The Marvel Academy For Gifted Students

Hooked on a feeling

Peter Quill

He sat on top of one of the tables in the garden alongside his friends, listening to the tracks in his old Walkman.
The reason he was in the Academy was still a mystery to him. As far as he knew his mother had died and he had been abducted by aliens...talk about parenting issues. Yondu had took him as his apprentice and part of the gang until one day he had gotten into a problem with them for having defended his friends from being handed as bounty; to protect them he stole a ship and returned to earth knowing no one would find him there. With enough luck Thor had kept track on him thanks to Heimdall and seeing him land on Earth he demanded an explanation, after Peter told him the whole story, Thor had told them to speak with Charles Xavier and ask for a place to stay...and here they were, he wondered how an unconventional group could have become family. On one hand there was Gamora, trained assassin and foster child of no one else but one of the most powerful and evil beings in the universe (who she had scaped); Drax, a young ruthless warrior with a dark past; Rocket a talking raccoon with too much experience on weapons and engineering and finally Groot, a walking small tree with extraordinary strength and the ability to say 3 words.

"What is it?" Gamora asked him after realizing he was staring

"Nothing" he answered "it's just that we hadn't been alone just the five of us"

Rocket snorted "Well it's not exactly our fault, you seem to like other terran's friendship over our own"

Peter rolled his eyes "I don't prefer anyone's friendship over yours, okay? Jeez"

Gamora arched an eyebrow "Rocket has a point, we don't even see you anymore"

"I see you every day, we sleep in the same room" Drax commented

"I am Groot" Baby Groot added

Rocket grunted "Yeah I know the three of us stay in the same room, I'm only saying Quill barely speaks to us"

"What are you talking about?! It's not my fault you don't go to class Rocket, when else do you want to talk?!"

The raccoon shrugged "Whatever, it's not like I care or something"

Peter rolled his eyes, they were so difficult sometimes "I'm sorry okay?"

He then turned to Gamora, to be honest the two of them were the ones who least saw each other "How have you been?"

"Fine"

Wow, he had forgotten about his friends communication abilities
"I've been great"

She nodded dismissively

Well at least they had left the other subject behind them, he was afraid Gamora would be mad at him, the two of them used to be the closest of the group when they weren't in Earth, not to mention Peter had a platonic crush for her; but since they had come to the Academy they had grown apart and would barely speak to each other, she seemed to be adapting just fine but he worried about her feeling out of place or even uncomfortable.

"So when is that Tony Stark guy going to do another party?" Rocket suddenly asked "it's the only good thing in here"

"It's not the only good thing" Peter told him "the place is okay"

Rocket laughed "Oh please! Like you care about that! You seemed to be the one who enjoyed the party the most! Hey, who was that girl you were kissing?!"

Damn it Rocket! Peter quickly answered "I wasn't kissing anyone" he eyed Gamora who was suddenly frowning at him

Drax joined the laughter "Oh that's right! What is her name?!"