Chapter 12
Peter sighed, rubbing at his tired eyes, Coronavirus... the biggest Pandemic of the current century, and he was confined in his room, while Dr. Banner and his father got to work on the vaccine, while he was doing schoolwork his family worked on saving the world, with Natasha, Steve, Bucky and Clint watching the city and keeping crowds under control, Thor and Carol bringing in foreign resources, He should be out there helping, but of course being quarrantined also meant continuing school online.
He sat hunched over his keyboard, his dinner of (mashed potatoes and chicken noodle soup) untouched sat on a plate at the corner of the high-tech desk his father had helped him design specifically for the E-learning, which he loved, they had included Karen in it so he could talk to her, and her abilities had been put up to good use, calling his friends had never been so easy during school.
The desk included a thin desktop, that took up a small amount of space, littered with stacks of notebooks, papers, it even included a printer/copier, the desk itself was an obsidian black, with cool purple lights that ran across the side and corners, a very modern looking desk in which he could pull up 3D holographic images of his online paper's or chemical structure of the project he was assigned right in front of his eyes.
In other words he was well equipped physically for the 7 long hours of online schoolwork, but his mind, well his mind was restless. His metabolism helping in no way shape or form, seeing that all he wanted to do was run up and down the walls, and he took several breaks between classes, eating several snacks throughout the Online class zooms themselves.
Peter groaned, pulling his face into his hands, he dragged them over his hair, keeping it's unkept state at least a bit tidier, Peter sighed, his laptop screen was turning more white and fuzzy for every hour he sat in front of it, His electronic headache worsening by the minute, Peter miserably clicked open the Zoom app, typing in the ID and password Mr. Harrington had posted on the online website.
In minutes the loading screen was soon replaced with an electronic beep and the loading of a new screen, Peter waited patiently as his laptop loaded the zoom conference and he joined with the entire class already in, He watched as the black screens and names popped up and he could read them more clearly, his own a black screen, Peter Parker listed right under it.
Mr. Harrington looked up from something on his desk and he grinned at his desktop, "Oh hey guys, so glad you could join me," He led on talking about the lesson, and then explained the rules of the zoom, before letting everyone be unmuted and his classmates popped in, Peter looked at the rest of his friends, seeing if they all looked like crap or if it was just him, Flash was seated in front of what looked like his pool, while a movies played loudly in the background, MJ was in her corner, Ned in his room, and Betty sat by her living room table, eating what looked like her dinner.
Everyone began talking at once, saying hello to each other, and hello to Mr. Harrington and he quieted them down, "So as you all know we have been working on for our curriculum, and we are all presenting today, so if we may begin Alyssa Alis please show us what you have for your presentation."
Peter half-listened to the conversation, his ears felt mentally done and he wasted time by doodling on a random piece of paper, his mind only registering important material, while he waited for his name to be called, Name after name went by and Peter grew more impatient, at some point he plugged a headphone into his ear and listened to music while he sat there, finishing up the doodle of his weird looking dragon.
"Peter Parker, show us what you got," Mr. Harrington's voice cut into his thoughts and he looked up, watching as the class waited for him.
He cleared his throat, "Okay... y-yeah lets get this over with, he replied nervously, clicking on the *Share your screen* button on the bottom of the zoom conference, he let out a nervous breath before standing up and walking over to the middle of the room, "Karen," He called out, "Pull up Peter's Project #12, and pull it over to left center of the room." He looked back at the screen watching the confused looks of his classmates, Mj just looked bored.
"Of course Peter" He saw his friend lean in their chairs, looking at the sudden blue hologram on his screen, the dark room illuminated by the bright light and he stepped back, letting the presentation work itself out as he narrated, "Begging presentation #12" Karen said, her little blue emoji face on the desk turned into a happy one, and she let a thumbs up slip onto it, Peter smiled and began.
"So today, I'm presenting why the molecular atoms in a (Science stuff,)...."
He watched his classmates eyes bug out at the super tech savvy awesomeness that was Karen, and he was halfway through the presentation when the door burst open and Shuri darted in, "My beloved husband, love of my life, flower of my heart, oh dearest I seek your help for you are the wisest," She said, plopping down on his bed and laying a hand across her face as if she was a distressed maiden.
"What are you doing in here Shuri, I'm on a Zoom," She looked up interested and Peter regretted telling her that, "Shuri come on why are you in here " She waved at the computer screen and Peter watched as his class freaked out. Shuri turned back to Peter, laying a hand across his chest, "romantically."
"I put GLITTER in my brothers suit, and he found out and I'm going to die," Shuri said, giving him a hug, "I came to say goodbye before my untimely demise." Peter rolled his eyes and attempted to shove her out the door when he heard loud thundering footsteps, oh shit. The person that was making their way down the hallway was seething, Peter gulped, shutting the door and locking it, turning to Shuri with a scowl on his face.
"Really, you had to bring him to my room," Peter ignored the Zoom and turned to jump face first on his bed, "You have the absolute worst timing."
Shuri grinned, in an evil sort of way, and Peter gulped, "I've got the best timing ever, by the way, I told him that you did it, oh love of my life" Peter shot up, running over to press an ear over his door.
"YOU DID WHAT" He harshly whispered, marching away from the door when she nodded, "Urgh" He groaned, pulling at his hair, "Why would you do that!" His zoom watched excitedly, listening to his every word, "I mean come ON."
"PETER I KNOW WHAT YOU DID AND I SWEAR ON MY FATHERS NAME I WILL RIP YOU TO SHREDS" there was pounding at the door and Peter panicked, T'challa sounded more than mad, like a lot more.
"FRIDAY DON'T LET HIM COME IN HERE, begin PROTOCOL 'I'M ABOUT TO DIE WATCHA GONNA DO' SHURI WHY!" Peter ran to the door, shoving his weight against it, even as he felt the door sway.
"Alerting Boss" Friday called above them, and Peter pushed against the door.
"Mr, T'challa your royal highness, almighty being please, I DID NOT put glitter in your suit, so if we could talk it out..."
There was a sudden crash and the 7 foot windows that took up most of his wall burst open as Ironman flew in, his mask coming over his face, a worried look on his face, "Kid are you okay, what happened, are you hurt?" Shuri was over in the corner dying from laughter and he glanced to her, and then back at him, "What did you do?"
"SHURI, not ME put glitter in T'challa's suit and she BLAMED ME!" He pointed an accusatory finger in her direction and she gasped in outrage.
"Me? I did no such thing, it was you Peter!"
"WH-"
"Okay kids stop, you too can't die yet, your still getting married sooo...." Peter gagged, disgust coming off his features, Shuri burst into laughter again.
"D-Mr. Stark we are not GETTING MARRIED,"
And then the door burst open......
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