Disclaimer: I own Spider-Man!! I'm secretly Stan Lee! (snickers) You didn't actually believe me did you?
An hour later, the lady in charge of the picnic announced it was time for the Picnic Sports Triathalon. There was to be an Egg and Spoon Race, a couple's Three-Legged Race and a kid's Three-Legged Race. There was also going to be volley ball match everyone would participate in.
The first event was the Couple's Three-Legged Race. Peter was rather reluctant at first, as he was uncomfortably full of potato salad, but M.J. managed to talk him into it. Perhaps creaming Flash had something to do with it, but we'll give Peter the benefit of the doubt.
As everyone waited impatiently for the race to start, Flash and Kayla, who were partners, strutted over to them. "You can't even catch a school bus with two legs, Parker. I'm guessing you're not going to catch up to me with one!" Flash drawled with his usual nastiness. Peter rolled his eyes and shot back," The average human can run up to twenty- five miles an hour. I should hope the bus was faster than that. And it's the three-legged race, not the one-legged race!"
Flash and Kayla hobbled away, Flash muttering,"Parker thinks he's sooo smart! Well, braun over brains!"
Giggling, M.J. whispered to Peter," Guess he doesn't know you have brains and braun!"
"Well, he'll know pretty soon. And thanks!" Peter said, chuckling.
They stopped chuckling pretty quickly, however, because the lady raised a flag and announced,"Let the race begin!"
Peter and M.J. won, of course, much to Flash's humiliation. The rest of the runners weren't humiliated, just surprised. Most of them couldn't believe that was the same guy who couldn't catch up to the school bus. Peter and Mary-Jane themselves were busy high-fiving eachother. "You sure have gotten better at running since high school!" M.J. joked. "Oh yeah!" Peter replied.
The next event was the Kid's Three-Legged Race. Dylan Osborn and the kid named Sparks were partners, of course. Claire and Sandy Ghent teamed up right away. Mark was getting desperate. He didn't see anyone he knew, and he was on the verge of partnering with Matthew, when a girl walked up to him. "I'm Grace Osborn. I'm in your class at school. Want to be my partner?"
Mark did a double take. He'd heard about her little brother's attitude before. "She seems nice. Maybe she's not like her brother. I'm certainly not like Matthew!" he thought. So he shrugged and replied,"Sure!"
"I'm glad you said yes! This'll be fun!" Grace said cheerfully.
"Uh, yeah," Mark said thoughtfully. Then the lady announced the race's beginning, so off they went.
It was a dogfight until the end between Dylan's team and Mark and Grace. A little more of a dogfight Mark expected, actually. Mark and Grace pulled through in the end, though, and they were very happy they did. "You did great!" Grace cheered. "So did you!" Mark answered happily. Dylan just kicked the ground with his shoe and said something nasty to Sparks.
Next up was the Egg and Spoon Race. Mark and Grace stayed out of this one, because most of their opponents would be four and under. Matthew was eager to go, though. When the race started, he whizzed away from the starting line. The egg wobbled dangerously, however, and he only caught it just in time. "Better slow down a little!" he thought to himself. He did great for another few paces, but somebody wasn't very happy about that. Dylan was still mad at Mark and Claire, so he threw a rock in Matthew's path, hoping to trip him.
Matthew's spider-sense buzzed, and he dodged it quickly. "Hey, watch it, buster!" he yelled over his shoulder. That caused him to nearly bump into somebody.
He finally finished the race, he tied with a four-year-old who promptly smashed the egg on the top of her head. Matthew asked,"What did you do that for?"
The girl replied, "Mommy says it's good for my hair."
"Oh, well good job on the race," Matthew said, looking bewildered.
I'm sooo sorry I took so long on the chapter! Homework is really bad for writer's block, you know! Anyway, I did draw some pictures of the Parkers and one of Grace Osborn, which I scanned onto the computer. If anyone wants to see them, look up my email on the profile and send me your email, so I can send them to you. They're very cuuute! :)
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