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Chapter 250 - 00249. Being a good friend.

It was Friday afternoon and Theo was at his family's shop with everyone. They just finished doing their homework for the weekend and he headed upstairs to help out in the shop as the others went to do their own things. Milly and Isaac were portaled home so they could practice baking, while Dylan and Teresa headed upstairs to help out in the shop with Theo.

Peter, MJ and Jean were the only ones who didn't leave the study room because Peter was tutoring them in math and science. Theo could have probably helped out and left a clone, but Peter could now make clones himself so it wasn't needed. When Theo and the others got upstairs, they talked with Ben and were given different tasks to do so they split up.

Theo's task was to help strip down a new project car to its frame so they could clean it up, repair it and straighten the frame out. Then it would be checked over and have all the body work fixed before it would be sand blasted and prepared for paint. Theo arrived at the car to find his dad inside of it as he stripped out the interior.

"Done with homework?" Jacob asked as he was busy working the dashboard free.

Theo stopped to put on some work gloves as he said, "I finished it at school today, I just helped the others with theirs."

Jacob nodded slightly as he said, "Grab me a quarter inch, ten millimeter deep socket while you're over there."

Theo quickly found the socket and also grabbed a plastic set of trim removal tools before he walked over and gave Jacob the socket. As Theo climbed into the rusted up 1970 Buick GSX, Jacob said, "Those panels are trashed and will be replaced with new ones, so you don't have to be gentle with them."

"Alright." Theo said as he started to pry out one of the back panels before he asked, "Has any plans been made for summer vacation?"

"We are thinking about doing the same thing as last year since portals make it really convenient to make last minute travel plans. Plus we don't need to worry about booking places to stay."

Theo pried off the first panel and tossed it out of the car into a pile of junk on the floor before he said, "Sounds good to me, I know Milly and Isaac have a list of places in France, Austria and Japan they want to visit."

Jacob shook his head as he said, "I don't even need to ask to know what those two want to see there."

"Well with their punishment over, it makes sense they want to try a bunch of sweets they didn't get to try last year."

The sound of something snapping was instantly followed by a thud before Jacob said, "Mother fucker!"

"While technically you are one, I'm pretty sure mom would be pissed if she heard you say that." Theo said in a joking tone as he glanced over to see Jacob cradling his hand as blood dripped from his knuckles.

"You didn't hear that!" Jacob said as he glanced around for a moment to make sure no one else was close by.

Theo chuckled as he reached out for Jacob's hand and said, "Yeah, yeah. Don't worry I won't tell mom… Let me see it."

Jacob held out his hand towards Theo who used healing jutsu on it. Within moments under the green light from Theo's palm, Jacob's split knuckles quickly knit back together and healed completely. Jacob nodded slightly as he said, "Thanks, now help me pull this dash out, it should be disconnected now."

Theo moved to the front of the car and with some team work they pulled the dash out before they put it on a table with other things they were saving. Afterwards they managed to completely strip the rest of the interior before it was time to close the shop. As they cleaned up, Theo glanced around and didn't see Peter, so after he washed up he headed downstairs to grab him.

As Theo opened the door he heard Peter say, "Forget it. Whatever you two say, goes. My girlfriends are always right after all."

"We never agreed to be your girlfriends!" MJ and Jean replied in perfect sync as Theo froze in place as he listened. 

"You both kissed me and now you don't want to take responsibility?" Peter asked in a teasing voice.

"You kissed both of us!"

"Then we should even the score… Both of you should kiss me back!" Peter said in a confident tone.

"You can't trick us into kissing you again!" Jean said before MJ said, "Okay."

"What?!? You can't just agree, you have to make him work for it." Jean said in an exasperated tone.

"But that kiss felt great and I want to try it again."

"But we had a plan!" Jean said in a disappointed tone before she quickly added, "Fine, but I'm next."

Theo heard movement from inside the room, but decided not to open the door fully as he said, "You guys have ten minutes to finish up whatever you're doing in there before you need to come upstairs. We are closing up, it's time to go home."

Theo heard a bunch of movement from inside the room as he added in a joking tone, "Also maybe lock the door next time you guys are studying biology."

Theo didn't wait for a reply as he firmly closed the door and headed back upstairs. He thought about teasing them more or even telling everyone else so they could join in, but he didn't want to ruin whatever Peter had going on with MJ and Jean so he said nothing. But that didn't stop him from flashing a knowing smirk at the three when they entered the shop from the basement.

All three of them blushed slightly and tried to avoid him as they prepared to leave. Even on the walk back home all three were pretty quiet and didn't talk much. MJ and Jean actually lived only one street over from everyone else, so they walked most of the way with the group before they split off to go home.

Once Theo arrived home he helped make dinner with Jacob. After dinner was finished, the entire extended family met up for training before they called it a night. As everyone else went to bed, Theo met up with Tao and Agatha for some magic training before he visited Hela for a couple hours. Afterwards he headed home and fell asleep for a few hours before he woke up to spend Saturday working on his personal car with his dad.

Theo saw Peter throughout the day, but didn't bring up the incident he stumbled upon the other day. He figured if Peter wanted to talk about it, he would bring it up himself. After spending the day building his car with his dad, Theo had dinner with his family before he went to pick up Morgan from Tony's house.

As Ezekiel stepped out of the portal into Tony's living room JARVIS said, "Mr. and Mrs. Stark are up stairs getting ready and Morgan is currently playing in her toy room."

"Thanks JARVIS, let Tony know I'm here and I'm with Morgan." Ezekiel said as he walked upstairs.

When Ezekiel stepped into Morgan's toy room he found her having a tea party with some stuffed animals. When she noticed Ezekiel she jumped up and ran over to him as she said, "Uncle Zek!"

Ezekiel scooped her up and spun around with her in his arms as he asked, "Are you ready to stay up late and have a bunch of fun?"

"Yes!" Morgan squealed as she spun around in the air.

"She can stay up, but not too late." Pepper said from the door.

"And don't feed her a bunch of sweets this time! She was hyped up on sugar for almost a week!" Tony added as he put his arm around Pepper's waist.

Ezekiel stopped the spin as he shared a look with Morgan and said, "Uh-oh! It's the fun police! You remember what to do right?!?"

Morgan nodded her head seriously before Ezekiel set her on his shoulders. A moment later both of them pulled down the bottom of their right eye and blew a raspberry towards Tony and Pepper. At the same time Ezekiel created a portal under his feet and they fell through it within less than a second. Tony groaned as he said, "What the hell, I'm not the fun police!"

JARVIS chimed in as he said in a happy tone, "Unfortunately in this case, you are sir."

"No way, I don't wanna be the fun police!"

Pepper giggled as she led Tony out of the room as she said, "Come along officer Stark, we need to finish getting ready for that charity event… And if you behave, you'll get a reward when we get home."

Ezekiel and Morgan fell through the portal and landed in the medical base where someone else was waiting for them. Morgan who was on Ezekiel's shoulders noticed the other person and a moment later hidden memories flooded back into her mind. As the same thing happened to the other person, Morgan's face lit up as she yelled, "Riri!"

"Morgan!" Riri yelled back as she ran towards the other girl as Ezekiel put her on the ground.

They both hugged each other tightly for a few moments before they both started to excitedly talk with each other. Ezekiel watched them for a few seconds before he opened a portal and waved them towards it as he said, "Come along you two, you can catch up when we get to Hulk's."

Neither girl stopped talking as they held hands and walked through the portal. On the other side they stepped out of the portal onto Hulk's doorstep. Ezekiel knocked on the door as the portal closed behind him and a few seconds later his clone opened the door. The clone let them inside before it dispelled itself so he could gain its memories. Inside the house at the kitchen table was Hulk and Hela who were in the middle of playing a card game.

As Ezekiel moved to take up the cards his clone left for him, Riri and Morgan went over to the couch first to talk. It was only the fifth time they've met, but they already had a system down. As soon as their locked memories surfaced at the sight of each other. They would talk about what happened since the last time they met, afterwards they would basically be inseparable until it was time to go back home. When that happened, their memories would be sealed away as soon as they separated.

As for why they had sealed memories, it was because he didn't want either of the mom's or Tony to know he had more than one kid for now. While Pepper would probably be okay with it and probably suspects Tony has a couple of illegitimate kids. Maya on the other hand would probably freak out about it because she apparently has feelings for Tony. Even though she's still upset he hasn't even attempted to contact her ever since the day he knocked her up.

Even though both girls were still young, with Morgan being almost three and Riri being almost nine. Both girls inherited Tony's intellect and were incredibly smart and could be considered geniuses. They would both probably act like little geniuses too, if Ezekiel didn't spoil the two girls and treat them like the little kids they were. While the two girls talked, Ezekiel played cards with Hela and Hulk as they waited for the girls to finish catching up.

Hela glanced at the girls from her place at the table as she said, "I never thought kids were cute, but Morgan and Riri changed my mind."

"Little ones cute… But always beat Hulk at games!" Hulk said in an annoyed tone as he huffed.

"It can't be helped, those two are sharp. They've even beat me and Hela before." Ezekiel said with a careless shrug.

It wasn't long before they finished up their card game and didn't start a new game. Instead they cleared the table and Ezekiel pulled out food so everyone could eat dinner before they played board games for the rest of the night. Once the table was filled with food, Ezekiel glanced over at the couch as he said, "Dinner time you two, come eat and you can keep talking over here."

Morgan's eyes lit up as she asked, "Can we have cookies?!?"

"Eat normal food first and then you can try the cookies my little sister made."

"Yes!" Morgan excitedly said as she jumped off the couch and pulled Riri with her.

For the rest of the night, the group hung out at Hulk's house and played board games. For the kids when it got later and they both started to doze off. Ezekiel gave them some espresso infused desserts that kept them awake for the rest of the night. When it was around nine in the morning Pacific time, Ezekiel took the girls who were still hyped up on sugar and caffeine home to their parents.

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