"Call me if anything happens, okay Peter?" Aunt Nat looks over at Midtown then back to me. "And I mean anything mister." She pokes me and I can't help but return the smile she's giving me.

"I promise I will," I say as I grab my bag off of the car floor. "Love you," I smile as I lean back in my seat.

"Love you too, kid." She says and I look through my bag making sure I have everything for today. "Also don't flunk that quiz or Tony will have my head." She laughs and I raise my eyebrows because Tony Stark has no chance against Natasha Romanoff.M

"He can try." I laugh and she nods without hesitation.

"Very true, now go." She grins and lightly pushes me out of her car. I smile and make my way up to the school. Nat had already called the school while I was in the car and told them I was going to be late because of a family emergency then when she hung up told me that the only way to fix the emergency was ice cream. I head straight to my locker and throw my stuff into it.

The bell rings just as I'm heading to class and the hall fills up with kids heading to their fourth period class. I make my way down the hall, particularly ready for this quiz and look for Ned as I walk because, knowing him, he thinks I'm dead again or something.

Natasha

I watch as Peter climbs out of the car and walks up the stairs into the highschool. I sit there for a minute thinking in silence before knowing what I should do before driving off.

"Hey, Friday?" I say once Peter gets into the school building. I keep my eyes locked on the door just in case the kid comes running out of the building wanting me to take him home. Or in case the school throws a temper tantrum worse then Bruce's.

"Yes Miss Romanoff?" Friday's voice comes through the cars speakers and I watch as a few teens sneak out of the school. If I wasn't busy I'd drag them back into the building by their hair but I got better things to do.

"Run a scan on crime rates in the area." I look to the dashboard, watching as the holographic city builds itself up followed by the shades of red, orange and yellow to show were crime is.

"Looking for anything specific?" Friday asks and I use my hand to spin the city a little so I have a better overview of it.

"No just..." I draw out my sentence clicking on the bright red spots on the hologram. "Curious."

"Putting car onto auto drive." I hear Friday say and the car starts to move before she speaks up again. "Mister Stark, is requesting you to come back to the base."

"Yeah, thanks." I mumble not really paying attention.

"He says hurry."

"Tell him to shut up." I click on another red spot, and more videos and reports of crime show up over top of the city.

"Already done, Miss Romanoff." Friday says and I smirk.

Peter

"Dude! What made you late?" Ned asks as we leave our Spanish class. I was a few minutes late to it so we didn't really have a chance to talk because of our quizzes and everything.

"Aunt Nat." I shrug and he gives me a confused look. I shake my head remembering that he doesn't really know their real names.

"Huh?"

"Black Wid..." I start to explain but I stop when I see Flash followed by his group of friends, including Dean, walking over to us. Flash makes eye contact with me and I look away.

"What are you two idiots talking about?" He says once he's close enough and Ned smiles.

"Peters internship." He says proudly, knowing that I would never tell anyone except him about why I am really hanging out with the Avengers.

"How's the Stark internship going, Parker?" Flash says amusement lacing his voice. "Mr Stark probably fired you because you are so pathetic." He says making it sound like a joke, his friends laughing when he does so.

"He still has it Flash." Ned says matter of factly, making Flash raises an eyebrow.

"Because Stark took pity on him then." Flash says with a mocking smile on his face. Ned looks at him weird before laughing.

"Sure." He says and I look down at my plate.

"I'll see you later, Parker." Flash says and I watch as him and his group walk away.

"You guys are friends still right?" Ned asks when Flash and his friends are far enough away from us and I up at him.

"Uh..." I go to explain but the bell cuts me off. Ned shrugs and I push it off, he doesn't need to know anyways. I've got it under control.

We make our way to our lockers and separate so we can get our stuff before our next class starts. I promise Ned I will be right there and he smiles happily before walking away.

As I walk down the hall, someone grabs my arm and pulls me lightly into a side hallway. I don't recognize the hall and that's probably because it's one that is rarely used due to its lack of both classrooms and lockers.

"Peter?" Dean asks letting go of my arm after making sure we are far enough down the hall that no one can see us. "Are you okay? Did I do something?" He asks sounding concerned and I cant help but feel like he means it.

"No, Dean." I mumble, looking down at the tiled floors so I don't make eye contact. He shuffles his feet as if he wants to stand closer to me but he doesn't. I keep looking down and see him shift his weight from one spot to another but I don't say anything, I keep my silence because honestly, I don't know what to say.

"I'm sorry Peter." He says after a minute and I know he means it but it's not like we can be close at all. Flash would get mad and most likely take it out on him while I would also get beat then we would both get hurt.

"It's fine." I mumble, hoping that he will just let me go to class and drop whatever happened before. He tips my head up to look up at him and because he's taller then me he's looking down a confused look on his face but in his eyes I can see he's desperate.

"No, really. I'm really sorry, Peter." He frowns and I nod my head. He shakes his head as if he's not happy with what he said and reaches over his shoulder to rub the back of his neck. "How can I make it up to you?" He asks looking back to me and I give him a confused look.

"What?" I ask clearly confuse and he smiles slightly.

"Do you wanna go out?" He asks and runs his hand through his hair as I give him another confused look but he goes on before I can say a word. "To like dinner?"

"Are you, Dean King, asking me out?" I ask baffled and lean back against the wall.

"I believe so," He says his smile turning into a smirk and I I can't help but roll my eyes. "Is that a problem?" He asks and takes a step towards me making me smile.

"Nope." I laugh and he gives me a confused look. "Your way of asking someone out is very stupid though." I laugh and his smile returns.

"No." I laugh and he gives me a confused look. "Just really stupid."

"Can I pick you up?" He asks smiling like an idiot, and I can't help but return the smile because I feel happy for the first time in days. Then I remember his question and l hesitate on answering. I don't think Dad and Pops would like me telling a guy they haven't even met where I live. And if I tell him there's the possibility that he could find out that is also where the Avenger's base is and then that's not even including that there's a chance he might run into one of them, most likely Clint. Dean must see the panic on my face because he backtracks. "It's okay," He says and I shake my head. "I mean if you don't want me to pick you up," He starts his voice getting quitter as he speaks and I smile at him.

"No," I say not even caring, he won't find out about the base or the Avengers unless I told him. And even if he does he won't tell anyone, I think. "You can pick me up, it's fine."

"Okay, great." His smile returns, "Just text me the address later." He says and I nod, remembering that I have his number in my phone.

"Yep." I smile and laugh because Dean looks so happy as we walk to the other end of the hall to go to our classes. He looks and acts so much different with me when we are one on one rather then he is with Flash and all of his friends.He smiles and I look up to him to see him staring at me. He looks away when I make eye contact but is still smiling.

"Cya Peter." He says when we reach the end of the hall and then we separate, walking in different directions.

"Bye." I smile and can't help but smile at the fact that I have a date tonight.