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Peter woke up from FRIDAY playing "Sweet Child O' Mine" at almost full volume, Peter groaned as he shifted in his bed to bury his face into a-glaringly obviously no longer there Harley. Before he heard giggling from the other side of the room. Peter sat up and threw the covers off him while shooting Harley a glare, but it didn't stay for long. Harley was in the middle of getting dressed for the day before staying home to work on his online MIT courses, he was standing holding a shirt in his hands and flashing a grin towards the brunette.
Peter rolled his eyes before instructing FRIDAY to turn off the music, knowing full well it was his dad's doing. Peter walked over to Harley after rubbing his eyes and yawning
"Good morning asshole." Peter spoke in a groggy tone as he lightly hit Harley on the arm, earning him a smack back
"Good mornin' to you too, darlin'" Harley spoke in a sing-song kinda tune with a smile that has way too much energy for this time of day. "you weren't waking up so the old man had FRIDAY play music you hated"
"figures." Peter's response was clipped as he grumbled out the words, moving forward to wrap his arms around Harley and bury his face into the crook of the taller's neck.
Peter didn't want to go to school just to be poked fun at, he was not feeling up to it today, he wants to crawl back into bed with his personal heater(Harley) and go back to sleep instead of being up and about. He grumbled as Harley laughed at his sleepy state before the taller tried to push him off
"okay, okay sleepyhead, you gotta get dressed and ready for school before you're late, old man said you can't have any more absences." Harley managed to get Peter off of him before backing up to put his shirt on before the spiderling could cling to him again and delay getting ready even more
"but I don't wanna go.." Peter whined, shooting a pout in the direction his boyfriend stepped in, crossing his arms over his chest before shooting a glare(not really a glare he looks like a puppy trying to be intimidating.)
"darlin' get dressed before that mechanic comes in accusin' us of making out before school" Harley spoke with a grimace on his face, Tony had caught them doing so once, and only once, but now he thinks every time the both of them are awake that they're making out before school.
Peter shuddered at the thought, a grimace on his own face, yeah.. maybe he should be getting ready. "you know what, school sounds better than having THAT, conversation again.." and that was what got Peter moving to the bathroom to wash his face and start getting ready.
once in the bathroom he saw his binder sitting on the counter-guess Harley put it in here for him. He smiled at the binder before moving to put it on, he'd showered the night before after a long training session with his aunty Nat, so all he really had to do was lightly brush out tangles in his thick mop of hair, brush his teeth, and clean his face after throwing his binder on.
he finished getting ready in the bathroom before looking himself up and down with his binder on and pajama pants, he looked damn good thank you very much, so he checked himself out in th"e mirror a second longer before making a face and exiting the bathroom to go finish getting ready. Once out of the bathroom, Harley was no longer in their room, but his backpack was by the door all put together and zipped up. he smiled before throwing on one of his dad's old MIT shirts and grabbing one of Harley's jackets, throwing on a pair of light blue jeans and his STAR WARS socks. The brunette checked everything was in-fact in his bag, and grabbed his phone before slinging his bag on over his shoulder.
He skipped out of the room, glad he put his socks on before hand as he could feel the cold of the floor beneath his feet.
Peter walked into the common room that connects with the kitchen, seeing Harley sitting at the table eating toast and eggs, Tony was at the stove making bacon and eggs with a cup of coffee sat next to the stove on the counter.
"morning dad!" Peter called to Tony s the older man looked up with a small, soft smile on his face as he watched Peter put his shoes on
"good morning, kiddo. Happy's waiting for you in the garage, but grab a protein bar first!" Tony had to call out before Peter got over to the elevator, he sighed fondly as Peter mumbled an 'oh right' before running into the kitchen to grab a couple and give Tony a hug. "have a good day at school bambino."
"I will, thanks dad, bye! love you! Love you too Harley!" Peter called out after racing out of the kitchen, waving as he struggled to open the protein bar with his teeth.
by the time he was in the garage, he'd successfully opened one of the few protein bars he'd grabbed and started eating it as he speed walked to Happy's car and opened the backseat door, throwing his bag in first before sliding into the car himself and shutting his door. "morning uncle Happy!" Peter spoke with his mouth full and happy rolled his eyes.
"morning to you too, Pete. but please, chew and swallow first, kid." Happy peeled out of his spot near the elevator and out of the private parking garage as he checked his backseat mirror to see Peter getting himself buckled in before pulling out into the early morning traffic.
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Happy pulled up to Midtown high and Peter jumped out with a 'see you later uncle Happy!' before running up the stairs and into the school building.
Peter ran through the doors, and walked down the halls to his locker where his three best friends waited for him by his locker. MJ was the first one to notice him and her immediate response was to flip him off with a smirk.
"yeah yeah, good morning to you too, MJ." Peter said with the roll of his eyes but smiled none the less as Ned almost immediately started talking, about a new LEGO set he got and Peter smiled even wider with a small squeal that Ned matched! It's a set the two have been waiting to get their hands on for MONTHS. sense the announcement. "no way dude!"
"I KNOW! oh my goodness can I come over this weekend and we can build it??" Ned asked, literally bouncing on his heels as Peter's excitement radiated to him as well and he's back to being just as excited as when he first saw it on the shelf and bought it.
"YESS!!" Peter's excited exclamation got them a few looks but no one was really surprised at this point. Peter and Ned are infamous for their excitement over LEGO.
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As the final bell rang for the school day to be over, Peter was excited to go home after Acadec practice and go curl up with his boyfriend, but first it's time to get to answering questions while MJ glares at him and Ned for being off task most of the time, but they have LEGO to talk about so, MJ can suck it... actually scratch that she might hear his thoughts and kill him just for that...
Flash was waiting by the entrance to the cafeteria where practice was held, and Peter groaned inwardly as the bully grinned at him savagely. Flash had been late to school today so Peter didn't have to deal with him during their only class together(his first class: physics.). He also hadn't seen Flash during lunch, so today had been relatively peaceful outside of normal chaos. Peter stopped in-front of Flash with an unimpressed look on his face as the other blocked his way in.
Peter sighed, "what do you want, Flash?" He gave the other a look as Flash squared him up, moving to his Peter when-
"FLASH THOMPSON." a voice carried across the room, it was Mr. Harrington, Peter's honestly favorite teacher. The only one besides Principal Morita to know and understand his home situation and believe him, Mr. Harrington also didn't put up with Flash's bull when it came to bulling other students, especially Peter. "Move out of the way so that Mr. Parker can get through, and then sit down."
Harrington's voice was firm, leaving no room for argument. Peter sent a grateful smile to the teacher as he walked over to where Ned and Betty were sitting.
Acadec practice went smoothly after that, Peter answering most of the questions quick and precise as the time dragged on. When everyone was about to be let free from the confines of the school building, Mr. Harrington cleared his throat and walked up onto the stage with a stack of papers in hand and a huge grin on his face.
"Okay! everyone just real quick before you all get your tired selves out of here, I have a very important announcement. As I'm sure you're all well aware, I said that if we'd win nationals, we'd take a very, VERY. special Field-trip?" Harrington looked around as the students started muttering and excitement rippled through the team. Mr. Harrington cleared his throat again, drawing everyone's attention back to him. "And as you're all aware, we did end up winning nationals. so I'm here to present to you, the once in a lifetime trip, to none other than Stark Industries! for a wholee weekend!" As the students processed the information just told..
the cub erupted in excitement and cheering, the other's clapping and whooping.
and Peter felt his heart, DROP. and he was immediately on edge as he felt eyes bore into the back of his head with malicious intent.
"you will all need to fill out these forms and turn them in by next Friday at the latest. We have two weeks to get ready and prepare for probably, the most exciting weekend ever. There will be digital NDA's that will be sent out via email to your parents later tonight, you will need to sign those first and then bring in your permission slips before you can come on this trip, so remember to sign those NDA's and get these slips back to me as soon as possible." Mr. Harrington handed out the permission slips, and gave a sympathetic smile to Peter as he passed one to the senior.
"hey Parker, ready for your little lies to be exposed?" Flash openly sneered at Peter after Harrington went over to the stage again to speak with MJ about some important meeting things.
"Flash, leave him alone." Ned walked over to Peter, putting himself in front of Flash's view of his best friend, helping the other up to his feet. "don't listen to him, Peter, he's just jealous of how cool you are for having an internship with Stark." Ned knew the truth, that Peter lived at the tower, that Tony had adopted him over a year ago, and that May and him are thriving at the tower.
"I know dude,but like..." Peter trailed off, he couldn't voice how worried he is that once the others catch wind of the trip they'll have all the time to plan ways to embarrass him and reveal his relations to them, SI, and hell even Spider-Man. Ned shot him a soft glance as they started out of the cafeteria, and towards the front of the building where Happy was waiting for Peter.
"Okay guys, I gotta go, but I'll text you later about that LEGO set, Ned!" Peter held out a hand for Ned and his secret hand shake before high-five-ing Betty and racing to the car before Happy started laying on the horn like he does sometimes when Peter's taking to long.
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The ride back to the tower was quiet, Peter had greeted Happy before putting in headphones. Happy knew not to push it when the kid seemed a little down, he just had Friday send off a message to Tony about Peter seeming a little upset.
When Happy pulled into the private garage, Peter thanked him for the ride and waved goodbye as he headed for the elevator to go up to the pent house.