Chapter 17

Merry Christmas everyone! :D As thanks for such a wonderful group of readers here's my christmas present to all of you, a surprise chapter waiting under the christmas tree! I hope my hint in the last chapter a few days ago means very little of our regulars misses this, obviously free-time permitting but yeah i'm just hoping to put a smile on everyone who's up to dates face :)

The soundtrack for this chapter is Christmas Truce by Sabaton and Hawaiian Rollar Coaster Ride from Lilo and Stitch!

Once again, Merry Christmas everyone and i hope you enjoy this double length chapter!

UPDATE 26/12/22: A concerned reader pointed out Liz would be concerned about Peter at a certain point in this chapter so it has been updated to reflect that

Boybay44: Lovely to see you again, glad to hear you enjoyed the last chapter! In regards to your question, I can't really answer without spoiling plot points but what I can say is that MJ is a naturally flirty person as seen by her behaviour towards Peter, Flash and Rand in the fall formal episode but i will say she atleast see's Peter as a close friend, whether there's more to it or not we'll have to wait and see.

"Spectacular" = Speech

'Spectacular' = Thoughts

"What is a 'Hero' though?" = Speach with a quote

*BANG* = Important Noise?

-Flashback- = Flashback setting

"I love you" = Written words

{4:00am} = Important Time/ Date

Disclaimer: Spider-man, Marvel and related IP belong to their respective owners. The author of this story owns jack-shit and holds no fantasy that they ever will.

"This sides mine Parker, got it?" Flash said gruffly as he placed his luggage at the foot of the bed on the right side of the room nearest to the bathroom, ultimately leaving the left side of the room near the window and door free for Peter.

'That suits Spider-man perfect, thanks Flash.' Peter thought to himself as he put his own luggage down on the floor by the side of his bed facing the window.

"No problem" Peter said outloud after the short pause it had taken him to place his luggage down before looking out the window past the walkway to the courtyard below while Flash began unpacking behind him.

'Well Kingpin, I'm here. Time to find out what you've you been hiding...' Peter swore as he began brainstorming how best to tackle Florida Unlimited now that he was in their backyard so to speak.

"Oi, Parker. Stop daydreaming, we're supposed to be down at The Island restaurant in 10 minutes." Flash called out from beside Peter as he waved his hand infront of Peters eyes. "Or did you spot some gorgeous babe getting undressed?"

That served to drag Peter from his thoughts as he began blushing and spluttering that that wasn't what he was doing, he was just...enjoying nature, yeah that's right, enjoying nature! Totally not trying to plan out a secret stakeout and heist of a wellknown Orlando company that may or may not be connected to the biggest crime lord in New York history.

"Pfft, boobs are natural too idiot" Flash retorted as he went into the bathroom, closing the door behind him whilst Peter collapsed backwards onto his bed behind him, arms outstretched.

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It wasn't much later that we found the Osborn party all down in The Island restaurant occupying a bunch of booths near the middle of the establishment. The top booth had Sally, Liz and Glory in it as they enjoyed some native Hawaiian dishes whilst below them was Rand, Flash, Kenny and Hobbie all eating either a juicy steak or burger with chips. Finally, below them was Peter, MJ, Gwen and Harry who had a variety of dishes, for example: Harry had a rib-eye steak, MJ had a fish and chips which she took a photo of, Gwen had a burger and Peter had a chicken curry.

Harry's mom on the otherhand was nearby at one of the tables eating a chicken salad and scrolling through her phone.

Dinner lasted around 40 minutes if they included wait times which was pretty spectacular in Peters opinion considering they'd had dessert as well but now was the time many dreaded, the bill.

"Ah okay, perfect, everyone pay attention!" Harry said as he walked over to the middle booth that Rand, Flash, Kong and Hobbie were sitting at right as the waiter came over with the bill. "Charge it to the Osborn tab."

"If you say so." The waiter said as he asked Harry to scan his roomcard in his card reader to verify he was apart of the Osborn party.

*DING*

"Thanks, have a nice night folks." The waiter said pleasantly before he walked away to go help some other customers who were there for a late night dinner.

"So yeah, whenever you need to pay for something at the park just charge it to the Osborn party and scan your roomcard afterall I did say all expenses paid." Harry said which got a cheer from the gathered teens and applause.

'This is really kind of Harry, and he hasn't brought up Spider-man once, somethings evidently got him distracted.' Peter thought to himself in a good mood, after all Harry seemed to be in good spirits and he himself was on the trail of Kingpin, plus the whole vacation thing, it was a win win!

...Then again Peter couldn't help but unconciously look over his shoulder as he waited for the other shoe to drop, Parker luck rarely let him have such a good run.

"Thanks Harry, do you and your friends wanna come with us to Cocoa beach tomorrow?" Glory asked from her, Sally and Liz' booth where Sally was huffing at inviting the 'geeks'.

"Oi Glory, what about me?" Kenny asked dumbly from the middle booth which got a sigh from the afformentioned girl.

"You're all coming too Kenny." Glory said exasperated before turning back to Harry with a smile. "So what do you say Harry? We can hit the parks anytime but the weather's supposed to be divine tomorrow, perfect for some swimming, tanning and surfing!"

"Ehm..." Harry said caught off-guard as he began to remember the last time Glory had invited him somewhere, that being the fall formal and we all know how that turned out...but turning his head to the side, Harry spotted Gwen out of the corner of his eye and grinned devilishly, things were different this time.

"Yeah Glory that sounds awesome, Gwen, MJ, Peter, what do you think?" Harry happily asked his girlfriend and friends who were a mixed bag: Gwen and Peter seemed a bit reluctant whilst MJ was enthusiastic.

"Come on Tiger. Cocoa beach is perfect for us." MJ said as she brought up pictures of it on her phone and showed them to him unaware to the jealous look being sent her way by Gwen.

"Hmm the Buggle would probably pay tons for some cool surfing photos, ...guess i'm in." Peter said finally agreeing once he'd thought about it some more, not only would it help Ned write the article but if he could catch a shot of say MJ surfing through the barrel of the wave then dang Robbie would have to be crazy to not use that photo.

"So Gwen, what do you say?" Harry asked once again eagerly which got a small sigh from Gwen before she looked up with a strained smile.

"I'd love to Harry."

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Peter yawned loudly as he sat up in the bed, he'd stayed up late into the night trying to figure out how deep a sleeper Flash was so that he knew how quiet he'd have to be sneaking out as Spider-man. The sound of running water and Flash's rendition of 'Smooth Criminal', Alien Ant Farms cover to be precise if Peter had to guess, filled the room from the bathroom.

"Are you okay, you okay, you okay Annie?" Flash sung heedless of Peter, likely not caring if he was trying to get a few extra minutes sleep. Thankfully Peter had decided to shower the night before bed so he was already clean and ready to go for the day, he just needed to get dressed which he did relatively fast.

Whilst Peter would've loved to have switched to a more breathable outfit, you never know when Spider-man might need to make an appearance. Granted he really needs to resist unless it's dire given the whole 'covert' nature of his assignment down in Florida.

Double checking his camera equipment and swimsuit, Peter made sure he had everything he might need for a day at Cocoa beach.

'hmm if I get a plastic bag, some electrical tape and a lens cover I could make a DIY sand protector... maybe the shop down in the lobby will have what I need?' Peter thought to himself as he scratched his cheek sleepily before packing his stuff and an extra towel away in his backpack that had been emptied the night prior.

Putting his hand into his right pocket, Peter double checked he had one of the room keys as he shouldered his backpack and headed out of the door which was close to the window and Peters bed.

Walking out and closing the door behind him Peter made his way down the hallway looking out at the lush courtyard below that really did feel like a beautiful vibrant pacific island.

Taking the lift down to the ground floor Peter spied the shop he was looking for near the entrance and walked over to it, the sign reading "TOKO GIFTS". Walking in Peter had a gander around at the usual park merchandise such as mugs, hats and shirts all themed around common Universal brands such as Jurassic Park, Despicable Me and...Shrek?

"What the heck? Why would anyone want that?" Peter whispered aloud to himself as he gazed at an uncanny plushy of Donkey from the cult classic, Shrek.

" 'Cause I'm all alone, there's no one here beside me" Gwen mocking sung as she snuck up behind Peter with a snigger, recreating the scene from Shrek where Donkey follows Shrek home.

"Gwen!" Peter said as he joined in with her laughter before it died down when a lightbulb seemed to go off in Gwens head.

'She's wearing her glasses again, must be because we're going to the beach today...gosh i'll be honest, i've missed this look' Peter thought to himself as Gwen began rooting around in her backpack for something she found a second later.

"Here you go Peter, me and MJ picked up extra for you and Harry a few minutes ago." Gwen said as she passed over a small tube of suncream, something which Peter was quite thankful to see.

"Thanks Gwen, completely forgot about this to be honest, got a bit side-tracked trying to sand proof my camera." Peter said sheepishly, taking said camera out for emphasis which got a thoughtful look out of Gwen as she began to think of a solution to help her not so secret love.

"Hmmm...well if you had a plastic bag, some electrical tape and a lens cover you could probably create a sealed enviroment for your camera." Gwen said as she bent down to inspect the camera, her right hand moving to adjust her glasses as if she'd never gotten contacts.

"Yeah that's what I was thinking as well, just gotta see if the shop sells the stuff really." Peter agreed with Gwens idea as he explained the next step to completing his little morning project.

What followed next was ten minutes of Gwen and Peter exploring the decently big shop for the required items and surprisngly finding all of them relatively easily.

Walking out the doors of "TOKO GIFTS" with a paper bag in hand Peter and Gwen walked into the little cafe called the "TUK TUK MARKET" where MJ was waving them down from a table looking out over the luau pavillion.

"Morning Tiger, seems like I was right Gwen you do have an inherent sense for Tiger here." MJ teased the two first thing in the morning which got blushs from both who just sat down opposite each other although Gwen blushed even fiercer when her stomach growled loudly.

"Smite me already." Gwen groaned as she hide her face in her hands before shaking her head and standing up. "What do you two want, 'casue i'm doing a food run."

"I've already had a muffin but a little carton of orange juice would be divine Gwen." MJ said which got a smile from said blonde.

"No problem MJ, what about you Pete, do you want anything?" Gwen curiously asked the boy who was taking out the the main components and tools needed to assemble his sand protector.

"Ehm, could I have a croissant please?" Peter requested kindly which got a smile and a nod out of Gwen before she turned and headed off in search of breakfeast whilst MJ checked her emails and Peter tinkered away like a mad scientist.

"What the hell are you up to?" Harry asked bluntly, jogging Peter from his construction who looked over to the edge of the table where Harry stood bewildered, having suddenly appeared.

"Oh you know" Peter laughed as he gestured to his camera which was now sitting in a bag with its lens pulled close against a slightly smaller cut out hole, a few bits of electrical tape carefully sealing the gap between lens cover and the plastic bag. "Just trying to sand proof my camera."

"Riiiiggghhhhttt, and why did you bring that with you in the first place?" Harry asked suspiciously as he sat down beside Peter.

"Robbie from the Buggle has me taking photos for a travel expose while we're down here so me and MJ thought Cocoa beach would be a good place for some shots." Peter explained casually as he carefully taped another bit of electrical tape onto the very edges of the lens cover, completely missing the look of pleasant surprise that flashed across Harrys face.

"So they're putting you on assignments other than Spider-man now? You can do other things?" Harry asked in an attempt to be casual but anyone could tell it was anything but.

"...Yeah i guess they are." Peter said non-confrontationally as he ignored Harry to focus on his project, a quick "Tada!" erupting from him a second later right as Gwen walked up to him whilst he was showcasing the final project.

"Nice job Tiger" MJ complimented from her spot infront of Peter as she looked up from her phone to check out the DIY job he'd done.

"It turned out great Pete." Gwen chimed in as she opened her own backpack and passed out the croissant to Peter, the orange juice to MJ and took out a sandwhich for herself which she began eating as fast as was polite. All the while Harry was giving her a look as if to ask where his was.

"What? You weren't here when I left." Gwen said with a slightly indignant look on her face which got a huff from Harry as got up to go grab himself something quick to eat before they left in the limo to head to Cocoa beach.

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The trip to the beach took them about an hour and 15 minutes in the limo to reach Cocoa beach from Universal Studios Orlando which was filled with the usual banter from the young adults as they chatted away or spent it glued to their phones.

Peter and MJ spent most of the trip showing Gwen the new canadian reality show they'd binged on the flight over and she was enjoying it just as much as they had, her laugther seeming to get annoyed glances out of Harry every now and then, distracting him from his conversation with Hobbie.

The limo eventually pulled up along the boardwalk where the driver was told to wait for them for the day as the young adults plus their chaperone disembarked. Walking over to the changing rooms the group were lucky in that it was only 11:00am so not too many had gotten too the beach just yet which meant that the change booths were practically empty.

Midtown 3's popular crowd were quick to change and hit the surf, Rands buff chest out for the world to see as his bottom half was clad in a pair of green swimtrunks , Kenny on the other hand had his...thick blubber clean shaven and sticking out above a pair of black swimtrunks and Hobbie stood surprisingly jacked in a purple pair of swimtrunks whilst Flash's lean but ripped clean shaven chest glistened in the sun above a pair of american flag swimtrunks.

Whilst the boys all dove into the water and started dunking each other, the girls started splashing each other and giggling. Glory stood the deepest with the water just below her toned hips under her bumblebee patterned bikini top, splashing her from the left was Sally in a green bikini that was one size too small as it tried to contain her sizeable chest, laughing away at them both was Liz in a turquoise bikini as she was bent over clutching her toned stomach.

Meanwhile walking down the beach towards the water were Peters group of friends...minus Peter?

"I don't get what's taking him so long." Harry complained with a surprisingly buff chest on show above dark green swimtrunks "Maybe he's just jealous of the physique we all have: probably the only good thing the green ever did for me"

Well that was a quick way to earn himself The Look from Gwen who was standing there in a white bikini unimpressed with her so-called 'boyfriend' and what he was insinuating, not only about their friend, but about his past addiction.

"Right. No good things, gotcha." Harry caved with a sigh which got a nod of satisfaction from Gwen who wasn't in the best of moods to hear him joke about the thing that had caused so much grief.

"I'm sure Tiger's just tired from Flash's snoring or something." MJ chimed in, her crimson bikini a blood red somehow holding in her busty chest with little strain as her hand rested on her toned but not muscular hips and stomach.

"You guys were talking about me?" Peter said running up in a pair of blue navy swimtrunks with a white t-shirt on much to the confusion of his friends and the popular crowd nearby in the water.

"What's up Parker, afraid to show off your gut?" Kong shouted from the water which got a laugh from most of the popular crowd alongside Harry which earned him a glare from Gwen.

"W-what, no I-i just don't want to burn haha." Peter laughed awkwardly as he started to blush from the attention he was receiving, Flash bawking like a chicken wasn't helping at all either.

"Just take it off already, don't be a coward." Harry harshly chimed in which got a pair of glares sent towards him from Gwen and MJ whilst he got a wince from Peter who grabbed the back of his t-shirt and began to take it off to.

Meanwhile the wolf-whistles and jeers from the girls and boys of the popular crowd slowly died down as an eerie silence stretched along the beach right as Peter finished taking his t-shirt off, only broken by a soft gasp.

"...Why's everyone so quiet?" Peter asked nervously once he'd fully taken off his t-shirt and saw the looks on everyones faces. The popular crowd looked at him with a sort of horrid fascination and a few concerned look, the same kind that makes people rubber neck at accidents, but it was his friends reactions that impacted him more.

MJ looked aghast as she stared at his chest and back, her eyes asking unspoken questions whilst Harry looked torn between disgust and relief but it was Gwens reaction that hurt Peter the most.

"Peter..." Gwen croaked out with teary eyes as she raised her hand to cover her mouth as if to hold in any sobs that may escape. "Where did you get those?"

"...I do have to get pretty close to the action for those pics of Spider-man you know...it can be pretty dangerous..." Peter explained as he traced the large scars decorating the front of his muscular chest which were matched in number by the ones on his back. 'Not like I can tell them that this is all from my fight with Gobby, those Pumpkin bombs are no joke.'

*CLAP*

"Look forget puny Parker everyone, he knows the risks of his job, we're here to have fun." Flash said clapping his hands together before he turned around with his back towards Peter, a guilty look briefly flashing across his face now that Peter couldn't see him.

"Flash's right, you should've seen him when we did that police ride-along, he somehow avoided an explodin' van!" Sally joined in, her voice getting more and more incredulous as she went on.

"Thanks Sally." Flash groaned sarcastically before a metaphorical lightbulb went off in his head. "Hey Osborn, whatcha say we get some surfboards and live up to the whole polynesian theme of the resort eh?"

"Oh you're on Flash!" Harry said excited as he agreed wholeheartedly, walking over down the beach towards a surfboard rental booth, Flash, Rand and Hobbie following him whilst the girls plus Kenny walked over to some parasols planted in the sand and layed out their towels.

"You boys have fun, we're gonna have some sun." Glory said as she waved off the young men who were sending confused glances at Kenny who sat cuddled up to his girlfriend.

"Kong?" Flash asked stumped as to why his friend wasn't following them to go get surfboards.

"Been surfing with the cousins a few times back in Hawaii and it's not for me, 'sides, Glory is." Kenny explained before smiling stupidly as he held her closer to him which got a giggle out her.

Meanwhile, back with Peter he'd also used the excuse provided by Flash and was making his way towards the surfboard rental booth aswell, a sheepish look on his face as he dodged past Gwen's sad look and MJ's dissaproving one.

"Sorry, gotta...get in line. Yeah you know those queues, boy oh boy, come lunch they'll be a doozy." Peter said as he started jogging to catch up with the other guys but he did faintly hear the voice of MJ behind him.

"...He might be in trouble for not telling us about the dangers but you gotta admit, i was only half joking at Halloween when I said he fit into that Spider-man suit nicely but now? Did you see those abs?"

As you'd imagine this got a raging blush from Peter who was thankfully out of earshot from Gwens response, he didn't think he could handle hearing Gwen talk about his abs. On the topic of Gwen though, dear god she was breathtaking in that bikini! Her top looked like it was barely keeping her surprisingly well endowed chest contained and her ass looked like you could bounce a dime off it whilst the rest of her body was lean but strong, like a dancer!

'She was hiding alot under that baggy hoddie.' Peter thought to himself as his blush somehow got fiercer before he shook his head to clear it as he got into line behind Hobbie who barely payed him any recognition.

The booth was a decent size with a blue thatch roof and a window that opened up onto the beach where the worker could serve the beach goers, similar booths were set up all along the beach for food and other activities.

It didn't take long for Peter to get up to the top of the line, so when Hobbie was passed a purple and black board and began heading towards the ocean where the rest of the popular crowd, which Peter guessed included Harry again, were waiting.

"Hi... Nani, could I have a surfboard please?" Peter asked as he read off the workers nametag and tried not to laugh at the irony of a woman called Nani working at a surfshack.

"Osborn party right?" Nani asked like she couldn't care less to which Peter nodded causing her to rumage around in the back on the surfshack. "Sorry, this is the only one we have left."

"...Thanks." Peter said with a forced smile before he turned and walked away with a Spider-man themed surfboard, as if things could be more on the nose!

'Ugh, Harry won't be happy but who knows maybe i'll suck at this, I'm sure if I wipe out hard enough it'll put a smile on a few faces here.' Peter thought to himself once he remembered just exactly who he was in the company of. 'Plus, if I do suck i can just focus on getting those shots of MJ...surfing...without a surfboard...'

*SMACK*

Peters free hand, that wasn't holding the surfboard under his arm, came flying up and smacked himself in the face when he realised that MJ hadn't joined the queue for a surfboard. Now that he looked around for her, Peter found her and Gwen laying a bit aways away from the popular crowd laying down on their own towels underneath a blue parasol as they watched everyone get ready to surf.

'What am I gonna do now?' Peter thought to himself in frustration, that had been one of his key ideas for pictures of Cocoa beach, an attractive professional surfer. MJ might've been a longshot on the professional part but her attractiveness was off the scales, so long as she'd been able to surf a little bit it would've been perfect.

'Couldn't hurt to ask her...personally I'd love to ask Gwen more, but something tells me Harry wouldn't be happy with me taking photos of his girlfriend in swimwear.' Peter reasoned as he quickly turned around and began jogging towards Gwen and MJ who seemed to be blushing as he approached.

"Tweet-Twit-Twoo." MJ whistled as Peter got closer to the two young ladies. "Easy Tiger, are you applying for Baywatch with that run?"

MJ's words coloured Peters cheeks at the insinuation but before he could get a response out he was met with a very odd sight.

"Really Peter, you had to choose that board, you know how Harry will react to that." Gwen said with the dying embers of a blush gracing her face whilst she gave Peter The Look, who could only sigh in defeat.

"I know Gwen but It was the only board they had left I promise, you know I wouldn't do that on purpose." Peter promised which finally got The Look to abate and a sigh out of one Gwen Stacy.

"Okay Pete, If you promise. I'll try smooth it out for you and explain it before he blows." Gwen reassured which got an appreciative look from Peter.

"Thanks Gwen. Now, eh MJ just a quick question, any chance you're going surfing today?" Peter asked MJ who'd been staring at his abs behind her sunglasses which thankfully blocked the darklook that crossed her eyes at Peters question.

"Sorry Tiger haven't been surfing since I was a kid... and those memories aren't too enjoyable." MJ explained her reasoning as her tone got a bit dark halfway through when she nearly exposed something about her past that she'd rather stayed hidden.

"MJ you okay?" Peter asked carefully having picked up on the dark tone that had slighty coloured MJ's tone of voice for a brief second halfway through only for MJ to smile and tip her sunglasses down so her eyes were visible.

"Yeah, just broke my nose Tiger." MJ said with false cheer that only a skilled actor would've picked up on as she waved Peter off. "Now go surf, we want to see you shred."

Waving goodbye to two of the three most important women in his life and passing them his camera, Peter ran to the water just in time to see Flash catch a wave and shakily ride it on his American flag board for a few moments.

Throwing the board down onto the water Peter jumped onto it and began to paddle out into the ocean over the waves. Whilst he was paddling he was given first row seats to seeing Rand wipe out after some seconds of standing up on his Jazz themed board.

Hobbie was next and to say he was good would be an understatement, his balance whilst not perfect was like a professional, it was obvious he'd had gymnastics training. Surfing along on his purple and black board Hobbie went for the entire wave doing a multitude of tricks before riding out to thunderous applause from the crowd on the beach and those in the water.

"Goodluck Harry." Peter said kindly as he spotted the next wave, a perfect wave infact, coming towards them only for him to get the barest of responses.

"Tch." Harry tsked at Peter as he glanced down at Peters Spider-man board before looking back up and glaring at Peter, then turning away to ride away on his money themed board as if Peter was nothing to him.

Harry did surprisingly well, his dexterity was off the charts as he adopted a solid stance and performed a few basic turns as he rushed through the wave before it tapered out much to the applause of Gwen and the popular crowd.

Finally it was Peters turn, looking back behind him Peter spotted a good but rough wave, he'd just have to make do with the wave that was dealt to him by Poseidon he guessed.

Paddling a little bit forward as the wave came up under him, Peter put his right foot forward to about halfway on the right side of the board whilst his left foot rested on the back left. Rushing down the wave Peter was momentarily at a loss for words as he felt a rush that he'd only ever felt whilst dressed as Spider-man swinging throughout Manhattan.

"Woohoo!" Peter cheered outloud as he shred the wave as if it was second nature to him, his spider-sense working to give him perfect balance as he rode the wave back forth, the water splashing his muscular chest much to the cheers of the crowd that were soon drowned out as he entered the barrell.

"Wow." Peter whispered in awe of the spectacle of nature around him as he surfed through the barrell of a wave, it was as if he was in a different world cut off from everything, all his worries and fears were gone. It was as if all that existed was him and the wave, it was intense.

Sadly the clarity brought upon by this wonderful experience also showed him what 'Peter Parker' had to do, so with a displeased frown on his face Peter swerved the board and wiped out harshly to draw attention away from his amazing performance.

"Hahaha great job Parker!"

"Look where you're going next time!"

"Sick wipe out Peter!"

'Gee, thanks Harry' Peter grumbled to himself once he'd re-orientated himself and started heading back for shore, particularly the surfshack. 'Would love to spend the afternoon surfing but i've already drawn too much attention to myself, i'm just lucky they seem to have bought that wipe out'

Passing over the Spider-man surfboard to Nani the surfshack employee, Peter made his way back over to Gwen and Mj who seemed to be in the middle of quite the heated conversation that seemed to go quiet once they spotted Peter getting close.

"Hey Pete, you had enough surfing?" Gwen asked as she fixed her glasses by pushing them up her nose whilst her other hand was behind her holding her up, all the while MJ was sipping away at a can of 7up through a reuseable straw.

"Yeah, the wipe out was enough for now, might give it another try in the future though." Peter explained, not wanting to ruin the possibility of him taking up surfing again at a different time. "Just gonna grab my camera and take some shots for the Buggle."

"Have fun Tiger, remember to take photos of things other than the girls though." MJ teased with a wink which got a laugh out of Peter who retorted relatively fast if MJ was to be honest.

"I think we all know my speciality is men, particularly of the spider variety ladies. Now if you'll excuse me, I gotta get paid." Peter teased back which got a bark of laughter from MJ and an idignant look from Gwen who didn't know whether to be cross with Peter or to laugh at the joke with MJ.

"Hey MJ, Volleyball match, you and Gwen in?" Glory shouted from the popular crowds spot on the beach to which MJ jumped up enthusiastically.

"You know it." MJ confirmed as she began picking up her stuff whilst Gwen sighed before packing her stuff away aswell, ready to move over to the volleyball court a bit further down the beach alongside the popular crowd who hadn't gone surfing.

"Rand! Move further down, we're gonna play some volleyball!" Sally shouted out at Rand distracting him right as he was finally starting to get the hang of surfing causing him to once again wipe out.

Meanwhile, Peter was taking Pictures of the different booths lining the beach, the lifeguard stations, heck even a pretty impressive sandcastle competition he'd wandered into!

'Okay first place has got to go to the sand Bat-Mobile, it's so cool!' Peter fanboyed to himself over the impressive creation he'd come across in the competition, other notable entry's were a sand Tardis and a supposed life-like sand sculpture of someone named Cody made by some girl with purple hair...Peter could respect her talent but he got weird vibes from her and he didn't know why.

Chalking it up to his imagination Peter left the sand castle competition with a plethora of new photos for the article as he walked further down the beach to a more secluded section where there was little to no people.

"Okay, one empty shot and that should do it i guess, still a bummer that I couldn't get a surfer shot, maybe if i'm lucky I can get Hobbie and he won't sue the Buggle." Peter remarked to himself as he tinkered with his camera, it was a bit tricky to work it with the DIY sand protector on but it was a much better alternative than having his equipment damaged.

Out of the corner of his eye though Peter spotted something happening in the water, or to be more precise, ON the water.

A beautiful women in her early twenties with alabaster skin in a black bikini, a very endowed chest, a tight ass, strong lean body and most strikingly, snow white hair stood purfectly balanced on a black and white surfboard as she shred it as flawlessly as Peter did.

This was perfect, she was perfect! Raising his camera, Peter began taking shot after shot as this young woman infront of him outshinned everyone he'd seen surfing that day and did he mention she was absolutely gorgeous!

Watching her go through the barrel not only got Peter an amazing shot of the woman as she rode out but it also helped him feel connected to her in that they both knew the bliss of one's worries vanishing in the barrel of the wave.

Peter would later blame the fact that he was reviewing his shots as the reason for what happened next.

"You know cute little pervs like you really outta learn some self preservation skills." The white haired woman said as she looked over Peter's shoulder, her hand holding her black and white surfboard up whilst her left hand rested on her cocked out hip. Now as you can imagine, the surprise of having someone so close to him who didn't set off his spider-sense, let alone someone that beautiful, was enough to cause Peter to jump and splutter excuses.

"N-no, this is my job, i'm a photographer for a paper!" Peter explained hastily as he waved his arms in denial whilst the white haired woman raised one perfectly manicured white eyebrow.

"You're photographing me for a porno mag without my consent? Pretty sure that's illegal big guy." She said causing Peters denials to intensify and for the white haired woman to burst out laughing much to the confusion of Peter as the young woman held her stomach.

"Look, I doubt you work for some shady company like a porn company so just tell the truth, why were you taking my picture?" The woman said once she'd gotten her laughter under control causing Peters embarrassed face to sigh as he got a chance to explain himself.

"I work for the Buggle back in New York." Peter said as he was looking at his camera, missing the hard look which flashed across the womans face for the briefest of moments. "They're doing a travel expose on Orlando Florida and I thought a talented, beautiful surfer would be the perfect shot to represent their beaches."

'Is it just me or does her voice sound familiar...where have I heard it before?' Peter thought to himself in confusion that briefly shone through his embarassment as he tried to keep his eyes from wandering from her eyes to the rather spectacular clevage below.

"Talented and beautiful am I now? My aren't you daring...sorry, what was your name?" The white haired woman asked innocently.

"Peter...Peter Parker." Peter said blushing as his eyes were darting down to the womans chest when he thought she wasn't looking.

"Why hello Peter, the names Felicia..." Felicia said with a grin that looked like the cat had caught the canary, something which Peter missed as he was too busy staring at the barely clad breasts infront of him. Say what you want about him but he could count the number of times he'd seen a woman in a swimsuit on one hand until today, so he was wholly unprepared for all these bombshells that seemed to have agreed with Glory's take on the so called 'Divine' weather and hit the beach. "So are you gonna ask for my permission to use those images Peter?"

"H-huh? Y-yeah sure, em, can I have your email address please?" Peter asked a tad awkwardly once Peter saw that Felicia had realised where his eyes had been wandering.

'Gah what's wrong with me! I've been around beautiful women like Gwen, MJ and Blackcat before, why is this one woman making me so nervous?' Peter thought to himself a tad frustrated.

"Sure, it's FeliciaH " Felicia said as Peter typed the the address away into his phone, attaching the required file before hitting send.

"There you go, should be an email from PParker with the consent form, just send it back to me before the week's out if you get the chance." Peter said casually as he put his phone away whilst Felicia hmm'd "Mhmm"

"You know Peter, I'm from New York too, have you ever tried Giulio's chipper down on 23rd street down in Midtown, their wraps are to die for." Felicia revealed to the stunned Peter who broke out into excited conversation which Felicia found herself inexplicably drawn to as they chatted about their favourite places in the city.

The duo continued chatting as they walked up the beach, Peter occassionally stopping to take a photo or for Felicia to return her surfboard as they walked back down the beach in the direction Peter had initially come, passing by the sandcastle competition as they went.

"...Who lives in a pineapple under the sea?" Felicia asked bewildered as she layed eyes on the most memed character in existence, distracting Peter who was taking a picture of a sand-Bugs Bunny in his iconic Big Chungus form.

"Spongebob Squarepants?." Peter said once he'd taken Big Chungus' photo and turned his head to look at what Felicia was gesturing at and indeed, standing there working at a sand-grill was a sand-Spongebob in all his glory flipping krabby patties.

"Hahaha/Hahaha" Peter and Felecia both broke out into laughter at the absurdity of the competition, Peter didn't think he saw one stereotypical normal sandcastle there and it was brilliant.

Peter and Felicia spent the rest of the walk up the beach quoting Spongebob with iconic quotes such as:

"Firmly grasp it"

"The inner machinations of my mind are an enigma."

"Is Mayonnaise an instrument?"

Those ones were some of the ones Felicia quoted, granted the firmly grasp it one did make Peter blush a little when she mimed it.

'It seems like someone is a secret Patrick fan.' Peter thought to himself as Felicia said "I'm Dirty Dan" before she started giggling to herself which Peter found adorable.

Now don't worry, Peter gave as good as he got, some of the quotes he said included:

"This squirrels trying to kill me."

"He was number 1!."

"Nosferatu!"

"You like Krabby Patties, don't you Squidward?"

"Don't you have to be stupid somewhere else?"

After which Felicia chimed in with a massive grin right as they got to the volleyball court in time to see Gwen spike it.

"Not until 4!" Peter and Felicia had their arms around each other laughing together like they'd known each other for ages which got a fair few eyes on them, some were happy, some were jealous, some were mad and some looked betrayed.

One thing that did happen in the meantime though was that the team of Liz and Sally managed to score on Gwen and MJ, scoring what seemed to be the winning point if Harry was to be believed which got sighs out of Peters friends who'd gotten surprisingly into it.

"Oh gosh, Peter I think that's it from me for today, my flights in a few hours and I really outta get back to New York, it was great meeting you, maybe we can get a coffee sometime when you're back home?" Felicia said with a wink as she walked away to the changing rooms not waiting for a response leaving Peter to the mercy of his friends who swarmed him not two seconds later.

"Who was that?" Gwen asked suspiciously and slightly hurt that Peter seemed to be accepting dates from beautiful older women.

"Huh? Oh that was Felicia!" Peter said obliviously as he took out his camera to show off some of the photos he'd taken earlier. "She's an amazing surfer and I got her photos for the Buggle then we just got to chatting as I made my way back"

"These are pretty cool Tiger, almost as cool as your run although she sticks the ending better than you." MJ said as she scrolled through the photos with Gwen beside her, an unreadable look on her face.

"Oi Parker, how'd you trick a girl like that to talk to you?" Flash shouted at Peter which got a laugh out of Kong who high-fived Flash. All the while Rand stood by ignoring Peter and focusing all his attention on Sally while Hobbie likewise pretended he didn't exist, instead choosing to talk to Harry who as it so happened just stood up.

"Okay everyone Peter getting to talk to a babe is shocking me too but I have a surprise planned for us all and we're due there in 40 minutes so let's pack it up and get back to the limo." Harry said which got a resounding cheer from the gathered group including Peter.

'Thank you for the distraction Harry.' Peter said as he gently took his camera back from MJ before everyone grabbed their stuff and began heading Harry's advice and making their way towards the changing booths to get dressed.

It took them about 10 mintues to get everyone dressed and into the limo but the excitement was clear on everyones face, Harry's surprises hadn't let anyone down so far heck even Gwen seemed to be in confusion as to what this could be.

"Spill Harry, what's the surprise?" Glory said as she batted her eyelashes at Harry which got a twitch out of him as he pulled Gwen closer.

"Yeah Osborn come on, there's no way you can top yourself, chill as king already." Rand said in his calm voice which seemed to stroke Harry's ego before he looked over to Hobbie who had a small grin on his face.

"Should I tell them?" Harry asked Hobbie which got a contemplative look out of the usually silent young man before he nodded.

"Well everyone, what would you say to a fully paid experience diving down to the wreck of the Boeing B17 Flying Fortress off the coast of Orlando?" Harry said as he drummed up the hype in the limo which hit an interesting divide. On one hand you had those who appeared a bit nervous at the revealation such as Sally and Glory, on the other hand you had everyone else who thought it sounded cool like in an action movie!.

"Liz, like how are you not freaked out by the thought of this?" Sally asked her best friend who was conversing with Hobbie about the dive, grabbing her attention who apologised to Hobbie before turning back to Sally.

"My parents used to take me and my brother Mark diving all over the place, granted they were usually reefs filled with exotic fish and coral but we always wanted to visit a wreck." Liz explained a bit sadly as she recounted a dream that she and her brother, who was now more well known as Molten-man, had had together something that she'd have to fulfill for them now that he was locked away on Rykers Island for the foreseeable future.

Sally was quick to give her best friend a hug in solidarity, thankful that everyone was too busy in their own conversations to notice Liz, everyone that is except Peter.

'Mark...Is there anyway to help you? The gene cleanser maybe? It worked for once already after all...' Peter thought to himself sadly as he stared out the limo's window recounting one of his more personal failures alongside the likes of Venom whilst the vehicle drove towards the docks where the chartered boat that would take them out diving was docked.

20 minutes later found the Midtown 3 group plus chaperone, otherwise known as the Osborn party, stepping onto and exploring a large expansive and expensive cruiser yacht called the S.S. Anne which gave Peter and Gwen a few giggles when they got the reference.

"Gooday everyone, the name's Jon Arbuckle and I'm the owner of this yacht, before we cast off if you'd all take a seat inside for a quick presentation that would be great." Jon, a man in a blue shirt and navy jeans with brown curly hair, said politely as everyone sat down on the spacious couch across from the tv set up in the boats living room.

Jon spent the next 10 minutes giving a demonstration of the equipment that the group would be using and the terms that they'd need to know, it wasn't much but it was important.

"Now this next bit is crucial, I've been bringing tourists down to the wreck of the Boeing B17 Flying Fortress for ten years now and i've never had any problems because they've all understood two simple rules." Jon said as he brought up his hand and raised two fingers.

"Rule number 1: Under no circumstances are you to touch anything. That plane has been down there since the second world war and whilst we can enter and explore it, it's not in the best of conditions and it's best we treat it as such." Jon said as he lowered the first of his fingers to signal the end of the first rule before he started explaining the second.

"Rule number 2: This dive will include one decompression stop, which will be when we all need to stop ascending at a certain height for a period of time to let the gases in our body balance and is crucial to the health and safety of everyone involved as otherwise there is a high chance of decompression sickness, otherwise known as 'The Bends' which can be fatal. See this wristband here?" Jon explained as he gestured to a wristband with a black semi-circle on it. "This will flash red when we reach the height to stop at and then flash green once it is safe to ascend okay? It's perfectly safe, but's it's very important you pay attention to it and don't hold your breath."

What followed next was the women getting back into their swimsuits in the yachts spacious bedroom whilst the men got back into their swimtrunks out in the living room, both groups were thankful for the hot Florida sun that had dried their swimsuits relatively fast after they'd left the water.

Once everyone was back in their swimwear it took another 10 minutes to finish getting everyone into their diving gear and outside onto the back of the boat, well, almost everyone.

"Kong does this look right to you?" Flash asked as he somehow managed to wind up with the air tank under his armpit instead of behind his back whilst Kong raised a finger dumbly and Rand laughed alongside Hobbie and Harry. Peter on the otherhand just smiled whilst Gwen and MJ giggled, Sally and Glory looking away whilst Liz just sighed with a smile before walking over to Flash before Jon could.

"Look Flash step out of it, put your left foot there and your right foot there, now pull it up and click it together and boom, you're ready to go." Liz said helpfully to her ex-boyfriend.

"Thanks Liz." Flash said gratefully as Liz walked back over to her spot outside on the back of the boat.

"Okay, is everyone ready?" Jon asked from infront of the group, dressed in his own diving gear, to which he got a resounding yes prompting him to jump into the water which was followed by the Peter and the rest of the Osborn party.

*SPLASH, SPLASH, SPLASH*

Peter didn't know what he was expecting to feel diving out in the ocean but if he had to sum it up in one word he would have to say he was feeling...small. He'd been underwater once or twice before at the pool when Gwen's dad had taught him and her how to swim but he could see the walls there, now? There was nothing but the abyss in sight.

Peter didn't seem to be alone in this thought process, he could see Sally clinging to Rand who was clenching his fists and Glory was trailing behind Kenny who was darting his head around but it seemed the rest where faring a bit better than them thankfully. Hobbie stood glaring down into the depths as if it had wronged him, Flash was looking around in wonder idealistically if not a bit naively to the potential dangers around him alongside Liz who looked like it was second nature to her, MJ floated near Peter sending sad eyes down into the abyss as if remembering happier times whilst Gwen looked nervous but surprisngly strong and Harry floated off to the side a haunted look in his eyes.

Everyone was pulled out of their thoughts when Jon waved at them from below and started pointing, gesturing to be followed into the light blue abyss. The group were quick to stay in sight of Jon as he was their guide as they descended deeper and deeper into the ocean below them swimming.

'This is amazing' Peter thought to himself as he Gwen, Harry and MJ swam through a school of fish coming out the otherside right in time to see a big sea turtle come swimming up and towards Flash who seemed to be losing his shit in amazment at it.

Off in the distance Peter spotted Liz pointing out some Dolphins to Sally which calmed her and Rand down a bit, Glory and Kenny were passing by a herd of seahorses and Hobbie seemed to just be following Jon down.

'There it is...' Peter thought in awe as he finally got caught sight of the Boeing B17 Flying Fortress laying on the ocean floor, it's hull holding a large rusted hole, no doubt the result of a combination of time on the seabed and artillery fire.

The plan was to spend about 20 min exploring the the wreck and the surrounding area taking turns going in and out of the wreck.

Deep below the atlantic ocean Peter wasn't expecting to find something that resonated with him but as he swam around the wreck exploring it alongside MJ, Harry and Gwen whilst it was Flash, Liz, Rand and Sally's turn exploring inside of the wreck.

What resonated with him though? it was the wings and the hull, they were absolutely littered with bullet holes and Peter would bet that when he gets to explore inside that the cockpit is lined with them aswell. These pilots put their lives on the line for their country, for the innocents who'd done nothing wrong, did Peter agree with their methods? ...that was a question he was still asking himself, but he could agree with their dreams of a safe and peaceful world.

Time seemed to fly by as Peter and friends explored the area surrounding the wreck and the wildlife that swam by, careful not to touch anything like Jon had warned, who as a matter of fact was swimming around outside keeping an eye on everyone.

Finally Flash swam out followed by the rest of his group and the next group got ready to head in, this was comprised of Peter, Gwen, Harry and Hobbie, all of whom began their approach to the hole in the hull.

Peter was the closest and so was the first one in followed by Gwen, Harry and finally Hobbie behind him. Harry and Hobbie seemed content to investigate the back of the plane where the bombs and cargo would've gone whilst Peter and Gwen went upfront to investigate the cockpit.

'I was right...' Peter thought to himself sadly as he gazed at the glass of the cockpit filled with bullet holes that Peter doubted anyone would've survived. Saying a small prayer in his head for the deceased Peter looked to his right and saw something that brought a sad smile to his face.

Even in a place of death Gwen still managed to look so beautiful, especially with the way her pale blonde hair was floating around in the water around her head, a strand of it was actually tickling his cheek now that he looked closely.

Seems like he wasn't the only one to look closely though as Gwen seemed to spot what her hair was up to and blush before shyly retreating back to the cargo bay area where the other two were.

Peter watched her swim by a bit flustered himself, before he shook his head to try clear his thoughts, he completely forgot what was going on before he saw Gwen, she just had that power over him.

Wait, why was his spider-sense tingling? What was-

*CRASH*

Peter swam back to the cargo section as fast as he could without touching anything to see what had caused that noise, it had sounded like something collapsed but surely that was impossible, his luck wasn't that bad right?... right?

What Peter arrived to was Gwen looking furious as a sharp spike of rusted metal stood out of the floor behind her to the right as she gestured wildly at Harry holding what appeared to be a rusted WW2 era gun, all the while Hobbie just observed.

'What the heck happened? Where did Harry get that old gun?' Peter thought to himself in confusion at the scene before him before a look of horror behold him, Gwen started clutching at her hose pipe that was right next to the rusted spike...which was leaking bubbles?...which was leaking bubbles!

Peter payed attention to Gwen and Gwen alone as he darted forward, grabbing her by the midsection gently and swimming as fast as his strong spider power enhanced legs would go all the while Gwen gasped in his arms desperate for oxygen that her tank just didn't have anymore.

'Just a little more Gwen, hang on!' Peter thought to himself worriedly as he swam, his mind so onetrack that he completely missed the sudden red blinking of the wrist band on the arm that was holding Gwen.

Thankfully in her half conscious state, Gwen did notice and manage to rip the respirator from Peters mouth much to his surprise as she gulped down some much needed oxygen and pointed at the wristband causing him to halt in his ascent immediately before Gwen took the respirator out of her mouth and pushed it back into Peters.

'She's okay, she's okay.' Peter chanted to himself in an attempt to calm down his panic before he checked the air gauge on his own tank which read it was half full, which should be enough for both him and Gwen at the decompression stop. '...Is it just me or was that an indirect kiss?'

It seems like this thought wasn't only going on in Peters mind as Gwen started blushing aswell, granted that could just be because of the fact that Peter was still holding her against his chest on account of the whole sharing oxygen thing.

Finally after a few minutes the wristband light went green and the duo were safe the ascend where they both gasped for air upon reaching the surface. Climbing onto the yacht, Gwen accepted the hand from Harry's mom who'd remained on the boat while they dived as Peter climbed on after her.

"Is everything okay you two?" Harry's mom asked in concern whilst she wrapped Gwen in a blanket.

Meanwhile the rest of the Osborn party had just reached the surface and were climbing onto the boat clammoring around Gwen in concern.

"Gwen, you okay?"

"What happened Stacy?"

"Are you hurt?"

"I would be if it wasn't for Peter, i was in the cargo bay with Harry and Hobbie when-" Whatever Gwen was gonna say next seemed to die in her throat when she met Harry's pleading look and it was only Peter's years of being friends with the two of them that let him notice it all all. "- When a shard from the roof collapsed and nearly hit me, we didn't realise it at the time but it'd cut my oxygen tube. Peter came out curious about the noise and spotted my situation and rushed me up here."

Everyone seemed to pause and look at Peter as if to acknowledge him for something good for once.

"Well done Peter." Harry's Mom complimented off to the side as she presented Gwen with a cup of tea who gratefully accepted it.

"Yeah Parker, guess you've picked something up after all taking those pics of Spidey." Flash remarked which was a pretty big compliment in Peters eyes considering how big of a Spider-man fan Flash was.

"Thanks for saving my girlfriend Peter, I'd be lost without her." Harry said as he sat down beside her and wrapped his arm around her whilst sending subtle glares at Peter.

"Eh no problem everyone, my legs just moved on their own I guess." Peter said sheepishly as he scratched the back of his head whilst Gwen was suprised by something orange and fluffy jumping up onto her lap.

"Meow." Came a gruff and grumpy meow from an orange tabby cat.

"Aww, who's this?" Gwen asked as Jon stood behind the wheel, flinching as he'd been addressed, once he got them back to shore then he was scott free and out of lawsuit territory. After all he didn't buy that story for a minute, he had cameras down there anyway recording the wreck but he'd rather not deal with a spoilt rich kid trying to sue his ass.

"A-Ah, that's my cat, his name's Garfield." Jon said as Gwen put her tea down to focus on petting Garfield behind the ears who began to purr madly, clearly enjoying Gwen's touch.

This was how the Midtown 3 group spent the rest of the trip back to shore, relaxing around the yacht soaking up the sun, chilling in doors watching some family feud or playing with Garfield who was happily soaking up all the attention he was getting with joy.

By the time they got back to shore and into the limo it was already 6pm so with tired eyes and hungry bellies they all prepared for the long drive back to Universal Studios Orlando after a long day at Cocoa beach.

Thankfully traffic wasn't too bad so they made it back relatively fast and upon reaching the hotel Harry told them probably the one bit of bad news so far.

"What do you mean our reservation is at 7:30pm?" Flash growled twice, once from his mouth and once from his stomach as he addressed Harry who nervously raised his arms in surrender.

"I was so busy booking the diving last night that i forgot to book dinner till this morning." Harry said meekly which got sighs from the group as their stomachs growled in symphony.

"Screw this, i'm gonna go get the sand outta my hair while we wait." Sally said before she stormed off to her room followed by Glory and Liz.

"You know Sally's finally got a point, wouldn't mind a quick shower myself now I have to say." MJ chimed in which got a nod from Gwen before they too headed off in the direction of their room.

Hobbie and Harry went next, citing similar reasons to the girls whilst Kenny just wanted to go watch TV although Rand wanted to call his dad. Flash and Peter on the other hand had nothing better to do really so they headed back to their room aswell to take turns in the shower, Flash of course pushing Peter to the floor so he could rush in first which resulted in Peter deciding to wait till after dinner.

7:30pm came and the Osborn party found themselves outside Jake's American Bar situated in a bunch of booths near the window overlooking the lagoon which has a famous south sea's explorers sea plane floating in it.

The group weren't in the mood for anything fancy today and virtually everyone went with the good old fashioned american burger or chicken burger with a side of chips/fries.

"Oh by the way Peter, I was on the phone to the Martha Connors earlier whilst we were waiting for dinner, she says they're all busy tomorrow but that they're free for a visit the day after, isn't that wonderful?" Gwen said excited as she paused from eating one of her chips to relay the good news which got a big smile from Peter who'd missed the Connor's, they may have fired him once but they were good people.

"Harry, MJ, are you two gonna come two?" Gwen continued which got pauses from the two who were both about to take bites out of their burgers that were now being lowered down to their plates.

"They're the one's who were in charge before Warren right?" MJ asked as she instead picked up a chip and put it into her mouth.

"Yeah, it's still so weird how that happened." Gwen said confused as she rememberd the strange events that had surrounded Doctor Warrens ascension to the head of ESU labs.

"Well you and Peter have had nothing but good words for them so yeah sure, I'm in." MJ confirmed before picking her burger back up and taking a bite all the while Harry had nearly finished his.

"What about you Harry?" Gwen asked her boyfriend who put the remains of his burger down before swallowing what was in his mouth and replying.

"I'm actually busy, gotta deal with some stuff regarding my dads will, you know Lawyer stuff." Harry said as he brushed Gwen off.

"Oh, okay hope it goes well for you." Gwen replied which got a thumbs up from Harry as he focused on finishing his burger, naturally this brought Gwens mood down a bit so in a bid to raise it Peter thought of a golden question.

"So what are we doing tomorrow then?" Peter asked curiously.

"I'd imagine actually going to Universal Studios Orlando?" MJ teased Peter which got a giggle out of Gwen and a nod from Harry who didn't want his limelight stolen.

"That's right, since we're a premier resorts we get free Universal Express Unlimited Passes which will help us skip most of the queue's for the rides and tomorrow's itinerary is all day rides and relaxation throughout Universal Studios Florida and Universals Islands of Adventure!" Harry explained which got a resounding cheer from the Osborn party who were all enjoying themselves after a long day at the beach and were excited for a fun day at the amusement parks tomorrow.

Dinner didn't last too long and before they knew it everyone had retired to their rooms for the night, Peter was enjoying his turn in the shower getting all the sand off his body before he put it on his bed.

Peter was in there for a decently long shower of around 15 minutes and when he came out dressed in his pyjamas of sweat pants and a t-shirt he interrupted a certain phonecall.

"I'm telling you babe, it was pretty heroic and tomorrow we're spending the day in the parks... I wish you were here, it's not gonna be the same without you." Flash said excitedly before ending a bit sadly right as Peter walked out of the bathroom.

"Look babe, I'll call you again tomorrow okay? Goodnight, talk to you soon." Flash said as he hung up the phone before glaring at Peter as if daring him to say anything to which Peter just ignored him and headed over to his head. Seeing Peter wasn't going to respond, Flash turned the TV on and put on Impractical Jokers and the unlikely duo of Peter and Flash began watching the comedy show together.

The two spent hours watching Impractical Jokers, Peter nearly busted a gut when Joe had yelled "Larry!" but finally when the clock rolled 11pm and Flash's soft snores echoed into the night, Peter reached under the bed to root around in his dads old suitcase.

Not two mintues later did the night sky of Orlando Florida bare witness to it's first appearance of the Friendly Neighbourhood Spider-man as he swung out the window of Peter and Flash's room and up onto the roof under the moonlit sky.

"Florida Unlimited, here I come."

So what did you all think? Long chapter eh? Think it's something like 11k words!

As you've seen this was fanservice the chapter as our mandatory beach episode but hopefully i gave it justice, tried to make the descriptions somewhat tasteful rather than just "She had DD-cup breasts and he had the abs of Hercules." but yeah my personal favourite is all the references and foreshadowing i managed to sneak into this chapter like damn!

In regards to the Boeing B17 Flying Fortress, it is not a wreck that you can dive to off the coast of Orlando, it was just a very easy to find plane that happened to match what i was looking for so i went with it.

To anyone who was curious about the references last chapter here's a hint, one's a well known streamer, one's a cartoon and one's a TV show ;)

Merry Christmas!