I opened my eyes, to find myself in some sort of medbay. I just continued to stare at the ceiling, keeping my heartbeat at a slow pace, so no one would be aware I had woken up. I could hear five other heartbeats, one of them seemed like Tess, but it seemed asleep. Why was she asleep? Where were we? Then the Doom fiasco came to mind, and I realized that the four other heartbeats were most probably the Fantastic Four. I elected to close my eyes, after checking the time, it was a little after eight, and not inform them that I was awake, wanting to see what they would say.
After a few minutes, I heard Johnny say, "That was fucking crazy, y'all." I tied the heartbeat rhythm that was coming from the same direction as his voice as his heartbeat, and continued listening in. "Before he got angry, he was already tossing the Doombots by the dozens. But when he was angry, he took them out as if they were ants, mere nuisances. And then his badass talk, 'Karma's no longer a bitch, it's a son of a bitch.' Badass, one hundred percent. And now, it turns out he is just a fifteen year old billionaire," So they knew my identity. Whoops. "like, are his powers his or his suits?" They thought my powers were from my suit? I feel scandalized. "I won't ever flirt with his sister." This man.
Sue started speaking, "Grow up, Johnny. But yeah, it was crazy. I don't know what to think about this. Do his guardians know? What do they think about this, if they do know?"
Ben said "Why did you say guardians, not parents?"
Johnny solemnly said "He's a fifteen year old billionaire, Ben. Connect the dots."
"Oh, that's sad." Ben said.
"I remember when their parents died, it was about ten years ago." Sue said. "I was just a little girl, sneaking around Dad's lab without him knowing, when he received a call. After a moment of listening to what the person on the call was saying, his eyes widened, and he dropped the phone. He quickly picked up the phone again, and disconnected the call, then started mumbling to himself, while picking up some papers and putting his cigarette lighter to the papers. He was saying, 'First the Starks, now the Parkers, who next? Which leading scientists will have to die, just because they followed their morals, and not the people threatening them? I can't just die on Sue and Johnny, that would be terrible. Oh god, what happened to Peter and Teresa? They were such sweet little kids, and SHIELD just killed their parents, oh god. Richard told me this would happen, he warned me, pleaded for me to keep my science on the down low, not wanting me to pay the same price he would eventually have to pay as well. Oh god.' Then he just sat down on his chair, and put his head in his hands. I quietly left, scared out of my life, but not understanding what Dad was talking about, until the next day, when they announced that the Parkers plane crashed. Several days later, we went to the funeral. But I don't think I noticed Peter or Teresa, I was just looking at Dad worriedly, as if expecting a stick to fall on him and kill him."
Finally, Reed spoke up, "SHIELD sent us a message, asking us for their identities, I am sending it to them." I wanted to see the others' reaction to that, so I kept still, resolving to get up only if Reed started sending the answer.
"What! Are you crazy!" Sue said. "I just told you about how they were responsible for his parents death, and you are willing to just serve him up to them! Don't you dare send anything about them!"
"SHIELD should know their identity, Sue. It's safer that way." Reed said resolutely. Heh, alliteration. "Besides, they're just kids. SHIELD can possibly stop them from risking their lives on the streets. You saw how close they were to dying today, what if Peter didn't attract the attention of all the Doombots? What if Doom's armor was just slightly stronger? One of them, or both of them would have died today. If we give their names to SHIELD, they can either stop them from continuing, or outfit them with SHIELD technology."
"Seriously, Reed?" Sue shot back. "We don't trust SHIELD at all, and you're willing to send them to SHIELD? And the only reason why we're alive, is because of them. We were backed up when they arrived, and they just rocked the show. Sure they were close to dying today, but we owe them our lives. We didn't even save their lives once today! They just kicked ass, and saved our asses! And they don't need SHIELD tech, theirs is already advanced enough as it is! We can't even make heads or heels out of their suits, and our tech makes SHIELD's look like child's play! Their tech makes ours look like a toy for a newborn, that's how advanced it is! You saw how angry he got, you can see how smart he is, you saw how skilled he is! Don't incur his wrath on yourself Reed, when you won't be able to live through it. You saw how ripped up Victor's suit was, it wasn't even there. While I may not care for you romantically, Reed, I still care for you as a friend, and I don't want to see you die at Peter's hands."
Johnny said "Reed, I honestly admire your brain. I may not like the way you display it, but I admire it nonetheless. But where the hell is that brain of yours right now? You're risking the anger of a man, who will probably be able to kill you in his sleep, even with your powers. No one even got a clear view of how his suit looked, until today. If he wanted, he could kill you, and we would not even be able to find your body. His bad side, is something no one should ever risk incurring. The whole time during the fight, he was talking around, not worried at all. Only when the Doombots surround his sister, did he feel any sort of fear. We were all fighting for our lives, and he was fighting like it was a normal weekday for him. Don't do this man."
Sue said "Honestly, Reed, what has gotten into you? What did he do to you, that you think SHIELD is a punishment he deserves? That man, yes I said man, that man right there, deserves the right to keep his identity. He doesn't need for us to keep it, he earned the right. He saved our lives, and you're willing to send him to a torture session for no reason."
Reed said in defeat. "Fine, I know better than to argue with you guys on this, you guys are set on keeping him. But beware, that much power, if his hands turn out to be the wrong one, -"
"No one would be able to stop me." I said, much to everyone's surprise, even Tess, judging from the flick of her finger. "Trust me, Reed, not even I know what my limits are. The punch I gave Doom, it was the type you give when you're exhausted, and you feel that you need to get the last punch in. That was me, when I was out of it. Every day, my powers develop more. But still, all the power I currently have will not be enough to fight the threats that are coming. But I am trying to do my best, and I cannot pull my punches. I cannot risk the future consequences. But anyways, did Doom go to Latveria yet? And Tess, stop faking, there's no longer a need to."
Tess got up and said, "And here I thought I could play a prank on them."
Reed blinked, then said "Yes, Victor is in Latveria." He said, emphasizing Victor.
I said "Grow up, Tess." Then I sent a smirk to Sue, saying "The life of being an older sibling."
Sue rolled her eyes "The only kind of unbearable burdens that you can be ok with."
Johnny said "Hey! Not cool!"
I smirked at him "You're the younger sibling, deal with it." Then I turned to Reed. "Listen, Reed. I get it, you're mad at me for beating the shit outta Doom. But see, thing is, I have knowledge of the multiverse. So I know how bad Doom can get if he goes unchecked. So, while I would rather not hurt a friend of yours, I have to."
Reed said "There's a multiverse!? Can you show me!? Are there other Reeds!?"
I realized what type of a topic I brought up, and groaned inwardly. "Yes, there's a multiverse. No I can't show you, us Spider-Men have to clear the threats first. Which won't happen till I am ready, which I am most certainly not. Yes, there are other Reeds all the same. Somehow super egotistical assholes that are really nice and understanding at the same time. So egotistical that they created a world for 'The Council Of Reeds' A world that can be reached from any universe, and with every Reed thinking that the greatest accomplishment ever made was that universe, while us Spiders can just go to Earth-001 and make a world that looks so much better than simple black space and a bunch of Jedi council chairs and a non aesthetic blue floor. So egotistical that whenever they fucked things up, they just pointed fingers at anyone that wasn't them. So egotistical that they don't see a problem with a Reed that goes rogue, thinking that he is a Reed, so he is part of the Council, so he can just fuck people's lives up. But at the same time really super nice, a friend, who's smart and understanding, who knows how to help when shit hits the fan, and that nice side is what smashes the really large want to just kill that ego." Then I realized I wasn't just ranting to myself, and Tess smirked at me. "I said all that out loud, didn't I?"
Johnny smirked "Yeah, you did. But you explained Reed in one rant, something I have been trying to do since he got the hots for Sue, so I think it's all right."
Sue said "Johnny, grow up, please. But why am I not surprised by the whole rant? Like the idea of a 'Council Of Reeds' It's just so... Reed."
Ben said in his gravelly voice with a smile "I think you'll fit right in."
"Ben, I don't think, I know. In a good amount of universes, we're so close I just straight up become the fifth member of your team, and we turn into the Fantastic Five! Those days were good for other me." I said, almost nostalgic.
"Hey!" Tess called out. We all turned to her. "Just because I was stuck with SHIELD in the other universes doesn't mean I can't be in the gang!"
"We never said that, Tess." I rolled my eyes "younger siblings."
"Always thinking they need the thunder." Sue said, with an eye roll of her own.
"I know right! Like c'mon woman," I turned to mock glare at Tess. "let me talk to my friends in peace!"
"Yeah, well, when you're the older sibling, your friends are their friends, right Johnny?" Tess said.
Johnny didn't respond, instead looking at me. "Am I allowed to talk to her?" He asked seriously.
We all started laughing hard. "What!?" Johnny exclaimed. "That was a legit question! I don't wanna die today!"
We all just continued laughing.
Then I said "Sexi, hun, did you get a recording of that? I need the blackmail material."
Then after I didn't get a response, I realized that Sexi might not have made her way past Reed's defenses yet. Then I also saw everyone looking at me, with confusion in their faces.
Johnny asked "So I can't flirt with your sister, but you can flirt with mine?"
I looked at him, confused "I'm not flirting with your sister, why would you think that? Oh, haha, that's why you would think that. Sexi is my daughter, I wasn't talking to Sue, why would I be flirting with her?" Then I realized that I practically insulted Sue, so I twirled to face her, quickly saying. "Not that you're not hot or sexy or something or that I don't want to flirt with you, it's just-Wait what the actual fuck am I saying?"
Then my voice started playing from all around us, of me saying "I think I brain farted so loud, it echoed." And when I said 'echoed' my voice echoed away.
All of the Fantastic Four looked like they were ready for a fight with whoever they thought hacked their defenses, while Tess just smirked, and I groaned loudly. "Sexi, seriously hun? Betraying me twice in one day? How could you do this to me? Me, your father! Twice, in one day!"
At my words, the Fantastic Four relaxed, and Reed looked indignant that someone went through his defenses. Sue, Johnny, and Ben looked confused.
"Sorry, Dad." Sexi's smug voice came from the computers in the room. "It's not my fault your brain farts so frequently." Then her voice turned into mock sadness. "It's a pity, that my dad, one of the smartest men on the world, can't survive a thing, without brain farting. Don't you think so, Aunt Tess?"
"Before Teresa answers the question, can you explain how a teenager has a clearly teenaged kid?" Sue asked.
"Hello, Mistress Storm." Sexi said. "I am Karen SEXI Parker, SEXI stands for Superior Engineered Xquisite Intelligence, without the e in exquisite. -"
"Wait, you're an AI? Then how are you so advanced!? How do you have emotions!?" Reed asked excitedly, as if he found a cool piece of tech.
"She's my daughter, Reed." I said somewhat coldly. "Not an AI, and not a piece of tech for you to geek over."
"Sorry," Reed said.
"Thank you for the intrusion Dad, but going back to Mistress Storm's question, -"
"Just call me Sue, Karen, or Sexi, whichever one you prefer."
"As you wish, Sue. I prefer Sexi, that's the name Dad gave me. But back to the question, I was born on Saturday. Now, as I was saying, Aunt Tess," wow, Sexi was really intent on embarrassing me. "Isn't it a pity that Dad just brain farts all of the time?"
"Eh, no, Sexi, not really." Tess responded with a smirk. "After all, isn't it cute that he always brain farts when -"
I jumped onto Tess, and got into a sibling tussle against her, with me struggling to close her mouth, and her trying to finish her statement.
"Don't you dare finish that statement." I said, seriously scared she would finish it.
Tess loosened up, admitting defeat, then raising her hands up. I let her jaw go, and then she said "ok fine I won't," then she smirked. Oh no. "But Sexi will."
"SEXI! DON'T YOU DARE!" I shouted.
"What can you do to stop me, huh Dad?" Sexi said in an amused and challenging voice.
"Please Sexi, please." I said, nearly on my knees.
"Sorry, no amount of begging will stop me from embarrassing you on the topic of your twenty -"
I shouted so loud, no one could hear what Sexi said "REEEEEEE!" I shouted.
After uncovering his ears, which he covered while I screamed, Johnny said, "Wow, Pete's really doing his best to keep this secret, wonder how bad it is."
I turned to him, glared, then said, "Don't push it, Johnny."
Then Sexi said in mock disappointment "What type of a dad are you, screaming over your poor little three day old daughter?"
I groaned "There's no getting out of this, is there? Why do you guys always team up against me?"
Sexi sweetly said "Not my fault you created me to adapt to the parameters of every and any possible situation, I learned how to embarrass you, so I'm doing it."
"Yeah, I'm just going to kill myself, and let y'all embarrass me while I'm dead. Bye!" I said as I activated my suit, opened the tinted window, and jumped out.
"Is it bad that I'm not worried?" I heard Johnny say as I jumped.
"No," I heard Sexi say gleefully "but I am considering controlling his suit so he has to come back."
"Sexi, don't you dare." I said. "I'll rip my suit off if you do."
"Fiiine." She said "Such a spoilsport"
When I finally arrived home, I deactivated cloaking and took my suit off. I changed into one of my least favorite shirts, and put it on. Then I poked my legs out of the shirt, making four holes in the shirt. Then I made my way downstairs, hoping to find Aunt May and Uncle Ben, and alleviate any worries they would have.
When I got to the living room, I found the two of them watching CNN, which was displaying my rage filled frenzy. The video had caught all of what I was saying, and I have to admit, Johnny was right, I was acting like a total badass son of a bitch. When the video finally got to the point where I fell into Sue's arms, I said "Yeah, not one of my finer moments, but a highlight of my life nonetheless."
Both of them turned to look at me, surprised, then jumped at me, and gave me a hug. "Pete! You're okay! Oh thank god!" Aunt May said.
"Sexi said you all were ok, but I want to hear it from you, Pete. Are you okay? And what about Tess?" Uncle Ben said.
"Yeah, we're ok. Tess is ok, she decided she wanted to stay at the Baxter Building for a while, her and Sexi were intent on embarrassing me. Not cool by the way, Sexi. Have you even thought about how awkward it will be now?"
Sexi said, "Eh, yeah I did. But I don't know what to say now, with Sue talking to me on one side on how it would have been better to let her attraction to you develop naturally, instead of speeding it up so much, Johnny on another side, mumbling to himself about wether he should give you the shovel talk or not. Reed is in shock, and stress working in his labs, and Tess is considering that both of you deserve an apology from us."
"Now you realize" I said, but my tone wasn't spiteful or anything, I merely said it, with no inflections. "It's fine, sunshine, but please don't do anything rash just for the laughs again, you can see how bad this went."
"Yes, turns out I don't have enough experience to judge how far to go, I apologize. I should have merely kept the humor that I found within the event to myself, and then possibly tease you about it later when we were alone, if I mentioned it at all. I may have all the knowledge of the internet, but I don't have the experience."
"It's okay, sunshine. Everyone has this moment, when they take a joke too far. I'm not disappointed in you, if anything, I am happy that you went through this event. I know you're beating yourself more than enough about this mess, you're my daughter after all. You have no idea, hun, how many times I took a joke too far in my first life. Not to say what you did was ok, or right, but I'm tryna say that it happens. That's what life is all about. Learning from your mistakes."
"Sexi and Tess decided that the urge to talk to Sue was too big, huh?" Uncle Ben said.
"Yeah, but luckily her and Reed aren't dating, Reed just has a very large crush on her. But that also makes it worse at the same time." I said.
"Yeah, it does. You're a smart man, Pete. I know you'll be able to salvage this situation, and I expect you to." Aunt May said, and that put me out of my self induced funk.
I straightened up, then said to Sexi, "Sunshine, can you please tell Sue that I want to talk to her, and ask if she is willing to talk to me?"
"On it." She said. After a moment she said, "Connected. And I would like to tell both of you that I am extremely sorry for thinking all of this as a joke. It was my fault, I apologize."
"It's ok, sunshine. I told you, everyone has this experience, of taking a joke too far. Don't beat yourself about it." I said.
"What Pete said, Sexi. From what you told me, this is new turf for both you and Tess, and you're expected to make mistakes in any new field."
"Ok, thank you for accepting my apology, and sorry again. I will disconnect while ensuring that the line is secure, this conversation should be between only the two of you, I believe."
I saw Aunt May and Uncle Ben walking out of the room, clearly thinking the same thing as Sexi. "Thank you for your thoughtfulness Sexi, it makes me happy to see you mature."
"Thank you for the compliment, Dad." Her voice became significantly warmer, to the point that I knew she was glowing from the praise. I smiled and she said "Bye guys."
After a moment, Sue said somewhat softly, "So what's it you wanted to say? You say your piece, then I will say mine. By the way, you're a good dad. It looks good on you."
I knew that was her way of saying, 'I'm thinking about doing this with you' so I said "Thank you for giving me a chance even after the mess they created, I deeply apologize for not being able to stop this from happening. I don't even know how far they went on the topic, so I'm just going to come clean. I'm not actually Peter Parker, and all of Peter's family knows. On Friday, Peter went to OsCorp for a school fieldtrip. Over there, they saw twenty radioactive spiders, one of those twenty spiders had interdimensional and self cloning powers. One of the clones of the spider came to my universe, where Peter Parker, The Fantastic Four, and all of you, really, are thought of as fiction, and your stories are narrated in comics, movies, and shows. Another one of the clones made its way to Peter Parker. Then they bit both of us, and we were made to switch bodies, and it turns out that this was all an elaborate plan by someone. I don't know who it was, but before I came into Peter's body, I met him. It was just a shadow, or some sort of black matter, I don't know which. Before I talked to him, my new body's life flashed before my eyes, all of it. Then I met the Peter whose body this originally is, and we spoke for a moment, then we were parted. Then billions of Peters' lives flashed before my eyes, and let me tell you, Peter has the crappiest life in every universe. He usually loses not just his parents, but his uncle and many other people that he loved. Then I met the shadow, and he told me that he had one rule for me, to keep the fact that I'm not from this universe close to my chest, and that those billions of lives were other Peter Parkers in this multiverse, whose story I believe I could change, if I got to their universes in time. But that's mere speculation. But those lives, weren't just what their eyes saw, or what their ears heard. It also had what their brains deduced, what their minds, and most importantly, what their souls felt. So now, if I see any of the women other Peters loved, my feelings go overdrive. So I decided, that I can't do feelings with any of y'all until I'm actually able to say that it's my feelings, me, Peter Parker of Earth-313, not feelings from another Peter. But i doubt i can ever love, the life of Peter Parker just damns those around him. But at the same time, the feelings are so muddled with each other, I honestly think that it's my feelings. It's so confusing, I don't even know if I'm thinking or not, when I see one of you, hence the brain farts. And I also was a big fan of comics back there, and I honestly admired almost all of you. Not in a weird way, but you were women that I thought deserved my deepest respect. There was one that I just didn't understand, her relationship with Peter was the longest in many universes, and she was considered the future wife of Peter Parker. But what I don't understand was why Peter liked her, what he saw in her. She never approved of him being Spidey, even though he had to do it, not only for his sanity, but also for the multiversal threats that only us Spider-Men are equipped to take care of. She never thought he should go out, and risk his life for people who he doesn't know. She thought she was indispensable to him, in her on words, and didn't respect the fact that their relationship was not going to work out, with their opposite opinions. But there are some Peters that have a good relationship with her, where she doesn't conflict with him on the topic of Spidey, and they do have kids in those universes. But when I saw her, the feelings still went overdrive. Eventually I was able to control my urges and tell her about me not being me, but that didn't end well and now she doesn't want to see or talk to me. Which wasn't what I was aiming at, I was aiming to see if I could understand the feelings Peter had for her. But what I'm trying to say, that I do respect you, and I understand why other Peters loved their versions of you, and as such, my feelings for you go higher. It's real confusing, I don't know how to explain. But yes, that's what I was tryna say. Sorry for possibly hurting you, and I wish this all could've just worked out naturally."
After a moment, Sue said, "Ok, I will take what you said from the beginning, and then tell you what I think, ok? So firstly, when your younger siblings and your kids are set on embarrassing you, you can never stop them. But I'm not blaming them, just saying, I know how it works. And I can see what you're thinking about the other Peters' lives, you're thinking you can't bear to let anyone live through that pain, and you just desperately want to change it, but you're 'hoping for the best, while expecting the worst.' But the thought sucks, that you have that many feelings within yourself. How did you control yourself, that's admirable. I also thank you for respecting me even though you thought I was fake. I'm just going to say that what you just told me proved to me even more that you're a good man, many other people would keep this to themselves, not wanting the other person to think bad of their feelings. Now for what I wanted to say, when I saw you fight, I thought it was admirable, and admittedly hot. Then the way you took care of the Doombots while angry, it was somewhat scary, but in a good way. I felt more safe at that moment, not because the Doombots were no longer aiming at me, but because I knew I couldn't get hurt as long as you were in the area. Then your speech, it just made me wish that I could be considered your family, because then I would have the most badass man I ever seen to protect me. Then when you passed out, I was extremely worried. Then when we took you into our building, we still didn't know who you were, but just felt that we owed it to take care of you. Reed disagreed slightly, but he didn't say it, just showed it. But the moment you both were in our medbay, your masks came off, and I was simultaneously disappointed and happy at the same time. I was disappointed, not in you, but in me, because I was simping on a fifteen year old. Granted you're a man, but I'm legal age, and you're underage. I was happy because I was thinking that you definitely already trusted us enough for your mask to just deactivate the moment it was just us. Then when you woke up, I admired how you just told Reed the truth about you, and you not knowing your limits. So I'm thinking that while we don't pretend as if tonight never happened, let's keep it on the down low and not really be a couple or anything for now. It seems that's the same thing you were aiming at from your side, so I believe we're in agreement, aren't we?"
"Yeah, it was. I'm happy we're on the same page here, and I'm sorry for the tension that has most definitely been created between you guys, I never meant for my family to break up the day I met them."
"It's fine, Pete. I'm happy that we're on the same page as well, and I'm happy that you consider us family."
I smiled "Bye, Sue."
"Bye, Pete." Then she disconnected the call.
Then Sexi's voice came on, saying "Aunt Tess is on her way here, she should be about five minutes away."
"Thank you, hun."
Sexi sounded confused "But what did I do, I only messed up your and Sue's relationship, and-"
"Hun, if you were here, in human form, I would put my finger to your lips. Sure, you messed it up temporarily, but you connected mine and Sue's call, and now we're on the same page, even a page ahead of where we would be in a year, if you didn't do that." I started walking to the dining room, where Aunt May and Uncle Ben's heartbeats were coming from. "Not that I'm telling you to do something like that again, but that I'm telling you it worked out. So stop killing yourself about it, sunshine. What's there to worry about?"
Quietly, as if scared for her life, she said "You might be mad at me, and leave me alone, and I don't want that to happen."
I froze in my footsteps. I was already at the dining room, so Uncle Ben and Aunt May both heard what she said, and their eyes widened. "Sunshine, hun, that would never happen. You're my oldest daughter, if I ever have other kids. You're my baby daughter, I could never bring myself to do that. I would never even think of that, and I didn't even think of that. Yeah, I did think about grounding you for a couple of hours, but I quickly put that thought aside when I saw how much you were already beating yourself up. You're my sunshine, that bright beacon in the morning, when I wake up from my nightmares. You're so much to me, I don't even bother to try and hide my pride when it comes to you. I could never, won't ever, wouldn't ever, will never, couldn't ever, would never, even let the thought of abandoning you cross my mind."
Sexi sounded like she was sniffling, and said "Thanks dad."
"It's ok, hun. I should have realized you might be thinking that, and taken care of it before you had to admit it."
"It's fine, both of you." Aunt May said. "You've both made a mistake or two, and that happens. You guys worked it out, thankfully. There's no need to dwell on it anymore. What there is need to dwell on, though," and Aunt May's eyes started shining with happiness and questioning, "how did your talk with your girlfriend go?"
I groaned "Aunt May, she isn't my girlfriend! She's just... Sue. And it went pretty well, I think. We both were on the same page, thinking- Wait didn't you guys leave the room so I could have my privacy, What happened to that!?"
"That doesn't mean we won't ask for a recap." Aunt May said, as if that were obvious. Which it was.
"Yeah, I know, I was just teasing." I said.
"A smart one, this one is." Uncle Ben said, in a Yoda imitation.
At that moment Tess made it to the house, and quickly came to hug me, not bothering to even take her suit off, just turning cloaking off, surprising me slightly. I hugged her back, then said "It's fine, Tess. Me and Sue worked it out, but please don't do anything that stupid without my approval first. Are you ok? Sorry I wasn't there with you, you had to come home on your own, I should have gone back to get you."
Tess rolled her eyes playfully as we parted from the hug. "I'm happy that you two worked it out, I'm sorry that I messed it up. I may be the crazy cool aunt, but I should know which ideas are too crazy. And you're keeping your legs out on the open? Nice." She deactivated her suit, revealing one of her favorite shirts, and poked her legs out. "I know you're probably thinking I just destroyed my favorite shirt, but I actually just personalized it. And you don't need to babysit me all the time, I just kept cloaking on the whole time, and jetted my way here. But most importantly, what's your and Sue's game plan? I want to know."
"We were just going to know how it went, when you came in." Uncle Ben said.
"How what went?" Tess asked, excitement in her eyes. Ugh, women in my family and their need for gossip about me. At least Sexi wasn't one of them.
"The call between him and Sue!" Sexi said from our watches, excitement in her voice(s? Is it voices?) "I removed myself from the call, because I felt they needed privacy, but I want to know too!" Ok, I stand corrected, they all need gossipy information regarding me.
I rolled my eyes. "I think it went pretty well, actually. Me and Sue were on the same page, and it all worked out. We decided not to pretend as if tonight never happened, but to keep it on the down low, and not really be anything, officially or unofficially, to each other, and see how it goes. I also came clean to her about the whole thing of me not being Peter in soul, but somewhat being him in mind, because I would have to come clean with her sooner or later, and it's best not to start off with a secret like that."
"That's good, Peter." Uncle Ben said "You sure you were Pete's age back there? I haven't seen a fifteen year old with that much intellect." Then he smirked a little. "But that's good, as long as you don't Netflix And Chill."
I blinked. "Y'all have that phrase here too? Y'all got Netflix too? Do y'all got Avatar the Last Airbender here too? And yes, I'm sure I was Pete's age before, but I was closer to sixteen by a little bit, but my thought process comes from the place I grew up in."
"Yes, we say 'Netflix And Chill' too, and we got Netflix too, and Avatar The Last Airbender, what do you think our universe is like?" Uncle Ben said, and he saw the next question on my tongue, so he just answered my future question himself. "And they're still only releasing season two, if that's your next question is. And for the record, I'm sorry you were forced to become a man so early, but I'm proud of the man that you are now. But are you two going to Netflix And Chill? You didn't answer the question. I'm not sure wether to be worried or not."
"It's fine, what happened happened, and I became stronger because of it, and that's what I always have done, am doing, and will always have to do. And I don't think we're going to Netflix And Chill, but if we're alone, and just chilling, I'm not sure wether I will be able to control the urge or not, which is why I avoided the question a little, to think on my answer." Then I decided to be evil. "Oh, and I finished Avatar The Last Airbender. It was so annoying, they just killed Aang off, and the next avatar has to defeat Azula, who takes the position of Fire Lord after Zuko's dad dies, and Zuko becomes good after a few seasons, and dies in the last episode. One of the worst ends to one of the best shows."
After a moment of all of them looking at me, Tess started screaming (not as loud as she could, but screaming as loud as a normal human would) "NOOOOOO! Zuko was the best! He was my favorite character in the whole show! He was supposed to be the next Fire Lord! Whyyyyy! Unfair! I need to rethink life!"
Uncle Ben said, "I know right! Zuko was so good! That hair, that badass scar, that attitude! Him and Katara should have gotten with each other! Mai was not as cool for Zuko as Katara was! Whyyyyyy!"
Aunt May said "While I don't think Katara was good for either Aang or Zuko, I am sad that they killed both of them off." She actually looked sad, I kinda felt bad pranking them this bad. I wouldn't want this type of a punishment on myself, even though I have gone to hell and back, this was pure torture. "Zuko was much better than Aang though, with the redemption story they were going for, and death in the last episode, fighting against Azula! Scary cool, but it wasn't supposed to happen! But I still honestly think Zuko and Katara was better than Aang and Katara, but Zuko and Katara would have been best if they developed his character a little bit more. A true loss, that Zuko died too early. We will lose a true warrior in the future." Woah, she really admired Zuko, and this whole family was invested, big time. I'm not judging, I was invested too.
The Sexi said in a sorrowful voice, "I may or may not have hacked the Nickelodeon database to see if Dad was telling the truth, as I suspected he may have been doing a prank," Ooh, good girl, she saw through it. "But to my surprise, he was telling the truth." Wait what!
"Wait what! I was just pranking them! In my universe it actually only has four seasons, and Zuko becomes good around season three! He doesn't die! He can't die in this universe! Nooooo! Tell me you're pranking me! Please!"
Then Sexi said in an amused voice, "I wasn't meaning to prank you, I thought you would know that I was cementing your prank. But over here they are planning on more than four seasons, but in season four Ozai is defeated in the finale, but Azula rises. She nearly kills Zuko, but Katara saves him." This was all the same. "This is the part you all will love. Them two defeat Azula together, but have to retreat because they were outnumbered by skillful fire warriors. On the way back, they admit feelings to each other. They're still working on how the story advances after season four, and it seems Toph and Sokka are slated to be with each other."
Wow. That was different. "If it's this different from my universe, then the first season must be slightly different, and Peter was an idiot for not watching Avatar, so I have to binge it all now! Who's up for binging with me?" I asked
"But you have school, you won't be able to sleep if you binge it now." Aunt May protested weakly, but she clearly was down to binge it.
"Oh, shush." Uncle Ben said. "You don't have to pull the strict parent move when it comes to Avatar, and we never watched with Pete, either of him! I honestly am enjoying new Pete even more every moment, this is awesome! Let's go!" He said, standing up.
"But the kids need to sleep..." Aunt May still was protesting, clearly not wanting to be too loose of a parent, while simultaneously really wanting to watch it now.
"It's fine, Aunt May. You're not being a bad parent by letting us watch now, if we were normal kids then yes that could be considered bad, but other Peters have stayed up without sleeping for more than a month, without a problem. And we're stronger than them, so we can go longer than them, not to say that we will test that sleep thing unless we need to, or we have nothing better to do, which we still do, thankfully. So, let's go." I said, tapping her hand, almost like a child begging for candy.
"Ok, ok, we're going." Aunt May said, standing up.
In five minutes, everything was ready. The popcorn was in a bowl, the TV was on, the lights were off. We all sat down on the couch, cuddled altogether, and before I told Sexi to play the show, I said "This just gave me a wake up call of sorts."
"What's the wake up call you got, Pete?" Aunt May asked gently.
"Just because I'm Spider-Man, just because I'm Peter Parker, doesn't mean I can't enjoy whatever time I have, doesn't mean I have to always contain how I feel, how I think. I can trust people, love people, care for people, and do my best to keep them safe, but I don't have to remove myself from fun, or positive emotions. This whole day was the longest day in my life, and so much happened, but I'm also happy."
"That's a good wake up call, Pete. We would not have been able to convince you that ourselves, no matter how hard we tried. It's good you realized that yourself. I'm proud of you, Pete, that you know how to adapt, and even though you thought happiness was not possible your whole life, you saw that you could adapt, and change your thoughts on that." Uncle Ben said
"Thank you all for showing me that I could be happy, and that it would be a good thing."
"That's what family is for, Pete. To teach you the things you can't learn yourself." Aunt May said "Karen, you want to play the show?"
"Of course, Grandma." Sexi said, and we started watching.
Life was good, and that was a good thing.
