Peter sat in his desk chair, his face alight with the glow from the computer screen.  He glanced at the digital clock near his bed and saw that it was almost three AM. 

He couldn't sleep.  So, he did what any other teenager would do.  He got on the computer.  But instead of surfing the net for pictures of "chicks", as most guys his age liked to do, Peter Parker was looking up heroes.  Superheroes actually.  His little obsession started when Mary Jane started teasing him about how strong he was now.  She had called him a superhero.  And so here he was, at at three in the morning, reading up on superheroes.  He scanned the page and clicked on a page describing their origins.

He gulped in surprise when he looked at the long list. 

"167 results?"  He murmured softly under his breath.  "Jeez,"

Half through the long list he looked up and stretched.  Most of these people had origins just like him…  They were all… bitten by radioactive… things or dumped in vats of radioactive slime.

He went into the search engine and typed in "spider."

Nothing.

He typed in half a dozen more names including "The Human Spider" and "Spider-Boy."  He shuddered at the last one.  Spider-Boy? 

"Sounds like a poster kid for some cereal," he mumbled under his breath.

Nothing for all of them.

He finally typed in "Spider-Man."

Well at least Spider-Man had a certain ring to it.

Zip.

Well he was the only freak with spider powers.

In a way he felt relieved, he didn't have to worry about disgruntled men in tights coming to get him because he stole their name, but he was also a bit disappointed.  He was, as far as he knew, the only person in world who shot webs out his arms and could climb up walls.

The climbing up walls bit was new to him actually.  He had discovered tiny black hairs on the soles of his feet and on his fingertips.  When alone, he had touched them to the wall and they had stuck.  He climbed up the brick wall on the side of their house before ending up on the roof.

He rolled his eyes.  That was a memory he particularly didn't want to remember.  He had ended up on the roof and he had decided to try out his "webbing" so to speak.  Standing at the edge of the house he had shot out webbing to latch to the side of Mary Jane's house.  He then jumped; trying to shoot out more webbing before he would slam into the wall but alas was too slow.  So he had limped in with a bloody nose, dismissing Aunt May's protests.  Mary Jane, unfortunately couldn't be convinced so easily and she had forced him to confess in which she promptly slapped him lightly on the face, admonishing him for taking risks by jumping off buildings.  At his shocked expression she had started laughing and tenderly helped him clean up the scratches on his nose and face.

He smiled to himself.  He did like the tenderly cleaning up part. 

Peter clicked on a link describing costumes and pulled out his sketch pad.  He started sketching out costume ideas, experimenting with extra legs and web capes before finally drawing a red and blue outfit with opaque eyes and black webbing over the whole of the costume. 

He skimmed it over.  It was pretty cool he had to admit.  He laughed at himself.  He had no idea when he would start flying over New York in spandex, but he was determined to be ready.  Well actually he was mostly just bored.  Insomnia at 3:30 AM wasn't the most fun thing in the world.

He looked through his closet and found a plain, red long sleeved shirt and a pair of blue sweat pants.  He wasn't sure about the mask, so he grabbed his old red cap that pulled over his ears and he pulled and stretched it out until it was long enough to fit over his head.  He cut out an oval for his eyes and slits by the ears and nose so he could hear and breathe. 

He laid the clothes out on his bed with a certain amount of pride.  He then sighed at the absurdity of it all and glanced at the clock.  4:00 am.

God Parker you should be committed.  You're making superhero costumes.  Grow up, you're not four.

Peter shrugged and hung up his "costume."

Oh well, killed enough time, I'm kinda sleepy now.

With that Peter stumbled over to the bed and tumbled in, asleep within minutes.

……..

"Hey Parker."

Peter groaned and winced as light flooded his room.  He squinted and decided it was too much effort before closing his eyes tightly again.

At the silence that came next he dared to crack open one eye.

Mary Jane was sitting on his bed, staring tenderly at his face.

"Sleepyhead it's almost noon."

Peter mumbled something MJ couldn't catch and rolled over.

"Go away."  He mumbled louder.

MJ frowned; his voice was missing its usual teasing lilt.  Peter's back was too her and she couldn't tell his expression.

Wondering if she had indeed angered him, she touched his shoulder.

"Peter?  Are you… okay?"

There was a moment of silence and then, with reflexes so fast MJ didn't know what was happening until she was laughing, Peter flipped over and pulled her down, tickling her.

She shrieked and managed to get out between bursts of laughter.

"Peter… stop… ticklish…gahhhh"

She tried to get to him so she could retaliate, but he was moving so fast that she couldn't comprehend where he went as her hand would reach the last spot he had been.

He stopped tickling her and laughing, fell back against the pillow.

MJ hit him with the other pillow still laughing.

"That was an unfair advantage Superman."

"Spider-Man" He corrected her.

"Whatever you are Mr. Parker, you have the advantages of super speed, precognition and who knows what else on your side while I have… pretty much nothing."

Peter laughed.

"Poor MJ, I'm sorry, want a free punch?"  He threw his hands back, allowing her full access to his chest.

She pushed the pillow into his stomach and had to smile as he fell over onto the floor, pretending to writhe in agony.

She offered him her hand and pulled him up, though she suspected he could have risen without her help.

Once up she took in his appearance, his hair sticking up, dressed in a soft gray shirt and navy gym shorts.  She hugged him, closing her eyes as she buried her head in the crook of his shoulder. He wrapped his arms around her and the difference, she thought, was amazing.  Now when she put her head on his chest she felt solid muscle instead of just skin and bones and when his arms wrapped around her it enveloped her instead of just pulling her toward him a little. 

She had loved him before the change and she wouldn't mind if everything went back to the way it used to be, but she had to admit, this new Peter was pretty… incredible. 

He gently kissed her and then pulled back, looking into her eyes.

"Good morning."

"Good afternoon Tiger.  Your aunt and uncle were in a panic when you weren't up by nine.  I had to spend a while explaining to them that you weren't deathly ill and it was indeed normal for teenage guys to sleep until noon."

He laughed at that, his aunt and uncle were the sweetest people he knew and he loved them with all his heart, but he also knew their knowledge of the younger generation wasn't up to par with most.

"Alright then MJ, good afternoon.  I didn't get a chance to say it earlier."  He shot her a grin.

"Yeah I know."  She said wryly.  Too late she recognized the glint in his eye.  "Oh no Pete-" She broke off into a shriek and uncontrollable giggles as Peter tickled her again.

"I am so… going to get you… for this."  She gasped out when Peter finally stopped.  "Some how, some way Bug Boy."

"Bug Boy?  That actually has a nice ring to it…   Except spiders are really arachnids, not bugs."

She rolled her eyes and pressed her lips on his before he could start with another tickle fest or worse, lecture on the difference between insects and arachnids.

When she finally pulled away, MJ could tell spiders were the last thing on Peter's mind as he kissed her back.

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Alright, I apologize for the short delay of this chapter, had a guest stay with me all weekend so I couldn't get a chance to type out this chapter.

Hope you guys enjoyed this, I realize it's a bit silly, but hey, come on who doesn't need a random burst of silly in their life?   Anyways thank you thank you THANK YOU for the incredible reviews, you guys are the best!  (Hehe hopefully the bold, italics and underlined got your attention)

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