Chapter 8
Epilogue
It had been at least an hour since they left Staten Island but for both Spider-Man and Black Cat time seem to have stopped.
They went back to where they first met each other. On the roof of a building on Central Park West. When they came down Black Cat was ecstatic.
"Can you believe what just happened over there? I mean it was the greatest thrill ever in my life."
Spidey stood there and looked at her. She looked at him.
"What's wrong?" She asked
"I've been thinking as we came over here. That we shouldn't be together."
"What do you mean?"
"Well I know we kind of had that moment but I don't think we could maintain it."
"I don't understand?"
Spidey put his arms on Black Cat's shoulders.
"Look, this is obvious but you and I are not regular people we've got lives where our loved ones can be in danger because of it.
"But I like you I want to know more of you."
"So do I. But the fact is we can't have a life like this. We're not the Avengers. We can't have superhero weddings and have our faces on the cover of People."
"Are you saying you want to be friends?"
"I'm not saying that. I don't even know what I'm asking. All I know is that we are just two people that are fascinated with like to run around the city in brightly colored fabrics."
"You're right but we can always see each other."
"It's a big city although aren't you worried about the cops finding your stash?"
"Not at all. I've got ways Spider-man many ways. I'll just lay low for a while and then be back out there putting my skills to use."
"Fine just don't go stealing stuff from my house."
"I won't and besides I don't do houses. Not brownstones anyway."
Spidey raises his eyebrows. He wondered if she knew about him or that it was a guess?
Black Cat sighed. "Guess I'll see you around then?"
"Of course." Spidey replied. "I'll give a friendly shout out if I see you."
Black Cat smiled. "Just don't do it where the cops can hear me, okay?"
"Sure"
Spider-man and Black Cat looked at each other through the darkness. It wasn't really a goodbye but they both had lives to tend to and Mary Jane would have hit the roof if she learned that he was with another woman. He just wasn't ready for jilted lover retaliation.
He pulled his mask up and came in close to Black Cat. They kissed one last time before they went on their separate ways. It was a long kiss that seemed to go on forever. That all the cares and worries went away for both of them.
Black Cat steped back and Spidey pulled down his mask. They looked at each other and then turned around walking in to separate directions. Black Cat went west while Spidey went east. They looked at each other one last time before they left the building on Central Park West.
Both knew that they would meet again in the near future. While they had no idea if that they were meant for each other. The feeling of love would live on in other relationships. But that feeling between them would never disappear.
The End
