.' he thought to himself proudly while a smirk played on his face. 'This should be fun.'