Wonderful Wheat Cakes...
I am sat at the table with Ben for a few more moments where we are simply making some small talk and chatting about random things that don't really have any substance but are still interesting and so we preoccupy ourselves until May returns to the room and smiles at us conversing nicely at the kitchen table before she moves to the oven to check on her wheat cakes and presumably finish them off, I'm quite looking forward to them actually as they look very delicious and the smell from here is making me salivate and I usually have a strict schedule of what I eat which is prepared by for me by my Butler and is a lot more healthier than any other boy my ages diet and it has very little fatty or junk foods so I'm am quite looking forward to these wheat cakes as I think I can allow myself a little cheat day after all these years. "The wheat cakes are just finishing up dear, won't take much more than a minute. Peter knows you are here but I'm afraid it'll take him a bit longer to join us so we'll just get started without him, poor boy must not be feeling too well since he was still asleep when I checked on him and had the covers pulled up over his neck." Well two guesses what that's about though I only need one and my educated guess is that he was probably shirtless and in his underwear or he was still in his Spider-Man costume having gone too bed too knackered out to change and he must've pulled up the covers either too hide all the bruises and damage on his body from his nightly activity or too hide his Spider-Man costume from May's eyes when she came to check on him and right now he's probably getting changed into some normal baggy clothes to hide his new muscles and fitness before joining us down here, I'm shook out of my pondering when I notice May starting to stack all of the wheat cakes onto a big plate which she places in the middle of the kitchen table before fetching 4 smaller plates from her cupboards and placing them in front of myself, Ben and herself before she also places one in front of an empty chair which is presumably for Peter and then she takes her seat next to Ben and opposite me.
May settles herself into her chair before putting down some cutlery in front of me, Ben and where Peter is going to sit, she then waves me towards the big plate in the middle of the table filled with a bunch of wheat cakes which almost seem like an inhuman amount for this little old woman to have made by herself and she waves towards me to take some and start eating. "Come on dear, help yourself to some wheat cakes. They are Peter's favourite you know and they seem to make you big and strong as well, why just the other day Peter helped me take in some of the groceries bags from the car when I went shopping when just last year I remember him struggling to be able to even take a few in but this time he pretty much took them all in. I guess Peter wants to help out more around the house now, such a thoughtful nephew we have don't we Ben." I reach my hand with a fork in it out and take a few wheat cakes to plop down onto my own plate before starting to treat myself and eat them with gusto and oh my god these are delicious, while I'm being amazed by just how good these wheat cakes taste Ben starts to make conversation while helping himself to some wheat cakes and he puts down the newspaper but the first thing he does is what any man that has been married for as long as he has does, he agrees with his wife. "You're right May, we've raised him well haven't we. I'm sure Richard and Mary would be proud of the smart, well mannered boy, soon to be man, that he is today, I just wish they could've been here to see it themselves." Woah way to bring down the mood by talking about Peter's dead parents Richard and Mary Parker which has also started to bring up a few questions in my own head such as are they shield agents/scientists in this reality, did his father develop Venom like in the 1610 universe, are his parents still alive like in some story lines, is his sister Theresa somewhere out there and most importantly did they have anything to do with the development of the irradiated spiders at Oscorp like in a few realities because if so they may have some of there research stashed somewhere in this house which could certainly go a long way in helping me to understand my own powers and how they came to be since I didn't get a chance to properly examine the altered spider before I swallowed it.
May reached across the table to rest her hand on top of Ben's which is currently on top of the table and comforts him by slowly patting him, meanwhile I'm here feeling like I'm intruding on a family moment while gorging on May Parker's delicious wheat cakes. "I do too Ben, I do too. But what's best is that we continue to raise their son into a man they could be proud of, that's the goal." They take a moment to stare into each other's eyes and I can't help but feel I'm missing something crucial as they share this look but I decide it isn't any of my business and go back to eating these heavenly wheat cakes while waiting for Peter to come downstairs and join us so I can put my plan into motion, Ben and May stop their loving stare at each other and go back to eating their wheat cakes though Ben also reads the newspaper while doing so and in turn May seems to want to continue chatting. "So dear, what have you been up to lately. I heard from Peter that you tested out of Midtown High which encouraged him to try and do the same although we finally managed convinced him not to as we would like him to stay in high school and enjoy his life before having to start working hard and getting thrust into serious society in which everyone isn't that nice and Peter is such a fragile boy that I would like for him to enjoy high school for a bit longer, anyway what have you been doing since you left Midtown?" She asks and I can tell just how much this woman loves Peter Parker because every time she talks about something if she can she will find some way to link it to Peter and talk about him though I can't say that she does that all the time it's just that she has done that in every conversation that I've had with her so far which isn't actually that many, she waits for a response and I begin to think over what I can and can't tell her since somethings are just not good to tell her and my biggest problem is debating about whether or not to tell her about my internship at the Baxter Building because I'm unaware if she is a gossip and I would rather not tell her than tell her and she spreads it around which needs up getting the attention of some pretty bad people even if these people wouldn't be able to get into the building with the Fantastic Fours defence and security.
"Well May, I aced my exams at Midtown and after that I began studying at Empire State University studying mathematics, physics, engineering and biochemistry which I am doing excellent at. Apart from that I've also been tutoring Mary Jane Watson to help her get better grades and I know you know who that is because she talked about you guys a few times, I'm actually only currently attending Empire State University on Mondays and Tuesday and for the rest of the weekdays I'm interning at the Baxter Building with the Fantastic Four and I've actually been there quite a while, coming up on nearly two months now actually." I decide to say balls to the wall and just tell her everything currently going on with my education and anything to do with it since I'm pretty sure anyone that wants to get into the Baxter Building already know about me at this point and although I don't think Mays the type of person to gossip about this kind of stuff but even if she does I don't think it'll end up finding it's way to any thugs or anything that might want to use my connection or get into the Baxter building and even if they do I'll find some way to deal with it, May seems to be fine and admiring of everything else I've told her but the minute I tell her that I'm interning at the Baxter building with the Fantastic Four she looks absolutely she'll shocked. "Your working with the Fantastic Four, that's amazing. Oh my, the Fantastic Four!" May gets over her styled and explains in shock to Ben who just chuckle is at her over reaction but I'm guessing with Peter as a nephew she probably knows just how much of a big deal this is and even if she doesn't she'll still know that I'm working with a group of heavily respected superheroes which is might shocking in or itself.
"Did someone say something about the Fantastic Four, without me being present? I hope your not talking about Reed Richards new paper on dimensional energies without me, because if you are that would really suck." Peter calls out from the living room before he walks into the kitchen and see me sat at the table with his Aunt and Uncle and he certainly seems surprise to see me, very surprised...
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