5 Girls, girls, and more girls

Peter met Ned in class. ''Hey man.''

''Hey, good morning Peter. Did you catch the new episode of Game Of Thrones last night?''

Peter laughed, 'oh the memories of that show.' He thought.

''No, I was busy. How was it?'' Peter explained. Ned went into a detailed description of the episode and Peter went into his thoughts. Had decided he needed to start a project last night and wasn't sure how to go about it.

Peter began to write down all his Marvel knowledge, at first he just started writing individuals that he liked, then it branched out to who they were associated with.

''Sup?''

Peter looked to see Felicia leaning forward and sitting behind him. ''Aren't you ever in class?''

''I'm in class right now. What are you working on, more comic book stuff?''

Peter closed his notebook. ''No, I was writing a letter to someone.

Felicia tried to play it off but Peter caught the slightly disappointed look. ''That's so sweet you were writing a letter to your girlfriend.'' Felicia said sarcastically. ''And you asked how old I was.''

''Actually it's a letter to myself. Sometimes I need reminders or I'll forget things.''

''Oh! Yeah I forget things too.'' Felicia stealthily handed Peter her phone under his armpit. ''Like your number.''

Peter looked at the phone and saw a wallpaper photo of Felicia with a group of friends in front of a bonfire. Peter called his own phone, which was thankfully on silent, and handed Felicia back her phone.

''I'll text you later.'' Felicia said before leaving class like she owned the school.

'How is she not getting in trouble?' Peter wondered.

As the day went by Peter ended up with three filled notebooks worth of Marvel lore. Cosmic beings, the Marvel Cinematic Timeline, many hero's secret identities and their powers, events to come, events that may have already happened, hero's weaknesses, villains and their identities, where to find certain heroes and villains.

Peter had a literal 'to-do' list of places he wanted to go, people he wanted to meet, and events he wanted to be a part of or felt like he should be a part of. The biggest headache thus far for him wasn't remembering loads of comic book lore, but what events he can safely be a part of. From what Peter could tell he was in Universe-199999's Earth. That was his theory based on the resemblance to the actors: Ned, Aunt May, and the Ancient One being a bald British Woman actress. Which meant he pretty much knew the big events over the next fourteen years….'wait a minute. If I'm about to be fifteen and it's 2009, the Iron Man movie's events take place around 2010 and Ant-Man and Wasp Quantumania takes place around 2025. I'll be thirty-one when Kang enters the picture? That can't be right because Spider-Man No Way Home was set in 2024.Maybe this isn't Universe-199999' Earth.' Peter thought as he considered the implications of toying with events.

If he helped Tony Stark not get kidnapped, then there probably wouldn't be an Iron Man. If he stopped Loki from falling off the bifrost, Thanos would have an extra infinite stone PLUS Vision, Scarlet Witch, and Quicksilver wouldn't be created.

''I'll play it safe and go off instinct.'' Peter decided out loud as he sat alone at a table in the cafeteria, Ned was still in line getting food. ''I've always thought that this sacred timeline was not just protected by the Time Variants Authority but also the Ancient One. I mean she could have prevented or stopped so many things, but didn't lift a finger. She MUST have seen it by using the Time Stone.''

''If you're that lonely that you are talking to yourself, you should try harder to make friends,'' a female voice said across the lunch table.

Peter looked up to see Michelle Jones, also known as MJ. ''Sorry, was I being loud?''

''Not loud, but define loud. It was enough for me to hear you, which I'm guessing wasn't your intent, so then by that definition you were probably loud.''

Peter's face turned red, ''What did you hear?''

''A bunch of stuff about time. Time Stone, Timeline, Time errands thwarted.'' Mj replied, listing them off on her fingers.

Peter couldn't stop himself from bursting out in a laugh. ''It's the Time Variants Authority, but yes they were kind of thwarted.''

Mj wanted to laugh but she felt like he was laughing at her, so she put her hood up and stealthily smirked where no one could see. Ned sat at the table and looked at the two before leaning closer to Peter from across the table.

''Dude, just how many girls are you going to talk to? Did you get super confidence or something when you messed with Flash?'' Ned whispered.

''Ned why don't you talk to someone, a girl I mean.'' Peter asked, causing Ned to look down feeling a mixture of embarrassment and shame.

''I don't know.'' Ned replied.

''Well whatever. Can I have your slice of pizza, you got more onions than me.'' Letter requested.

''Sure Pete. Hey after school today I was thinking…''

Peter shook his head before Ned wasted his breath. ''I can't. I'm busy with this after school program.''

''Oh okay.'' Ned felt dejected and like his best friend from childhood was too cool for him.

MJ who heard all this felt bad for Ned, taking a deep breath to steady her antisocial behaviors. ''Ned, I'm going to the debate club after school. I think there is a spot left, or two.''

Ned's expression brightened. ''Yeah I'll try out, thanks.''

The rest of the school day went by uneventfully. After school

Peter rushed back to the New York Sanctum. He was teleported back to the group training hall at Kamar-taj.

After another continuous two hours of training Peter was able to create an unstable but usable portal.

''Nicely done.'' the Ancient One praised.

''Thank you Ancient One.'' Peter bowed slightly towards the Ancient One.

''You need to build more confidence so the portal is more stable, and also work on your focus so it isn't disturbed easily.''

''I will do as instructed, thank you.''

''We will see, come.''

Peter followed the Ancient One to the library. ''Is this where I do a bunch of reading?''

''What gave it away? All of the books in here are about the mystic arts. Some are written by myself and some are older than the words within them.''

Multiple books floated onto the desk in front of Peter. ''These are the basic books about Eldritch energy. Eldritch energy is what we use in most of the mystic arts that we use here. Prioritize Eldritch energy study, then you can peruse the rest of the contents here. I would also recommend attempting to learn to read a few languages, most of these books are not written in English.''

''I am fluent in Mandarin, Cantonese, and Japanese if that helps,'' Peter offered.

The Ancient One raised a questioning eyebrow. ''Yes it will be of use to you. Those two languages will assist you greatly with your reading into Chi, among other topics. The land in the East is vast and ancient cultivating many masters of many differing arts.''

''Thank you Ancient One. I'm hoping perhaps you could help me find a book about blocking mind or memory reading.'' With a look of understanding the Ancient One made another book land on the stack. ''Thank you again. Can I take these home?'' Peter asked, pointing at the books.

''...'' the Ancient One stared at Peter evaluating her opinion on his responsibleness. ''Yes Peter, I believe you will take care of the books.''

Peter opened a portal home under the Ancient One's supervision and began reading immediately. Peter devoured the information inside the books. His speed reading ability combined with his genius intellect allowed him to fully comprehend everything he read.

While Peter was just about to start reading spells to stop mind reading his phone nearly vibrated off the table. When he looked at the phone he saw he had a text message.

From: ##########

Hey

''Really, she actually texted me?'' Peter doubted, before replying to the message.

Hey

It's Felicia.

Well this is Peter

…yeah.

Obviously

This feels like a prank so I'm going to need a picture as proof.

…wow paranoid much?

I'm in my pajamas.

A picture loaded onto the screen. Felicity's hair was in a ponytail and she wore a very loose button up pajama shirt, she held her shirt to the side to deliberately expose her stomach. A lot of cleavage could be seen and because of the angle it looked as though she wasn't wearing any shorts.

''Holy shit! This girl is a major flirt and tease.'' Peter dutifully saved the picture and decided to take his own picture. He lifted his shirt and held it in place with his chin while flexing his abs and teasingly biting his finger, like he has seen female models do.

After the picture was sent a minute went by with no response. Then two minutes. Finally…

LMAO!!!

You sure do trust me a lot to not post this on the school social media accounts.

If you do then you'll just have more competition for my attention.

What makes you think I want it?

Hunch. So clearly you take care of yourself, are you on the track team or something?

You really think I'd be on the track team?

You have much to learn about me.

I've been doing gymnastics and martial arts most of my life.

Wow and I felt like a nerd earlier today for creating a superhero while you've been training to be one since childhood.

Of course Peter already knew a lot about Felicia Hardy but you don't start any type of relationship with 'oh I already read all about you in comic books.'

Peter and Felicia texted for hours. Peter asked this and that, Felicia answered all his questions and asked a few of her own. They didn't have much in common until Peter learned about Felicia's love for all things Asian, something he had deep knowledge in.

Okay my eyelids are heavy.

Going to sleep.

Don't over use that picture ;-P

Wow, we aren't even dating yet and you're already bossing me around? I like it.

Dating?

I'm older than you…

Only physically. Give me the chance and I'll make you feel young.

Well…

I'll think about it.

Don't know how I feel about dating a freshman.

What if I was a freshman in college?

Goodnight Peter.

Goodnight Felicia.

''Well that was...huh daja-vu?'' Peter said to himself, as he reviewed the conversation. He pulled up the picture she sent him and decided he was really enjoying his new life.