BlackRoseApocalyps: Yes you're the first, and don't worry I pretty much
filled in what you needed to know in the first chapter, by what went on
in the comics up to the point in this story.
NctrnlBst: It's an AU story that takes place in the comic universe.
THE NEW TEACHER
CHAPTER 2: EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
After May had arrived and luckily she had arrived after they had cleaned themselves up also. They sat down for dinner, which they barely had time to get ready.
They talked about a few things, and of course she asked how he was doing at nights. It was still a little weird for him talking to her about his Spider- Man adventures. He made sure not to get to graphic and edit a few things out so she wouldn't worry.
It's not like he wanted to lie, again to her, but he didn't want her sitting up at night worrying about him all the time. MJ did enough of that was it was sometimes.
Then they got to the point of his termination from the school. May of course was supportive and everything. She knew it was hard for him being a freelance photographer part time, a teacher another time, and a super hero the rest of the time.
"Now I just wish I can get a new job soon." Peter said feeling a little down. "I meanwe're tight enough as it is."
May perked up. "Peter do you have the morning paper?" Peter looked a little confused. "Yeah, why?" May seemed to brighten up a little. "Well I saw something in it, I just remembered. I saw it and it reminded me of you. It was an advertisement to some gifted school looking for teachers."
Peter's hopes went up. He immediately went to the paper that luckily hadn't been thrown out yet. May went over to him and showed him the article. Peter read it out loud. "Teachers wanted for school in Westchester New York. All applicants are asked to show up in person for an interview with head master of school for gifted."
Peter read the address. He couldn't help but feel like he knew that address fromsomewhere, but couldn't place it. "Something wrong Peter?" May asked him seeing the look on his face.
Peter snapped out of his thinking. "Huh? Oh nothing, it just seems familiar to me that's all."
MJ looked over the advertisement. "Well maybe this is for the best. I mean you lose your old job and now you have a chance at a better on. And look at what they're paying, that's twice what you were earning."
Peter takes another look at the advertisement. She was right, it was. "Well this is too good to pass up Peter. You should go there tomorrow and see if you can get this before someone else does." MJ said to him.
Peter decided he would, but couldn't help to feel like he should know that address.
THE NEXT DAY
Peter had hoped into a cab and gave the address to the driver. He looked at Peter with a weird expression. "Ya sure this is were ya want to go buddy?"
Peter gave him a curious look. "Yeah, why?"
"No reason." The driver said quickly and they began their drive there. Peter was actually nervous. He was wearing his good clothes and the tie MJ had help him put on felt a little tight. Either that or it was just his nerves.
He really needed this job. The photographer payments weren't enough and he really needed this. Plus he also really enjoyed teaching and hoped that they didn't ask him why he was no longer teaching.
He really didn't look forward to saying 'I was fired because I was constantly late and called in sick a lot.' Yeah THAT would go over well.
Peter was so wrapped up in this that he didn't notice the familiar scenery. In fact he didn't noticed they had arrived when the cabbie talked to him. "Hey mack we're here."
Peter snapped out of it and got out and paid the man. He seemed relieved to get out of there more then the money. Peter was confused until he turned around and saw a plaque on a wall going around the place.
Xavier's Institute for Gifted Youngsters
Peter stared at it for a second. Then he began kicking himself hard. 'Gee I wonder why that address seemed so familiar? MAYBE BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN HERE!' Peter groaned inward.
Now he understood why the name of the place wasn't on the ad. Someone most lily thought they wouldn't give a second glace if they had. Peter was rethinking all of this.
It wasn't that he dislike mutants, hell some of his friends were mutants, or meta-humans, even he himself was once asked to going the X-Men in his early days. But the fact that trying to keep a secret identity, in this place would be hard.
Not that he didn't trust the Professor not to look in his head or anything. It was any of the students that might do that, that worried him.
Peter just stood there thinking this over. At least one person knew he was Spider-Man there and he wasn't sure what he would think of all of this. The gates opened and a man came walking out.
Not just any man either. It was Logan, the one person there that knew his secret. Logan looked at him closely. "I thought I smelled you around here. What do ya want here web-head? Are you a little underdressed for when you show up here?"
Peter would have laughed at this in any other time but not right now. "Uh...believe it or not Logan, I'm thinking about applying for the teaching position. Logan stared at him for a moment, a look of pure shock on his face. Then the most unexpected thing Logan had ever done since he knew the mutant.
He laughed, and not just any laugh, he was laughing so hard he was clutching his sides, and Peter swore after a while there were actual tears forming. After a moment he was able to compose himself. "Thanks, I haven't laughed that hard in years."
"I'm serious Logan, although I'm thinking about not doing this." Peter told him. Logan gave him a look. "Oh and why's that?" Logan didn't like the way Peter was talking about this place. 'If he thinks he's too good for this place I'll kick his spider-butt.' Logan thought to himself.
"It's not what you think. I mean with all the telepaths around I'm just unsure if I can teach here and not have my other 'activities' made known."
Logan relaxed a bit. He hadn't though of that. He had his own experience with one of the telepathic kids when the riot happened. It wasn't fun. He thought about wishing him well, but the truth was that they NEEDED new teachers.
With the X-Men coming and going at a moment's notice it was hard to get a decent school running all the time. That's why they did that ad to begin with. Besides Parker wasn't the kind of person to hate or be intimidated by mutants and teachers like that were hard to come by as it was.
"Look bub, I won't lie to ya. We're desperate for help in this, and I could talk to the Professor with ya and explain that you're not feeling like having your brain examined, believe me I know the feeling." Logan said to him. "But he and Frost can tell the other telepaths to not look in your head. In fact he might be able to put up some kind of mental barrier if ya want."
Peter thought about it. "I don't know Logan."
"Come on, at least meet the man, you know what he's like."
Peter had to admit to that. Xavier could have looked into his head any number of times, when they met when he was Spider-Man. Peter sighed. 'I must be out of my mind.' He thought. "Alright let's met the Professor."
NEXT UP CHAPTER 3: INTERVIEW AND THE STAFF
PS if anyone has any bios or information on the student at Xavier's I could use it I only got a handful of people who actually are in the comics.
NctrnlBst: It's an AU story that takes place in the comic universe.
THE NEW TEACHER
CHAPTER 2: EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
After May had arrived and luckily she had arrived after they had cleaned themselves up also. They sat down for dinner, which they barely had time to get ready.
They talked about a few things, and of course she asked how he was doing at nights. It was still a little weird for him talking to her about his Spider- Man adventures. He made sure not to get to graphic and edit a few things out so she wouldn't worry.
It's not like he wanted to lie, again to her, but he didn't want her sitting up at night worrying about him all the time. MJ did enough of that was it was sometimes.
Then they got to the point of his termination from the school. May of course was supportive and everything. She knew it was hard for him being a freelance photographer part time, a teacher another time, and a super hero the rest of the time.
"Now I just wish I can get a new job soon." Peter said feeling a little down. "I meanwe're tight enough as it is."
May perked up. "Peter do you have the morning paper?" Peter looked a little confused. "Yeah, why?" May seemed to brighten up a little. "Well I saw something in it, I just remembered. I saw it and it reminded me of you. It was an advertisement to some gifted school looking for teachers."
Peter's hopes went up. He immediately went to the paper that luckily hadn't been thrown out yet. May went over to him and showed him the article. Peter read it out loud. "Teachers wanted for school in Westchester New York. All applicants are asked to show up in person for an interview with head master of school for gifted."
Peter read the address. He couldn't help but feel like he knew that address fromsomewhere, but couldn't place it. "Something wrong Peter?" May asked him seeing the look on his face.
Peter snapped out of his thinking. "Huh? Oh nothing, it just seems familiar to me that's all."
MJ looked over the advertisement. "Well maybe this is for the best. I mean you lose your old job and now you have a chance at a better on. And look at what they're paying, that's twice what you were earning."
Peter takes another look at the advertisement. She was right, it was. "Well this is too good to pass up Peter. You should go there tomorrow and see if you can get this before someone else does." MJ said to him.
Peter decided he would, but couldn't help to feel like he should know that address.
THE NEXT DAY
Peter had hoped into a cab and gave the address to the driver. He looked at Peter with a weird expression. "Ya sure this is were ya want to go buddy?"
Peter gave him a curious look. "Yeah, why?"
"No reason." The driver said quickly and they began their drive there. Peter was actually nervous. He was wearing his good clothes and the tie MJ had help him put on felt a little tight. Either that or it was just his nerves.
He really needed this job. The photographer payments weren't enough and he really needed this. Plus he also really enjoyed teaching and hoped that they didn't ask him why he was no longer teaching.
He really didn't look forward to saying 'I was fired because I was constantly late and called in sick a lot.' Yeah THAT would go over well.
Peter was so wrapped up in this that he didn't notice the familiar scenery. In fact he didn't noticed they had arrived when the cabbie talked to him. "Hey mack we're here."
Peter snapped out of it and got out and paid the man. He seemed relieved to get out of there more then the money. Peter was confused until he turned around and saw a plaque on a wall going around the place.
Xavier's Institute for Gifted Youngsters
Peter stared at it for a second. Then he began kicking himself hard. 'Gee I wonder why that address seemed so familiar? MAYBE BECAUSE YOU'VE BEEN HERE!' Peter groaned inward.
Now he understood why the name of the place wasn't on the ad. Someone most lily thought they wouldn't give a second glace if they had. Peter was rethinking all of this.
It wasn't that he dislike mutants, hell some of his friends were mutants, or meta-humans, even he himself was once asked to going the X-Men in his early days. But the fact that trying to keep a secret identity, in this place would be hard.
Not that he didn't trust the Professor not to look in his head or anything. It was any of the students that might do that, that worried him.
Peter just stood there thinking this over. At least one person knew he was Spider-Man there and he wasn't sure what he would think of all of this. The gates opened and a man came walking out.
Not just any man either. It was Logan, the one person there that knew his secret. Logan looked at him closely. "I thought I smelled you around here. What do ya want here web-head? Are you a little underdressed for when you show up here?"
Peter would have laughed at this in any other time but not right now. "Uh...believe it or not Logan, I'm thinking about applying for the teaching position. Logan stared at him for a moment, a look of pure shock on his face. Then the most unexpected thing Logan had ever done since he knew the mutant.
He laughed, and not just any laugh, he was laughing so hard he was clutching his sides, and Peter swore after a while there were actual tears forming. After a moment he was able to compose himself. "Thanks, I haven't laughed that hard in years."
"I'm serious Logan, although I'm thinking about not doing this." Peter told him. Logan gave him a look. "Oh and why's that?" Logan didn't like the way Peter was talking about this place. 'If he thinks he's too good for this place I'll kick his spider-butt.' Logan thought to himself.
"It's not what you think. I mean with all the telepaths around I'm just unsure if I can teach here and not have my other 'activities' made known."
Logan relaxed a bit. He hadn't though of that. He had his own experience with one of the telepathic kids when the riot happened. It wasn't fun. He thought about wishing him well, but the truth was that they NEEDED new teachers.
With the X-Men coming and going at a moment's notice it was hard to get a decent school running all the time. That's why they did that ad to begin with. Besides Parker wasn't the kind of person to hate or be intimidated by mutants and teachers like that were hard to come by as it was.
"Look bub, I won't lie to ya. We're desperate for help in this, and I could talk to the Professor with ya and explain that you're not feeling like having your brain examined, believe me I know the feeling." Logan said to him. "But he and Frost can tell the other telepaths to not look in your head. In fact he might be able to put up some kind of mental barrier if ya want."
Peter thought about it. "I don't know Logan."
"Come on, at least meet the man, you know what he's like."
Peter had to admit to that. Xavier could have looked into his head any number of times, when they met when he was Spider-Man. Peter sighed. 'I must be out of my mind.' He thought. "Alright let's met the Professor."
NEXT UP CHAPTER 3: INTERVIEW AND THE STAFF
PS if anyone has any bios or information on the student at Xavier's I could use it I only got a handful of people who actually are in the comics.