The Party

Lights were flashing, people were talking, and music was playing in the Charity Drive Gala in the new Observatory. Peter however, had his mind on different things than the features of the party. It had been uncomfortable to be around such important figures and be bossed around by Jameson while he was near him. He wished he could've gone with MJ. MJ of course, was mingling with some of the Broadway directors. Well, as long as she didn't converse with him romantically, she should be okay. Mary Jane turned around a second and mouthed, "I love you." Peter mouthed the same thing back.

As Peter turned to get some of the chocolates the waiters were serving, he heard the ever annoying, "Parker!" escape from J. Jonah Jameson's flapping mouth. "Get a shot of the Prime Minister of England!" Peter sighed and went back to work.

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While all this was happening, Harry Osborn was enjoying himself among the cocktails and talking among the many guests. Harry did this all with a new confidence, and oh what confidence it was. His happiness could not last knowing though, knowing that Peter was out there. He would find him; he would on his father's grave.

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"Hey girl!" called a familiar voice to MJ. Mary Jane turned to see her best friend, and acting buddy, Louise come up to her in a stylish black embroidered dress, which made MJ's milky white dress seem a bit cheap. Mary Jane and her friend hugged and shared a quick kiss on each other's cheeks as they always did.

"Hey Louise how are you?" MJ asked excitedly, her face bright with joy.

"It's been going great, I'm here with John," Louise replied just as excitedly. If Mary Jane had been drinking a glass of water, she would've spit it out. Louise noticed that Mary Jane was in distress. "Look don't worry about it, it's not like John's going to go after you. It's his bastard of a dad that you have to watch out for."

"That's great to know," Mary Jane replied, her tone full of relief.

"Enough about my love life; how's it going with Peter?"

Mary Jane pressed her hand against Louise's mouth and moved closer to her friend. "I told you to keep the hush on that!" MJ hissed.

"Sorry," Louise said mischievously as Mary Jane let her hand off Louise's mouth. Just as Louise said her apologies, John Jameson, star astronaut and Mary Jane's former came up to them.

"Hello Lou…" John started to say before he saw the vivid red haired woman standing beside his girlfriend.

Uh oh. MJ thought. John and Mary Jane stared at each other for a second before Louise interrupted, "Uh hi sweetie." Louise leaned into a kiss with John. While they were doing this, Mary Jane nervously backed away. However, Louise was planning different things. Louise grabbed MJ's arm and pulled her back into the vortex of conflict that was happening between the three.

"Uh…hi John," Mary Jane said as soon as the pair broke their lip contact. John just looked at MJ blankly. Louise looked at the two and broke the silence.

"So uh…John, MJ, I'm going to leave you two to talk.

Mary Jane grabbed Louise by her arm and whispered into her ear, "I thought you said that he was okay."

"Uh…got to go!" Louise said quickly before running off.

"So MJ…" John said faintly.

"Listen I'm really sorry about the wedding…" Mary Jane apologized.

"Well I really think…" John started to say almost angirly

"John!" called an annoying voice that belonged to John's father.

"I have to go…" John said weakly before running off. Mary Jane sighed with relief at what perfect timing John's annoying dad had. Then Mary Jane shook off the thoughts and looked for her boyfriend. Just when she sighted Peter, a hand grabbed Mary Jane's own hand. Turning to see who it was, she came to find that it was none other than Harry Osborn.

"Hey MJ; have you seen Peter?" Harry asked politely, with a hint of venom leaking out at the last word.

"Oh he's over there," MJ replied, pointing innocently at him, not knowing of the situation of the two.

"Thanks," Harry waved goodbye before he headed off to see his best friend a.k.a. his worst enemy.

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Peter was enjoying his drink and also looking for his secret girlfriend, also hoping that he wouldn't catch sight of Harry. As if he jinxed it, a hand patted Peter's hand as Peter's spider sense went off like bomb. Wondering what could have caused such a reaction, Peter turned to see Harry Osborn, smiling a wicked smile.

All Harry said was, "Hey there buddy."