Peter's day was going well for the most part. Flash hadn't bothered him yet and there were no obvious alien invasions detected by his spidey-sense. But then again, it was only last period of school and a lot could still go wrong in the rest of the day. Last period was AP Physics with Mr Crooks, a bald-faced man with stubbles of hair around the crown of his head. His thin-framed glasses were propped up by the not-so-subtle curve of his nose as he called attendance for the twenty-seven rowdy juniors in the room. Peter glanced at the whiteboard at the front of the room and groaned quietly into the elbow of his hoodie as he leant on the desk in front of him.

The board had read "Gamma Radiation" in the messy scrawl of Mr Crooks which obviously meant that this lesson was going to be boring. He could talk about gamma radiation for hours, even in his sleep (no seriously, he'd been caught more than once reciting complex formulas while napping on the couch). For the past few weeks, he had been studying gamma radiation with The Bruce Banner.

"Peter Parker." Mr Crooks half yelled, breaking through Peter's daydreaming thoughts about his upcoming weekend activities at the Tower. He had completely tuned the drone of the class's attendance out as his mind wandered.

"Here sir. Sorry," Peter let out in a rush as to not get more in trouble than he already was for not paying attention. He could already hear Flash snicker from behind him while Ned gave him a sympathetic look. Mr Crooks continued through the class list, as Peter readied himself for yet another boring Physics class.

"Alright, so today we will continue our nuclear physics topic with gamma radiation. Can you all please get out your textbooks and open to the gamma radiation section. Get ready to take lots of notes, this will be on the test." Mr Crooks stated as a loud rustling of paper and bags was emitted from the classroom. Peter sighed as he grabbed his textbook from his bag, opening to the correct section after a quick skim through the contents page.

"Does anyone know which page it is?" Mr Crooks called out amongst the din.

"Chapter four, page 97 sir," Flash screamed from directly behind Peter, causing him to flinch as his enhanced senses gave him a slight sensory overload.

"Thankyou Flash. Okay, can you please read the opening paragraph?"

"Of course sir."

Flash was a big suck up to all the teachers, they all loved him which was helped by the fact that his parents were large donors to the school. It was one of the reasons they never punished him for bullying Peter.

"Gamma Decay. While alpha and beta decay bear the characteristics of matter, there is no mass change associated with gamma emission as it is a form of electromagnetic radiation. Gamma radiation is similar to x-rays in that it is a high energy, short-wavelength form of radiation. It is…" Peter internally groaned as he ignored Flash, deciding to instead mentally plan for the weekend ahead.

After May had died in a fire that had destroyed the entire apartment block a year ago, Peter had moved into the Stark Industries/Avengers' Tower, finally accepting the offer of becoming an Avenger. After the move, he became close with all the Avengers, even the one who lived miles away (T'Challa and Shuri). They were all one big dysfunctional happy family. Despite Peter's rocky introductions to the family (he holed himself up in his new room for weeks. I mean his only living relative had just died, cut the boy some slack), they were closer than ever.

A few months after the move, Peter accidentally called Tony, Dad, at the dinner table. Surrounded by all the resident Avengers. Peter was mortified but quickly got over it as they all laughed it off and warmed to the idea. From then on Tony and Pepper were his new parents (they adopted him) and the rest of the Avengers were his uncles and aunts. Shuri and Peter had a special bond however, one of indecipherable maths and science, where they talked for hours on end about everything from biomechanics to quantum physics. Despite them both being only sixteen, they were smarter than even Tony and Bruce themselves, and that was when they were apart. Of course together they were a force to be reckoned with, constantly starting prank wars and blowing up the lab more times than you could count on two hands.

And Shuri was coming this weekend. Planning pranks and perfecting the formula for his web fluid was so much more interesting than the basics of gamma radiation. Lost in thought, Peter doodled some prank plans disguised as physics problems into his workbook while Flash continued 'educating' the class. It was clear no one was paying attention anyway. Ned nudged him and gave him a pointed look as Peter quickly snatched his book closed. Flash had finished speaking and Mr Crooks was coming around with a question booklet.

"Now I don't expect you to finish these this lesson but they must be done for homework for Monday, and MJ, please stop drawing Mr Abrams." Mr Crooks stated as he passed through the aisles of desks. Peter absentmindedly reached for the two booklets haphazardly strewn across he and Ned's desk. Passing one to Ned, he flipped through the booklet. It was all easy and would take him fifteen minutes tops. Well, so much for homework.

Quickly working through the problems in his head and jotting down the answers, Peter completed the booklet in record time, nine minutes and twenty six seconds to be exact. Tony and Bruce would be proud. After all the questions were completed, Peter returned to planning his pranks against Clint for when Shuri arrives on Saturday morning. The rest of the class passed in a blur as his mind wandered and his hand doodled in his workbook. The boredom consumed Peter as he surveyed the rest of the silent classroom, busily working in the supposedly difficult problems, before his eyes finally landed on the bell synchronised clock in the corner of the room.

"Ugh. Still five minutes to go." Peter muttered under his breath.

By the time the bell finally rang, all Peter wanted was to relax on the worn down couch in the common room and snuggle with his мама паук and mom. But obviously the world was against him as Mr Crooks held up his hand to halt the students' desperate exit from the classroom.

"I have great news everyone," Mr Crooks exclaimed somewhat excitedly. "Since you all scored so well on the last test we have decided to give you a surprise field trip!"

Excited whispers rose from around the classroom all speculating as to where the class would be going. Midtown was infamous for their amazing field trip locations, although Peter's spidey-sense had him thinking that this one would be less than desirable. Mr Crooks's loud voice yelled over the ruckus,

"Okay, okay. Calm down everyone. On Friday we will be going to…" he held for dramatic effect, much to the chagrin of all the students (except Peter), "Stark Industries aka Avenger's Tower, permission slips on my desk". The class erupted into chatter,

"Oh my gosh, do you think we'll see Tony Stark?"

"I wonder if the Avenger's will be there?"

"Maybe we'll get to see the Avenger's train? Or maybe we'll get to spar with them."

"It's going to be awesome" Peter's sensitive hearing picked up everyone's conversations. Great. His whole class, at his house. Peter slumped down to his desk, his Dad and the rest of the Avengers would most definitely try to embarrass him. He would just have to trust that Pepper would try to keep them at bay.

Ned poked Peter in the side and burst into excited chatter as they packed up their stuff, getting ready to exit the classroom.

"Dude this is so cool. We get to go to your house and see all the labs, oh my gosh I'm so excited!"

"Ned you were there just last week. You came over to work on the lego death star remember?" Peter grumbled into his baggy hoodie.

"I know, but it's still exciting though. I mean, you'll get to prove Flash wrong about the internship, at least be happy about that."

"Yeah good point, but still…" Peter was abruptly cut off as Flash spitballed the back of his head.

"You still believe this loser? Obviously he's lying, aren't you Penis Parker?" Flash called out. Peter slowly turned to face the tormentor.

"I'm not lying Flash. I really am an intern."

"Yeah right, like they would choose you over me. I'm better in like every way imaginable. My name's Flash. But if you give up your lie now we won't hold it against you. I mean you probably just wanted some attention after your Aunt killed herself to get away from you." Despite the fact that the accident was over a year ago, it was still a soft spot for Peter.

"Back off Flash" MJ stated indifferently as she strolled pass the altercation. Since when did MJ defend Peter? Flash said nothing more but shoved Peter into the corner of his desk as he walked past.

"Forget about Flash, Pete. He's just a jealous loser." Ned said comforting me as we walked out the door.

"Um, Mr Parker. Can I have a word please?" Mr Crooks called from inside the classroom. 'So much for going home' Peter thought to himself as he pivoted on the spot and retreated back into the classroom motioning to Ned that he would be fine.

"What's wrong Mr Crooks?" Peter asked, genuinely unsure of the events to follow.

"I'm sorry Peter, but this lie has gone on long enough now. It's been okay, as I'm sure it's just a defence strategy from your Aunt's death and wanting some attention, but I can't let you make a fool of us at Stark Industries. Just remember we are representing the school while we are there. This is a big opportunity for us as high schools are generally not allowed to tour."

This caught Peter off guard. Although he knew that Mr Crooks didn't particularly like him as such and the majority of the student body didn't believe he had the internship, he did think that the staff and teachers believed in him.

"M..M..Mr Crooks.. I am a..an intern."

"I'm sorry Peter, I know how easy it is to get caught up in a lie, but if you don't own up before the tour starts we may have to send you home and suspend you for a week. Goodbye Mr Parker, and remember the slips are due by tomorrow."

Peter was lost for words. First Flash didn't believe him and caused him grief and then the school faculty? Well, this trip was going to be a nightmare.