Middle School Heroes

Chapter 7 - Making Omelets and Hacking the System

As lunch ended, they all gathered their belongings and began to walk to their classes. Skye followed Pepper, Tony, Bruce and Clint to history. Since Professor Magneto was on the field trip, they found Professor Coulson waiting for them in the room. He smiled when he saw Skye and asked her how her day was going.

"Pretty well so far. Everyone is being very nice."

"Excellent. Glad to hear it. If you have any problems or just need a sounding board, my office is always open. By the way, you need to come to Homeroom about 15 minutes early tomorrow, so we can talk about your Special Interest choices. "

"Yes, sir. Thank you."

Skye put her bag down on a desk between Clint and Pepper. "Hey Skye," Clint leaned over and whispered. "You gonna let me and Nat teach you how to shoot? Fighting too. We can work on it over the weekends. It would help if you want to be an Avenger. Don't let Tony scare you off, and don't let those other groups tell you they're better, because they aren't."

The green hooded boy that he was with earlier tossed his pencil at Clint, hitting him in the chest. "She'd have more fun in the Justice League, Hawkeye," the boy said Clint's code name sarcastically.

"Yeah, says the guy who calls himself Green Arrow. So original." Clint threw the pencil back at the boy and hitting him in the same spot that he had been hit.

Skye just shrugged. She had to admit that it sounded kind of fun, but she wasn't sure that she would be very safe with any kind of weapon. She was also pretty sure that all these teams were not really going to be beating down her door to get her to join them.

The green hooded boy got her attention, again. "I'm Oliver, by the way. Oliver Queen. Nice to meet you."

"Hi Oliver. I'm just Skye."

The bell rang so they all took their seats. Professor Coulson showed the class a movie on the Civil War that Professor Magneto had left for them. Due to her night awake, worrying about her first day of school, it was hard for Skye to keep her eyes open when he turned out the lights. Clint kept tossing little bits of wadded up paper at her every time she'd nod off. After about the fourth time, she shot him an angry look and he just grinned at her. "No sleeping in class! What do you have next period?"

She peeked at her schedule, and whispered back, "Home Economics, I guess."

"Me too. Nat has German. She said you couldn't pay her to take Home Economics. I figured it would be an easy A, but Professor Parker is a tough lady. You should get to meet Sam too, assuming he isn't still up in the tree." He chuckled at the thought.

"Mr. Barton? Ms. Skye? Is there something you'd like to share with the rest of the class?" Professor Coulson called out from his desk.

Both Clint and Skye looked down at their desks and mumbled, "No."

When class ended, Skye followed Clint to their next class. When they entered the classroom, Skye saw one side of the room set up with little kitchens, and the other side sewing machines. The middle of the class was made up of long tables with four chairs to a table. Mrs. Parker was at her desk and motioned for Skye to come to her.

"How has your first day gone so far?"

"So far, so good. Most everyone has been very nice, and I haven't been grilled about my life story as much as I expected."

"Oh, that is good to hear. Has Peter been kind?"

"Well, I only saw him at lunch but yes, he was very nice." Mrs. Parker seemed pleased.