Hello?

Congratulations, Mister Parker

"But none of them are as smart as you. You definitely deserve that internship, Peter," Mr. Delmar told the teen, turning back around to get the last of the leftover food.

Peter didn't believe either of those statements but decided that trying to argue that with his boss wouldn't work and chose instead to change the subject. "Are you sure you don't need help closing up?"

"Positive. Now get on home and get some sleep. Good work tonight."

He turned back to the register, clocked out, said goodbye to Mr. Delmar, and stepped out of the sub shop. Seeing the city at night made him want to put the suit on and go on patrol. It had been four days since the teen had swung around as the spider-themed vigilante and he missed it. He considered dawning the mask and looking for crime to stop, but the soreness in his side reminded him that it wasn't such a good idea. He had had a long day as well, so he wasn't really in the right headspace to patrol tonight.

Tomorrow, he thought. I'll go back out tomorrow night.

 With one last glance around the bustling city, he shoved the urge away and proceeded to make his way back to the apartment.

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Instead of waking up to his alarm, Peter had been woken up to his phone vibrating on his bedside table. He was about to ignore it and look at it when his alarm went off, but one glance at the clock told him that there was no point. The clock read 6:57, leaving him three minutes until his alarm would go off, so instead of trying to get as much out of those three minutes as he could, he grabbed his phone off his nightstand to check the notification.

Turning on the shattered screen of his iPhone 4s, he could see that he had an email. Most of the emails he gets are either from colleges he can't afford or random junk, but this one was different. He unlocked his phone and clicked the notification so that he could read the whole email.

Congratulations, Mister Parker.

After reviewing your application and seeing your perfect score on the qualification exam, we are happy to announce that you have been selected as the winner of the Stark Industries High School Internship. 

The internship will begin on Wednesday, October 19th at 4:00 pm. Once you arrive, show this email to the front desk. They will then give you your badge and show you where to go and what you will be doing. This internship will be every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 4:00 pm to 8:00 pm. If there are schedule conflicts, please let your supervisor know and we will try to find a schedule that works best for you.

All additional information and paperwork are attached below. The paperwork must be filled out and sent back before your scheduled start date. You can turn it in by replying to this thread. Once the paperwork is completed, you will be in our system and will be all set to start your Stark Industries journey.

We look forward to working with you, Mister Parker.

~Stark Industries

Peter had to read through the email five times before it finally sunk in.

I actually got it.

I'm going to be interning at Stark Industries.

The loud beeping of his alarm had brought him back from his state of pure and utter shock. He reached over to turn off his alarm and got out of bed to get ready for school, the email still running through his mind. As he was getting dressed, once again in an oversized hoodie and dark wash jeans, he looked over at his clock to see that today was Tuesday, October 18th. 

Starting tomorrow, I'm going to be an intern at Stark Industries.

And that one thought had brought a genuine smile to creep onto his face. That one email had made him the happiest he had been in a long time.

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Chapter 13 has been completed! I've had the past three days off work, so it gave me time to write and get another chapter out this week for you guys.

Speaking of you guys, there are so many of you now! This story is almost at 4k reads and slowly creeping up to 200 votes! I never expected that to happen with this story, so thank you all who have given this a chance and are sticking with it.

Anyway, how are you guys doing? Things started to get back to normal this week, which means getting up early again. I am not enjoying that. Been focused on band, and work, and writing mostly. 

Whelp, that's all I've got for now. I hope you guys have had a good first week of 2021 and that the rest of the week treats to well. Be safe and take care of yourselves!

~xxjustabeanxx