Hello! Before we start this chapter I would like to make one thing clear:

I do not know how a court trial works 100 percent. I will not be writing in full detail what goes down but I will write enough so you know what is happening.

I joke you not I had to look through a mock trial script that I found on google to guide me through this. Do not expect this to be fully accurate, as I don't even know what I'm doing.

Okay? Okay.

Enjoy the chapter!

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The Day Of The Trial

Megan woke up extremely early after only getting about three hours of sleep. She was surprised that she even got sleep at all, but thank god for ASMR.

The trial wasn't happening for another couple hours, so she had some time to kill, and that time would be wasted by just laying there with nothing but her thoughts.

Megan couldn't help but wonder how Peter was feeling, especially today. Did he sleep? Did he cry in the middle of the night? If he did, she definitely wished she were there to wipe away those tears.

She got out of bed not so willingly and took the time to stretch with a few bones cracking here and there. Despite being sixteen, she had the body of an old woman. Well, sort of.

Megan was dreading today, she really was. She hated thinking of the possibilities that weren't so endless. Megan wasn't sure if she could remain strong any longer, especially for Peter's sake.

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Diary Entry #11

Today's the day. The day where both my world and Peter's world could either fall apart or somehow remain put together.

I've tried so hard to put on a strong front for Peter's sake, but it's incredibly hard. I love him so much, and I don't know what I'd do without him in my life.

I want to have faith, I really do, but the court system can be fucked up these days, and it's failed many people. Who knows if Peter would be one of those people?

Anything could happen today, but for the love of god I'm begging that he does not get sent to jail for something he didn't do.

Hoping for the best,

Meg

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Hours Later

Once Megan and her mom managed to find parking, they made their way up to the courthouse. Tons of press and newscasters surrounded the front, and no amount of security could handle it.

"God, there's cameras everywhere." Megan's mom said.

"Well the whole world wants to know what will happen today." Megan replied, looking out to see if Peter was anywhere. He could be getting interviewed, which would make sense since there's so many reporters.

"Are you ready for this?" Her mom asked, knowing how tough this must be for Megan.

"Ready as I'll ever be, I guess." She shrugged.

The two tried their best to squeeze their way through the insane crowd, but thankfully there was a familiar face to save the day. "Megan!"

"Come with me." Megan grabbed her mom's hand and started to pull her through the crowd. "Should we really trust a strang-"

"Happy!" She greeted him. "Where's Peter?"

"Is that your mom?" Happy asked, who instantly thought that she was attractive.

"Yes, this is my mom." Megan rolled her eyes. "Now can you tell me where Peter is?"

"He's waiting in an area where all the press can't get to him." He said.

"Show the way then." She ordered, and Happy immediately began to lead them to wherever Peter was.

Along the way, Megan's mom had a question for her daughter. "Is he single?"

The moment her mom asked that she immediately gagged, but she had to answer. "He's kinda in love with Aunt May, at least I think he is."

"Never mind then." Her mom whispered.

When they got to the special waiting area, Megan ran up to Peter with her arms wide open. "Peter!"

She immediately kissed him when she got up to him, and Peter noticed the new height difference going on between them thanks to Megan's shoes. "Nice shoes you got there."

"Thanks." She blushed in a bit of embarrassment. "I didn't think they would make me as tall as you but it's too late to change, so-"

"You look great anyway." Peter interrupted.

"Hello? Iconic supporting characters over here!" Megan turned to Michelle and Ned, who were waving for her attention.

"How did you two make it here before me?" She asked them.

"We carpooled." Michelle deadpanned.

"Minus the karaoke." Ned chimed in with some enthusiasm.

"Although some Big Time Rush would've been nice." Michelle said to Ned, who wholeheartedly agreed with her. "True, but their comeback album doesn't compare to their first album."

"An intellectual I must say."

"Why thank yo-"

"Can we not talk about Big Time Rush now?" Megan groaned.

"Right, right." Michelle nodded, then noticed Megan's mom next to her. "Hey Mrs. Jackson. Wait, I forgot-"

"It's fine." Megan's mom brushes it off. She knew that she would always been known as that.

"Oh, you're divorced?" Happy asked since he practically got his heart broken by Aunt May.

"Happy!" Peter yelled. "What happened to-"

Peter was cut off by Aunt May, who was happy to see that Megan had made it. "Oh, you made it! I brought bagels for everyone."

"Say no more." May handed bagels to everyone, and they eat them quickly because they were practically starving.

"Peter, the trial's starting in a couple minutes. Say your goodbyes while I'm thinking about it." Goodbye? Let's not say that.

"You heard the lady." Peter sighed.

Peter began to say his "goodbyes", starting with Ned. They did their classic handshake and shared a quick hug. Michelle quickly hugged him as well, sharing a few words as well.

"See you on the other side of the war, loser." She says with a laugh to make it not so sad and dark.

"Was that a Hamilton reference?" He asked.

"Look, I never got it out of my head when we saw it on that class trip." Michelle sassed. "Now don't go to jail on us, alright?"

"Alright, alright. Thanks for the, uh, encouragement, I guess." Peter said, then turned to Megan.

For this it was just the two of them. Happy, Aunt May, and Megan's mom walked off so they could do this alone since they all knew that they needed it.

"I don't want to say goodbye to you," Megan said as she tried her best not to cry. "so I'm just gonna say see you later."

"See you later then." Peter smiles at her.

"Yeah, see you later." She smiles back.

Megan cups Peter's cheeks and plants on a kiss on his lips before leaving, kind of like a good luck kiss of some sort. "I love you."

"I love you too." He blushes the moment she kissed him. No matter what he would still be whipped.

"Now get out there." Megan says. "You got a trial to win."

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Due to the high demand of people who wanted to see this go down, the trial was taking place in the biggest court room available. Megan described it as "ten times bigger" than her bedroom, which wasn't exactly an exaggeration.

"We are gathered here for the case of the People of the State of New York versus Peter Parker. Are both sides ready?" The judge asks. Both sides say that they're ready, and the trial begins.

Shockingly Peter's lawyer was actually, you know, defending him. Before he had no faith, but maybe the evidence that Megan helped find turned things around completely.

Peter was called up to the stand, and it was clear how nervous he was. The way he stuttered in his words as he swore he would speak the truth wasn't a good look for him, but it's not normal for someone his age to go through something like this.

The prosecutor was doing anything to tear Peter apart and make it seem like what was being depicted of him as true, but Peter refused to back down despite his nerves.

As each piece of evidence was presented to the court, there was tons of disbelief coming from almost everyone. It was so hard for the jury and general public to think that Mysterio was actually the bad guy all along, but it was the truth. Even the camera guys broadcasting the whole thing were shocked.

At one point the prosecution and defense were going back and forth like animals, and it got pretty intense in the court. The judge definitely had to pull out the gavel plenty of times.

Once it got to the point that the jury had reached the verdict, everyone was at the edge of their seats.

Peter sat in his seat sweating his ass off with an insane amount of nerves. This was it. The moment everyone had been waiting for. Peter's life could break or break, and everyone was going to find out now.

"The jury has reached a verdict." The judge announces.

"Oh god." Megan whispers and covers her face in her hands.

"The jury finds the defendant, Peter Parker, is..."

Well, not yet.

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Gotcha bitch 🤪

Y'all the poor writing skills really jumped out on this one I can't lie