Chapter 120

"Hello girls," I walked up to them with a smile, "working hard I see."

"Hey Tiger," Felicia smiled as she gave me a quick peck on the check. She held up my hands and sighed at the cast around them, "what did the doctor say?"

"It will take a few weeks to recover," I smiled, "meaning I'll be okay this time tomorrow."

"So, is that like one of your powers?" Liz asked in a quiet whisper.

I nodded, "yeah, my body recovers fast. But ah, maybe we should hold off on that discussion until we get somewhere a little more..." I looked at the missing fourth wall, "private?"

"Yeah, maybe," MJ agreed.

With my help we had the packing done by lunch time, when Jean suggested we go out for lunch. She told her parents it was a last meal with friends sort of deal and they quickly agreed.

We went to an Italian place a few blocks over and found ourselves a quiet booth in the back, someplace I knew we wouldn't be overheard.

"How did you explain the missing wall to your parents?" MJ asked.

"Professor Xavier told them their foundation was broken," Jean shrugged, "they didn't really believe him, but they don't really know what else to think. I think my dad's going to hire someone to figure it out though."

MJ nodded, "cool, by the way what happened to the crazy magnet guy?"

"SHIELD has him in lock up," I told them, "as of last night he was taken into a black site and locked in with the keys thrown away. We won't be hearing from him any time soon."

"Okay, can we finally talk about this now?" Liz asked, her paitences finally running out, "you're Spider-man!"

"Quietly!" I hissed, looking around, thank God no one over heard that, "yes Liz, I'm Spider-man, happy?"

"How?!" she asked.

I sighed, "remember that field trip we took? The time I got bit by that spider?"

"Yeah," she drawed out her answer.

"It altered my genetic code, gave me spider powers. I became faster, stronger and could cling on walls. Hence, Spider-man. There, happy?"

"But how? It was just a spider right?" MJ asked in surprise.

"No, it was a genetically altered spider that was radiated," I didn't mention the fact my blood could also adapt in different ways, too much information and all that.

"What about the webs?" Jean asked.

"Artificial," I shrugged, "I designed them myself at home."

"You did that?" MJ asked before rolling her eyes, "of course you did, why do I even bother asking?"

And so I spent the rest of the afternoon and better part of the evening explaining what I did and why I did it. I didn't tell them everything, things like my research into my own blood or SHIELD training me.

"So wait, you found a way to reverse engineer the Iron Man suit?!" Liz asked in shock as we walked through a local park.

I chuckled, "not all of it, no, just the arc reactor and the repulsor beams. It's fascinating really, really top notch stuff."

"Wow," Jean said, "so like, do you know other heros?"

I shrugged, "not really. The ones I know are the Fantastic Four."

"Wait, do they know about your...other job?" MJ phrased the wording very carefully.

"Yeah, the first fight with Doom I got knocked out, they took care of me and they found out. But they were totally cool about it, Johnny especially, he was so excited he got a buddy to play superhero with."

"Oh my God this is so freaking weird!" Liz yelled out, Felicia chuckled and Liz narrowed her eyes on her, "and don't you dare laugh! How long have you known?!"

Felicia rolled her eyes, "since December."

"December," MJ repeated slowly, "almost half a year? And you...how did you keep it a secret for so long?"

Felicia smiled, wrapped her arms around mine, "he's my Tiger, how could I ever betray him?"

I smirked, "oh Kitten, just for that, you are so getting some tonight."

"Oh no, no no, you two aren't doing anything tonight!" Liz quickly announced, "tonight is Jean's last day in New York so we are spending the time together!"

I looked at Felicia who shrugged. I nodded, "alright, fair enough. Any idea?"

Liz grinned, "yeah….party time!"

That night:

"This is not what I meant!" Liz cried out as we all sat in MJ's room. Anna was visiting MJ's parents for the weekend, so we had the place all to ourselves. So we did what people would normal do to have fun, play Monopoly, I was the race car, obviously, and right now MJ was winning.

"I don't like clubs," MJ replied.

"And I don't want to spend the entire night trying to scare bitches from stealing my man," Felicia shrugged.

"Same," I replied.

"Yeah well sorry, but I'm not used to large crowds just yet" Jean winced, "too loud."

"Thought's still giving you trouble?" I asked.

"Yeah, it's...difficult. I try to keep them out like you taught me, but sometimes a few come through."

I shrugged, "well relax, I'm sure Baldy will be more than happy to help you."

"You still don't care for him huh?" Jean asked.

I nodded, "obviously. He violated their personal privacy Jean, how would you like it if someone read your thoughts and took out a secret you have been holding on? Like, what if you were gay, didn't realise it, but then Baldy just announced it to everyone?"

"Well she's definitely not gay," Liz mumbled as she sipped from her bottle of beer. It was the only alcohol we got for the night, I figured a few bottles couldn't be that bad right?

"Peter's right though," MJ nodded, "be careful Jean, I don't trust him."

Jean nodded, "yeah, I will."

"Oh, and don't go all philosophical on us," Felicia snorted, "that's something we don't need."

"I'll drink to that," I raised my bottle, "to Jean Grey, mutant extraordinaire and awesome friend."

"To Jean!" the others raised a glass.

Jean blushed, "thanks you guys, you're the best."

We chuckled drinking the warm liquid. I'll admit, this isn't the first drink I ever had, but it is the first drink Peter's body ever consumed, and I didn't realise that. So when I chugged it down, expecting it to go do smoothly, I was mistaken.

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