Title: Tangled Webs
Author: Sparkling Diamond Satine
Summary and disclaimer are in Chapter 1, as well as a short warning.
Rating: PG-13
Note: Thanks for reviewing again DJP, and Alc.
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Chapter 4~The Girl Next-Door
Peter narrating
The girl next-door, that's who changed my life completely, who made missing Mary Jane okay. It wasn't like I was replacing MJ, but I needed someone who had the same tastes as me to talk to. That girl happened to be the one who I met at the Columbian University field trip.
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Peter walked into his new house and up to what would later become his room. It would look much the same as his old room in the apartment in New York City. For now, it was just a big void filled with boxes and a mattress.
"How am I supposed to sleep in here, Aunt May? There's no frame or anything!" Peter complained.
"Don't worry, there will be a frame in your room by tonight. You have school tomorrow; don't forget. Oh, and there's a girl next-door who says she wants to meet you. Her name is…Marissa I think?" Aunt May said.
Peter's eyes lit up at the mention of the name. "Melissa? Could it be…?" he said under his breath so Aunt May wouldn't hear. He ran down the stairs and flew towards the house to the left of his.
Aunt May chuckled as Peter ran out to meet the girl who wanted to meet him. She knew that he had forgotten all about Mary Jane as soon as Melissa's name was mentioned.
As soon as Peter saw Melissa's face, he knew immediately that it was the girl he saw at Colombia University. But when his eyes traced the rest of her body, he was in complete shock. She looked very much different, and was wearing a low-cut shirt and tight pants.
"Wow…Melissa, is that you?" Peter asked. "You look…different!"
Melissa laughed and nodded her head. "You don't look too bad, yourself, kid. In fact, you look a lot different since I last saw you…two days, was it?"
Peter nodded. "Yes, it was two days. Strange things have been happening to me…talking about strange things, I have an article on…Arachnida? She seems to be the new semi-popular superhero in town."
"Ah yes, Arachnida. She's a great character. I, for one, have been collecting what the public has to say," Melissa said.
"From what I've read, she really is cool. I wish I could meet her, though, for a lot of what the public writes isn't true," Peter said.
"Hey, want to take a walk? There's a really nice park nearby, and I could use the fresh air," Melissa said, already making her way towards it.
Peter smiled and followed her. "That would be nice. I haven't gone on swings in a while…without seeing the apartment buildings, of course."
Melissa laughed. "Well, then we'll spend some time on the swings. And if there are little kids on them already, we'll just scare them off."
Peter laughed with her. "Yeah, I guess we'll have to, because I'm not leaving until we go on the swings!" He saw the park ahead of them and gasped. It was very beautiful, yet small enough that it wouldn't be filled with too many rambunctious toddlers. Plus, one didn't see the towering skyscrapers in the backdrop.
Melissa smirked. "Hey, if you like this, wait 'till you see the better parks. This one's just the park next to my house."
Peter felt his spider sense start tingling, and didn't know what the sensation was all about yet. He figured that it had something to do with the precognition that some spiders seemed to possess. He looked around to see what was causing it, but found nothing.
"Peter…you go on the swings, there's something I need to do," Melissa said, running towards the bathroom. She quickly stripped out of her clothing and into a black suit with a single spider web design on her chest and back, and little white spiders "crawling" all over her arms and legs. She had a mask to go with it, and quickly pulled it over her head, and pulled the ponytail out the hole in the back.
Peter watched as the girl known as Arachnida ran out into the park. He spun around to notice a masked man almost punch him, but not before Peter could successfully block it. The man pulled out a gun and held it to his head. "Oh God…" Peter whispered.
"PETER!" Arachnida yelled, and did a few acrobatic moves, some handsprings and flips, and knocked out the man before he could even think about pulling the trigger.
"H-how do you know my name?" Peter asked.
Arachnida smirked inside her mask, thinking 'Wouldn't you like to know?' Instead, she said, "You know who I am. I'm just your average superhero with badass spider powers. Just call me Arachnida!" she said, before extending her webbing and swinging to the top of the park storage building.
Peter watched her swing away, and sighed. He walked over to the swings, wondering what happened to Melissa. "Guess I just met Arachnida…" He found his heart was tearing between two different people: a regular girl, and a superhero. When he looked down at his wrist, which had just expelled some webbing very much like the kind Arachnida put out. "Could it be possible?? Naaah…." Peter said to himself, swinging across the park. Melissa ran quickly back to the swings and took the one next to Peter.
"Sorry about that, just needed to check up on my little brother. I had forgotten that my parents were going out. He's okay, though, so I'm trusting that he'll be fine for the next ten minutes," Melissa said, smiling.
Peter took the rest of the quickly ending night to playfully flirt with the girl who now seemed to take up most of Peter's heart. But he thought that should he encounter Arachnida again, he might not be able to resist her. The sight of that superhero reminded him that he should find a way to tame his super powers. He also thought of perhaps joining Arachnida in fighting crime…that seemed to be a worthwhile commitment in this town, since there wasn't much else to do.
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Peter narrating
Arachnida and Melissa. Two terribly interesting girls, two people who shall forever dwell within a piece of my life. It will take years for me to decide what to do about this predicament, but why wait years when I can just tell the story in minutes? Besides, my story is not that interesting at points.
Author: Sparkling Diamond Satine
Summary and disclaimer are in Chapter 1, as well as a short warning.
Rating: PG-13
Note: Thanks for reviewing again DJP, and Alc.
~*~*~*~*~*~*
Chapter 4~The Girl Next-Door
Peter narrating
The girl next-door, that's who changed my life completely, who made missing Mary Jane okay. It wasn't like I was replacing MJ, but I needed someone who had the same tastes as me to talk to. That girl happened to be the one who I met at the Columbian University field trip.
~*~
Peter walked into his new house and up to what would later become his room. It would look much the same as his old room in the apartment in New York City. For now, it was just a big void filled with boxes and a mattress.
"How am I supposed to sleep in here, Aunt May? There's no frame or anything!" Peter complained.
"Don't worry, there will be a frame in your room by tonight. You have school tomorrow; don't forget. Oh, and there's a girl next-door who says she wants to meet you. Her name is…Marissa I think?" Aunt May said.
Peter's eyes lit up at the mention of the name. "Melissa? Could it be…?" he said under his breath so Aunt May wouldn't hear. He ran down the stairs and flew towards the house to the left of his.
Aunt May chuckled as Peter ran out to meet the girl who wanted to meet him. She knew that he had forgotten all about Mary Jane as soon as Melissa's name was mentioned.
As soon as Peter saw Melissa's face, he knew immediately that it was the girl he saw at Colombia University. But when his eyes traced the rest of her body, he was in complete shock. She looked very much different, and was wearing a low-cut shirt and tight pants.
"Wow…Melissa, is that you?" Peter asked. "You look…different!"
Melissa laughed and nodded her head. "You don't look too bad, yourself, kid. In fact, you look a lot different since I last saw you…two days, was it?"
Peter nodded. "Yes, it was two days. Strange things have been happening to me…talking about strange things, I have an article on…Arachnida? She seems to be the new semi-popular superhero in town."
"Ah yes, Arachnida. She's a great character. I, for one, have been collecting what the public has to say," Melissa said.
"From what I've read, she really is cool. I wish I could meet her, though, for a lot of what the public writes isn't true," Peter said.
"Hey, want to take a walk? There's a really nice park nearby, and I could use the fresh air," Melissa said, already making her way towards it.
Peter smiled and followed her. "That would be nice. I haven't gone on swings in a while…without seeing the apartment buildings, of course."
Melissa laughed. "Well, then we'll spend some time on the swings. And if there are little kids on them already, we'll just scare them off."
Peter laughed with her. "Yeah, I guess we'll have to, because I'm not leaving until we go on the swings!" He saw the park ahead of them and gasped. It was very beautiful, yet small enough that it wouldn't be filled with too many rambunctious toddlers. Plus, one didn't see the towering skyscrapers in the backdrop.
Melissa smirked. "Hey, if you like this, wait 'till you see the better parks. This one's just the park next to my house."
Peter felt his spider sense start tingling, and didn't know what the sensation was all about yet. He figured that it had something to do with the precognition that some spiders seemed to possess. He looked around to see what was causing it, but found nothing.
"Peter…you go on the swings, there's something I need to do," Melissa said, running towards the bathroom. She quickly stripped out of her clothing and into a black suit with a single spider web design on her chest and back, and little white spiders "crawling" all over her arms and legs. She had a mask to go with it, and quickly pulled it over her head, and pulled the ponytail out the hole in the back.
Peter watched as the girl known as Arachnida ran out into the park. He spun around to notice a masked man almost punch him, but not before Peter could successfully block it. The man pulled out a gun and held it to his head. "Oh God…" Peter whispered.
"PETER!" Arachnida yelled, and did a few acrobatic moves, some handsprings and flips, and knocked out the man before he could even think about pulling the trigger.
"H-how do you know my name?" Peter asked.
Arachnida smirked inside her mask, thinking 'Wouldn't you like to know?' Instead, she said, "You know who I am. I'm just your average superhero with badass spider powers. Just call me Arachnida!" she said, before extending her webbing and swinging to the top of the park storage building.
Peter watched her swing away, and sighed. He walked over to the swings, wondering what happened to Melissa. "Guess I just met Arachnida…" He found his heart was tearing between two different people: a regular girl, and a superhero. When he looked down at his wrist, which had just expelled some webbing very much like the kind Arachnida put out. "Could it be possible?? Naaah…." Peter said to himself, swinging across the park. Melissa ran quickly back to the swings and took the one next to Peter.
"Sorry about that, just needed to check up on my little brother. I had forgotten that my parents were going out. He's okay, though, so I'm trusting that he'll be fine for the next ten minutes," Melissa said, smiling.
Peter took the rest of the quickly ending night to playfully flirt with the girl who now seemed to take up most of Peter's heart. But he thought that should he encounter Arachnida again, he might not be able to resist her. The sight of that superhero reminded him that he should find a way to tame his super powers. He also thought of perhaps joining Arachnida in fighting crime…that seemed to be a worthwhile commitment in this town, since there wasn't much else to do.
~*~
Peter narrating
Arachnida and Melissa. Two terribly interesting girls, two people who shall forever dwell within a piece of my life. It will take years for me to decide what to do about this predicament, but why wait years when I can just tell the story in minutes? Besides, my story is not that interesting at points.