Chapter 14

Athena started to get ready for school. As she was brushing her hair, Athena could hear her phone buzz from inside her room, like she was getting a text. Athena ignored it for the moment and continued getting ready.

Athena exited her bathroom and entered her room. She grabbed her phone and her backpack. She checked her phone and saw it was Liz texting her the address to her house. Athena had almost forgotten that Liz's party was tonight. She put her phone in her back pocket and walked out of her room. She walked into the kitchen and grabbed a quick breakfast before walking to the elevator. 

Athena waited inside the elevator, until it hit the lobby. Athena walked out of the lobby and towards the exit where she could see Happy's car waiting. She pushed the doors opened and walked up to where Happy was parked. She got in the car and waited for her to arrive at school.

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Athena arrived to school and got out of the car. She thanked Happy and walked up the steps and into the school. Athena walked down the hall and as she approached her locker, she could see Peter and Ned standing near her locker. Athena approached her locker and opened it, sort of ignoring them for the moment. "You should join the Decathlon Team," Ned said and Athena gave Ned a confused look. "Good morning to you too, Ned," Athena said.

"What do you say?" Ned asked, hoping to get an answer out of Athena. "You're good at math, right?" Peter asked, Athena didn't think she was good at math, she understood math, but she wasn't good at it. "Sort of, I guess," Athena said as she put her books in her locker. "I'll think about it," Athena said, caving in slightly. 

Athena shut the locker door and started to walk in the direction of her Homeroom classroom. Within seconds, Ned and Peter were on either side of her just talking about the most random stuff. 

*Lunch*

Athena walked into the cafeteria and sat down across from MJ. "For Liz's party, what exactly would be the dress code?" Athena asked as she began to overthink every single thing about what she knew about parties. "Whatever you want. I'm wearing a dress, but if you don't want to wear a dress, I'm sure there are plenty of people just wearing casual clothes," MJ said and Athena nodded. "Okay," Athena said as she thought up a few options.

"Should we meet up before we go?" Athena asked and MJ nodded. "Absolutely. We could meet up at the coffee shop down the road. I think it's called, 'Bravo Coffee,'" MJ said and Athena nodded, recognizing the name. "Yeah, I think I know where that is. Let's do it," Athena said.

*After School*

Athena got into the car with Happy, while thinking about outfit options. "You seem happier than normal," Happy said as he pulled away from the school. "Just excited," Athena said with a small smile. Athena unzipped her back pack and pulled out her homework to get a head start on it so she didn't have to worry too much about it tonight. 

Athena soon looked up as the car began to slow, she was already at the compound. Then Athena looked down at her homework and realized she had finished her math assignment which meant she was just not paying attention to time or where she was.

The car stopped in front of the doors and Athena got out of the car. "Thank you," Athena said as she closed the door and walked to the front door. She went up to her room and was immediately trying to figure out what outfit she should wear. She couldn't make a decision until she saw all of them on herself. 

The elevator dinged and the doors opened. She walked into her room and directly to her closet. She picked out the three outfits she was thinking about. There was an outfit that was more dressy, one that was a little less nice, and then a plain casual one. The plain casual one seemed too boring for a party so she crossed that one out and just decided to wear it to school at some point. 

Now, Athena was looking between the two outfits. One was a black long sleeved shirt, a skirt, with black tights underneath and the second one was a black long sleeved shirt and a grey plaid dress. Soon enough Athena chose the outfit with the skirt and put away the other two.

Athena then went to the bathroom to take a quick shower as a way to start getting ready. After she got out of the shower, she changed into the outfit and blow dried her hair. Athena double-checked the time and saw that it was five. She is supposed to meet MJ at 5:45. 

Athena looked herself over to make sure everything looked good. Once she was pleased she walked out of her room and went to the elevator. 

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Happy stopped the car in front of the coffee shop and Athena walked out of the car and towards the shop. She checked the time as she walked into the shop and it was 5:40, so she still had five minutes before MJ would arrive. So she decided to get a coffee. 

After Athena got her coffee, MJ walked through the doors. "Hi, Athena," MJ greeted and Athena greeted her back. "Hey, are you going to get a coffee?" Athena asked.

"Nope," MJ said and Athena nodded as they left the coffee shop. 

They soon arrived to Liz's house at around 6:15 and they walked inside the house. The party was going strong even though it just started. "Wow," Athena said as she looked around. The house was beautiful and the whole school was there and the house was incredibly crowded. 

Athena saw the food table in the kitchen and walked over to it with MJ. Athena grabbed a cup of what looked like was punch. Athena took a sip and immediately spat it back into the cup. "That was disgusting," Athena said and MJ smelled the cup. "Yeah, that's alcohol," MJ stated as she dumped the cup out and threw it away. 

Athena looked around the snack table, now staying as far away as possible from the drinks. Athena grabbed a couple grapes and put them in her hand. Athena heard MJ greet someone and she looked over and saw her talking to Peter and Ned. Athena walked over to MJ. "Hi, Athena," Ned said as he waved at her. "Hi," Athena said.

"You look nice," Peter said.

"Thanks," Athena said and MJ practically dragged her away from the two. "Peter likes you," MJ said, once they were far enough away from Peter and Ned. "What?" Athena asked.

MJ looked over at Athena. "Oh, you poor oblivious girl," MJ said and Athena gave her a confused look. "Doesn't he like Liz?" Athena said, trying to poke holes in MJ's theory. "Who knows with guys," MJ said with a shrug.

At some point in the night, Athena lost MJ and couldn't find her. So Athena started searching around to see if there was anyone she knew that was nearby. Eventually, Athena saw Peter and Ned so she walked over to them. "Hey, have you guys seen MJ?" Athena asked.

"No, I haven't seen her," Peter said and then he checked the time. "I've got to go," Peter said as he left. "Where is he going?" Athena asked.

"Spider-Man was invited to this party," Ned said and Athena nodded, now understanding what he was doing. "Right," Athena said.

*1 Hour Later*

"Where's Peter? I thought he would be back by now," Ned said.

"I don't know," Athena said with a shrug. Then, her phone started ringing and she answered it. "Hello?" Athena asked.

"Hey, I need your help," Peter said over the phone. "Okay, where are you?" Athena asked, a bit confused. "On the back of a white van," Peter said and Athena rolled her eyes. "That's not helpful," Athena said and she walked out of the party with Ned. "I don't know where I am," Peter said.

"Okay, give me a second," Athena said and she pulled her phone away from her ear. She started to hack into Stark Technology to use the tracking device in Peter's suit. "I figured out where you are. I'll be there in a bit," Athena said and hung up the phone and turned to Ned. "I found him," Athena said and Ned nodded.

Athena walked off and kept looking at her phone to make sure she was going the right way. Athena heard screeching of tires coming down the street. She turned around and saw a white van come speeding down the street, straight at her. "Shit," Athena said.

The van was coming closer and she lifted her right hand and the van flew over her head. As she did so, she saw something red also fly over her head. Spider-Man landed in front of her and he stood up. "That was cool," Peter said as he looked at the white van. 

"Sorry," Athena said and she looked over her shoulder and saw the van rolling onto the wheels. "Do you think they're okay?" Peter asked.

"They're fine," Athena said and Peter nodded. "Let's go," Athena said and she started walking in the direction of Liz's house.

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