Did everyone miss the upside down kiss was in the last chapter? Keep being told it was missed, it absolutely was not.
"So, an upside down kiss in the rain?" Peter-3 turned to his alter.
"Believe me, it was far less romantic than it looked." Peter-2 explained.
"It looked pretty romantic." Tony teased.
"I mean, I guess." Peter-2 defended himself.
"Have you and Peter done that?" Ned asked MJ.
"No." MJ simply said, refusing to indicate whether she'd do it or not with him.
"Still angry at him?" Ned followed up.
"A little." MJ admitted. "But I'm also thinking of how odd that must be, and the rain would probably go into his sinuses."
The next day, a fire broke out at a building, Spider-Man swung in and saved a baby in the fire, being thanked by the mother. The police arrived to arrest him until someone said there was someone else still inside, as a woman's screams could be heard. The police said they'd be there when he returned, Spider-Man said he wouldn't return, the police told him to go save the woman. Getting inside the building, he found a woman in a cloak in the middle of the blaze screaming, heading to her, she threw down the cloak to reveal it was the Goblin, and a trap.
"At least that cop realised that saving lives was better than his job." Sam nodded in approval.
"I'm shocked they're willing to arrest you based on a smear campaign." Scott said.
"Have you not been paying attention to them arresting our Peter in that previous recording?" May asked.
"Of course it's him, I bet he started the fire." Thor growled at the sight of Goblin.
"He's sick and twisted." Happy sneered.
Spider-Man said Gobbie was the one who was out of his mind, as they two exchanged blows, Goblin throwing boomerang ninja stars at Spider-Man who dodged most, being sliced on the return on the arm. Goblin was kicked away and as he turned around, he saw Spider-Man had left, shouting that nobody turned him down.
"He's completely insane." Bucky stared at the screen, horrified by the actions. Even as the Winter Soldier, he was never this unhinged with his targets.
"How are you able to dodge all of that?" Kingo asked, impressed.
"Spider senses." Peter-2 grinned. "But it was hard, he got a good slice in, and obviously I wasn't trying to kill him or anything in return."
"Nobody turns you down? So petty." Yelena scowled.
The scene changed to Norman in the lift to Harry and Peter's home, struggling to stand as he got there, Harry quickly tied as MJ and May cooked and set the table for Thanksgiving dinner. Norman revealed he was late due to work and had brought a fruitcake, as Peter swung inside upstairs, them hearing him land and remarking they didn't know he was there. They all headed upstairs as May said he better have brought the cranberry sauce.
"Thanksgiving? We haven't really celebrated that all that much the last few years." Peter-3 said.
"We kinda dropped it for a few years in this universe, not much to be thankful over when half of the universe no longer exists." Steve stated.
"How are you going to hide from all of them, especially Norman, when he has heightened senses now as well?" Flash asked.
"I managed it, just about." Peter-2 said.
Peter hopped onto the ceiling as they entered his room, Norman remarking it was strange there was nobody there, but called Peter a slob, May said all brilliant men were. A drop of blood hit the floor from Peter's arm as Norman turned around at it, heading to look over the balcony, as Peter had fled to hide underneath it. Peter then walked in through the front door with a can of cranberries as everyone welcomed him.
"I'll admit, that's pretty true. The amount of your stuff I've tripped over over the years, Tones." Rhodey said.
"Peter's room often looks like a sty if I don't get him to clean it up." May agreed.
"I can't believe you didn't realise you'd been cut. He could have figured it out from that!" MJ berated Peter-2.
"I was a bit busy with everything else!" He defended himself.
"That was close, he's definitely suspicious." Happy frowned.
"Are you seriously saying you beat up an old woman?" Ned laughed.
"She packed a mean swing, wanting that cranberry sauce." Peter-2 joked back.
May put the turkey onto the table as Norman tried to help himself to some food, May slapped his hand and asked him to do the honours. As Norman sharpened the knife, May noted that Peter was bleeding, as he tried to explain the injuries, Norman focused on it, putting it together in his mind.
"He better not hurt your May, I see the way he's glaring at her." Cindy frowned.
"Are all Peters just really bad at lying?" Hope asked with a wry grin.
"Well, I do like to tell the truth." Peter-2 defended himself.
"So, he knows you're Spider-Man?" Clint asked, horrified at Peter letting himself get into that.
"Yeah, and now you'll see what he does with that." Peter-2 grimaced.
Norman excused himself as Harry raced after him, demanding to know where Norman was off and saying he had arranged this so Norman could meet the girl he liked, Norman said she was sniffing around for his money, all women were like that, even Harry's mother. He told Harry to have his fun with Mary Jane then dump her, as Peter looked apologetically at Mary Jane and she looked angry. Mary Jane thanked Harry for standing up for her against that creep as Harry exploded that she should shut up and if he was lucky, he'd be half the man Norman was.
"Norman's a horrible father, I take back anything nice I've ever thought about him at least caring about Harry." Most of the room muttered an agreement.
"It's not his fault, well not entirely, he's off-balance, he knows who I am, and he's stressed with it all. He's losing time, remember, he doesn't recall what happens when he's the Goblin." Peter-2 tried to defend his actions.
"How dare he say all women are just after money?" May hissed.
"Ok, that you can't possibly try to defend." MJ said as Peter-2 nodded.
"Yeah, that's way out of line."
"Is he saying that Harry should just use MJ for sex and then leave her?" Betty asked, askance.
"Why is he defending this prick?" Natasha glared.
"He doesn't know any better, he knows all his dad has achieved and he's got an inferiority complex over all of it." Nebula spoke up, recognising it. It was something she'd suffered with for years herself, in regards to Gamora. "He sees anything his father does as good and he feels the need to prove himself, to himself and to his father." She said sadly. "It's something I sadly know all too well."
