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Her mother had always made pie making look so easy. Amy DeLuca's pie were the best in Roswell and a selling point in Liz's parents' cafe. Maria decided to try and make some of her mother's famous Keylime pie to stave off the homesickness she was starting to feel. So far her attempts were poor.

"Third time's the charm, right?" She said as she slide a pie slice over to Brad. He had volunteered to help her taste-test and hadn't died from her two previous attempts. "I promise I put less salt in this one."

Brad nodded and dug in. He chewed thoughtfully. He then smiled.

"This isn't half bad," He said. "It tastes like Keylime this time for sure."

Maria took a bite of her own and pumped her arm.

"Yes!" She said. "Not quite as good as my mom's, but it's edible."

"I'll take this one to go," He said, lifting the plate with a nod.

Maria nodded back and watched as Brad walked over to the table he had previously been occupying. There was a series of psychology books strewn about. They all seemed focused on depression or other behavioral illnesses.

Maria took another bite of hers and looked over her hand-written recipe as she tried to decide what to change to make it more like mom's.

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"I know. I have a hard time not kissing Liz too." She replied.

She smiled subtly to her small joke, but she knew it was a serious topic. Maria agreed with Peter. It would be hard to keep up not kissing in a relationship. Liz basically communicates in kisses

"I can be good back up," she said. "Whatever you need me to be. If that means distraction or hugs or whatever, count me in."

Peter's lips quirk up slightly at Maria's quip.

"Thanks, I appreciate it." A beat, and then: "Think you can cut me a slice of pie, though?"

"All this talk was to butter me up for pie. Now I get it." She said with a smile.

Maria cut a piece of pie and plated it for Peter. She grabbed a fork and pushed it toward him.

"I kind of wish you went to Roswell," she said suddenly. "Not because that would mean Liz would go back there or anything and it is a super boring town most of the time, but I think we'd have all been friends there, you know? And I know Alex would have really liked you."

"Yeah, that was my plan all along." Peter's smile is genuine. He picks up the fork and digs in.

"Why do you think he'd like me?" he asks, in between his first and second bites.

"You mean other than the fact you both are big nerds?" She replied with a smirk.

Maria shrugged and pushed her hair behind her shoulders.

"I don't know," She said. "You're into the same stuff and he'd definitely be fascinated to hear all about the future. Plus you make Liz happy and he'd have been happy to see that."

Peter smiles at that and takes another bite of his pie.

"I really do love her," he says, feeling embarrassed at the admission. He sets the fork down. "I really do want to enjoy whatever time we have left, even if it's only just here."

She pointed a finger to Peter. It was a little playful, but she meant it too.

"I thought she's going home with you," Maria said. "At least that's what she talks about all the time."

"I want to believe that, too," Peter says, taking another bite of pie. "But there's no telling what's going to happen, you know? Yeah, we should hope for the best, but I wanna make sure I'm not taking advantage of what we have here because I believe there's definitely going to be a future for us after this."

Maria hummed while she mulled that information over.

"You have a point," She admitted. "Though God help me if she can't go with you. I'm not sure if you've ever seen Liz on one of her warpaths, but she can be determined. She'd probably figure out a way to invent a spaceship to track down Tess for what she did to Alex if she came back home."

I know I wouldn't want to be Tess

"Yeah," he says. "I really hope she comes with me, except then I'd have to worry about everything that happens after Thanos."

True enough, he was worried about it already, but with Liz there, it'd be even worse, because he might be taking her away from a reality where she survived to a reality where she wouldn't.

"Yeah... both our worlds are kind of messed up, huh?" She replied. "You think there's a world where it's just regular kid drama without aliens? Because, let me tell you, aliens make everything more complicated."

And I'm in love with one, so I know

"I think just about every other teenager here has some sort of drama," he says. Maybe not alien drama, but there were definitely other types that Peter was grateful he didn't have to deal with.

Peter briefly glances over at Brad, then takes another bite of his pie. "I think everyone here has had some weirdness in their life. Maybe it's a prerequisite for turning up here."

"So... what you're saying is that, like, this isn't really all random at all and someone keeps taking in people with baggage," She said. "Cool. That's totally not a creepy theory at all."

She sighed and stood back up from where she was leaning.

"If there is someone, I wish we could petition them for certain people," She continued. "Although Michael would probably go nuts here and annoy everyone else."

"Is that who you want most here?" he asks. Now that he thinks about it, almost everyone he needs here is here, except for May. It'd be great to have MJ here, too, but May was really the only person he needed.

Maria thought about it. My mom or Michael? She finally decided on a nod.

"I'd say my mom, but she'd freak out about this place and probably have an aneurysm." She replied. "But Michael, being an alien himself, is used to a lot of weird already, you know? Though I'm not sure he'd make a lot of friends. He's kind of like your friend Alec."

Equally as hot, too

"Yeah, I'm not sure how May'd react," Peter says. "I mean, I guess she's kinda had to get used to weird now that she knows I'm Spider-Man, you know?" But was she ready for this level of weird? Peter's not sure. She'd just be happy that Peter was there and was safe and sound. That much he's sure of.

"You know, it's still sort of hard to believe you're a superhero." She said. "I mean, not that you're a superhero, but that superheroes are even a thing."

Though of course Liz went from an alien boyfriend to a superhero one. Kyle would have a field day if he were here

"Hey, speaking of which, why do I get to see you in your outfit?" Maria asked. "Or is that reserved for damsels in distress?"

"I can't put it on if you want," Peter says, finishing off the last bite of pie. "I don't really wear it much anymore because there's not really a need for it." Not when everyone knows and there's no bad guys to fight.

It seemed a little strange to Maria to ask Peter to put on a costume for her.

"Thanks, " she said " but you don't have to on my account."

Maria smiled suddenly.

"Is it true Liz has worn it?" She asked with amusement.

"Yeah," Peter says, suddenly embarrassed. "She's the only person other than me that's worn the whole thing."

She could tell he was embarrassed, but he was adorable when he was embarrassed and she smiled.

"Relax." Maria said. "That's cute. Like a little thing only the two of you've shared. Kind of romantic in a super nerdy way."

"Yeah, I guess so." Peter smiles, half-embarrassed, half-genuinely happy at Maria's observation. "Hopefully she won't ever have to wear it again."

Peter takes another bite of pie. "The first time Liz and I kissed, I was wearing the suit, too."

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