Peter took a deep breath as he arrived home, he looked around the place before changing from his Spider-man outfit into something more comfortable around home, laying down and turning on the TV. The sun was setting and May wasn't home yet, Peter felt worried but he thought about what she told him, she was gonna be late.
Peter took a bite out of a sandwich he had made, the taste of the ham, pickles, lettuce, tomatoes and the mayo were delightful for his taste buds. He turned on the news, he enjoyed watching Christine Everhart talking, he thought she was cute and as a bonus, he agreed with her opinions on several topics such as Stark Industries weapon dealings before Tony had disappeared in Afghanistan and came back.
"After the events at Culver University earlier today, we got a transmission from Puerto Antiguo, New Mexico. A mysterious caped man fought against a metallic figure, this could be a Stark tech prototype robot that went out of control but the designs do not match up with those of Iron Man and as you will see, the caped man seems to have some kind of weather manipulating powers"
Peter saw the images on his TV screen, he knew of mutants but this didn't seem like a mutant, specially as the powers seemed to activate when the figure grabbed his hammer "At least people were saved by that guy" Peter had finished his sandwich by the end of the report, he had hoped he would be featured in part of the news.
"In other news, the New York Police Department arrested Frederick Myers, Frank Oliver and George Harkness. As you may have known, over the past six months we had seen them robbing banks in cities such as Sydney, Central City, Japanifornia, Tokyo and London. Thankfully the police had help from a mysterious vigilante that described himself as Spider-man in his own calling card"
Peter laid back and changed channel, he wanted to hear what J.J.J. had to say about all of this, and just as he changed channel his ears were blasted by the screaming man himself.
"HE'S A CRIMINAL! You think this Spider-man would help people? He didn't even show himself on camera, and he probably hides behind a mask like that Batman. But here at the Daily Bugle we know the truth, we know Batman is not an urban legend and we know that that arachnid is a menace just like him. That's why I am here to announce that anyone who can bring pictures of either Spider-man or Batman will receive a permanent job at the daily bugle as a photographer, the pictures have to be of quality and cannot be blurry" J. Jonah Jameson seemed very angry as he pointed directly at the camera "That Spider-man must have double crossed his partners in crime just to show off to the public and the incident at the Queensboro proves that he's up to no good. We need people willing to show their identities like Tony Stark or Steve Rogers, they are actual heroes"
Peter took a deep breath of frustration, holding his head in a bit of frustration "At least he heard of the bridge" Peter couldn't believe that despite him helping people, Jonah still believed he was a criminal of some form.
But as Peter's frustration was boiling up, he heard a knocking at his door "Harry, you usually warn about visits a day in advance. I don't think I even have food for both of us"
Peter was pushed aside by none other Angelica Jones, he should have expected it to be them and the surprises kept coming as Bobby was holding not four boxes of Pizza in one of his hands while the other was firmly on Douglas' shoulder who carried a bottle of soda and a tub of ice cream "Hey Pete, you told us you were alone during lunch so we decided that it would be fun if your mutant friends here paid you a visit" said the redhead, as she guided Peter, holding him gently by the shoulder "Besides, we have our suspicions of you being a mutant with how well you performed today at gym and… you are awfully hotter" She was wearing a yellow shirt, a red leather jacket with some spikes and a pair of jeans that made her voluptuous figure pop more
"Angel! You weren't supposed to confirm that we are mutants" Bobby looked nervous as he entered the house, closing the door behind him, his eyes looking behind just in case someone had heard them. He had brown hair, it was styled like a curtain fringe yet it was surprisingly curly and fluffy; A black skin tight shirt covered his upper body, showing off his muscular form; and a pair of skinny jeans covered his bottoms, the outfit didn't leave too much to the imagination
Peter couldn't believe the two had guessed it so fast, he expected them to have suspicions since if they were really mutants they would have been the first to take notice "Hey Angel, Bobby, I really don't think I am a mutant, I am sure I have no powers"
Bobby would set down the pizzas on the table, waiting for Douglas to put the ice cream and soda down, before grabbing Douglas and throwing him directly at Peter, earning a scared yelp from the tiny boy "Catch!"
Peter instinctively held the boy in his arms, catching him and looking at him "Are you safe?" his breathing was normal and he didn't seem to falter, some concern on his eyes.
"Y-Yeah" Douglas was shaking under Peter and he was sweating ice cream, his cheeks a soft shade of pink as he tried to look away in embarrassment "You can put me down now"
"Damn, you hold the boy like that but not me?" Angelica said as he punched Peter's shoulder, she sat at the table. "And now we know you have powers Pete, don't worry, your secret is safe with us if you want to keep it that way"
"I'm sorry, Doug. I knew he would catch you" Bobby tried to apologize to Douglas, getting on one knee to be in eye-sight with the teenage boy "I would never hurt you Doug, I will protect you, okay?"
Douglas nodded slowly, a soft blush on her face, he would sit at the table. He felt pushed around by everyone, even his friends "Please don't throw me again" he fiddled with his fingers as he looked at Bobby.
Peter grabbed little triangular shaped plates that he had won at a contest, they were perfect for pizza as that's exactly how he had won them. The contest was to guess the number of pepperoni slices on a massive pizza and with math he did just that, he put them all down for everyone to eat "So what did you guys bring? You know I'm not picky… but you know I just love me a pure pepperoni"
"Don't worry Pete, I did the order myself" Angelica reassured him as she opened the top box to show him the cheesy delight, not a single piece of the pizza was left uncovered, it was completely decked out with pepperoni.
Peter and Bobby sat across from each other at the table, Peter felt pretty hungry. "I am so thankful I have friends who are willing to buy me food, if it wasn't for the kindness of everyone around me, May and I would go hungry daily" he thought to himself, grabbing a slice for himself.
"So Pete, super strength and great reflexes. Any powers we should know about?" Angelica pressed Peter, moving the pepperoni pizza out of the way as she grabbed a slice of chorizo, beef and jalapeño pizza "I guess I should tell you about our own mutant abilities, starting out with mine" as she held the slice of pizza, Peter could see that the cheese would start to bubble up, somehow heat was coming off of her hand "My powers are microwaves, I can create them and use them to create heat"
Bobby grabbed the bottle of soda and starting to serve a glass for everyone, his palm on the glasses leaving them chilled enough for it to be pleasing "I have cryokinesis, as the nerds like you would call it" as he said it, he laid a glass full of soda right in front of Peter.
Peter sighed and looked at his two friends and then at Douglas "I suspect I might have some powers from Spiders, they started appearing after the trip to Oscorp" He took a bite out of his slice of pizza as the others did so as well "and… I built this" he flicked his wrist as he said it, shooting a string of web towards a wall.
"Spider powers seem like a really broad thing, do you get to lift 170 times your own weight? Can you disappear when we turn around? Stick to walls? Do you have proportionally hard skin? Can you heal yourself? A venomous bite? Nightvision? Can you talk to spiders?" Douglas couldn't help but ask as soon as Peter was done talking, he seemed a little too excitable, his eyes sparkling with curiosity.
"Duggy! Don't overwhelm Peter, I'm sure he is new to this whole thing" Angelica was about to hit him on the back of his head but stopped herself, taking a bite out of her pizza instead.
"Don't worry Angel" Peter reassured her, looking at her with a smile before turning to his newest friend "I have not tried everything I can do, but no venomous bite, I don't know if I can disappear, I don't want to try to heal fast and I don't know if I can talk to spiders" he did feel a bit pressured to tell his secret but he knew they were his friends "If you guys don't mind, I'd like to keep this a secret. I don't know what everyone would think of me having these sorts of powers. I specially don't want to worry May"
"Don't worry Pete, we will even help you to be more convincing at school" Bobby took a bite of his slice of pizza before chuckling. "I mean, don't get me wrong but you really need to try less at gym class" he did an exaggerated gesture with his hand "I mean you were clearly way more fit than before"
"Yeah, Petey, if I was willing to go out with you to make your crush jealous, well now damn, I would do it for real" she joked around with him, a hint of truth in her words as she would hit him on the shoulder.
Peter couldn't help but blush as he felt like his friends were hitting on him "You three also have amazing powers; Bobby, you have the power to seemingly control the temperature of an object to make it colder; Angel, you can control microwaves, you could do so much with that! I bet you could even fly; And Douglas, you can also seemingly control temperatures but you can also create ice cream. I wouldn't be surprised if you guys ever fought crime"
"Oh god no, if I tried I'd probably get an anxiety attack" Douglas laughed, a hint of nervousness in his voice as ate a slice of only cheese pizza. His cheeks a soft shade of red "I don't think my powers are as good as yours, Bobby's or Angelica's. I mean what could an ice cream boy do against people like those that spider-man helped capture today" he shook his head as he kept eating.
"You'd be surprised how sticky ice cream can be" Angelica shrugged, putting a hand on her chin as he thought "Did you say Spider-man? That sounds an awful lot like someone I know" Her eyes would move directly towards Peter, a knowing look on her eyes.
Douglas opened her mouth wide in surprise as he pointed at Peter "Oh my god, Peter!" he was at a loss of words as he almost jumped off his chair in surprise.
Bobby didn't understand at first what the two were on about "What? Why are you guys looking at Peter? What does the Spider powered vigilante that made his debut today have to do with Peter who might have gotten his powers like two days ago?" and slowly as he said it, Bobby turned towards Peter as realization hit him straight on the face "Peter Parker! You put yourself in danger?" After having yelled his name he realized that the neighbors might hear, saying the rest in a quiet manner.
Peter couldn't believe it, putting his hands on his face "I felt I had to do something, before my uncle died he always said one thing to me that has stuck to me for my whole life" Peter looked at the rest of them, taking a deep breath "With great power, comes great responsibility"
"So you decide to go out and punch people up on spandex?" Angelica tried to comprehend his thought process. Looking at the two others before turning to Peter in curiosity "Could you make me a suit? I wanna join you. Of course I'll let you take care of most of Queens but I have seen some trucks in Little Italy with armed people and I just want to investigate" she clearly felt a similar sense of responsibility as Peter.
"If you guys go, I'll go" Bobby sighed as he felt he was getting into something dumb, his fingers on the bridge of his nose as he felt he needed to make sure those two wouldn't get into trouble "I know you two will probably be able to take care of yourself but I have been taking online classes with Professor Xavier and I feel like I could help you two learn about your powers"
Douglas looked at his slice of pizza and at the three teens in front of him "I might not be able to fight or have experience with these heroics or the confidence… but my father has money and I can help you with information through my computer" he already felt regret in his words as he wasn't sure if this was the best idea.
"Guys, guys, I appreciate the help with this but I am not sure putting you three in danger is the best idea. You don't have to do this, it's my responsibility to protect my home" Peter smiled at his friends, rubbing the back of his head as he questioned his own words.
"Pete, this is our home too, it's also our responsibility" Angelica put a hand on his shoulder and smiled at him, her smile was always warm and helped him feel more at ease. It wasn't long before she would go from comforting to her teasing ways "Besides, I'll get naked so you can take proper measurements if you want me to~"
Peter could already tell that no matter what he said, he couldn't get them to back down on joining him. His cheeks turning red as he heard her words, his heart racing under his suit "Fine… I'll make you an outfit, but three better be careful"