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"So you shoot webs out of your hands?" I ask.
"And stick to walls!" Ned adds in.
"W-well I don't willingly walk on walls, b-but yeah," Peter mumbles.
"That is cool Peter, so nobody at school knows? Not even your aunt?"
"Nobody knows, so please keep it to yourself. Only you, Ned, and Mr.Stark know."
"I promise your secret is safe with me."
"I trust you. Aunt May would flip if she knew about it! She would not let me see daylight if she found out."
"Like I said Peter, your secret is safe with me."
"Thank you. So, we have school in the morning. Aunt May gave me some money to get you some supplies, so if you want to we can head to the store. After that, we could order some pizzas or something."
"That works for me, plus I can learn about the city. You know, since I am going to be living with you for a while."
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Ned places a few notebooks in my hands as Peter mumbles at something on a piece of paper. You would think that Tony would help with paying for things, nope. He is of course no help in the situation, even when it was his idea. So that is cool.
Anyways. Peter took me to a mall, a place filled with tons of people. I had on a black sweatshirt and leather gloves. This was for two purposes, that is to make me comfortable and to make nobody really notice me. Sure people know what I look like, but they won't be searching for me in a crowd of people. Honestly, I should be the last person that people think of when they are looking at people in a mall.
"Peter, what else do we need at this place?" Ned asks.
"We need pencils," Peter says looking around the store. "Oh no."
Peter hides behind a shelf of folders, attempting to hide from someone who just entered the store. He grabs ahold of Ned and tries to hide him also.
"Is it an enemy?" I ask tightening my fists.
"What? No. Please don't do anything," Peter pleas.
"Who is it then?" Ned asks. "Why are we hiding like ninjas?"
"It's Flash!"
"Who is Flash?"
"Some kid at school who picks on Ned and me. It really isn't anything serious."
"Well therefore he is an enemy, I must do something about it."
"No! Please don't. When you are with me, you are a student. Please do not hurt Flash."
"Fine."
Ned and Peter cautiously move to the pencil area, carefully picking out the best things for me to use. They were whispering on something about getting me heavy-duty utensils, afraid of me breaking something in the middle of class.
"Ayeee Penis Parker!" I hear passed Ned.
Looking over Peters' shoulder I see a black-haired guy coming over to us, two of his friends following close behind. This must be Flash, an enemy of me and my two fellow friends in front of me. Peter takes note of my now tightened fist, quickly grabbing it to ensure that everything is okay. He releases once he notices I dropped my fist.
"Who is this behind you? Your cousin? Man do I feel sorry for her Parker, she's got your ugly." Flash says, hitting the guy behind him.
"Uh uh I wouldn't say that," Ned says waving at Flash.
"Why would I hurt her little feelings? Awwww boo hooooo. I don't care."
"She is uh apart of Peters Stark's internship, so I wouldn't make her mad."
"I don't care. She is friends with you idiots, so there has to be something wrong with her."
At this point, my gloves were off. Before Peter or Ned could stop me, I was right in front of Flash. My face right in front of his. Flash was smirking at his new challenger, making me even more crazy than hearing what he had to say.
"Before you get to yapping your mouth, realize who you are talking to," I say to him. Peter was grabbing my sweatshirt trying to pull me away. Thankfully I am a soldier, so I stood right where I wanted to.
"Oh, silver gloves? I don't care and I am not scared. You are a nerd just like the rest of them, stark internship. oooooh, don't care. You are a slave to Stark either way."
Slave.
I will never be a slave to anyone again, not after what Hydra did to me.
"(Y/n), let's go," Peter says, using his special ability to somehow drag me away from Flash. Ned even was able to get ahold of my gloves and quickly put them on for me. Peter drags me out of the store while Ned pays for all the school supplies. If this is how the school is going to be, I don't want it. These two boys do not deserve to be bullied for being who they are
"Are you calmed down now?" Peter asks me once we make it to a little hallway to the bathrooms.
"I was fine before." I shrug.
"I understand you are an Avenger, but around me, I need you to be just a student. Sure people know who you are, but that doesn't mean you can be an Avenger around me. Please, my whole life is here and I don't need you to ruin it for me."
"Peter. You know I will never do anything to hurt you or the people around you. Flash is a bully, and every bully needs to be shown that you aren't there to be messed with. You are Spiderman for petesake! You are having a sleep over with me, a literal soldier with two metal arms. To keep it pg. You don't need to take any poop from anyone. Not even Flash. From what I see, he has been doing this for a while. Now that I am here, I am going to make your life better. I promise you that."
"Oh yeah how? How are you going to make my life better?"
"First off, help get Flash off your back. You don't deserve to be hurt by him. Second, the Stark internship. If you help me, he will definitely remember that in case you need help one day. Lastly is, the girl."
"The girl?"
"There must be a girl that you are crushing on. The last time I checked, I am a girl. I can get intel on what she thinks about you because girls trust girls."
"Wel-"
"Liz," Ned says next to Peter. "Her name is Liz and Peter is obsessed with her. Although he can't form one sentence without crashing into a void of shock."
"There we go, see! There is always a girl." I smile at the two boys.
