[IC] Spider-Man: Childhood Friends (Jones Sparrow and EasilyAmused)

[Jones Sparrow]

Peter looked at her quizically, then realized that he still had the large bump on his head after he felt it throb. He was sure she watched the news this morning showing that he was helping a burning building, but he used the fake excuse that he used with Harry. "Shelf above my bed fell and hit me..." He said with a shy smile, Harry smiling at the thought of it again. The rest of the class went rather well though. Lexi and Peter made small little flirts to each other... Peter couldn't help it sometimes... and she was biting her lip way more than usual, which was driving Peter crazy that he couldn't do anything! The class ended, and they were soon free for lunch.

Peter, Lexi, and Harry were sitting and talking, Peter taking her hand, hoping she wasn't too embarrassed in public. They talked and ate, laughing at stories from long ago.

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"and it's One! Two! Three! Strikes your out at the ole ball gaaame!" A crowd cheered at a New York Yankee stadium, the game was starting to begin, and New York was ready for a great game! As the first pitch was about to be thrown until a thick layer of mist formed at the bottom of the field. The players stopped and looked around, and with a large flash a man dressed in a dark purple robe, a grin jumpsuit, and a large circular metalic helmet. "Citizens of Earth! I have come to be your Supreme ruler! Now bow to me! Mysterio!"

Most of the crowd just laughed at him, thinking he was a part of the game, a skit before it showed up. "You dare laugh at Me?!?" he yelled, his voice thundering. "Let's see who will be laughing after this!" and with that, giant flying robots swarmed in to the stands, shooting lasers and blowing things up. The crowd went in to a frenzy.

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Peter, Lexi and Harry were still sitting down when they heard the news. "Some alien guy is attacking at Yankee Stadium! He calls himself Mysterio!" Someone screamed. Mostly everyone went on their phones. Harry had to use Harry's (he was a super hero, but not a very advanced phone). Peter frowned deeply... Aliens? Coming to New York..... at a baseball game... Something didn't add up. Peter got and grabbed his backpack. "I er, gotta use the restroom." Peter said, giving a wink to Lexi before taking off for the school halls.

As Peter ran off, Harry looked excited. "We should go over and check it out! I want to see Spider-Man in action!" He said, not knowing that Lexi and Peter knew more about Spidey than he.

[EasilyAmused]

Flirting with Peter in class was fun, poking and prodding at each other; finding excuses to run her fingers along his back or the exposed skin of his arm. Winking and biting her lip uncontrollably. It wasn’t a surprise that she was even more playful than normal. She had the best boyfriend any girl could ever ask for. Class was more exciting having Peter and Harry in it. The three worked together to bust out the chemical project and knew the three of them were going to walk away with amazing grades.

Sitting outside was nice and when Peter took her hand, she interlaced her fingers with his; not caring those who saw but the glares from Flash made her return them. He didn’t have the right to say anything and he should consider himself blessed that he could even view the two together. The talking was cut off by Peter using Harry’s phone to hear about some crazy guy at the ballpark. When Peter excused himself to use the rest room and gave her a wink, she returned it with a playful wink before blowing him a kiss as he ran off.

Harry’s reaction surprised her and she tried to argue with him but he begged her to join him, it would be his first time seeing Spider-Man in person and he wanted to go. Hesitant, she finally agreed and gathered up her things and followed him to his car; “Wow, nice car!” Lexi said, her voice filled with surprise as he pulled the door open for her and she climbed in as he pulled the door down to shut it. Climbing into the driver’s seat the two were off towards the stadium. Hopefully Peter didn’t mind more in the audience. “Just promise me that we’ll stay back. We can see things from a distance; if we go inside we’ll just get in the way, trust me when I say this; if Spider-Man has the chance he puts on a show, if we stay in the bleachers area we’ll see everything.”

[Jones Sparrow]

"Thanks, my dad gave it to me for... Graduation coming up." He said, giving a weak smile as he climbed in. He listened to the Lexi as she told him about Spider-Man, and how they should keep their distance. He nodded after her speech, grinning, wanting to see a show. "Great, lets go!" He said, and they sped to the stadium

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Robots and clouds of smoke kept destroying the stadium. People were deserting it, some calling the cops. The man named Mysterio kept laughing loudly, watching everything crumble... Then he had to move quickly out of the way from a piece of crumbled up scrap metal covered in web. Spider-Man landed in the middle of the diamond, looking around. "Look, I'm more of a Mets fan myself, but did you really have to do this?" Peter asked as if a child just accidentally wrote on the wall.

"Silence, you fool! You shall kneel before the mystical and powerful Mysterio!"

There was silence from Spider-Man for a second, then laughter, doubling over. "I'm sorry, I'm sorry... its just, you look like a guy who had a really bad day in the fish section of a pet store or something." He said. "My costume is not to be laughed at, it is to strike fear against my enemies, even you, Spider-Man!"

"Whoah there, pal.. I never introduced myself, and as you are from another planet..." Peter trailed off, obviously not convinced that this guy was real. "So I'll bite. What do you plan on doing, Oh great and powerful Mysterio?!" Peter said full with sarcasm, falling to his knees, and holding on to his masked face, pretending to be terrified. Mysterio gave a little chuckle. "You doubt my powers, do you? Well..." He pressed a button on his arm. "Lets see if you can deal with... this!"

A giant looking fish came from the sky now, metallic, with giant teeth, and a terrible scream. It launched for Peter.

He quickly dodged it, hitting some of Mysterio's minions back at it. As Mysterio pressed more buttons on his arm, more tricks appeared. Giant cyborg looking robots came down, starting to throw things at Peter. He caught some of the thrown objects with a net of web, then his Spider senses went off again. He saw that Harry and Lexi were here! why would they?! It had to be Harry's idea... He saw that a cyborg took a liking to them. He chucked a huge piece of metal at the two. Peter leapt over, grabbing both of them. "Here we go, watch out!" He said, tackling them gently on to the ground, rolling off them. "No peanuts and cracker jacks today, folks. Game's cancelled." he said before leaping back in to action.

He was more concerned about the giant fish looking creature. He landed on the top of the stadium, looking at it as he swarmed around the city.... then he realized something... it was hardly noticable, but the giant fish was transparent! could it be... no...

Peter jumped down on to the diamond, taking a baseball helmet and bat and ball. "Hey, ugly! Over here!" he screamed. The fish turned around, and growled loudly at Spider-Man... things were getting so weird in this city now adays. Peter then got his bat up and ready, pretending to spit on the ground, and then moving the bat as if saying its going for a home run. Then he threw the ball up in the air, and hit it. It went soaring straight for the monster, but it went right through it, but something crashed. The fish flickered, then disappeared. The only thing was a small box with a lens on it.

"Smokes and mirrors.... who are you?" Spider-Man said, dropping the bat. The man known as Mysterio looked at Peter. "What?! How did you know? No one has out smarted me before!" He screamed at him. pressing another button. a robot with a flamethrower came, and ignited Peter on fire, but as peter figured, it was all a show. A hologram. "The little cyborgs and minions are cool, but... You owe this city thousands of dollars in repair money..." Peter leapt up and punched right through the helmet, it shattering and the man known as Mysterio fell down unconscious.

Peter examined the man's face. Glasses, dark red hair, a bit of a beard... Peter tilted his head. He remembered seeing him on the news...

"Is that Glenn Beck?" A police officer said, the squad now coming in. "The FX designer that went missing five months ago?" Peter asked them. The officer nodded. "Must have gone crazy... trying to make a show or something..." The officer trailed off...

This city had a lot of weird weird people. Peter would do his research later today and see why he did this, and talk to Lexi about it. He just hoped her and Harry were alright.

[EasilyAmused]

People were frantically running out of the stadium when Harry and Lexi pulled out. “Harry this isn’t a good id…” Before she could finish her sentence, Harry was off, running into the stadium and pushing pass people. “Damnit…” She muttered under her breathe as she took off after her friend.

Inside the scene displayed was rather surprising. In fact, even Lexi was hypnotized by the Giant cyborg looking robots that had dropped down and began throwing things at Spider-Man. “Whoa.” The two friends said at the same time, Lexi’s whoa for the types of gadgets this Mysterio guy had and Harry’s whoa at what Spider-Man was doing to dodge and deflect the objects being thrown. Now… well somehow a cyborg decided to take a liking to them and throw something in their direction. God Peter was going to be mad at her that she let Harry come here. Oh she was going to get it tonight.

Being tackled to the ground wasn’t anything knew for Lexi, not after recent events with Spider-Man so when he rolled off of them she gave a laugh at his corny joke, only to hear Harry laughing harder. She rolled her eyes slightly but found that she too sat on the ground and watched Peter in action. When he lined himself up like a batter, she couldn’t help but laugh and even applauded slightly but when he hit the fish and it turned into a small box with a lens on it, Harry and her gave the same reaction, their heads jerked back in surprise and eyes went wide. Quickly, Lexi got to her feet, grabbing Harry by the collar of his shirt. “Great you’ve seen him, now can we go before we either get hurt, get arrested or Spider-Man kicks our butts for even staying as long as we did?!”

She gave a yank onto Harry’s collar, he finally got to his feet and she took him by the hand and pulled him out of the stadium and to the car. “You said you could interview Spider-Man right?”

“Well yeah, if he has time he swings by but I don’t know when the next time I’ll hear from him is.” She said with a nod as she kept pulling him closer and closer to his car, obviously; he wasn’t having it and using his larger frame to keep himself in place.

“If I wanted to ask him some questions of my own.”

“Well I can take a few of them they just can’t be personal, we need to respect his privacy… and we need to get back to school!!” Lexi said giving him another hard pull on his forearm but he didn’t seem to budge. “Seriously Harry get in the car, we need to go.” But he wasn’t listening, he was too focused on seeing Spider-Man.

[Jones Sparrow]

Peter didnt like having a fake super villain trying to take over his city with special effects. With people like the Lizard and the Green Goblin, his work was already hard as it is. He didn't need a magic act to freak the city out. When he knew that Glen Beck was secure in a cop car, and everyone was alright, he made his way to the parking lot to see that Lexi was trying to pull Harry back to his car.

"He was amazing! Did you see how he didn't even have any fear? Of course you did, I mean... I'm sorry, its just its my first time seeing the guy in action! He helps everyone in the city, right? No matter what it is...?" Harry asked Lexi, turning to her. Spider-Man landed on his car with a thud, Harry jumped and turned, and had a huge grin. "I agree with your friend. You two should head back to school. Keep your heads full of knowledge so you don't turn in to him." He said referring to Beck. Harry was about to say something, but he felt like he overstayed his welcome. "Stay in school, you crazy kids!" He called out, shooting a web and zipping off towards the skyline yet again, to hurry and change back in his clothes and finish the day peacefully... then hopefully spending some alone time with Lexi... he needed to tell her how dumb it was to go there... and he also had to respond to her flirting today in chemistry... He liked the later one much better.

[EasilyAmused]

“Yes yes I know he’s great and amazing and helps anyone in whatever way he can but we really need to go!” Lexi said in an argumentative tone. Oh she could feel the lecture now, ‘why did you go there you knew it was dangerous?’, ‘how come you let him talk you into it?’, ‘Didn’t you try to talk him out of it?’. Oh the questions that would come as Peter wagged his finger in disappointment at her. Groaning she gave Harry another hard pull, barely getting the much larger version of her friend to stumble as he stared back at the stadium.

The thud behind them made her jump as well as she turned around, wide eyed to see Spider-Man on the hood of the car. A large smile curled over her full lips as she and Harry waved good bye to him as he shot off. She then turned back to Harry and gave him another pull. “Spider-Man or not, you didn’t give me time to even eat my lunch, for that you owe me a trip to McDonald’s. No but’s now start driving!” Harry tried to argue but the look on Lexi’s face said he wasn’t going to win and he just groaned and climbed into the driver’s seat waiting for her to get buckled in before they took off.

McDonald’s wasn’t busy but Harry’s radio was exploding about Spider-Man and Harry was no different. The ‘did you see this’, ‘did you see that’, ‘can you believe he did this’, ‘wasn’t it shocking when he did that’ was just as bad as the people on the radio and all Lexi could do was laugh as he freaked out and nod in agreement. Harry insistented on buying her a lunch and even got something for Peter, per Lexi’s insistence saying that the boy was a bottomless pit and if they didn’t get him something he’d eat all of her fries. While that was true, it also came up for two more reasons. One being that he was probably hungry after everything he just did and two being that she could present it as some form of ‘I’m so sorry!’ gift and hopefully his lecture wouldn’t be too bad.

Pulling out her phone, she texted Peter upon their arrival back at campus. Hey we’re back, meet you back at the tree we were under. Gotcha something. Xoxo. With that clicked her iPhone into the lock screen and slid it back into her purse as she walked with the bag of food and two sodas in her hands back towards the sitting area behind the school where they had been before.

[Jones Sparrow]

Peter tried yanking off a shoe, hoping on one foot, trying to get dressed quickly. He fell backwards, but rolled off his shoulders and easily hopped back up... Man, his powers made him do some next level break dancing moves! He finally got back in his clothes, and started sprinting down the street. He pulled out his phone as he reached the campus, smiling a bit at Lexi's message. is it a puppy? see you there he replied, high fiving himself mentally of that joke. Hey, she was his girlfriend, she now had to put up with his lame jokes. He made it back to the tree to see Harry and Lexi sitting there. "Hey..." He said, panting a bit. "I was looking all over for you guys." He said, sitting down next to Lexi, taking the food he offered her, giving a smile. He wasn't really mad at either of them for running out... but that doesn't mean he won't talk to Lexi about it later.

"Ah Pete we went to see Spidey in action! We were going to wait for you, but you took too long!" And then he went on again, Peter glancing at Lexi sometimes, wondering how many times she's heard the story, and Peter (not being able to resist) pretended to predict what happened next, Harry thought he was some sort of psychic! Peter smirked a bit, eating the fries and inhaling the burger, glad that Lexi made Harry get him something.

They enjoyed the sun and let Harry go on about Spidey, the school was all about it anyway... and then lunch was over, and they finished off their day for classes.

[EasilyAmused]

Lexi’s buried herself in her burger as Harry went on and on to Peter, though she swallowed a laugh by swallowing a bite of her food when Harry would look at Peter in a shocked manner as he guessed what happened over and over again. She groaned a little into her burger when he tried to make it sound like it was her idea. “My idea was to get the food not to go there. Geeze.” She rolled her blue eyes rather dramatically before giving Peter a twinkling playful look. Yeah she wasn’t lying but the two of them had their secrets from Harry and it was understandable as to why.

The day was long and boring, and Lexi was dreading her talk with Peter. It wasn’t her fault. Her mom picked her up from school and took her home before she showered and changed out of the dress into a pair dark blue jeans and a black t-shirt before running out the door with her book bag over her shoulder. “Going to study at Peter’s, be back tonight!” She called out through her house before slamming the door and walking to his place. The sun was shining and the day was bright and she had a feeling that Aunt May would cook some form of big happily meal to celebrate her two favorite kids being together. She would stop every now and then while walking and look around her. Sometimes one just can’t shake the feeling they’re being watched. A shrug lifted her shoulders as she continued on her walk.

Arriving at Peter’s seemed to take forever then again, she was taking her time not really looking forward to the lecture she might receive. There were no cars on the block of his house since most people were still at work and even Aunt May seemed to be out. A small sigh left her as she walked up the stairs and knocked on the door. Her weight shifted from her left foot to her right as she ran her small hand through her thick black hair and pressed her full soft pink lips together, the smell of the vanilla perfume floated lightly in the air around her. She was ready to face the music but hopefully, it wasn’t too bad.

[Jones Sparrow]

Peter couldn't be mad at Lexi... He thought over and over how he would tell her that it was stupid, she could have gotten hurt, he would have never forgiven himself if she was hurt when he was there... but he kept a secret away from her for a year, hid his feeling from her, and she wasn't mad for long when she found out... Who was he to be mad now? Going home was nice, and relaxing. Harry finally got done with talking about Spider-Man, and when Peter asked if he wanted to hang out later he shook his head, and said he had some chores to do at home... which was weird, because Norman Osborne could have hired the whole city of New York as maids... but he didn't argue. More time for Lexi and him.

Peter was watching the news, talking about Mysterio and how Spider-Man easily took care of him. He wasn't the easiest villain he faced... but he absolutely wasn't the hardest either. He heard a knock on the door, and got up, knowing it was Lexi. When he opened it she looked sad, ready for a lecture... he was going to keep it short and brief. "Hey..." he said, letting her in, letting her take off her shoes and place her items down.

"Your field trip was really dangerous." He said to her, not yelling, his arms crossed. "He could have been a real threat... If i was across the stadium you guys would have been squashed... I couldn't live with myself knowing you would have been gone out of my life..." He said quietly. He shook his head. "I know it wasn't your fault... I know you tried to convince harry to change his mind... and looking at it, I'm not mad... I'm just glad you're safe." His soft brown eyes showed the gratitude that she was here with him, showing pure love and affection towards her. He was absolutely crazy for her.

He stepped closer to her, and rested his forehead on hers. "You've only been my girlfriend for the day... and I really don't want to go back to the mop." He laughed a bit, his eyes twinkling. "Now that we've got this Spider-Man talk out of the way... there are more important matters... like how you drove me bonkers today with you biting your lip and running your hand across my back..." Peter smiled wide, his arms going for her curved body.

[EasilyAmused]

Of course she walked in looking sad; she was expecting a verbal beating of massive proportion. He wanted to protect the city and her and she allowed not only herself but Harry to be in harm’s way. “Hello…” She said softly as she kicked off her shoes at the door like normal and walked inside. Placing her book bag gently down on the coffee table she turned to him, her hands slid into the pockets of her jeans, she turned her innocent blue gaze up to him, lips pressed tightly together as he began to talk.

Her heart sank lower and lower in her chest; sure she could have done this to Spider-Man had she not known it was Peter, that would have qualified as ignorance on her part for ‘putting herself in harm’s way’ but not only did she know it was Peter but she also knew how important she was to him. So it could easily be considered her not taking his feelings into account about the situation. Her stomach began to turn when he mentioned about her not being in his life. He really did care about her, he really did love her and she didn’t want him to go through something like that because of her. Her eyebrows rose slowly when he acknowledged that it wasn’t her fault, that wasn’t something she was expecting, a small nod lifted and fell her head as she agreed that she did try to convince Harry to change his mind and that he was just glad she was safe.

She suddenly felt lighter as he began to get more playful with her, his laughter made her laugh and she returned the twinkling gaze with that of her own, her body slid into his arms, resting gently against him as her wrapped rested gently on his shoulders and her hands played delicately with his hair. “Well I keep hearing about the mop and, while I try not to be the jealous type, I need to remind you why you need to like me and not her.” She said with a nod as her hands slid down from his hair to his neck and slowly down his back, gently touching him with her fingertips. “But the biting my lip thing is out of my control… most of the time… like at school. It’s not my fault I find you attractive that I can’t control my nervous and flirty impulses.” With that she bit down on her lower lip, giving him an innocent yet playful look up at him before letting it go. “Though that one, I did on purpose.”

[Jones Sparrow]

Peter shook his head with a smile. "I think its safe to say that i will never touch that mop again when I have perfection looking straight at me." He said, saying it in a cheesy way, but meaning it. He laughed and held her closer. He blushed a tad bit when she called him attractive.. he was never called that before...When she bit her lip Peter laughed and shook his head. "You aren't getting away with that now, Miss Rogers." Peter said, lifting her up with ease (Thank you, radioactive spider!), and enveloped his lips with hers. He was grateful Aunt May was slowly taking steps to be more social with her friends, leaving the house for Peter and Lexi's studying... although studying wasn't on his mind right now... Although he fought a guy who terrorized the city for a few minutes, the Yankees didn't have a stadium (go mets!), Lexi and Harry were alive, and he was now holding the girl of his dreams.

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Doctor Otto Octavius stepped in to the office of Norman Osborne at the top of Oscorp. "Ah... Doctor Octavius... How was your flight?" Norman asked with a smile, getting up to shake the man's hand. "Very well... although I wish i could meet with better circumstances..." The doctor said, holding a suitcase.

Norman nodded. "Yes... Well, I suppose I can tell you the full story now...My son, Harry, you've met him, is dying... He's suffering from an unknown disease..." In the corner of the room sat Harry, looking down, his face trying to stop showing fear.

The doctor looked over at Harry, then back at him. "I would like you to do research in my best lab here... try to find an antidote to this disease... I have blood and tissue samples ready for you to see... and I have a theory on who can help us with finding a cure... Tell me, Doctor, are you familiar with the super hero named Spider-Man? He's quite the sensation here in New York. Won their hearts almost instantly..." Norman said, behind him the window dimmed and turned in to a glass desktop, showing Peter's pictures of Spider-Man swinging around, or stopping a crime.

"I have heard of him... a marvelous creature... quite a specimen..." He said, looking amazed at the sight of him. Everything about him was a scientific mystery!

"Not only does he have super strength, speed, and reflexes... he also seems to have an incredibly fast working immune system... He is known to take a numerous amount of hits, and still be perfectly fine within a few hours or days... Harry said that Lexi Rogers and Peter Parker know how to get in touch with him. Rogers interviews him from time to time, and Parker takes the pictures you see now... He will ask for Spider-Man's blood... and if he refuses, I have a special serum that might work against him... A picture of a glass vile with black liquid in it appeared on the screen, VENOM labeled on it.

"I would like you to help me with the Venom serum to make sure its safe... a boy used it a couple days ago and he is now in an asylum... My assistant will show you to your lab."

Doctor Octavis nodded, going for the door, but then he stopped. "Is that Parker boy... related to--"

"Richard Parker? yes. and Harry has told me that he is your biggest fan..."

"Ah, yes! I would be honored to meet with him." He said more to Harry, remembering his conversation with him about Peter.

"That will be all, Doctor." And with that Norman sat back down, and Doctor Octavius went to his new lab.

[EasilyAmused]

When he called her perfect, her face turned red in a blush. That was something she’d never get used to; Peter was just full of flattery and thought so highly of her, it was more than she had ever gotten from any other guy she had dated. Why oh why did she wait so long to tell Peter she had feelings for him?! Everything just felt so right that she felt beyond the point of foolish. But all foolishness aside, they were together now and in her mind, that’s really all that matters.

At his headshake she laughed before gasping as he scooped her up holding onto her upper thighs, she wrapped her legs around his midsection and returned the enveloped kiss, her nails gently digging into his back on her right hand while her lefts gripped lightly into his hair, giving it a small pull as she did so, but not enough to break the kiss. Lexi’s heart was pounding, her thoughts were blurry and everything about this just seemed right. Her legs tightened around him to keep her close as she pulled back from the kiss. “Oh no Mister Parker… please don’t…” She looked around before looking back at him, a smirk on her face and her blue eyes twinkling with mischief. “throw me onto the couch and climb on top of me.” With that she bit her lower lip in a teasing playful fashion and as she wanted, he dropped her onto the couch and climbed on top of her.

Leaning up, she pulled him down onto her with her arms around his neck, one long jean covered leg wrapped itself around a single leg of his as she bit down lightly on his bottom lip before pushing her lips against his and sliding her tongue into his mouth. Her hands scratched ever-so-gently into his back as she tongue wrestled him. Oh this was amazing, this was such a moment. Her heart was pound even harder, her head was spinning and it was so intoxicating that she hoped nothing would interrupt this moment.

“Peter… Peter are you home?” A male’s voice echoed through the opening door. Great, Harry came over; didn’t call, text or even knock. Seriously.

[EasilyAmused]

((Double post, sorry))

[Jones Sparrow]

If Peter could be anywhere on this planet, it wouldn't have been in a lab full of anything he ever wanted. It wouldn't be free falling from the Empire State Building, it was right here, with Lexi wrapped around his torso tugging his hair, her lips against his... He smiled against her lips at her little remarks, and grinned at her command. Who was he to say no to a lady? "You don't have to tell me twice." He said softly, setting her down on the couch, and laying on top of her, hoping he wasn't crushing her.

Correction. This is where he wanted to be. Lexi's tongue playing his his, her teeth biting his lip, her leg wrapped around his, her fingers traveling across his strong body, being so close to her... It was intoxicating. He couldn't think about nothing but her... and then his mind went back to reality when he heard the door knocking. He sighed, giving Lexi a look. "Leave it to Harry to interrupt... just as worse as Aunt May..." He said softly, putting a hand on her cheek. With one last kiss and bite to her lip he got up, and walked to the door, trying to fix his messy hair to make it look... less messy? was that possible? He didn't want to make it seem like he didn't care for Harry... although he would much rather be making out with Lexi, he was still his best friend

yadda yadda yadda, something about responsibility.... whoo...

He opened the door to see Harry Osborne looking more scared and concerned than ever, his face slightly pale. "Hey Pete... Am i interrupting...?"

"What? Oh, no. Lex and I were working on some homework." Everything in him wanted to say "chemistry homework" but he thought against it. "Is everything alright?" Peter asked, his face full of concern as he let him in. "I needed to talk to you... well, i guess you two about something.... I need to talk to Spider-Man..."

[EasilyAmused]

Lexi liked to think she was a nice girl, very nice in fact. She could put up with a lot of stuff but the continuous interruption between her and Peter’s romantic moments was just getting out of hand. The temptation to say ‘lock him out’ was great as her deep blue eyes stared up at her boyfriend, her fingers working their way back up his back and into his hair. Her fingers tightened in the locks as she gave his hair a small pull; oh she loved playing with his hair!

When he spoke about Harry being just as worse as Aunt May she nodded, her small face leaning into Peter’s large hand, a gentle smile curling her full lips as he leaned down and kissed her. But when he bit onto her lip, a small quiet moan left her. AAAHHH it was painful having him get up and walk away. Grrr world! She lectured as she quickly sat up, pushing down her black hair which was now puffy and crazy thanks to the couch. Reaching forward she grabbed a textbook from her bag, and flipped to open, throwing herself against the back of the chair, she propped her long legs up on the coffee table and began to skim over her upside down math book. SHIT! With that she flipped it right-side up as the boys entered the living room.

Her gaze moved up to Harry as he said he needed to talk to Spider-Man, “Harry we discussed this in the car, if you want to ask Spider-Man question, you can just give them to me and I’ll squeeze it in the next time I see him. We have to respect his privacy.”

[Jones Sparrow]

Peter nodded at Lexi's response to harry's request. "Yeah, man... He's out there saving people, and barely has time for Lexi's interviews... and there's not really a way to get in touch with him, he just sorta show--"

"I'm dying." Harry said loudly, staring at Lexi, a bit of tears coming from his eyes, then at Peter. "I have a disease no one has ever heard of, and although I look healthy, and act like it... I'm not." He said with a broken voice, running a hand through his very dark red hair. Peter's heart dropped... He was going to lose another person close in his life...

"I am going to die in a few months if I don't get a cure... Spider-Man's blood contains a blood type where he doesn't get sick, and is immune to a lot of uncurable diseases... If he gives me just a sample of his blood, Doctor Octavius can find a cure for me...!"

Harry looked at Lexi again. "He just shows up whenever he can for you?" He asked her, not wanting to sound demanding, but it seemed like he was. he turned his head to Peter. "You... You get pictures of the guy, you know where he's going to go... You must talk to him." Harry said desperately.

It wasn't the spider-senses that were going off in his head, it was Peter's science knowledge. "Harry... That could work... but you have to listen to me... There's a huuge probability that his blood won't mix well with yours... His white blood cells will literally kill of yours because of that healing factor.." Peter rambled, pacing a bit, his mind going crazy with all the news he has taken in.

Harry wanted him... well, Spider-Man, to determine his fate.... To risk it all, or let him die until Peter could find out what would happen with their blood... and if he did agree, harry would know that the blood that belongs to Spider-Man also belonged to him... how would he handle it? Would he be upset?

Peter didn't know what to do. He covered his mouth and sighed heavily, taking a seat and staring off... Harry eagerly awaited an answer. "I... I'll tell him that you want to see him the next chance I get..." Peter said quietly, still staring. Harry's grin was huge, his eyes showing full relief. He took him in for a hug. "Thank you so much, Pete... I know this is heavy stuff, but Spider-Man's job is to help people right? No matter what the issue! He'll do the right thing! I gotta go, and tell my dad... and let you guys study some more." he said with a sly grin, nodding. And with that Harry left, and Peter sat back down, completely lost in thought.

[EasilyAmused]

Lexi was nodding along with what Peter was saying before Harry dropped a very unexpected bombshell on the couple. Her jaw dropped open in surprise and she jumped to her feet dropping the book onto the coffee table, the thud echoing throughout the silent house before Harry began to speak again. The idea of Doctor Octavius working on finding something within Spider-Man’s (Peter’s) blood to cure Harry’s disease made her stomach turn. She didn’t like the idea of someone having Peter’s blood… but she didn’t like the idea of Harry dying either.

“Kinda I mean, he just shows up.” She said softly, her gaze moving to Peter as the two men began to talk. She watched Peter pace back and forth; he was probably weighing his options much like she was. The death of their friend or the discovery of Spider-Man… it was an uncomfortable stomach turning situation and when Peter said that he would tell Spider-Man the next time he got the chance, her knotted stomach grew tighter, oh this wasn’t good. Placing her hand over her mouth she swallowed back a sob as Harry left the house.

Slowly, she walked over to Peter and gave a small sigh as she let her hand fall off of her face and land on her lap. She than reached over and took Peter’s large hands in hers, her eyes were watering due to the situation at hand but she took a deep breath and began to speak. “Peter,” She began softly, “I think you should talk to Mister Osborne about doing a meeting with Doctor Octavius. Don’t mention to Mister Osborne that you know of this, but talk to the Doctor about it. Find out exactly what he intends on doing with your blood.” She gave Peter’s hands a squeeze, “I know you want to do what’s right, especially when it comes to helping Harry but you have to keep in mind the risk you’d be taking. If Doctor Octavius gives any, any sort of sign that he might use your blood for something other than helping Harry; you can’t do it.” She took in a deep breath before continuing. “To many people rely on Spider-Man and not only will Aunt May and I be at risk if anyone discovers that you’re you but you’d put yourself at risk. And if Harry does survive he’ll be at risk because he’s your friend.” Her eyes went wide. “Oh my god if they caught you, Spider-Man or Peter, and started doing experiments on you…” Her eyes watered again, her face cringing and her right hand left his covering her mouth to keep herself from sobbing at the thought of Peter getting tortured for genetic experiments. Hopefully she got her point across even though she had small streams of tears going down her face. This… this was a lot in one day.

[Jones Sparrow]

Peter listened to her talk, taking her hand and holding on as he kept staring at the wall. He was thinking about what he should do... Would he be willing to give away his identity to save his best friend's life? He would do it for Lexi... for Aunt May... He would do it for Harry... but as Spider-Man told him of his responsibilities, Peter was screaming that it was extremely dangerous... When Lexi started to cry Peter got up, putting his hands on her cheeks gently. "Hey hey hey, look at me..." He said softly. "You don't need to worry about me... I won't let them experiment on me or take and hurt you... I promise you that... You have the Peter Parker guarantee..." He said with a weak smile, always trying to use humor.

"I will have to talk to him... see what he plans on doing, and his opinion on it..." He agreed with her... He would have wanted to meet his idol on better terms... but Harry's life was at stake... If he could help work on it... "I'm not going to give Harry the blood unless i know he won't be harmed... and my identity is safe..." He gently wiped away the tears falling off her face with his thumb. She was even beautiful when she cried... He removed his hands and then wrapped his arms around her in a tight hug. "I'll get this sorted out.. I promise.."

[EasilyAmused]

Poor Lexi couldn’t help but cry; it was a contradiction of massive proportions. If he could help save Harry that was one thing but if they used the DNA they’d get from the blood sample to figure out it was Peter Parker, nothing but bad things would come from it. But… it wasn’t her decision to make. Her gaze opened, teary and sad as she looked up at Peter when he placed his hands on her cheeks. A sniffle left her nose of sadness and when he said that he wouldn’t let people experiment on him or take and/or hurt her, giving that ever-cheeky Peter Parker guarantee she gave him a small closed mouth smile across her full lips.

When he wrapped his arms around her, she returned it; laying her head gently onto his shoulder. He was such a tough guy, being Spider-Man and all. It’s not fair he has to go through everything alone. If she could change something, anything it wouldn’t be who he was, what he did or that he got his powers; she would change it so he wouldn’t have to do everything alone. Sure that would put someone else in just as much danger but it would lessen the chance of him or the other person getting hurt. Sometimes teamwork could be the best thing and if she could help, she would and in any way possible. Even if it means climbing onto another glider.

The night was quiet and kind of sad, the exchanges between Peter and Lexi questioning whether they should tell Aunt May about the situation with Harry. Peter was nice enough to walk her home and she urged him to call Mister Osborne tomorrow before he left for school and ask how he could meet with the Doctor. After that and a small make out session in front of her house (come on, sadness + boyfriend + girlfriend can = passion, do the math; shut up it’s real math) she went inside knowing he was probably going to patrol the streets tonight, poor suckers that were out causing trouble would pick a night when Spider-Man probably had a lot of anger to get out.

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Friday rolled around and Lexi was in her room getting ready. When Peter called Mister Osborne, he was invited to a dinner party in honor of two things, The Osborne’s return to New York and the visiting of Doctor Octavius. Of course Peter was to bring a guest and who does he ask? No not Aunt May, though that would be cute; he invited Lexi and since she could drive but he couldn’t, she was taking her mother’s Jeep once again to go to the party. There would be valet parking, a full three course meal with menu choices and a live band with a dance floor. The party invitation that Peter was sent said the music would range from swing, to classic rock, to salsa, to tango, to waltz, to rap and of course, slow dance songs. These made Lexi laugh because she knew how to swing, salsa, tango, waltz and of course, slow dance. Between her need to be social and her want to control her clumsiness, she found that dancing lessons and karate (which she’s kicking butt [literally] in by the way) help improve her balance and make friends along the way. Peter, however, didn’t dance but she was curious to see if he would be able to follow her lead or predict her actions because of this new spidey-sense of his.

It wasn’t long before she hugged her parents good bye and she left the house in her dress. Arriving at Peter’s house was nice, especially knowing that he would want to take pictures, something she wasn’t against as long as he was in a few of them. Surely he would be running around with his camera wanting to take photos of everything and everyone. Pulling down the visor, she checked her makeup and pulled her down hair to the front, she had curled it this time. Smiling to herself looking at her glossy pink lips, she closed the visor and opened the door to the jeep climbing out. Up the small footpath she went and up the stairs to the door where she gave a knock and waited.

“Coming! Coming!” Aunt May called out as the old woman hurried to the door. Pulling it open, her jaw dropped seeing Lexi in her Navy blue dress with a red sash around her upper waist. An elegant diamond bracelet was around her wrist and matching earrings in her ears. Her nails painted a soft white and her shoes were red to match the sash. “You look radiant!” The old lady said with a squeal in her voice as she let Lexi inside.

“Well I thought I’d pay tribute to Spider-Man by wearing his colors with the blue and red.” Lexi said with a twinkle in her eyes and a giggle in her voice as she stepped inside.

“Oh where is that boy. Probably sleeping like the bear he is!”

“I should have texted him saying I was on my way over; that might have helped get the bear moving and out of bed this Saturday evening.” The clock struck 5:30pm and even though the event started at 6pm, Lexi always made it a habit of being early to events.

“I’ll go get him.” Aunt May said reassuringly as she started up the stairs towards Peter’s room.

[Jones Sparrow]

Peter and Lexi seemed to be too sad to even talk about their homework that night, and Peter's mind was still in that very heated debate whether to give him his blood, reveal his secret to Oscorp, and possibly kill him faster than if he were to work on it himself, seeing Doctor Octavius' notes, and hopefully making a much safer cure that wouldn't give away his identity... but his identity wasn't as important at the moment... The walk home and make out session was very nice though... He would have to find a day to take her to a building so they could be alone without people bugging them... He was exhausted, stressed, and still had homework, but he felt that swinging around the city would help him out...

The rest of the week would consist of Peter and Lexi making sure Harry was happy, and every time he asked Peter if he's talked to him, Peter shook his head, and showed him his camera proving that he didn't have a picture of him. Peter asked Harry if he could visit Doctor Octavius soon, and instead of having him check, he had him call his father... and he eagerly invited him to a party at the Osborne Mansion... He asked Lexi as his date, of course.

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"Dispatch we suspicion of a car thief down in Harlem..."

"Copy that, we will try to get a car out there to see if he finds anything, over."

Peter had his mask half way off his face, enjoying a hot dog on top of a very high skyscraper, his legs hanging off the edge. It was a late Thursday night, but an average night for Peter. But as he heard the police talking about a car thief, Peter immediately stood up... He really didn't like car thieves...

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A man with long blonde hair and trench coat walked down the empty streets with his hands in his pockets, scanning the streets for officers, and nice looking cars...A sudden sound made him stop dead in his tracks. He turned around, expecting a thug or gang member... but nothing. It was quiet... After a minute he started off again, and finally finding a nice looking ride. He pulled out a small technical device used to electronically disarm the alarm and unlock the door. He worked quickly, and in seconds the door clicked. Just when he was about to open the door a soft pfft! came from the silent night, and a web hit the section between the door and frame of the car, making it impossible to open.

The thief took off as fast as he could down the street, knowing already who it was. He turned in to a corner, and suddenly he felt his foot fly up backwards and he landed hard on the concrete. Half dazed He was thrown against the wall. "Hey there, Spider-Man of the Harlem Neighborhood Watch." He said cheerfully, tilting his head, his giant white eye pieces staring at him... Spider-Man felt his heart beat hard against his chest... This man looked familiar...

Spider-Man shot a web at the man's hands, he gasping, and panting, terrified. Spider-Man pulled his sleeve... and stared at the small tattoo on his wrist... this was the killer of Uncle Ben. "Look, look, I didn't mean anything, I lost my keys and had to use another way--"

"How many others?" asked the web head.

Silence. Spider-Man kept staring at the scar.

"What--?" The man started.

"HOW MANY OTHERS DID YOU KILL?!" Screamed Peter, ripping him off the wall and throwing him against the other. The man was on the ground, in utter pain. Peter grabbed him by the shirt and pushed him against he wall again. He yanked off his mask, Peter's face full of sadness, pain, and above all: rage. "Do you remember me?" He asked him, his lip trembling. "How-How about that sweet old man you shot in the stomach a year ago? Huh? Does that ring any bells? Tried stealing his car? What, his wasn't good enough, you sell it already?!" He smashed the man's body against the wall.

"P-Pl-Please." He said through the pain and terror. "I didn't want t--" Another slam. "You killed a loving husband! An Uncle! A protector! just for a few quick bucks and a get away car!" He threw him again. Peter wanted so badly to hurt him more, to cause him pain that will never equal Peter's, but it was worth a shot. The man was shaking, in pain, scared to death. "Please..." He panted, looking up at Peter pleadingly.

Peter knelt beside him, very close to his face, his whole body shaking with fury. "He wouldn't want me to. That's the only reason why you are going to live." Spider-Man said with a shaking finger, tears in his eyes. "But i swear to you, if I ever see you breaking the law again, even if its littering, I won't be so merciful. That's why I'm not going to take you in. I know you will screw up." Peter said softly but full of poison, looking at the man who killed his Uncle. The thief got up and ran, leaving Peter alone in the alley. He grabbed his hair, started walking around in circles, and in a yell of complete pain and rage, he slammed his fist so hard in to the wall that it left a hole.

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Peter didn't feel like getting out of his bed the whole day. He was angry at himself. Angry that he stooped so low in hurting the man so badly... angry that he let his anger get the best of him... and angry he let him go. He didn't get up until 5:00. He quickly started getting ready in a simple suit with a skinny black tie. His knuckles were bright red with a few cuts and bruises from last night, and winced as he tried to tie his tie desperately. He heard a knock on his door, expecting Aunt May. "I'm getting ready!" He called out, but then saw that it was Lexi. He stopped messing with the unfinished tie, and looked at her, speechless at the sight of her beauty. "I...You...Wow." He said softly, his anger suddenly vanishing looking at Lexi in a trance. "I... Couldn't... Tie..." he managed to say, feeling like an idiot. She was perfect and beautiful all the time... but he had been so stressed and angry with everything else he forgot just what a gem he had.