Disclaimer: I don't own Spider-Man or anything to do with him. I could've owned his name, but J.J.Jameson swiped it! Don't you just hate that guy?

The following morning, Mary Jane was putting the finishing touches on Aunt May's special potato salad, which she was bringing to the picnic. Peter kept hanging around, trying to taste it, until M.J. finally said he'd better go get the kids ready. "All right, but you're doing the baby's diaper," Peter muttered.

He walked into the boys bedroom and was immediatly hit in the face with a web blob. "Oooh, you got Dad, Mark!" Matthew shrieked, laughing.

"Guess you won't need shaving cream this morning, right Dad?" Mark quipped, grinning nervously.

"Guess not," Peter spluttered.

Then he said determinedly," Guys, we're leaving in 45 min.! I want you to get dressed now!"

"Okay, Dad!' they said in unison.

Just then Claire walked in, holding two pairs of sandals. She looked a bit perplexed. "Which shoes say picnic? Those or these?" she asked, indicating the shoes. " I don't know, honey. Just pick something quick, okay?" Peter said, rubbing his forehead.

Her perplexed look was instantly replaced by one of disgust. " I can't 'just pick something'! What if I pick the wrong one?" she cried.

Peter looked at her, bewildered, then he became brisk. "You guys: brush your teeth. Claire: if it really matters, go ask your mom about the shoes," he said, looking as though he'd solved something.

An hour later, the Parker family was driving up to the picnic site. It was a nice day, perfect picnic weather. M.J. deposited her potato salad at the food table, then the family mingled with the picnickers. Mark picked up a football and threw it in Matthew's direction. "Catch this, Spider-baby!" he called teasingly.

"Don't call me Spider-baby!" Matthew shouted back as he caught it.

Mark shrugged, then he replied as he threw again,"All right, you caught that one. But just try and catch the Triple-Flippy Backwards Throw!"

Matthew performed three backflips, then caught the football. "That's what I call the Triple-Flippy Catch!" he retorted.

Peter was just going to sample the potato salad when he saw the acrobatic football game out of the corner of his eye. He forgot all about the salad and ran towards the boys. "What are you doing? Do you want somebody to find out?" he yelled, wild-eyed.

"But he called me Spider-baby!" Matthew protested.

Peter sighed. " Mark, didn't we talk about calling him Spider-baby?" he inquired.

Mark nodded and replied," I won't call him Spider-baby if he doesn't do anymore backflips."

"Good enough for me. Now I'm going to go get some potato salad!" Peter said, then he headed for the food table.

Meanwhile, Claire had wandered over to talk to Katie Ghent's daughter Sandy, who she recognized from school. Sandy and Claire were happily blowing grass whistles when a couple of boys walked over to them. She recognized one of them, but she didn't like him. Dylan Osborn had a penchant for teasing their class's girls, her particularily. Judging by the nasty look on his face, it wasn't too hard to guess what the boys came over to do.

"Want to play Duck-Duck-Goose? You two girls are such gooses we thought of you right away!" Dylan sneered, his friend guffawing stupidly.

Claire and Sandy glared at them as Sandy replied,"I'm rubber and you're glue. Whatever you say bounces off me and sticks to you!" Claire added smugly," And it's geese, not gooses!"

Dylan opened his mouth to say something, then shut it again. Marching off, he grumbled to his friend," C'mon, Sparks. I've gotta tell my dad to fire her dad!"

When Claire saw the look of concern on her friend's face, she chuckled. "Don't worry, Sandy. My dad doesn't even work at the same place as his dad!" she informed Sandy. "What a stuck-up kid!" Sandy muttered, snickering.

I'm sorry I took so long to get this chapter up. I was suffering from a broken foot as a large writer's block fell on it! (Just kidding! NOT kidding about having writer's block!)

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