I'll Be Your Superhero

Cheater or Just a Good Guesser?

A/N: this is a rare occasion when I dedicate the chapter....to @jackgriffostories for messaging me about liking the book! Here you go, love! (Also, thanks for indirectly reminding me to update!)

Chapter 6

It was just a normal day for Macy Wonder. Of course, she was meeting Max up at Mrs. Wong's pizza place. When she got there, she was surprised to see a guessing competition going on.

Of course Mrs. Wong would do something like this. She liked tricking people. A lot.

Macy saw Max and waved but he didn't see her since he was asking a friend about what was going on; she could hear the conversation with her super hearing.

Then, Mrs. Wong announced the number of pepperonis. 3,167 of them. The crowd groaned and Macy saw Max smile. "Oh whoa-ho-ho hey, I think I won!" he said and Macy looked at him curiously and Mrs. Wong did the same thing. Turns out, Max did win and he exited the pizza place victoriously.

"Max!" Macy exclaimed, running after him.

As he kept walking, Macy frowned and followed him home, deciding to confront him to see how he really knew the answer. Mrs. Wong showed up before her and left without the pizza boxes she had brought over. Macy's nose crinkled at the smell of fish and pizza.

She was about to knock on the door when Hank opened the door, "He's in his lair." She nodded and walked inside before going down the slide and landing on his bed. Max didn't even stop what he was doing.

"Wow it stinks up there," Macy said and shuffled off his bed and then hugged him from behind. "Hey, when you're done with whatever that is, do you want to...I don't know, cuddle?" Macy asked and Max smiled and kissed her forehead.

"Of course I do."

Macy had ended up spending the night at the Thunderman's household. She and Max had fallen asleep when cuddling. They headed to school together the next day and then they walked home together. They walked inside and the living room was filled with even more pizza boxes. It smelled horrible. Max even sniffed his shoe to get the smell out.

Hank and Barb started complaining. Then Barb stepped over the line. "Max, I think you should just admit to Mrs. Wong that you cheated."

"You think that's what happened?" Max asked, questioning them. Macy bit her lip.

"Well, isn't it?" Hank asked.

"Do any of you think that I won the contest fair and square?" There was a tense and awkward silence after Max asked that.

"I do, Max."

He looked over at his family, completely ignoring her. "Oh, I get it. It's Max. Always trying to fool us with his perfect hair and confident swgger." Max dramatically turned his head to the side and Macy rolled her eyes and then he continued, "So he must've cheated."

"Can you blame us for thinking that? You are kind of a super villain." Hank said. Macy bit her lip and set her bookbag down before slowly walking over to her boyfriend.

"Kind of?" Max stated. "I could melt the North Pole with one touch of my cell phone. But I did not cheat on this pizza contest. K?" Max looked around, hoping for nods and agreements but he didn't get any.

"It just got awkwarder." Billy stated.

"Okay, I see how it is. Thanks for having my back, family." Max said.

"Max," Hank said as he and Barb tried to reason with him. Macy slipped down the stairs after Max.

"Go away Macy." Max said as he was working on a new project.

"Max, you know they didn't mean it." she said, trying to reason with him.

"I said go away," he said lowly.

"No," Macy replied stubbornly. "I am not leaving this room and you can't make me." she said.

"The worst part about this is that you agree with them," Max said, turning to face her as he was halfway done with his project.

"I never said I agree with them."

"But you didn't say anything against it either," Max said.

"Yes, I did!" Macy exclaimed. "I clearly stated that I believe that you won the contest fair and square. I know you, Max. You wouldn't have cheated on that contest. Or any contest unless it benefitted a purpose of yours."

Max nodded, thinking about it and aagreeing with it. "I-I'm sorry, Mace," Max apologized and set down the screwdriver he was holding.

"It's okay, you're upset. It's fine." I siad and got up and hugged him. He hugged me back tightly and kissed my head.

"No, it's not fine. I shouldn't be taking my anger and frustration out on you. That's not fair to you." I smiled up at him.

"Hey, really, don't worry about it."

He shook his head and hugged me even tighter. "I have to worry about it, I'm supposed to be listening to your problems, not causing them."

I smiled and kissed his cheek, having to stand on my tip-toes to do so. "Most of my problems revolve around you and your amazing family anyways." Max scowled at the thought of his family. "You look really devilish when you scowl," Macy said, trying to get his mind off his family.

"Devilishly handsome?" he asked.

She smiled, "Always, my little super villain." Max smiled and Macy kissed his ckeek. "So, can I help you with this thing?" Macy asked and Max nodded as they continued making the lie detector together.

When it was done, Max called his parents down and Dr. Colosso worked the controls. Macy sat cross-legged on Max's bed and watched.

Colosso had been messing with the button which made things even worse for Max.

A/N: (You all know how it goes from there, right? Heh heh heheheheheh.... Yeah I'm being lazy.)