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It was Wednesday, September 30th, school has been in session for about a month now and Peter is doing well, he still has enough time for Star Wars marathons with Ned and of course, Spider-Man duties. He's even gotten closer to MJ to the point where she regularly comes along for their marathons. All in all, Peter was pretty happy with this school year so far.
Well that was about to change.
"Peter, get up, you can't be late for school." He heard may tell him while she was standing in his door frame.
"Mmmm five more minutes May......" Peter mumbled into his pillow.
"If you don't get out of your bed this instant, no more Spider-Maning for the rest of the week." May said in a slightly serious tone.
Peter immediately shot up. "I'm up, I'm up!"
May snickered a bit. "Come on, pack your bag, breakfast is on the kitchen counter." May told him while walking out of his bedroom.
Peter started packing his back, putting on his "bracelets" that would form his iron spider suit and web shooters. After he packed he went into the kitchen and grabbed the breakfast May had made.
"Remember Peter, you're staying at Tony's tower for the rest of the week while I'm out. I know you like seeing your Avenger family again." May told him, he had almost forgotten that he would spending the rest of the week at the tower.
"Yep, I know may, I'm excited. Anyway thanks for breakfast, see you next week, larb you!" Peter said while walking towards the apartment door.
"Larb you too Pete, don't get into too much trouble!" May yelled back before he closed the door.
---Time skip: Peter walking to school---
While walking to school Peter though about all the things he would be doing at the tower, of course he'll be able to work with Tony again but he also remembered Shuri was at the tower this week with her brother T'Challa. That meant he could improve his suit even more and he would of course have his fellow Viner there to mess with all the Avengers.
He also thought about inviting Ned and MJ over for movie nights or sleepovers so he could introduce them to Shuri. At the mention of MJ on his head he paused for a bit, he's been getting much closer with MJ recently, they started hanging out almost as much as he did with Ned, he occasionally even catches here looking at him in class or even smiling at some of his jokes, he shrugs the thoughts off though, there's no way MJ would see me as more than a friend, he thought.
Fact is, Peter had developed a crush on MJ, and not a small one either. He loves everything about her, the fact she doesn't care what other people think, her obsession with books, her messy, curly hair, her coffee skin, her eyes... her lips, oh god he's fallen hard for the girl.
---Time skip: Peter arrives at school---
As he arrived at the front of the school, he saw Flash pulling up in his silver 2017 Audi TTS Roadster, after Peter wrecked his dad's old one he must've gotten a new one, he thought.
When he entered the school and made his way to his locker, it didn't take long for him to run into his best friend. "Hey bro!" Ned yelled trough the crowd of students.
"Hey man." Peter replies as they do their secret handshake. "How is your Lego X-Wing looking? Is it fixed yet?" Peter asked, the last time he came by Ned's for a movie night he accidentally knocked it off the shelf and it broke into multiple pieces.
"Yeah bro, I managed to find all the bricks only 10 minutes after you left, it's as good as new." Ned told him, Peter nodded in response.
"What's up losers?" MJ came up behind them and asked, startling them both.
"Oh hey MJ, not much, Ned just told me he managed to fix his Lego X-Wing." Peter told her.
"Let me guess, you knocked it over." MJ asked while slightly grinning.
Before Peter could reply, Ned simply said "Yep, he did, it was nothing though, it was an easy fix."
"Of course he did, anyway you guys better be at the Decathlon meeting today, Mr. Harrington said he had an important announcement." MJ informed us, this intrigued them both.
After the bell rang they made their way to their first class, chemistry, Peter already knew he would get bored because Bruce more or less thought him everything, not that he needed to teach much, Peter seemed to know almost everything already.
---Time skip: lunch---
The bell rang and students made their way to to cafeteria, when Peter got there he already saw Ned and MJ sitting in their usual spots, MJ now sitting directly across from Peter's spot ever since Peter and Ned got her into their little group.
Peter went over to grab some lunch and then sat down across from MJ. "Hey dork." MJ greeted him, taking her eyes off her book page for a split second.
"Hey MJ, hey Ned, anything I missed?" Peter asked, mostly towards Ned though.
"Not much, me and MJ were talking about the car you saved from falling off that bridge yesterday." You see, ever since MJ got into their group, Peter and Ned found out she'd known about his spider duties for a while, Peter wasn't surprised and Ned was just glad he didn't have to keep the secret from the oh so observant MJ.
"Yeah, pretty impressive dork." MJ added without taking her eyes off the page she was reading.
"Thanks MJ." Peter simply replied.
The rest of lunch was spent talking about Star Wars with MJ occasionally making a comment about on of the movies, seems like she's learning well form their movie nights.
---Time skip: decathlon---
When the Decathlon meeting rolled around, Ned was excited to hear what the announcement was and Peter was just eager to get back out as Spider-Man.
"Alright everyone, attention please, take your seats, I have some very exciting news for you guys." Mr. Harrington cheerfully said, his tone intrigued Peter.
When everyone had taken their seats, he continued. "As you may know we've been doing very well and we have been invited to go on a field trip to somewhere you all know." At this point everyone, excluding MJ, was at the edge of their seats.
"The field trip will be to..." Peter was going trough scenarios in his head but what came out of Mr. Harrington's mouth was something he dreaded. "... Stark Industries!"
Everyone cheered, Ned was bouncing in his seat from excitement , even MJ looked intrigued, but Peter sunk so low into his seat you almost couldn't see him above the table.
Then of course Flash had to make a coment. "Ha, now we get to see that Penis' internship is made up!" Peter huffed in annoyance at this, but then he noticed MJ, she looked genuinely mad at Flash's comment.
"Listen Eugene, you're just yealous that Tony Stark chose Peter instead of you as an intern." MJ said with annoyance in her voice and a stern glare to go along with it.
Flash huffed at this and looked away. Peter turned to MJ and mouthed a 'thank you.' to her to which she replied with a shurg and, a hint of a smile?
"Anyway kids, you'll have to get these permission slips signed by your parents or a guardian, and hand them in on tomorrow, the field trip will be this Friday." Mr Harrington said while passing out the permission slips.
That's when it hit Peter, aunt may wasn't home and he had to spend the rest of the week at the tower, he'd have to get Mr. Stark or Mrs. Potts to sign it.
"Dude dude dude we're going to the Avengers tower! Are we going to meet Tony Stark? Or the Avengers? Or both?!" Ned asked in excitement. Peter just replied with a shurg and said. "Probably... I'm staying there for the rest of the week soooo, you're technically going to my second house." Ned's jaw dropped and MJ looked amused.
"Your Parker Luck™ is never in your side is it?" MJ asked with amusement in her voice and a smile on her face. Peter simply nodded and responded with a 'yeah, no kidding.' before stuffing the permission slip in his bag.
"Alright kids, that was it, you're all dismissed." Mr. Harrington said, everyone stood up, grabbed their bags and headed out the door.
"See you tomorrow loser." MJ said and... winked at him? Peter blushed slightly and stammered out a 'See you to-tomorrow MJ.' before she walked away.
"Dude I'm so excited for tomorrow, I can't believe we're going to Avengers tower!" Ned exclaimed excitedly. "Yeah me neither Ned..." Peter said unenthusiastically.
"Anyway, see you tomorrow bro." Ned said while doing their secret handshake. "Yeah see your tomorrow dude." Peter Simply replied.
As he walked down to the road he saw Happy in a Blacked out 2020 Audi A4. Peter made his way go the car, opened the door and sat down while dropping his bag on the floor.
"Had fun at school kid?" Happy asked in his usual tone, he's started to warm up to Peter but he wouldn't openly admit that.
"Yeah it was alright, we have a field trip tomorrow." Peter replied an immediately regretted saying anything about the field trip.
"Oh yeah, where to?" Happy asked simply. "To the tower." mumbled Peter. "What was that kid, I didn't quite catch that." Happy said with a hind of amusement in his voice. "To the tower." Peter said clearly this time. "Your Parker Luck™ is always against you isn't it kid." Happy said in an amused tone, Peter didn't reply.
Why me, he thought, why does the field trip have to be to Stark Industri- oh my god I swear Mr. Stark is behind all of this. At least Ned will be there with me and MJ... I wonder why MJ looked so angry at Flash's comment, she even stood up for me... oh don't be ridiculous Peter, she just did that because you're her friend... but what about that wink at the school gates? Peter continued to think about MJ for the rest of the way to the tower.
---Time skip: at the tower---
Happy drove into the parking garage and parked the Audi in it's designated spot, right next to all of Mr. Starks Audi R8's and... a car with a cover over it? "Hey Happy, what's that car doing with a cover over it?" Peter aksed, Happy quickly shot down the question. "Look kid, Tony needs you in his lab right now, no time for questions." Happy said with slight worry on his face, weird, Peter thought. "Alright, bye Happy!" Peter said cheerfully.
Peter rode the elevator all the way up to the floor where Tony's lab was located. After getting out of the elevator he quickly found his lab and scanned his level 10 badge to gain acces. "Hey Mr. Stark!" Peter said cheerfully.
"Hey kid, how was school?" Tony replied with a slight smirk.
"It was pretty good, aced my history test today, talked to Ned and MJ about Star Wars and did decathlon." Peter replied, being careful to not mentioning his trip.
"Sounds like fun, but who's MJ?" Tony replied, Peter paled, he didn't think about the fact he never told Mr. Stark about MJ because he always thought he would tease him about talking to a girl and ultimately find out his crush on her.
"Erm... n-no one, no one yeah..." Peter stammered out. Tony smirked.
"Sounds like someones is trying to hide his feelings from his mentour." Tony replied with a mischievous smile.
"Come on Mr. Stark, she's just someone in my friend group and the captain of the decathlon team, nothing more I swear." Peter replied, slightly annoyed.
"So it is a girl? Interesting, anyway I'll drop it... for now." He replied, but before Peter could speak.
"Anyway, let's go to the common room, we're having dinner with the rest, Thor even brought Valkyrie along, Carol came by for pit stop and as I'm sure you know, Shuri and T'Challa are here for the week." Peter perked up at the mention of Shuri, he'd be able to improve his suit with Vibanium, Shuri prommised to bring some last time she was at the tower, he also noted that Carol and Valkyrie were here. You see, Peter, along with Natasha, Clint and Bucky, suspect that the two women have an eye for ane another, the occasional glance and blush, the playful comments and slight flirting. Peter, Natasha, Clint and Bucky all agreed that they would try to get the two women together when they both came around again, very convenient that when one of them comes along, the other does too.
Peter rode the elevator up to the common room and when the doors opened, he could immediately see Natasha, Clint and Bucky sitting with each other, stealing glances at the two women that were on the balcony, presumably Carol and Valkyrie just arrived, along with Thor and Loki. Peter made his way to the trio and joined them.
"Hey Pete, how was school?" Natasha asked him.
"It was pretty good, usual stuff, aced a test, talked to Ned and MJ about Star Wars and then did decathlon practice." Peter replied, Natasha smirked a bit, Peter worried she would ask about MJ but she didn't, little did he know the trio would discuss this 'MJ' person later.
"Decathlon huh? Anything that needs a signature?" Nat asked with a mischievous smile, Peter paled again, oh no, how did she- oh right, she's a spy...
"Erm.... fine, yes we have a field trip this Friday." Peter reluctantly said.
"Oh, and to where would that be?" Clint asked. "Here.' Peter mumbled., much like he did when he told Happy. "What was that buddy, I didn't hear you." Bucky asked playfully. "Here." Peter said clearly this time. Natasha smirked and took the permission slip from her pocket.
"How did you-" Peter was about to ask. "I know everything маленький паук, and I'm sneaky." She playfully cut him off, then proceeded to take the permission slip to Pepper who was making dinner in the kitched, along with Steve. Peper took the piece of paper and looked up at Peter with a smile, then proceeded to sign it. This is the end of me, Peter thought.
---Time skip: after dinner---
Peter was in his room, working on an improved version of web formule after Tony told him he couldn't work with Shuri until tomorrow. He looked outside and noticed a dark grey 2020 Audi Q8 puling up, he immediately knew who arrived and shot up, heading to the common room.
"Hey Nat!" He all but yelled the moment he entered the common room.
"What's up маленький паук?" She replied, oblivious to the situation.
"Someone is here, she'll like a warm welcome." Almost on cue, the elevator dinged and out stepped Maria Hill who immediately fast walked toward Nat before giving here a firm but loving hug.
"Evening Nat, you look badass as always." Maria said playfully before giving her a quick peck on the lips.
"I missed you too Maria, alright boys, I will be taking an early rest, don't come near my room." Nat said before taking Maria's hand and practically dragging her towards her bedroom.
"Well then, Nat's love life is back up and running by the looks of it, how about yours Pete, how's this 'MJ' girl doing?" Clint teasingly said while Sam and Bucky stifled a laugh. Peter paled but went along with it, they'll probably find out on Friday anyway, he thought. "She's doing well, me and Ned talked to her about Star Wars and she's doing an amazing job as decathlon captain."
"Good to hear buddy, hey tell you what, since Stark has more or less denied your science session with Mrs. Meme Queen why don't you go and finish your new web formula?" Clint told him, Peter was surprised but didn't complain about them dropping the MJ subject. "Sounds good, good night everyone!" Peter told everyone and got a bunch of 'good night's back. Little did he know Clint never dropped the MJ subject, but that he would just converse with the rest about it.
When Peter got back to his room, he worked on his web formula for a while before getting tired, putting on his pyjamas and flopping onto his bed, he was not looking forward to Friday...