Peter & Zero's apartment, New York, Sunday morning
Peter could appreciate a three day weekend. The past few months had been so hectic that he felt he could get away with just one long weekend answering to no one but himself and his girlfriend. And the sounds of explosions or gunfire if he happened to hear them. The important thing was that he wasn't going to go out seeking those right now
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TO: Peter Parker
FROM: Bobby Drake
SUBJECT: Re: Checking in
Dude, I think you emailed me by mistake? Also, what do you mean "very nearly destroyed"? I don't exactly read the paper every morning or whatever so I'm not always up on current events but I think I'd remember that.
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FROM: Peter Parker
SUBJECT: Re: Checking in
Um. Drake? First off, how did you get that e-mail? Second, the X-Men were a big part of the Ultimatum Wave. How would you *not* know about it?
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FROM: Bobby Drake
SUBJECT: Re: Checking in
WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT THE X-MEN?
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FROM: Peter Parker
SUBJECT: Re: Checking in
Um, everything?
Crap. That is a Fandom address. You're not the Bobby Drake I know, are you?
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FROM: The Non-Related Parker
SUBJECT: RE: Checking In
Glad things are going well with you guys there. Doing anything spectacular for Zero's birthday? Anything she wants for a gift?
What kind of bad jobs are you talking about? What happened to the web design?
Am graduating June 26. With two Firsts (honors), if I pass my final comps in two weeks.
Have not slept since March, am going slowly crazy. Angelo says HI and he owes you Crackerjack (basically, in Angelo-speak).
- Parker who is not killing the guys down the hall through sheer effort of will
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FROM: Peter Parker
SUBJECT: Re: Checking in
I am the world's worst gift-giver. I don't know what I'm getting her yet. I still have a few days to figure it out, though.
I'm currently working as a service technician at a national corporation. It's food service. I work the drive thru. I'm also doing a little bit of freelance web stuff, but the paper here where I had all my contacts shut down, so that's nothing steady. I'm trying to get an internship at a lab, but that's gone nowhere so far.
Congrats on the near-graduation! You'll do just fine with your comps. And if you don't, you'll terrify the professors into passing you. And once any of that happens, you'll finally get to sleep. Glorious sleep! I barely remember what it's like.
-P
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FROM: Parker The Well-Heeled
SUBJECT: Re: Checking in
Give her an experience, a cool date. You know she's more for adventures than objects. I may send her something music-related from London if I can find it in time.
Drive-thru. My brain bleeds at the image. I'm sorry New York's recovery is slowing down your job search, but glad you're solvent, anyway. No more super-villainy types sifting through the rubble and making trouble?
I have the papers all but done-- research complete, I just have to write the conclusions and rewrite the introductions. They might bring in a ringer at the exam and ask me questions in Chinese. In which case they will get treated to some of Zero's Cantonese. That should shut them up.
SLEEP. God. Between work, school and playing umpire to the Think Tank Terrors, I may have evolved the ability to sleep with my eyes open during class.
- Parker
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FROM: Peter Parker
SUBJECT: Re: Checking in
Not a bad idea. I'll keep that in mind. Thanks!
Oh, there are bad guys all over the place. They're having a field day with New York being a mess and half of the superheroes being dead. That's the cause of my lack of sleep more than anything.
How much of Zero's Cantonese is actual Cantonese anyway? And how much of it is things that shouldn't be repeated?
And that actually sounds like a good ability. Think you could teach me how to do it?
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FROM: Rory Skywalker
SUBJECT: Re: Checking in
The baby just learned her first swear word. I'm blaming Anakin at the moment, but otherwise I don't know how she picked that up. Either way, I have to find a new grocery store because she accidentally called the checkout lady a name by telling her the word she'd learned.
So. Business as usual. What kind of bad jobs are we talking here? Like, awesome ones with good stories attached?
- R
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FROM: Peter Parker
SUBJECT: Re: Checking in
What was the swear word? Was it a real one or a space one that Anakin's probably just making up?
It's the bad jobs where I don't get enough money for giving people food. To be fair, I'm not very good at it, so any complaints are probably justified. It's a stopgap, really, until I can get a job that pays even less to work in a lab.
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FROM: Rory Skywalker
SUBJECT: Re: Checking in
Oh, it was real. She said 'bitch.' And like, it was sort of cute, because it was in a little baby voice, but I have no idea where she got it. Other than Anakin.
You should probably just smile at everyone. I always tip people better when they pretend to be having fun!
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FROM: Peter Parker
SUBJECT: Re: Checking in
Tsk, tsk, Anakin. I would call him to hassle him about his language, but he'd just yell at me. And maybe try to beat me up over the phone.
Sadly, people don't get tipped at the drive thru. Unfortunate, but true.
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FROM: Isabel Evans
SUBJECT: RE: Checking in
Hi!
I'd heard you were back in NY. It sounds like you've been busy. Just be careful okay?
Not much going on here. For some insane reason I'm taking summer classes again. This while still working at a glorified gopher for the Assistant Banquet Manager at the hotel. It's interesting, and I'm starting to get a few more responsibilities, so that's not such a bad thing.
Wyatt's great, the family is fine so all in all, life is good.
If you and Zero want to get away one weekend, let me know. I can probably hook you up with a room and some VIP treatment or if all else fails, I do have a fold out couch.
Talk to you soon!
Isabel
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FROM: Peter Parker
SUBJECT: RE: Checking in
If I were being careful, I wouldn't be me. That's just part of the life of a superhero. :D
I'm glad to hear that everything's alright and that you're slowly but surely moving up in the world. Is the work at least kind of fun?
If I can manage another light weekend in the near future, we may have to take you up on that. I'll keep you updated.
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