*Victoria's pov*
'So Victoria, do you like New York so far?' The blonde man down the table questioned.
'Oh, it's good...I actually wanted to ask-' I had been rudely interrupted by a redheaded woman who walked through the door just now.
'Why is the fresh meat sitting in my chair?' She exclaimed.
I furrowed my brows. Fresh meat? What does she mean by that?
'Maybe you didn't hear me, that's my seat' The woman spoke again, sounding more serious.
'Sorry didn't recall saving seats was an option' I said back showing my annoyance through my tone.
'Seat saving, cute'
'Oh I'm sorry, do I get a bonus if I act like I care?'
'Your bonus, will be me kicking you out' She was now resting one of her hands on the table and I could feel her breath on my neck and a heat start to arise on my face.
'Bitch' I whispered under my breath.
'How long did it take you to come up with that?' The redheaded woman glared at me with her resentful green eyes, still leaning on the table in front of me.
'Oh Fuck off' I snapped. 'Parker I'll see you at school tomorrow, Anthony-I mean Tony, thanks again but I'll be going' I pushed out my seat and walked past the redhead angrily proceeding towards the doors.
'Be careful the doors don't hit you on the way out' I heard the redhead snicker as I left the room.
This woman didn't even know me and she was already pushing my buttons.
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I managed to make my way back to our new 'home' sneaking into my bedroom.
Who was that woman? She was quite annoying. Feeling her hot breath on my neck sent shivers down my spine. Her meere presence being so close to me made me want to punch her repeatedly in the face.
'Victoria Louise, where on earth have you been!' Jules yelled at me.
Surely it wasn't that late and even if it was I'm turning 18 in a few days I can take care of myself....sometimes at least.
'Look Jules, I'm sorry I was out with a friend I didn't realise the time.'
'Victoria, please don't go down this path again, promise me you won't' I knew exactly what Jules was referring to and I hated that I made her upset.
'I'll try' I said as I avoided my gaze from Jules.
'Good now get some sleep, you've got school tomorrow.'
And with that Jules left my bedroom and I was alone with my thoughts again.
Should I tell Parker about this? Should I tell him about the photo? We only just met I don't owe him anything. It's settled then this will just have to be my LITTLE secret.
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I walked into school the next morning not feeling like I wanted to deal with anyone's crap today.
'Carter over here!' Parker called out to me as I walked over. 'Sorry if Carter is to formal then I'll go back to Victoria or Vic or-'
'PARKER!' I yelled getting his attention.
'Yes?'
'Your rambling again, Carter is just fine.' I could see the relief wash over Parkers face. 'Let's get to class.'
The first few classes of the day was a breeze, besides Flash being an absolute douche again and getting detention after school for maybe punching flash in the face, and then cursing at the teacher for giving me detention, then walking out, then skipping the next three classes.
But other than that it's been a perfect day!
'Hey Victoria right?' a dark skinned girl with brown curly hair asked me.
'Yeah, MJ isn't it?' I tilted my head questioning if that was her right name.
'Yeah, well I just wanted to say punching Flash was pretty cool'
I let out a giggle at this strange compliment. 'Thanks, hey aren't we in the same classes?'
'Yeah...all of them'
'Well do you wanna walk to gym together?' MJ raised her eyebrow at me and that made me feel a little uncertain about asking now.
'Sure, let's go.' Okay nevermind I did the right thing and hey, MJ seems pretty cool.
MJ and I walked into gym sitting in the stands next to Parker and Ned.
'H-hey m-MJ' Parker said giving an extremely awkward wave.
'Hey Peter, how's it going' MJ turned towards Peter with a smirk on her face.
'It's uh good, h-how are you?'
'It's going pretty good Peter, in fact Vic and I are gonna head to a pizza place after school you and Ned should come' Wait when did MJ ask me this? Wait...oh...omg...holy crap! I have frickin detention after school.
'Yeah totally, of course! We'll both be there.' MJ and I giggled with each other at Parker's awkwardness before being snapped back into reality when coach literally came and blew a whistle in our faces to pay attention to the class.
'Alright, for our fitness program one class each year gets chosen to work with the Avengers for three weeks under a mentorship-'
'Who are the Avengers?' I whispered to MJ
MJ, Parker and Ned all turned towards me and furrowed their brows with a "how do you not know who they are" face before coach continued on with his talk.
'And this year our class has been chosen' Everyone cheered and started chattering between one another at the mention of this.
Coach started naming the groups and what Avengers would be their mentors in the fitness program.
'Lastly the group going with Black Widow and Scarlet Witch are:
Michelle Jones [MJ, zendayas name in spiderman homecoming]
Liz Allen
Ned Leeds
Peter Parker
Victoria Carter
And Flash Thompson
A/N: [I know at this time Wanda wasn't called Scarlet Witch, but in this story she is soooo yeah.....anyways back to the story]
I visibly threw up in my mouth when I heard that Flash was in our group.
'Now rest up because in two days you will feel nothing but hard work and sweat for the next three weeks!' I couldn't help but notice Coach was a little to excited to announce he was getting rid of us for three weeks.
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The school bell finally rang and MJ, Parker and Ned were waiting outside for me.
Meanwhile I was stuck in detention whilst I watched my phone continuously being blown up with text messages probably from MJ asking where the hell I am.
20 minutes had gone by and my phone was practically buzzing off of the table. I sat there tapping my foot on the ground watching the clock. The next moment, the principal walked in and told me to follow him to his office.
I walked into the principals office and noticed a woman with long brown hair facing the wall. I instantly recognised who it was by the bracelet on her wrist. Jules. I sat down next to her and could tell she was disappointed in me. This move, this new place was supposed to be my fresh start but I was already blowing that chance.
'Mrs Dawson, your daughters behav-' The principal started.
'She's not my mother' I muttered under my breath.
I could tell this had hurt Jules. She knew she wasn't my mother but there were points where she really felt like we connected and I think she secretly hoped I would see her more than just a Foster carer. Plus after I turn 18 I was on the streets, Foster care couldn't look after me anymore and that meant Jules wasn't obliged to let me keep staying with her and Andy like I had been for the past 4 years now.
This was the only couple who hadn't sent me away at first glance.
'As I was saying Victoria's behaviour today is not acceptable, if this continues she will not be able to go on the three week fitness program with the Avengers.'
'Seriously?' I scoffed.
It's not that I wanted to go but I didn't want to be the only person in our year not going.
'Do you understand Miss Carter? Bullying will not be tolerated here.'
I let out a chuckle at this.
'What about Flash he was the one WHO FUCKING STARTED IT!' I yelled at the end, rage consuming me again.
'Language will not be tolerated as well! Understood?' The principal asked again, feeling him and Jules staring holes into my head.
'Whatever' I muttered slouching down in my chair.
Jules and the principal talked about my consequences and luckily I was still allowed to go on the class trip but I had to do the janitorial services around school tomorrow.
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'What the hell were you thinking!?' Jules yelled at me, walking down the school halls heading for the front door.
I stayed quiet not wanting to talk about why I did it.
We walked out the school's front doors and Ned, MJ and Parker were all still waiting me.
' Vic, thank god, I thought you died or something' MJ dramatically said as she wrapped me in a hug.
'Jules this is MJ, Peter and Ned, my new friends that I've made' Jules looked a little more relaxed now but I could tell on the inside she was secretly glad that I was making progress.
Jules let me say my goodbyes to them as Ned and MJ walked different directions back to their houses whilst I was still talking with Parker.
'Alright time to go Victoria' I said bye to Parker and started to walk over towards Jules.
As I was about to cross the road, a corvette black stingray came speeding in and pulled up beside the curb.
'What the fuck is your problem?' I shouted, not knowing who the driver was.
The doors opened and out stepped the redheaded woman I had met last night and Tony Stark.
'Mr Stark, why are you here?' I heard Parker say as he approached us.
'Picking you up for the mi-internship, and Romanoff over here almost ran over Vickie no Victoria'
Jules was now approaching me looking even more pissed off as she had to get back to work.
'Jules! It's been awhile' Tony said as he took Jules into a hug.
'I'm sorry did I miss a chapter or something?' I exclaimed looking dumbfounded at the situation.
'Stark and I go way back to a very interesting night at the bar' Ok to much information Jules.
I scrunched my face up in disgust knowing what Jules was insinuating.
'Dr Dawson pleasure' The redheaded woman nodded towards Jules.
'And how do you know Jules?' I questioned staring into the woman's green eyes.
'Victoria Loiuse watch how you speak-' What the hell I wasn't even being rude then or I could've been, BUT STILL!?! 'Miss Romanoff was one of my patients yesterday, that's why I was home later because I was stitching up a bullet wound for her'
I did not expect that. I must've looked as confused as I felt about this whole situation because Jules was saying goodbye and turning around to leave.
'Victoria Louise are you coming home?' Jules shouted at me.
I was still stuck in my place and I could see the redheaded woman was enjoying this, as she giggled at my embarrassment when Jules called me by my middle name...again
I waved to Parker and quickly hurried into the car slouching down in my seat to cover up the pink tone that was now spreading across my face.
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Ok Victoria, girl get ahold of your emotions but punching Flash in the face 👌🏻Alright don't judge me we all know how much we hate Flash
Anyways.....enjoy :)