The exhilaration of having his tongue greet hers was intoxicating. Her heart was pounding, her head was spinning and her whole being was screaming yes to the whole situation. How often does one get a chance to say that they made out with a superhero? Probably not many. Her body leaned into him, wanting the situation to last for a longer while than their last one but alas, something happened as it always does during romantic moments much like this.

Her head turned as Spider-Man broke the kiss to see Ricky starting towards them. Of course! Well at least it wasn’t her parents… or Peter. God knows Peter would want some answers and would probably have questions that neither one of them could answer. But the disappointment spread across her face rather quickly as Ricky squinted to approach them. The light of the street lamp was very bright over their heads and her attention turned to see a large grin on Spider-Man’s face. Her head tilted to one side, not prepping for the kiss but actually to see his grin. Weird… it look famil… Her thoughts were cut off by the quick kiss and her mind raced with other thoughts as she watched him take of into the sky.

“What was that all about?” Ricky said, his sudden arrival making Lexi nearly jump out of her skin.

“What was what all about?” She asked innocently as she opened the small gate to her house and started on the footpath towards the door.

“I think you know. I come here to check up on you after last night’s chaos and I see you kissing Spider-Man.” Lexi just keep walking, not paying attention to Ricky as he spoke. “You can’t just go running off with some crazy dude in pajamas…”

That got her attention. “He is not a crazy dude in his Pajamas.” She snapped, stopping half way down the path to turn to him, “That is a man, a man who stands up for what he believes is right. With or without superpowers, I admire his courage and his drive to fight for justice.”

Ricky may not be the brightest bulb in the box but something seemed to click at that moment. He began to wag his finger at her. “You two have something going on.”

This instantly got a laugh from her as she started up again on the footpath. “Yeah like he has a crush on me.” Her voice filled with sarcasm.

“It’s not him I was referring to.” Ricky said in a shape tone as he stood at the bottom of the steps leading onto the porch.

Lexi stopped at her door, turning around she rested her back against the entrance to her home and looked at Ricky, a small bit of sadness in her eyes. “Ricky listen, I don’t know how to explain this properly so I’m going to try it once. My heart belongs to two people at this moment. One half of it does, in fact, belong to Spider-Man but the other and more powerful half belongs to someone else.” The jock in front of her puffed out his chest with pride, thinking it was him, his expression was to the effect of [i]Better half then none, half is easier to get back[/i]. “And that other half belongs to someone I’ve known for many years, someone who has gone through so much in his young life and someone I’m very proud to call my best friend. And Ricky, I’m sorry but it’s not you.” She said with a small nod before open the door. “Just because you don’t own my heart doesn’t mean I don’t want to be friends. I’ll see you at school tomorrow. Good night.”

With that she disappeared into the house, leaving the baffled football star in her walkway looking confused.