Tony wasn't too thrilled when he arrived in Malibu at 6:30am local time, waited for three hours, then found out the meeting didn't even exist. He had left back for New York immediately, taking the trip in 2 hours and arriving back at Stark Tower at 2:30pm. When he walked into the penthouse, however, it was empty and quiet. Tony wasn't sure what he was expecting, but he knew there had to be some reason Pepper wanted him out of the house for the whole day and he was going to find out.

"FRIDAY? Where's Pep?" he asked, searching the house for his wife.

"Mrs. Stark is in her office preparing a quiz for a tour group."

Tony frowned and stopped his search for her.

"Why did she want me out of the house?" he asked, stepping into the lift.

"It's been requested I don't tell you."

Tony rolled his eyes and gave his override code.

"Mrs. Stark and Peter did not want you to intrude on the tour."

"Why not?" Tony asked, slightly offended his kid and his wife had teamed up against him.

To find out though, he had to give his override code again. Peter was on the tour. He sighed.

"Alright. Where's their next stop?"

"The conference room for a quiz," FRIDAY replied smoothly.

"Take me there!"

* * * * *

Pepper wasn't sure why FRIDAY hadn't informed her of Tony's arrival, but she was sure that Peter was going to have a heart attack when he walked into the conference room to see Tony sitting in the front, drawing on a Stark tablet. Ripping the tablet out of his hands, she demanded to know why he was here.

"FRIDAY said Peter had a school trip," Tony said, "I haven't seen him all day and wanted to say hi."

Pepper scowled.

"You can say hi when he comes home later," she told him, pulling him to his feet.

She pushed him to the door but stopped when James walked in with the Decathlon team. As the group stared at Tony and began to whisper, Pepper knew it was too late to get rid of him. When Peter heard the whispers, his eyes widened and he stood on his toes to see if it was true.

"Oh no," he groaned, hiding his face behind Ned. "Dad's here."

"I thought he was in Malibu," Ned whispered, sounding confused but no less excited.

"So did Mom and I," Peter mumbled back.

The Decathlon team filed into the room and took their seats. Despite trying to hide in the back, Peter knew his dad could see him perfectly. Thankfully, he didn't call out to him.

"I see Tony Stark did show up," Flash taunted, "I can't wait to see what happens when he hears about your little lie."

Peter slid down further in his seat. If he was lucky, Flash would never find out what would happen.

"Alright, Midtown High kids!" Tony said, drawing everyone's attention forward. "We're going to do a little game Decathlon style. I'll ask you questions and whoever gets all of them right, wins something awesome."

A hand went up and Tony pointed at it.

"Are we playing as a team?"

Tony shook his head.

"There are no friends," he answered, "Play for yourself."

"What's the prize?" Flash asked, raising his hand as he spoke.

Tony glanced at Pepper who was still glaring at him with her arms crossed, determined to be no help whatsoever.

"Um, a day with me in the lab?" Tony suggested, sounding less and less sure as he said it.

Peter heard a bunch of kids squeal in delight and start whispering to their friends excitedly. Tony glanced around the room, suddenly worried he'd made the biggest mistake of his life by agreeing to let some kid into his lab for the day. When he saw Peter in the back, though, he relaxed. Surely Peter would win. There was no way he was letting another kid into his lab for a whole day.

Slowly, everyone began to calm down, but Tony was still the centre of their attention.

"Alright," Tony said, grabbing his Stark tablet.

He quickly found the questions Pepper had been writing up and recited the first one.

"Who introduced the theory of punctuated equilibrium?"