Arriving
Peter and Flash were silent for the rest of the trip. Ned and MJ had texted him at least 10 different times to make sure that the bully didn't do anything and Ned to just talk about anything really.
"I'm excited to finally see Captain America in the flesh," Stella said as she bit her lip and some people looked at her with slightly disgusted looks.
Peter gagged a little in his mouth and Flash caught his eyes as he cringed.
"Do you actually know them?" He said actually seemed interested in what Peter had to say.
Peter stayed silent for a moment before humming a small yes noise in response. Flash didn't seem as shocked as what Peter thought he would be like and then surprised him, even more, when he shrugged.
"You aren't going to yell or anything?" Peter asked shyly and Flash looked the smaller boy in the face.
"Pass," He said and looked out the window," What would be the point, you wouldn't have kept it up with all the shit everyone at school was giving you."
"Are you ok?" Peter blurted before he could stop himself.
Flash tensed and his shoulders curled towards his neck a little bit.
"The blip caused a lot of students to become orphans," Flash commented while looking longingly at the trees as they passed them, "You aren't the only orphan anymore Peter."
Peter cringed at the mention of his name from his former bully. No matter what Flash had never called him by his real name and now he used it like it was something was normal.
"Guess that explains his behavior," Peter thought sadly, as much as he didn't really like the boy he wouldn't wish anything like that on someone, "I wonder what happened."
Millions of possibilities went through Peter's head but decided to push the thought out when one of the options was a plane crash after the piolet could have been dusted. He was about to pull out his phone to text Tony when all of a sudden the students in the back of the bus started yelling in excitement.
"It's the compound," Stella yelled and started fixing her lip gloss while Abe rolled his eyes at her.
"An interview confirmed that Captain America was married," He said while watching her and she turned to glare at him.
"Yeah but I'm probably better than whatever blonde he decided to pick up," She said and gave Abe a disgusted look before going back to her makeup.
"You would think the people involved in the blip would be better than what they used to be," Ned thought to himself with a grimace.
"Alright everyone," Mr. Harrington said while standing up and looking out to the bus of excited students, "As soon as the bus stops I want everyone to stay seated till our bus is called to dismiss."
Peter looked out and saw that buses from other schools were parked and slowly letting students out so that they could be searched. Then there were three other buses parked in an area so that the students spending the night could get their bags checked.
"Hey Peter," Stella said with a sickly sweet smile, "I'm sure you've been through this so how long do you think it will take for our stuff to be searched."
"Depends on who is working security that day," He said without a look at her which earned himself a huff in response.
"Fucking nerd," She hissed to soft for anyone to hear her, anyone except Peter anyways.
Flash snorted and stood up when Mr. Harrington motioned for them to stand. Peter was confused as to what caused the reaction but he was already off the bus before he could open his mouth.
"You sure he didn't do anything to you?" MJ said when she and Ned caught up to the boy.
Peter smiled at her and shook his head before they split up once more so that she could get her bags checked.
"What did you talk about?" Ned asked, "I mean I saw you guys talking anyways."
"I justed asked him if he was ok because of how he has been acting," Peter said and stood behind some jock from another school who was talking about he was going to score a babe on this trip.
"What did he say?" Ned asked and Peter shrugged.
"Nothing much," Peter lied, "He kind of just told me to buzz off and mind my own business."
Peter hated lying to Ned but at the same time, he knew that it was something Flash probably told Peter because he knew what it felt like. Ned, on the other hand, noticed the slight twitch of Peter's nose that indicated that he was lying but he didn't pry, he knew that his best friend wouldn't keep something from him unless it was important.
"Hey there Peter," Terrance said when he took the boy's bag.
"Hi, Terrance!" Peter exclaimed happily, he hadn't seen the man in a while so it was good to catch up with him.
People from other schools looked at Peter like he was some kind of celebrity that they caught at a bar or something. The jock that wanted to find a girlfriend was giving Peter a look between jealousy and irritation before he rolled his eyes and started talking to a redheaded boy.
"Happy told all of the security units that you would be here today so you can just go to the entrance and wait for your classmates," Terrance said with a smile and handed the boy back his bag.
Peter grabbed his unchecked bag and smiled before walking towards the entrance and tried not to pay attention to the confused glances he was getting from the other students that currently couldn't keep their eyes off him. He noticed MJ smiling at Amelia, one of the female security guards, before taking her bag and then walking over to where Peter was.
"So what exactly is Flash's game?" She asked while paying close attention to the pain in their backside, "Does your spidey sense you know... sense anything?"
Peter shook his head and then they changed the subject when Ned basically sprinted over to him. They chatted for about 30 mins to an hour before someone set off an alarm that got everyone's attention.
"Welcome students!" a female yelled and got all the student's attention, "We are missing one more tour guide, and then we'll be starting!"
People cheered and started talking excitedly between themselves before Peter caught a mop a flash of brown hair running towards them and then he went up to the other guides. Peter could really only see a little bit of the back of his head and then the people went silent once more when the female raised her hand so that they would stop talking.
"Alright everyone," She said, "My name is Mackenzie and I will be working with the East High Students."
Some of the guys from the school whistled and Peter rolled her eyes while Mackenzie just smiled.
"We'll be meeting up with my husband Jason halfway through so don't be alarmed if a large man approaches us."
"My name is Gibson," an African American man said stepping forward said, "I will be guiding the Midtown High students."
Peter smiled and waved when he caught the eye of Gibson and the man smiled lightly in his direction. Gibson was standing in front of the late tour guide so Peter still couldn't see his face but his height was smalled so he must have been new.
"My name is Johnathan and I'll be the guide to Spring High," a bulky man said and smiled in the direction of the all boy's school.
"I'm Harley Keener and I'll be the tour guide of Hills Academy for Girls," the teen behind Gibson said while stepping out of the other man's shadow.
Harley sent a small wink at one of the girls but then started searching the Midtown High group for what Peter could only assume for himself. When they caught the eyes of each other Harley smirked evilly that only meant he had something up his sleeves before he turned quickly and walked to the group of girls.
"Well look at that," MJ said like she was enjoying Peter's small suffering, "Looks like lover boy did come home early."
Peter felt the need to faint but was stopped when Gibson walked over to properly introduce himself and start the tour.
"Yea," Peter thought and missed the looks that Ned and MJ were giving him.