Chapter Five:

"You know Peter..when you spoke highly of Mr. Stark and your internship with Stark industries..you never mentioned that you saved magical wizards from a near death experience." MJ murmured as the two of them headed out of the lab, knowing that Bruce, Tony and Stephen would need some time alone so Stephen could heal properly, this was a better time to show MJ around he supposed.

"i know..there's..there's a lot that you need to know MJ..so much that I want to tell you, but.." Peter found himself nervous to speak at that moment, he wanted to tell her so many things, but he couldn't find the words. Ned was always more bolder than him in these type of situations.

"Peter you know you can tell me anything, I won't judge you for it..I mean..I may tease you a bit, but you know that's how I work." MJ reached out and took his hand in hers, the sudden contact made Peter's cheeks flush, the two of them had been secretly dating for a while now, only Ned and now his Aunt May knows that he is Spider-Man, he wasn't ready for MJ to find out.

But Mr. Stark was getting suspicious, he could tell by the way he was teasing them earlier. He really liked MJ, and he knew that she liked him too, but they didn't need everyone knowing right now, especially when MJ didn't know that he was Spider-Man.

"I know..i know I can trust you MJ.."Peter said, he laced their fingers together as a small smile formed on his lips, the idea of telling MJ that he was Spider-Man rang through his mind as the two of them made their way to the lounge area.

"Peter!, I didn't know you would be stopping by today, Who's your friend?"MJ's eyes widened, no way, she couldn't be standing in front of the great Black Widow, her lips parted as she tried to find the words to speak, but she couldn't.

"Oh..H-Hello Ms. Widow..um..this is..this is my friend MJ." Peter felt his cheeks flush, damn it, so much for keeping a low profile, of course the other Avengers would show up at the wrong time.

"Peter, how many times have I told you to call me Nat." Natasha chuckled at the sight of Peter and his flushed cheeks. She glanced down at MJ who was staring at her with wide eyes.

"MJ huh?, nice to meet you. You can call me Natasha." She gave the teen a smile. "What are you two doing today?" She asked, usually around this time Peter was in Tony's lab, helping the man work on his latest project.

"Oh..um..something..something came up with Mr. Stark..I wanted to show MJ around." Peter said while rubbing the back of his neck shyly.

"Alright..well if you two need anything don't hesitate to call me alright Peter?"Peter nodded watching as Natasha headed to the elevator that would take her to her room on the second floor.

MJ was in loss for words, Peter knew who Black Widow was?, Did he know everyone else to then?, Well it was obvious that he knew Captain America and Bruce Banner. She wanted to ask him so many things, but she didn't know where to start.

"Peter.."MJ watched as Peter looked up, his brown eyes now focusing on hers, she could feel her heart racing. "Peter I need you to be honest with me..completely honest..if we're going to make this work..you need to okay?" Peter's lips parted, his heart was beating so fast, he was sure it was going to leap out of his chest.

"Are you Spider-Man." Mj asked softly, Peter's eyes widened when she had asked the question he was hoping she wouldn't ask, he tried to come up with an excuse, as a reason to how he knew Black Widow. But he was failing to come up with an answer .

"I.."Peter glanced around hoping that someone would come into the room to stop him from answering, he knew that he should just shrug it off, laugh and say that he wasn't Spider-Man, tell her that she was just seeing things, but he couldn't lie to her, he didn't want to lie to her. He wasn't that type of person.

"Yes..MJ..I-I'm Spider-Man.." MJ didn't know what to think, that she had been right?, all of those times that she had been watching from afar, keeping close eye on him, keeping Flash at bay, even going so far as to keeping tabs on his classes, she had been right. Peter Parker was Spider-Man.

"W-Who else knows..well I mean..besides the Avengers." MJ asked calmly, her eyes still focused on Peter's, he wasn't about to let go of him, she had to painfully watch in the shadows as Peter had fallen for Liz Alan, and now that she had Peter, she wasn't about to let him go anytime soon, She cared so much for him, in her own way.

Peter swallowed hard, he glanced down at their hands, wondering if he should pull away, but he didn't want her to think that he didn't trust her with his secret. "M-May and Ned..."MJ's eyes widened when he told her that Ned knew.

"Well..it makes sense.."MJ nodded, "You are so close, for a bit I thought you two were dating before you gained a crush on Liz." Peter's cleared his throat which caused MJ to chuckle. "Relax..I know you're not, but I can't help what I think..you know me." MJ whispered.

"MJ..you need to promise me that you won't tell anyone, no one else can know..if everyone knew.. bad things could happen..I can't..I don't want to be responsible for another death.." Peter said as tears formed in his eyes, MJ's heart clenched at the sight.

"Peter..I won't tell anyone..I promise, you can trust me." She murmured as she rested her forehead against his, Peter calmed down instantly when she cupped his face with her hands.

'Thank you.."He said with a small smile, MJ smiled back, she leaned in and kissed his cheek gently before wrapping him into a hug, sure they had a lot to discuss later but right now she just wanted to be with him.

"Well this confirms my theory." Tony grinned as he watched MJ kiss Peter's cheek, Stephen and Bruce sighed.

"You know that's an invasion of privacy Tony." Stephen scolded as he placed his hand on his bruised chest, he leaned against Tony as the billionaire watched Peter and MJ having a special moment.

"Hey, this is my building and that is my kid, I have every right to invade is privacy Doc." Stephen sighed, a small smile formed on his lips, he surely fell for a man who would go through lengths to making sure that his kid was okay, even if it wasn't his kid.

"Of course Tony.." He murmured, sighing contently when he felt Tony's arm around his waist, Bruce couldn't help but smile at the sight.