Chapter 2
“Dude! We did it!” Ned yelled excitedly.
Peter smiled, “Yeah, I guess we did.”
Peter felt as the day flew by and before he knew it Mr. Crowe was handing out scripts and CDs to listen to the soundtrack on. Peter pulled out his highlighter, getting to work on highlighting all of his lines. Vaguely listening to Mr. Crowe tell them about how they’d do a full read through tomorrow after school.
Peter was already starting to feel himself as Seymour and he was getting excited. MJ and Ned were both smiling. He couldn’t have picked people he’d rather sing with.
He was also very glad he had gotten over his crush on MJ when she came out as lesbian or else Suddenly Seymour would’ve been really awkward.
“So, Ned, you ready to be my dad?” Peter asked
“I would rather gouge my own eyes out than adopt you,” Ned joked.
“Aw, if things turned out better you could’ve been my father-in-law,” MJ adds.
“That genuinely sounds like torture.”
“Do I get to wear a leather jacket?” They heard Flash.
“Sure, Eugene,” Mr. Crowe responded exasperatedly.
“Hey, MJ, congratulations on getting Audrey!” Betty said, sliding into the seat behind her.
“Congrats on getting Crystal!”
“Thanks,” she blushed. “Talk later?” She asked, hearing Frankie calling her over to sit by her.
“Of course,” MJ said dreamily as Betty walked away.
“Someone has a crush~,” Peter teased.
“Do not!”
“Do too!” Ned added.
“I’ll kill both of you!”
The class was over before he knew it and the rest of the school day went by even quicker. He found himself climbing into Happy’s car.
A huge smile on his face.
”What's got you all chipper?” Happy asked.
”Oh, it's nothing.” Peter responded, not knowing if the man would tease him and not particularly being in the mood to deal with it he did.
”Whatever you say, kid, whatever you say.”
The rest of the ride was uncharacteristically quiet. Peter listening to the soundtrack he downloaded on his phone, trying to picture himself singing the songs.
He walked all the way up to the common room with his headphones still in. Knowing that Tony would yell at him if he didn't do his homework before going to the lab. And, hey, this was kind of homework. Mr. Crowe had told them to listen to the songs.
He crashed on the couch. Apparently, he had his music up too loud because he didn't hear Sam calling his name until the man reached up and pulled his headphones out.
”We were wondering if you wanted some pizza later?”
Peter looked up to see the other avenger laying around and nodded. ”Yeah, sounds good.”
”What are you listening to anyway?”
”Nothing!” Peter said a little too quickly, blushing.
Sam just raised an eyebrow but didn't ask any further questions. Peter slowly put his headphones back in, restarting ’The Meek Shall Inherit’.
Before he knew it, he was on his 3rd listen while he finished up some math homework and someone else was pulling his headphones out, Tony this time. ”Pizza’s here, kid.”
Peter took his headphones out, slipping his phone into his pocket. He made his way to the table and sat in his usual spot.
”Hey, Pete! Do you wanna come see a movie with us when you get out of school tomorrow?” Clint asked.
Peter smiled, that sounded awesome— except he couldn’t. His smile dropped. ”I’d love to but I can’t.”
”How come?”
”I have rehearsal,” he mumbled.
”What was that?” Clint asked, clearly having not heard them.
”I have rehearsal,” he repeated louder.
”I thought you quit band,” Tony said.
”I did.”
”Then what for?” he asked, clearly confused.
”I’m in the school musical.” He watched surprise come across everyone’s faces.
”Well, I'm sure they won't miss one person for one rehearsal.
”I’m kind of the lead…”
”Kid! That's awesome! Why didn't you tell us earlier?” Peter shrugged. ”What musical is it?”
”Little Shop of Horrors.”
“As in the 80’s movie?” Rhodey asked.
“As in the musical that was based off of it