Thor's my favorite Avenger
Peter rolled into the double doors of Midtown with four minutes to spare, stopping by his locker to drop off his textbooks from the previous night of homework he had. He didn’t see Ned or MJ in the hallway, he figured that they must have been in first period already. He closed the metal locker door and navigated his way through the hallway crowded with students attempting to get to class on time. Peter made his way into the classroom just as the bell rang, rushing to his seat as he flashed Ned and MJ a quick smile. Mr. Harrington stood up from his chair and began the habitual routine of taking attendance and Ned turned around to face Peter.
“I’m so excited for this trip dude!” Ned exclaimed in a hushed voice in order to avoid the wrath of Mr. Harrington. “If Captain America is there I will literally shit myself,” Ned told Peter as the two started to giggle.
“I thought that Thor was your favorite Avenger?” Peter questioned as he quickly glanced around the class to make sure that they weren’t being too obnoxious. Peter and Ned were honestly surprised that no one had found out Peter’s secret identity yet. Like seriously, if it wasn’t obvious enough when Peter literally jumped out the bus window on a school field trip to go fight some aliens, or how Spiderman was the one to save all of his classmates in D.C. when Peter was “missing” for the competition. Either everybody secretly knew and just didn't acknowledge it, or everyone was a complete dumbass.
“Thor is my favorite Avenger, but I’ve already met him! I haven’t met Cap yet and you don’t hold up on your promises to let me meet him whenever you go over to Stark’s for the weekend.” Ned replied in a slightly bitter tone. Peter did promise Ned that he’d introduce him to Steve, he just hasn’t had the chance to yet. He shot Ned a look reminding him to quiet his voice for such a revealing subject, even though at this point he didn’t really give a shit.
“I know, I know,” Peter said as he put his hands up in surrender. “I promise you I’ll introduce you to Steve, he just hasn’t been at the compound lately.” Ned gave Peter a reassuring smile as he turned around and faced the front of the classroom. Mr. Harrington had just finished taking role and making sure that everyone had their permission slips in order.
“Okay first period,” Mr. Harrington began with the clearing of his throat, “Everyone’s permission slips have been turned in and we can go head towards the busses!” He exclaimed as everyone grabbed their backpacks and headed out to the front of the school. Naturally, Ned and Peter sat in the same seat on the bus with MJ one behind them. After the whole Thanos thing, Peter was pretty sure that she knew about his secret. It was probably because one, Ned and Peter are terrible at lying, and two, she’s just really observant. But still, Ned and Peter kept a quiet conversation whenever they could feel her presence, just in case. Peter didn’t wanna drag MJ into this whole other world if he didn’t have to, it would be another liability, another person who could get hurt.
The drive over to the compound took a little over an hour, with Ned and Peter talking about Peter’s new suit upgrades, Star Wars, and girls. Peter shipped Ned and Betty, or Netty, the ship name MJ came up with for them. MJ would occasionally butt in on their conversation when it pertained to something she actually cared about. Ned and Betty’s blooming relationship is one of them. Peter and Ned considered MJ one of their closest friends, as it was usually just the two of them. But Ned knew that Peter saw MJ as more than just a friend.
“How much longer do we have to be on this hot bus?” Flash’s voice echoed from behind them, grabbing Mr. Harrington’s attention.
“We’re almost here! Only about five minutes will we get to the gate!” Mr. Harrington called back. Flash sunk back down into his bus seat and sighed. He leaned into the aisle and look at Peter square in the face.
“Yo Penis, are you excited to get exposed about your fake internship?” Flash asked him with a smirk as Peter rolled his eyes. “I can’t wait for you to introduce me to Iron Man, or Black Widow if I’m lucky.” Flash continued. His taunts dating all the way back to the beginning of sophomore year were getting on Peter’s nerves. Sure, at first the Stark Internship was fake, it was a front for his Spiderman charade, but now it was legit.
“Flash, it’s junior year, can you please give it up?” Peter said back with a hint of exhaustion in his voice. If Flash was going to taunt him the entire trip, Peter was going to go mad. Just as Flash was going to reply with a witty comeback, the bus pulled into the Compound gate, and students grabbed their bags and began to rise from the old leather seats of the bus. Peter, Ned, and MJ filed out of their seats and out of the bus as did the rest of the class.
As they walked into the glass doors of the compound, many of Peter’s classmates expressed an array of “ooo’s” and “ahhh’s” as they took in the view. Peter was used to the compound, although he would admit that the first time he visited when Tony invited him to be an Avenger, he shit himself a little bit. The building was lined with hundreds of feet of glass windows with highly advanced and modern architecture. ‘Wait till they see the training room’ Peter thought. If the lobby amazed his class, he wondered if some of them would faint at the sight of the higher floors.
“Hello, Midtown!” A cheery young woman said. She stood in front of the security desk with her black curly hair resting just above her shoulders and the freckles that lined her dark skin. The name tag attached to the front of her lab coat read ‘Letitia’; Peter recognized her from one of the science departments from the higher floors, as she would often stop by and talk to Bruce about a project he or she was working on. “My name is Letitia and I work in one of the branches of science upstairs. I will be your tour guide for today and I’ll be showing you a few of our labs on the lower levels, the Avenger’s museum, and hopefully, we’ll get an appearance from Pepper Stark if we’re lucky!” Letitia said cheerfully. Many students were excited about seeing the museum, but Peter and Ned were more focused on the labs. She continued on about the history of Stark Industries and how the Avengers were formed while the class went through the metal detectors.
It was Peter’s turn to go through the metal detectors and he placed his backpack on the long table to be searched by one of the security guards. He was just glad that Happy wasn’t down there, as he didn’t need to be yelled at again for the long-ass voicemails he left Happy on the daily. Peter went after Ned through the detectors, but a loud alarm went off just as Peter made it only halfway through the metal contraption. He froze in his tracks as the entire class stared at him, with Flash chucking in the background. ‘Well shit’ he thought, as he still had his web shooters strapped to his wrists. He nervously held his wrist with his right hand as a grumpy voice echoed behind him.
“What the hell is the problem?” An old man said as Peter quickly turned around to see who the annoyed voice belonged to. Just what Peter needed, to be outed as Spiderman to his entire class as well as half the freaking staff at the compound. However, a wave of relief washed over him as he saw who was charging towards him.
“Dammit Peter why is it always you who causes trouble?” Happy asked with the same blank expression that was always plastered to his face. Peter let out a small chuckle and shrugged.
“Haha, yeah sorry about that Happy. It must have been my watch, I forgot to take it off.” Peter replied as he stressed the word ‘watch’ hoping that Happy would pick up on his hint, as his ‘watch’ was actually his web shooters.
“It’s fine kid.” He said to Peter, obviously picking up on the hint. “This kid is alright, he’s with me and the boss.” Happy directed to the other security guards. They all nodded their heads and continued shuffling the other Midtown kids through the line. Peter collected his backpack and patiently waited for the redness to leave his embarrassed face.
“This day already sucks and it’s not even noon yet,” Peter said to Ned while they were waiting for the other kids to get through the line.
“Dude,” Ned replied, looking Peter straight in the eyes, “Everyone knows that you know that Tony Stark’s personal bodyguard knows that he knows you!” Ned squealed. Peter sat down on a bench next to Ned confused, while trying to comprehend the words that just spilt out of Ned’s mouth.
“I'm sorry, WHAT?” Peter asked.
“Flash. Is. Jealous.” He spelled out for Peter. It was sorta unnecessary, but Ned strived to be dramatic whenever it was possible. Peter shot him an even more confused look, but Ned just shook his head and continued, “Flash is getting jealous because it’s occurring to him that your internship is legit.”
“Why does Flash even care if my internship is real or not?” Peter questioned.
“Because, you’re smarter than him and he always wants what he can’t have, and he won’t be able to make fun of you anymore if you prove to him that it’s real.” Peter sighed and put his face in his hands.
“Ned, the less attention I receive on this trip, the better,” Peter tells him. Ned shakes his head and rolls his eyes.
“Just sayin’, if I personally knew Tony Stark, the whole world would know in about point 2 seconds via Twitter.” Ned said with a smirk on his face.