DISCLAIMER: I own nothing and no one from Spiderman. I am just a poor college student who also happens to be a Spidy fan and this just happens to be a fanfiction that my mind came up with that I feel like sharing with other fans. I make absolutely NO money from this. It is merely for fun and hopefully the enjoyment of other fans. Please don't sue and fans please enjoy.

Chapter 12: Going Through the Motions

Peter slept the day away quietly, his body healing quickly as it was allowed the rest it needed. Jameson didn't disturb the sleeping teen. His questions could wait until Peter woke up, even though the editor really wished he could have had his answers now, but... it could wait.

Now Jameson had never been a very patient man, but the knowledge that Peter was injured and basically because of him, kept the old news hound from disturbing the teenagers rest. Plus it wasn't as if there was any rush. None of 'the competition' held the information he and Robbie did.

During that day Jameson busied himself with work. He had to go into the Bugle. He was the editor after all and the news waits for no one. Robbie stayed home, though. Looking after Peter just in case…

Unfortunately for the editor, his thoughts kept drifting back to Peter and everything that had happened the night before. He just couldn't seem to keep his mind focused on the task at hand as the day crept by all too slowly for his liking. The news in general was pretty slow that day too. A fire. A shoot out. A robbery. Nothing very new for the city that never sleeps.

When Jamison's workday was finally over, the editor found himself rushing back to Robbie's to check on the injured boy, but nothing much had changed. Peter was breathing normally and his color was good, but he still slept.

After Jameson arrived, Robbie informed him that the teenager had in fact woken up briefly in the middle of the day to go to the bathroom, but by the time Robbie had gotten to the room upon hearing the toilet flush, Peter had already flopped back onto the bed and was asleep again. In the end, Robbie figure the kid hadn't been any more awake then he had needed to be to use the facilities. In fact, Peter looked so zonked out and had fallen asleep so quickly that Robbie figured the teenager probably hadn't even noticed he wasn't in his own home. The good news was now they at least knew Peter wasn't in a coma or something…

M.J. called in as Robbie and Jameson were settling in for the night to say she wouldn't be able to make it out to Robbie's that night. Her call was vague and the redhead was quick to hang up, but not before promising to come again the next morning.

M.J. call was about the last interesting thing that happened that night. Jameson and Robbie slept in shifts to watch over Peter, but the boy rested quietly all night. It wouldn't be until the next morning when he would wake up.

TBC…

Okay I know that this was a bit of a boring and short chapter, kinda like I'm just trying to get from point A to B (which I must admit I kinda am…), but this fanfic will get much more interesting by the next chapter! I am actually getting really excited with all the 'stuff' I'm going to be able to do… hee this is going to be fun!

Jpt: Guess what? The time you and everyone else have been waiting for is almost here… To tell you the truth, I'm really excited that I am going to be soon writing with Peter awake, but I'm also kinda dreading it at the same time. I mean, I'm going to actually have to think this out… there's simply so much ground to cover with Jameson, Peter and the others… should be interesting to see how it all falls into place… hope I don't mess it all up… Thanks for your review as always and I hope to hear from you saying I didn't mess everything up next chapter… I hope…

HiddenFanGirl:You know what?... I think I like the word snarky… I even looked it up (well I googled it at least) to make sure I knew exactly what it meant and found not only is it kinda a funny word, it also fits Jameson to a T… I may have to use it sometime… Anyway, thanks a bunch for the review!

Vorsith: Glad you're liking...

CGreene: I don't think a single word review has ever made me so happy! Your "...wow..." really made my day... Thanks a bunch!

blueraven1999: I know what you mean. Some authors (an unfortunately as the semester continues I'm kinda becoming apart of this group, at least where my other fanfics are concerned) take forever to update... and it's kinda sad sometimes because some of them have such wonderful stories. I think my attempts at somewhat consistent updating is because of my time as a fanfic reader (when I wasn't also an author). I have some fanfics I am waiting for that have literally not been updated in years... I also hate it when an author suddenly stops in the middle of a story and say 'sorry that's all I got' or 'I'm bored so I'm not going to write any more.' That just seems so irresponsible to me... I can promise that, while I have no clue when this fanfic will be completed, it will be completed someday as long as I have the ability to finish it... I try really hard to have at least a basic outline for all of my stories and a pretty good head start on them so I know where they going before putting them up on this site... I also try to limit myself to only one or two fanfics per topic (like Spiderman) so I don't confuse myself/make similar fanfics trying to write different stories of the same characters. You would not believe all the half ideas and even fully developed ideas I have on my computer right now for other fanfics... I have 2 'half ideas' in development right now for Spiderman alone and probably 20 more for other fanfics not counting the stories I already have up... Truthfully I feel kinda bad because I haven't touched many of my other fanfics lately… It's just, this one (spiderman that is) is the only one that seems to be writing out for me at the moment. I've been trying to figure out why and I think I've come to the decision that this one probably writes easiest because it's the one where the fic I'm fanning has the most background/is closest to home – like it's not in the future or dealing with the supernatural... Okay yes it is dealing with 'superheros' but, believe me, compared to the other genres I write it, it's 'normal'... Oh boy... Now that I look back at all that I have written, I seem to have been rambling... I hope you don't mind... but really, this review reply is almost as long as my freaking chapter! Weird... I guess I was just in a kind of talkative mood... Anyway, I really look forward to hearing from you again and thanks so much for your review!

Battosailover: Glad your liking this story... I'm always happy to hear from new readers. Um... this is just a guess, but by chance do you like Kenshin?

P.S. Chapter title: "Going Through the Motions" from the TV series 'Buffy the Vampire Slayer' in the episode 'Once More with Feeling' sung (mostly) by Sarah Michelle Gellar.