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Here is the long awaited chapter 2. Enjoy :3

"Ava?"

I can't believe it! Ava Ayala, the girl who could probably kick my butt into next week if I tell her, 'I told you so', is standing right here on MJ's doorstep!

I totally told her so.

"Is that invitation still open?" Ava said, leaning around Peter just as she saw a flash of red.

"Of course it's still open. Come on in!" MJ reached passed Peter to grab Ava and tug her inside the house. "Excuse Peter. He's such a boy."

"Um, offense!" Peter frowned as he closed the door, following the bubbly redhead and the stiff Latina back into the living room. "So, Ava...what changed your mind?"

"Maybe she wanted to come?" MJ gave her best friend a look, he giving her a nasty one in return. "You can stay for as long as you like, Ava," she told the latter. "I'm actually glad you're here."

"...You are?" Ava arched her eyebrow.

"Uh, yeah!" MJ smiled at Ava. "I need a feminine input! Being surrounded by testosterone all the time gets kinda old, if you know what I mean."

Ava cracked a smile. "Tell me about it."

"Hello! I'm still here!" Peter waved his arms frantically, causing the two to look over at him. "Sorry for ruining your little moment there, and I mean it's great that the two of you are bonding and all, but could ya at least have the decency to do it when I'm not in the room?"

"Go tinkle," said MJ without tearing her eyes off of Ava.

"W-What? I don't tinkle! I'm a man! A-And real men don't tinkle!"

"Then go piss," Ava commented, grinning at MJ.

I can't believe this is happening right now.

Ava can't just...just hog my best friend!

[ "Well you did want this to happen," chibi!Devil Spidey cackled as he crawled up onto Peter's shoulder. "What's the worst that could happen? They choose each other over you?"

Chibi!Angel Spidey came up on the opposite shoulder. "Don't listen to him. You wanted Ava and MJ to get along. Isn't this great?"

"Great would be if they ditch him and make out."

"I am so done with you." ]

I'm so done with the both of you. These inner monologues are starting to get creepy!

Anyways, while my two favorite girls make googly eyes at each other, your favorite web-swingin' superhero is gonna make like a banana and split.

And that's what he did. He barely got a goodbye from the two when he decided to sneak out of MJ's bedroom window, leaving the girls in the kitchen. Grinning to himself, he jumped from Mary Jane's roof to the next, shedding his civvies as he went. Once at the end of the neighborhood, he pulled his mask over his face and made a giant leap, shooting a web and propelling himself up into the night sky. "WoohooOOOO!"

"Did...did Peter just leave?" MJ leaned around the table.

"Eh, you'll get used to it," said Ava, nonchalant as she tapped her pencil against her textbook.

"I'm already used to it." MJ slumped a little, turning a page in her binder. "He better have a good reason for ditching us this time."

"If I were you, I wouldn't ask. His excuses are always stupid. True, but stupid."

MJ's lips curved into a little grin, green eyes twinkling. "He must give you a rough time too."

"Tell me about it."

"How did you guys meet Peter, anyway?"

"Uh-" Ava racked through her brain for a good excuse; one that won't bite her in the butt later. "We all kinda transferred here around the same time and..." MJ nodded with interest, resting her cheek in her palm, "we met him in class. Principal Coulson suggested that he'd show us around or whatever." Yeah. That works. "Kinda embarrassing if you ask me."

MJ giggled. "Yeah. Me and Peter go way back."

"He's told us."

"Really? He talks about me?"

"He will not shut up about you." Ava's voice dropped to a deadpan, which MJ giggled at. "And Harry. Are they good now, anyway?"

"From what I've heard." MJ nodded. "I'm glad. I hate seeing them mad at each other."

"What would they be mad at each other for?"

The redhead sighed. "I don't know anymore."

I do. But of course Ava would never let slip that the main reason why there was tension between the two in the first place is because Norman Osborn is MIA and 'Spider-Man' was to blame for it. Ava decided to lighten the mood a little, "Well, they're boys. Therefore, they're idiots, MJ. They can't be saved."

It worked. MJ snorted. "We're doomed as a society."

Ava pondered thoughtfully. "Well, Danny and Luke aren't that bad."

"Yeah, Luke and Danny seem pretty cool. I love it how Danny always sounds like a fortune cookie."

"Why do you think we call him that?"

MJ got up from her seat, circling around the table to reach the cabinet. "I think it's kinda cute."

RECORD SCRATCH. "You think Danny is cute?" Ava turned around in her seat to look at the other girl as the latter fished around for a glass. She should've known that the topic of boys was bound to come up.

"Yeah, why not? Don't you think he is?"

"I - I haven't really thought about it but...Yeah, I guess he's alright? As friends go, I mean."

"I feel ya. Water?"

"Milk," Ava blurted out. Okay, so she loved milk. Sue her. "I-I mean -"

"No worries. Vitamin D comin' right up!" MJ grabbed another glass and closed the cabinet with her elbow, setting the cups down on the counter before turning on her heel to get to the refrigerator next. "So what's your type, girly?"

Ava's throat went dry. "My...m-my type?"

"Yeah, your type of guy. The kind of people you're into." MJ turned around to look at her, smiling over her shoulder.

The heroine's heart began to race, startling herself when a certain wall-crawling hero popped into her mind. She brushed the thought off before it could finish or embarrass herself even further. "Uhh, I'm not really the dating type."

"Have you ever dated?"

"...No."

MJ gasped, whirling around completely with the gallon of milk in hand. "You've never gone out with anybody? Never had a boyfriend?"

"That would be a negative."

"...Okay, okay," MJ lowered her voice to a stage whisper, leaning forward intently, "have you ever kissed anyone?"

The Latina tensed, shifting awkwardly in her seat. "-...Is that bad?"

"Oh my God!" MJ flailed her free arm. "You've never kissed anyone?!"

"Shh!" Ava attempted to shush her.

"You're seventeen years old and you've never had a smooch?!"

"Will you calm down?!" Ava raised her own voice, exasperated. "It's not that big a deal -"

"Uh, it kinda is! Your first kiss is like...like...the rights of passage into becoming a woman!"

"Oh yeah? Who was your first kiss?"

MJ sobered up immediately. She took the top off of the gallon and began to pour Ava her milk, whispering something in a small voice.

Even her super hearing couldn't pick up on that. "Who?"

"...Peter," MJ admitted sheepishly, a tad bit louder, placing the top back on and twisting it shut.

Ava's breath caught in her throat. "Parker?"

"Mhm?" MJ's voice went a couple octaves higher, choosing this time to turn her back to Ava and busy herself in the refrigerator once more.

"And..." Ava idly tapped her fingers on the countertop, "when did you two...kiss?"

"When we were twelve and we decided to get serious," MJ answered robotically, as if it was a normal, rehearsed thing for her to say.

Ava stared. "Really?" she deadpanned.

MJ snickered. "Yeah, well...we were only twelve. And we've been best friends since we were little. Nothing's changed since then..." she reminisced, now pouring herself some water.

The other girl hesitated. "Do you...do you wish something was different between you guys?" A part of Ava didn't even want to know. And maybe a part of her dreaded what was to come from the redhead's mouth.

And MJ did look like she was thinking about it.

She ended up shrugging and turned around to face her new friend. "Peter's my best friend. Always have been. Always will be. Would I take back our first kiss?" She shook her head with a small, fond smile. "No. I'm glad that my first kiss was with someone I cared about. I hope it's the same for you, Ava." The future journalist touched the heroine's arm. "When you find that someone to kiss - make sure it's someone who cares about you too."

Ava did not expect that.

MJ then got a mischievous look in her eyes. "So I hear you and Sam are pretty close-"

"Don't even!" Ava held her hand up and closed her eyes, and MJ burst into a fit of giggles.

"Daddy's home!" Peter greeted, taking his mask off as he hopped down.

"Don't ever say that again." Luke shook his head with a grin, never taking his eyes off the TV.

"You're so lame, Parker." Sam walked into the den, handing over a slice of cake, which Peter took eagerly. "What's got you back so early, anyways?"

"Eh, Ava came and now she and MJ are having their girl time," Peter spoke as he chewed, waving it off as he sat down next to Luke, lounging back. "Man, it's good to be home..."

"Have they abandoned you?" Danny asked from his lotus position in the corner.

"Something like that. Damn, this cake is good! Did you just make this?"

"You're welcome." Sam grinned smugly.

"Where's Aunt May?" Peter asked the group.

"Something about Mary Jane's mom and bowling," Sam answered, taking off his apron. "She'll be back later. Like, way later." He plopped down in the empty space next to Peter, grabbing the nearest video game controller. "Since when are Ava and MJ all buddy-buddy?"

"Since now." Peter rolled his eyes. "'Bout time, if ya asked me."

"When are you gonna tell Mary Jane the truth?" Danny piped up out of pure curiosity.

"About what?"

Three sets of eyes flickered in his direction pointedly.

Oh. That one.

"You know I want to. She's my best friend. And Harry...I've nearly told him a bunch-a times but...I don't know guys, what if the truth comes out and it ends up getting them hurt?" Peter's face fell.

Luke patted him on the back sympathetically. "They're probably gonna get hurt, whether ya do or ya don't, Pete," he said.

"I know that, but - what if my enemies found out? What if my secret gets out to everyone? What if I worry her too much when we're apart? W-What if -"

"Dude, you need to stop whining and just tell her already before I tell her for you," Sam scoffed. "I could care less about Harry."

"Hey."

"Kidding. But seriously! Have you met the girl? She's a total badass! And since she and Ava are getting all...close and whatever, she'll be like, twice as safer or something."

Peter sighed. Sam, as much as he'd hate to admit it, had a point. Maybe he should tell her. Maybe he should finally tell MJ the truth. The whole truth.

"Bet'cha I can beat your ass this round, Webs!"

Peter immediately finished the rest of his cake in one gulp, nearly jumping Luke for the other controller. "Eat my dust, Buckethead!"

Maaaaybe I'll just tell her later.

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