'Second Time Around'
By Penniless.Spidey.Poet.
Hello all! This is my first ever Spiderman fanfic so please...NO FLAMES! Just praise, advice, and nice comments! Thankies!
Disclaimer: Everything Spiderman related belongs to Stan Lee! I only claim Cassie Parker as my own!
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Cassie gaped at Peter. "Wait one minute! You're my cousin?!" she exclaimed in disbelief. Why would her parents put her in the care of someone so young? So...well, him!
Peter gave a weak smile and nodded his head. "Yeah...so, do you want to come in?" he asked feebly and gave her room to come in. Cassie pondered for a moment. Should she? She could just go back to the agency who had sent her here and demand someone else to take her in but something about Peter intrigued her...
She nodded and began to lift up her heavy suitcase when she felt it being taken out of her hands. "You shouldn't be carrying that! I'll get it for you," he told her and lifted it inside like it was nothing. Cassie stared at him. He was stronger than he looked, that suitcase had been like hell to carry but yet here was Peter, lifting it like it was light as a feather. That's not normal she thought and followed him inside.
The apartment was okay looking...if you didn't count the odd paint color and the table that looked like it was going to collapse. It had a small, rather dingy bed in the corner and a kitchen by the door. "This is, er, nice," she told Peter with a forced smile. "Please! This old place!" he said and laid her suitcase next to a small dresser. "You still haven't told me your name yet," he told her and sat down at the table. "Cassie Parker," she replied flatly and remained standing.
"That's a nice name. How old are you?" he asked her again, but strangely he didn't look at her. "Fourteen and a half. You?" she asked back. "Twenty," he replied when there was a knock at the door. Peter was getting up when Cassie stopped him. "No, I'll get it," she told him and he merely stood there.
She opened the door to find a pretty red head standing in front of her. "Hi!" said the red head, "I'm Mary Jane Watson. You must be Peter's cousin." Cassie nodded at Mary Jane's enthusiastic voice. "I'm Cassie," she replied and stepped out of the way so Mary Jane could enter. Peter was back to sitting at the table and he was reading his magazine about Spider-Man.
"Hey Pete," Mary Jane said, standing next to Cassie. Peter looked up and finally saw the person who was at the door. "MJ! What a surprise!" he said and got up to give Mary Jane or 'MJ' a hug. Cassie just watched the whole scene from her position by the door. "I know! I was just passing by and thought 'Why not visit Peter?' So here I am!" she said with a smile, "So how's the 'job' going?" Cassie heard as Mary Jane put emphasis on 'job'. Must be a secret or something Cassie thought.
Peter looked kind of funny at the question. "Fine! I caught another fight...on camera of course!" he said, adding the last part rather quickly. So he has a secret! Cassie thought. She made a mental note to figure out what it was when a police siren sounded outside the open door. "Um, I'll be right back! MJ watch Cassie for me okay?" Peter said quickly and rushed out the door.
"What was that all about?" Cassie asked out loud and looked at Mary Jane. "Peter usually does that...a lot. Just get used to not seeing him very often," Mary Jane explained and walked over to the kitchen, "Want a sandwich?" Cassie thought about it and realized she was rather hungry. "Yes," she answered and sat at the table, "Mary Jane can I ask you something?"
"Shoot," Mary Jane answered and took some bread out of the cupboard. "How do you my cousin?" Cassie asked. "Well...I've known him since we were seven and now were just really close friends," Mary Jane replied. Cassie smirked. She knew what Mary Jane meant she wasn't stupid. "So...you're dating?" Cassie asked. Mary Jane brought the sandwiches over and sat down next to Cassie. "Well, sort of," she replied and handed Cassie her sandwich. "What do you mean?" she asked. Mary Jane sighed. "Peter and I are dating in a way, but it's not really dating because I don't see him very often," she replied.
Cassie nodded and decided not to push the topic. Instead they sat for a while in silence. Cassie stared out the window and was thinking when something red and blue flew by. She stood up and rushed to the window, straining to see what it was. "What is it Cassie?" Mary Jane asked. "I saw something fly by that was red and blue," she replied. Mary Jane was about to say something when the door opened and Peter came in looking exhausted.
"Peter! You look horrible!" exclaimed Cassie and walked over to him. "Yeah. But I'm fine. I just need some rest," he said and went over to the bed and laid on it. "I better go! It was nice meeting you Cassie. Bye Peter!" Mary Jane said and walked to the door. Peter mumbled a good-bye and Cassie waved. Mary Jane left and soon Peter was sleeping.
Cassie walked around the apartment and looked around. Nothing much to see. A few plates and a couple newspapers on Spider-Man but nothing much. She decided to skim through a story on Spider-Man when something red caught her eye. It was sticking out from beneath Peter's shirt. Slowly she crept over and carefully reached for the red thing when like magic, her hand was stopped by Peter's. "Don't," was all he said and fell back to sleep. How the heck did he do that? she wondered but went back to reading.
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