A Simple Understanding

Mary Jane had been sipping iced tea in the arcade's bar for a half hour. She had twirled and fiddled with her straw, bored out of her mind. As soon as she had gotten up for some more, Peter had put his rams around her neck from behind her.

"I was bored without you," Mary Jane whispered as she broke the embrace and turned to face Peter. She broke a smile and kissed him.

"Well let's have some fun," Peter responded gently, kindly grabbing the empty iced tea bottle and throwing it skillfully in the trash. Mary Jane clapped once with pride and leaded Peter to the door. They walked out in understanding silence and walked around. They had soon found themselves at the movie theater and Mary Jane quickly urged Peter to watch one. Soon after much begging, Peter succumbed to Mary Jane's affection and went in.

"What should we watch?" Peter questioned, rustling his hands through his hair.

"How about..." Mary Jane started to say before, once again, sirens rang from outside. "Nothing," Mary Jane finished.

"I'm uh…" Peter said nervously.

"Just go," Mary Jane spoke, her voice tedious and depressed. Mary Jane immediately turned away from Peter, covering her dropping face. Peter ran off reluctantly, giving Mary Jane a dejected look.

Mary Jane had returned home, several hours later, sickly worried at the fact that Peter never came back. She threw her purse onto a small chair by her kitchen table and turned toward the TV, hoping that the news would bear a message informing her that Peter was safe.

"There was a disturbance this afternoon by Madison Square Garden as a figure calling himself the 'Scorpion' and attacked a mass of innocent people exiting from a publicity concert…"the anchorman on the Channel 1 news spoke as Mary Jane turned on the TV. She looked in shock as she watched the footage that showed Spiderman dodging and weaving through a lashing tail's attacks. The tail appeared to be attached to a blue metal suit that was worn by some ranting man.

"Oh my god…" Mary Jane murmured as she watched the acrobatic moves of her love, in awe of his skill yet in fear at what might happen. She then saw the Scorpion's tail wrap around Peter's body. "NO!" Mary Jane screamed before realizing that it already happened. The tail wrapped around Peter and flung him into a nearby window. That was all that she got to see before the tape inconveniently ended.

"From eyewitnesses, the battled had been a heavy won as the city's vigilante had taken scraps and hits before taking down another colorful character." the reporter continued before Mary Jane turned her television off. Mary Jane swelled with pride at what her boyfriend did. That only left one question Mary Jane needed answering: where was Peter? She took the scrunchie that held her hair up and removed it, letting her elegant strawberry blonde hair flow down to the middle of her neck. She then moved toward the phone sitting on a small table in the middle of her living room.

A light flashed repeatedly from her phone and her mind instantly recognized it as a signal that she had a message. She pressed a button and an electronic voice said, "You have three new messages. First message."

Mary Jane's face dropped as she heard J. Jonah Jameson. "You little hooker! How dare you walk out on a fortune of a wedding! I swear that I'll make your acting career a living hell!" J. Jonah Jameson ranted while Mary Jane heard several voices in the background as well as several things crashing.

Her face dropped even more as she heard the editor's son and former fiancé, John Jameson, speak. "Hi Mary Jane. Sorry about my father. I don't know why you did what you did but I want to talk. Maybe you were just nervous and couldn't take the pressure yet." John said politely. Mary Jane always thought that there was no way a kind guy like John could ever be related to the editor of the "Daily Bugle." "You don't have to but could you meet me at 'La Boe Café' at three o'clock tomorrow. I would really like to talk and maybe have a coffee date or something." Mary Jane smiled sadly, she had left the poor man in denial.

The message quickly ended before the phone spoke, "Second message."

"Hi Mary Jane dear," her mother's recorded voice spoke. "I hope that you're with Peter. You really made a mess at the wedding. I hope you know what you're doing with this, that Jameson is such a horrible man. He's as bad as you're father." Madeline kidded. "Please visit honey, I really want to talk. Bye sweetie!"

"Third message."

Mary Jane's mood lifted and her heart stopped as she heard Peter's voice. "Hi MJ, it's me Peter. I wanted to let you know I'm…aw that hurts…that I'm uh okay." Mary Jane almost laughed at the contradiction in his words was it not for his injury. "Well I'm sorry that I didn't call you earlier and I'll be at my house if you want to yell at me for ditching you." As the message ended, she moved toward the chair holding her purse and grabbed it. She then headed toward the door and opened it and headed toward Peter's apartment. She did all this before the machine could even ask her if she wanted to erase any of the messages.

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"Peter?" Mary Jane called out as she entered Peter's apartment's floor. She looked about and saw that Peter's door was open. She went up to it and peered through the opening to see a blonde girl picking up several cups and placing it on a plate covered in chocolate crumbs. Mary Jane at first thought that it was Gwen, and was about to attack before the girl turned and almost dropped her items when she came face to face with Mary Jane. Mary Jane realized it was someone else, and much less attractive and possessed green eyes instead of Gwen's murky blue.

"Who are you?" the girl asked, shifting her arms to ease the uncomfortable feeling of carrying her glass objects.

"I'm Mary Jane, Peter's girlfriend," Mary Jane spoke while adjusting the handle on her purse.

"Oh, I see…" the blonde spoke. "I'm Ursula. I'm the daughter of Peter's landlord."

"I see well where's Peter?" Mary Jane asked, studying Ursula's eyes to make sure she wasn't lying.

"He went to get some supplies," Ursula responded sadly.

"Oh, I see. When did he leave?"

"About half and hour ago. Oh there he is!" Ursula shouted, pointing her left index finger to the brown haired man walking up to Mary Jane's backside.

"Hey MJ, Ursula." Peter kindly greeted as he set down a bag he was holding in his left hand.

"Pete!" Mary Jane shouted with joy as she turned around and gave Peter a warm hug. She then drew back and quickly pecked Peter's lips. The pair didn't notice, but Ursula's eyes flashed with jealousy for a brief second, faster than a blink.

"Uh Ursula, can me and MJ have some alone time?" Peter asked as he opened his eyes from the kiss and looked at the blonde.

"Oh okay," Ursula responded dejectedly as she walked toward the door. Peter moved away from the door and let Ursula close the door.

"And thanks for the cake!" Peter thanked as Ursula closed the door. He then turned to Mary Jane's face and immediately crashed his lips on hers like yesterday. Mary Jane's hands caressed Peter's cheeks and smoothly moved her right one to Peter's neck, her fingers gently tickling it. She then moved her neck along Peter's chest and onto his right arm, which immediately forced Peter to break.

"Peter what's wrong?" Mary Jane asked as she looked worriedly at the arm.

"It's nothing MJ," Peter said as he moved his lips toward hers, attempting to distract her from his obvious injury. Mary Jane moved back and touched Peter's arm. He let out a yelp and backed away.

"I knew it, you're not okay," Mary Jane stated, moving toward Peter. She then took him by the hips and turned him toward the bed. She then forced him to sit on the bed and gave him a quick kiss on the forehead before moving around the bed and sat down behind Peter. "Take off your shirt," Mary Jane ordered, pulling at the midnight blue shirt Peter was wearing.

"Excuse me?" Peter asked, his voice emitting a hint of embarrassment and confusion.

"Take…off…your…shirt," Mary Jane whispered clearly and demandingly.

"Well I really don't know if I should…" Peter explained, blushing.

"Like your Spiderman outfit wasn't revealing enough," Mary Jane said teasingly. Peter's already pink shade of skin turned into an even more red shade of a blush. Mary Jane giggled and kissed Peter's neck.

"Fine, if it'll fulfill your enjoyment," Peter teased back, tickling Mary Jane's cheek. It was now Mary Jane who was blushing. Peter then removed his shirt but grimaced as he moved his right arm about. Mary Jane's jaw dropped at Peter's body but she quickly gather himself and took a look at Peter's arm. She then realized that Peter's arm may have had a big cut but there were several scratches on Peter's chest as well.

"Peter, you look you fought with a knife drawer," Mary Jane commented jokingly as she looked about for some medical supplies. "Peter, where's your first aid kit?"

"In the bag," Peter explained, pointing to the brown bag that he had brought in. Mary Jane hurried to it. She searched through it until she found some bandages as well as medical tape. She wrapped the tape around Peter's arm and placed several bandages over Peter's more serious cuts. She then kissed Peter on the lips.

"It's not exactly a nurse's work but it'll have to do," Mary Jane stated as she rubbed Peter's back. "By the way, how did all this happen to you?"

"Let's just say that the Scorpion is one surprising guy," Peter said with his famous wit.

"Peter, why do you do this?" Mary Jane inquired, turning the light situation into a rather tense one.

"Well because I have to protect this place," Peter responded.

"I mean why did you decide to become Spiderman?" Mary Jane asked more directly.

"Well I should be honest, so it pretty much started with…" Peter then spilled his soul and dark past. He told her of the car. How he wanted to win the wrestling match to buy a car to impress Mary Jane. How he had made his own costume to keep his identity a secret. He had described the wrestling match with Bone saw well and even added a bit of wit and humor into it. He then went deadly serious as he described how he was cheated out by the manager and left the thief that stole his money escape. Peter then started to tear as he spoke of his uncle's death. He finished his story explaining how he had become Spiderman with his uncle's solemn words: With great power, comes great responsibility.

"Peter…" Mary Jane whispered as she hugged Peter, tears flowing down her soft peach cheeks. "I'm so sorry for what I did."

"What did you do MJ?" Peter asked, not understanding Mary Jane's words.

"It's my fault Uncle Ben died," Mary Jane spoke.

"No, no it's not your fault, it was because I didn't think straight," Peter said, embracing Mary Jane and gently moved his fingers through her hair. "It never was your fault. I love you too much to ever even think of blaming you."

"Peter, you're too kind for your own good," Mary Jane whispered as she broke apart from Peter's loving embrace as she looked into his eyes. "I love you so much."

"I love you too. Now, let's say you and me get some dinner."

"That sounds like a plan. Where should we go?" Mary Jane pondered, putting her arms around Peter's stomach and lower back.

"Anywhere," Peter whispered before putting his lips on hers. It was a kiss of not only love and passion, but a strong understanding of a large factor in their relationship.

As the two broke apart, Mary Jane whispered, "Let's stay in Spiderman." Peter nodded in simple understanding.

The End

I thought that you people would like another sample of my new in the works story. It is titled "With Great Strength, Comes Great Destruction.

"Oh, I'm sorry; I didn't mean to do that!" Peter apologized as he reached for his college university books. He looked up to see who was the man that he had bumped into and saw that it was a brown haired man with sunglasses, searching for something as well. He noticed that his hand quickly approached a cane.

"That's okay," the man replied gently getting up as Peter got up as well. Peter noticed that as the man was talking, he was facing the wrong direction. He then realized that he was blind.

"I'm Peter Parker," Peter said as he took the man's hand, shaking it.

"I'm Matt Murdock."

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"Ladies and gentlemen, I give you an innovative new source of energy and medicine," Dr. Simons said eagerly, pointing to the black substance developing in the stasis tank behind him. The black goo started to grow and develop letting out noises that seemed to be screams.

"Dr. Simons, can you prove this new…substance is safe, unlike a previous attempt at new energy by Otto Octavious?" a male reporter asked.

"I assure you that this is far more than safe…" the doctor started to say before the substance formed a tendril and broke through the tank, grabbing the doctor by the neck and throwing him into a wall, killing him.

"Run!" a woman screamed.

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"Elektra?" Daredevil spoke, unable to believe that he was hearing his love's heart signature.

Elektra was not happy to seem howeveras she proved it with a kick to Daredevil's face. The masked vigilante went flying straight into the wall, putting him into a daze. The woman then leaped toward him and grabbed him by the arm and threw him into the side of another building.

"Elektra, what the hell is wrong with you? It's me Matt!" Daredevil spoke as he removed his mask, revealing the blank eyes of Matt Murdock underneath. She did not listen as she delivered a mighty punch to his mask less face. He fell on his back but quickly got up and leapt away. Elektra followed him and came face to face with him. "Elektra please, I don't want to do this!"

"Then I will!" a voice spoke as a strand of sticky goo attached to Elektra's back, pulling her back. Matt focused his hearing to make out a heartbeat similar to Peter Parker's.

I hope you enjoyed this preview! The actual story will be posted up soon. At the most a week. I hope you can wait!