1. Ned ("He's like my hero. Well, he's sorta more than that.")

Ned sees it every time Peter talks about him.

He never thought he would see Peter any more excited then he normally always was. They were best friends since sixth grade. While other kids were having their parents buy them toy cars, they were buying miniature sets and building it themselves. In eighth grade, kids were already talking about parties and driver's licenses, and he and Peter were planning for another Star Wars movie marathon and a new matching Lego set.

He was there for most of Peter's ups and downs. He was there when Peter blamed himself for Ben. He was there when he found out about Spiderman. For goodness sakes - he was the guy in the chair!

It was never surprise to him when Peter's internship cover story went from fake to real overnight. Let alone being intern to the head man himself. Ned was slightly envious, but he couldn't imagine anyone who deserved it more than Peter, no matter how many times Flash decided to butt in. And that statement only grew stronger with every passing weekend.

Every weekend, Peter would head over in the tower from ten in morning to three in the afternoon. In that time, he and Mr. Stark would work on various projects, even going as far playing ping pong and watching a movie. All Ned needed to do was get his things from his locker in the mornings, and Peter would come bouncing down the hallway - getting, but ignoring strange looks - to him.

All that was required of Ned was to say, "How was the internship?," and everything followed suit. Peter's voice was filled with awe and a happiness that Ned missed when they were talking about legos. But, one day sealed the deal. Ned had the scene imprinted in his mind, because knowing his best friend, when Peter finally figured out that he saw Tony as more than a mentor, he was definitely going to disagree with the thought. But Ned knew the truth.

They were by his locker once again, and Ned was nodding along - genuinely interested - to Peter's story. When Peter stopped to take a breath, Ned managed to get out, "Looks like you really like him." Ned shut his locker door, and fixed his backpack straps. Peter just continued to smile obliviously. "Yeah, of course. I've always admired him! There was this one time I begged May and Ben to take to one of his Stark Expos. Have I ever told you the story?" Ned shook his head with a chuckle. "Plenty of times."

Peter rolled his eyes, and they began to walk to their 1st period. Unfortunately they had different Spanish classes, but they took the same hall to get there. "Never mind. The point is, he's like my hero. Well, he's sorta more than that." Ned physically stopped, forcing Peter to stumble to stop behind him. Ned turned around and stared at him, thinking that he heard wrong. "What do you mean?" Peter shrugged nonchalantly. "He's sorta more than my mentor. He's - oh, I don't know. But he's something. Sometimes it feels like he's my-".

Ned doesn't curse that often, but he couldn't help it. The bell rung, and the sudden influx of students in the halls blocked off the end of Peter's sentence. Peter had quickly left with a, "See you later." The next period, which happening to be engineering for both of them, Ned asked Peter again. "Hey, what were you saying earlier? I missed it." Peter continued to search through a little container for some specific screw, and answered without looking up. "Oh, I was saying that he was like my twin." Ned swore Peter was going to say dad. He couldn't wait for the day when Peter actually did so.

Ever since that moment, Ned sees the father-son relationship every time Peter talks about him.

Surprise! It's another story! *Upset mumbling from myself to myself for starting so many projects*

But no matter! I have already written the next two chapters, and they seem pretty good if I say so myself.

The next chapters, though, are a heck of a lot more longer, just saying.

Those two chapters are the reason why I'm posting everything in 'chapters' in the first place. The plan was everything would be in one document, but a: that would be long, and with my normal way of formatting, very confusing. b. I didn't feel limited to write a short piece for everyone's event. I could write freely. Use enough words to express my thoughts, emotions, and messages clearly.

*Another set of awkward mumbling*

Anyways, tomorrow, I will probably upload the next two chapters, (I wanted to see the response the first part would get).

Apologies for the long note, and any grammar errors in the story. Simply point out the paragraph and line, and I will fix it! Anything to make my writing clearer for you guys to read!

Please enjoy the ride!

-OnlyEscape