14. Chapter 14 (1/2)

peter parker

the glass was cold against my forehead. the lights burning my eyes as i forced them to stay opened as long as they could. i sat in the corner, next to the door, staring out of the glass like walls to watch may, tony, and the doctor. a couple of times tony looked back and winked at me and may would make a silly face at me, making me giggle with laughter. i didn't want to move at all but when i heard a loud crashing sound and a scream, my head wipped to the side. a little girl with long red hair was standing near a mess of legos, crying her eyes out. i looked around to see all the adults and parents were in the hallway. some of the older kids glanced to one another to see if it was alright to do anything. they stood there like a bunch of idiots while the teachers and parents had no clue what was happening. i sighed and stood up, moving to the other side of the room.

when i was next to her i knelt down and gently smiled at her. she used her pink sweater to clean her face. i introduced myself to her and she told me her name was fiona. she then proceeded to ask if i wanted to build something with the legos. kids are so funny. one minute they're dying, the next everything is fine. i agreed to make her happy and sat down.

"what should i build?" i asked her in sign language. she challenged me to build a princess castle and i slightly frowned. not because i didn't want to build a castle, but because i didn't know how and had never built one. i decided to use the same format as the lego death star i built with ned and just make the surrounding in to a square shape.

she was going to build a farm to go with it. why a farm would go with a castle ? i don't know, but i was not going to ask. after twenty minutes of building, i had the base layer and the second layer finished. the door opened and many kids fled to their parents or guardians. fiona stayed where she was... as so did i. my hands were moving faster than a hornet. zipping from one end of the mess to the other, finding the pieces i needed to continue building. the girl grabbed my attention and started to sign fast to me. she said that we had time because her mom wouldn't be here until three. i smiled at her and told her i wouldn't stop until i finished her castle for her. she smiled widely and i returned it.

i felt someone lay a hand on my shoulder and i looked up to see may and tony waiting for me. "come on peter, we gotta go to your next session." may tilted her head and waved at fiona. "hi, sweetheart! you mind if i steal your construction worker for an hour?" she hesitated but nodded. i told her 'bye'and she signed 'see you later'.

on the way out, tony kept teasing me about playing with legos making me never want to touch a lego again. but i just ignored him, knowing that he was just trying to lighten the mood the way he knows how. it's come to my attention that tony sucks with empathy. i've gotten more confront from a goose sitting outside of my window...

"so, you made yourself a little friend. what's her name?" tony asked, stating straight ahead with a smile on his face.

i opened my mouth to respond, but just like every other time, nothing came out. i stopped mid-stride and turned to the wall. i hit it with all my force, yelling like a ninja while doing it. "just fucking talk!" i yelled at myself. "do it!" my arm was in the wall, wall dust floating to the ground. i slowly pulled my arm away and looked up at the two of them. blood was running down my fingers from my knuckles. "i hate everything. everyone." my face hardened as i stared past tony and may. a few workers and doctors stood behind them. some of them looked shocked. some of them had empathy in their eyes.

i was so sick and tired of everyone treating me like that. i didn't need their empathy or sympathy. i didn't want it! i just wanted to go back to school. i was starting to want to forget everything that happened too. i wanted to go home... even though that's where it all started. surely i could make myself forget. "what can make you forget?!" i looked around frantically. "what can make me forget?!" i began to have an anxiety attack, forcing myself to the floor. may and tony approached me. may crouched beside me and laid a hand on my arm, which i was using to cover my face. i slowly lowered one arm and stared into her eyes.

"baby... what's wrong?" there it was again. treating me like a baby. would a baby put a hole through a wall? no. but they would through a tantrum like i just did... oh well.

"leave me alone..." i thought. i turned away and looked down the hallway. that's when i got a wonderful idea. "this was all caused from a head injury. if i could... no, parker! that's insane! insanely genius." i looked back at them and took a deep

eath.