Chapter 114 - Shock, Awe and Reunions Part 2 (1/2)

The door opened into a large living room area, stepping out of the doors, the first thing that came into sight was the kitchen, with a huge state of the art fridge, island and cooking equipment splayed all over the place.

Peter took a second to look past the sink and cupboards before walking past it briskly, he looked to see if there was anyone else further in, but only came across 2 large couches, followed by a wide screen TV and game set up that would be a nerds wet dream.

Behind them was an unobstructed view of the outside sky line that dominated New York city. Leading out to a patio that overlooked the city, it was quite beautiful. But Peter didn't care about that. There were only 2 other doors out of the room, one leading to a bathroom area and another to a different indoor cinema room.

Not having time to appreciate the set up, or the technology Peter made sure there was no one around before he once again rounded on Felicia who had quietly followed behind him. ”Do they know!” Felicia's eyes widened in shock as the words slowly registered in her mind. A slight hurt expression came to her face as she replied.

”You think I would tell them your secret Peter?” A bit of the anger bubbling to the surface cooled as he looked at her hurt eyes, but he was still angry with her. Starring into those eyes, as if searching for the truth, but knowing in the end she wouldn't betray him like that. Well he hoped.

Once you have your best friend betray you it's a bit hard to trust anyone ever again. So even though he wished he could say he trusted her 100% there was still a small voice in the back of his head that told him she was lying.

The silence seemed to stretch on for a few more seconds before finally he turned from her again and shook his head. ”No...no you wouldn't.” Felicia felt a few tears start to prick at her eyes as she felt new emotions swell within her.

The small sliver of doubt she had heard in his voice was all she needed to know to feel the hurt deep down. She turned her back and focused onto anything in the room she could focus on, not wanting to speak, not wanting to let him know how much that actually hurt.

There was a pregnant pause through the common room for a full minute before finally Peter brought himself to speak again. ”Why...could you just tell me...why here?” Felicia slowly gripped her fists as she felt her anger topple the other emotions swirling inside.

She couldn't stop herself before she rounded on him. ”WHY?! Because while you were away gallivanting wherever, worrying me to death, my apartment got blow up and partially because of you!!!”

Peter took a small step back in shock at the words, his worst fear starting to rear their head. ”What?” The voice was quiet but it cause Felicia to cool down in a second. The insecurity of the voice, the slight waver at the end, the pitiful look in his eyes.

She realised in that second she might have said the wrong thing. If there was one thing Felicia knew after seeing Peter, after living with him for that short week, he still blamed so much of his Aunts passing on himself, maybe even more...so much more. He didn't like seeing anyone close to him in danger, and if he thought it was indirectly his cause, he would take full responsibility.