[a/n: woop woop!!!! we back for some more! shit's gonna hit the fan in this one, get ready]

"lucy? you're calling now? right when--" peter interrupted himself and cleared his throat. "um, nothing. never mind. you called? what's up?"

"what's up is that you're being a complete asswipe to liz," lucy blurted, and then, "excuse my french."

"what are you talking ab--hey, big bird, that doesn't belong to you!" in the background, there was a loud crunch.

"hey, where are you?" lucy asked.

"i'm...in my hotel room," peter's reply came back in short bursts like he was exerting great amounts of energy. "playing video games with ned."

lucy narrowed her eyes in suspicion, but didn't say anything to it; her anger was at its boiling point. "look, you need to go swimming with the rest of the math team, hang out with them, they're counting on you to be there and liz and i will hate you if you don't get your butt out there now!"

"uh, it's kind of hard to do that right now, luce!" peter yelled into the phone.

"for god's sake, just get off the video game, peter! can't you see this is more important than fake characters on a tv screen?"

"i wish it was that simple, luce--"

"don't 'luce' me like that! don't act like we're anything more than we are!" she stopped herself and took a breath. "this is more important to liz than her senior homecoming, peter. show her that you noticed that. show her that you care."

"lucy—"

"no, pete, i'm serious! don't make me come down to d.c. and whip you into shape," she added on a teasing tone to her threat, deciding to tone it down a notch. 

"i have to call you back, lucy, i'm almost done and then i'll be back at the hotel in no time, i promise!"

"back at the hotel? you mean you're not there?" 

"um...no. but it's about time i told you, lucy. so i'll call you back later tonight, and then i'll be back to queens before you know it." peter's words were final. 

"peter, what's going on with you? ever since i met you, you've always been hiding things. it's time to come clean."

"i will, i promise."

she paused. then, "don't make promises you can't keep, pete." after another moment, she added, "get back to the hotel. and win that decathlon. liz is counting on it."

[a/n: sooooo do you think peter's gonna tell lucy that he's spiderman? :) if you liked this chapter, please vote!]