EEEK! There is so much fluff in this chapter, I'm gonna quote Agnes from Dispicable Me: "It's so fluffy I'm gonna die!" Yes, lots and lots of fluff. I shall reply to the review:
gammawidow67: I'll have to do that :)
~PETER~
"So, were they trying to stop you? Or were you jumping to conclusions when they were just trying to help?" Gwen asked Peter the next day as they walked to lunch.
"Oh, um, I didn't really ask." Peter said, and at Gwen's annoyed look, said, "Look, if you had been hunted down by police, and then a bunch of weirdo's is costumes started talking to you-" He was cut off by the sound of Gwen's laughter. "What?" he said defensively.
Gwen shook her head. "Peter, you are such a hypocrite. You may have thought that their suits were funny, but what about yours?"
Peter gave her a mock hurt look. "Yes, but mine is awesome." he told her.
She rolled her eyes. "Did you hear about the new transfer students that are coming in today?" she asked him, and he shook his head.
"No, I didn't. Where're they transferring from?"
"I don't know, but I do know that there're five of them. There are two girls and three boys." Was her reply.
"Hmm, maybe we'll have some classes with them." Peter said thoughtfully.
Gwen gave a small shrug. "Maybe,"
~Toby~
"I don't want to be here." Toby grumbled, leaning against her fiancé. They were in one of their more discrete cars, a black suburban, heading towards the school where they would be posing as students. Toby and Cliff had tried to make an argument that they were twenty-one years old, which was way too old for high school. Coulson had replied that people as old as thirty could play high school students, which lead Toby to wonder how many high school dramas Coulson watched.
Brian kissed her head near her hairline. "I know, Tobes. We heard you the first seventeen times." he informed her.
Toby scowled, but said nothing. She twisted her engagement ring around her finger. It was pretty and simple, just a thick gold band with a little ruby in the middle. She never knew that Brian was so good at picking out jewelry.
Cliff was zonked out next to them, and Nate and Steph were kissing softly in the middle row. Jane was driving them today, with Thor sitting in the passenger seat. He was sulking a little bit, because Jane, Fury, and Coulson had told him that he was not allowed to go under cover. Loki would be posing as 'Mr. Lain' the mythology/history teacher (again) to keep an eye out for them. He had complained just as much as Cliff and Toby, saying that he had done this once, five years ago, and he did not want to do it again. He had stormed away, and Darcy had gone after him. They had both returned about five minutes later, with Loki agreeing to the whole thing, as long as Darcy could pose as his T.A. for the duration of the time.
"Should we go over code-names again?" Jane said nervously. "I mean, I don't want you guys to forget, because then this whole thing will be blown, and-"
"Toby is Tanya Stewart, Brian is Brice Bridge, I'm Clayton Bridge, Steph is Stella Roland, and Nate is Nick Rembrandt," Cliff drawled in a bored tone. "We know, Jane, we know."
Jane started chewing on her lower lip. "Okay, just be careful."
"Jane, we are five fully grown adults, we'll be fine." Toby said with a slight scoff. "Okay, well, three of us are fully grown. Cliff and I are just large children."
Brian, Nate, and Steph made murmurs of agreement.
Jane pulled up in front of the school, and the pseudo-teens got out of the car. Steph and Nate walked hand in hand, and Brian held Toby close to him with one arm, like he was trying to protect her from everything. Cliff frowned.
"Guys!" he complained in a whiny tone, making him sound like a kindergartener, "C'mon, I'm tired of being a fifth wheel!"
Nate turned his head towards him. "Do you want to hold my hand, too, Clayton?"
He frowned. "No. But maybe you could help me find a girlfriend?"
Stephanie glared at him. "Cliff, I mean, Clayton, this is a high school. The girls here are way too young for you. Now, follow us into the office so we can get this thing underway, or so help me…" she trailed off, but Cliff didn't need to hear the threat. Who knew Stephanie could be so scary?
Brian laughed softly at his brother's antics, and kissed Toby again, this time on the mouth. When the two of them finally pulled away, Toby stared at him in shock. He hardly ever kissed her if there were a bunch of people around.
"What's gotten into you today, Mr. No-PDA?" she asked him with a smile.
He shrugged, but was also smiling. "You looked like you needed it." He said softly.
She laughed and kissed him again, vaguely aware that they were now in the school's main office.
A secretary cleared her throat, and the two split apart. They would continue this later.
So, yeah, fluffy. don't forget to R&R! Have a greay day!
~Es
