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"Mr. Parker, stop glaring at the clock and pay attention to the class"
Peter's gaze which had been resolutely fixated on the (very very slow) clock for the past 15 minutes, met his teacher's.
"Sorry Mrs. Garcia", Peter mumbled.
"Just don't let it happen again", sighed Mrs. Garcia, "I want to get out of this classroom as much as you, but you don't see me glaring at the clock. Now where was I..."
Peter tried to pay attention to his teacher, he really did. But it's hard to pay attention when
1. He was already ahead of his class (like miles ahead, but he tried to be humble) and
2. He was going to visit Wakanda
Tech Disneyland Wakanda. Like what was even his life?
Mr. Stark, one fine Monday morning, on two cups of coffee (only), decided it would be a good idea to take his mentee to visit Wakanda while he and (king) T'challa sorted out some business deals. He wanted to introduce Peter to (princess) Shuri, T'challa's sister.
Peter was extremely excited to meet Shuri. He would then have someone his age to geek out with, regarding superhero things. Don't get him wrong, he loved Ned, but Ned didn't get what it was like to be a superhero in action. So yeah, he was excited to meet Shuri, untill Mr. Stark informed him that Shuri was possibly the smartest person on the planet. And moreover, Mr. Stark informed him that.
This changed things. Peter knew that he was a little bit smarter than the rest of his class but it was nothing compared to the smartest person on the panet. What if Shuri thought Peter was dumb, decided not to be friends with him and ignored him for the rest of the trip? Also as Mj liked to point out regularly, Peter was a loser. He was not 'cool' he was probably the opposite of 'cool'. What if Shuri thought that too, decided not to be friends with him and ignored him for the rest of the trip? Or what if she just straight up hated him, decided not to be friends with him and ignored him for the rest of the trip?
As Peter was wallowing in his self-pity, the bell rung signalling the end of school and Peter's head which was previously situated safely in his hands dropped with a bang on his table.
"Ouch. Okay, that hurt." Peter said.
"Pete, are you okay?", Ned asked from the table beside Peter as their classmates started to shuffle out of the classroom. Ned knew about his friend's trip to Wakanda. Peter had been over the moon about it when Mr. Stark first informed him, but now, it seemed as if Peter would prefer to rather die.
"Ye-Yeah completely fine. No problem over here, no sir. Completely fine." replied Peter
"You are nervous aren't you." Ned asked as he stood up from his desk and waited for Peter to pack his things
Peter deflated, Ned knew him too well. "Yeah", Peter said. He packed his things and followed Ned out of the class.
"Dude, you will be fine. You're Spider-man. And besides you are going there with Mr. Stark. He is basically your dad. He won't let anything happen to you. May would murder him." Ned said.
"Yeah, I'm Spider-man! And dude he's not basically my dad."
"He is. May agrees."
"No he's no-.....Oh my god, he is."
"Told you"
"Wait, you gossip with May!?"
They had reached the school gates and could now spot an angry Happy who was leaning against his car and yelling into his phone.
"Oh look Happy is here! Bye Peter! Gotta go!", Ned started power walking towards the bus
"You didn't aswer my question?!", Peter called after him
"Bye Peter!", Ned shouted back, waving enthusiastically.
"What the hell?", Peter mumbled to himself
"Peter!", Happy said startling him, "Come on, we have a flight to catch."
"Happy you nearly gave me a heart attack!", Peter exclaimed.
"If we don't stay on schedule, Pepper will have a heart attack."
And that shut him up quickly. The only person in his life who he respected and feared as much as May would probably be queen Pepper Potts. Then again the only person who he adored as much as May is probably queen Pepper Potts, so, yeah.
When Mr. Stark first introduced them, Peter had been sort of awkward around her. She just radiated this aura of power and strength and he was awed. But after getting to know her better, they got along like a house on fire. They had their monthly shopping trips, Pepper always ensured that Peter was eating healthy when he stayed at the tower and they binged Brooklyn Nine Nine together. She was like a pseudo-mom to him.
He followed Happy and got into the car.
"Ready?" Happy asked.
Nope. "Yep" Peter replied.
"Ok. Let's go."