The attached photo is of a head canon I found and will be mentioned in this chapter.

Peter never told Ned what happened after school on Wednesday. Ned asked if Flash has bothered him much, but Peter just shrugged and told him Flash had only been a bother during classes and passing period. Ned had apologised and promised never to leave him during the school day every again. Peter wasn't sure how long he could keep that promise, but he was sure Ned would genuinely try.

Flash didn't physically hurt Peter for the rest of the week. In fact, he steered clear of him so much that Ned and Michelle asked if Peter had done something when they weren't around. Peter said he hadn't, but neither one really believed him. Flash went back to his regular self the following morning, though, and Peter had never been so happy to be bullied. Now his friends wouldn't be suspicious about what had gone on between the two when they weren't around.

"I bet Penis ends up as a high school drop out and becomes the school janitor," Flash snickered. Peter just sighed and continued drawing in his notebook. They were going on their first field trip for ELS class which just so happened to be on campus. The first career they were looking at was teaching. Peter wasn't that enthusiastic about it, but a couple people were. He just wanted to know if they were going to visit somewhere that had to do with computers or tech.

"Shut up, Flash," Michelle said. Flash mocked her silently but turned away from them. Peter gave Michelle a thankful smile and she just shrugged. "His bullying is annoying when I try to read," she told him. Peter wasn't even surprised by that. He just went back to drawing. He was trying to create different models for Bruce to use with his algae farm, but so far the two he had made for Bruce hadn't worked.

"Alright, everyone," Miss Kramer said. "Our first stop is the Algebra room. Please follow me in a single file line and make sure you're quiet. We don't want to disturb anyone." Everyone collectively groaned and followed her out of the door. They didn't even bother with the single file line.

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That evening, Peter came home with a permission slip for his parents to sign. His class was going off campus tomorrow to visit Fort Hamilton. Tomorrow's field trip was for those interested in a career in the military. Peter figured it would be better than walking around the school and watching different teachers teach their classes, but he wasn't too excited about it.

"Hey! How was your first field trip?" Pepper asked as Peter walked into the penthouse. Happy had been the one to take Peter home since Pepper was unable to get off work early enough and Tony was in one of his moods where he didn't want to be disturbed from his lab.

"Boring," Peter said. He dropped his backpack by the couch and carried the permission slip over to Pepper. She looked up from her laptop and skimmed over the paper. "We just watched different teachers teach and then asked them questions if they didn't have a class."

"Well, I'm sure some kids enjoyed it," Pepper said. She reached towards the coffee table for a pen and Peter grabbed it for her.

"They did," Peter said. He quickly reminded her to sign it 'Pepper Parker' instead of 'Pepper Stark' and she nodded, stopping right before making the S. "Emily, Oliver, Sam, Rebecca, and Claire obviously enjoyed it."

"Did Michelle?" Pepper asked, handing the signed slip back to him. Peter shrugged.

"Doubt it," he answered. He returned the slip to his backpack as he said, "But you never can tell for sure." Pepper nodded in agreement. Peter walked into the kitchen and grabbed a banana for a quick snack.

"Bruce is waiting for you in the lab," Pepper told him. Peter lit up and hurried to his backpack. He dug around for the drawings of his model then ran downstairs to show them to Bruce. He quickly finished his banana, tossing the peel in the trash as he walked into the lab.

"I have another model," Peter announced, walking over to Bruce. Bruce looked up and smiled at him. Peter spotted the red band around Dummy and didn't bother his dad, recognising the silent request to leave him alone.

"Let's take a look," Bruce said, reaching for the papers. Peter handed them over and Bruce read through them, looking closely at every part of the model that Peter had drawn. After five minutes, Bruce set the papers down and had FRIDAY scan them and bring them up as a hologram.

"I was going to add another incubator here, but I didn't have time," Peter said, pointing on the paper. Bruce nodded and added it in on the hologram version before exploding it to make it bigger.

"This might actually work, Peter," Bruce said, smiling as he looked all around the model generator. They found the supplies they would need and began building a small scale version of the model. They were only about a quarter of the way done when FRIDAY told them dinner was ready. They finished the part they had been working on then went upstairs to join Pepper for dinner. They didn't bother waiting for Tony; he was unlikely to show up in the middle of a project.

"So, any new breakthroughs on the algae?" Pepper asked.

"Peter came up with a new generator design," Bruce said. He explained how they were working on it now and that he was pretty optimistic about it. Then again, he had been pretty optimistic about the other two designs as well. Pepper seemed happy to know that they felt like they were getting closer; she was always for renewable and clean energy sources.

"Well, I hope you get your breakthrough soon," she said. Peter nodded happily and Bruce did as well, though with less bouncing. "Peter's going on a field trip to Fort Hamilton tomorrow," Pepper told Bruce.

"Really?" Bruce asked. Peter nodded.

"Have you been there?" he asked. Bruce shook his head.

"No, but I think Cap has," he answered. Peter figured that would make sense. Fort Hamilton was in Brooklyn and what military loving kid that lived close to a military base wouldn't visit? Especially since he joined the war later. "You'll have to tell him how much it's changed."

"I will," Peter promised.