Heya! I was gonna put this chapter up yesterday, but then I couldn't resist and wrote another scene in, (actually another 2 scenes!) Now, just try and pretend that there's no crime going on while this chapter happens, otherwise it won't work. This chapter is very silly, and I know this would never ever happen, and some of the scenes in the next one wouldn't either. Basically, I wanted to write some fluff and a load of silliness happened. Oh and look out for the dramatic twist in the next and final chapter! It's gonna be a shocker! (hopefully)
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Part 4
"A police officer told me you'd been spotted out near an old warehouse, but later no one could find any trace that you'd been there. I was so worried", MJ finished quietly.
Spider-man placed a hand hesitantly over her own. "You needn't have been" he said softly, looking into her eyes.
A loud 'DING!' made them both jump, and they pulled reluctantly away.
"That's the coffee..." MJ said, feeling disappointed but trying not to show it, and went to fetch it.
They drank their coffee, then Spider-man got to his feet.
"I better head off now, MJ" he said, and she stood up also.
"Right..." she said, unable to hide the disappointment and fear of being left alone in her eyes. She quickly ducked her head and picked up the empty coffee mugs, muttering about some housework she had to do anyway.
"Hey" Spider-man said softly, noticing the look in her eyes no matter how hard she tried to hide it. He put a finger under her chin and she lifted her head to face him.
"You'll be ok, right?"
"Sure" she replied hesitantly. "I mean of course, I... I just..." she trailed off and hastily turned her head away to hide the tears welling up in her eyes. She played with the handles of the coffee mugs in her hands to cover the awkwardness.
Spider-man frowned in concern and let his hand drop from her face. "You know, I don't have anywhere to be right now...?" he left it hanging in the air as a question.
"You'll stay?" MJ looked up and her whole face lit up at his words. He nodded slightly.
"If you want me to..."
"Thanks" she said gratefully. "I just... I just can't shake the feeling that... he's... still here" she finished quietly. Spider-man knew immediately she was talking about the Goblin.
"Hey, the only people here are me and you" he said reassuringly.
"I know" MJ laughed a little shakily at herself. "I know, it's stupid..." she looked away and down, embarrassed by her outburst.
Spider-man stepped closer to her. "I don't think it's stupid" he said softly. Her head jerked up to stare him in the eyes. He could see confusion written there, and sadness and fear and... something else.
He cleared his throat uncomfortably, realising what he was doing and stepped back.
MJ looked back at the coffee mugs in her hands, chipping at the paint with her thumbnail uneasily. She could swear she'd felt something between them then, but she was in love with Peter... wasn't she?
She sighed in frustration and headed into the kitchen.
They chatted, watched TV and even played a board game. MJ was surprised about how much he revealed about himself, without even realising it.
When MJ turned on the TV, he kept trying to flick back to the football game, playfully snatching the remote. She grabbed the remote back and turned back to the fashion channel.
"Typical guy..." she muttered under her breath, not intending for him to hear.
"Typical girl..." he muttered back, just loud enough for her to hear. He stared straight ahead at the TV, slouched in his seat with his arms folded, but MJ could see him tying not to grin out of the corner of her eye, even through the mask.
She whacked him lightly on the arm, and he did grin, showing his wicked sense of humour.
They watched the rest of 'The Simpsons', then MJ suggested they play a board game. She led Spiderman into her bedroom, where she kept all the games.
"How about 'Squiggly Worms'?" Spiderman said looking up at her collection on the top of her wardrobe and grinned at her.
She reached out to punch him lightly but he dodged away.
"Hey! I'll have you know I only have these because I kept them from when I was a kid" she said indignantly.
"No, really, I want to play Squiggly Worms." he protested as she tried to lift down Monopoly.
"Fine" she rolled her eyes and reached up for the topmost game. The wardrobe wobbled ominously.
"Whoa, MJ! Don't worry, I'll get it." Spiderman quickly said, before she pulled the whole wardrobe down on top of them.
He quickly stretched out his right hand and pulled his ring and middle finger to his palm, and a long gossamer stream of webbing shot out and latched onto the box. He yanked it back and caught the box neatly in his hands.
"Handy..." MJ said, looking curiously at him.
He shrugged and headed back into the living room. "The webbing should dissolve in a couple of hours, I think if it didn't I'd get arrested for littering!"
MJ laughed and followed him through the door.
She set up the game up, explaining as she did so how to play.
"-so when the timer starts, you pick out the worms that have your colours on them, and whoever has the most at the end wins" she said happily.
Spiderman won the first game, MJ was amazed with the speed he picked out all the worms, fingers almost blurring as they deftly picked out his colours, red and blue, (surprise, surprise), so they decided to do best of three. He won the other two games as well.
MJ, slightly annoyed, (she'd always been the best at Squiggly Worms in her family), suggested they have a proper tournament.
"Sure" Spider-man readily agreed. He smirked.
"You only want to play because you keep winning!" MJ accused, pointing her finger at him.
"Now, would I do something like that? You're the one that's cheating!" he pointed out that she'd got a blue one of his in her small pile of green and pink.
"Where?" MJ hastily covered that one over, and smiled innocently.
"But-you-hey!" Spiderman spluttered, and MJ smirked and cleared away for the next game.
They played five more rounds of three games, getting so absorbed they didn't notice the time whizzing by. At the end, MJ's pile of worms was considerably bigger than Spiderman's, and she suspected he had let her win.
She didn't say anything though. After all, she deserved to win, she'd been Squiggly Worms champion four times in a row when she was younger, and besides Spider-man had superpowers. Not fair at all.
"Come on" MJ said, suddenly bored with Squiggly Worms, "Let's play Monopoly now."
Spiderman obediently packed up the game, and was about to put it away when he paused, looking at the box.
"What is it?" MJ poked him in the shoulder impatiently.
"You do realise we've been playing Squiggly Worms for over two hours?" he smirked.
She laughed. "No, really? How do you know?"
"My webbing's dissolved" he laughed and put the contents of the game back in the box.
MJ shook her head and lead him into her bedroom, where she smirked knowingly.
"How you gonna get it back up there?" she smirked, knowing the webbing trick wouldn't work the other way around.
He simply smiled and tapped his nose, then jumped up to land near the top of her wardrobe, where he put the box away, grabbed Monopoly and jumped down, landing in a one-handed crouch.
"Show-off" she snorted. He just grinned at her.
End of part 4. Read and review and tune in next time for the dramatic twist and more fluff! c ya!