Hello there, friends! This is the third chapter of my mini-series. Secrets of Oscorp is still a work in progress so that story will be updated sometime soon. So meanwhile, I hope you enjoy this little nugget of a chapter that I wrote!

Chapter 3: Spider-Date

Lower East Side Manhattan, NY

Peter was still starstruck as he couldn't believe his eyes. He was actually going to go on a date with Jessica Drew, the woman of his dreams. He was wearing raggedly jeans and a white shirt as he paced the walls and the ceiling of his room in his modest apartment as he thought of what to do with her for the date before the actual dance. He thought to himself, I…I still can't believe that she said yes! Oh man, what am I gonna wear to the dance? What should I wear for the casual date before the dance?

He was clearly sweating bullets in nervousness as he opened his drawer to look what he had in his clothing selections. He said to himself as he rummaged through his clothes, "Let's see….shorts, ripped jeans, ESU shirt, basketball shorts…more shorts….ugh, this is why I've been single this whole time."

He then went in his closet to look for his formal tux and dress pants that he wore when he was in high school. He rummaged through the stack of clothes hangers that had all of his old clothes. He finally found the clothes that he wore to his homecoming in senior year from 10 years ago. He took out the tux, dress shirt, and black pants as he placed it neatly on the bed. He then took off his shirt and pants and tried on his old clothing set. They still fit him pretty well as he remarked to himself, "This is amazing! It still fits after all this time!"

He then strutted around in his room and flashed a grin and said to the mirror, "Hey there, spider-darling. Have you been waiting for me to sweep you off your feet?"

He then sighed and sulked as he plopped back on the bed as he said, "I'm hopeless. I swear I'm way funnier with the mask on…come on! I need to come up with a better catchphrase!"

He tried several different corny lines for at least half an hour as he gave up and neatly put his formal clothing away back in the drawer. Peter then sat on his rocking chair as he went on his Wells Fargo account to check how much money that he had in his account: there was just enough to pay for a casual lunch and just enough for a movie. He had nowhere enough money to go shopping for a new set of clothes. He sulked as he grumbled to himself, "This is so me that's it's not even funny. I mean, what am I gonna wear for the date before the dance? Ugh, this sucks so much."

He then got a call from his phone as he checked to see who it was. He remarked to himself, "Carol? Why is she calling me at the middle of the night?"

He picked up the call as he said, "Hey, Carol. What's up?"

The blonde woman answered back on the other side, "Hey, you dweeb. How's the date planning going?"

Peter chuckled as he replied, "Well…you know me, on the edge of being broke again."

Carol laughed out loud as she answered, "Well, I'm afraid I can't help you with that but I am doing something to bring you two closer together."

Peter asked in a curious tone, "What is it?"

Carol replied, "You know how Jess is working as a agent of S.W.O.R.D. now? Well, she accidentally double-booked herself tomorrow so I'm filling in for her."

Peter answered in a surprised tone, "Wow, Carol….I-I don't know what to say. I-"

Carol cut him off as she said, "Don't. I know what you're gonna say… you don't owe me anything."

Peter answered back, "But I feel like I do. If I don't repay you with at least a gift certificate of some kind, I'm gonna feel guilty."

Carol sighed, "You always feel guilty."

Peter scratched his head as he said, "Well….duh."

Carol replied back, "Look, if you really want to repay me, all I ask for is this."

Peter furrowed his brows as he asked, "What is it?"

Carol's tone became lighter as she said, "Give Jess the best the time of her life….she deserves it."

Then she added in a military tone, "And you better not make her cry! Or else…."

Peter nervously answered, "Ok! Ok! I'll make sure that she has a blast."

He then smiled as he added, "Hey, Carol."

Carol replied back, "What?"

Peter kept smiling as he said, "Thanks."

Carol giggled as she said, "You're welcome. Now go get her, Pete."

They both hung up as Peter went on his laptop to go on his Skype to contact Jessica to video chat with her. He clicked the button the as he waited patiently for her as a beeping sound came on soon as Jessica came on the other side of the screen and said in a surprised manner, "Hey, Pete! Oh my….I'm sorry, my place is a bit of a mess right now. I haven't done laundry in 3 weeks, so….yeah."

There were clothes, leftover beer bottles and cans lying around her room as she was just in a black tank top and matching panties. As she was cleaning around her immediate surroundings in her area, she added in a flustered manner, "Sorry that I don't look so…presentable. Ugh! Go away you stupid rodent!"

Peter kept laughing the whole time as the rat scurried away through a small crack beneath the door in her room as she sighed and plopped back on her chair and said to him, "Ugh…I'm so sorry. And will you stop laughing at me? Carol kept embarrassing me for the whole entire day, and I don't need your dorky shenanigans right now."

Peter smiled at her, "Hey, why are you apologizing? I mean look at my room!"

Peter's room wasn't much cleaner than Jess's either. There were piles of paperwork that he got from Horizon Labs, a bottle of empty vodka, some beer cans lying around the table top and there were clothes on the ground and all over his bed. Peter then became wide-eyed as he said, "W-wait. You totally did not just see that clusterfuck right now."

He then palmed his face as he added, "Ugh, we haven't even started dating yet and I just showed you what a real mess I really am."

Jess giggled on the other side of the screen as she said, "Well, that gives us something in common. So, what did you want to talk about?"

Peter sheepishly scratched his head sheepishly as he said, "Uhh…I was gonna ask you where you wanted to meet for our date tomorrow."

Jessica's cheeks blushed as she said, "Oh, right. Wait, did Carol tell-" Peter smiled and said, "Yeah, she told me that she was filling in for you….you know, the Skrull quest thingy."

Jess couldn't help but to have a smile on her face as she said, "She's the best, isn't she?"

Peter kept grinning as he replied, "Yeah she is. The fact that she's just willing to do that for you and me is just really admirable."

They both looked at each other for a couple of seconds as they both said at the same time, "So…"

They both blushed as Peter said, "Uh…ladies first."

Jess insisted, "No, no. You go ahead."

Peter replied back, "No, you first."

Jess rolled her eyes as she said, "Oh…fine."

She then said, "I was thinking we could meet tomorrow at 10 in the morning at Central Park? And what time is the dance?"

Peter replied back happily, "Yeah, sure! And the dance starts at 9 P.M. So we should have about an hour to get ready."

Jess replied back, "Is hour and half ok?"

Peter nodded, "That's fine with me. Oh, and I was thinking that we should watch a movie!"

Jess replied back in a excited manner, "Really? I'm so down for that!"

She then replied back in a quivering tone, "Oh, I'm sorry for that outburst. It's just that I've only seen like 10 movies in my entire life."

She then noticed that Peter was staring at her certain body part as she glared at him and said, "Eyes up, Spider-Dork."

Peter then became flustered as he stuttered, "W-what are you talking about? I-I totally wasn't staring at your b-boobs just now!"

Jess crossed her arms as she huffed and continued to scowl at him. Peter then sighed as he said, "Ok, fine. I was totally exercising my shallow masculine hormonal behavior just now, so sue me, will ya?"

Jess then had a grin on her face as she burst out laughing. Peter retorted, "Hey! What's so funny?"

Jess couldn't stop laughing as she smiled fondly at him and said, "You're so cute when you get flustered like that."

Peter twitched his eyes at her as he deadpanned, "Har, har, har. I'm so adorable."

Jess than asked him as there was visible glimmer of childish excitement in her eyes, "So, what are we watching?"

Peter then scratched his chin as he said, "I was thinking we should watch…Trainwreck?"

Jess then furrowed her eyebrows as she said, "I'm not sure what kind of movie that is so I'm gonna trust you that you picked a good movie, Pete."

Peter then gave her a confident smile as he said, "Don't worry. If there's one thing that I'm good at besides being unbearably cheesy, it's picking a good movie."

Jess rolled her eyes as she said, "Whatever, Pete."

She then smiled at him for awhile without saying anything as Peter asked her, "What's up?"

Jess replied back, "Thank you, Peter."

Peter's cheeks blushed heavily as he said, "Aww…I'm turning redder than Scott Summers' vision."

Jess laughed out loud as she said, "But seriously though….I mean it."

Peter sheepishly replied back, "Took the words right out of my mouth."

Jess made a kissing noise on the other side of the screen as she said, "I'll see you tomorrow, cutie." Peter replied back happily, "You too, Jess."

Next Morning at 9:50 in the morning in Central Park, NY

Jess was dressed in a red blouse and jean shorts and was wearing knee-high leather boots as she sat on the bench that was overlooking the fountains that were flowing out multitudes of sparkling, gleaming water in a exquisite manner. She grabbed the end of her blouse lightly as she thought to herself, I'm a grown-ass woman and I still get butterflies in my stomach. I hope he likes how I look….did I dress to slutty? Wait, what if he doesn't show up? Ok, just breath….just breath, Spider-Woman…you took on some Asgardian gods two weeks ago. Dating a dork like him shouldn't be hard…..right?

She then got up as she paced the area around her to make herself relax. After about 5 minutes, she saw a man with a collared red shirt and clean jeans walking in the vicinity as she called out to him in a controlled excited manner, "Pete! I'm here!"

Peter turned around to see Jess as he saw her in the gorgeous outfit as his cheeks blushed. He aimlessly kicked the dirt below him as he said in a sheepish manner, "Well, we know who's better dressed for this date…and it's definitely not me."

Jessica asked him in a surprised manner, "Really? You like how I look?"

Peter gave a silent nod as his cheeks were still burning visibly red as Jessica giggled and said, "You don't look so bad yourself either, Spider-Dork."

Peter gave her a weak grin as he said, "Thanks."

They grabbed each other's hands as they began to walk around the park for the date. Peter said to her, "Sorry. I meant to come thirty minutes earlier but some idiot stole an old lady's purse so I had to take care of that shenanigans. You know how Big Apple is…always filled with pickpockets."

Jessica gave him a fond smile as she teased him, "You're such a perfectionist."

Peter then retorted lightly, "Well, I really wanted to come earlier! Besides, keeping a lady waiting is not a good impression on a first date, even though I did make it in time."

Jessica then rested her head against his shoulder as they kept strolling on a beautiful sunny day as she said, "Well, if it's being late for helping a helpless old lady, I don't mind that one bit at all. Besides, I like Spider-Man also."

They then rested against a tree stump as Jessica ghosted her fingers on Peter's chest as she added, "Hey. So I had an idea regarding our future dates."

Peter then smiled at her as he said, "We're only on our first date and you already wanna go on more dates? Someone pinch me."

Jessica giggled as she lightly punched his shoulder and said, "I'm being serious! I have an idea, and I need you to hear it out."

Peter asked her, "What is it?"

Jess kept trailing her fingers on Peter's well-sculpted body as she said, "You know how I'm one of the few Avengers whose identity is still a secret, right?" Peter nodded, "Yeah….and?"

Jessica continued, "Well, my best friend is Carol whose identity is very public. And if I hang out with her too much as Jessica Drew and Spider-Woman, people are going to find out that I'm Spider-Woman pretty easily, and that's gonna jeopardize your secret identity."

Peter lightly furrowed his eyebrows as he said, "But I thought you spy-types had a way to hide your identity pretty decently."

Jessica scratched her as she said, "Yeah…we do, like I tell people that I'm a private investigator all the time when the truth is that I don't even have business cards for it, let alone an actual building."

Then she gave him a sly look as she added, "But that's all gonna change."

Peter tilted his head and said, "What?"

Jessica pushed his body against the tree trunk and said, "I'm gonna re-start my P.I. career. And Spider-Woman is going to work closely with her to help her with her investigations. And when Spider-Woman is out doing missions in public, she's only going to be called as Spider-Woman, just like Spider-Man."

Peter started to become wide-eyed and said, "Wow. That's a brilliant idea."

Jessica added, "And when Jessica Drew is hanging out with public Avengers like Carol, I'm going to give an excuse that I'm helping Spider-Woman's Avengers buddies out with their cases of larger-than-life mysteries."

Peter then had a little worried look on his face as he said, "How are you gonna manage that while being an Avenger and a agent of S.W.O.R.D. at the same time?"

Jessica gave him a confident smirk and said, "Hey, don't worry about me. I can take care of myself, but I eventually plan to quit the Skrull hunting after sometime."

Peter's tone was getting a little bit more serious as he inquired, "But the Skrulls….they ruined your life for a whole year. Are you sure that you want to quit it? I mean this is like your Norman Osborn we're talking about here: You have a personal vendetta against them."

Jessica then sighed as she had a smile on her face as she replied, "I know. But I can't forever hold a personal grudge against them you know?"

She then let out a tear as she said in a quivering voice, "Besides, it's already destroying me….whenever I think about that horrible cell that drained my powers away and the horrible torture that those Skrulls put me through…I feel as if the little light that I have left inside of me is dying."

She then looked at him as tears were starting to glisten in her eyes and said, "I-I don't want to remember and hold on to those memories of dark days anymore. I don't want to feel that kind of pain and loneliness again….it's just the worst feeling in the world."

Peter then hugged her tightly as he said, "Of course you don't. And you won't anymore, because I'll make sure that nobody tries to hurt you like that ever again."

He then lovingly smiled at her as he said, "So, you're doing this double-identity life all for me?"

Jessica then lightly giggled at his genuine positive reaction and said, "It's not all for you, you know? I'm doing this for me also."

Peter gently caressed her hips as he said, "Oh yeah? Is it because you totally fell for my cheesy jokes and unbelievably terrible bad luck that comes with my life?"

Jessica playfully slapped his chest as she laughed out loud and said, "You have a hard time taking things seriously, you know that right?"

Peter wiggled his eyes at her as he said, "I thought you'd know that by now."

Jess smiled at him as she said, "I know! But I'm trying to be serious here."

She then rested her head against his chest as she closed her eyes and said, "As much as I have a vendetta against the Skrulls, I realized something. I realized that the people who live and work their asses off everyday need someone to look after them. And I can do that as an Avenger, but not as intimate as Spider-Man."

Peter's cheeks blushed like tomatoes as he said, "Wow, Jess….I'm not used to all these compliments. I'm not used to any kind of compliments at all."

Jess continued as she nuzzled her nose against his and said, "When I first met you as an Avenger, I always wondered why you were so late to the team meetings all the time. Then I found out that you were putting a stop to 20 muggings and 15 attempted sexual assaults every single day just in Manhattan alone, and I just found that really endearing…you deserve more credit than you know, you realize that, right?"

Peter scratched his head and said, "Well, I don't feel like I deserve it."

Jess then lightly frowned at him as she said, "Stop it! You're always selling yourself short."

Peter lightly chuckled as Jess said, "Yesterday, when Carol and I were out shopping for my dress for Homecoming, we ran into a rude employee at the place."

Peter asked her, "What happened?"

Jessica sighed as she added, "We ran into your old student, Katie Robertson and her mother, and they were being told to leave the store because their "kind" wasn't welcome here."

Peter then had a wide-eyed expression on his face as he said in a shocked tone, "Oh no! Poor Katie…is she and her mom ok?"

Jessica continued as she said "Yeah, Carol and I settled the problem eventually. And after it was all settled and done, that's when I found out that people in this city need help at a grounded street-level, and Spider-Man can't do it all alone by himself."

She then fluttered her eyes at him as she added, "After all, someone marvelous as him shouldn't have to carry the entire weight of the world on his shoulders."

Peter kept smiling at her lovingly as Jess continued, "And you know, I used to be a street-level hero too and I think it's about time I got back to my roots by helping the innocent and hospitalizing the guilty….old school style."

She then inched her mouth closer to his as she said softly, "Besides, someone precious told me one time that with great power comes great responsibility. Especially now that I'll have a bigger duty of protecting the people of the city that I grew to love, but also…"

Peter smiled at her and asked her, "Also what?"

Jess kissed his cheek and said, "I'll have a responsibility of protecting you, my Amazing Spider-Dork."

Peter couldn't keep a straight face as he was moved by her compliments as he shed a tear and stuttered, "I-I don't know what to say. N-no one's ever cared about me this much before, well… besides Uncle Ben and Aunt May."

She then buried her face in the crook of his neck as she said, "Do you know when I realized that I wanted to go on future dates with you?"

Peter shook his head as Jessica said to him softly, "I knew you were worth a second date and many more the minute you told me when you stopped a pickpocket from stealing the old lady's purse when you were on your way here."

She then passionately kissed Peter in the mouth and told him, "I love you, Peter Parker."

Peter ran his hands down Jessica's long, silky smooth black hair as he replied, "God, I love you too, Jessica Drew."

Downtown Manhattan, NY

The rest of the day went unusually smooth for Peter as he and Jess went to the movies and watched Trainwreck and had a blast watching that movie. After that, they went inside a local pizza place just about two blocks away from the local movie theater that they went to. Peter was standing in line with Jess as they were staring at each other fondly in the eyes as Peter said to her as he wiggled his eyes at her, "Did you like the movie, my Spider-Darling?"

Jess pecked his mouth as she said, "Sure did, you Spider-Dork. That main girl was really uncouth in the best way possible."

Peter laughed out loud at her comment and was looking at the menu on the top of the cashier's register as he said, "What do you want? I really like bacon on my pizza, with lots of meat. Maybe some black olives and pineapples will be a nice touch."

Jess then became wide-eyed as she said to him in a surprised tone, "You like bacon on your pizza too?"

Peter also became wide-eyed as he said, "Yeah! It's the best thing ever!"

Jess pecked him on the mouth again as she said, "This is why we're soul mates."

Peter then joked, "And the bacon is our red string of fate?"

Jess giggled as she rested her head on his shoulder and said, "That doesn't sound bad at all."

As people behind them were complaining about Peter and Jess's flirtatious display to each other in public, it was their turn to order. Peter said to her, "Let me pay for this."

Jessica slightly frowned at him and said, "But you already paid for the movie tickets. I have money too, you know?"

Peter scratched his head and said, "Hey, can't a guy be a knight in shining armor to his lovely lady?"

Jess smirked at him as she scoffed and said, "Not this lady. I'm my own knight in shining armor too, you know?"

Peter then rolled his eyes at her and said, "Ok, fine….you win."

Jess pecked his cheek and said, "I saw that coming a mile away."

The male cashier crossed his arms and huffed at them and said, "You two lovebirds done being all mushy-gushy? If not, then get outta line and go in the back!"

Jess ordered a large pie of Meat Lover's topped with Pineapples and Black Olives as they took a seat right outside the restaurant as they enjoyed the scenery of the beautiful city. Peter and Jess began to people watch as they were enjoying the view in front of them. Jess sighed as she smiled at the pavement road as she said, "You know, Pete. Did I ever tell you that it's been 10 years since I've dated anybody?"

Peter became wide-eyed and said, "Wait, what? How is that possible? I-I mean, look at you! You're like Adriana Lima but way hotter!"

Jessica tilted her head as she asked, "Who?"

Peter became wide-eyed but realized that she probably wasn't really caught up with the pop culture of today's modern age as he said, "Oh, she's like a really hot lingerie model."

He then searched her name on the phone and pictures of a amazonian tan lady with long brown hair with gorgeous green eyes came up as he showed it to her and Jess said, "Wow. She's beautiful."

Peter then looked at her eyes fondly and said, "Not as beautiful as you, babe."

His cheeks then blushed as he pulled back into his seat as he said sheepishly, "I'm sorry. That came off too Hawkeye-like."

Jessica giggled as she said, "You really are an Amazing Spider-Dork."

Peter then quipped back, "But, seriously though. Do you realize that you're like totally out of my league?"

Jessica then booped his nose and said, "Hey. What did I say about selling yourself short?"

Peter then retorted, "But I'm not! Honestly, I'm not! Do you even realize how many guys want to get inside your pants?"

Jessica's cheeks blushed bright red as she answered in a surprised manner, "R-really? I had no idea, because I thought all the guys in the team had the hots for Carol."

Peter then booped her nose as he said, "What did I say about selling yourself short?"

Jessica then laughed out loud as she said, "Alright, point taken."

As the pizza they ordered came over, they began to eat their worries away and had small talks of various topics ranging from favorite drinks to ice cream flavor to favorite music artists although Peter seemed to be little more updated on that last topic because Jess spent half of her life in isolation from rest of the world. After they finished eating, Peter said to her, "Thanks for the food. Now that I think of it, it's probably a good thing that I got to save my money."

Jess smiled at him as she replied, "You're welcome, and we should come here again!"

Peter then gave her a sly smile and said, "That bacon though…"

Jessica snickered and said, "Yeah, totally. It was so good."

Peter then grabbed her gently as he said, "Come on, let's go fool around some more."

Jess smiled at him and said, "Sure thing. I haven't done that since I was a little kid, so I'm down for that."

They spent the rest of the afternoon walking in downtown Manhattan to gaze at the tall skyscrapers. They also took the chance to take a picture of themselves sticking their tongues out in front of the J Jonah Jameson's mayoral election poster as they laughed their butts off doing it. Then they took the subway to Brooklyn to go to the Coney Island. When they went in there, they went on a flimsy roller coaster ride, ate various junk foods that the place was selling and took on various contests such as throwing baseballs at a target of milk jugs.

Peter desperately wanted to get a teddy bear for her, but when it came to accuracy of hitting the targets, Jess was the master at it and in the end; it was her who got a stuffed teddy bear for Peter. After that, they went on the Ferris Wheel to watch the sunset fall over the calm Atlantic Ocean. Jess snuggled against him as she said, "Thanks for the date, Pete. I haven't had this much fun in years."

Peter gently wrapped his arm around her as he said, "You're welcome. There's nobody else on this earth who I would spend this day with, so I should be the one thanking you."

Jess's cheek blushed as she looked at him and said in a loving manner, "You are such an old-fashioned romantic, do you know that?"

Peter wiggled his eyes at her as he said, "Yeah, well…blame my uncle."

Jessica giggled at him as she nuzzled his nose against hers and said, "There's nothing to blame, my Amazing Spider-Man. You're everything that I wanted and more."

Peter gave a fluttering gaze at her as he said, "I could say the same thing about you, my Amazing Spider-Woman."

He then gently cupped her face as he gave her a passionate kiss as Jessica reciprocated the kiss back at him as they were as happy as they could be. Peter said to her, "God, you smell so good. Is it your pheromones tingling my Spider-Sense?"

Jessica giggled through the kiss as she said, "Maybe. What do I smell like?"

Peter smiled through the kiss as he said, "Mmm….like caramel-flavored gelato with a side of chocolate-covered bacon."

Jessica then laughed out loud as she said, "You are such a weirdo."

Peter then gave her a sly grin as he said, "But seriously, was it your pheromones, because you're driving me crazy right now, babe."

Jessica then slapped him playfully as she said, "No, silly. My pheromones don't smell like Ice Cream or Bacon."

Peter then stared at her sparkling green eyes for a long time as Jessica asked him, "What is it?"

Peter fondly smiled at her as he said, "I love you."

Jessica then let out a tear at those 3 simple words as she said, "I love you too."

As they got off the Ferris Wheel, Peter looked at the time on his watch and said, "Oh wow, it's already 6:45! We gotta change our clothes quickly!"

Jess than smiled at him as she said, "Where should I meet you?"

Peter flashed her a grin as he said, "In front of the school at 8:30. Is that cool with you, Jess?"

She gave Peter a kiss on the cheek that left a bright red lipstick mark on him as she winked at him and said, "Sure thing. I'll see you soon, Spider-Dork."

She then left the premises as she proceeded to go back to her apartment in Greenwich Village to get ready for the great big festivities of the night. Peter looked up at the rising nightfall in the sky as he said to shouted, "THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!"

So, what did you think? As usual, reviews and feedbacks are always welcome! The next chapter of this story will be the last one so stay tuned!