Ch. 16
When Tony picked Peter up from school, he could tell something was wrong. He was still very excited and told Tony every little detail. He even mentioned how he filmed the whole first part of the tour on his tablet and that's when Tony felt like something was wrong. Peter quieted down for a moment then changed the subject. After dropping Ned and Michelle off, Tony asked Peter what was wrong.
"What do you mean?" Peter asked. He sounded genuinely confused, too, but Tony didn't let that ease his mind.
"Did something go wrong on the field trip?" Tony asked. He pulled off the freeway and drove towards the Tower. "You got quiet partway through." Peter sighed.
"Oh," he said. Tony nodded and pulled into the Tower's garage. "It's just, one of the kids saw my Stark tablet and asked how I got it. I told him I was one of your interns, but he didn't believe me."
"Why did you take your tablet?" Tony asked. He parked the car but locked the doors. Peter frowned and sat back in his seat. "I'm not upset, I just need to know if I need to clean up rumors."
"I just wanted to film the tour and Flash grabbed my tablet," Peter said. "It wasn't that big of a deal, but he wouldn't give it back. That reminds me, Karen is so much better than FRIDAY." Tony frowned and shook his head.
"No, FRIDAY is better," he said. Peter grinned and shook his head.
"Karen pretended my tablet had a self destruct feature and I got my tablet back," Peter said. Tony did look mildly impressed with Peter's AI. "She's the best."
"Perhaps," Tony agreed. He unlocked the doors and they both climbed out of the suburban. "FRIDAY would just rat me out." He glared at the ceiling in response.
"I was programmed to provide facts, not stories," FRIDAY replied. Tony rolled his eyes and Peter laughed to himself.
"Just get inside," Tony said, motioning for Peter to enter the elevator first. "Mom's dying to hear all about your Google field trip."
"Oh! I want to show you both all the photos and the video," Peter said. Tony nodded and promised he'd have FRIDAY pull it onto the living room TV so they can see everything better than on Peter's phone.
As soon as they got up to the penthouse, Peter called Pepper into the living room. Tony had FRIDAY put everything on the TV and they sat on a couch in the living room. Peter told Pepper everything about the trip, telling them about each photo then adding in things that weren't in photos but had happened. It took nearly forty five minutes to get through all the photos and that wasn't including the tour video. Peter said they didn't need to watch it anyway; it was long and he had covered everything in the tour video and more.
"In that case, dinner will be ready in fifteen minutes," Pepper said. Peter helped her, making the grilled cheese while she made the tomato soup. Tony downloaded all of Peter's photos onto his private server and by the time he was done, he had just enough time to set the table before dinner was ready.
"Did Uncle Bruce finish the model I designed?" Peter asked his dad, dipping his grilled cheese into his soup.
"I don't think so," Tony answered. "He never showed up today. I called Cap and he said Bruce was working on something else at the Compound."
"Oh," Peter said. His face brightened and Tony looked at him questioningly. "Speaking of Compound, I have another field trip permission slip for you to sign." He got up from the table before Pepper could tell him to wait and grabbed the permission slip out of his draw string bag. He grabbed a pen and set the paper in front of Tony.
"How does the Compound remind you of a field trip?" Tony asked. Peter just pointed to the slip and Tony read through it. "Oh, that's where you going. Oh god, good luck."
"Yeah," Peter said, his excitement disappearing. If even one of the Avengers acted different around Peter, people were bound to ask questions. They definitely wouldn't let it go as easily as Flash had let go of the tablet incident.
"I'll tell them to pretend you're not there," Tony said. He signed the paper, making sure it said 'Parker' instead of 'Stark'. "They should listen."
"Okay," Peter said. He had been to the Compound multiple times, so he would have to mark this as one of the less exciting field trips. Especially right after going to Google. However, they would be spending the whole morning in the office section where various CIA, FBI, and SHIELD agents worked. The morning part was focused on intelligence agencies and working for them while the afternoon was described as being 'just a fun afternoon with the Avengers'. Apparently the Avengers would be showing them around the rest of the Compound and even hanging out with them for an hour or two. Peter wasn't sure what that meant, but he wasn't sure he was going to like it.
"You should be fine in the morning," Tony told him. Peter nodded. "Don't use your key card, though. Let them give you another." Peter nodded again. If they could keep his real identity a secret throughout the entire field trip, then Peter was sure the rest of the year would be easy.
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