Well, here it is. The next chapter of Of Webs. Enjoy!
When Lizzie and Mary Jane finally made it to the hospital, the brunette could feel her heart begin to beat faster. She had to find out what happened to Harry and she needed to know if he was okay. It took almost all of Lizzie's willpower not to break into a supernatural sprint as the duo made their way to their friend's floor's main desk.
"Um, excuse us. Do you know which room Harry Osborn is in?" Mary Jane asked the receptionist.
The woman who sat in front of the girls looked up from the file she was reading. "You mean the hit-and-run patient?"
Lizzie felt her face begin to pale. "Hi-hit-and-run?"
The woman raised one of her dark brown eyes brows. "No one told you?"
"No. No one did," said Mary Jane, squeezing her friend's hand in attempt to comfort her.
Sighing, as if she couldn't believe how ignorant people could be, gave them Harry's room number. "And make it quick."
When the roommates began walking towards Harry's room, Mary Jane whispered, "Well, wasn't she just lovely."
Lizzie felt herself smile, which soon fell off of her face. "MJ, I'm not sure if I should see him."
Mary Jane looked at Lizzie, confused. "Really? Why not?" Lizzie gave her red-headed friend an are-you-for-real-look. "Oh. Right. I forgot. But seriously, Liz. You can't avoid him forever. He's our friend.
Just your friend, now.
"If anything else, just have a quick look from the door. Okay?"
Seeing that she couldn't argue any further, Lizzie sighed. "Fine. But just from the doorway."
Mary Jane nodded her head in approval before she went into Harry's room while Lizzie hung by the door, unseen. Taking a deep, shaky breath, she peeked into Harry's room. Lizzie could see Mary Jane and Peter standing by a very awake Harry's bed.
"Hi. I got here as fast as I could," said Mary Jane.
"I know that face," said Harry, smiling.
Lizzie felt tears form in her eyes from what she saw. It wasn't the new Harry that she saw. It was the real Harry. Laying right in front of her.
Could it be possible?
"Do either of you know where-" Lizzie felt her body freeze as his brown eyes met her blue eyes. Expecting Harry to yell at her to get away from him, she became caught off guard when he smiled even brighter. "Hey, beautiful."
Lizzie's eyes widened as she looked at Peter.
Why is Peter near him?
"Are you going to come in?"
Peter nodded his head, releasing Lizzie from her shock. "Um... yeah," said Lizzie as she slowly made her way in.
Harry, noticing how uneasy his friend looked, asked, "Is there something going on between us, Lizzie?"
"Ye-yes. There is. Don't you remember anything?"
Harry grinned sheepishly. "No. Not a thing. I hit my head and can't remember a thing that's happened to me recently."
"Well, other than that, how are you doing?" asked Mary Jane.
"I don't know. Last thing I remember, I was fine. Somewhere."
"You're still fine."
Harry gave a small smile.
"We love you, Harry."
"It feels like... somehow, I've been gone for a real long time. And now I'm back home."
Lizzie felt something inside of her begin to grow again. Something she had lost what seemed like forever ago. She just couldn't place what it.
"It's good to have you back," said Peter.
Just then, a nurse came in and asked them politely to leave, Everyone seemed to agree except for Harry who looked like if they left him alone that he would forget everything else about himself. "Well, I'll see you tomorrow."
"Yeah. Great," agreed Peter.
Harry smiled another cheek-to-cheek smile as Mary Jane chuckled. "Get some sleep."
"I'll see you, too. Right, Lizzie?"
"Ah, yeah. Sure. I'll try to see if I can."
"Great!" he exclaimed as if he were a five year-old child being told by his mother that he could have an ice cream cone if he picked up if toys.
When the three of them left their friend, Mary Jane stated, "I think he's gonna be fine."
"I think so," said Peter.
"And you guys seem great."
"Yeah."
As they neared the elevator, Lizzie said, "Her, MJ. You go on ahead. I'll catch up. I need to talk with Pete."
"Okay," said Mary Jane boarding the elevator. "Don't take too long."
Lizzie nodded her head as the doors closed. Once Mary Jane was gone, she pulled her sibling aside. "Alright, Peter. Tell me what really happened to Harry."
Peter looked down at his sister. "Well, he... he... to be honest with you, Liz, he tried to kill me."
Lizzie gasped. "What!?"
"I was riding home from Aunt May's when he attacked me. We fought for a while until we came to an alley. I was able to knock him off of his glider, but he hit his head on a pipe. That's why he can't remember what's happened to him recently."
"Oh. So that's- Whoa. Wait a sec. He was on a glider? Where the heck did he get one?"
"You do remember that his father was the Green Goblin, right?"
"Yeah. How could I forget?"
"Well, he's Goblin Jr."
Lizzie cussed under her breath when she realized what that meant.
The twins were silent for a moment. "Liz. Don't you realize it?"
"Realize what, Peter? That Harry's a homicidal goblin? Yeah. I realized that minutes ago."
Peter shook his head. "No. Not that."
"Than what?"
"He can't remember anything that's happened to him recently."
"So?"
"Lizzie. He doesn't remember Spider-man and Spider-woman killing his father."
"But we- Wait. You mean he's-"
"He's the old Harry. We've gotten the real Harry back!"
Hardly believing it, she tackled Peter in a hug, laughing like an idiot. Harry was right. He was hom; at least for now.
This has nothing to do with the story, but, I'm going to go see Warm Bodies on Sunday. I'm so excited! When I saw the trailer at the special showing of Breaking Dawn Part 2 I freaked out. A zombie romance movie? Sign me up! I also learned that it was based off of a book, so, being the book nerd that I am, bought a copy with some of my Christmas money. I stayed up until almost eleven last night because I was close to finishing it. And guess what? I FREAKING LOVED IT! I mean, once I got over the cannibalism (hey, I consider zombies cannibals) I found myself very entertained and entranced. You have no idea how many times I wanted to read it when I was in school or at musical rehearsal. It was that good. Anywhos, I hope you enjoyed this chapter!
