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Well yeah, I didn't exactly update the day I say I would... Sorry about that, but life got real all from a sudden, like, really real O_o Haha, it calmed down now, so yay.
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Okay , I hope you like this new chapter.
Thor adored food fights, as he considered them a way of getting free food. He had initiated hundreds of them together with Volstagg and Fandral back in his old school, much to the annoyance of Sif and Hogun.
However, remembering his old friends only made more painfully obvious for him how alone he was at that moment. Tony and Steve had left a little while ago, and Thor wondered when they would return.
He also wondered if Bruce would even return at all. Sure, Thor had beaten him up , but that didn't mean he wouldn't return!
Did it?
Thor tried to overcome those doubts by thinking more logically, as Loki would have advised him to do. But it didn't turn out as comforting as he expected, since that only made him noticed that Loki hadn't returned either.
Now, he didn't only had to wonder where his new friends were, but also when was his little brother coming back!
Thinking logically apparently,Thor thought, was only useful to increase one's worries.
No wonder why Loki was always so stressed...
"Clint ... you seriously need to stop inviting our friends to sit with us at lunch"
"I don't invite them, Nat." Clint replied dryly "They invite themselves just to make us mad."
'Well, aren't they the funniest..." said Natasha sarcastically.
Both Clint and Natasha were already fed up with food fight. When Tony had finally left them alone, they came to believe that they could finally be at peace again. And they did, for a while, until Steve arrived.
"Steve, why are you here?" Natasha asked, placing a hand on Steve's shoulder
"Seriously, man." Clint said, crossing his arms "And why you look so upset? You look as if you had seen the bibliotecary's naked ass!"
"I certainly didn't need that mental image ,Clint. Thanks. " Steve started, a little embarrassed "And it's not my intention to annoy you, guys. It's just that Thor arrived at the table where I was sitting together with Tony and Bruce... and he scared them off. Tony eventually returned ,but then he ran off again."
"At least that's some good news..." muttered Natsha.
"So I'm not sitting all alone with Thor ." continued Steve with determination " Not after seeing how he beated Bruce! And he also hit me earlier, when I accompained him for the chalk professor Coulson needed. He is dangerous and agressive . I even dare to say he is as agressive as Hulk!"
"Come on, Steve" said Natasha, rolling her eyes "Thor is as harmless as a teddy bear"
"A very ugly teddy bear ." Clint added cheekily "But harmless still. Just be sure not to push his buttons ,and everything will be all right"
"Oh, I see. Well, if he is so harmless, then why don't you guys go and sit with him?" Steve asked.
"That's not the point of this conversation." Quickly answered Natasha, unaltered by the accusitive tone in Steve's voice.
"You're right. The real point is that you two just want me out of here." Said Steve with some reproach.
"Well...yeah. " accepted Clint, shrugging. "And I think we are in our right. Right, dear?"
"Indeed" agreed Natasha . "And Clint, if you ever call me again by other cheesy nickname such as 'dear' or 'baby'..."
"I get it, I get it. " interrupted Clint "Sorry ba-... Nat."
As they talked, Steve was lost in his thoughts. Though he strongly disagreed with his two friends opinion of Thor being a harmless teddy bear, he still felt a pinch of remorse when he saw the image of Thor sitting all alone.
Maybe, Steve thought, he was being a little too harsh on him.
Perhaps Thor had proven himself to be a little rash and agressive (and not to say his punches hurt like the srtike of a hammer ),but... his intentions hadn't been bad.
After all, Thor had only acted like that because he wanted to help his brother.
After seeing the past incidents under this new light, Steve started to change his mind.
He realized that if he acted according to such prejudgements, he wouldn't be any different from people he deemed despicable and mean, such as Doom.
"Maybe ... " Steve began, running a hand through his hair ,dirty with food. "Maybe I'm crazy, but I'll try to get along with him again. But if I end up in the hospital, I'll blame it on you two."
He smiled at Clint and Natasha, and then he apologized for having interrupted them in the first place.
"Never mind that." Natasha dismissed , waving her hand, and then she jockingly added "Such its the price of friendship"
"And it is steep as hell" said Clint with a smile.
Steve left, gathering courage along the way.
"Peace at last " sighed Natasha as she watched how Steve walked away.
"Not totally ,because we still have a food fight happening around us. " Clint reminded her,holding a tray just in time to block a slice of chocolate cake that would have crashed against his face.
"True, but this is still more bearable than Tony and his meddling." said Natasha as she dodged a lost bullet of food.
"There are people more annoying than him,Nat. "Clint said in an attempt to defend his friend.
"Really? " Natasha asked, raising an eyebrow and letting out a slight laugh, as if that question was absolutely ridiculous. "Like who?"
And just as Natasha finished speaking, someone landed on their table, causing a big metalic sound. The newcomer raised his head and look at Clint and Natasha with dizzy eyes.
"I think I sprained something...everything... " Pietro growled from the table, and Clint and Natasha silenced him with two simultaneous glares.
Hitting Namor at the back of the head with a tray was , without a doubt , definitely not one of the brightest ideas Pietro had had that day.
Or even, in all his entire life.
Steve approached Thor cautiously, trying to sound as calm as possible.
Thor immediately seemed to cheer up when he saw him , as he was no longer alone.
"Hey, friend! I was beginning to think you'd been abducted by aliens , but I'm glad to see you're back! Although there's no sign of Anthony yet . I guess maybe he was really abducted! What do we do now?!" Thor said amicably, talking very quickly. Steve struggled to understand at least half of what Thor had said.
"Well ... " Steve began, wanting to say something witty. Or interesting ,at least.
But then, to the surprise of all the students, the war ended when the emergency showers began to operate.
" It's raining ! What sorcery is this?" Thor exclaimed, a little shocked.
"It isn't rain. It's just the emergency showers the principal instaled to stop food fights" Steve explained.
"Oh I see ..." Thor said, nodding. "Awesome!"
Steve and the others didn't find it that amusing, however. Getting a cold was not exactly Steve's idea of awesome. The only ones who seem to enjoy the water were Thor and Namor.
"What? It's just water, you bunch of sissies!" exclaimed Namor, glaring at his classmates, who had now lost all interest in the fight , with some of them even beggining to leave the cafeteria. "Suck it up and let's continue!"
"Yeah, that's what your mom said!" Pietro yelled at him.
"That's it! I'm going to kill you! " Namor roared. His face was red of anger.
He charged at Pietro, who despite being tired from the fight, still managed to run away before Namor caught him.
"It was worth it!" Pietro screamed while Namor chased after him as they both abandoned the cafeteria.
Steve shook his head, not amused.
"Whoa, those guys are great! " comented Thor " I don't even know their names but they seem to be really-"
"Forget about them ,Thor. " Steve interrupted, a little abruptly . "And let's get going before Fury decides to carry on with the second phase of his 'Protocol to stop food fights' "
"And what happens at the second phase? " Thor wanted to know "Instead of water, it rains chocolate?"
"Not really. " corrected Steve "Instead, Couch Logan comes and starts to pour us with a fire hose"
"Oh, I see ... " Thor repeated. "Awesome!"
"Ehh...right" said Steve, realizing he and Thor didn't exactly share the same definition of 'awesome'.
Natasha and Clint arrived and helped Steve to get out of the cafeteria before Thor started again with his senseless questions.
When the four were finally in the hallway , Thor took the opportunity and introduced himself to Clint and Natasha.
"Your hair looks funny,Natasha. Reminds me of ketchup. And hey Clint, what's with the eternal frown? "
Steve could noticed how both of his friends were a little annoyed by Thor.
This wasn't surpirsing , as Clint and Natasha were not the easiest people to get to know thoroughly (sometimes, Steve felt he still didn't really know everything about them, even though he had known them for years).
Only time would tell if they would accept Thor as a friend or as an annoyance, Steve thought.
"But anyways, I have something to give you, my new friends" Announced Thor unexpectedly, taking out three Pop Tarts from the pocket of his pants and reparting them among his three friends. "I was saving one for Anthony and another one for Bruce, but I got hungry so... now I only have these three."
"Thanks , Thor. I guess" said Steve, looking at the soaked Pop Tart. He also wondered for a second where Bruce and Tony were. Bruce could be nearby , but Steve knew he wouldn't come close to them as long Thor was around. And Tony...
Well, Tony could be anywhere, really.
"You shouldn't have." said Clint without smiling "You really shouldn't have..."
"A cheap and unhealthy dessert" Natasha said, examining the food package " It's technically diabetes in an envolture. I'm not sure if I'm grateful."
"Haha! Hey , Loki said more or less the same thing! " Thor laughed. And just as fast his smile had appeared, it dissapeared once again. "By my father's beard, I forgot about Loki! We have to go back for him!"
Just a Steve was about to tell him to wait, Fury's deep and strict voice started to come out of the speakers in the hallway's walls.
"Okay scoundrels, I've had enough of your crap for one day, so any of you who isn't in your respective classrooms before I can say 'Food fights is for retards and sissies' is going to clean the whole damn cafeteria under the supervision of Couch Logan and his assitant High Preassure Fire Hose. UNDERSTOOD?"
Understood or not, everybody knew Principal Fury wasn't joking, so they all rushed to their classrooms so fast they started to push each other around. Steve , Clint and Natasha lost sight of Thor in the chaos, and they thought he had gone back to the cafeteria to search for his brother. However, they found him again as they were about to reach their classroom.
Thor was confused and seemed lost. Apparently , the whole thing had caught him off guard. Steve, Natasha and Clint helped him to enter the classroom.
It took a while for Thor to overcome his confusion, but when he did, he inmediatly grasped the idea of going back to the cafeteria and search for Loki.
That was not neccesary, however, as he quickly caught sight of his brother in the classroom. Thor sighed in relief and smiled at Loki, whose only reply was a cold gaze.
Once Thor returned his attetion to those two jocks and the meddling girl, Loki realized something :
Doom and his group were not in the same classroom as him. None of them.
On the other hand, Thor and his apparently new friends were all together in the same classroom.
Just like in his old school, Thor was with his friends and Loki was alone.
"Bless my luck" Loki thought.
It could be worse, he reconsidered.
At least, he wasn't at the same same classroom as...
Hulk had made the choice of not going back to class.
And so did Tony.
The first one went to the football field, where he managed to find some peace for quite a while, until Couch Logan found him and made him return to his classroom. And for his own surprise and the couch's, Hulk did as he was told without any complain.
He didn't roared, he didn't got mad. He didn't even clunched his fists. Hulk just obeyed.
That behaviour was so uncommon that the couch sent Hulk to the nursery instead, and he wondered if Hulk's behaviour was real or just a real good piece of acting.
Considering Hulk was far from being the brightest brat on the school, the second option didn't seem very probable.
But in the end,Couch Logan ended up blaming it on whiskey.
Maybe he should stop drinking while he was in the school.
And that , was also not very probable.
There was a way to get to the school's rooftop without having to worry about getting caught. Tony had discovered it years ago ,along with Clint, in a day they didn't feel like dealing with Chemistry class.
The access was via an old and big tree right next to the building. One had to climb all the way to the top and then jump from the tree to the roof. It sounded simple, but it wasn't for cowards. The simplest miscalculation could result in a fall with terrible consequences.
The danger hadn't stop Tony from trying, as always.
It was Tony who had the idea, but Clint was the first one to gather enough courage to actually pull it off. Eventually, Tony managed to do it aswell.
The roof was the perfect spot for skiping classes. Nobody ever went there, as the entrance from inside the building was locked with key and the teachers didn't really have a reason to go there themselves.
And it was there where Tony was at that moment, smoking a cigarret and laying down on his back.
Just as Hulk, he hadn't felt like going back to class for the rest of the day.
Instead he stayed there in the roof, and eventually fell asleep.
When he woke up, the classes were already over.
The first day of school of that term had finally come to an end.
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