THE STORM HAS ARRIVED🌩 [CARRIE // AVENGERS ]

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Thursday

"Bye Carrie!" One of her friends waved as Carrie was leaving the school.

"Bye, Jubilee!" She waved back. "See you tomorrow!"

Carrie hopped in the car and it drove away from the school.

"Hey Happy" She greeted him with a smile.

"Hey kiddo! How was school?" He asked.

"It was great as usual"

Every day at Xavier's school was great. Besides the private high school that she transferred to only for her senior year, everyone at Xavier's school treated her so well and that was another huge breath of fresh air for her.

"Is Tony home yet?" She asked.

"Nope, still away on a mission"

She slightly frowned in disappointment, "Oh. Well, when will he be back?"

"Not sure, I would say call him but he's probably busy at the moment"

"Figures, but understandable"

Tony went with the team out of the country for a huge mission 2 days ago and Carrie was left by herself at home. Well, not exactly "by herself" since she was going to be with Pepper the whole time, but even she had some work of her own to do, so Carrie just stayed home by herself until she got back from work.

But on some days, Pepper just worked overnight.

Tony had left her one of his credit cards just in case she wants to buy some clothes or if she gets hungry, buy something to eat while she's home so she didn't have to worry about starving or anything. She was obviously still underage so she couldn't have her own until she was about 18.

The one thing Tony told her is to use money wisely and not spend it on people who want to use her money to buy things for them. Luckily, Carrie's friends weren't like that, they liked her for who she was and not who she has connections to or how much money she has.

Although, Carrie did volunteer to treat her friends at some point but that was because they didn't have enough money at the time and she wanted to be generous but she still remembered what Tony had said to her and she hasn't forgot to look out for those type of people who only want to hang out with her for money. She was blessed enough to not come across those types of people.

"So how is your day going?"

He shrugged, "Eh, Same old, same old" He then sighed.

"Bad day?"

"I wouldn't say I had a "bad day" but not the best day I would say"

"Oh, I see" Carrie decided it was the perfect opportunity to cheer him up a bit, she has never seen him smile, but then again, no one has because he rarely does. So why not give it a shot?

"Hey, um, Happy?"

"Yeah?"

"Wanna hear a joke?" She asked with a smile. "I heard it from one of my friends back at school"

"Sure, go ahead"

She sat there for a minute and tried to remember one of the jokes she heard until it finally hit her, "A lot of people cry when they cut an onion."

"Well, that's not always true, I mean"

"The trick is not to form an emotional bond! Get it?" She finished the punchline and giggled. "I heard that one from one of my classmates, Bobby"

"Hm, yeah that was a good one i guess"

"Another failed attempt to make Happy laugh and smile, yet again" She thought.

"You don't get it?"

"Oh I got it, I just didn't find it that funny"

Carrie smirked and chuckled, "One of these days, Happy, I will get a smile or a laugh out of you, Happy"

He scoffed, "Yeah, good luck with that, kid"

As soon as they drove into Downtown, they then saw someone in a red and dark blue suit swinging from building to building and doing flips in the air.

"Hey look, it's Spider-Man!" Carrie pointed with a smile.

Carrie admired Spider-Man alot, always saving folks left and right. She remembered the first time that she met him.

She was walking down town with a few friends of hers and minding their business when all of a sudden, she tripped in the middle of the street and a truck was getting ready to hit her.

Spider-Man swooped down and saved her just in time before she almost got ran over.

"Wow, thanks so much for saving me!"

"No problem!" Spider-Man told her in a cheery voice. She remembered how young he sounded, like it wasn't the voice of a grown man like his name said but the voice of a young teen boy.

"I'm glad you're safe, oh and next time you should really tie your shoes next time" He pointed down and saw one of her shoes untied. She looked down at them then looked back at him, blushing in embarrassment.

"Oh, I didn't even notice. I guess it was my fault"

"Hey," He touched her shoulder sympathetically, "don't beat yourself up over it, just be careful next time, okay?" She couldn't see his expression behind his mask but she had a strong feeling he was smiling.

"I'd love to stay and chat but I gotta go! Take care of yourself!" With that, he shot his web shooters on one of the buildings and swung away.

She had heard awful things some people said about Spider-Man but that was from some people didn't really like him, especially J. Jonah Jameson who hated his guts and she didn't know why or what he even had against him. From that one experience, she certainly thought Spider-Man was very nice and truly cared about people.

Sometimes she wondered who he really was behind the mask.

"Hey Happy?"

"Yeah?"

"How come some people hate Spider-Man?" She asked. "Because one time I had an encounter with him and he was very nice."

"Well, I have heard that some people don't like him because they feel like he's taking police's jobs but I highly doubt that was his intentions to do that"

"How do you think he deals with people like Mr. Jameson who say terrible things about him that aren't true?" She asked.

"Well, he knows he's a good person and who he is, so I believe he doesn't let some of those negative comments that people make about him get to him"

Carrie thought about this for a moment, she was bound to become her own hero any time when she's ready but she realized, like Iron Man, Spider-Man and sometimes the whole Avengers team, she was bound to get some criticism despite the fact that would be saving people's lives with them. It wasn't fair

"I see" She said. "Do you think Tony lets those comments get to him once in a while?"

He shrugged, "Probably not, I mean, as he always says, I'm Tony Stark-."

"I know, I know, genius billionaire playboy philanthropist" She finished, rolling her eyes. She couldn't count how many times he has said that, so many times that she can memorize it from heart.

"I always says that occasionally, so I know" Carrie told him.

"Yep, that's Tony for you"

She chuckled, "Tell me about it"

She looked out the window and sighed when she spotted a Baskin Robbins ice cream shop.

"Wait!"

"What is it?"

"Can we stop at Baskin Robbins? I really would love some ice cream"

Happy sighed, "Yeah sure but please don't take too long this time, remember last time?"

She giggled. "Don't worry, I won't. I'm gonna get vanilla ice cream with sprinkles with a cherry on top this time."

He sighed in relief. "Good"