The Tragedy of Mary Jane Stark

Big OSCORP Dinner

Around 3:30 they started getting ready for the big dinner. Mj put on the very low cut red dress Peter liked. Peter put on the white dress-shirt she likes.

"Zip me up?" She turned her back at Peter. He smiled.

"Of course." He let his fingers brush across her bare back. He heard her sigh. "What's wrong?"

She turned around as she pulled a scarf Shaw around her. It went loosely around her back and over her arms.

"Oh it's nothing. Pepper is just being oddly passive aggressive lately. Like I told her I got the job at the Daily Bugle and all she said was 'your father never liked that news station.' Like okay, he'd still be proud and happy for me." She rolled her eyes. "I'm just sick of her telling me what 'dad would have thought' like no. I don't need that input. I knew dad better than her." Mj muttered the last part to herself.

"I'm really proud of you." He kissed her cheek in hopes that would make her feel better.

"Thank you." She gave a sad smile.

"And I know damn well Tony would have been so proud of you. He would have taken us out to dinner, got really drunk, and told everyone in the restaurant how amazing his daughter is." Peter made her laugh.

"He would have." She chuckled.

"You look beyond gorgeous." Peter whispered.

"Face it tiger, you hit the jackpot." She smirked and kissed him. Peter lifted her up and swung her as they kissed it made her laugh. "Where is this dinner again?"

"Your moms house." Peter smirked.

"My moms dead." Mj raised an eyebrow.

"So is mine. It's in the OSCORP ball room? Apparently that's a thing."

"Dad had one."

"Well after floor 35 it was for him and the avengers. Not a working laboratory like OSCORP."

"That's true." Mj said running her arms up his biceps.

"Mj, I think we should go public about us being engaged tonight." Peter suggested

"Okay." She smiled

"Wait really? Your ready?"

"Yeah why not. We can tell Aunt May tomorrow if you'd like. I know Miles wants us to go to watch back to the future with him tomorrow. They are having a flash back movie week at the movie theater. So we'll have to tell her later in the day."

"Seriously? This is great. It's taken every ounce of my self control to not tell Harry and Gwen." Peter smirked. "And that sounds fun."

"Thank you for asking." She kissed him.

"Of course."

"Are you wearing your spider suit under your dress shirt?" Mj was driving them to OSCORP now. It was around 6:24. Her roof of the convertible fully off.

"Yeah, why can you tell?" He looked down at himself.

"No no I was just wondering." Mj shrugged. A notification buzzed on her phone. "What was that."

Peter grabbed her phone.

"Pepper." Peter shifted uncomfortably in his seat after reading the message.

"What did she say?"

"Not something kind." Peter said putting her phone down. "Don't even worry about her right now. She's probably drunk and sad from last night. She doesn't mean what's she's saying really."

"What was last night?" Mj asked.

"Oh you didn't remember." He said awkwardly "It's been a year Mj." Peter said shakily.