I'm writing really short chapters for this, sorry.

Chapter 1

Peter could blame his lack of attention during Mr. Harrington's lecture on plenty of different things. He could consider the tiring patrols of the night before, featuring a shoplifter, two muggers, one robbery, and the most stubborn cat Peter had ever rescued (and he'd rescued a lot of stubborn cats). There was also the fact Flash had been especially determined to taunt him today about various aspects of his being, ranging from his lack of money to his so-called fake interview at Stark Industries. Not to mention that MJ sat diagonal from Peter in this particular class and was doodling in a notebook with loose hairs tucked behind her ear, in an all too cute way.

Regardless of the reason, Peter had slipped into his own thoughts about two sentences into the class.

"Peter."

Awareness of his surrounding rushing back into his senses. He hadn't even realized he had zoned out, but it was nice to give his senses a break, anyway, since they were almost always on edge at night. Another reason he could be so distracted.

"Peter?"

"Huh? ...Oh yeah, sorry, spaced out" Most of the class had already gotten out of their seats. He hastily grabbed his books and got up, too. They had only walked a couple of feet into the hallway, however, before Ned swerved into the boys bathroom, dragging Peter with him. He checked under each of the stalls before turning to Peter with a look of both worry and excitement. Peter just stared at him confusedly, waiting for Ned to explain his erratic behavior.

"Sooo… what are you going to do?" Ned finally asked.

"What am I going to do…?"

"About the field trip!" Ned gave Peter an incredulous look.

"Oh shit, did Mr. Harrington announce the field trip? God, I've been so out of it lately." He rubbed a hand over his face and up to his hair. The end of year Academic Decathlon field trip was the most anticipated field trip all year. Last year the team had gone to the White House and met the president, among many members of Congress. It was a pretty unforgettable experience. The year before they had gone to Oscorp. That was definitely an unforgettable experience ( or for Peter at least.)

Peter had assumed that Mr. Harrington would wait until decathalon practice later that day to announce the field trip, but given how excited Mr. Harrington got about these things, and how most of the class was on the team anyway, it really wasn't surprising that he didn't wait.

"So you didn't hear?" Ned asked, his face again in that worried/excited look.

"No, I zoned out for like... all of class"

"Oh… well we have homework by the way"

"Ned!"

"Right! Sorry… so you really didn't hear?" Ned started fidgeting with hands the way he normally did when he was nervous.

"No!" Peter was getting tired of the suspense. "Where are we going!?" Ned let out an audible sigh and said:

"Ok, but you're not going to like this… we're going to Stark Industries"

What. was the only thing that came into Peter's head at that moment.

What.

"Or the avenger tower to be exact. But I was worried since… well…. don't you practically live there?" Ned went on.

"No…" Peter said stubbornly, unable to fully process what was happening. The team was going to Stark Tower. He was going to Stark Tower. He was going to Stark Tower, but as a student. It took his brain a second to decide if this was good thing or a bad thing. Bad thing, it decided, definitely a bad thing.

"Do you think Mr. Stark knows?" His friend asked, naive to the problem that was becoming clearer and clearer in Peter's mind.

"Oh, he definitely knows" Peter said with a dry laugh. "It was probably him who planned it" Ned seemed to lose focus at that.

"Iron-Man planned our field trip?!" His eyes bugged out, and he jumped up and down a little as he said: "That's sooo cool. Do you think we'll get to meet him? Oh my god, do you think we'll meet Captain America? Or the Black Widow? Or…" He stopped when he saw Peter's half lidded face. "Right, sorry"

Peter's watch buzzed a little, telling him the bell is about to ring. The watch had been a gift from Tony for his birthday, among other things. It was "complete with full texting, calling, and vitals-tracking abilities, and some other stuff" to quote what Tony said, which Peter was sure meant it had a locational tracker as well, but he didn't mind. He liked the idea that Tony cared enough to do that.

"We gotta go" He said holding up his watch hand. "And, you know, you've met most of the avengers already, anyways" he added as they hurried to their next class.

"I know… but that doesn't make this whole thing less cool!" Ned responded when they walked into the classroom.

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