The Spiders
Chapter 2
Chad and Elena walked into the lab, with the students behind them, MJ and Flash in front of them. She was trying to shrug him of as he tried to whisper in her ear.
"There are more than 32,000 known species of spider in the world. They are in the order Aranae divided-"Elena cut her off, as Chad was whispering in her ear dirty things and trying to touch her butt.
"Stop it, Chad not here." Elena hissed, taking his hand off her butt, noticing Harry's unreadable expression and Peter's glare at him.
"Fine." He said and let go off her. MJ was in a similar situation as Flash tried to touch her neck, "No come on don't." she whispered irritated, then noticed Peter's look. She walked over to Elena, embarrassed of what Peter and Harry had just seen. "I feel so embarrassed your brother and Harry have just seen Flash trying to feel me up." She whispered lowly as the tour guide, her name was Irene was talking about how they search for food.
"That happens." Elena said, thoughtfully.
Flash stood by Peter and Harry, and Chad bumped his way by Flash. "For example the delena spider, family's Salticidae, has the ability to jump to catch its pray." They watched as the spider jumped across a log to another one to catch a fly. Peter lifted his camera up, "For the school paper?"
"Hmmmm." Irene nods, a few students around Peter roll their eyes, one or two mutter "geek." Elena whips her head around to see who said it, Peter ignores them, raises the camera. Behind him, Chad bumps his elbow on purpose, ruins the picture. Elena turned back to see Chad pushing Peter to the next tank.
"Next we have the net web spider, family Hexathelidae, genus Atrax one of the deadliest spiders in the world, spins an intricate, funnel-shaped web whose strands have a tensile strength proportionately equal to the type of high-tension wire used in bridge building." Irene said peering into clear box.
MJ and Elena stood behind Peter and Harry, when Chad bumped into Peter as he raised the camera again, He turns, and see's Chad putting on an innocent face. Peter looked at him; Chad looked at him, as if saying, what?
"Leave him alone." Harry said staring at Chad.
Chad looks, at Harry Osborn who was staring at him.
"Or what?" He smirked.
"Chad." Elena warned from the back at the group.
"Or his father will fire your father." Flash mocked, Chad and Paul clasped hands and laughed. "What's daddy gonna do? Sue me?" Flash said, grabbing Harry's jacket.
Elena was about to step in, when Mr Williams handled it. Elena sighed with relief and walked with MJ, "I don't know why they even pick on him." MJ muttered to herself.
Harry and Peter walked by the next table, "Those guys are jerks."
"I don't even know why your sister is still dating him."
"Believe me I don't either." Peter murmured back.
MJ and Elena were standing by some other girls, as Irene showed them a box full of spiders.
"A spider sense."
Peter and Harry walked toward a glass box, "Hey look at that spider."
"Some spiders change colour, to blend in to their environment it's a defence magnesium." Peter said, Harry who looked like he was the world's best scientist, but was not interested. "Peter, what makes you think I would want to know that." Harry rolled his eyes, moving on.
"Who wouldn't,"
"Well me, for starters." Elena said walking past them.
"Yeah listen to your sister." Harry laughed. Elena smiled slightly before moving away from MJ to Chad.
"Over five painstaking years Columbia's genetic research facility has fully mapped the genetic codes of each of these spiders." Irene explained.
"Hey you gonna talk to her now?" Harry asked Peter gesturing to MJ standing by the boxes on her own.
Peter chuckled, "No, come on. You talk to her."
Harry hesitated for a minute, "Right."
MJ smiled and Harry came to stand by her. "Disgusting."
"Yeah, hateful little things."
"I love them." MJ smiled.
"Really? Me, too." Harry said, MJ looked at him weirdly before looking back at the boxes.
Elena tried to listen to Irene as much she could but Harry talking to MJ put her off. Who was laughing and nodding her head. She really needed to get over him, or she would go crazy it wasn't helping when Chad's arm possessively around her waist. She noticed Peter eavesdropping on the conversation, he looked disappointed. Harry turned around and looked at Peter then back at the boxes.
"Collecting all genetic information from all three spiders, into these fifteen genetically designed super spiders." Irene said.
MJ furrowed her eyebrows and looked into the box and looked up at Irene. "There's fourteen."
Irene looked confused, "I beg your pardon?"
MJ pointed a finger, "One's missing."
"Yeah." Harry agreed.
Irene reached forward to look in the box, "Oh, I guess…the researchers are working on that one."
"Well let's move on shall we?" Irene said, moving the students to the next room. Chad let go of Elena and walked with Flash. Elena went with her other friends. The tour group has given up on the mystery of the missing spider and is following the Irene. M J lingers for a moment, to check out more of the spiders in the tanks, By herself, looking particularly beautiful in her light. Peter stares, mesmerized, snaps up the opportunity.
"Hey, can I take your picture; I need one with a student in it."
XOXO
"Hey Lena." Harry caught up with her as they walked out of the spider lab and into the next room. She turned and smiled, "Hey Hair. Where's Pete?"
"He stayed behind to take some more pictures, I think he's finally trying to speak to MJ." He rubbed the back of his head.
"Oh thank God, finally he drives me crazy saying he likes her but won't pluck up the courage to ask her out." She took her bag of her shoulder, and gave it to Harry to hold. He took it, as she fixed her hair.
"Well she's with Flash, so I don't think he will put any moves on her." He said, wishing it were him talking to MJ again. He loved Elena, as a sister but his feelings were sometimes not so sisterly. He immediately felt guilty for it and even worse Elena was dating someone else. He was really starting to fall in love with MJ, so he hoped to have a shot with her.
"I think she's going to knock it off with him, soon. Don't tell anyone I told you that." She said, taking her bag from him.
He felt a little happiness inside, knowing this. "I won't."
Elena took a breath before continuing. "And me and Chad, we aren't going to last much longer either. I am breaking up with him today."
That took Harry by surprise; it made him feel happy knowing she was breaking up with that jerk. She deserved to find someone who would make her happy.
His feelings for MJ were stronger, he thought. He would still be there for Elena as a friend. "Well good he is a jerk Elena."
"I know. I know. Am sorry for what he and Flash do to you two." She sighed and stopped.
"It's alright. It's not your fault."
She nodded, "MJ is taking a long time, hope Peter isn't snogging her senseless" she chuckled then stopped as she realized what she said.
"Oh, sorry Harry. I forget you-"she said, he nodded, "It's alright. Am aware he loves her too. Go on and get her." She smiled warmly and squeezed his arm before leaving.
Harry sighed and leant his head against the wall, in confusion. Why did he have tingles whenever Elena touched him or why did she come into his head when he was upset or angry. It should be MJ not her. Elena was like a sister to him, he had to remember that.
XOXO
MJ giggled, as Peter took her picture numerous times and making silly little jokes. This was the longest he had ever been in a room with her, and spoke to her and he found that he didn't want her to leave. Until Elena ruined it…
"MJ, let's go."
"Alright." She said and walked off.
"Wait thanks!" Peter waved, and when Elena turned back to see him, MJ walked past her, he was crouched down on his knees and holding a hand. "What's wrong?"
He shook his head, and picked up a pencil. "I just dropped this, it stabbed me by accident."
She looked at him and shrugged, "Come on Pete. Harry's waiting for you."
He looked up and forced a smile through his throbbing pain in his hand. "I'll be right there."
She nodded and walked off, "Ow," he mumbled looking at his hand there were two tiny red marks where the spider sank its fangs into his skin.
"Parker, let's move." Mr Williams said, he looked at him and walked towards the door.
XOXO
"Hey baby, what were you doing with the rich kid?" Chad asked in her ear, putting his arm around her shoulder.
"Just talking." She curtly replied back, keeping her gaze on the window. He wasn't getting any affection from her after what he and Flash did at the lab. It was time to end it.
"Talking about what?" He asked urgently.
"Nothing much, just about Peter." She said, looking at him.
"Well if that's all you were talking about." He kissed her cheek and looking behind her to talk to Flash and MJ.
Peter looked behind her to see Peter sitting on his own, by the window. He looked pale and ill, she started to worry about him. Are you ok? She mouthed.
He nodded and leant his head by the window. So much for breaking up with Chad, She was going to have to wait to break up with Chad; she needed to get Peter home. He looked very sick. He was her first priority.
Chapter two, completed. I bet you never expected it so early huh? Well I would like some reviews please.
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