Shoving it in his Face...
It's quite obvious that Peter was joking about someone discussing Reed Richard's new paper on dimensional energies as he clearly expected his aunt and uncle to be talking about the Fantastic Four's escapades instead of their research or something because not to be rude or anything but they aren't really scientifically minded and so he obviously expected them to be talking about their superhero news and not their research which was why he made that joke which was quite frankly quite lame, it's also obvious that as soon as Peter walks in through the doorway and his eyes alight onto me he is quite shocked and he clearly didn't expect for me to be here so May mustn't have told him when she went to wake him up and he thought she only called him down so he could partake in the food and May notices his surprise at the sight of me and so she introduces me even though I didn't need it and she tries to explain what we were just talking about for his sake so he could join us and be part of the conversation. "Yes dear, your friend Nick is here. He was just telling us that he's been attending Empire State University since graduating from midtown and he's studying mathematics, physics, engineering and something called biochemistry, not only that but he was actually just telling us that he has started an internship under the Fantastic Four, isn't that great Peter?" May finishes pretty much having brought Peter up to speed as he doesn't need to know (and it isn't relevant) about May and Ben's previous conversation about his parents and I think she summarised it pretty well, Peter certainly seems to think so as he was interested when May was talking about my studying at Empire State University though that was more envy than interest since he too wanted to graduate from Midtown High after I did but his guardians wouldn't let him but the interest/envy turned to shock when May stated that I was doing an internship with the Fantastic Four.
"S-Seriously! That's AMAZING, what have you been working on? Getting to work with them on all their projects must be awesome, but how do you get paid? I thought that the Fantastic Four was a non profit organisation that don't make any money, are you working there for free then?" Peter quickly rushes over toward the table and haphazardly jumps into his seat before turning around to face me all the while rambling off his questions which were admittedly quite good though I can't help but hear the note of grumbling in his tone when he talks about the Fantastic Four being a non profit organisation and because of the I remember that around two months ago before I started working at the Baxter building and just after Spider-Man made his debut Johnny actually told me about Peter Parker (not that Johnny knew it was Peter Parker) also known as Spider-Man breaking into the Baxter building and getting caught in a glass (plexiglass I think?) cage before asking the Fantastic Four for a paying job but then he found out that they were a non profit organisation and so being angry he broke out of his confinement and ran away after calling them pikers (whatever the hell that means) in his anger and so it's been two months since then, it's crazy how time flies but right now Peter is eagerly waiting for an answer and so I strive to answer his questions to the best of my ability while keeping as much of it as possible hidden because I don't know whether I'm allowed to talk about what we work on in the Baxter building especially since as of lately I've been helping Reed out with his projects which is mainly working on a portal to the negative zone.
"Well Peter, it is amazing to be working with the Fantastic Four especially Reed Richards. During my first month at the Baxter building I was given the assignment of creating an invention that benefits the world while also not being able to be used as an weapon or to harm anyone which was quite fun and a bit difficult but after I completed that I've mainly been working with Reed and helping him work on his projects, it's honestly amazing to work on those projects and I'm learning so much thanks to being able to work for them even if I don't get paid." I finish making it seem extra awesome with my words to try and push it into Peters face that while he rejected working with the Fantastic Four because he wouldn't get paid i instead did so and am learning a lot in the process which must be killing a science nerd like him to know that he gave up on working with one of the most brilliant minds in the world in a moment of anger, and while I can see the regret and envy on his face he quickly pushes it aside trying to ask another question and I can tell that he's about to ask what invention I made for my month long assignment as well as what I'm working on with Reed and while I don't particularly care about telling him what I'm working on with Reed since it's his project and not mine I would rather not tell him about my invention as I'd rather keep it to myself which is fairly easy right now since Ben and Johnny don't really care about it whereas Reed has such a short attention span that he's already forgetting about it and Susan was more worried about Ben who tried my 'Power Nullification Bracelet' and forgot about it in the commotion so I'm definitely not about to tell Peter about my device which everyone has pretty much forgotten about which was why I quickly cut him off and continued talking before he could get a word in edge wise.
"Actually I'm not too sure about the pay thing as the Fantastic Four is a non profit organisation but I do know that Reed Richards regularly invents something and patents it to generate money to stay in the Baxter building and buy stuff such as food and materials and he lets you pretty much use all the resources in the Baxter building to do whatever you want so if I use all the resources given to me to create a device for absolutely free and then patent it I would basically be getting paid like that by them in materials and goods though I'm unsure if the would take a percentage of the money earned from the patent since it was made and developed using their resources, I'm honestly not that bothered because I have enough money as is and so anything I do make while there I don't need to patent to make money. I'm basically getting paid in metals, technology and materials which I can use to my own desires without being higher by the Fantastic Four about it which is quite frankly awesome, isn't that great Peter? I can make whatever tech and stuff I want for practically free which is very useful and if I make anything that could be used by the public I can patent it a make money that way as well, it's a win win even if I don't make any money as being able to use all those resources for my own ends is payment enough, you'd be an idiot to turn down an opportunity to work with the Fantastic Four even if it is technically for free." I say rubbing it into peters now even more and I can tell he feels quite embarrassed and regretful as he gave up the opportunity I was just talking about and all the resources I bragged about could've helped him make tech for his alter egos activities and maybe he wouldn't come home with so many bruises each night, it's quite fun to basically shove it into his face while pretending to remain oblivious of the fact that he had an opportunity to do what I'm doing and he can't am exactly get angry over it since I could t possibly know about him turning such an opportunity down.
"Haha yeah, you'd be an idiot to turn down such an amazing opportunity. I sure wish I could have an internship with the Baxter building, so much discoveries being made there and so many advancements in science that most of the world doesn't even know about. I definitely wouldn't turn down an opportunity to work with them, I'm really jealous of you man." He admits at the end and it's quite funny to see him basically call himself an idiot which has provided quite a lot of entertainment for me but him talking about my internship stirs up an old memory, if I remember correctly I'd did offer Peter an internship opportunity at Stark Industries but he never got back to me so maybe I could bring it up again and see if I could get Peter and Tony to have roundabout the same relationship they had in the MCU which would make Peter a better Spider-Man and would maybe make Tony Stark into less of an asshole so there would be winners all around. "Hey, I know it's not the Baxter building but what about Stark Industries, I offered you an internship there before remember. It's still on the table if you want it, I can help you get it at anytime if you want." I speak to him offering him the opportunity and Peter looks positively giddy and ecstatic at the information but that doesn't last as we are brought Out of our conversation yesterday a loud harumph l, a loud female harumph.
"I don't think so mister, we've discussed this before. You are not going to work or even do an internship at Stark Industries and you will remain at Midtown High until you graduate, whatever you decide to do after that is up to you." Aunt May speaks out cutting our conversation short and she looks very stern at the moment, kind of menacing as well...
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