SIX

You can kiss me in the moonlight
On the rooftop under the sky
You can kiss me with the windows open
While the rain comes pourin' inside
Kiss me in sweet slow motion
Let's let everything slide

*This Kiss-Faith Hill*

Spiderman placed her gently onto the bed. Tenderly, he wiped away the caked blood and mud on the grazes on her forehead. Then, he applied ice over the lump at the base of her skull. If it wasn't for his red-n-blue suit, he would look just like Prince Charming bending over to kiss Sleeping Beauty awake. Her breathing had returned to normal. Spiderman retired to the window, ensconced in the dark shadow. He love to watch her from afar.

Slowly, she stirred and her eyes fluttered open. Her old fear returned to her. It took her a moment to adjust to where she was. Then, she saw him.

"Spiderman!" Mary Jane said, as she tried to rise from her bed. She fell back again, wincing at the pain at the back of her neck.

"It's alright, MJ. Everything is fine. You're safe in your own home." Spiderman replied, walking towards her. Then, much to his chagrin, she burst into tears. In between sobs, she related the whole incident to him.

Mary Jane sniffed, "You must think I am so stupid to believe her but she just sounded so genuine and I-I couldn't bear to just walk away."

"You have a heart, MJ. Most people here haven't got one." Spiderman comforted her.

"A heart! Yeah, a gullible heart, that is." Mary Jane gave a bitter laugh.

"Well, then that gives me plenty of excuse to play the damsel-saving hero!" Spiderman joked.

Mary Jane laughed, "How'd you know where to look for me every time? Did you fix a radar or tracker unit on my clothes or something?"

"My spider sense tells me."

"So, what else does this spider sense of yours tells you about me?" Mary Jane asked, inching closer towards him.

"It doesn't do much to satisfy my curiosity at times."

"I'm curious too. Who is this saviour of mine?"

"Some secrets are better left unknown. A conjurer's trick won't be fun anymore if you knew how he did it." Spiderman said.

Mary Jane was not going to let him off the hook so easily this time. She said, "Can I at least touch him then, even if I cannot see him?" She placed a hand over her eyes. "No peeping , I promise."

Spiderman hesitated for a moment but in his heart he knew he could trust her words.

Carefully, he removed his mask. Mary Jane still kept her eyes closed. He guided her hand slowly to his face. She traced her fingers over the ridge of his nose and ran them over his forehead and down his cheeks. She was trying to memorize every contour of his face. He took her hand in his and held it firmly to his lips. Delicately, he kissed each finger,

Slowly, Mary Jane wrapped her arm around his neck and drew his face close to hers. She could feel his warm breath upon her cheek. As soon as their lips met, the memories and emotions came flooding back to Mary Jane. She kissed him with a kind of fierce fervor and he reciprocated in kind. She found it strange that here she was kissing Spiderman but her thoughts was on Peter Parker.

Spiderman turned off the lights and the two of them sat alone in the dark, cradling each other. Mary Jane pressed her head against his chest, listening to the rhythm of his strong heartbeat. Right then, she realized what exactly she had been looking for in a man, a man which Flash and Harry had failed to live up to. Right then, she felt so secure and contented.

As he sat there cradling her, he was ready to give up the superhero status, he was ready to give up saving the world if he could just hold her like this for one night. He understood now why the guys in school had been so crazy about her and why Harry couldn't let her go. Harry...

"Oh, shit." Spiderman muttered under his breath. He remembered he had a date with Harry and Emily.

"Hhhmmm?" Mary Jane stirred from her position.

"I have to go, MJ."

"What's the hurry?" Mary Jane asked, slightly annoyed. She didn't want to let him go just yet.

"I just remembered I had something to do."

Mary Jane sighed, "Your spider sense paging you again?" *The perils of loving a superhero. You just have to share him with every other citizen of NYC* she thought.

"You'll be alright by yourself?"

"Yeah, I'll be. Go ahead. Thanks for saving my life...again."

As he was leaving, he remembered something and retrieved it from his pocket.

"MJ, here's your necklace. I got it back from the thugs."

" It's o.k. I want you to keep it. As a thank you gesture from me." Mary Jane replied. She watched him swing away from her balcony.

*My superhero stalker*Mary Jane smiled to herself.