Alone

31: Liz's Party

Peter POV:
"I-I don't know Aunt May, I don't think I should go." I said buttoning the last button of my shirt and walking out of my room.
"Peter you'll have fun, okay?" May said stepping out fo the kitchen and in front of me. Within a couple seconds the door bell rang. May quickly rushed over and opened it.
"Oh hey Ned!" She said pulling the door open for him to come in. Ned wore a brown cowboy like hat with a red t-shirt. I shook my head and smiled and checked my watch again, it was already 8:00 and Elizabeth hadn't shown up yet, only a few moments later the door bell rang again. I quickly ran to the door, taking a deep breath before opening it. Elizabeth stood at the door and smiled. She wore a white shirt, that was cut to show her shoulders, with jeans.

(this is the outfit, sorry the pic is so big)

"Hey, Peter!" she said tucking a strand of her hair behind her ear, and smiling. I suddenly realized I was staring and an immediate wave of embarrassment washed over me.
"H-hey Elizabeth, you look really good." my cheeks turned even more red now.
"Oh, uh thank you." she said smiling and looking down, she played with her locket now.
"Hello Elizabeth! You ready for me to take you all?" May said walking up to Elizabeth and I, Ned soon joined us. I nodded and walked out the door followed by Ned and Aunt May. May and Ned began to talk as they walked ahead of us.
"hey Peter," Elizabeth said in a quiet tone, as to not be heard by May or Ned.
"yeah?" I said looking turning to look at her.
"I've never been to a party before, I don't know what to expect." she said with a smile on her face, her cheeks had a light blush on them now. I smiled "Neither have I," i said with a light laugh, she giggled.
"I guess we can figure it out together." she said with a smile on her face. My stomach churned with excitement.
Once we were outside we all got into Aunt May's car, Elizabeth and Ned sat in the back. After about thirty minutes we arrived to the party.
"House party in the suburbs! ohh I remember these. Kind of jealous!" May said as she stopped in front of the house.
The house blasting music while many people danced and talked. The house bigger than two apartments, I stared and the nervousness returned. I looked back at Elizabeth who had stared past Ned out the window, she seemed to be deep in thought, she looked at me and smiled nervously.
"It'll be a night to remember." Ned said while he looked excitedly at the busy house.
"Ned, some hats where men, you wear that hat!"
"yeah it gives me confidence." Ned said smiling.
"This is a mistake. Hey let's just go home." I said turning back to May.
"oh peter. I know, I know its really hard trying to fit in with all the changes your body's going through, your flowering." May said, I felt my eyes widen as the embarrassment hit me, I heard a giggle from Elizabeth and a laugh from Ned. I sarcastically laughed as to seem unfazed. "he's so stressed out lately." May said turning to Ned and Elizabeth.
"Okay fine come on let's go." I said stepping out of the car.
"Peter!" May yelled from inside the car, I leaned down sticking my head through the opening of the door, "Have fun okay?"
"I will." I said as I shut the door.
"Bye May!" Ned and Elizabeth said waving as she drove away.

Elizabeth POV:
Peter now walked between Ned and I.
"Hey you got the suit right?" Ned asked, lightly tapping Peter in the shoulder. Peter pulled up the sleeve of his plaid shirt slightly revealing the red sleeve of his suit. "This is going to change our lives!" Ned said excitedly now.
I turned to look at the house, and then looked around at all the people, I nervously began to play with my locket. I then turned and looked at Peter who looked as if he felt the same fear I felt at the moment. He smiled at me, a reassuring smile which made me feel better.
Once inside the house we all three stopped and stared at the all the people, I soon realized my mouth had been hanging open and quickly closed it. All around people danced and laughed, as well as a few people were kissing in the corners.
"Hey, were gonna have Spiderman swing in, say you guys are tight, and then I get fist bump and one of those half bro hugs, and say hi to Elizabeth and like a finger gun." Ned said quietly.
"I can't believe you guys are at this lame party." a girl said as she picked up her toast.
"but you're here too." Ned said now.
"am i?" she said taking a bite of her toast then walking away.
"Oh my gosh! Hey guys! Cool hat Ned." Liz said walking up to us.
"Hi Liz!" Ned said happily.
"Hey Liz." Peter said now.
"I can't believe you all came! There's pizza and drinks, help yourself."
"What a great party." Peter said looking around.
"Thanks." Liz said with a flirty smile. I felt a weird feeling in my stomach and heart with the way she looked at Peter but did not know what it meant. I was about to look into her mind when a crash of breaking glass could be heard somewhere else in the house. "oh, my parents will kill me if anything's broken. I got to go." She said as she began to turn.
"yeah." Peter said now.
"Have fun!" Liz said as she walked away into one of the many rooms in the house.
"dude what are you doing, everyone's here! Spider it up!" Ned said in a loud whisper.
"No, no no no no no, I can not do this. Spiderman is not a party trick. Okay, look i'm just going to be myself." Peter said to Ned.
"ugh, Peter no one wants that." Ned said.
"Dude." Peter said with a look of disapproval on his face. He turned to me now giving me a wide smile, he rolled his eyes jokingly at Ned's statement. "So wanna go figure out this whole party thing?" Peter asked, as he looked down and smiled at me. I nodded excited to spend even more time with him.
"so-" Peter started as we walked in the house before he was cut off by the loud noise of the speakers saying his name. I turned around to see Flash with a microphone in his hand.
"Penis Parker! So where's your pal Spiderman? Let me guess in Canada with your imaginary girlfriend?" I turned and looked up at Peter, who had the look of pure embarrassment on his face. Everyone looked at him and laughed. I felt anger rise up inside of me, I was getting real tired of this flash guy. "Wait that's not Spiderman, that's just Ned in a red shirt. Come on Peter, think you can impress Elizabeth, she's probably hanging out with you guys out of pity!" Peter looked down and then looked at Ned, who also looked embarrassed.
"Come on," I said as I lightly grabbed Peter's hand and pulled him from the room Flash was in. Once away from Flash I turned to Peter, who stared down at our hands, I quickly let go, and felt my cheeks turn red. "sorry, just figured we had to get out of there." I said nervously. He smiled at me now, making me blush even more.
"Come on Peter, go be Spiderman!" Ned said, making Peter turn his attention to him. Peter then sighed and turned back to look at me, his face asking me if he should.
I smiled at him, "See you in a little, Spiderman," I said now. His smile grew wide now.
"See you guys in a little." he said, then turned and walked out the door. We watched as he left.
"This is going to be crazy!" Ned said turning to look at me. I shook my head and laughed, at his child like delight.
"I'm going to get something to drink, do you want anything Ned?" I asked, as I noticed I was very thirsty.
"Sure, just a water though."
"Okay, I'll be back." I said and then walked to the next room. I looked at the busy room with awe and kept making my way through the house. I finally got to the kitchen where a big cooler full of all types of drinks were. I grabbed two waters and then turned around to see Flash standing in front of me, a wide smirk on his face.
"Where's Penis Parker? Gone home to cry?" He asked.
"No, he's around here somewhere." I said trying to keep my cool.
"Well it just gives us time to hang out, did you notice my sick djaying skills?" he asked proudly.
"No, I didn't." I said plainly. He looked surprised by my answer, and was about to say something before the girl with the toast from earlier interrupted him.
"Leave her alone Flash, she doesn't want to hear you talk about yourself all night long." Flash turned and rolled his eyes then smirked at me again before walking away.
"Thanks, I didn't know how much longer I could handle that before I did something I regretted." The girl smiled and laughed and walked closer taking another bite of her toast.
"I'm Machelle, but my fiends call me MJ." she said reaching out her hand for me to shake.
I stuck out my hand a shook it, "I'm Elizabeth." I said giving her a smile.
"Oh I heard about you, you the foreign exchange student that also does the Stark Internship."
"Yup, that's me."
"I've also heard you're really smart in all subjects, you should join the math club, everyone pretty cool I guess."
"okay maybe I will."
MJ and I talked for a few more minutes before I walked back to Ned who stood in the same spot he was last. Ned kept looking down at his watch, looking at the time then looking out the window. I checked my phone, becoming worried that he decided to leave, Ned and I exchanged looks of worry and continued to wait for Peter.