Hey there! My favourite chapter! w00t! This is the first chapter that'll move the plot along, not counting the first, the other 2 were just fillers and to show Betty and Robbie's reaction. I've now got all of the plot and all 11 chapters planned out, and I've written 5 of em. Gonna be my longest story ever! Yay! And thanks to everyone who reviewed, and thanks for the info on the characters, should be very useful! Here ya go, catch! lol

Surprise, Surprise!

Part 4

"Um, Sir?"

Peter poked his head round the door to his boss' office hesitantly. Gone was all trace of the annoyance and impatience that had been evident last time he stepped foot in that room. Instead there replaced it a very nervous young man who was starting to regret past actions. He had a right to be nervous. After all, he was about to enter the lions den.

"Ah-ha!" Jameson spun around and exclaimed upon seeing Peter. "Look who came crawling back!" He mocked triumphantly, laying emphasis on the word 'crawling'. Peter wondered if his choice of words was just a coincidence.

"Well, actually," Peter stepped fully into the room and closed the door behind him, uninvited. "I just came to hand my resignation in".

"What?!" Jameson's cigar dropped unnoticed out his open mouth and onto the ground, spraying ash everywhere.

"I assumed I was fired anyway...?" Peter started, unsure what Jameson was up to.

"Well you assumed wrong! I need some more pictures of Spider-man! Now!" He added and banged his fist on the desk to punctuate his point.

"Huh?" Peter said blankly, wondering if he'd heard correctly.

"You heard me! Get some pictures of that costumed freak before I blow a blood vessel!" He yelled angrily, and fished a fresh cigar out his jacket pocket.

"But... I am that costumed fr- I am...him," Peter corrected himself. "Don't you have a problem with that?" He asked, puzzled.

"What did you say, Parker?" Jameson said, with an air of one who's trying very hard not to listen. "You can get pictures of him right?"

"Yeah..." Peter began. By now he was extremely confused.

"Then what are you arguing for?! Go get some shots that will sell my paper!" Jameson roared and Peter beat a hasty retreat to the door.

He shut the door behind him and leaned on it, frowning in deep thought. What was up with Jameson? It's like he's trying to forget who Peter really was...

"Hey Pete." Peter glanced up to see Betty looking at him curiously.

"Hi." He smiled distractedly at her.

"What're you doing here?" She asked.

"Um... well... I don't really know." He stuttered, feeling himself blush slightly.

"You don't know?" She raised an eyebrow.

"Well... I came to hand my resignation in, but Jameson didn't fire me after all..." He frowned again.

"Oh," Betty said in comprehension, eyes clearing. "He's moved into denial." She said and rolled her eyes.

"Denial?" Peter repeated, confused.

"Yeah, he was so mad when..." she lowered her voice and glanced round to check no one was listening. "...when he found out who you were, he just couldn't handle it. So, he didn't. He's refusing to accept the truth, he's far too proud, too stubborn, to believe that he employed Spider-man to take pictures of himself.

"Almost had a coronary, what with knowing he couldn't touch you, I mean me and Robbie aren't exactly going to back him up should he decide to go public on what he knows, and without witnesses or some form of evidence, nobody in their right mind is going to believe you're Spider-man, not matter what he says." Betty explained in a low whisper.

"Thanks." Peter said, sarcasm dripping from his voice.

Betty rolled her eyes again. "You know I didn't mean it like that, Pete," she said, and walked off to her desk. "Anyway, I can't talk, Jameson's given me enough work to last a lifetime, and then some. I think he's taking out his frustration on anyone and anything, so I would get those shots quick if I wanted to keep my job." She commented, shuffling through a stack of files.

"Ok, and thanks for the heads up. I better go." He said gratefully. He was glad he and Betty could still be friends, he had been worried his status as friendly neighbourhood super-hero would get in the way of their relationship, but it was actually a lot better with her knowing who he was.

"Ok, bye Pete!" Betty waved briefly at him, breaking him out of his trance, then she dived to grab the phone before it stopped ringing.

Peter smiled back and glanced through the window into JJ's office where Robbie was waving his hands about in a placating manner at Jameson, who appeared to be having another of his tirades. He smiled and shook his head before heading out, nodding to several colleagues on the way.

He never thought he'd see the day Jameson would get what he deserved, but here it was. He knew Peter was Spider-man, and couldn't do a single thing about it. Peter sighed happily to himself as he ducked into an alleyway to change. Yep, life could be good sometimes, he thought to himself, never noticing the reflected glint from a camera lens...

End of Part 4

Dum, dum dum! To be continued!

I decided to keep 'Surprise, Surprise!' as the title, it would just be too much hassle to change it and people might not realise it's been changed etc.

I asked my English teacher if 'scarpered' is a real word and apparently it is actually a word in my country; I've just got a foreign spellcheck. And no, I'm not gonna kill Betty or anyone else off just yet, no Betty is not Peter's new love interest, they're just good friends, as MJ, Harry and Aunt May will eventually be in this fic as well as some other minor characters from the film. It's set a few days after Spider-man 2, by the way.

There will kinda be a villain later on but it's complicated, you'll see what I mean when you read it. :) I'm also gonna introduce a character from the comic books/cartoons, I've seen like 3 episodes of the cartoons, but in the ones I saw he was in all of 'em. I'm not gonna tell you who though! Try and guess! ;)

Please, please, please review! I REALLY want to know what you think of this chapter, as I think it's amongst some of my best work. I hope you agree! Please review! :P

PS: Emily M. Hanson, what did you mean by 'Looks like messed up your quotes; you might wanna check that'? Does it look different on your computer or something? It looks fine on mine so I dunno. :S

PSS: Gloomie da Witch, what did you mean by 'weird characters'? Do you mean the letters and text is all messed up or the actual characters in the story, Robbie, Betty etc are weird? lol, I'm confused.