Thread: Extracurricular Activities [Spider-Man -- Sigr & Virginia]

Going back to school was a bummer. How things ended between Peter Parker and Tony Stark were fine, hell, more than fine. From his point of view he had finally ended up earning his respect, and even Happy's or so he thought, but all things sweet about his supposed victory came to a halt back in school. Liz's absence was so big that couldn't be easily ignored, not by him nor most of the students there. Unless some other wallflowers like him that would only be missed by a handful of people, Liz was popular and connected, sometimes her leave feeling like she was dead instead of just moved away. Peter couldn't help but feel responsible for that, as he was the one that couldn't just look away, couldn't just have the homecoming dance they wanted and had left Liz alone to put her father into jail. To make matters more complicated Aunt May had figured out that he was Spider-Man due to a stupid mistake. Well, not much figuring to do when she had caught him red handed because he had grown careless. He had expected to be grounded until the end of time, but it didn't quite go as expected. May was proud of him, of how he helped people around like he was some sort of policeman or firefighter even if he was neither, but of course she was also worried. She trusted the Peter she had raised well, but as a teenager he was bound to make stupid mistakes, so she let him keep doing what he did, just to be extra careful with it. Maybe she guessed, and guessed correctly, that she wouldn't be able to make him stop, so it was better if she was supportive and didn't push away the only family they had left. So now he had more free reign from Stark, but his own aunt looking over his shoulder. Great. Liz's absence aside, returning to the classes was a welcome return to a normalcy of sorts, if teaming up with Ned to find out people to help when they had free time could be considered normal. Normal classes, normal students, perfectly normal school food, right? Well, not entirely. Since the Washington Monument rescue, Spider-Man was more and more present in the minds of the school students, something that wasn't convenient if people started to investigate. People like Michelle, for example. Peter didn't know what was the deal with her, but she was smart, probably smarter than he was, and if he kept acting carelessly she was going to end up discovering his secret, sooner or later. Maybe she didn't care, or that was on what Peter was banking as he looked at her during lunch while Ned talked about turning the Lego Death Star into a flying drone for reasons unspecified. Suddenly a flash of blonde hair and a bright voice called for his attention, averting his eyes from Michelle to the newcomer. Well no, of course not, sit down Peter said, trying to be welcoming before Michelle said something rude or Ned rambled about something and scared the poor girl. She seemed strangely out of place, that feel all new students had, but at the same time like it belonged there, not only in that school but in that table. Perhaps it was the odd choice of clothes, who knew. I'm Peter and these are Ned and Michelle he said, looking curiously at how the girl poked at the food. We don't bite, and I'd swear the food doesn't either he said with a smile, even if in Michelle's case he wasn't entirely sure how would she react to the newcomer. Hi! I'm Ned he said, reintroducing himself for no reason. Perhaps he wanted to avoid that the new girl thought he was named Michelle? Peter shook his head slightly. Do you like Star Wars? he asked. There we go, Peter thought.