A new life beginning

The Guest

Peter growned and turned over in his bed at the sound of his roommates preparing for the surprise adopter who was scheduled to be there by 10. The sun had peaked over the Horizon but the early birds were still in the sky. A glance at his alarm clock told him it was 6:30 AM. "It's summertime it should be illegal to be up at this hour" he wined covering his head with a pillow.

"Wake up bed head. We've got a meeting with another rich guy with a savior complex in a few hours, and we have to get in breakfast beforehand." Wade said snapping Peter with the towel he was using to dry his hair.

"Any word on who it is?" Matt asked putting his glasses on

"Maybe it's one of those eccentric Europeans that adopt American kids to show off to their rich friends," Eddie said mockingly "Hon Hon Hon, Diz is my American Boy"

Peter chuckled getting up to find the nicest outfit he had. "Ah Yes, dressed head to toe in gold leaf suits, and diamond cufflinks"

"All while standing on a spinning display case" Wade chided in. Making the whole room laugh at their hypothetical guest.

The foster mother knocked on the door before coming in. "Ah I see you all are getting ready. Breakfast will be ready by 7. Make sure your clothes aren't dirty or get them dirty while we wait. Peter, I know this is your first interview with a family, but it's pretty straightforward. I'm sure the boys have talked to you about some of it already. All you need to do is sit in the living room, and wait to be called back. Then you'll meet The family. They'll ask you some questions to get to know you, and if they like you set up an appointment for a follow-up meeting. I'll explain more if we get past that point. We haven't had anybody adopted out in a little over two months; so I'm being hopeful for today. I've got a good feeling about this one though. He's one of those superhero types that you've seen on the news. I've talked to him on the phone he seems like a real nice fella." The woman smiled and closes the door.

"Superhero type?" Eddie raises his eyebrow as he's putting on his black leather shoe. "Like from the avengers?"

"No dummy, it's probably one of those crappy street-level heroes like Spider-Man or something"

Peter stiffens a bit at Wade's comment. "Wait, what's wrong with Spider-Man? I used to watch him swing by my old apartment. He helps out a lot of people, and seems like a cool guy."

"He's been M.I.A. for like over a month. I'm pretty sure red, web, and blue is off the superhero roster. I heard some rumor that he got his ass kicked by some random thugs out in Queens. That's the last anybody's seen of him anyway. Yessir I believe ol' big eyes is down for the count"

Peter glared at the nickname; then decided to change the subject. "I'd say maybe it's Captain America if it weren't for the fact he's a war criminal now. He would be the perfect candidate for commercializing getting kids out of one stranger's home into another."

Eddie snorted a laugh. "Can you imagine that? Living at a house with a white picket fence, a golden retriever, and your dad throwing the Captain America shield to you like a frisbee."

The Boys spent the rest of their morning getting ready, and guessing who was to be their guest for the morning.

. . .

It had been a bit of a long process. He had to take long classes. A caseworker had to visit his home. He had to do quite the haggling to convince the child care industry that he was no longer the alcoholic partygoer of his past. Yes after a long process Tony was finally able to look into the adoption facilities that would contain his future ward.

"You've got the paperwork for meeting at the boy's home at 10 on your desk. I would have Happy pull around the car no later than 9:20 because the traffic is a bit bad this morning. Then you have a meeting with the Board of Directors at one. I have you scheduled to work on office work from three until five. After that a meeting with that merger company at 6." Pepper wrote on the starkpad sending it to Tony.