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|| Chapter Fifty - Two ||

Arizona was sat beside Michelle in the auditorium, both ignoring one another as Arizona grumbled about Clint giving Cat stern rules on having to return home instantly after they were dismissed from school. She was soon beginning to annoy Michelle as she read over said girls shoulder without hesitancy and Arizona didn't seem to care if she was sitting beside a ticking time bomb. It was a decathlon practice commencing, Liz was standing at a podium in front of two tables with two people each on them, Liz was reading questions off of cards. Ned, Charles, Abe, and Cindy were all seated on the stage with bells on the table before them in order to prepare them.

Arizona soon got bored of Michelle's book and glanced at Flash who was sitting behind Liz, a comic book about Captain America in his hand with his feet up on the other chair, said boy already looking at her before averting his gaze to his comic again when she began to glare at him. She then looked at Peter who was trying to drop out of Decathlon for the 'Stark internship' and she liked Peter, but he was taking the supposed internship way too seriously than he should've been, "You've never even been in the same room as Tony Stark," Flash declared, annoyed at Peter for believing that a billionaire like Tony Stark / Iron Man would ever need Peter's help.

Cindy pushed an arm out, her hand pressed, flat, against the table before her, "Wait, what's happening?"

"Pete doesn't want to go to Washington," Arizona stated, her glancing at her fingernails before pinching her brows, "The colours going..." She muttered in disappointment, having enjoyed black nails that had the paint chipping off, Michelle scoffed at her quiet mutter, shaking her head slightly before returning back to her book.

Cindy began to panic, her knowing if Peter was on their team then they wouldn't need to worry about losing because he was the smartest of them all. Abe had questioned why and Liz seemed disappointed in his lack of concentration for Decathlon, "He already quit marching band and robotics lab," Michelle deadpanned, everyone looked at said teenager, suspicious looks on their faces before she continued to give them an emotionless face, "I'm not obsessed with him, just very observant," She added.

"Flash, you're in for Peter,"

Flash awed, "I don't know," He hissed, pretending to be in a tight spot, "I gotta check my calendar first - I got a hot date with Black Widow coming up,"

Arizona scoffed, "Sorry, Flash, you're not her type,"

"Really? Who is?" Flash retorted, squinting his eyes at the redhead.

She grinned, eyes sparkling with mischief as she shook her head, "Someone larger than you," She then shrugged, "And just so happens to be one of the smartest people in the world,"

Flash scoffed, "How would you know any of this?" She just tapped her nose with a smirk, Flash exhaling shakily before focusing back on his comic, shifting in his seat as Arizona winked at Peter -- said brunette smiling at her for the way she handled Flash without violence.

--xXx--

Arizona was leaving the school, her yawning tiredly before heading back to the compound. It had been a busy day and she could happily return home and tell Tony that she had aced her four times tables and is getting better at writing cursively. Walking into the main area where Vision whipped around, looking suspicious, Arizona scoffed, "Hey, Vis, you okay?"

He nodded, "I'm alright, thank you for asking," He replied before walking off, Arizona watched Vision, confused and concerned for him, but shrugged it off and continued to head toward her bedroom. She sniffled, rubbing her nose before entering it and tossed her bag beside her seat at her desk then turned to see Pepper and Tony sitting on the end of her bed, Arizona jumped and exhaled in relief, "Jesus, don't scare me like that!" She exclaimed with a chuckle, her chuckle soon died down when she saw them glance at one another with a look of regret, "Guys, what's up?"