Guardians of the Middle School

Chapter 1- Peter

Hello there! I'm ILoveQuill77. This is my first GotG fanfic, so I apologize if any of the characters are OOC. But remember, this is an AU, so anything an happen. Oh, and it takes place in present day. On with the story!

Peter Quill was having a bad day. First, that paper for English was due today, and he didn't have it. Second, his Grandma wasn't feeling good. A normal teenager wouldn't be too alarmed if this happened, but in Peter's mind, it could mean death. Third, Peter's crush wasn't talking to him, and he didn't know why.

Peter's crush was Kat Roberts, the prettiest girl in school. Or at least in Peter's opinion she was. Almost all of the other guys in school liked her, including the popular guys, so Peter knew he had no chance with her. But at least Kat talked to him. Usually.

Peter hopped of his bike and headed into Milano Middle School. Peter was thirteen, and in 7th grade. He quickly sidled up to his best friend, Rocket Chase.

"Peter! Peter! Peter! Guess what! Guess what! Guess what!" Rocket was kind of hyper.

"What, Rocket..."

"Okay. So you know that girl? Kat?"

"Yeah," Peter said, suddenly interested.

"Yeah. So, she's together with Nick now! You know Nick?"

"Uh huh," Peter gritted his teeth. He hated Nick.

"Aren't you happy for them?"

"Sure..." Rocket didn't notice his friend's obvious lack of enthusiasm.

"You should have seen the way he asked her out yesterday!"

"How?"

"She was opening her locker when a bunch of balloons flooded out, and each of them had a letter on them, and they spelled, 'Will you go out with me?'"

Oh. That might be why Kat wasn't talking to him. But it's not like she had a crush on him.

"That certainly is a cool way to ask someone out."

"IK,R?"

"Huh?"

"Ugh. You are so out of touch. Seriously, are you like, from the 70s or something?"

"No... but really, what does it mean?"

"Haven't you ever texted before? It means, 'I know, right?'"

"My grandparents won't buy me a phone."

"Wow, dude, that's just...wow. We need to start the Get Peter a Phone Fund. The GPPF!"

"I wish... but at my current social status, that just would not work."

Peter finished getting his books. The bell rang.

"Oh my god we've got to get to homeroom!" Rocket sprinted off to homeroom like, well, a rocket, with Peter in tow.

Once they got to homeroom, Peter and Rocket slid in their desks and listened to the announcements. Peter tuned most of it out, thinking about Kat, when suddenly, Kat's voice came over the PA system.

"Hello, students of Milano Middle School! I'm here to remind you about our annual Constellation Dance, coming up this Friday! It's guys ask girls, so guys, be prepared to ask your crushes! Peter gulped. He certainly wasn't prepared to ask Kat to the dance. And besides, she was probably going with Nick, anyway. Also, he only had five days to ask/woo her into going to the dance with him. But Peter sure was going to try.

…...

First was History. Peter went over to his history class and sat down next to Rocket.

"Okay, guys!" their teacher, Mr. Watkins, said. "I'd like to announce that we are going to be learning about the first man on the moon, Neil Armstrong!"

Peter sat up straighter. He loved space and anything to do with it. Rocket passed a note to him that said, "This should interest you, Star Lord." Rocket jokingly called Peter that because of his love of space.

"I'd also like to announce that this is going to be a project! You have to make a time line of Neil's life, and yes, it is going to be graded."

A collective groan from the class.

"But to make your life easier, you are going to be working with a partner!"

The class cheered.

"I have already assigned those partners."

Another groan from the class.

" Let's see... we have Rocket Chase and Kaitlyn Loch,"

Rocket leaned over and whispered to Peter, "She's a hottie!"

Peter didn't really think so, but he nodded anyway.

" Peter Quill and Kat Roberts," Mr. Watkins continued.

Peter blanched. He didn't know what the heck he was going to say to her, or do with her, or... or... anything.

POV CHANGE FOR A SECOND

Kat

Kat looked over at Peter. His dirty blond hair hung over his face in a cute sort of way. She guessed it wouldn't be that bad to work with him. Besides, everyone knew he knew a lot about space, so she was almost guaranteed to get an A. She had mixed feelings about working with him. For the bad side, she had hoped to work with her crush, and-

NAH... BACK TO PETER

Peter saw Kat looking over at him, and he immediately looked away. Rocket said, "Boy, you got-" Peter desperately motioned for Rocket to keep quiet. "Er, you got a good topic for a project!" "Yeah," Peter said. "I did."

At the end of class, Kat walked up to Peter, and said, "Here's my phone number- in case you need to, you know, call me about the project." Peter gingerly accepted it, and gave Kat his email in return.

"Whoa, Star Lord! You gotcha self a date!" Rocket said.

"It's not a date, Rocket. It's a history project."

"Yeah, but she gave you her phone number!"

Peter suddenly remembered one itty-bitty detail... he didn't have a phone. He told this to Rocket.

What Rocket said in response was, "The Get Peter a Phone Fund is now in business!"

Will Peter ever get a phone? What was Kat going to say about her crush? Follow, review, and favorite to find out! Also, the Get Peter a Phone Fund is now in business! Leave a review saying the amount of money you would donate (say, 40 dollars, or whatever your currency is) and by the next chapter, I'll say whether you guys raised enough money to buy Peter a phone or not! The only rule is be realistic with the amounts of money you donate! Have fun, and GET PETER A PHONE!