Hey guys sorry it has been a while I was visiting a college. I am trying to decide between my top two so I am visiting them again. Thank you all to who reviewed and all to read my story xD I hope you all enjoy this chapter!
Swinging towards his house Peter found his leg actually felt better when he was in the air. This could mean he can go out as Spider-man sooner than he expected. He was going to take a few days off, but maybe he can get right back into it. Now all he had to do while weaving through buildings and avoiding public eye was to come up with an excuse incase Aunt May notices something is wrong. After thinking about it he decided to go with what he told Tony: he was trying a new trick on his skateboard and fell. The ideal situation would be for her to never notice something is off, but Aunt May always has a way of telling when something is wrong…
Finally reaching his house without being seen by anyone Peter went through his bedroom window and sighed. Landing made his leg hurt, but it was nothing he couldn't handle. Now he had to get out of the suit without disturbing his leg… how to do that….
The only conclusion Peter could come up with was to cut the rest off which he really didn't want to do because he would have to make a whole new one. It was not cheap and took a lot of time. He may actually take a day or two off from going out just to repair his suit. Finding no other option he cut the suit off and the first thing he did was look down at his leg. He wished he had not. It looked downright gross. The stitches looked like little cactus pines which he was afraid to touch and the staples were just plain scary. It didn't even look like his leg, it looked like someone found some skin and decided to wrap it around to make his leg then stitch it all together.
To spare himself from throwing up Peter put sweat pants on and a shirt and listened to see if his Aunt was home. Peter didn't hear anything which was good, that way he didn't have to come up with why she never heard him enter the house. Although it is strange… she is usually at the house in the morning. She doesn't like going out until after twelve and it is only nine or so… Peter grabbed his phone to text her, but before he finished typing he heard the door open.
"Aunt May is that you? Where did you go?" Peter yelled from upstairs. He started to make his way to the staircase.
Hearing no response Peter frowned. His Aunt would have answered right away… Peter cautiously made his way to the top of the stairs and listened. He heard movement in the kitchen. Peter tip-toed down the stairs in hopes of catching whoever it was off guard.
Peter was at the entrance of the kitchen now and peered around the doorway. He certainly did not expect what he saw, he wasn't sure if he was seeing things correctly. He pinched himself to make sure he was awake and didn't actually fall asleep once he came in.
Tony Stark was in his kitchen… cooking what looked like eggs… Did he mention Tony Stark….
"Uh… Not to be rude but what are you doing here?" Peter was still in a little shock that he found Tony in his house, let alone the kitchen.
"What I can't be nice and cook something for you? I am trying this thing called being nice. Pepper said it would look good on me." Tony said sarcastically.
"I- uh… Well… why?" Peter didn't know how to react.
"I was bummed you could not come over for science and since you said you were injured I thought I would hang out with you to make sure you are not bored. Speaking of which I thought you were supposed to be on crutches?" Tony seemed confused.
Shit! He was not prepared for this. He honestly thought the next time he saw Tony he would be conveniently off of crutches.
"Well- you see… I have always been known to be stubborn. I thought that maybe if I tried walking on it as soon as possible I can become better sooner." Peter was impressed with himself for coming up with that.
"I am pretty sure you should just listen to your doctor kid. I mean they are the doctors for a reason." Tony sounded worried and looked it.
"I am holding my own. I successfully got down the stairs and you didn't even hear me." Peter bragged.
"Don't flatter yourself kid. I heard everything from when you called down to your Aunt." Tony just smirked.
"Why didn't you say anything!? I thought there was a burglar!" Peter said annoyed that he panicked over nothing.
"I wanted you to have a nice surprise when you came down." Tony was still smirking at Peter.
"Hmmph. Well just so you know you burned the eggs." Peter said with a chuckle before he went to the fridge for some orange juice.
Swirling around Tony cursed, "Dammit! I thought you couldn't burn eggs!"
"Lets just say it takes skills to, which you obviously posses." Peter enjoyed his little banter with Tony.
"Plan B: We are going to Stark Tower since you seem fit enough to move and Steve will make us a wonderful meal." Tony said as he was cleaning up the mess he made.
"I am sorry, but I can't go. I am not sure where my Aunt is and she has not seen me at all over the weekend so I don't want her to worry over me." Peter would have loved to go to Stark tower, but he was afraid that they would make the connection of his injuries…
"Where have you been that you have not seen your Aunt all weekend?" Tony sounded baffled.
"I was at a friends house which was where I hurt my leg and had to go to the hospital." Peter lied through his teeth.
"She didn't come see you in the hospital?" Tony did not like the sound of that.
"I begged them not to call her. She worries enough as it is. That is why I am trying to walk now as well, I don't want her to ever know that I got hurt. She has been very stressed lately because of bills so I am not dumping anything else on her." Peter said.
"I am going to go all Cap. on you here, but this seems like a serious injury and that is something you shouldn't hide. Please tell her Peter." Tony didn't like the fact that Peter tried to keep all his injuries from his Aunt. First it was the bullying and now this…
"Not to be disrespectful but I am going to do as I seem fit. You can't tell me what to do. I have made up my mind already." Peter said with no room for argument.
"I see. Please reconsider. I am going to go now. Come over when your leg is healed." Tony was very clipped. Without another word he left.
Peter felt bad, he obviously upset Tony. Tony had retaliated by making him wait longer to come back to the tower which was smart, but not good for Peter. He can't wait that long to do science with Tony and Bruce. Although it is going to be weird, he is not sure he will be able to view them all the same. Seeing them interact with each other when the fight and when they are at home was a sight to see. They are a family. A dysfunctional one, but ti worked for them. Peter loved the idea that someone could suggest a movie and they would all drop what they were doing and spend time together.
The door opening and closing brought Peter out of his thoughts. Turning around he saw his Aunt bringing in groceries.
"Do you need me to grab anymore from outside?" Peter asked heading towards the front door.
"Oh my dear! Peter you scared me!" Aunt May exclaimed.
"Sorry Aunt May." Peter blushed at his thoughtlessness.
"No worries honey. There is one more bag outside if you could grab it. Thank-you" Aunt May said and Peter was out the door when she said 'one more'. They worked side by side unloading the groceries, tossing to each other across the table when he had something that went in the cabinets and she had something that went in the refrigerator.
"How was your weekend dear? It has been a while since I saw you last. Have you grown since the last time I saw you?" Aunt May sounded curious.
"Aunt May! It was only two days, even less actually." Peter pointed out.
"Oh I know honey. But seriously how was your weekend?" Aunt May said with a chuckle.
"Good. We played video games most of the time and we did a little skateboarding." Peter rattled off some activities.
"Boys. I hope you were careful. Have you done your homework yet?" She asked.
"Nope I am about to go get started though, unless you need any help. And I am always careful." Peter replied making his way towards the stairs.
"No I don't thanks for asking." Peter went up the stairs so he missed Aunt May say, "Not always careful…"
She was remembering the time Peter fell off his skateboard and broke his arm in two places. His arm had looked like a rag doll… She never wanted that to happen again, but she doesn't have the heart to take away his skateboard. It is one of his few hobbies that he enjoyed.
"Bruce do you think Spider-man could already be walking?" Tony inquired.
"From the way he was swinging away from the building I wouldn't put it past the guy." Bruce answered.
"Hmmm… I still can't believe I missed it." Tony said while thinking. He noticed that Peter and Spider-man had similar injuries. Both of them had leg injuries which may be a coincidence, but there is that saying that say there are no such things…
"Bruce, what would you think if I told you I thought Peter might be Spider-man?" Tony asked with interest.
"I would say you are fishing here. You meet the kid a few days ago and Spider-man a few days ago, you probably just linked them since you met them both recently." Bruce thought Tony was ludicrous by this point.
"Here me out science bro. They both have the a leg injury at the same time… and this could account to why Peter had those claw scars on his chest! And when I went to go surprise him this morning he was already walking!" Tony triumphantly said.
"Did he tell you how serious the injury was? It may have not been that severe." Bruce was trying to move Tony off this impossible thought.
"In the text he said he was on crutches and that is why he couldn't come over today." Tony said.
Hmm.. that is a little suspicious, but Peter may just be stubborn.- Bruce thought. "Did he give a reason as to why he was walking."
"He said he was stubborn and wanted to get better faster. Totally flimsy." Tony scoffed.
"We are forgetting a factor though. Remember how we met him Tony? He was running from bullies… don't you think if he was Spider-man he could defend himself somehow?" With that thought Bruce saw this a closed scenario.
"Damn that is true. I thought I was onto something there." Tony was sad, his idea was shut down.
"Nice try buddy."
"I will figure out who Spider-man is. Mark my words." Tony was determined.
The rest of Peter's day was uneventful. He finished his homework, in record time, had dinner with his Aunt, and he started to make a new suit. Luckily he did not have to make a new mask, that was always the hardest part to sew because of the eyes. If the eye lens were a little off his vision could be skewed which would make his job more difficult.
It had only been a day, give or take, and Peter was already fed up with his leg. After thinking for ten minutes Peter decided to try something that came to mind. He had healing abilities that surpassed a regular human being, but what if he could speed up his own healing somehow.
He hasn't had a lot of time to really test the extent of his abilities so why not now. Concentrating really hard in his leg he tried to work his brain into speeding up his healing. He thought that if he thought about his injury and it healing his body may respond.
Peter spent a good ten or fifteen minutes trying this out, but to no avail. His leg didn't feel any different and it certainly didn't look different. Sighing Peter decided to go to bed, his last thought being that he was glad he didn't have gym tomorrow…
I am not really sure about this chapter… Tell me what you think : )