Fries Before Guys Doesn't Apply Anymore.

First Date

As I turn the page in the book I'm currently reading I hear my phone go off *Are you up?* a text from Peter says *What's up loser? The question is why are you?* I send the text even though it seems kind of insensitive, I am a little bit worried about him. *Do you want to hit up the 24 hr McDonald's with me?* I smile a little bit *What about NeRd?* I respond putting on a pair of pants and a jacket, I put my socks on and my phone buzzes again *He can't, his mom would kill him if he snuck out. And I wanted to go with you, if you want to...* I laugh and put on my converses * yeah, I'm at a boring part in my book anyway* *Cool, I'll be at your place in 10 minutes* I wait in my room for the next ten minutes, I hear a tap on my window and I open it. "Hey MJ" Peter says coming in through the window "Hey loser" I say grabbing my phone and wallet "Well, let's go" and with that we exit through the window, which I shut behind me. We walk to McDonald's in silence. When we get there we order, luckily they serve their 'dinner' stuff all the time, I reach for my wallet to pay and Peter stops my hand with his "I'll get it" he says gently handing the money to the cashier, he puts a ten dollar bill in the donation box for some charity helping foster kids. We grab our food and sit down at a table close to the exit "Peter, tell me what's wrong." I say in a tone I don't think I've used on anyone but my four year old niece who is afraid of thunderstorms. He looks up at me and we lock eyes "You know how my parents died, then my uncle" he says softly "Yeah, I remember you telling me about them" I say eating a few french fries "I didn't tell you exactly happened before uncle Ben died, you see I was bit by a radioactive and had escaped at Oscorp. It mutated my cells and I started to do things I couldn't do before, see without my glasses, run without having an asthma attack, stuff like that." "Wait, so the spider just bit you and you got superpowers? That is not how I imagined the Spider-man origin story" I say "You knew this entire time? Even when you didn't like me you didn't say anything" I think for a second "I never said I didn't like you, I said your optimism was annoying and that you were a nerd" I finish my fries and start on my McChicken "You're amazing" he blurts out, I can tell he didn't mean to say it by the blush spreading across his cheeks "Peter, does it bother you?" I ask "Does what bother me?" he asks slightly confused " The names, nerd, dork, loser..." I say "It did at first, now I know that they're just you're version of terms of endearment. Even though they hadn't always been." he finishes his second McChicken and starts eating his chicken nuggets "What's the real reason you texted me Parker?" I take a sip of my coke "I had a nightmare, more like a flashback of all the people I couldn't save and then I woke up and the only thing I could think about was that I needed to tell you, even if you already knew I needed to tell you myself in person." He finishes eating "Well, I appreciate that. But Peter those people, it wasn't your fault. If you couldn't save them no one could have. Just think about all the people you did save there are more of them than people who you didn't" I say eating the last of my fries. He looks up at me and I look back "MJ?" he says "yeah?" I ask "What do you think about doing this again?" he asks "Talk about Spider-man at McDonald's? Sure Peter" I say "No, I mean go to McDonald's or anywhere you want to go but not as friends" he says "Wait, are you asking me out?" I ask curiously "Yeah, I mean if you want to go out with me. If not then on..." he says causing me to laugh a little "Yeah, I'll go out with you loser" I respond, he smiles "Awesome" he laughs a little bit "Let's go, it may not be a school night but it's 4:30 and my book was just getting good" I say standing up "You said it was at a boring part" he says "Yeah, well I also said you were a loser" I say throwing our trash away, he stands up and we leave, on our walk back his hand brushes against mine a couple of times, the third time I grab his hand and intertwine our fingers. We walk up the fire escape stairs to my window, the curtain is drawn so the light we stand in is a soft lavender rather than an annoying bright white. "Well, I'll talk to you later. It was fun tonight, thanks for making me feel better." he says looking at me softly, I let out a breath I didn't know I was holding "I enjoyed it" I say looking back at him "Anyway, you don't mind if I brag about you to Ned?" he says making me laugh "No, go ahead' I say with a smile, he steps closer to me and I lean in a little. He leans in and I close the gap between us, our lips move oddly in sync with each other, a few more seconds and it would have been considered making out "Woah" he breathes out "Goodnight Peter" I say softly "Goodnight MJ" I kiss him again and climb into my room through my window "Hey bugboy" I say and he moves so we're face to face at the window "Yes?" he asks "Get some sleep" I reply "I will, you too" he says and this time he kisses me "You've gone and got confident" I murmur into the kiss "I'm surprised too" he says as we break the kiss, we smile at each other while we say goodnight and he leaves. I change back into pajamas and crawl into bed, I finish my book and then turn off my lamp and go to sleep.