Chương 67: Family Matters...

"I don't think so mister, we've discussed this before. You are not going to work or even do an internship at Stark Industries and you will remain at Midtown High until you graduate, whatever you decide to do after that is up to you." Aunt May speaks out cutting our conversation short and she looks very stern at the moment, kind of menacing as well and I can't for the life of me figure out why she is so against Peter having an internship at Stark industries as not only would he be allowed to do it while also attending Midtown High since he is such a talent but he would also be getting paid quite a good amount as Stark Industries is a massive company and it can easily afford to pay some interns as they want to keep them sweet and at the company especially if they are low grade geniuses (not geniuses like Tony Stark or Reed Richards but regular geniuses) and Peter is much more intelligent than them so he could be looking at quite a comfortable position and money earner which would help him immensely in his spider themed activities as shown in the comics where he owned Parker Industries and he had high tech gear and resources which allowed him to go international and fight crime all over the globe. "But Aunt May this is an incredible opportunity, not only would I be working for arguably the best company in the world but I would also be working for Iron Man which would be so cool. Not only would the internship give me some money so I can help out around here but it could eventually turn into a full time job at one of the most premier companies in the entire world, this is basically what I've always wanted so I don't understand why I'm not being allowed to go to this internship." Peter voices out his problems and concerns to May but she doesn't look shaken and the resolute expression on her face doesn't even budge an inch and it's clear that Peter also realises this and he eventually loses heat and ends up questioning why they aren't letting him do basically his dream job, I'm also quite curious as to why they aren't allowing him to take this fantastic opportunity which I would definitely take but my interest is more with dimensional energies and multiversal exploration which Reed Richards is the lead authority which is why I'm on an internship at the Baxter building while Tony Stark is basically one of the foremost lead authorities on technology, artificial intelligence and mechanics and while I do have some interest in those subjects they are outweighed by my interest in everything dimensional.

"Peter we have already told you this but first of all we don't not need you helping out on financial matters in this house since mine and your uncle Ben's pension is serving us just fine at the moment and a young boy like you should be enjoying his time at school and not working to help us out and I'd understand if you got a part time job to buy things for yourself but we do not need your help to pay the bills going man, and second of all I don't want you developing weapons to be used against other human beings since I know that Tony Stark has stopped all of his production of weapons and cancelled all of his contracts but it's being reported that Stark Industries is still producing weaponry for a unknown branch of the government and I don't want you making weapons that will kill others because I thought your dream was to make scientific discoveries that would benefit and help everyone and not weapons. But the main reason I don't want you working at Stark Industries is because of Iron Man and while I understand that Tony Stark is a great hero and I respect him for putting on a suit of armour and helping people everywhere I also know that he has a lot of enemies and more often than not they will always attack his place of business which is exactly where you want to work, I can hardly go a few months without hearing about some new attack on Stark Industries on the news or about Iron Man fighting some supervillain in the middle of one of his building putting his employees into in danger, the man has enemies and while you work at one of his company's there is always the chance that your gonna be put in harms way especially since you would be working in New York which is Stark Industries base of operations and Stark Tower has the most likelihood of being attacked so you can't go intern there." May states the facts and I find myself agreeing with her on many of those accounts since Tony Stark does attract a lot of enemies in his line of work as both a superhero and the owner of Stark Industries as people are always attacking to steal technological advancements from them or trying to steal Tony Starks Iron Man armour or Arc Reactor not only that but Tony Stark is generally an asshole and douchebag who pisses off nearly everyone he meets which is why he is being attacked so often, I bet the branch of the government that Stark Industries is rumoured to being producing weapons for is actually Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division otherwise known as Shield which is actually more of a global organisation than a branch of the US Government and I guess Tony Stark is producing weapons for them because they aren't involved in wars or anything but are actively involved in the defence of all of humanity and earth whether that be from threats from the stars or more domestic threats closer to home.

Peter nods his head to her points but still doesn't give up and directs his gaze towards Uncle Ben hoping that he will be able to do something about the situation and maybe he will be able to convince Aunt May and mitigate some of her stubbornness and it seems like Ben is not going to answer Peters hopes as he just smiles sadly at Peter and shrugs his shoulder while lifting his hands to either side of his head with his palms facing up to give Peter a 'sorry but I can't do anything in this situation' look which doesn't seem to get through to Peter since he still continues to stare at Uncle Ben pleading with his eyes for help but no matter what he does Ben doesn't do anything and I can understand that because 'happy wife equals happy life' or in this case unhappy wife equals unhappy life and if he were to support Peter and go against his wife May then he would definitely have a unhappy wife, Aunt May notices Peter's begging looks to Uncle Ben for help and she quickly like an eagle spins her head around almost to the degree that I thought she was part owl and she stares at Ben to see what his response to peters pleas is though it's more of a threatening kind of look than an observant look. "I'm sorry son, but your Aunt and I are together on this one. It's just too dangerous to work for the man and we don't need any help paying the bills for our house, if you really do want to do this then you can pursue it after you graduate from Midtown High and we won't stop you from doing it but please think about your safety okay."

Ben seems to have passed the test as May stops staring at him after he finishes speaking and returns her gaze to Peter and I notice Ben take a quick sigh of release while wiping some sweat of his brow out of the corner of my eye and I find it amusing but also as a warning to not get married anytime soon since I don't know if I'd be able to handle the pressures of marriage and I'm used to being a lone wolf at the moment, I'm becoming out of my self aggrandisement when May makes to continue on from where Ben finished and make a more personal point this time to convince Peter not to do the internship at this moment and I feel kinda awkward at hearing such an emotional moment between a family though it's been pretty awkward just sitting here eating wheat cakes while listening to them argue about a subject I brought up. "Your uncles right Peter, after Midtown you can decide for yourself and we won't try to stop you but please think about your own health and safety. It wasn't so long ago that we lost your own mother and father and we don't want to lose you as well, what kind of guardians would we be if we let you put yourself in dangerous situation without trying to stop you and I can only imagine how your mother and father would feel up in heaven if we didn't at least try to protect you and persuade you from talking such dangerous decisions." May goes on a bit more to explain to Peter that they were entrusted with his safety by his mother and father and to not try and protect him would be letting down his parents and I'm amazed out just how much of a guilt trip she's pulled off without even meaning to and being completely genuine and it seems to have worked as well since Peter is longer arguing, in fact he seems to feel a little shame at the trouble he's causing for his aunt and uncle but then again peters has always been blaming himself for pretty much anything and everything no matter the universe.

"Your right aunt May, I'm sorry. I'll think about it again after graduating Midtown High and who knows maybe I'll feel different about it, but I'm still gonna be getting a part time job so I can help around here only if you need it though otherwise I'll use it for myself." Peter speaks out smiling at his aunt and May smiles back pleased, quite a nice family moment. "Thank you Peter, I appreciate it. Oh my, you were certainly hungry weren't you Nick. Do you want seconds?" I'm confused at May's words which she suddenly directs towards me but once I look down at my plate I realise I've eaten all of the wheat cakes she served me, they really are delicious...

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