"I'm not obsessed," a very nervous Charlene Nandon said to herself,
"I just happen to have no clothes what-so-ever to wear to school today.
None at all!"
Charlene was nervous about meeting her favorite superhero again. She felt like she was fourteen years old getting ready to go on her first date. No clothes, a bad hair day, and a pimple! The world was crashing down on her.
"Ok Charlene," she said to herself, "Don't be nervous. Friends remember? Friends don't judge and just because he wears a mask doesn't mean that give him permission to judge. No! No permission at all!" she yelled to no one particular.
Charlene then realized that if she stayed at home bickering with herself about Spiderman then she would be late for their "meeting". Charlene grabbed her coat and ran out of her apartment down to Empire State.
During her walk there she noticed her friend Mary-Jane Watson from her English Literature class walking out of a coffee shop just across from Empire. She had a guy with her that Charlene didn't recognize.
"Hey MJ!" she yelled
MJ turned around quickly.
"Charlie! Hi, you going to class?" MJ asked
"No, actually I'm meeting someone there," Charlene said sounding important, "Who's this tall, dark and handsome?" she asked
After being addressed as 'tall, dark and handsome' Peter Parker turned around.
"Hi, Peter Par- oh, it's shoelace girl! Nice to see you again," Peter said with a smile.
"Reflexes! Nice to see you too! So you know MJ, it's a small world isn't it," said Charlene, "Of course, we all know that MJ always has had the best taste in guys," she said with a wink.
"Charlie you're blabbering again. Anyway me and Pete have known each other since day one," MJ said proudly
"Well, that's very nice," said Charlene while looking at her watch. It read ten after five, "I have to get going or else I'm going to be late! Bye MJ; nice to see you Peter!" she said as she ran in the direction of Empire State.
Peter stared after her.
'She knows MJ...and it looks like she came way ahead of our scheduled meeting time. I guess I'd better get going to,' Peter thought to himself.
"Hello? Earth to Parker! Common wake up Tiger, I know you just got off a class at five but you have to stay in the realm of the living ok?" giggled MJ.
"Yea, I'll remember that MJ," Peter said with a smile, "Listen, I have to run, Jameson is gonna have kittens if I don't get him some pictures. See you later!" Peter said waving.
When MJ turned her back Peter ran down a dark alley and emerged as the amazing, wall-crawling hero! Peter swung all the way to the south most building and waited for Charlene to show up.
Peter stayed on top of the roof for another forty-five minutes until Charlene showed up. It was then that Peter heard her panting up the stairs and opening the door.
"Sorrysorrysorrysorry! I'm know that I'm late, but the security in this school is something to write home about! Really, the guard needed some serious bribing before he let me up here. Next time I'm just going to get a lift from you," said Charlene still out of breath.
"Don't worry about it," Spiderman said sympathetically.
Minutes passed where neither Spiderman nor Charlene said anything.
"Soooo..." Spiderman said finally breaking the silence, "What were you planning to have us do when we showed up?" he asked.
"Uh, I was planning to do 'friend' stuff...but that doesn't seem to appealing right now," said Charlene looking around for something to do, "Hey, would you take me for a swing around the city?" Charlene asked anxiously.
"Sure, if that's what you want," said Peter.
"Yea, that sounds fun," Charlene said excitedly.
Spiderman swooped Charlene into his arms and jumped off the south most building of Empire State University. They swung through the city for what seemed to be a good hour when Spiderman heard the distinct noises of police cars and fire-trucks speeding down the streets.
"Ops, sorry Charlene but it looks like I'm needed. Be right back," said Spiderman as he places Charlene onto a roof of a tall skyscraper.
Charlene watched in amazement as Spiderman jumped down and followed the speeding cars until he came to an apartment building on fire. All she saw was Spidey jumping in and out of the building with people in his arms.
He returned thirty minutes later with a big gash on his ribs and shoulder and a part of his mask seemed to have been burnt off.
"Sorry...uh, that was kind of tiring," said Spiderman barely able to stand.
"Whoa sparky, maybe you should sit down. You don't look to hot, "Charlene said with concern
Spiderman didn't sit down, he fell down. He was exhausted.
"You know with fires people who don't make it out usually like to hide in the most difficult places to get to. I just about had to knock down a wall," Spiderman said complaining, "Promise me that you'll never hide in a hard to reach place," he asked desperately.
"I promise. Geeze, maybe you should come back to my place and I can fix you up. Unless...can you walk? Or...uh swing?" asked Charlene
Peter thought about that for a minute. He had to admit that Charlene was starting to grow on him. He liked to way she was kind, funny and caring.
"Yea, I'll be fine. 8th and Maine right?" asked Spiderman wearily
Spiderman picked up Charlene (with a little more effort than usual) and carefully swung back to her apartment.
When they got there Spiderman put Charlene in her kitchen and he plopped himself into one of her chairs.
"That was one of the most difficult rescues I've ever had," said Spiderman
"I can imagine. Here," said Charlene as she presented him with a glass of water, "Drink up, you'll get dehydrated."
Spiderman lifted up his mask a little bit and drank the whole glass of water.
"Guess I was thirsty," he said
Charlene stared at his mouth trying to remember every last detail. She also took in the fact that his lips were very cute. They were so red and full. She all of a sudden had a strong urge to kiss him. That's when a question popped into her mind.
"Have you ever kissed anyone? Like with the costume on?" asked Charlene curiously
Charlene took notice of how he was a bit surprised by the question.
"Uh, there was this time with this girl...it was kind of awkward because I was upside down," he said and Charlene raised her eyebrows.
"Upside down you say? That must've been something. Lucky girl...anyone I know?" asked Charlene intently
"I'm don't think you know her," said Spiderman slowly
Of course Peter knew that Charlene knew MJ. But for MJ's sake he kept his mouth shut.
"Oh well," said Charlene, "Are you hungry or something?"
"No, I'm ok. But I have to get going; I have a mountain of homework that I have to do. Thanks for your help Charlene. If I see you around campus I'll just give you a tap on the shoulder and say hi," said Spiderman surprisingly cheerfully.
"Damn straight," said Charlene, "I want to know eventually who you are under that mask," she said with a playful grin.
Spiderman ran to her window, opended it looked back to Charlene and waved good-bye before he finally jumped out.
"Not many guys I know can make that kind of an exit," Charlene said laughing.
Charlene was nervous about meeting her favorite superhero again. She felt like she was fourteen years old getting ready to go on her first date. No clothes, a bad hair day, and a pimple! The world was crashing down on her.
"Ok Charlene," she said to herself, "Don't be nervous. Friends remember? Friends don't judge and just because he wears a mask doesn't mean that give him permission to judge. No! No permission at all!" she yelled to no one particular.
Charlene then realized that if she stayed at home bickering with herself about Spiderman then she would be late for their "meeting". Charlene grabbed her coat and ran out of her apartment down to Empire State.
During her walk there she noticed her friend Mary-Jane Watson from her English Literature class walking out of a coffee shop just across from Empire. She had a guy with her that Charlene didn't recognize.
"Hey MJ!" she yelled
MJ turned around quickly.
"Charlie! Hi, you going to class?" MJ asked
"No, actually I'm meeting someone there," Charlene said sounding important, "Who's this tall, dark and handsome?" she asked
After being addressed as 'tall, dark and handsome' Peter Parker turned around.
"Hi, Peter Par- oh, it's shoelace girl! Nice to see you again," Peter said with a smile.
"Reflexes! Nice to see you too! So you know MJ, it's a small world isn't it," said Charlene, "Of course, we all know that MJ always has had the best taste in guys," she said with a wink.
"Charlie you're blabbering again. Anyway me and Pete have known each other since day one," MJ said proudly
"Well, that's very nice," said Charlene while looking at her watch. It read ten after five, "I have to get going or else I'm going to be late! Bye MJ; nice to see you Peter!" she said as she ran in the direction of Empire State.
Peter stared after her.
'She knows MJ...and it looks like she came way ahead of our scheduled meeting time. I guess I'd better get going to,' Peter thought to himself.
"Hello? Earth to Parker! Common wake up Tiger, I know you just got off a class at five but you have to stay in the realm of the living ok?" giggled MJ.
"Yea, I'll remember that MJ," Peter said with a smile, "Listen, I have to run, Jameson is gonna have kittens if I don't get him some pictures. See you later!" Peter said waving.
When MJ turned her back Peter ran down a dark alley and emerged as the amazing, wall-crawling hero! Peter swung all the way to the south most building and waited for Charlene to show up.
Peter stayed on top of the roof for another forty-five minutes until Charlene showed up. It was then that Peter heard her panting up the stairs and opening the door.
"Sorrysorrysorrysorry! I'm know that I'm late, but the security in this school is something to write home about! Really, the guard needed some serious bribing before he let me up here. Next time I'm just going to get a lift from you," said Charlene still out of breath.
"Don't worry about it," Spiderman said sympathetically.
Minutes passed where neither Spiderman nor Charlene said anything.
"Soooo..." Spiderman said finally breaking the silence, "What were you planning to have us do when we showed up?" he asked.
"Uh, I was planning to do 'friend' stuff...but that doesn't seem to appealing right now," said Charlene looking around for something to do, "Hey, would you take me for a swing around the city?" Charlene asked anxiously.
"Sure, if that's what you want," said Peter.
"Yea, that sounds fun," Charlene said excitedly.
Spiderman swooped Charlene into his arms and jumped off the south most building of Empire State University. They swung through the city for what seemed to be a good hour when Spiderman heard the distinct noises of police cars and fire-trucks speeding down the streets.
"Ops, sorry Charlene but it looks like I'm needed. Be right back," said Spiderman as he places Charlene onto a roof of a tall skyscraper.
Charlene watched in amazement as Spiderman jumped down and followed the speeding cars until he came to an apartment building on fire. All she saw was Spidey jumping in and out of the building with people in his arms.
He returned thirty minutes later with a big gash on his ribs and shoulder and a part of his mask seemed to have been burnt off.
"Sorry...uh, that was kind of tiring," said Spiderman barely able to stand.
"Whoa sparky, maybe you should sit down. You don't look to hot, "Charlene said with concern
Spiderman didn't sit down, he fell down. He was exhausted.
"You know with fires people who don't make it out usually like to hide in the most difficult places to get to. I just about had to knock down a wall," Spiderman said complaining, "Promise me that you'll never hide in a hard to reach place," he asked desperately.
"I promise. Geeze, maybe you should come back to my place and I can fix you up. Unless...can you walk? Or...uh swing?" asked Charlene
Peter thought about that for a minute. He had to admit that Charlene was starting to grow on him. He liked to way she was kind, funny and caring.
"Yea, I'll be fine. 8th and Maine right?" asked Spiderman wearily
Spiderman picked up Charlene (with a little more effort than usual) and carefully swung back to her apartment.
When they got there Spiderman put Charlene in her kitchen and he plopped himself into one of her chairs.
"That was one of the most difficult rescues I've ever had," said Spiderman
"I can imagine. Here," said Charlene as she presented him with a glass of water, "Drink up, you'll get dehydrated."
Spiderman lifted up his mask a little bit and drank the whole glass of water.
"Guess I was thirsty," he said
Charlene stared at his mouth trying to remember every last detail. She also took in the fact that his lips were very cute. They were so red and full. She all of a sudden had a strong urge to kiss him. That's when a question popped into her mind.
"Have you ever kissed anyone? Like with the costume on?" asked Charlene curiously
Charlene took notice of how he was a bit surprised by the question.
"Uh, there was this time with this girl...it was kind of awkward because I was upside down," he said and Charlene raised her eyebrows.
"Upside down you say? That must've been something. Lucky girl...anyone I know?" asked Charlene intently
"I'm don't think you know her," said Spiderman slowly
Of course Peter knew that Charlene knew MJ. But for MJ's sake he kept his mouth shut.
"Oh well," said Charlene, "Are you hungry or something?"
"No, I'm ok. But I have to get going; I have a mountain of homework that I have to do. Thanks for your help Charlene. If I see you around campus I'll just give you a tap on the shoulder and say hi," said Spiderman surprisingly cheerfully.
"Damn straight," said Charlene, "I want to know eventually who you are under that mask," she said with a playful grin.
Spiderman ran to her window, opended it looked back to Charlene and waved good-bye before he finally jumped out.
"Not many guys I know can make that kind of an exit," Charlene said laughing.