"I don't feel so good"
2 days later
“May I’m not feeling so good today.” The lie rolled off his tongue as Peter trudged towards the kitchen for something to satisfy his growling stomach. Shout out to his enhanced metabolism for making him hungry literally all the time. Peter was never really satisfied after he ate anything, as his post-spider bite body needed more energy to maintain itself than it did before. He was constantly caught snacking at every moment of the day, mostly on random food items found in either May or Mr. Stark’s fridge. Peter and Bruce had attempted to create a sort of high-calorie protein bar to appease his appetite, but couldn't seem to formulate one that didn’t taste like actual shit. Peter looked in various cupboards in search of something decent to have for breakfast.
“What’s wrong Pete?” May answered while setting her mug filled with tea on the coffee table. A look of concern plastered her face as the guilt built up inside of Peter. To be honest, Peter felt fine. For one, he couldn't even get sick anymore thanks to his previously mentioned metabolism, and two, the only reason he told May he wasn’t feeling good, was because it was the day of the trip. The field trip he’d much rather not attend. He secretly hoped that May forgot about the “oh I can’t get sick any more thanks to being bit by a radioactive spider” part that he told her when she first found out about his “Stark Internship”.
“Oh I just woke up feeling kinda crappy I guess…” Peter dragged out as May furrowed her brows. Peter was getting the sense that she was onto him, but kept up the charade anyway. “Yeah, maybe it was the meatloaf you made last night?” Peter questioned. May looked him straight in the eye as the worried look fell from her face and a stern one overcame it.
“Peter Benjamin Parker are you lying to me to get out of this field trip?!” May asked him with a raised tone. Peter knew he was in trouble and made an attempt to defend himself.
“What?!” He questioned as his voice cracked. “No no no! It’s not because of that at all!” He explained. May stood up off the couch and crossed her arms.
“No offense Peter, but you are a terrible liar. And you should be lucky that I’m not grounding you for lying to me about your health. You are going on that field trip today,” May said as Peter rolled his eyes. “C’mon, it’ll be good for you! You and Ned will have a blast!” She told him as he let out a long sigh followed by the crossing of his arms. May walked over to Peter and put a hand on his shoulder. “Why are you so against going on this field trip anyway? You’re practically at the compound every weekend anyways, why is today any different?”
“May, it’s just that everyone at school hassles me about the Stark Internship and if Mr. Stark shows up he’ll probably embarrass me and I can’t handle Flash for more than two seconds a day cause he makes me wanna stab my eyes out and-”
“Peter,” May said, effectively cutting him off. “Literally any other kid in the world would be ecstatic to show all of their classmates that they’re basically Iron Man’s protege, just lighten up okay? It’ll be alright I promise.” May said while pulling Peter in for a hug.
“Thanks, May, you’re the best,” Peter replied as May let go of him.
“Now you’re gonna miss the subway if you don’t hurry up and get ready for school,” May told Peter as he headed towards his room. He wasn’t too worried about missing the subway, knowing that he could just swing to school if he needed to, even though May wasn’t the biggest fan of that particular idea.