Part 2:-

"No what I mean is have you guys noticed lapses in reality or something"? "Or being displaced " Peter continued.

"What do you mean?" Gwen perked up at this remembering earlier the steamed mirror in the bathroom was still despite being gone for a long while

"Peter what uh…you're alive…wait what are you doing here? MJ pauses slowly approaching Peter torn between wanting to give him a hug and keeping herself in check remembering the past. Peter drank in her appearance, she was as beautiful as ever as she placed a hand on his face. He allowed himself to lean into her touch for a moment and had to stop himself from kissing her before realizing the reason for the visit.

" I am so sorry for all the pain I caused you…before being cut off by a slap to his face.

" I thought you were dead jerk! Everybody in New York thought that you were dead or missing! Where the hell have you been?" And then she slapped him again.

" OK I probably deserved that, look I can explain everything" before dodging her slap this time and catching her wrist " You do remember I have awesome reflexes" before noticing the "really this is your defence" look MJ was giving him

Pausing for a bit to collect his thoughts " Look I know we didn't part on the best of terms and I know that you have every right to be mad at me but recently some things have happened for me to reconsider some choices I have made regarding us and if you just give me a chance to explain." He said in one breath.

MJ continued to stare at him looking like she would slap him again before he found the courage to say "well can I continue? "

"Give me the cliff notes"

"It's really more complicated than that.."

"C'mon Peter I know all of your adventures what could have possibly happened for you to consider coming here, you walked away..remember" Peter flinched at the accusation" so just say whatever you have to say"

He blurted out " I landed in another universe where I was dead I mean my counterpart was killed in action by trying to stop an evil supervillan who was trying to create a particle explosion that would bring back his family who deserted him. I joined forces with a kid who got bit by a similar spider and he gained abilities similar to mine in addition to new ones. We then joined forces with other spider-people including a talking pig to stop this guy from trying again and considering the universe is in one piece we succeeded!" He then took a deep breath to collect himself and opened his eyes.

MJ's mouth was opening and closing while she rubbed her temples. She raised one pointy finger to stop him from rambling further.

" That's it I need a drink.." before turning back and entering the house but left the door open.

"Ok she didn't close the door so it's probably my cue to enter" he thought before entering the house.

The house was pretty much the same except some of the photos that he took with him. One particular photo was still in place. It was the photo of their second date together on the roof overlooking the city just looking at each other. Peter remembered it like yesterday.

MJ came out with two glasses of wine and handed one to Peter before chugging her entire glass at one go. She then took the other glass from Peter and downed it entirely, before placing both glasses and filling them again.

"Here I thought I had seen everything that was possible" she said after finishing the third glass "Ok tell me everything and what exactly led to this visit?"

So Peter proceeded to tell her everything to the first portal that teleported him away to Miles's universe, meeting Miles telling his story, the particle collider explosion that lead to opening multiple portals across the multiverse that included other spider people. Every battle they faced and Miles's journey and his numerous failed attempts at him, the joy he found while "training him under severe life threatening conditions" to his uncle's loss that culminated in him to finally gain control over his abilities after a confrontation all the way to the end.

MJ took it all in, eyes widening in the revelation before her. She remained still just staring at Peter not realizing that her prolonged silence wasn't helping her confidence.

"So you nearly died again while trying to save the multiverse? The fact that it has not collapsed is proof this kid succeeded and this changed your mind about… us?

Peter sighed "Look I know this is a lot but the truth is the only reason I came back from there was you.. MJ opened her eyes wide at the revelation "What I mean to say is that I would really like us to try again…this event with Miles and the others made me realize that…I mean if that is still what you want."

"You still love me even after everything that happened?"

"MJ I separated myself from you because I wasn't really ready to take the next step". He stepped closer to her placing his palms on her face." I never stopped loving you I never could".

"I know this is sudden and it's a lot and if you don't want to I can.." he really did not know what to say if said no. It would be like reopening flesh wounds again.

"I need time to think..I don't know ok I still think about you everyday..I..she trailed off looking at him eyes shining with tears.

Peter hesitantly took her in his arms and just held her for a couple of minutes glad she did not push him away. " I can go if you need time to process this" he said testing the waters a bit to see what she would say.

" No just stay please I missed this...she paused to collect her words " but you are not out of the waters yet". Peter let out a breath he realized he had been holding. This was good, this was progress he was not expecting tonight.

They stood there silently holding each other when he noticed it. Colours and blips similar to the portal that teleported him started appearing all around the room, the couch and disappeared almost instantaneously, if it wasn't for his reflexes he wouldn't have noticed it. He looked down at MJ.

He saw her standing in his arms, his hands on her face just a few feet apart just like they were a couple of seconds ago and then merge into the MJ into her arms. The MJ in his arms did not even move or even realize it as her eyes were closed.

"What exactly happened here? Was it a ghost? A mirage?" Peter's mind raced a mile a minute and shifted slightly while holding MJ tighter. MJ noticed it

"What's wrong?"

Peter debated telling her but he wasn't really sure how to say it. He decided being honest was the best course considering he was on shaky waters.

"Did you feel anything strange? Like something came out of you and you gained it back"

"No" she looked at him incredulously before looking down, and poked at his belly

"speaking of gaining something.."

"Yeah I know enough people have pointed it out, it's almost an obsession with abs and superheroes these days!"

They continued talking before deciding to take it slow and start of from where they left off. This was uncharted territory for both of them so being cautious seemed like the smart course of action.

Peter decided to crash in the living room for the night as he wasn't sure if the event would repeat again just for MJ's safety and his peace of mind. They decided to go on a date like old times to catch up with each other's lives.

End of flashback

Peter paused to look at Miles and Gwen in the present looking at him with concern the movie completely from their minds.

Miles broke the silence "You're saying that a literal out of body experience took place at the very exact moment you hugged her? How is that possible I thought I destroyed the particle accelerator the moment Kingpin hit the kill switch?"

Gwen "Maybe there is still operational somehow left did you notice anything similar back in your universe?"

" No I didn't did you?

" Well today when I went to stop a car chase and I was gone for like a good half hour or so but when I came back the bathroom mirror was still full of steam..

" Hold on you were gone for half hour. I was in the shower for like 5 minutes…" Miles said trying hard to ignore the blush on his face remembering how she saw him in the face of this new fact.

" No it took me more than that to even reach the chase was happening in the other side of the city.."

They all looked at each other just digesting the situation.

Peter jumped in" It looks like some kind of distortion in time cause when I was holding MJ in my arms it out of body experience or mirage or whatever the hell it was showing the events but that's not all that happened."

"wait there's more?" Miles asked

Peter nodded before continuing

The date was going pretty well. They managed to talk about anything and everything late into the night. It wasn't quite like before, the hesitation and caution was still there like a shadow looming over them. But they both decided to start over again with the hope that the trust will build over time.

Right before dropping MJ at her house he heard sirens go off in the distance.

Before he could even say anything she answered "Go I get it duty calls" not before Peter swooped in and gave her a passionate kiss. It lingered for a moment before he took a deep breath and looked at her. She was smiling, this was good.

"I'll be right back" Peter swung away in the direction of the sirens. What he saw surprised him. A car chase was happening but every time he got close they flashed a bright light stunning him momentarily and getting away. The colour of the car also changed each time ,sometimes cloaking itself with the roads and managed to dodge some of the police cars.

"Damn this suit really needs an upgrade" Peter grumbled before wondering how exactly did they get their hands on this kind of tech before the car suddenly swerved right and came to a screeching halt.

Peter landed right in front of the cops who had their guns drawn to the car shouting for the suspects to exit the car. He approached slowly, his mind screaming at him it was some kind a trick.

When all of a sudden everything froze. Peter could not move and then he saw the familiar signs of dimensional blips appearing all around him over and over again running over buildings and the people around him.

Then he saw the car swerving right and he saw himself chasing after it before coming and stopping at the exact spot the car had stopped a couple of seconds ago. He saw his mirage landing right in front of it just as he had. It was literally like someone had hit rewind on the world and was allowing everyone to experience it as well.

He saw his mirage, a lighter more transparent version of him literally reach his exact spot. He wasn't even hurting, there was no physical or mental pain that he felt. He was just stuck unable to anything despite his powers.

Then the car suddenly shined bright before revealing an empty spot where nothing remained except Peter himself and the police.

" Spiderman can you explain this?"

Peter turned around " I have no earthly idea."