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December 15, 2024
Peter (7:50 AM): I know you have school in like ten minutes, but I just needed to tell you now so I wouldn’t forget but text me when you get out of class because DUDE! I HAVE TEA!
Ned (2:30 PM): First off, this isn’t 2020; no one says tea anymore.
Ned (2:30 PM): But also, spill the tea. I’ve been waiting all day.
Peter (2:50 PM): This news requires tea. Like a harbor full. Quick question, was MJ acting weird today?
Ned (2:52 PM): I mean kind of...but nothing major why? DOES THE TEA INVOLVE MJ? DUDE! TELL ME!
Peter (2:55 PM): So you know how you and MJ and Cooper all exchanged numbers at Friendsgiving? Well, apparently, Cooper and MJ have been texting quite a bit.
Ned (2:57 PM): And?
Peter (3:10 PM): Sorry I got distracted Libby, look! She can stand! [libbystandinglookinginmirror.live.image]
Ned (3:10 PM): [cheering.gif]
Ned (3:11 PM): MJ and Cooper?
Peter (3:12 PM): Right, well, Cooper came over here last night freaking out, and you’ll never guess why.
Peter (3:13 PM): THEYRE GOING ON A DATE!
Ned (3:14 PM): NO WAY!
Peter (3:15 PM): YES WAY!
Peter (3:15 PM): He’s nervous. He went on this whole rant about how MJ’s not like other girls (which is true) and how he was worried about the age difference (which there really isn’t. It’s like a year, I think? the blib confuses me with age).
Peter (3:16 PM): They’re going to get coffee and then go ice skating and maybe do dinner.
Ned (3:17 PM): Awe!
Ned (3:17 PM): When did we turn into gossips?
Peter (3:18 PM): When weren’t we gossips?
Ned (3:19 PM): Touche.
Peter (3:20 PM): [laughingeyes.emoji]
Peter (3:20 PM): How was your tour of SI, by the way? I wanted to drop in, but Harley and I were in meetings most of the day.
Ned (3:21 PM): It was AWESOME!
Ned (3:22 PM): Our tour guide was a girl named Gwen, and we got to see everything! We saw HR offices (which was somewhat boring) and the innovation floor and the medical sciences floor and the robotics floor and the energy conservation labs, and… do you guys have a lab for everything?
Peter (3:25 PM): Just about, a lot of it is also corporate floors where all the mysterious paperwork I’m always doing seems to disappear. There’s also Pepper office and Tonys office and Harley and Is lab and office, and all the VPs have offices, and Department heads. And the press room, my least favorite room in the building. We also have an entire floor for a daycare that free for SI employees. Olivia goes there when Lila and I are both working, and Clint’s and Tony’s busy.
Peter (3:28 PM): Did you see the cafeteria?
Ned (3:29 PM): You mean the giant food court? The place that had everything from Boston Market to Starbucks to Sabaro? I felt like I was in a mall. All your missing is a Cinnabon and Panda Express.
Peter (3:30 PM): Note to self, tell Tony to put a Cinnabon in the cafeteria.
Ned (3:31 PM): lol
Peter (3:32 PM): We have like 55+ stories of people that work for us to Tony and Pepper thought it would be nice for them to have a floor of food choices. People can socialize, and what-not, it’s like a company-wide breakroom, minus the lounges on random floors.
Peter (3:35 PM): I’m debating if I want to know, but what was Flash like on the tour? I haven’t seen him since that one time Lila, and I randomly ran into him while we were out to dinner. He was seriously spooked when I tried to say hi to him.
Ned (3:37 PM): I think getting blipped changed him. He’s still not my favorite person in the world, but he isn’t a total jerk anymore. He’s still acting all high and mighty at AcaDeca, but he doesn’t mess with anyone like he used to do to you. Abe called him out on being Spidermans bully once, and ever since then, he’s been super careful about what he says.
Peter (3:40 PM): Oh, to be a fly on the wall for that conversation. I wished I had been there when he found out I was Spiderman. When I saw him at dinner, I tried to say hi, but he just mumbled a lot and then ran off to find his dad. I felt bad. I wasn’t trying to make him feel like crap or anything. I just wanted to catch up and let bygones be bygones.
Ned (3:45 PM): It’s got to be weird for him. Spiderman is his hero, and to find out that you’ve been an ass to your hero for years has got to mess with you.
Peter (3:50 PM): You’re right… If it ever comes up again in Aca Deca, will you say something? Just says that I’m over it? I don’t want him to feel bad, but I don’t want to just randomly message him about it. Does that make sense?
Ned (3:53 PM): I get it.
Peter (3:55 PM): Got anything fun planned over winter break?
Ned (3:59 PM): Not really; you got any plans?
Peter (4:05 PM): It’s Olivia’s first Christmas so we’re going all out. You should see the amount of stuff we have hidden for her from ‘Santa,’ not to mention all the things that Tony and Pepper and Clint and Laura. She’s going to be spoiled. We’re doing Christmas eve at Tony and Peppers with the Bartons and Christmas morning at our place before heading up to the Compound from the 26th-2nd.
Ned (4:09 PM): Hey, my mom needs my help with something so i’ll message you later.
Peter (4:15 PM): later man!
Ned (4:09 PM) : [peacesign.emoji]