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A rhythmic, shrill beeping echoed through his ears. He quickly slammed his hands on the alarm, silencing it before it woke May - who, judging by the neon 6:30 glaring back at him, had only been home for 30 minutes since her night shift at Metro Hospital ended.
He blinked the sleep away from his eyes, jumped out of bed and proceeded to fall flat on his face after tripping over a stack of Bruce's gamma theory books (Peter refused to bring them to the Tower for fear of ridicule by Mr Stark).
Whilst getting up, a loud click came from his knee. Patrol last night had gone well but a successful patrol also came with it's injuries *cough* *cough* getting whacked in the knee by a shopping cart. But seriously WHERE DID THEY FIND A SHOPPING CART IN THE MIDDLE OF A RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBOURHOOD ???? Mr Stark would never let him live it down if he found out, but luckily Peter managed to convince Karen to not snitch.
Anyway, he went about his morning routine and has an extra 10 minutes, so he left to get coffee from a new local shop MJ complimented - which coming from MJ is worth more than any michelin 5 star review
He got to school at 7:27 and promptly met Ned outside their lockers. Ned excitedly gushed about a new AT-AT lego set coming out soon, when MJ appeared behind Ned. "Yo dorks, what you screaming about?" MJ asked in a bored tone, yet Peter could see the quirk of her mouth as she said it. "Not much just... A NEW LEGO SET MJ, ITS GROUNDBRAKING!" replied Ned who was practically vibrating at this point. MJ smirked to herself. A recent development in their friendship as the two boys seem to broken her emotionless demeanor. Now she reserves it for Flash or any other asshole in her way when ripping them a new one. Peter smiled at this thought as Flash hasn't bothered him or Ned in weeks. "What you smiling at Parker?" MJ demanded with a faux confused face. Peter doubted she didn't know what he was smiling at for somehow MJ doubted she didn't know everything. It was one of the constants in the world: the sun rises and sets, the speed of light is 299,792,458 m/s and MJ knows everything. "Nothing" Peter quipped back. MJ didn't seem to care enough to harass him into spilling (which he knew she could easily do).
The bell rang and Peter dragged his feet through the packed corridors, reaching homeroom with a sigh. Peter didn't really have much to sigh about though, school was was a breeze on the worst of days. Peter, a certified genius, just sat content in his own head most lessons, entertaining abstract theories or "impossible" equations. It lead to most school days slipping away from him, but he couldn't complain as he was only in school because its a legal requirement.
By the end of the day, Peter was leaping out the doors and launching himself into Happy's car. "Hey Kid" Happy sweetly said (he'd never admit it but Happy has grown a soft spot for Peter). "Hey Happy" Peter smiled at Happy via the rear view mirror. "How was school kid ?" Peter then proceeded to talk the whole drive to the tower and Happy couldn't say he didn't find it impressive how the kid could talk for a good 30 minutes about nothing. But Happy could confidently say that their chats (read: one sided rants by Peter) were his favourite part of the day.
"Good afternoon Mini Boss" FRIDAY chimed. "God FRIDAY there's no need to be so formal" Peter muttered into his hands, "Please, for the love of all that is holy, call me 'Peter'" Peter wringed his hands and started shacking them at the ceiling. "Sorry Mini Boss, Boss set you're name setting as 'Mini Boss' under the 'Name Tag Protocol' you do not have the necessary authorisation to override this command" Friday exclaimed somehow managing to sound at least a little bit remorseful. "NAME TAG ??? ARE YOU KIDDING ME" Peter shouted, "I'm actually going to murder Mr Stark". The elevator doors smoothly slid open revealing the avengers lounge which was unusually empty. He stepped out of the elevator, leaving his shoes thrown over by the entrance. He jumped onto the sofa intending to sit there for the good part of an hour whilst Tony finished a meeting, when an idea struck him. If you had asked Peter he could have sworn a lightbulb was lit above his head. "Hey FRIDAY" Peter called looking upwards even though he knew she didn't come from the ceiling. "Yes Mini Boss", "Would you be willing to let me into the labs?" Peter questioned hopefully. See, the reason Peter wasn't in the lab right now was due to Peter almost blowing up the lab whilst left in there unattended. After May gave both Peter and Tony a piece of her mind, Tony banned Peter from the lab for a week and whenever Tony wasn't in the lab. "No Mini Boss, under the 'Play pen' protocol you are restricted from going in the lab unless Boss is present" FRIDAY supplied. "What if I told you I only wanted to use the computer, no chemicals or equipment. Only a computer FRIDAY. PLEASSSSSEEEE" Peter didn't think shouting please at the AI would help but he might as well try. "I suppose so..." FRIDAY sounded like she was thinking. "Alright Mini Boss I will allow you into the lab and won't tell Boss under the condition that you use nothing other than the computers" , "YES, FRIDAY you are actually the best I love you" Peter jumped for joy at this. He ran to the labs, intending to finish before Tony got back from his meeting. He went to Tony's computer set-up and opened FRIDAY's coding. He easily got through the firewalls which actually kind of worried him - seriously Tony he could create far superior firewalls than this ???? He opened up the section on FRIDAY's protocol name's and changed them all. When he says all, he means all. He has Karen's help through this though but together they got it done. Once finished Peter checked the time and realised he still had 20 minutes before he needed to get back so he upgraded FRIDAY's firewalls for 15 minutes. They seemed a lot harder and if he didn't create them he doesn't think he would be able to get into them. "Thank you so much FRIDAY you're not gonna regret it" Peter smiled at the ceiling. "You're more than welcome... Peter".
Peter skipped out towards the communal area where he was greeted by the sight of Bucky, Sam and Steve. "Hi guys" Peter beamed at the trio. "Hi Peter how was you're day?" Steve asked. Steve always asked about Peter's day and it made Peter warm inside at the thought of others wanting to know how he was. "It was great Steve, I can't even begin to describe it!" Peter exclaimed. Peter's school day wasn't that great but hacking into FRIDAY sure made up for it. He noticed that the three were in work out clothes and were all looking flushed and sweaty - except Bucky who was right out drenched. Coincidently Sam had a smug look on his face and Bucky was glaring daggers at him. Peter didn't even want to know. "Peter there's M&M cookies in the cupboard for you, Bucky and I made them this morning" Steve told Peter. " Thank you so much guys I can't believe you remembered that I love M&Ms ". Honestly, this day was a gift that kept on giving. The men stalked off down the hallway leaving Peter alone again in the lounge.