"How are things going dad?" Michelle asked after she was greeted by her father, his tone so much warmer and kind in comparison to what Peter told her. "You know, same old, same old. I can't tell you much and you know that" Fury said with a light chuckle. "Staying out of trouble? You know I hate having to contact Talos" Fury said as his eyebrows raised. "All good here" Michelle said flatly. One of the benefits of your dad being the director for a spy agency being you learn to lie, pretty well at that. "I'm sure you heard about what happened in London, right?". Fury's smile faded for a second and nodded "Of course, you didn't get hurt right?" His eye stared hers and she shook her head from side to side "Spider-Man saved us, got us out of the bridge before dealing with Mysterio". Michelle's lip twitched as she recalled her kiss with Peter after the whole ordeal. Fury nodded, this information was not new to him, Talos had made sure he knew everything that had happened. "Michelle Fury, are you sure you are not hiding something from me?" Fury said after he noticed the twitch. Michelle bit her lip and closed her eyes in defeat. "I started dating a guy from my class after the incident, being in a life or death situation kind of made him confess and yeah…" Michelle avoided looking at her father for a few seconds. Fury stared at her dumbfounded, his baby girl, his little spy had found someone that liked her, an essential part of high school life. Fury chuckled and asked "And who is the lucky guy?" Michelle stared at the screen for a second before quickly saying "Peter Parker". The silence that followed almost made her believe the connection had dropped had it not been for her father's loud "What?!". Michelle crooked her head and asked back. "You know him?" Her eyes full of worry. Fury let out an exasperated sigh "He is Spider-Man". Fury's blunt tone didn't shake Michelle, she already knew this and it showed in the indifference in her eyes. "How long have you known?" Fury asked with all encompassing seriousness in his voice. "I had suspected it since before the blip" Fury looked at her with shock. "Maybe I taught you too well" He said with a faint smile. "Michelle, you know I can't prohibit you from dating him, but I'm going to give you a piece of advice that I learned with your mother. You know a secret, his biggest secret, I think you could at least tell her yours". It was odd of them to have a heart to heart, but for the first time in a long time this conversation and advice felt sincere. "I will dad" She said with determination. *That's my girl. I got to go honey. Same time next week" Michelle didn't get to reply before the call disconnected. She let out a sigh and laid back down onto her bed. "Funtastic…" She murmured before slowly falling into a deep sleep.
Midtown High school:
Peter arrived early that day, more so than usual. He decided to wait outside listening to music. His eyes shifted between his cellphone that read "Give it Up-CRX" and the entrance to the high school, searching for Ned or MJ. His visual quest was sidetracked for a second by the glimpse of a head of long white hair. Peter squinted his eyes before he felt someone touch his shoulder. With his focus lost he turned around only to be greeted by MJ's kind smile. "You look like a dork" She said before sitting next to him. "I was thinking of something" He said before turning off his phone to give Michelle his full attention. She crooked her head and placed her hand on top of his "And what could that be?" Peter smiled sadly to her. "I'm going to Tony's grave this afternoon, and I was wondering if you wanted to go with me." Michelle squeezed his hand and nodded. He had told her what Tony Stark meant to him, and since London he had mentioned what Beck's illusion consisted of. "I'll go with you, besides I bet there's a few interesting graves there" Peter smiled at her, her sense of humor might be weird and unorthodox, but it made her unique. The ringing of the bell alerted them. "See you on Chemistry" Michelle said before standing up offering her hand to him and helping him up, both new he could do it himself but the gesture is what counts.
Peter's first class that day was the dreaded subject of Spanish. He did love it just because it gave him a chance to tease Me. Delmar. As he entered the classroom he saw a new face in the classroom. More than a face he saw hair color, silver, almost white. He took his seat and waited. "So, students today we have a new student, she just arrived from San Francisco, and as you might have guessed will be joining us in Spanish." Mr. Delaine said before gesturing to the girl with silver hair. She stood up, a bit hunched over Peter noted. Probably shy, that immediately threw him off from his encounter in Osborne's office. The girl spoke softly "Hello, my name is Felicia Hardy" just as she finished she sat back down a light blush appearing in her face. Peter ignored it and opened his book in the page that it had been left last class.
Michelle's morning was different she felt restless, a million of thoughts running through her head, how Peter was so open to her yet she couldn't confide any secrets to him, how she had lied to her father about all that happened in London, the medallion and Strange's explanation. It seemed like her life had gone from 0 to 60 in a microsecond. Little attention was given to her teacher's class on Latin American History.
Later that day:
The same man that had given her the Black Dalia necklace waited for MJ and Peter a few blocks away from school. They had both gathered outside of the school and walked hand in hand towards the fancy black Audi Happy drove. "Hey kids" he said before ushering them inside the car. Once inside MJ snuggled next to Peter to Peter's surprise and delight. Happy only chuckled as the image brought memories of his late boss. The real resting place of Tony Stark was never revealed to the public. To Pepper's dismay he had to be buried in a led casket due to the intense gamma radiation his body had. Peter, MJ and Happy arrived at the small fenced part of a forest, not far from the Avengers HQ which had been lost in the battle but was almost ready to house the team of heroes again. MJ and Peter walked in silence while Happy stayed behind talking on the phone.
As the two teens arrived to a clearing with a simple iron cross grafted into the ground Peter let out a soft breath of relief. He kneeled and starting speaking softly to himself. "Hey Mr. Stark…" not soon after those words left his mouth tears started to roll off his face. "It's hard moving on without you, but it is harder knowing that I never got to give you a proper thank you for everything you did for me. All I have now is because of you, and the sacrifices you made." Peter took a deep breath and felt MJ's hand on his shoulder. "I wish you were here, but I promise that I will always do what's right. Happy told me that you wanted me to be better than you. But the truth is, it's hard to. But you can be sure I will always do what's right, because when you can do the things I can, but you don't, the bad things happen because of you" Peter stayed there for a few minutes softly crying with MJ's silent company. After a while he rose up and hugged MJ. "Thank you for coming". Peter smiled at her and started to walk towards the parked car in the distance but was stopped by Michelle pulling his arm. "Peter there is something I need to tell you…" Her tone was low almost a whisper. Peter's eyes went wide "Beck didn't do anything to you right? What about Brad?" Michelle scoffed at Peter's comment. "It's not that you twerp. Just be quiet and close your eyes" Peter looked at her with curiosity and just nodded in silent agreement. Once his eyes were closed Michelle grabbed the medallion that was resting in the breast pocket of her shirt. She remembered Strange's explanation. She willed the suit to life quickly encasing her. Once done she tapped Peter's shoulder and Peter's eyes went wide "What the hell MJ?" He screamed, ,however MJ only laughed at his expression. She willed the suit back to the medallion and started to explain. "Back in London in the vault we hid I found this, or it going me. That day you swung me around downtown I went to the library to find information on it but instead I ended up with a guy called Stephen Strange" "Doctor Strange" Peter answered quickly. "He is a wizard of course his last name is Strange" MJ said mockingly to Peter's amusement. "Anyways he explained to me that this medallion gives me powers. And what you said, I agree with you. I want to help people. I want the world to be a better place" Peter's lit up like a Christmas tree. "I can help you train! We can go on rounds together and we can even get you a cool super hero name!" Peter's excitement oozed from his voice but it faded as Michelle raised a finger. "There is something else. Michelle Jones isn't my real name" Peter looked at her but smiled regardless. "I don't care what your real name is, as long as you are still my friend and girlfriend all will be good". Michelle bit her lip and took a breath of fresh air. "My feelings for you are real Pete, but my real name is Michelle Fury". Peter's smile from Michelle's first confession crashed into a look of shock. "Please don't tell me it's related to the only other Fury I know" Michelle looked down and then up, meeting Peter's eyes. "I am Nick Fury's daughter". Peter looked silly almost, with his eyes wide open and nostrils flaring. "What the fu…." He screamed, his voice being cut by the sound of Happy's car horn.