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Deep thoughts

*On top of a building*

"Hello, Spider." Black Cat greets Spider-man with evil intentions on her mind.

Peter's spider-sense went off before she had appeared thinking it was another villain but soon felt stunned to find out it was Black Cat whom he hasn't seen in a while. Remembering what she said back at the prison, where her father was in, about not forgiving him, Peter attempts to keep things civil between the two. "C.. Cat? What are you doing here on this lovely night?"

However, Black Cat's expression did not change upon Spider-man's question and make her way towards him. "Don't play all dumb and innocent; you knew this day was coming."

Peter lowers his head, wanting to disagree, but he knew he couldn't. After their last team-up, something told him that someday he would have to face her again. Most of him had hoped that she would come around to understand why he did what he did. Unfortunately, this is not the case with Felicia, aka Black Cat. "Cat.." Spidey tries to speak again to her, but she cuts him off, saying, "The name is a Black Cat, and that's the last name you will hear Spider-man."

Hearing her response catches Peter off guard, lifting his head quickly. "Whoa! We back to full name basis now?"

"Your annoying jokes won't help you out of this one. You left my dad in that prison, breaking my heart in the process. For that, I am here to pay you back by destroying yours." At this point, Black Cat lifts her hand to pop her claws that are sharper than before. Peter backs up some only to find his self-unable to move anymore. Looking down, Peter sees his feet stuck to the ground by his webbing.

There is no time for Peter to try and figure out how he got into that position, for Black Cat had finally approached him, face to face, grabbing him by his throat. "Cat, please don't do this, you know I wouldn't..." but before he could plead to her, Black cat tightens her grip to shut him up.

"Enough! No more listening to the lies that come out of that mouth of yours. It's time for you to go to sleep permanently." She closes her eyes before leaning up to Spider-man and whispers, "Goodbye, Spider-man. I always loved you." right before she takes her hand and stabs Peter through his heart.

"NOOO!"

*Nightmare ends*

Peter jumped up from his nightmare and was covered in sweat, looking around to see if he was still alive. When finally realizing that it was just a dream, Peter slowly takes deep breaths, calming his self, and tries to process what he only dreamed about. Since he knows that he is not going back to sleep anytime soon, Peter decides to take a shower.

Entering the shower, Peter starts to analyze the dream he just had concerning Felicia wanting revenge.

"Man that nightmare... it felt so real. What I don't get is why it had seemed so real, well, besides the getting my feet stuck now, that part is not real." Peter, in the dream, remembers that he couldn't move his feet to avoid Felicia.

Peter shakes his head to get his self-concentration back to the dangerous part of the dream. "Peter focus! That dream was trying to tell me something, or I wouldn't have dreamt it at all. Could it be a sign that Felicia still wants revenge?" Peter's thoughts take him back to the night Felicia told him that she would never forgive him, how a tear fell from her eye and the angry expression that she reveals to him. It has been a while since he saw her that night, meaning she could have her revenge all the way plan out.

"If she did, shouldn't my spider-senses go off to give me some warning? Oh wait, she didn't attack me, but still, you would think my spider-senses would trigger if it knew a threat was coming. However, she did ask me to forgive her. Plus, Felicia did request to meet with her father concerning us, so why would she go through the trouble for revenge. Unless Felicia and her father came up with the plan together when she went to go break him out again."

At that moment, Peter's guilt crept in from thinking the worst about Felicia knowing he has feelings for her and to automatically assume the worst about her was not fair at all. "No, I should give Felicia way more credit than that, everything she said to me that night came across very genuine and honest, so I doubt she would still attempt to get payback on me. Why do I feel the need to keep my guard up when I'm around her?"

For Peter, it was like some part of him is saying keep your concern to yourself and protect yourself from Black Cat, at the same time, though the central part suggests opening up to Felicia Hardy and express the concerns he has about her. "No, I lost Gwen because I didn't step up when she chose to stay with Harry. I hurt Liz because I wasn't straight up honest about my feelings for Gwen. I can't keep my feelings bottle up like this all the time. The main downside of being honest is that Felicia might break up with me for having those thoughts causing her to want to get revenge anyway. *sighs* I have to do it. I rather lose her by telling her the truth than to lose her the same way as the others. Easier said than done." After coming up with a decision, Peter turns the shower off, feeling thankful that it helps him relax some.

With his shower time now over, Peter cleans his self-up and heads to his closet to pick out an outfit to wear for today. He and Felicia have plans to meet at the mall today, where he can express his issue during their time together. After choosing his outfit, another problem comes across Peter's head that he completely overlooks.

"Oh crap, I don't know how old Felicia is!" Peter thinks out loud as the realization sinks it. Peter is now 17 and a senior in high school, while he has no clue if Felicia is near his age or what. Speaking of high school, if somehow their relationship does work out, what happens when he returns to school? What would Gwen and Liz think once they find out about his new relationship?"

"Oh man, this just became more difficult," Peter mutters, falling back on his bed in frustration, now trying to figure out if he and Felicia would even last at this point.

*At Felicia's apartment*

Currently, while Peter is freaking out, Felicia Hardy felt that she was on cloud nine. The other night after not seeing him for a good while, Felicia as Black Cat not only made amends with Spider-man but now she has him as well as knowing who he is underneath the mask. To her, Peter Parker was a cute young man who she couldn't wait to see what he is like when not being the sexy hero that he is. Her thoughts, however, shift to the fact that Felicia didn't have much of life as Felicia Hardy. She has mainly lived her life as Black Cat because she wanted to live up to her father's footsteps up being a thief as well as the fact that her mom isn't around due to running a business but does make sure her daughter has enough money and pays the bills for the apartment.

"Oh man, now that I am switching over to the hero lifestyle, what am I supposed to do as Felicia Hardy? I mean, what does Peter do when he is not fighting crime?" Felicia asks herself, wondering, does he have a career or other ideas on what he does. She is 19, and since her mom gives her money, she didn't have to work and didn't have a social life because she isn't in school.

"I hope I can live up to the new change in direction. I don't want to let Peter down by not living up to being a crime fighter and go back into the life of stealing since I'm custom of living that life."

"Wait, what am I thinking? I am not doing this alone; I have my spectacular new boyfriend to help me stay on this path. If he was willing to give me another chance, then I should show him that I do appreciate him and show him that I can partner both hero and girlfriend wise." Felicia concludes feeling much better about her new journey.

She walks over to her closet to find herself an outfit for her date with Peter later today. She wants it to scream, "Yeah, I'm hot, but only for my man." but not go too overboard since she doesn't want Peter to think she is trying to get attention from other guys because she only wants his attention. After searching through her closet, Felicia finds the outfit that she wants to wear. "Look out Peter. Felicia Hardy is coming, and once she crosses your path, she's not so easy to get rid of."

Afterward, Felicia decides to take a shower as she looks forward to her date with Peter Parker.

TBC

Author note: Now that I have the second chapter up, I want to follow up on the last author note concerning this chapter. For the most part, most of you suggest focusing on the couple but have a central plot in the background. If I were going to do that, you guys would need to advise the main scenarios I could use.

As you see, this chapter is about concerns that can come into play with Peter and Felicia's new relationship. I wanted to bring this up because no couple is perfect, and I'm sure there will be fans that would want to see how the two would take on these challenges. Also, you made notices Peter has more issues than Felicia. It's because Felicia is more of a risk-taker and the bold one, while Peter is more cautious and shy. It is thus giving them opposite personalities, which you will see more of during their date in the next chapter. Just curious, do you guys think their age difference is exceptional or what because in the show she's pretty mature and since Peter would still be in school, I try to make where it would fit into the show. Lastly, what date should Peter and Felicia's birthdays be?