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you know, i was gonna post something about how i actually missed highschool. and then gym happened. now i remember why i hated it. if anyone needs me, i'll be over here in my shame spiral.

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[It felt wrong making virgin margaritas when you were over the age of.. fifteen or something. He stopped the blender and picked up the phone immediately when he saw who it was.]

Hey sweetie. Are you in the house? I'm making.. uh.. slushies.

[Alice, little flighty child that she is, is momentarily tempted to ask what a slushie is. But no! No, she needs to focus. She will ask what a slushie is later.

Right now it's more important that:]

I think something is wrong with Peter.

A lot of things are wrong with Peter but.. what's he gotten himself into this time?

[He internally sighed and poured himself a glass. He had a feeling he was going to be ordering some vodka before this conversation was over.]

He's very upset about bullying and how he was bullied. I don't know what bullying is, but he sounds quite distressed.

I think I upset him by talking about school.

[He was quiet a moment as he tried to think of the best way to handle this. He didn't want to scare her about bullies but he knew there was a chance she'd face some teasing at school. She wasn't from a modern time, so the kids could pick on her for that. Although she was awfully cute and sweet. That charm would help her.]

I'll talk to him. Are you having trouble with school too?

Two boys are pulling on my hair. Mrs. Heart moved my seat but now they do it during P.E. when the coach can't see.

But I think this is much more than that for Peter. Will you please check on him. I don't want him to be so sad.

I will. I'll make sure he's okay.

[He rubbed the bridge of his nose. She was seven so.. how many years in prison would he get if he murdered two other seven year olds? No, no. He had to behave.]

Sometimes boys do that when they actually like you but don't know how to say it. Boys are pretty stupid at that age. Let me know if they keep doing it. This is the first day of school right?

Peter said that he hates when people say that about boys liking girls. I don't know what being mean has anything to do with liking someone. You're supposed to court the person you like.

Besides, I don't WANT them to like me. They're nasty, naughty boys. [The wasn't tonsay there weren't nice boys in class. Several were very nice to her. Girls too.]

That's why it's stupid. Peter can be sensitive about this topic, but for good reason.

What time is your gym class?

[He needed to do this the smart way. Pepper used to be so much better at this than him, but she wasn't here to balance him out.]

We won't have it again until Thursday. We have it twice a week, and then music once a week, art once a week, and something called "media center" once a week, whatever that may be. I'm looking forward to art though! That's my favorite! Oh! Mr. Stark, I have papers for you, one is for parent volunteers in the classroom and a room parent...

I didn't know rooms had parents! But I suppose it makes sense, they can't just poof into existence, in any case! Do you think the parent of a room is a hall? Or the House? And then something called "P.T.A." I don't know what that is for either. But it's a very big packet Mrs. Heart said is just for our parents.

Alright.

[That means he'll be showing up on Thursday. He'll tell that little bastard to leave- wait, what? Did she just say PTA? He wanted to facepalm as she tried to figure out what was literally the parent of a room.]

No sweetie. They're meaning a room like a group of kids, probably your classroom. Rooms are made by people building them with materials, they aren't things that are born from a parent.

[He sighed. Iron Man to PTA member. What was his life?]

I'll fill those papers out. Would you like me to come and visit your classroom sometimes?

Oh yes, that would be splendid! I would love for you to see my classroom! Mrs. Heart is even putting our work on the wall! I've never had a teacher do that before! [Then again, Alice is from the Victorian era, there's a lot less nurturing when it comes to teaching children, no matter how kindly a school teacher is... which is rare.]

She had us fill in these papers sharing all about us, our likes and dislikes, our family! So I drew you and me for that box! I can show it to you when you visit!

Well that settles it.

[As if he could say no to that. Hearing she'd drawn the two of them was so sweet. It made him think of his other daughter and son he left on the train. He'd been dealing with that heartbreak since he got here, but he couldn't deny how much joy the daughter he still had brought him.]

That's very good. If you like art so much, would you like us to get you an aisle and some paint?

Ah, really? I can have my own easel? That would be splendid!

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