Spider-Man, Spider-Man ~ON HOLD~

Finally Home

*NOTE: this chapter takes place around 3 or 4 days after the previous chapter*

Brooke's P.O.V.
8:26 am
*Siiiggghhhh*
Welp. It's my birthday. I'm sixteen. Dad and Peter and everyone else are still up there in space fighting. No word from Peter since he helped me with my nightmare. This isn't how I wanted to spend my birthday. I wanted to spend it with dad, Pepper, Peter, and possibly the whole avengers team. I've been here for a week and 3 days, not that it's been horrible. Uncle Rhodey came and took me to eat pizza and see a few movies, so that was fun. I'm just homesick and I really miss everyone.
Pepper has been so nice to me, I love her so much. I'm so thankful that she used to work for dad all those years ago, waaayyyy back when. I couldn't ask for a better almost-mother.

I lay on my bed, staring up at the ceiling, wondering how long they'll be gone, out there fighting for their lives. For our lives. For the earth's sake. Days? Weeks? Months? Who knows. All I know is that I just want them to come back safely.

Peter's P.O.V.
Rockin. Rockin & rollin. Down to the house I'm strollin. Yeah, I'm going to pick up Brooke. Walking down the street of Cali is a great remedy for broken ribs. The bright sun shining down on my face, people roaming the streets nonstop, and even though it still kinda hurts to walk and I have to clutch my hand to my ribs a little, it's nice getting to do this after a war.

Minutes pass before I finally arrive at their doorstep. I take a deep breath in and ring the doorbell. A few seconds later the door opens to reveal Pepper.

Her eyes widen and her mouth flies open. "Peter??" She asks in complete shock. I smile. "Yeah." She smiles slightly before speaking again. "Wh-what are you doing here? Where's Tony? What happened?" I let out a small laugh and tilt my head to the side. "Well, long story short we won. I'm here for Brooke, I'm supposed to take her back to the compound." She makes a "o" shake with her mouth and lets me in.

"Brooke is up in her room. I don't know if she's awake yet, she'll sleep in when she doesn't have to go to school." I laugh a little. "Of course she would. Also where exactly is her room?" I ask, realizing I've never been here before. "Oh, it's around the corner, up the stairs, second door to the left." I nod as I immediately follow her directions. "Alright, thank you." "No problem."

Round the corner, up the stairs, uh, second to the left? Yeah, I think that's what she said.

I find the second door to the left. I give three knocks and wait for a reply. Soon I hear from inside "I'm up, I'm up." I smile at the sound of her voice. I open the door to find Brooke sitting on her bed, messy hair, glasses on. She must have just woken up. She looks over at the sound of the door opening, and when she sees that it's me, she completely freezes.

"Oh my god." She breathes out quickly before running over to me. Before she can attack me with one of her famous bone-crushing hugs I have to stop her so she doesn't damage my ribs anymore. "Careful, I broke all but two of my ribs." I say with a smile. "What? How?" She asks. "It's a long story. I'll tell you later. She nods a few times. "Okay." She then wraps her arms around me tightly. I quickly follow her actions. "Happy birthday." I say into her hair. She lets out a small laugh, as if she's sort of in disbelief that I'm actually here.

"I missed you so much." She mumbles into my shoulder. "I missed you too." I say back, running my fingers through the strands of her hair. I've been so distracted by these battles that I hadn't realized how much I missed her until now.

She pulls back and rests her forehead on mine. "I was so worried about you. I wasn't sure if you were gonna come back or not." She brings her hands up to the sides of my face. I sigh, placing my hand on hers, intertwining our fingers. "Yeah, well, I promised you, didn't I?" I say with a warm smile as I push her glasses up the bridge of her nose, resulting in a small giggle escaping her lips. She stares at me for a few seconds. "I love you." Her eyes look so joyful, like the happiness that was once in them has finally returned.