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Spider-Man: Childhood Friends (Jones Sparrow and EasilyAmused)

Peter couldn't meet her eyes when he was finished. He could see his future. He could figure out his passion, and how he will protect this city with everything he's got until the day he dies, and work a good, honest job... But what he could not figure out was his past. He couldn't solve it, and no matter how hard he tried he could never find his parents or bring uncle ilBen back... Her hands and words were comforting, but he didn't appreciate it fully until she forced him to look in her beautiful blue eyes, and the feel of her forehead on his, the smell of her sweet perfume and god that smile...

He smiled back at her, her words far better than ever. "You were the motivation for 'your hero'" he said with a smile, quietly, loving how close she was. "Whenever I would feel angry with some criminal, or that I felt no one appreciated the things I did... When I was seconds away from death last night. It was you I thought about..." He gave a small hint of a smile again. "You are my hero..."

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Peter's heart sunk as she simply held her hand up, preparing for another lecture... and he stood there with his head down, nodding at her comments, completely agreeing... He should have told her, but he was caught in the moment when he was Spider-Man. He was the quick witted, idolized hero of New York... As Peter he was just... Peter. He looked up at her when she said that she was going to tell him the truth about how she felt... that didn't make him feel better. He then gave a smile at her words. those three beautiful words... She loved him... He didn't know how he got so lucky when the rest of his life was far from it... but he knew that he didn't want to lose Lexi... He decided to sit down next to her, taking a deep breath, going through this scenario over and over again in him mind.

"I was trying to find things out about my parents... and why they just left me. And through some research i found out that a Doctor Curt Connors used to work with my dad, and he was working at Oscorp..." He looked up at her then his hands occasionally. "As you know i took an internship to find out all i could know about my father... Connors worked in the genetic mutations department, and while looking around i found a room full of these spiders... It was fascinating, really... and while looking, one landed on my hand, and just... bit me...." He said with a shrug.

"I felt terrible that night, hallucinating going in and out of focus, my eyes hurt, my glasses didn't help, and i fell asleep... the next morning i could see perfectly without my glasses... I found out that i can stick to any flat surface using my hands and feet. I was stronger, could jump across buildings, i could run faster too... That's how i got the powers... And the whole suit thing didn't come until after Uncle Ben passed... The only thing i did was stop robbers and thieves... wanting to hunt down and find the man that killed him... I wanted... I wanted to make him pay. To make him suffer just like i did..." He shook his head. "i never found him..."

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" I swear, Peter Benjamin Parker, you are more and more like your Uncle every living second! Running out to save your students! What did you expect to do?"

"Aunt May--"

"Don't you interrupt me! Did you not think that this man was a threat! Did you want to risk your life while you knew you should have stayed with your friend?" She exploded at him, sitting on the couch, his face still destroyed.

Peter made the excuse of going to try and help the school... that excuse didn't get him off the hook.

"Do you know how i would have felt if i- If i lost you?!" She yelled him him, tears and exhaustion in her face. She was clearly afraid the whole night of losing the one person she had left in her life... In a way, Peter did the same thing... He didn't say anything. He sat up and hugged her tight. She sobbed in his arms. He stared at the wall, sorry for making Aunt May bawl, and wondering if Lexi would ever speak to him again...

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Peter woke up the next morning to the radio, newspaper, and television talking about "Spider-Man Vs. The Green Goblin!" Peter laid down on the couch, wearing jeans, a white long shirt with a blue t-shirt over it. His face looked much better... although he still had a horrible cut, but his eye was barely noticable now. He didn't hear Aunt May the whole morning... He assumed he would find a note saying how she went to the store to get some groceries... The letter from Lexi caught his attention. He read and heard it, grateful she didn't give away anything. Both Peter's or the Goblin's identity... The night started out perfect... he finally kissed the woman of his dreams... and then he blew it...

There was a knock at the door. He slowly sat up, and made his way to it, and was very surprised to see Lexi Rogers standing there, absolutely stunning as usual. He didn't know she was ready to leave the hospital so early. He gave a very small smile, avoiding eye contact. "hey.... I... saw your... " He pointed in the direction of the television, then he couldn't take it anymore. "Are you alright? I'm sorry for running off like that, I just..." He was at a loss of words. The smartest in his class and he couldn't explain to his best friend (and now love of his life) what he was feeling at the moment. Regret for not telling her. Grief that she got hurt. Anger that the Goblin threatened everything he loved... happiness that Lexi was safe... in love at the sight of her...

She knew she was here for the questions... and he was ready to tell her the things he should have told her over a year ago.

Spider-Man: Childhood Friends (Jones Sparrow and EasilyAmused)

Peter watched with one good eye as Lexi walked towards him. She had so many expressions he didn't know whether to run or accept his fate. He saw the slap coming, although compared to Archer, it was like being hit with a tissue. What he wasn't expecting was the kiss.. It felt so good to be alive, to feel her lips on his... when she pulled away he looked at her, full of despair. "I'm sorry, I'm so sorry... but i didn't want.." He pointed to the gym that was on fire. "that to happen... I didn't want..." So many things to say. He didn't want her to treat him any different than a normal kid. He didn't want her to feel sorry for him, or worry for him, a million other reasons rang through his mind, but with the amount of strength, he just shook his eyes, both full of tears.

"I didn't want to lose you..." He said. Even when she was pissed off and thrown across New York she still looked pretty... "I would never... ever forgive myself if i let something happen to you like Uncle Ben..." He said quietly... He heard footsteps approaching the side of the school. He looked at Lexi. "Look, I'll tell you everything. All honest to God truths. I'll answer any questions you want... but please don't tell Aunt May..." He said, his soft brown eye looking at her. He picked up his burnt and torn mask, and put it on to reveal his features. "I can't stay here... my mask isn't the best right now... come over whenever you want answers." He said, and just as the S.W.A.T. team and news reporters turned the corner of the school. Spider-Man was gone.

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Peter remembered sitting on top of the Empire State Building, eating a hotdog (they were free for him) on a rather cold New York night, wishing he had a bit more of an exciting day... Now that he was getting punched in the face, he would take the petty thieves any day. It was intense. He had quick reflexes, and Spider-Man could dodge a lot of his punches. He was incredibly strong, and fast... and then his spider senses went crazy. He died a backwards somersault, the glider going past his head. There went his ride... and he was rather angry.

"The itsy" punch! "Bitsy!" Jab! "Spider!" upper cut. Spiderman flew backwards, but shot a web to catch himself, swinging with full momentum and coming to kick him in the back of the head. He tossed something like orange tennis balls, and his spider senses told him he didn't want to find out what happened when they touched the ground. He swung around, the Goblin laughing. "Oh you want to play that way... Not all my toys are broken...!" He threw more metal orange tennis balls at him, and instead of exploding, they turned into little helicopters with razor sharp blades, going straight for him. He swung off a web, leaping in the sky, everything going slow motion as he did his best to dodge the balls and the glider. He missed two of the balls, but one of the glider's wings hid him, and a blade cut across his mask and face. His eye was now showing, the part of the mask hanging down the other part, the Goblin cheered.

He noticed that Lexi and the glider were gone... He dodged a lunge at him, shooting webs at his feet to keep him immobilized as he searched for Lexi. His spider senses were never wrong before. He saw the glider, and Lexi falling. He shot up after her, swinging as fast as he could. Then it exploded. Everything went in slow motion. Lexi was going to land on the floor with so much force that she would be killed.... He shot a web at her, and pulled her towards him. He grabbed her in his arms, covering her from the fiery explosion, his suit now had burn arms on his back, the other side of his mask was smoking. And just how he broke Lexi's fall from slipping while painting, he did the same thing, landing hard on the ground, sliding on the grass behind the school breathing heavily... not wanting to let go of Lexi... He could barely see anything, his back ached, but the feel of her safe and breathing was a huge relief.

"How do you feel now?" Came the terrifying voice. Peter was going in and out of consciousness, but he saw the Goblin walking towards him, an evil grin on his face. He held on to Lexi. Not wanting to let go of her. she was safe.... he, on the other hand, wasn't. "You are now broken. Injured, and barely strong enough to stay awake... all to save a few useless lives." He said, kneeling down, not paying attention to Lexi. His hatred for Spider-Man was a much larger fire.

"Lets see..." He said with happiness. "Who the itsy bitsy spider is before we squish him..." He said slowly, his nails digging through the bottom of his mask and neck, then ripping it off to reveal Peter Parker's face. A large cut across his cheek, covered in ash, his mouth bleeding, his hair burnt at some parts and one of his eyes swollen..He just stared at the Green Goblin, seeing he was just as shocked as Lexi... Lexi... he could still smell vanilla as Lexi stared at him... he remembered the feel of her lips... the years of talking to each other, and watching movies... helping Uncle Ben fix up a car... learning how to take photos with his Uncle... the voice mail.

"Time to die, PARKER!" He screamed with a laugh, raising his foot. With the last of his strength Peter held on to Lexi and rolled away, and as she was on the bottom of him, he let go of her, and shot a web at his raised foot. He yanked, standing up. As the Goblin flew towards him, Peter Slammed his fist down in his chest as hard as he possibly could. All his anger and frustration and sadness all coming in that one punch, he let out a huge scream at the top of his lungs. He hit the ground, leaving a dent, Peter panting over him, jumping on top of him and punching him in the face a couple times, anger from the loss of his Uncle, years of humiliation, the way he treated Lexi... Then he stopped, not wanting to kill him... Although he punched him rather hard, the serum made Rick Archer simply be unconscious from those heavy blows... It was over.... No casualties... No one he loved died...

He stood up slowly, using the last of his web cartridges to wrap him up in a cocoon of web, over and over again until he ran out... Then he hesitated, then glanced over at Lexi. expecting the worst.

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Spider-Man leapt out of the alley way, shooting webs out of both wrists, using it as a slingshot. His speed was incredible. He couldn't believe this. He couldn't believe he was the reason for all of this! He should have kissed Lexi so much sooner.... he should have told her about Spider-Man, how for his first few months he went on a spree to find Uncle Ben's murderer. Now his decisions have lead to a psychopath trying to kill him, and get Lexi! He easily made it past the police, he assumed that none of them wanted him to go in there in a risk of bystanders dying... He landed on the side of the wall, right above the open doorway. He moved noiselessly, going through through the top, and to his horror, he saw Lexi sitting next to her parents, with the man holding rope.

NO!! He wasn't going to lose Lexi! He shot his web at the back of the man's head, and pulled as hard as he possibly could. His head shattered the hard wood. A few gasps and celebrations happened when they saw Spider-Man. "Okay, Jolly Green Giant..." He said, as the man got up, giggling quietly. "heard you were looking for little ole me... No need to hold anyone hostage." He said, staring at the very strange man...

If it was make up, it was a very good (yet disgusting) display of a man that looked like a goblin. He glared at Peter with full hatred, a very unsettling smile spreading across his cracked lips. "The Spider is here! and so is the lovely Miss Rogers..." He said, looking at her. Spider-Man shot his web at his cheek, and made him face Spidey again. "You've reached a strong 90 on the creepy scale, buddy..." Spider-Man said, shaking his head.

He laughed. "'Buddy!' I'm not your 'Buddy'! You stole her from me!" He screamed, Spider-Man keeping his ground while others cowered in fear. This really was a strange man... then he squinted a bit. "Rick...? Rick Archer? What happened to you...?" He asked.

"Why say it like a bad thing, Spider-Man?!" He shouted gleefully. "We feel so much better like this!" We...? "Look... Rick, just let everyone go... We can solve this, I want to help you!" He said, holding out his hands in front of him, his spider senses tingling.

"Help me? Help me?! You think i brought you here was to help ME?" He asked with wild fits of laughter. "No no no... I won't be letting anyone go... They won't want to miss watching me squish the bug!" He said with a sinister grin. People whimpered. Spider-Man looked around, then innocently pointed at himself. The Green Goblin nodded. "Yes... these people won't idolize you when they see you fall... I will become the protector of this city... and will destroy anyone who apposes me! Unlike you! You're weak! Death is your downfall i'm assuming..." He grinned his new signature sinister grin. "Lets see how much the people of New York mean to you!" He pressed a button on his wrist, and the spider senses that were going off were going off even louder now. A glider burst through the wall, sending debris everywhere, large blades on the front of it now, heading straight for a group of teenagers.

Spider-Man leapt off the ground, shooting web from both web shooters, and using all his strength to steer the glider off course. It crashed inches away from them, breaking through the wall. Spider-Man landed, and when he turned the Green Goblin was there to greet him, hitting him as hard as Spider-Man could have. He went flying in to a wall. The Goblin laughed gleefully. "Ooohhh! This will be fun! Truly a talented young man.... I will enjoy ripping that mask off and seeing terror in your last living moments... then its off to Peter Parker's house... Yes... her other half..." He muttered almost to himself.

Peter opened his eyes and dove for the Goblin, wrapping his arm around his throat and shooting webs in his face. "Everyone GO! Leave the room! Hurry!" Peter was elbowed in the face, he could taste blood as he held on for dear life, looking at Lexi, praying she would run out of here.

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"Good evening, Mister and Mrs. Rogers!" the man on the glider said, giggling quietly. It felt good to see terror on their faces. "I was just wondering why Lexi Rogers didn't attend prom tonight.... could she possibly be with the Spider..." He said with a growl, glaring at them with insane poison green eyes. Mr. Rogers looked at him closely. "Rick...?" He asked. "What do you mean? She's not at prom?" He asked, completely confused. "Yes, yes yes! I thought i would find her here face to face with the man everyone one calls a hero!" He screamed. He threw an orange ball down on the street. It erupted in fire. The Rogers screamed.

"Where is she?!" He yelled at them, holding another bomb.

"W-We don't know! We thought she was with you!" Mr. Rogers said, terrified, holding his wife to protect her. He had no idea what he was talking about, but he was completely crazy... he knew that Lexi must be at the Parker's house.... but he couldn't put his daughter and her friend's life on the line...

"very well... We are going somewhere to get the attention of the Spider-Man..." with that he rolled an orange bomb on to the ground at their feet. a green mist appeared, and they fell to the ground, unconscious.

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Peter was intoxicated by her perfume, her lips, and her leaning up at him. Five year old peter would be disgusted by this scene... but boy was he loving it now. He put a hand gently on her cheek, holding it as if it were a priceless gem. Then he took another risk and slid her tongue in to her mouth, the sensation was unbelievable... He had to tell her. He had to tell her right now.

"Lex..." He said, breathing heavily from the kisses, and his nervousness. "I gotta tell you something... something i should have done a very long time ago..." He said, with a shy smile, hoping she wouldn't be too mad at the news. "I am--"

His phone rang in his pocket. he took it out, and to his horror it was Aunt May. He looked at Lexi, giving her an "i'm sorry!" look in his eyes as he answered the call. "Aunt May? What's the mat--"

"Peter! Are you still with Lexi? Are you still with her?" She asked, clearly terrified. Peter was scared as well. "Yeah.. yeah, of course... what's the matter, Aunt May?" he asked her. "A man... A man is at your high school... he looks so evil, Peter! He's.. He's demanding Spider-Man and Lexi Rogers to show up at the gym! he says that if he doesn't show, he'll kill everyone in there... Peter, they have her parents...."

Peter put his call on speaker when she said "Spider-Man" and looked up with fear at Lexi. "Alright, Alright... Aunt May, listen, I'll stay with Lexi. Once she's safe I'll pick you up alright? and we'll go home and-and just pray, Spider-Man helps them, alright? I'll call you back!" He hung up, looking at Lexi. "Look, Uncle Ben's old study room is the safest... If-If you can just s-stay there while i go get Aunt May..." he trailed off, completely full of fear. This was the one thing he never wanted to happen... Having the lives of his loved ones in danger... God he was an idiot! He should have just told her so she didn't have to kiss Spider-Man but Peter! at home!

He ran upstairs to get his backpack, ripping off his tie and jacket as he ran back downstairs. He saw that she was watching the news now, shocked in horror. "Look, dont do anything stupid, alright? I'll be back with Aunt May in a bit...." He said to her. "Lock the doors!" He called out as he opened the front doors and ran for the nearest alley way.

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Peter laughed and rolled his eyes at her comment. He didn't see how child Peter could be considered cute... then he stood staring at the screen as Lexi kissed Peter, of course he had no idea what was happening. He was confused on why she kissed him. Is that how you love someone? he assumed his childhood self would say. Ben smiled as her heard Uncle Ben's laugh... then looked over to Lexi who had her head in her lap. then her comment made him smile. "That's because Mark would steal everyone's glue..." He said softly, looking in her eyes and then looking away. Then he looked back at her when she brought up his technique... if only she knew that she has kissed Peter Parker three times before, and the last one being the best thing in his life...

He didn't know whether or not it was his alter ego stepping up to help Peter up, but he moved closer, giving her a shrug. "I mean... I haven't heard the mop complain." He said, clearly joking with a laugh. Humor was his only advantage... Unless he went upstairs to reveal his secret... "Only one way to find out though..." He said softly. With those words he leaned in to put his lips on hers, gently and softly at first, then leaning back a bit, his eyes closed. He didn't hear retaliation... so he went for a more passionate kiss. Something he wanted for a long time now.

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Rick Archer opened the door to his basement. He ran all the way home, but was not out of breath. He stormed down the stairs, and turned on the lights to reveal his new prized possessions. A dark green set of high tech armor, a refridgerator full of the Goblin serum, neon orange bombs, and the glider... Rick's mind was full of nothing but the thoughts of Spider-Man's corpse and Lexi. His skin was itchy where a patch of green skin laid under his collared shirt. He opened up the fridge, taking out a vial delicately. Rick was scared, trying his best to fight the whispers in his head.

Pathetic... How could she see anything in you when you don't have the balls to do anything? a raspy voice said, disgusted with him.

Don't you want the glory Spider-Man has? to crush anyone whose ever humiliated you, or hurt you?

"Sp-Spiderman doesn't kill..." Rick said, his hand now trembling, staring at the serum.

HE IS WEAK! He is not strong enough to take a life of his enemies... we are... and soon he will know that.

Rick stopped trembling, took a deep breath, and injected the serum in his leg. The pain came back. But this was so much worse than the first time. He started shaking violently, his finger nails turned yellow and pointed, his veins looked black underneath his green skin. The suit! he must get to the suit! He crawled over, his hair becoming a dark green now, his eyes turning yellow and his pupils a poisonous green. His teeth were pointed and hideous. He climbed in to the structure holding the suit, and soon enough he was in.... and suddenly all was well...

He gave a soft little giggle, staring at his hands, his nails sticking out of the gloves. he felt lighter, stronger, faster.... god it was a wonderful feeling! He gave a cackle, dancing around the room like... well... a goblin. then he stared at the glider, and stepped on. it powered up immediately. First.. he would visit Lexi's house.. they are probably making out on her porch! The thought made him growl, then he laughed creepily again. He will get what he deserved...... the glider lifted off the ground, and Rick burst through the ceiling, destroying his father's cars, and flew out in to the night, The Green Goblin laughing as he made his way to Lexi's house, unaware that she was at Peter's.

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Peter waited for response to the question of a drink, then gave a smile and nod to her answer. He ordered her pizza (extra cheese for Lexi) and looked through the fridge for the Pepsi.

"Cupcakes... Pizza... Friends.And love!"
"To be happy with friends!" Lexi and peter's voices yelled.

Raising an eyebrow he walked in to see Lexi covering her mouth, red faced and embarrassed.

"No! That's not right!" Young Peter said to Lexi, shaking his messy hair. Peter were kissing a few teeth, and wore glasses when he was five... Bit was he a ladies man... "You live to..." He walked over to uncle Ben. "How old are you?" He whispered to him, but the camera catching all of it. Aunt May lost it.

And when Lexi made her marry comment, Peter simply nodded with a smile, looking very happy. Uncle Ben then turned the camera around to reveal his face, his eyebrows raised just how peter does. His dark brown hair starting to gray. "I'll remember that, Pete... I'm not that old..." He said with a smile

Peter handed her the bottle of Pepsi, coughing a bit, face red, and running a hand through his hair. He didn't know what to say. But even embarrassed, Lexi looked very beautiful. "You were a cute kid." Peter said with a smile, taking a small corner of the couch as Lexi. "Life was so much easier back then." He said with a sigh... It wasn't until much later that he would be picked on, and wonder where his parents were, and how he wouldn't get any answers from anyone... But those things weren't important right now. Looking at Lexi in that dress made peter's heart beat almost as much as kissing her as Spider-Man...

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Dashing? Peter raised his eyebrows, playfulness in his eyes. "Dashing, That's quite lovely for you to say!" Peter said in a british accent, then laughing. "Aunt May almost had a heart attack when i told her i was getting a suit. Never in a million years would she thought i would be wearing a tie..." He grinned, watching her make herself at home. "Oh, that's completely fine." He responded to her comment about staying the night. It wasn't the first time she has, so it wasn't that awkward... but now that he knew how she felt about him... He laughed at her movie choice. "B rated? I heard nothing but praise at the box office about this one! Nominated for a few awards." He said, his voice full of sarcasm.

At the mention of Aunt May, Peter's cheeks turned a bit red. "Oh she decided to go visit a friend tonight. Says she's missed a lot of poker nights for a while..." He said giving a weak smile, glancing at her beautiful soft lips.... Then he snapped back to reality

"So... i forgot to order the pizza... I'll go do that, make yourself at home... want anything to drink?" He asked her as he walked in to the kitchen, grabbing the home phone mounted on the wall.

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She's not here...

Probably with the Spider...

Probably?! You fool! She IS with him!

Squish him... Squish squish squish!

The itsy bitsy spider went up the water spout... down came the Goblin and crushed the Spider out...!

laughter erupted in Rick Archer's head as he stood outside the school, clearly upset that Lexi was a no show... She must be with that freak... He thought he was sooo much better than everyone... So much stronger and smarter and better than he! Not anymore... ooohhh his body tingled at the vision of crushing Spider-Man's head....

The real Rick Archer would never envision himself killing a man... laughing at the thought of going after Peter Parker next... but the Green Goblin found these thoughts inviting... He thought of the name yesterday, and it felt very fitting. Over the few days his skin was turning a pale green, his fingernails were sharper, his eyes turning a poison green color...

FIND THE GIRL!! WE HAVE WAITED LONG ENOUGH!

Kill the Spider! Squish him! or are you too weak?

"I AM NOT WEAK!" Rick screamed, making a couple walk by jump and rush in to the gym. Rick was breathing heavy... Now was his night... his night to win Lexi Rogers, and to get rid of The Spider-Man... and anyone else who thought they were better than him!