Disclaimer: I DON'T OWN SPIDER-MAN! There, ya happy? (Sorry if I scared you. I'm just sick of writing these disclaimers.)

A/N: I know people don't really write in IM's like Mark and Susan do, but I thought, "How r u doin 2day?" would look awfully funny in a story.

If Susan wasn't convinced she liked Spider-Boy before they went to the Empire State Building, she certainly was now! She spent much of her time online, Instant Messaging Superdude101 (Mark/Spider-Boy) whenever he was online as well.

At the moment, she was signing on, of course. She drummed her fingers impatiently as she waited for the messenger to load. "He's on!" she squeaked as her Buddy List loaded. Susan quickly typed, "hey," and pressed Enter.

"What's up?" was the response, with a little smiley face.

"Usually you! LOL," Shopaholic (Susan) joked.

Mark chuckled over his keyboard, and replied, "It's Valentine's Day tomorrow."

Susan's ears perked up, despite the fact they weren't even talking to each other. "Are you doing anything?" she asked coyly.

"Maybe. You'll just have to wait and see," he replied mysteriously.

"Oh, I see. Well, I'm working tomorrow," Susan responded.

"Really. That's nice to know," Superdude101 replied.

"Is it?" Shopaholic typed back excitedly.

"Sure is. See ya later!" Mark wrote and the corresponding smiley face on Susan's Buddy List went dark.

"I wonder what that was all about," Susan mused.

The next day found Susan jittery and excited, wondering what Spider-Boy had cooked up for her. She caught herself looking skyward several times, including once during the middle of a sale. "My receipt, please?" the customer had said crisply. Susan started, and she murmured her apologies as she handed the man his slip.

After that, the customers were few and far between, so Susan had very little to do. Itching with boredom, she began doodling on a discarded receipt. Suddenly, she heard a noise behind her, and she spun around to see a dozen red roses, suspended from the ceiling by a web strand. Grinning, she searched the ceiling and quickly found Spider-Boy, crouching in a corner. Seeing he'd made eye contact, he tossed her a box of chocolates with a card attached. Susan quickly opened the card and smiled immediately. Written inside was the message: "Happy Valentine's Day! Stop and smell the roses from your friendly neighborhood Spider-Boy."

Laughing, Susan looked up, but he was already gone. "Well, what do I expect? I'm going out with Spider-Boy!" she muttered, still chuckling.

I know this chapter was way too short, it's hard to explain, it just couldn't go on any longer. But have faith, readers; Chap. 4 will be up soon! (I really mean that!) And I also want to apologize about the bad punctuation in Chapter 2. It must have loaded wrong onto the Internet, because I know I didn't write it like that! Anyway, I'm going to preview my chapters now, so that doesn't happen again.

Spyder616: Glad you're interested, and I am trying very hard to work Peter into the plot. He might show up in Chapter 5.

jjonahjameson: IMing is fun isn't it? And about those pix, I'm trying to figure out how to email them, so hang on!

Lady Suneidesis: Thanks for tipping me off about the punctuation. Definitely previewing this chap.!

Lord Lanceahlot: I am so sorry I made you wait! Forgive me?

And if you're still reading, "you," the part about Mark and Susan at school is next chapter!