As it turned out, the Avengers got into such a rage over the incident at Linn's new school, that two days later they demanded that the school allow them to come and give a talk about consent to the students. Principal Garcia couldn't exactly refuse the Earth's Mightiest Heroes and so Linn was patiently waiting to introduce her new friends to the superheroes and everyone was much impressed that the new girl had such interesting connections.
"Ugh," Alexis Clary Senior groaned as they watched the Avengers answer some questions, "Thor is so hot."
"He's okay," Linn said, "Once you see his dirty laundry he kinda loses the appeal."
"How about Steve Rogers?" Habiba said giddily, "I can't believe we are this close to Captain America!"
"Yeah, but I'm kinda sick of his face since we see it on all of those stupid videos, you know? Why did our school district decide it was a good idea to make Captain America PSAs and force every high school student in New York to watch them?" Alexis wrinkled her nose.
"Because he's dreamy."
"And he's a good dancer," Linn commented, "I waltzed wif him once."
"You are so lucky!"
"I too, think Captain America is attractive," Midnight announced after a moment's thought.
"You guys wanna meet them?"
"Hell yeah!" Alexis Clary Senior giggled and they all got out of their chairs in the auditorium and slowly made their way to the front of the line of teenagers wanting to talk to the Avengers.
"Steve!" Linn exclaimed, jumping up in front of the super soldier, "Midnight and Bibi fink you're hot!
Bibi blushed and stuttered an excuse while Midnight strode up to the captain and offered a hand to shake. Steve shook it with an embarrassed smile.
"You are hot," Midnight said, "I see no reason to deny it."
"Um," Steve scratched the back of his head, "Thanks?"
"Can I touch the shield?" Midnight asked.
"Sure, you can hold it if you want!" Steve took the shield off his back and held it out to her. She patted it like one might pat a small child on the head and then walked away. Steve shrugged and turned to Bibi.
"I just, you're just, oh my gosh," she grinned and ducked behind Linn's shoulder, "Hi."
"Would you like me to sign your shirt?" Steve asked, noticing Bibi's geek gear for the day was a Captain America and the Howling Commandos shirt.
"Would you? Could you? Oh my gosh."
"I'd love to. Where would you like it signed?"
"C-can you do it really big across the shoulders?" Bibi turned around and handed him a marker. He did as she asked and she squealed in delight, "Thank you, thank you, thank you!"
"She's going to write a fanfiction about this for sure," Alexis Clary Senior said as she shook his hand, "Nice to meet the guy who's exercise regime we have to follow for PE."
"Oh, you guys have to watch those?"
"It's hilarious!" Linn giggled, "You look so dorky in your suit! Dis new one is much better!"
"Linn! Let us meet your friends too!" Tony called from nearby.
Linn grabbed Alexis Clary Senior and Bibi and pulled them over to Tony Stark. Midnight was already staring at him intensely and not saying a word.
"Guys, dis is Tony Stark. Tony Stark, dis is Habiba Farid, Alexis Clary Senior, and Midnight, uh… just Midnight."
"Yeah. They are super cool. Best Terrans I've met yet. Err, I mean, uh, public school kids dat I've met yet."
"Nice to meet you ladies," Tony smiled charmingly at them, "I hear you are the ones who defended Linn?"
"Yeah," Bibi looked short of breath, "That was us."
"More those two," Alexis Clary Senior said, "I was in art class when it happened."
"You wouldn't happen to be related to Dr. Amelia Clary, would you?" Tony asked.
"My mother."
"Oh really? I ran into her at my last charity ball. She caught me as I was trying to escape and made sure Pepper found me before I could get free!"
"May I try on the Iron Man helmet?" Midnight interrupted.
"Uh… no. Sorry kid."
"That's alright."
"Can you sign my Iron Man mug?" Bibi asked as Midnight and Alexis Clary Senior went to speak with the others.
They talked with Hawkeye for a bit, then Bruce Banner, then Black Widow, and finally Thor. Alexis Clary Senior began tidying her hair and straightening her shirt before Thor smiled brightly at her and she froze in place.
"Hello friend's of Linn!"
"H-hi!"
"Would you like to try and lift Mjolnir?" Thor set the hammer down and then a whole herd of high schoolers surrounded it and tried to test their worthiness. None could and it amused Thor greatly to watch them try.
Eventually, they were all called back to class and Linn hugged all of the Avengers in farewell. When they were gone, Thor turned to Tony with a scowl.
"Is that man, Pie, still here, do you think?"
"No, they booted him out."
"That is good, but I wish that I could have given him a piece of my mind."
"Oh don't worry," Natasha passed by them, "Loki and I went on a little adventure last night. Pie got what was coming to him."
The male Avengers all stared at the assassin, but she just sipped her coffee and walked away without offering any explanation. Tony immediately ordered Jarvis to find out if the ex-teacher was still alive. He was. But he was also in the hospital.
"Natasha Romanoff and my brother," Thor shook his head, "A formidable pair."
"Yeah, I hope Maisy finds a job and an apartment soon because I'm not sure I want to live in the same building as both of them if they start getting along," Hawkeye winced.
"Agreed."
A note from the author: I hope you enjoyed! I wrote a bonus chapter that I will be posting as a one shot as soon as I'm done posting this chapter. It will be on my profile probably within the next hour or so if you want to check it out. You don't have to read it because it's not really necessary to the plot, but you might have fun with it. It's kind of like a deleted scene sort of thing.
Thank you so much for reading!
Special thanks to my reviewers:
MetallicarBaby: Hey! That's cool that you were homeschooled as well! I'm always pleasantly surprised when I find another homeschooler! Happy late Easter to you too! :D
SukiLei: Hopefully there was no one else in toilet stalls! Lol, that would be awkward for everybody if someone just randomly burst into laughter in the bathroom! XD Glad you liked it!
CheetahLover: How do you know when you have a true friend? If he offers to kill someone for you. Lol, Loki was probably just look for an excuse to murder someone and then this comes along and he's like "Awww yes, it's murder time!". And then he was probably very disappointed that Linn didn't want Mr. Pie dead.
Guest1: We've got a lot homeschool alumni in the reviews this time lol. That would be very helpful for me if you could use guestanewone for reviewing, it would help me keep track of whose saying what, which would be nice. :)
Guest 2: Don't worry I have lots more planned for Linn's friends! I'm so glad you like them!
Guest 3: If you really want to see Mr. Pumpkin Pie get what's coming to him, I suggest the one shot story that I'm going to post in a few minutes. ;)
Ninja Squirrel: Charlie sounds like a very helpful cat! My cat doesn't clean, only bite. :P Also, yes, this story is totally a treacherous tropical island. Better watch out! There's a monsoon in the forecast... but it's still a ways away. ;)
You guys are my favorite people on this whole website. No joke.
Until next time!
