16. chapter 16 (1/2)

tony stark

peter stayed in his room the entire day. he didn't want anyone or anything coming in or going out. let's just say he blocked the door with god-knows-what to keep me out. doctor cho watched his every move on the cameras. the slightest thing he did was in her notes. he mostly just ate candy that may snuck in for him and watched star wars movies.

finally, may got back from work. it was around three o'clock and peter still hadn't emerged or moved the stuff from the door. i wanted to knock it down, but cho said something about this being a stepping stone to his healing? i have no clue how stubbornness and acting like a three year old was therapy but i'm not a doctor.

may walked down the hall towards the elevator. her purse hanging loosely on her forearm. a walmart bag on her other arm. when she saw me approach me she smiled. i nervously grinned. "okay. tell me what happened? i know that look from peter all to well." i chuckled slightly and hit the button on the elevator. the doors opened and we entered. but right when it started moving i told friday to pause the ride. "what are you gonna mug me?" she laughed. i didn't.

"look. i'm just gonna tell you straight away. i screwed the pooch hard last night. i messed up and i made a mistake. just listen to me all the way, okay." she made a confused face and pushed her ear forward like she was trying to listen harder. i took in a deep

eath and sighed. normally i never have a problem telling someone i got drunk. "look, i was having a hard night last night so i got-i got drunk and peter... well, he found me." she crossed her arms and looked me up and down.

"choose your choice of words very carefully, stark. cause if you lie to me about any detail i will become your worst nightmare ever. now, continue." the freaking women went from 'i-am-about-to-murder-you' to 'would-you-like-some-tea' in a split second. it was definitely the scariest thing i had ever seen.

"i don't remember what happened. pepper told me she found him trying to change me because i threw up all over myself and that's it. i remember some weird movie playing in the back. peter was very interested in it." i didn't

eak eye contanct with her. i was going to show her i wasn't scared of her.

"let's go ask peter." she smiled slightly and patted me on the back. great. i had her empathy, or sympathy. i couldn't decide which one she was expressing. friday started the elevator again and we were on our way to confront the kid.

"about peter... he won't let us in. he blocked the door with a bunch of stuff or something." she snickered and shook her head. "you think that's funny?"

"no. he didn't block the door. he has this little technique that keeps the door closed. i used to have to take the whole door down when he was little. eventually he wasn't allowed to have a door. he hasn't used it since he was like seven." the elevator stopped and we started heading down the hallway. with one knock and a yell of peters name, the door was opened. peter was standing in his pj bottoms and no shirt. typical. he took one look at me and turned away. he went back to his bed and sat down, arms crossed.

"o-okkkk-ay. i'm r-r-ready to t-t-a-alk." the left side of his lip quivered up slightly. i sadly smiled at him and sat down next to him.

"look, pete, i'm sorry. i made a mistake and you were caught in the middle of it. thank you for helping me though, kid." i patted his back and stood up. he signed 'your welcome' and smiled at me.

"well, i don't know what happened... we can talk about this more in a bit. i got you a gift!" she slung the walmart bag at peter and he caught it. he pulled out a box, making sure it kept hidden from my view. "well? it's the one you've been obsessing over, isn't it? the new series they came out with." his eyes glowed with delight as he nodded fastly. "i'm glad. i couldn't find the one with thor but at least you got a cap and him." she pointed to me and i raised an eye

ow at her.

peter shoved the large box back into the bag and sat it next to him. he signed thank you to may and stood up to hug her. "you're welcome, sweetheart. i love you too. maybe we could get ned to come over and help you build it." she pulled away from him, smiling wide. i cleared my throat and pointed to peter with one hand, the other in my pocket.