Peter's POV
"Urgh," Peter sighed, looking at his clock. It was already 10:42 am.
"I'm late!" Peter cried as he jumped out of bed. Looking at his phone he saw he had eight missed calls from Mr. Stark. Quickly, Peter rang him back.
"Kid, where are you?" He sounded annoyed.
"Mr. Stark! I'm so sorry, I overslept and..." He trailed off. He could almost feel Mr. Stark's stare on him.
"Stay at your house, I'm sending Happy to pick you up."
"Yes Mr. Stark. And again I'm so sor…" Mr. Stark had hung up on him. Great, he thought, now he's annoyed at me.
Tony's POV
That kid would really be the death of me. I tell him to make his way over here by eight o'clock so he could meet everyone and he doesn't show up. Doesn't he realise that this makes me look bad!
"So where is this new member of the team then Tony?" Steve snickered. Of course he'd find this whole thing amusing.
"He…" I thought to myself. I couldn't tell them that he had overslept "got stuck in traffic. He's on his way now."
"Of course he is," Clint said sarcastically. Urgh this is exactly what I meant when I said it made me look bad. I knew he couldn't help it, he is after all only fifteen, but still.
Where was that kid? It was now 11:30 and everyone was getting impatient.
"I swear Tony if you've made me get out of bed for nothing I will not be happy," Natasha said.
"He'll be here" I said, checking my phone. Just then Peter walked through the door.
"Mr. Stark! And um…" His voice trailed off as he noticed everyone else around him. It was kind of funny.
"Hey kid. You alright?"
"Yeah I'm fine, Mr. Stark. Again I'm so sorry for oversleeping I was just so tired an-" I tried to cut him off but it was too late. Great, Clint was never going to let me forget this.
"Stuck in traffic, you said Tony?" Clint said chuckling.
"Wait, this is the new member Tony?" Steve looked concerned "But he's just a kid."
"I'm nearly sixteen" Peter said sullenly. I could see that Steve was going to have a go at me for recruiting someone so young. He muttered something under his breath.
"Kid, why don't you go down to the labs and I'll meet you down there later?" I didn't want him to hear what Steve was going to say about him.
"Oh, yeah, of course Mr. Stark! Seeya, everyone!" Peter said, waving at everyone as he left. A few seconds later Clint spoke up.
"I like the kid."
"It doesn't matter if you like him or not!" Steve exploded "He's just a kid that doesn't need to get caught up in all this trouble. How did he get his powers anyway, Stark, I assume you gave him them?"
"No I didn't actually" I said defensively, how dare he accuse me of giving a child powers "I wouldn't dream of doing that. He got them when he was on a school trip, got bitten by a spider."
"I don't see what the problem is actually," Natasha spoke up "If he wants to risk his life, then that's his choice but it's better for him to be on our side than on our enemies."
At least everyone seemed to agree with that.
Peter's POV
Tony's labs were so awesome! I mean, they had Iron Man suits in them and Tony let me go down there and work on my web-shooters and stuff. So when he said to me go down to the labs I was excited, even though I knew the real reason was to get me out of the room. I went over to the lift and called it up.
"FRIDAY?" I called out.
"Yes Mr. Parker?"
"Can I go down to the labs, please?"
"Certainly, Mr Parker."
There were a few minutes of silence before the lift stopped, which was weird as we weren't at the labs yet. The doors opened and THE BRUCE BANNER walked in! He stopped outside of the lift surprised to see someone else in them and then got in. FRIDAY started the lift again and we started to move. There were a few seconds of uncomfortable silence before he spoke.
"So who are you and what floor are you going to? FRIDAY said something about you going to the labs…"
"Err… yes I am going to the labs Dr. Banner sir but only because Mr Stark said so I wouldn't go down unless he'd given permission and I come down here quite often but I've never seen you here before and have to say I'm a massive fan of yours and you asked my name didn't you it's Peter Parker and -"
"Woah kid slow down and take a breath. You said your Peter? I've heard a lot about you"
Oh my god Dr. Bruce Banner knows my name! I mean I never thought I'd even meet him ever so him actually knowing who I am is amazing! I heard him chuckle beside me.
"I said all that out loud, didn't I?"
"I'm afraid you did, kid"
Urgh my life couldn't get much worse right now could it?
"Do you want to go help me out when I get down there, Peter?" Dr. Banner asked me.
"YES! I mean yes of course Dr. Banner."
"Please call me Bruce."
My life couldn't get much better right now.
Tony's POV
There were a few minutes of uncomfortable silence before Clint spoke up.
"So is he your son?"
It took me a few seconds to comprehend what Clint had said.
"Is he my WHAT?"
"It's pretty obvious Tony. I mean I don't think I've ever seen you so, I don't know, fatherly."
"No no no no no he isn't my son."
"I have to agree with Clint here Tony there's no point denying it. I don't know how I didn't see it in Germany." Natasha said.
"You don't understand he really isn't my son." I told them trying to get my point across.
"Okay sure Stark" Clint said in a way that implied that he totally believed me.
"Now if you excuse I've got to go to the labs to meet up with my intern" I stressed the word intern for them all to notice.
Peter's POV
"And if you connect that wire to that one" Dr Banner said "that should begin to work".
At that the little robot in front of me whirred to life.
"Dr Ban- Bruce it's amazing! This will definitely win the Science Fair."
I had been working on the little robot for weeks now with Mr. Stark but now that it's finished I'm pretty pleased with it.
"Now all that's left is to come up with a name." Bruce said.
"I have a few ideas," I told him "Either Y.O.D.A. – Your Own Delivery Assistant or J.E.D.I – Just Every Day Intelligence. Which one do you think is best?" I asked him.
"Well in my personal opinion I like J.E.D.I." came a voice from the door.
"Mr Stark! Come and look, Bruce helped my get my robot working."
"That's great kid it looks amazing." Mr Stark said
"I think I will call it J.E.D.I, it just seems to fit it best. It can be a new friend for DUM-E."
"I think DUM-E will love it." Mr Stark laughed.
(A few hours later)
Tony's POV
The kid had gone home a few hours ago after spending most of his time in the lab an almost none of it with the rest of the Avengers like I had intended. He seemed almost wary of them and to be honest they hadn't exactly been the most friendly when he had come to see them. But despite all this he had agreed to meet up with them again in a weeks' time. That gave me one week to try and persuade them to be a bit nicer to him.
"Come on guys you could have been a bit nicer to him today." I said walking into the lounge room. Everyone's head turned to look at me.
"What do you mean Tony we were nice to him?" Steve said
"Really?" I said sarcastically "You were practically having a go at him Steve, for being so young and Natasha, Clint, Wanda and Sam didn't actually say a word to him. The only person to have a decent conversation with him was Bruce." I said in a rush.
"Wow Tony if we knew it was this big of a deal we would've made more of an effort but he did leave in a hurry" Sam stated.
"Well he's coming again next week so I hope you can be more welcoming" I huffed.
"Of course we will Tony" Wanda replied. I hoped that the next meeting would go better than the first.
