Avengers Academy

Epilogue 1

Here they are 10 years later. The joke of them being the couple that would be talked about turned into a reality. Peter was the most valued photographer at the Daily Bugle and went on to be, ironically, a history teacher at Midtown tech. The two did get married and they're still happily so. But something new has come along for the 23 year olds. About 9 months ago the two were at a party for some college friends and drank a little too much. Due to scheduling being so chaotic Laura completely forgot to use her spermicide in her body. It wasn't until one night she was eating her favorite dish of Aunt May's that she realized that she forgot. May had bought pregnancy tests back when she first found out about Peter and Laura having sex. Sure enough she was pregnant.

When she told Peter, every expected emotion went across his face, especially since they were newly weds who are trying to move out. But they made it all work and Laura obviously had to take a break from being Wolverine. Obviously the two have powers so they weren't sure if the baby will come out with claws or webbing or to what they fear, both. Laura currently sat at home since her maturity leave started yesterday. The baby's due date isn't for another 2 weeks which taking the leave this close was a risky thing but they needed the pay. Peter had the day off so he could be at his pregnant wife's aid.

Laura was flipping through random channels when she had a contraction. It was pretty painful. "Babe!" She yelled having him yell back as to if she was ok. Peter appeared in the room. "Mind calling the doctor please? I'm starting to have contractions and want to know when it'd be best for us to go in." Peter nodded and called the doctor. "She said not until the contractions become extremely painful and no less than 5 minutes apart. That is if you're water doesn't break before then." Laura nodded her head. About 15 minutes later another contraction happens and it's more painful than the last. This continued on for another hour.

Laura finally got fed up and started walking around to see if that would easy the pain. She was completely wrong. Contractions were now 10 minutes apart and getting stronger. Laura currently clutched onto the counter, hunched over in pain. Peter saw and went over to her. He gently rubbed her back as she moaned in pain. Part of him felt terrible for not being able to do anything. As for the other part, he was excited because his little super hero was on their way. "Fuck! Why does this shit have to hurt so much?" Laura laughed off the pain as she stood up again. She hugged Peter the best she could. "I'm going to call May and tell her to head on over here. She may know what to do better than me considering she helped my mom." He chuckled and pecked Laura.

May shows up ready to go. Just as Laura is about to hug her she grabs May's shoulders and bends over again. May rubs her back as it happens. "Sorry about that." Laura stands straight again and hugs May. "So how far apart are they?" May asks. "They're about 8 minutes apart now. I've only been having them for an hour and a half." Laura heads to the fridge for some food because her stomach started gurgling. Just as she opens the door, her stomach gurgles again the same way as before but she realizes it's not out of hunger.

Just then a major splash of water drops from her body to the ground. Peter and May were in the living room talking. "Peter! May! Guess I wasn't hungry!" Just then the worst contraction happened. Peter came and watched her double bend over in shock. "Babe, my water just broke." She gritted out. Peter picked up the phone and called the doctor as May helped quickly clean Laura up. "Ok doctor said she'll be there by time we show up." Peter came in frantically. This was really happening. "Babe- breathe" Laura gritted out, breathing herself as another contraction came.

"Alright Laura, you're ready to push." The doctor gave the ok. The midwife and everyone else in the staff helped prepare. Tony showed up with flowers and then walked out not wanting to see what is about to go down. Peter had no choice but to stay in that room. "Alright Laura. Next contraction you need to push." The doctor order. The nurse and midwife helped her legs as Peter held one hand and Aunt May held the other. Everyone except May and Peter thought she was crazy to not have an epidural. She'll just heal in a few days.

Another contraction came on and she started pushing. "Ok keep going, keep going, keep going. Good. That was a great first push. Keep the good work." The doctor said supportively. "Ok push, push, push, push, push, pushhhhh. The baby is crowning." Laura really wanted to punch the doctor in the face and say "No shit! Not like my vagina is ripping or anything." But she kept her cool. About 5 more pushes the head was almost completely out. "Alright Laura, one last major push and I'll take it from here." The doctor said. Laura pushed as hard as she could. The baby's head was now fully out and the doctor started lightly pulling the baby out.

Once it was out, the baby screamed bloody murder. "Now for the placenta. You're almost done." Laura completely forgot about that part. "Ugh god that hurts just as much as the baby." Laura yelled at as she pushed it out. The baby was now being cleaned as the last process happen. "Laura would you finally like to announce what you had?" The nurse asked. Peter and Laura decided to keep the sex of the baby a secret. They looked at each other and smiled. "May, we welcome to the world Benjamin Anthony Parker." May started crying from just the name. Benjamin for Peter's uncle and Anthony after Tony.

After getting stitched up and for Benjamin, cleaned up, he's finally able to meet his mom and Dad. For the first time since getting married, Laura started crying happy tears as she took ahold of her mini Peter. He looked exactly like Peter did when he was born. The couple share a long, loving kiss as a celebration. Peter then leaned down and kissed the precious boy's head. Tony came in and so did Ned. "So I'm totally Uncle Ned now, right?" Everyone chuckled as Laura nodded her head, admiring the delicate child that she can officially call theirs. Guess the future was turning out just as planned.