Spider-Man x Michelle Jones

Chapter 12

"Come on Pete, there is no way that Harry Potter is secretly Ron Weasley's imaginary friend. I mean why would you even think that?" asked Michelle as she threw a skittle into the open mouth of Peter who caught it perfectly. Peter chewed then swallowed before supplying his answer, "Think about it. Ron has so many siblings to compete with. To try and cope with it he created a celebrity imaginary friend to make himself feel better and the stories that J.K Rowling wrote were that of Ron's perspective allowing each book to be Ron's imagination diary if you want." Michelle rolled her eyes, "Where did you even cook up that theory?" Peter chuckled as he sat up on Michelle's bed and threw a skittle at her.

Michelle caught the skittle in her mouth perfectly. "Well I read it on Reddit a while back but it makes sense if you think about it," says Peter as he takes a swig of Coca-Cola. "It makes no sense - you are just trying to get it to make sense," says Michelle with another roll of her eyes. "Yeah...I tend to do that," says Peter with a chuckle. "When is Ned getting here?" asked Michelle with a glance at the time. "He said he would be here around two or so," answered Peter as he lay back down on Michelle's bed and took out his cell phone, "Actually I don't think he's coming."

"What makes you think that?" asked Michelle as she stood up and stretched her limbs. "He sent me a text like twenty minutes ago saying that he has to go to his grandma's birthday party. Looks like we are watching Harry Potter by ourselves tonight," said Peter as he sent Ned a thumbs up emoji before putting his cell phone back into his pocket. "Aw man I bought so much food thinking he was gonna show too," said Michelle as she looked at her desk that was covered in snacks and junk food. "I will have no problem eating that MJ," said Peter with a laugh. 

"Oh shut up," said Michelle as she smacked him with a pillow. The duo started laughing and hitting each other with pillows. Michelle went to smack Peter in the face but he back flipped onto the ceiling and webbed the pillow out of her hands and smacked her with it making her go 'Oooff' and fall back onto the bed. She lay there with a smile as she stared up at Peter, "Okay you win." Peter jumped off of the ceiling and landed with a crouch in front of Michelle, "Damn right I win! I am Spider-Man after all."

"Oh how I swoon at your manliness," joked Michelle. "Do you have to be so mean to me? You wound me," said Peter as he pretended to faint. Michelle simply threw a skittle at his forehead making him sit upright in surprise, "Did you throw a skittle at me?" 

"What little old me? I would never!" chuckled Michelle sarcastically. "That's it!" yelled Peter as he pounced on Michelle and began tickling her, "You will submit!" Michelle laughed and tried to roll away but she couldn't escape his clutches. "P-Peter!! Y-You w-win!!" giggled Michelle as Peter's fingers tickled her. After a few more tickles Peter stopped and Michelle was panting trying to get her breath back, Peter was leaning over the top of her with a smile on his face, "That was easier than I thought."

"Y-Yeah," panted Michelle with a smile on her face. Peter and Michelle both looked into each others eyes and it felt like there was some form of a connection between them that went beyond anything that words could describe. Peter coughed and looked away trying to hide the blush that was beginning to form on his cheeks, "So Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone! I'll put on the DVD." Peter practically jumped off of Michelle's bed and went straight to her TV to set up the movie. Michelle just watched him, internally she was furious that she and Peter didn't act upon this very intimate moment. 

"S-So let's get started," says Peter with a slight stutter as he presses play on the movie. Michelle pretends like she is not disappointed and watches the movie alongside Peter, but internally she is already planning a way to get that intimate moment with Peter.

Michelle and Peter watched the movie side-by-side on Michelle's bed whilst filling themselves with junk food and sodas. Every few minutes Michelle would glance at Peter so she could gauge whether or not he was disappointed that their moment never happened, but he seemed to be fine and totally engrossed in the world of Harry Potter. This for some reason made her extremely angry, she couldn't explain why it did, but it really did. After the movie had ended Michelle yawned, "I'm getting pretty tired Peter. Maybe we can call it a night?"

Peter seemed to be a little disheartened but he simply smiled back, "Sure thing MJ. We can finish this some other time." He got off of her bed and grabbed his backpack and put his shoes back on. "See you later MJ."

"See you later Pete," said Michelle as he walked out of her room. As soon as she heard him close the apartment door she scrambled to her feet and went to her closet pulling out her Black Cat outfit. She pulled on the catsuit and pulled out her mask, "Time to play with the Spider." Michelle put on her mask and her hair transformed and turned as white as snow.

*

Peter walked along through the throng of New Yorkers as he made his way to the subway station where he would get his train back to upstate New York. As he passed Mr Delmar's place he notices a shadow watching him from the rooftops, he pulls up the hood on his sweatshirt and walks down the alleyway next to the infamous deli. Peter hid behind a dumpster and waited to see if the mysterious shadow person would make their move.

"Heya Spider," said a voice from behind. Peter turned and as he did so he activated the Iron-Spider armor and readied himself for a fight, "Who's there!?" He watched as Black Cat flipped from the fire escape and landed on the ground in front of him with cat like precision, "Did you forget about me?" 

"What are you doing here?" growled Peter angrily. "I came to make a deal with you," says Black Cat as she leans against the wall of the alley. "What the hell are you talking about?" asked Peter as he clenched his fists. "I have been a very good kitty and haven't told a soul about who you are under that mask. I will keep my lips sealed...if you serve me," says Black Cat with a smile on her face as she approached the Spider-Man, "Basically when I call you drop what you are doing and come running. I say jump you say how high...if you disobey me you get punished simple isn't it?"

"I am not playing along with this Cat," said Peter as he spun a web ready to swing away. "Then imagine the headlines for a second. Peter Parker is the Spider-Man! Spider-Man is a kid from queens! Spider-Man Unmasked!" said Black Cat as she shot the Spider -Clad hero a smirk. 

Many scenes rushed through Peter's mind. Villains attacking May, Happy, Ned hell even Michelle! He would never risk their safety for something like this. He knew there was only one way that this was going to work out in his favor...he had to play along with the Black Cat's demands.

Peter let go of his web and bowed his head in defeat, "Fine." Black Cat smiled, "You will call me Mistress now from now on. Understand?" Peter sighed, "Yes mistress." Black Cat smiled from ear to ear, "Good and for being such a good boy I will reward you. Now take off that mask." Peter clenched his fists and growled out, "Yes mistress." His helmet retracted into his suit and Black Cat approached and kissed him. Peter was surprised by this and when Black Cat broke away she winked, "Not too bad but next time try not to be so scared okay?"

"Y-Yes M-Mistress," stuttered Peter. "Now take this," she said as she pulled out a flip phone and threw it to Peter who caught it and looked down at it confused, "Why do I need this?" Black Cat shot her grappling gun and gave him a final look, "For your mistress to summon you when she needs you. Also I have left some rules in the text section that if you break will cause some punishments. Now bye-bye!" Black Cat shot off into the sky and disappeared from sight. Peter stood in shock and looked down at the phone in his armored grasp, "What the hell have I gotten myself into?"

Peter placed the phone in his backpack and put his helmet back in place. "Karen contact Ned and Michelle and have them informed that I want to talk to them at the Avengers Compound. Also send someone to pick them up." Peter shot a web and swung off into the New York skyline attempting to figure out what to do about his current predicament. One thing is for certain, he is now under the beck and call of the Black Cat.