And, this will now be a series! There will be two more installments, and MAYBE a fourth, depending on how this goes.
/Peter's P.O.V/
"Wait…. You got kicked out of school?" Pietro asked as Jade was setting up a movie.
"And you didn't get in trouble?" Brooklyn added, sitting next to me on the couch.
"Teach me your ways, I could've gotten away with a whole lot more at your age." Megan joked, bringing over the popcorn.
"You're only a year older than me." I stated, facing her and she laughed.
"Yeah, 365 days' worth of insanity!" Megan threw popcorn in my hair and I shook my head.
"Hey! Watch the curls! I love the curls." Brooklyn got the greasy popcorn out of my hair and I blushed slightly. It's not like she's my girlfriend or anything. Nope. Not at all. Not one bit. Noooo. Never.
"Not important, back to the subject on hand," Jade smiled, sitting on the end seat of the couch. "You got kicked out, Parker. And for what?" I sighed and shoo my head.
"I corrected a teacher."
"Oooh, do spill!" Maddison exclaimed; her thick English accent clear as always.
"She had Einstein's Theory of General Relativity problem wrong. I simply corrected her, and she kicked me out of the classroom and the principle sent me home. End of story." I shrugged at that and Jade scoffed.
"There's got to be more than that, Parker." Jade glared and I rolled my eyes.
"My name's Peter." I mumbled, annoyed. Jade and I have never got along. I just don't like how she treats other people. But she doesn't have anyone else, so I tolerate her.
"Hey, how about we start the movie, hmm?" Megan questioned, shaking the remote in her hand. Jade sighed and relaxed on the couch arm.
"Fine."
"Great! Let's get this party started!" Kayleigh stood on the couch, jumped and then plopped down, earning a laugh out of me and Maddie.
Megan started the movie, and we were about halfway through the movie when Kayleigh started to get tired.
"Doesn't Sherlock look like your Dad, Brooklyn?" Megan stated, not taking her eyes off the TV.
"No shit." Brooklyn teased, with a wink.
Nobody really talked until the movie was over, and Kayleigh had fallen asleep.
"She's awful sweet for an eighty-something kid." Jade teased and I rolled my eyes, that joke obviously overused. "I'll take her to bed." Jade picked her up and carried the youngest of our group to her room.
"All of us should go to bed. We have school tomorrow." Wanda stated, taking her brother by the hand.
"Yeah. Great." I rolled my eyes, not wanting to go to the disgrace of a high school.
"Hey, soon you'll be at Seaside! No need to worry!" Megan hugged me, trying to be positive.
Except they don't know about Flash Thompson.
I've always had trouble falling asleep, but it was never like this. It was like I could hear everything in the whole world. I tried covering my ears, but it wasn't helpful. My eleven was now a fifteen. Maybe even a seventeen.
I tried to go to sleep, but it just wasn't happening. my alarm then went off and I groaned, rolling off of my bed and onto the floor.
"Karen, would Mr. Stark be mad at me if I just slept on the floor instead of going to school?"
"I would assume so, Peter. Mr. Stark knows that your schoolwork is very important for your—"
"Yeah, yeah, yeah, I get it."
It was like everybody was screaming. I could hear Brooklyn and Mr. Stark from the kitchen.
"But I want tacos!"
"You can't have tacos for breakfast!"
"Well, why not?!"
"Because I said so!"
I could hear Maddie on the phone with her father.
"No, I don't have a boyfriend."
"You know what to say if someone asks you out?"
"My Daddy's a doctor and will fuck you up?"
"Maddison!"
"Sorry Daddy."
I could hear Pietro singing the sonic theme song on the treadmill. Loudly.
"Gotta go fast, gotta go fast! Gotta go faster, faster, faster, faster, faster! Moving at speed of sound! Make tracks! Quickest hedgehog around! Got ourselves a situation! Stuck in a new location! Without any explanation! No time for relaxation!"
"SHUT UP PIETRO! IT'S TIME FOR BREAKFEST!"
Wanda's scream made me flinch, as her screaming on top of my elevated senses made it worse.
I know that most of the people were just having a discussion, but it came on like a heard of wildebeests. Accepting my fate, I got dressed and went to the kitchen for breakfast. Oatmeal sounds pretty good right about now.
"Wow. You look like shit." The raven-haired girl pointed out and I rolled my eyes.
"Thanks, Jade. I thought I'd cosplay as you today." I smirked at her facial expression after I said that. just because my senses are elevated doesn't mean I can't be cocky towards her.
"Good one, Pete." Kayleigh put out her hand for a fist-bump and I did so. I have no idea how the blonde can tell where I am without her ability to see, but that will always be a mystery to most.
"Oatmeal Tuesday, right Pete?" Steve asked me and I nodded, my head still pounding like three thousand phrases were placed into my head at the same time.
"I'll be taking you to school today, kid." Natasha told me, giving me my oatmeal and I hummed in response with a nod, letting her know I heard her. I ate my oatmeal quickly and we left.
About ten minutes into the drive, Natasha seemed to finally speak up about my silence.
"You okay, kid?"
"Yeah, just tired." I lied through my teeth and Natasha shook her head.
"No, I know what tired looks like. It's more than that."
"I'm fine. I'll be a whole lot better after I transfer to Seaside."
"Yes, The School Of The Arts. The brats- I mean kids, love it there. Any thoughts on classes?" She asked and I shook my head.
"Depends on how hard their AP classes are. Most of STEM subjects are too easy for me."
"Kid, you have the IQ of 230, just 20 points off of Stark, of course they're too easy for you." I smiled at that. There's not many things I'm good at, but school is one of them.
"Alright, kiddo. Have a good day." Natasha smiled as she dropped me off and I closed the door.
She didn't scream 'have a good day' like Uncle Bucky did, and I'm kind of grateful. I don't think my brain could handle it at this point.
"Have you got the notes for science class?"
"Did Black Widow really drop Peter Parker off at school?"
"Did you study for that chemistry exam?"
"Do you have anything toe eat? I ran late this morning."
"Did you see the new Voltron season yet?"
"I'm going to Germany for spring break and the 'rents said I could bring a friend. Wanna come?"
"Did you hear their making a live-action Lion King movie?"
"Ugh, I'm so sick of school. Correction, I'm sick of waking up in the morning."
"Did you eat last night or this morning?"
"Dude, my moms been on my case all week. If I don't get my grade up, she's gonna hire a tutor."
Every single one of my school's voices came all at once. And all extremely loud. Airplane loud. Breaking news loud. Screaming loud. I placed my hands over my ears, but again, it was useless.
"Yo, Penis Parker!" Flash's voice came in like a freight train and I flinched slightly. "What's your problem? Did I scare you?" He taunted and laid his hand on my back, which I shoved away. "C'mon! I thought you liked touch." He did the same and I backed up and screamed.
"STOP TOUCHING ME!" I lowered to the ground, hands over my ears, closing my eyes tightly and shaking, not caring who saw what. The world became quiet, and I felt eyes on me.
"Hey! Leave him alone!" I recognized MJ's voice as I heard her shoes squeak against the high school flooring, clearly newly bought.
I suddenly found myself shortness of breath and struggled to breathe. MJ noticed this and sat next to me on the ground, but didn't touch me, which I appreciated.
"What's wrong with him?"
"What a loser!"
"Wow, that's a new low, Penis Parker!" I felt my side and face experience pain and then a sound of someone punching another person and a girlish scream.
"DON'T YOU EVER LAY A HAND ON HIM EVER AGAIN, FLASH THOMPSON!" MJ's scream caused me to sink back into the lockers even further, if that was even possible. I heard the running of shoes, and then a new person sitting beside me.
"Okay everyone, get to class! This isn't a talent show!" I recognized Mr. Dell's voice and the sound of people scattering. I liked Mr. Dell. He treated me like a person and not a little kid, like most teachers in this crack house. "Peter. Are you alright?" I shook my head, unable to bring words to life. "Would you like me to call someone? Your Aunt?" I shook my head, she's still out of town.
"Maybe try Mr. Stark." Ned's voice then became known, now knowing who sat beside me.
"Do you have his number?" MJ asked, I felt my phone leave my pocket and I heard the ring.
"Pete, shouldn't you be in school?
"Mr. Stark, this is Julius Dell at Midtown High, I'm here with Peter, Michelle and Ned, and Peter has seemed to have had some sort of a panic attack."
"What happened?"
"I cannot tell you what happened directly, but he seems to be really shaken and won't let anyone touch him."
"I'll be there soon. Tell the kid to hold on."
"Of course, Mr. Stark."
I heard the phone hang up and I begun to shake a bit more violently, I grabbed at my hair and clawed it.
"Pete, let's not do that, okay?" Mr. Dell removed my hands from my head, and I fell to the ground, wrapping my arms around my legs.
"Pete?" MJ's worried voice asked, still sitting beside me.
I held my hands tighter onto my ears, and I then heard the run of footsteps.
"Geez, kid…." Mr. Stark's voice calmed me slightly but didn't stop my attack. "I'll be taking him home."
"I think that's very advisable. I'll let the rest of his teachers know."
"You're not like the other ones are you?" Mr. Stark paused for a moment. "You care for him. I can tell most of the other teachers don't. Not really."
"I care for my students like their human beings. Nothing more, nothing less."
"Everyone should." I felt my body leave the ground, and I assumed that Mr. Stark picked me up.
"Come on, I'll walk you two to your classes." I heard the three leave and Mr. Stark carried me out, and I was strapped in.
"What happened to the kid?" I recognized the voice as Happy's.
"Panic attack, I assume. I'll find out later."
I leaned my head against the window and fell asleep.
When I woke up, I was in my room at Avengers Tower. The lights were dimmed down for my senses, and I found I was wearing soundproof headphones. I looked at my phone and saw that I had thirty messages.
Ten from Ned, three from MJ, five from Brooklyn, from from Pietro, and three from Megan. All of them expressed their worry about me. I looked at the time; 4:45…... On a Thursday….. Did I really sleep for 56 hours? I sighed, got out of my bed and walked out to the main room.
Uncle Bucky was reading a book on the couch, Mr. Stark was looking at something on his database, and Brooklyn was watching a TV show.
"Well, look who's joined the land of the living." Bucky joked and I smiled, giving a small wave. Brooklyn ran up to me and hugged me.
"We. Were. So. Worried. About. You!" She shook me side-to-side during the hug and I just dealt with it.
"Brooklyn, ease off of him, dear." Mr. Star told her, and she released me from her prison- I mean hug. "So, what was that that happened on Tuesday?"
"You know how I told you that my senses are usually an eleven?" I asked and he nodded. "Well….. They were a seventeen on Thursday."
"A seventeen? Why?" Uncle Bucky asked and I shrugged, sitting next to him.
"It happens sometimes. But it's never been this bad. I think that was an anxiety attack, a panic attack and a sensory overload all rolled into one. I couldn't speak, I couldn't breathe….. I was scared." I confessed, and I noticed Bucky motion for the Mr. Stark and Brooklyn to leave. Mr. Stark wasn't happy about it, but he did so anyways.
"Do you know what caused this? What caused you to finally snap?" Uncle Bucky asked and I shook my head.
"Peter. I know when you're lying." I froze at that. Of course. I can't lie to Bucky Barnes. "Come on, tell your favorite Uncle what's bothering you so I can fix it."
"You can't fix this…." I mumbled and walked out of the room and back into my bedroom. There's a lot of things that Bucky can fix. My mental state. Homework. School. And dealing with my parents and Uncle's death…
But he can't fix this.
What Peter experienced is called a Sensory Overload. I've experienced these so many times, and let me tell you, it hurts. It hurts like hell. Luckily Peter has so many people that care about him to help him out though!