There's something about Peter...
By Shimo Ino
The spacious room was bright with light inside the Baxter Building. Johnny sighed. Finally some peace and quiet. It was too much, all the social events that the Fantastic Four were invited to. But now that they had a night off to themselves, Sue and Reed decided to throw a party for several of their super-hero friends.
Johnny had been looking forward to it for the whole week. Mostly because it was the same night that Peter was off, no collage, no work, no MJ, no nothing! But it had been a while since Deadpool had gotten here, fully-costumed, and everybody knew that Deadpool is always last to the party.
In short, without Peter around, Johnny was bored.
He stretched on the couch, ignoring Ben's aggravated face, and Matt Murtocks raised eyebrow.
"Suuueeee."He whined out to his older sister who was serving the food to several other heroes milling about. "I'm borreeedddd..."
She frowned at him. "Johhny, please. Its only been around an hour since everybody got here--"
"Not everyone!!" He hung off the couch. "Peter isn't here!!"
"Just 'cause your Wii-buddy aint here doesn't mean you cant shut up flame-for-brains!" Ben grounded out, aggravated.
"And I said I'd kick your pansy-ass at Mario Kart but noooooo." Deadpool yelled from the other side of the room where he was participating in a game of Blackjack with Stark, Reed, Fury and Banner. He was winning.
"I don't wanna race against you asshole!! Peter's much more challenging than you." He stuck out his tongue, then Deadpool flipped him.
"Then why don't you do look for him, Johnny?" Matt asked quietly. Sensing the pyro turn his head towards him, Matt added. "Because you care so much."
It was a running joke among the community of super-heros concerning Peter Parker, or Spiderman. He may have one of the most brilliant minds within their circle, but was completely clueless when it came to feelings directed to him.
There was something special about Peter. Everyone knew it, villains included. Spiderman was a special hero, he didn't have a money to fund himself, or an all knowing butler, or anything special like that. Most of the time, the public was against him, let by that asshole Jamason, but even so the kid never gave up.
He was also much younger that almost everyone else in this business, even Johnny, who was having his 25th in a few months. He constantly juggled his life, several job's, collage classes, super-heroing, and taking care of his aunt. Even Stark, who ran his huge multi-billion dollar business admitted he probably wouldn't be able to handle Peter's life.
But the joke itself was the different people that had 'crushes' on him in their circle. One of the most known was Johnny's and make no mistake, they would be together if not for Peter's denseness.
At that moment, the apartment door quietly opened, and in came Peter who was carrying a large grocery bag with 'Trader Joe's' on the front.
"Peter!!" Johnny yelled, jumping off the couch and giving the brown haired teen a giant hug. "Where have you been!? I was dying of boredom without you!!"
"Hey Johnny, here's the stuff you wanted Sue," Peter said as he held up the bag to the female member of the four.
"Thank you Peter, could you put it in the kitchen for me?"
"Sure thing," Peter smiled, returned Johnny's hug and left the room. Johnny had a stunned look on his face. He fell on the floor in an exaggerated manner. Looking up at a smirking Sue, he hissed. "It was youuuu..."
"Yes it was," She grinned. "After all, I really did need that pesto, you know, for the pasta you love. And just as a coincidence, Peter wanted to help out so--"
"Just a coincidence my ass!" Johnny grabbed his head. "You know Peter has a lot on his plate!! When he comes over here, he does nothing!! His every whim is catered to!!"
"But he has none." Deadpool observed from the card game without looking up. Stark and Reed nodded absentmindedly.
"That's beside the point!! He works to hard! Its way too much on his overworked person!!"
"Way too much on who?" Peter asked coming out of the kitchen and sitting on the couch next to Matt. "Hey Matt, how's work?"
"Its alright, I just got a job defending the Kingpin." Matt smirked. "This will give me a chance to uncover a lot of...dirty things."
"That's good. At least someone's bringing in money." The wall-crawler sighed shifted on the sofa.
"You lost another job, didn't you?" Ben grunted on his other side of the couch.
The brunette grinned sheepishly. "Doc Ock. You know." He shrugged. "It happens."
"Which one was it? The pizza delivery one? Or the office job?" Ben grinned-as much as a man made of rock could.
"Har har har. For your information, it was the museum security one."
"You work at a museum?"
"Worked–and only for about a month. Doc Ock attacked the other night, and when I wasn't there for guardsmen role call, I was fired." He sighed. "And I only got the first two weeks pay too..."
"Don't worry about it Pete!! Now c'mon, lets play Mario Cart alright?" Johnny grabbed him under the armpits, and dragged the helpless man along.
Matt, Ben and Sue watched in amusement as Peter was led off be the human flamethrower. "At least he'll keep Peter's mind off his money problem." Matt commented quietly.
Sue nodded and smiled. "True."
TBC
Uggh! I hate how this ended, but I loved writing it!! Why? Oh well, I hope you readers liked reading it too!!
True enough, I got this idea when watching 'There's something about Mary', but fear not! It wont be just Johnny/Peter, because I will be writhing about other parings, friendship, and family shots. Who knows? Maybe I'll write it as a big story instead? Thanks for reading!!
Shimo Ino