That night, Peter went over to Mary Jane's house. Earlier that day, she had told him that production of Mysterio had been shut down. He wanted to come over to cheer her up.
"How are you doing?" Peter asked.
"Okay, I guess," she answered. "It just sucks that the movie was canceled. I really thought that I was finally gonna make it on the big screen."
"Even if you don't make it on the big screen, you are still big on Broadway."
"That's true. It's just weird why the film got shut down. All because that technician was hit by lightning. It must have hit Quentin Beck hard because nobody knows where he is. And I heard on the news that the lightning gave him some superpower. He's killing people wherever he goes. You've got to stop him."
"Well, uh..."
"Is something wrong?"
"There is something I haven't been completely honest to you about."
"What?"
"My powers haven't been working because of something that that vampire put in my blood."
"Peter! Keeping secrets is one thing, but this is serious! Does Aunt May know about this?"
"I can only imagine how she would react."
"Is this why there haven't been Spider-Man pictures in the Bugle?"
"There is something else... J. Jonah Jameson fired me from the Daily Bugle."
"Why?"
"Why else? He hates my guts. He hates Spider-Man. He knows that I have been keeping my identity a secret from him. And he knows that it's all my fault that you left John."
Mary Jane started to tear up.
"Sorry. I just..."
"I didn't mean to touch a nerve. I was just explaining..."
"I know. I feel guilty about it every day."
"Only I should be guilty. I should have told you that I wanted to be with you sooner than I did. I am responsible. And I am responsible for the city. Which is why I need to figure out how to get my powers back."
"How? What have you been trying?"
"I gave a blood sample to Doctor Connors when he came back to the city after the attacks by all those villains earlier in the year. He's been studying it. He says it's the strangest thing he's ever seen. He didn't know how Morbius created what he did, but he says he might be able to figure out how to reverse its effects on me. He says he will call me when he has results."
"He's okay with doing this?"
"I've saved him a couple of times. He doesn't mind at all."
"Maybe you should also tell Aunt May what's going on. It's not good to keep secrets from family."
"You're right. You're always right. That is why I love you so much."
"I love you too, Peter."
Their faces got closer to each other until their lips locked in a passionate kiss.