A/N: I thank all who reviewed and our villain will be the first character featured in this chapter. Hope you'll all like it.
Dance, Dance We're Falling Apart To Half-Time
A girl stood in a cemetery in England by the grave of her dead mother. "Why?" she asked. "Why did he have to let you die?" Her hair was jet black and it went down to her waist. Her eyes were emerald green and tears ran down her face. She looked as though she was about 6' 2" and looked about 21 years old. Her skin had a bit of a tan, but under that tan was creamy white skin. She set a rose on the grave. Her name is Catherin Marie Rogers. She was in no way related to Steve Rogers. She was at the tender age of 10 while she still lived in New York her mother's life was taken in a rescue mission. She was with Spider-Man in a burning building trying to save innocent civilians. Seconds later the floor had collapsed and Spider-Man didn't save her. He left her to die. Her body had been singed badly, but she had died from lack of oxygen. No one knew Spider-Man was there. Catherin knew his secret identity. Peter Parker, she was going to find him and kill him for her mother.
Her tears dripped down onto the grass that covered her grave. She walked away from it. The tombstone read, "Jessica Drew Rogers, Loving Mother, Wife, and Spider-Woman. "We Are Who We Chose To Be".
Millions of miles away Ben Parker paced near the church. He wondered if this was the right thing to do. "Will she show up?" he thought. "She has to. She always does." He gulped and the clock struck noon. It was mid-May and he walked out into the church. Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Luke Cage, and even Aunt May were there. May had taken a turn for the worse when she hit 90, and she could die any day now. She smiled at him and he smiled back. Slowly the course of events started to unravel.
"You sure you want to do this Ben?" Normy asked.
"I'm sure." he replied. "I'm sure we're meant to be together."
"Yeah, whatever." he replied. Normy smirked as he looked out at the people sitting in the rows. "Is that Felicia Hardy?" Ben looked closer.
"Yeah, that is her." he replied.
"And that must be her daughter." Normy said. He pointed to the girl with the platinum blond hair he had seen at the Christmas Party. Gwen slowly marched down the isle. She looked up at him and smiled. The mutant known as Gambit made a cat call. Rogue looked over at him.
"Ah swear, ah'll make you forget everything you once knew sweetie." Rogue said. Gambit leaned back against the back of the row a bit. She stepped up on the alter and stood next to Ben. The priest started to say the whole speech. Finally when asked Gwen smiled happily and said, "I do." Soon the priest turned to Ben and asked him. "I do." he replied.
"You may now kiss the bride." he said. Gwen put her hands on his cheeks and he put his hands on her back. They slowly kissed each other passionately. Ben slipped his tongue into her mouth and rolled it around in her mouth.
"You can stop now." MJ called from the second row next to May.
"Oh just let them do what they want." Aunt May said. "You only have one first kiss when you first get married." MJ rolled her eyes. Seven hours later the wedding party had started.
"Here's to Ben and Gwen!" Sarah called holding up a glass of wine. The room cheered. Half an hour later everyone sat at a table. Gwen sat to the left of Ben. On his right hand side was Peter, and on the right side of Gwen was Sarah. Normy and Sarah both stood up and walked up to a podium like stand.
"I've known Ben since I was a little kid and we've always been friends." Normy said.
"And I've known Gwen since Ben introduced her to me when she first moved back here during our Junior year." Sarah said.
"And maybe I did try to hit on Gwen," Normy added.
"And I tried to kiss Ben a few times during Chemistry class," Sarah added.
"But that didn't do anything." they both said.
"Gwen saw me only as a friend." Normy said.
"And Ben saw me as a friend and a fellow crime fighter." Sarah added. "Here's to one of the finest of New Yorks newest heroes."
''And one of the most attractive blonds in the tri-state area." Normy added. The room whistled, cheered, and clapped. Shortly after the two returned to their seats and Peter and MJ came up. Mayday held onto MJ's wrist tightly.
"Well I don't see how we're gonna top that speech." Peter joked. The room laughed.
"Well, I was in labor for two hours with Ben." MJ said. "I'm glad it only took that long. Well now looking back things went by quite quickly. It feels like just yesterday when he said his first words. They were 'Go Spider-Man'."
"But he didn't know that I was him." Peter added. "It was quite funny whenever he'd say that when he'd see news footage of me fighting someone or other."
"Yes, yes Peter." MJ said. "But I do believe that one of the saddest days in his life was when you retired from the business. But it also was quite a happy day for him too. He found out about his powers."
"But nothing compared to the day when he first brought Gwen over." Peter said. "It was like I was looking into my past. She looked exactly like he mother. She even had the same name."
"Yes well it sure is a good thing you two met up again." MJ replied. "And even better knowing that you didn't sleep with her." The room laughed. The reception went on with more and more guests stepping up and sharing their stories about the two. Finally the two stepped up to the microphone.
"Well thank you all for the gifts and the humorous stories," as Gwen said this she smiled. "You know, I think that this will be quite close to the perfect marriage."
''As long as I'm not killed, crippled, you're not taken hostage or killed, or any combination of the above." Ben said quietly. The room gave a soft laugh as he said it. He didn't intend for it to be a joke but he went along with the story. Hours later the dance floor was cleared. Gwen stood at the far end of the floor while Ben leaned up against the wall. MJ stood next to Gwen. She smiled at her new daughter in-law.
"Give 'em hell Gwen." she laughed. As she said this she handed her the bouquet and Ben walked up next to her. Both MJ and Ben spun Gwen around a few times so that her back faced the crowd of women. Mayday stood in the far back hoping that she was going to catch it.
"I'm gonna catch those flowers." she murmured. Ben Grimm who sat nearby laughed slightly.
"You're just like you Dad kid." he said. "Always determined to be the best."
"Three, two," MJ started to call still standing next to Gwen. "One, zero!" At zero Gwen through the bouquet into the crowd of women. They all lunged to it and Ben chuckled slightly.
"CAT FIGHT!" Franklin Richard yelled from a nearby table. Sure enough as he yelled this a cat fight broke out. They thought the bouquet was at the bottom of the pile while it lay five feet away from Mayday. She quickly noticed it and smiled. She ran as fast as her three-year old legs could carry her and she jumped on the flowers and quickly got back up. She held them up triumphantly.
"Oh God." Ben muttered.
"Who got it?" Gwen asked. She turned around and faced the crowd looking for the one who held the flowers.
"Mayday." he replied. As he said this he lightly hit his head up against the wall. Gwen pulled him back and into her arms. She looked up at him.
"Hey. It's ok." she said. She smiled as she said this. "It's only superstition." She put her warm hand on his cheek. He smiled back.
"Yeah, I know." he replied. "It's just Mayday will think that it's gonna happen and she'll get all upset when someone gets married before her."
"Big deal." she replied. "Does it affect you? No." She looked back at the crowd. "Come on, let's get out of here." Ben nodded and put his arm around Gwen's waist. The two walked out without their family and friends knowing they left. Gwen got in the back of the limo and changed out of the large bulky wedding dress and into a lavender top with jeans. She slid her lime green coat on over the shirt. She slowly put her black headband back into place on her head. Ben laughed and shook his head as she did this.
He took off the top of the tuxedo and unbuttoned the white shirt he wore and revealed a black t-shirt. He took the pants off and pulled a pair of jeans on. He took off the shoes he was wearing and put on a pair of tennis shoes. He tapped the limo driver on the shoulder. "Hey, can you drive us to the airport?" he said. The driver nodded and started to drive off into the dark night. Hours later the two sat in the terminal of the airport waiting for their flight. It had supposed to arrive at 10:35 P.M. but it never showed. Gwen looked up at the clock. It read 11:10.
"Well it looks like our flight isn't coming." she murmured. Ben nodded.
"Guess we'll just have to wait for the next flight out." he replied. He got up and walked up to the woman behind the counter. "Hey, when is our plane supposed to get here?" She looked up at him and tried to smile slightly.
"Er, well." she said. "It won't be here until five in the morning tomorrow."
"Thanks." he replied in a grim tone. He walked back to Gwen and sat down. "Well we're here for the rest of the night."
"Great." she said. "Just great."
A/N: Any guesses where they're going anyone? Well you've came this far so review!
