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‘Parker? Are you still with us?’ I look up and see the rest of the decathlon team is looking at me.
‘Oh, yeah, yeah, of course.’
‘So you can tell me what I just said?’ I glance up at the board to see if there’s anything up there to tell me what we were discussing.
‘Uh, how Stark Industries became the number one selling tech company?’
‘Close, but not quite. When we won the Academic Decathlon, we received a substantial sum of money which is to go toward aiding you with your learning. As you know, we spent most of it on new equipment for our labs. Since we have a little left over, the department has decided that we can spend it on a class trip.’ At once, everyone starts whispering about where we might be going.
‘And, as a special surprise, we have organised with Mr Tony Stark himself that we will be taking an overnight tour of Avengers Tower itself in two weeks.’ Everyone starts talking excitedly. I groan quietly. This is not going to be fun.
‘In addition to that, he will be giving a presentation for us along with Dr Banner and demonstrations from the other Avengers.’ Mr Harrington continues over everyone else. ‘I’m handing out permission slips now which will need to be back by the end of the week at the latest.’
Once all the permission slips are handed out and everyone starts filtering out, Ned starts talking about the trip.
‘Dude, this is gonna be great! You can show me around and everything!’
‘Ned, you’ve been there before with me.’
‘Yeah, but everyone’s gonna be there; and an overnight trip? This is gonna be the best!’
‘Remember that no one’s supposed to know how much time I spend there and you know, that I’m technically an Avenger?’
‘Oh. Right. That’
‘And knowing them, especially Clint and Tony, they’re going to make it turn into the worst possible scenario.’
‘Yeah, but they’re the Avengers! And we get to meet them!’
‘I spend most of my weekends and afternoons there, Ned. It’s kinda hard to believe that they save the world when you see them in their pyjamas arguing over Monopoly. Wait, my bus is here, see you tomorrow!’
‘Hey, May, I’ve got a form for you to sign.’ I say as we’re having dinner.
‘Yeah? What for?’
‘We’ve got a trip in a couple of weeks to the Avengers Tower.’
‘Oh. And do you want to go?’
‘I guess. It should be fun with Ned and MJ there, but it’s more the Avengers that I’m worried about.’
‘Right. Well, speaking of Tony, you’re going to be staying there next week while I’m in Washington for my course.’
‘I thought I was staying home by myself? I’ll be fine for a few days.’
‘Yeah, well, I was talking to him yesterday and he insisted you stay there instead of here by yourself.’
‘Mayyyy, I’ll be fine.’
‘Try telling that to Mr Iron Man himself.’
‘He literally gave me a suit so I could swing from rooftops.’
‘Yeah, I’m sure you’ll be fine but just stay there for a few days, Pete. You spend most of your time there anyway.’
‘Yeah, ok.’