It Was Only Supposed to be an Online Class...

Foine, I'll Do it Myslef.

MJ was standing on the sidewalk outside a bakery. She sighed as she put her phone on silent and slid it into her pocket. Evie and Ned were "grieving" over the gelato that had spilled. Maybe Ned and Evie weren't concerned now, but they'd see what she was seeing eventually.

She hoped.

Something had been off about Peter ever since his future self left. But she didn't think it was just being locked in a closet. It seemed as if the experience had not unlocked new fears, but old ones.

A few years ago, when Ben was still alive, before Peter had gotten bitten by the spider, for a time he had been like this; jumpy, afraid almost. And not just him either; Evie had seemed nervous too, although not as much as her twin. Both MJ and Ned had noticed bruises in some spots, but Peter seemed so self-conscious about them they had agreed it was better not to ask, and Evie never brought them up.

At that moment, she actually saw Peter and ran towards him. "Boh!" He turned quickly to look at her and put his hands behind his back. "What?"

"Boh," she responded as they walked together. "It's the most perfect word in the world, the Italians created it and I just discovered it."

"What does it mean?"

"What does it mean? It can mean a million things." She was talking at a million miles per hour. "It can mean 'I don't know.' 'Get out of my face.' 'I don't know' and 'Get out of my face.' It's the best thing Italy created, except for maybe espresso."

Peter smiled slightly. "Oh, so you've been drinking espresso." MJ shrugged. "Eh."

A man holding roses ran up to them. "Hey! German? American. A rose for you." 

MJ smiled and looked at him. "Boh." The man stared at her with incredulity and walked off. 

"Woah," Peter said, staring as he walked off. MJ smiled again. "'Boh' is my new superpower. It's like the anti-aloha. I was born to say this word." She looked down at Peter's hands. "So what's in the bag?" 

Peter looked down too. "Oh, uh..." he shrugged. "Boh."

She looked at him in approval. "Nice." 

As the continued walking, MJ noticed a bunch of spiders crawling from underneath the dock. She bent down. "Whoa, cool. Look Peter, it's you!"

Peter rolled his eyes but smiled. She looked back at him and saw him tilt his head at the water draining from the sidewalk. He jumped as a giant wave burst out of the river, and MJ jumped up and ran back from the edge. 

A boat with Ned and Betty in it crashed onto the sidewalk beside them, and the two of them helped them out. A giant water monster had burst from the river, and MJ looked over to see Ned and Peter clutching each other's arms. 

"What is that?"

"I don't know!"

"What are you gonna do?!"

"I left my suit in the hotel!"

"Why?!" Ned's voice cracked.

"Why? Because I'm on vacation Ned! Everyone will see my face just get them out of here!" MJ pulled Ned away and the three ran. Peter helped the last few people before turning towards the thing.

MJ looked back but Ned pulled her forward, and she followed, still glancing back at him.

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Peter shot a web at the monster and watched hopelessly as it did nothing. He looked around and saw Evie running towards him. "Evie!"