The next day, Peter was still at home. He had gone to bed late last night, spending time with his best friend, Harry, who had visited him last night. Classes were not to begin until two days as well as his job with the Dailey Bugle. He was bored out of his mind and had no idea how to keep himself busy. That question was put on hold when the phone rang.
Peter sat down on the side of his bed in his room and grabbed the cordless phone on his nightstand and answered the call. "Hello?"
"Hi, Peter!"
"Aunt May?" This was a pleasant surprise.
"Are you enjoying your short vacation?"
"Not really, Aunt May. I'm going out of my mind."
"Oh, you really need to learn how to enjoy life more. You're always so serious and work your life away. I hear that Harry paid you a visit last night."
So that was the reason for the call. Harry called her and told her his situation. "He called you, didn't he?"
"I just got off the phone with him, and I got a call from Mary Jane the night before. Peter, they are both very concerned for you. You've been keeping to yourself, not talking to anyone whenever possible, and you seem to be very stressed."
"A lot has happened in the last four weeks, Aunt May," Peter replied.
"Yes, you have been through a lot, but why won't you let Mary Jane into your life and help you?"
"Aunt May, It's hard to explain, but I care for MJ so much, and I don't want her to get involved with my hard times. She has so much to live for."
"Let me tell you about relationships, Peter. Your Uncle Ben and I have known some hard times. Before he died, he was laid off from his job. He didn't want you to know, but he took that very hard. During that time, money was very short and we nearly lost the house."
"Really? I never knew!"
"There was no need to worry you. You were getting ready to graduate from High School. Anyway, I went through that hard time with him, because I loved him with all my heart. I didn't care if we lost the house, we had each other. I supported him, emotionally, right up until he died. Peter, when a woman loves a man, she will stick with him during the hard times. She doesn't care about going through the hard times, or even if there was danger to herself. She is willing to go through it all and help carry the burden of the one she loves. The same goes for the man who loves a woman. Peter, Mary Jane loves you, and she wants to help you carry the burden, but you won't let her, which hurts her even more. In a way, you are telling her that you don't love her."
This had struck a cord in Peter. Aunt May did not know about his secret life as Spider-Man, but somehow she made it all relevant to him. It also brought to light what Felicia had told her. He loved her so much and he thought he was protecting her by keeping her away from him, but it was doing both her and himself more harm than good.
There was no more doubt what needed to be done. He was going right over to MJ's apartment and going to tell her everything. He was going to tell her about him being Spider-Man. If everything that Felicia, Harry, and Aunt May said was true, then she would not care, and would rather take the risk and love him than live life without him.
"Aunt May, this was more help than…"
His spider senses started flaring. There was immanent danger coming. As a natural reflex, he pulled out his mask from under his sleeve. "Peter, are you there?"
Suddenly, four metal tentacles came crashing through the window, throwing shattered pieces of glass in all directions. Peter covered his face from the glass and instantly put his mask on.
* * * *
"Peter, are you there?"
Peter had stopped in mid sentence as if something had distracted his attention from the conversation. Her heart began to pounce and her eyes widen when she heard glass shattering and Peter screaming. "Peter? Peter!"
She heard the thump of the other phone hitting the phone. There was some kind of evil laugh far across the room. "Oh my god, Peter!" Aunt May hung up the phone and began to dial 911.
* * * *
Spider-Man, jumped from his bed as Dr. Octopus entered his room. "So this is you house. Very nice, Spider-Man, but it only shows how human you really are."
"You are treading on dangerous ground, Octopus!" Spider-man said firmly. The only part of his costume he had on was his mask. The rest of his costume was in the closet. He was in a pair of jeans and a black T-Shirt. "I don't appreciate being attacked in my own home!"
"Ah, but you will learn to deal with disappointment. I have!" one of his mechanical tentacles slapped him across the chest, sending him flying into his door, causing it to break off it's hinges. He hit just shy of the stair case going down and slid the remaining few inches he had left and began to roll all the way down the staircase.
Peter screamed in pain as he felt a pain in his rib cage. Walking on his mechanical tentacles, Dr. Octopus walked down the stairs. Spider-Man struggled to get to his feet, but a metal tentacle wrapped around his waist and lifted him off the ground. Swinging him around for a few seconds, he then brought him over the dinning room table and slammed him through the middle of the table. Dr. Octopus lifted him off the ground and tossed him into the kitchen cabinets. Spider-Man hit the wooden floor, on the verge of blacking out!
* * * *
Mary Jane was in the elevator on her way up to see Peter. She wanted to see him and try to get him to talk to her. She was angry that he would not let her help her, and she was going to let him know that. He can not push her off and expect everything to be fine when everything got back to normal.
The elevator stopped and she slid open the metal gate door. A large crashing noise came from Peter's apartment. "Peter?" She rushed to the door and opened it. When the door was all the way open, she saw mass destruction in the apartment and the villain, she had heard about in the news, standing in the room.
Dr. Octopus had one of his claws grabbing Spider-Man's mask but when he turned and saw Mary Jane open the door, the claw released the mask. "So, Spider-Man has a girlfriend, how interesting!"
One of the mechanical tentacles grabbed her by the waist and lifted her up. "Put me down, you creep!" She screamed! She was trying to free herself from the mechanical tentacle but with no luck.
Dr. Octopus looked down at Spider-Man who was barely moving, which let him know that he was still barely conscious. "This is not the time or place. It's too busy here. You'll know where to find me, and you better come, for your girlfriends sake!"
Peter sat down on the side of his bed in his room and grabbed the cordless phone on his nightstand and answered the call. "Hello?"
"Hi, Peter!"
"Aunt May?" This was a pleasant surprise.
"Are you enjoying your short vacation?"
"Not really, Aunt May. I'm going out of my mind."
"Oh, you really need to learn how to enjoy life more. You're always so serious and work your life away. I hear that Harry paid you a visit last night."
So that was the reason for the call. Harry called her and told her his situation. "He called you, didn't he?"
"I just got off the phone with him, and I got a call from Mary Jane the night before. Peter, they are both very concerned for you. You've been keeping to yourself, not talking to anyone whenever possible, and you seem to be very stressed."
"A lot has happened in the last four weeks, Aunt May," Peter replied.
"Yes, you have been through a lot, but why won't you let Mary Jane into your life and help you?"
"Aunt May, It's hard to explain, but I care for MJ so much, and I don't want her to get involved with my hard times. She has so much to live for."
"Let me tell you about relationships, Peter. Your Uncle Ben and I have known some hard times. Before he died, he was laid off from his job. He didn't want you to know, but he took that very hard. During that time, money was very short and we nearly lost the house."
"Really? I never knew!"
"There was no need to worry you. You were getting ready to graduate from High School. Anyway, I went through that hard time with him, because I loved him with all my heart. I didn't care if we lost the house, we had each other. I supported him, emotionally, right up until he died. Peter, when a woman loves a man, she will stick with him during the hard times. She doesn't care about going through the hard times, or even if there was danger to herself. She is willing to go through it all and help carry the burden of the one she loves. The same goes for the man who loves a woman. Peter, Mary Jane loves you, and she wants to help you carry the burden, but you won't let her, which hurts her even more. In a way, you are telling her that you don't love her."
This had struck a cord in Peter. Aunt May did not know about his secret life as Spider-Man, but somehow she made it all relevant to him. It also brought to light what Felicia had told her. He loved her so much and he thought he was protecting her by keeping her away from him, but it was doing both her and himself more harm than good.
There was no more doubt what needed to be done. He was going right over to MJ's apartment and going to tell her everything. He was going to tell her about him being Spider-Man. If everything that Felicia, Harry, and Aunt May said was true, then she would not care, and would rather take the risk and love him than live life without him.
"Aunt May, this was more help than…"
His spider senses started flaring. There was immanent danger coming. As a natural reflex, he pulled out his mask from under his sleeve. "Peter, are you there?"
Suddenly, four metal tentacles came crashing through the window, throwing shattered pieces of glass in all directions. Peter covered his face from the glass and instantly put his mask on.
* * * *
"Peter, are you there?"
Peter had stopped in mid sentence as if something had distracted his attention from the conversation. Her heart began to pounce and her eyes widen when she heard glass shattering and Peter screaming. "Peter? Peter!"
She heard the thump of the other phone hitting the phone. There was some kind of evil laugh far across the room. "Oh my god, Peter!" Aunt May hung up the phone and began to dial 911.
* * * *
Spider-Man, jumped from his bed as Dr. Octopus entered his room. "So this is you house. Very nice, Spider-Man, but it only shows how human you really are."
"You are treading on dangerous ground, Octopus!" Spider-man said firmly. The only part of his costume he had on was his mask. The rest of his costume was in the closet. He was in a pair of jeans and a black T-Shirt. "I don't appreciate being attacked in my own home!"
"Ah, but you will learn to deal with disappointment. I have!" one of his mechanical tentacles slapped him across the chest, sending him flying into his door, causing it to break off it's hinges. He hit just shy of the stair case going down and slid the remaining few inches he had left and began to roll all the way down the staircase.
Peter screamed in pain as he felt a pain in his rib cage. Walking on his mechanical tentacles, Dr. Octopus walked down the stairs. Spider-Man struggled to get to his feet, but a metal tentacle wrapped around his waist and lifted him off the ground. Swinging him around for a few seconds, he then brought him over the dinning room table and slammed him through the middle of the table. Dr. Octopus lifted him off the ground and tossed him into the kitchen cabinets. Spider-Man hit the wooden floor, on the verge of blacking out!
* * * *
Mary Jane was in the elevator on her way up to see Peter. She wanted to see him and try to get him to talk to her. She was angry that he would not let her help her, and she was going to let him know that. He can not push her off and expect everything to be fine when everything got back to normal.
The elevator stopped and she slid open the metal gate door. A large crashing noise came from Peter's apartment. "Peter?" She rushed to the door and opened it. When the door was all the way open, she saw mass destruction in the apartment and the villain, she had heard about in the news, standing in the room.
Dr. Octopus had one of his claws grabbing Spider-Man's mask but when he turned and saw Mary Jane open the door, the claw released the mask. "So, Spider-Man has a girlfriend, how interesting!"
One of the mechanical tentacles grabbed her by the waist and lifted her up. "Put me down, you creep!" She screamed! She was trying to free herself from the mechanical tentacle but with no luck.
Dr. Octopus looked down at Spider-Man who was barely moving, which let him know that he was still barely conscious. "This is not the time or place. It's too busy here. You'll know where to find me, and you better come, for your girlfriends sake!"