Two Months Later
Seren is sitting at the dinner table with his mom eating his breakfast. It's been two months since the fight in Berlin. No sign from Happy at all unlike Peter Seren can take not getting a call at all. He just enjoys relaxing and hanging out around with his friend MJ around town. Peter has been less energetic lately he's been mostly completing rounds late night catching the normal burglary. He thinks he's taking it to the heart that they don't want him when that's not the case at all. It's just that there really isn't an urgent need for hero support at the dull moment. There are more than enough heroes who are of age. Teenagers are supposed to have fun and enjoy having little to no responsibilities being a hero severely impedes on that fun.

"Hun, you're gonna be late for the train you better get to flying." said Felicity.

"Don't worry mom I won't miss it. I always get there on time."Seren said while finishing up his breakfast and putting his plate in the dishwasher.

"Mom, hope you have a fantastic day I'm out."

"Will do hun." she smiled and as Seren went to go out the fire escape in the side alley. Felicity whistled shrilly. Seren turned to looked quickly at her and she merely raised his backpack at him. He awkwardly grinned at her and frantically grabbed it from her.

"Thanks, I don't know sometimes I feel like I would hopelessly lose my head without you." He laughed out.
Getting out onto the fire escape he flew without a single person finding out who he was. He landed in an empty alley close to the train station. Rushing furiously up to the train station he sees Peter texting on his phone. As he's distracted, Seren goes up behind him and picks him up and Peter lets out a startled yelp.

"What cha doin''?"

"Oh… nothing."Peter said looking down dejectedly. Seren laid a hand on his strong shoulder.

"Dude, you really gotta trying to waste your free time on being a hero. You need a good balance between the two. Soon, we'll be doing hero work almost every sleepless night and dull day. Then you're gonna desperately want your old life of hanging out with Ned and me."

"I know it's just I'm tired of being treated like a child. Like, I merely want to have some fun fighting bad guys on saving the earth kinda level not so much saving one city."

The train drops them off at 36th Avenue Station, which is right next to Midtown High. They walk downstairs to street level where football fields stand surrounded by fences. They stroll down the sidelines and approach the main building. We see students playing all kinds of sports on the field. They climb a flight of stairs, then quickly avoids being hit by a convertible driven by Flash Thompson, a slick-haired teenager.

"What's up, Penis Parker?"

A couple of students laugh at that as Seren glares at him. Flash is taking a drink out of his soda, and it sprays all over him. Seren smirks as the students laugh at him now. Peter seems on the edge of laughing as well.

"Did you do that?" Peter accuses Seren.

"No…" Seren smirks at him.

"You sure you're not turning into a villain on me? I really question what you do sometimes Whenever you're around Flash's probability for a good day is brutally crushed."

""Probability" is just a five-dollar word for "luck." And I'm nothing but bad luck, baby."Seren walks away as Peter's cheeks flushed red and quickly ran after him. A school news report is playing in the hallway, Betty Brant and Jason Ionello as the news anchors.

"Rise and shine, Midtown Science and Technology." said Betty.

"Students don't forget about your homecoming tickets. Do you have a date for homecoming?"

"Thanks, Jason, but I already have a date."

"Okay."

"Yeah." Betty awkwardly laughed looking at the school camera with a fake smile.
On TV, we see Jason rolling his eyes awkwardly.

"Good morning." said Principal Morita.

A teenage boy flies a drone around the crowded hallway. They walk by. Principal Morita frantically grabs the drone out of the air.
"Damn it. You, in my office right now."

The drone pilot follows the principal. Other students carry elaborate science projects.
"Hey, I'll see you in physics I gotta get to my locker."

Seren stops at his locker and takes off his sweater. He enters the combination and opens the locker. We see Seren from inside the locker. Suddenly, a hand pops up behind him. It's Michelle Jones but don't ever call her Michelle. She goes by MJ and only that name. Wearing a frown and a book.

"Join me nerd, and together... we'll take a trip to New Amsterdam Theatre after school."

"What? You're seriously down for it? I heard that place is pretty haunted I think it would be cool for us to go."

Seren looks around and sees a football player talking with his two buddies.
"What a surprise freak one and freak two are friends."

"No way! That's awesome. How long is the drive?"

"Just thirty-four minutes so in New York traffic it's about an hour."

"That's insane."

"I know. You want to go to it tonight?

"No, I can't tonight. I've got the Stark-" MJ side eyes at that.

"Mm-hmm. Stark internship. You and Peter both have that right?"

"Yeah, exactly."

Having picked up his textbooks, Seren starts to walk down the hallway with his best friend.
"Always got that internship. When you don't, we barely have time for each other because you're hanging with that nerd crew you have."

"Peter and Ned have been my friends since I've been here. I can totally deal with them fine."
Peter and Ned walk past them talking about a lego death star. Ned got and how their planning to make it tonight. Seren cringes at that there's one thing he really can't stand their nerd talk.

"I hang out with them because I don't want them hurt. They're too good for this school they have hearts of gold. It's just because so many people follow Flash like he's top dog. When he's actually just a rich boy with parent problems."

"How do you know that?" MJ questioned.

Seren frees up at that. Sure, he read his mind a few times and caught it in passing. He did it to help Peter, and Ned avoid his bullying.
"I just get that vibe from him. Going back to the Stark internship hopefully, soon it'll lead to a real job with them. We can hang out tonight I won't be that long we could probably watch a movie or two. I'll make some popcorn with m&ms."

"Sounds like you know my weakness. It would be so cool if he turned this into a full-time job."

"Right?"

"He'd be all, "Good job on that latte, Seren. Here's a five-grand tip."."

"He totally would though that's like a penny in his pocket."

"Oh. If he needs any help at all."MJ smirked."In any way let him know I'm here."

The school bell rings.

"We gotta go. I'll see you at lunch."

Seren rushed through the hallways to be able to get to physics. He made it just in time for last bell to ring. Ms. Warren is looking at the door where Seren walked in. She was wearing a frown on her face.

"So glad you decided to show up Mr. Gwynn let's hope for being early."

"Don't worry Ms. Warren I got it."

He quickly sat down next to Peter who was on his laptop.
"Okay, so how do we calculate linear acceleration between points A and B?" She points at Flash, who is confidently holding up his hand.

"Flash."

"It's the product of the sine of the angle and gravity divided by the mass."

"Nope."

Another hand goes up, but Ms. Warren calls out a student who clearly is having difficulty focusing on the lecture.
"Peter. You still with us?"

Peter has been watching a video of Spider-Man on YouTube. Seren was smirking at him.

"Uh... Uh... Yeah, yeah."

He closes the laptop, revealing a diagram of a simple gravity pendulum.
"Uh... Mass cancels out, so it's just gravity times sine."

"Right. See, Flash, being the fastest isn't always the best if you are wrong."
The class bursts out in laughter. Flash has turned in his seat and is glaring at Peter.

"You're dead."

"Don't worry about him Peter you know I got your back."

Seren turns to glance at a clock. 11:38 a.m.

When Seren faces the front, we see he is now wearing safety goggles.

"Today we'll be talking about Danish physicist Niels Bohr, but trust me, there is nothing Bohr-ing about his discoveries regarding quantum theory."

Seren looks more bored than normal in this class. Peter is fucking around in the drawer making new web fluid. Seren is filing his nails quietly in the back of the class. He's jotting down notes from time to time to make sure the teacher doesn't call him out. Seren looked over to what Peter's doing in the open drawer. Inside an open drawer is a beaker. Peter quickly and surreptitiously pours some orange liquid in it and stirs the concoction. It starts increasing in volume, running over the beaker walls. When Peter lifts the glass stirring rod, the compound sticks to it like spiderweb. Flustered, Peter quickly shuts the drawer and looks at the clock. It's 12:35 p.m.

A homecoming banner is hung over the clock on the cafeteria wall by Liz, who is standing on a ladder. Peter and Ned are sitting next to each other and watching her while MJ and Seren are sitting a bit farther down.

"Can you believe their ogling her like she's a piece of meat. I never would do that."

"As if Ren you totally would do that if it was Joe Keery or Dacre Montgomery."

"No, I wouldn't." he blushes and MJ smirks.

"Hook, line, and sinker."

"We should probably stop staring before it gets creepy, though." Seren overheard from down the table.

"Too late."

Peter and Ned turn to see Michelle and Seren sitting at the other end of their table.

"You guys are losers."

"But then why do you sit with us?"

"Because I don't have any friends besides Ren. That's barely anyone."

"HEY!" Seren went slack jawed.

A poster hangs on the auditorium wall. It is for the Academic Decathlon nationals taking place in Washington D.C. on October 13-15. The Decathlon practice is commencing. Liz is standing at a podium, reading the quiz cards. Ned, Charles, Abe, and Cindy are seated on the stage. Bells are placed in front of them. Seren is off to the side being the team's cheerleader.

"Let's move to the next question. What is the heaviest naturally occurring element?"

"Hydrogen's the lightest. That's not the question. Okay. Yeah."Charles said.

"Uranium" Abe ringed in.

Cindy Moon, who was frantically searching the books, glares at Abe.
"That is correct. Thank you, Abraham."

"Yes." Abe said while quietly pumping his fist in the air.

"Please open your books to page ten."

A few feet away, Peter is conversing with Mr. Harrington, the teacher who is in charge of the Decathlon team.
"Peter, it's nationals. Is there no way you could take one weekend off?"Mr. Harrington said.

"I can't go to Washington because if Mr. Stark needs me, then I have to make sure I'm here."

"You've never even been in the same room as Tony Stark." Said Flash.

Flash speaks up from behind them, reading a book with his feet propped up in a chair.
"Wait, what's happening?" Cindy questioned.

Sally Avril, who is lying on her stomach and studying her notes, answers her.
"Peter's not going to Washington." Sally said.

"What?! No. No, no, no, no, no. No. No." Cindy panicked.

Abe rings the bell beside her.
"Why not?" questioned Abe.

"Really? Right before nationals?"Liz complained.

"He already quit marching band and robotics lab." MJ told the rest of the team.

Everyone looks at Michelle, who is leaning on the wall with a book, with a suspicious look on their faces. Michelle quickly adds:
"I'm not obsessed with him. Just very observant."

"Flash, you're in for Peter."

"Ooh, I don't know. I gotta check my calendar first. I got a hot date with Black Widow coming up."

Abe rings the bell.
"That is false."

"What did I tell you about using the bell for comedic purposes?"

"C'mon Peter you don't have to give everything up for this internship. I haven't you really need to think it out before you irrationally make a decision."Seren told him.

"Yea, you're right Ren. Peter seriously."Liz walked up to him.
"Think about it."

Peter turns to see the clock: it's still 1:18 p.m.
We see quick glimpses of Seren fidgeting as he looks at the clock. Fingers drumming the desk, foot tapping on the floor until finally, the clock hits 2:45 p.m. and the school bell rings.
The bell barely stops ringing before Seren reaches the front steps of the building. Meeting Peter out there and looking around to check if anyone's watching them, they leap over a fence taller than themselves without touching it.

~End~