"Peter-"
Suddenly a large flash of light came from outside. It looked as though the sun had hit the Earth.
He glanced at Mary Jane who nodded. He went and changed into his suit. Peter jumped out the window and spotted a girl of about twenty, throwing balls of what looked to be sun. She spotted Spider-man and ran toward him.
"I've been waiting," Sunny said. She formed a huge ball of light and thrust it in his direction.
"You killed my uncle," she threw ball after ball or sun at him which he dodged.
"Who was your uncle?"
"Norman Osborn."
He yelled as one of the sun-balls hit him and fell to the ground. She walked toward him, ready to kill. Her brown eyes flashed with hatred as she formed a sun-ball.
"No!" Mary Jane could see what was happening from the balcony of their apartment.
"Ah, so Spidey's got a girlfriend."
She jumped up to the balcony and threw a bolt of sun at Mary Jane.
"MJ!"
He shot a web at Sunny, and yanked her back to the ground. She fell unconscious. Luckily, the bolt had missed Mary Jane and hit their couch, which went up in flames. Their alarm went off inside and summoned the firemen.
"I'm…not…done…with you…Spider-man," Sunny had regained her consciousness and was running away. He ignored Sunny and crawled up the apartment building's wall and onto the balcony. The firemen had already put out the fire and left.
"Who was she?" Mary Jane asked as Peter came up.
"I don't know. She said her uncle was Norman Osborne."
"She must want revenge. I thought this was resolved when…" her voice trailed off.
"Harry died." he finished for her.
"I know how hard this must be."
"I'm giving up Spider-man."
"Peter no. Don't-"
"I have to. It's risky enough for me, but for you, much more."
"You're right," she said softly.
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"Aunt May invited us over for dinner tonight Peter, should I accept?"
"Well, we have to tell her."
Mary Jane nodded.
"Hello. Yes, we'll be over. Mhm, okay, bye!"
She hung up the phone. The worst part wasn't over yet. She knew Aunt May might at least understand, but her father, never.
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"Hello Peter, hello MJ," Aunt May greeted them. She gave Peter a soft peck on the cheek and ran back to her dinner.
After an hour of talking, they sat down to eat. Just then, MJ got sick. She ran into the bathroom and threw up.
"Peter, is she well?"
"Uh…you could…say that."
Aunt May gave him a questioning look. Mary Jane walked back in and sat down.
"MJ, are you feeling okay?" Aunt May asked
"We've been meaning to tell you something." Peter said.
"I'm uh, going to have a baby," MJ looked at the floor.
"Why that's great news!" Aunt May said happily.
"So, you're not mad?" Peter asked.
"Of course not. Peter, I do think it is too early, but there's no changing what's said and done, and I rather like the idea of being a great aunt."
'She took it well,' Mary Jane thought.
They finished up dinner and were off.
"Come back soon!" May called as she shut the door.
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Ding-dongThe door rang as MJ's father came to answer it. He grumbled after being interrupted from his favorite T.V. show and eating his chips.
"Who is it?" he called gruffly.
"Daddy, it's me." Mary Jane answered, "And I brought Peter."
'Great,' her father thought sarcastically, 'the boy.'
He opened to door to them.
"Hi daddy!" Mary Jane said.
"Come in, come in, don't want the flies getting in."
They walked in to the old house and they smell of garbage filled the air.
"Daddy, this is Peter."
Her father held out his hand.
"Peter Parker. I've heard of you. You work for the Bugle?"
Peter nodded.
"Mr. Watson." He shook his hand.
"So MJ, you never come 'round anymore."
"Well I, uh, actually wanted to tell you something."
"Well then, out with it."
"I'm expecting."
Her father cocked his head to one side.
"Expecting what, a package? Letter?"
"No, no, it's not that. Daddy, A baby, I-I'm expecting a baby."
"Adopting?" How hard was this really to understand?
"No…I'm expecting as in…I'm pregnant."
Mr. Watson choked on his Coke.
"Your kidding right?" he asked.
"N-N-No, I-I'm not."
"Pregnant!" he yelled, "I thought I had talked sense into you!"
MJ started crying.
"You!" he pointed accusingly at Peter who stepped back, "I knew, I knew you were always going to be trouble! I never should've let you date Mary Jane!"
"Daddy, it wasn't his idea," she cried, desperate to make him calm down.
"I know my daughter and she would never do this! Get out, both of you! You're a disgrace to me and your mother!"
No one told her she was disgrace to her mother.
"Stop!" she yelled. Her father had never heard her yell.
"You always beat me as a child and I'm through! This is my choice and you have no right to try and stop me! I knew this would happen. I knew you wouldn't understand." She ran out the door. Frightened, Peter followed and Mr. Watson slammed the door in fury behind him. In their car, MJ collapsed in Peter's arms, weeping. Neither of them wanted to say much so they rode home in silence.
"MJ I-"
She couldn't speak. Sobs were her voice. She cried herself to sleep that night and many after.
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Mary Jane's POVI hadn't gotten out of bed for two days. Peter had brought me my food, came and went to work, and sat with me when he could. He was so sweet. I felt worthless. I was sobbing one day when Peter came up and sat by me.
"I love you Peter."
"I love you too."
My father plagued my thoughts of what he had said when I was younger.
"Worthless."
My father's voice wormed into my head.
"Good for nothing."
"Scum."
"Worthless," I mumbled, remembering what he had said.
"Huh?"
"Nothing. Just something my father told me."
"You're not worthless. You're the farthest thing from worthless MJ. You mean the world to me."
"No, I let this happen. He did talk sense into me, and if I hadn't hated him so much I would've listened."
"Don't let him bother you MJ."
"Peter, you don't know what's it's like. To-to be trapped."
He didn't know. I just fell asleep again in his arms. No one in this world knew how I felt.
For the first time, I realized that I was in this alone.
"Alone," I whispered before I drifted off into sleep.
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