"Caught in the Web of the Spider."

"Peter, if you want, I'm free to talk," Jean told me, holding my hand in hers and giving it a firm squeeze.

"I'm fine….it's just...she's left. Besides I've never been a cat person. The only kind of pussy I like is the kind-"

"-Peter!" Jean blushed, "watch it!"

I smirked, "oh, what's wrong birdie? Did my dirty mind make you nervous?"

Jean raised an eyebrow, "have you forgotten that the professor can also read minds?"

I blinked, "huh….but, I mean he wouldn't right? He promised he wouldn't do that again."

"He wouldn't have to read too deep to hear that," Jean smiled, "you're basically screaming it out so loudly any decent psychic can pick up on it."

"And you don't need to be a mind reader to know what you were thinking," Rouge said as she leaned forward, wrapping her exposed arms around Scott's neck, pressing her rack against his back.

"What the-Rouge!" Scott cried out as he immediately jumped out of the couch, touching himself over, "what are you doing?! Are you crazy?! What if I….I'm not dead?" he asked in utter confusion.

"Wahahah!" I laughed, holding my gut as it threatened to jump out of my body, "that was priceless!"

"And I got it all on video!" Kurt cried out hanging from the ceiling , holding my phone upside down to capture the whole thing.

"What is going on?" Jean asked as she got on her feet, looking between Scott and Rogue, "how was she..." Jean narrowed her eyes at the surprising pink scrunchies Rouge now wore and the machinery wrapped around it. Immediately she turned to me, "did you do this Peter?"

I smirked, "I may have."

"He made it so that I can touch people again," Rouge said, Logan and Ororo were by her side, holding her sides as she slowly leaked out tears of joy once more, "I'm normal again!"

"Not really," I shrugged, "I mean, no normal person is that pale. Unless they're a vampire….you aren't a vampire are?"

She didn't even mind, she just laughed, happy to have a semblance of normality in her life again.

"What's going on here?" Xavier asked as he rolled into the living to find us all around a crying but happy Rouge, "Rouge? Did something happen?"

"You bet it did professor!" Kathy cried out, "Peter helped Rouge control her powers! Isn't that amazing?!"

The man blinked, "you did?"

Rouge nodded, holding up the metal bracelets around her hands, "I don't know how, but this boy here cured me!"

"This calls for a party!" Kurt cried out, jumping down from the ceiling, "party like there's no tomorrow!"

And just then Evan walked in, all of us were cheering, he blinked, "ah, did I miss something?"

That night:

The X-men were gathered in the dining room again, this time there was a small feast prepared instead of a simple dinner.

"WOO!" Rogue cried out, throwing her arms around Kurt, nearly crushing the poor blue boy, "I'm never letting go!"

"You probably should Rouge, he's going blue from sophacateing," Jean joked, causing them all to laugh.

"Who wants bacon?" Logan asked as he entered with a pan of freshly baked bacon.

"Is that fried bacon?" Scott asked surprised, "where did you get it?"

"I cooked it," Logan grunted.

"You can cook?" Kathy blinked, surprised.

"Yeah," Logan grunted as he put a few strips on her plate, "it's fried with maple syrup, get it while it's hot."

"Maple syrup?" Kurt asked, picking at his food.

"Yeah," Logan grunted.

"What are you? Canadian?" Rouge asked in suspicion.

The man grinned, "hell yeah I am."

Xavier and I stood out in the gardens, the patio doors connecting the dining room to the outside backyard was left open, I could hear Kurt teasing Logan and the sound of Logan's claws popping out. I smiled as Kurt squeaked, backing away, they were all enjoying themselves, it's sad really. I doubt they would get a chance to be this carefree ever again.

"Thank you for what you did for Rouge Peter," Xavier said as he sipped his glass of celebratory champagne. The adults drank that while the miners were forced to settle for grape juice. Kurt had tried to steal some alcohol, but after a very scary glare from Ororo he was discouraged from such an action.

"It was the least I could do," I shrugged, "she got a shitty draw in powers...it's just seemed unfair."

"May I ask why you chose to help her?" Xavier asked.

"It was the right thing to do."

"Ah...so while the spirit of Spider-man may be broken, your sense of duty is still intact, that is good to hear."

"Why is that?" I asked.

"Because anything that is broken, can be fixed given enough time," Xavier smiled, "you came to me looking for meaning in your life yes?"

I nodded, "yeah...and?"

"Well...if I'm not mistaken, maybe this should be your purpose," he turned around to seeing Rouge and the others laughing and cheering, "there will be others like her, maybe not a mutant, maybe not a human, but people who have taken a bad hand in life...you could help them. Maybe not as Spider-man, but maybe as Peter Parker."

I raised an eyebrow, "a superhero training camp?"

The man chuckled, "if you like."

I smiled and looked back inside. Maybe he was right….maybe, if I can't be a hero, I can at least help nurture those who want to be. Maybe.

A few hours later:

I sat down on my bed in the guest room and sighed. It was a long night, Rouge had insisted on stuffing my face with food every chance she got. She was smiling, happy, no trace of her depressed emo personality, guess being able to touch people really changed things up.

The highlight of the night though was when Rouge got a little daring and took advantage of her new lease on life.

She had grabbed Scott by the neck and pulled him into a secluded corner, kissing him as hard as she could. I didn't know the details after that, since I stopped listening, but ten minutes later they returned, Scott looking happy.

Knock, knock.

"Come in," I called out, the door opened, Jean walked in with a smile on her face. "Jean? What's up?"

She walked over and sat down next to me, "so….we never got a chance to talk about how you've been handling...everything."

I snorted, "which part? The one where I quite being a hero or the part where my girlfriend dumped me?"

"Both I suppose...you still love her," it wasn't a question.

I sighed, "yeah...I can't just stop….do you remember what you said that day?"

Jean smiled, "you mean the day I lost my virginity to the both of you? Yes, I have a vague recollection," she chuckled as I blushed remembering that night.

"R-right, well….you told me she loved me, that she wouldn't ever leave me...do you think-"

"-Yes," Jean nodded, "she loved you. And...I'm sure she still does. But right now, if I know her, she's probably ashamed of herself for what she did."

"I see...so what do you think I should do?"

"I think...I think you need to get over yourself," she snorted, "you've been brooding too much, I know, Liz and MJ told me. You need to get up and stretch yourself Peter. She wouldn't like it, and neither do I."

"She left me," I snorted, "I don't' think she has a right to an opinion."

"Fine, then what about me?" Jean put her hand onto of mine and squeezed, "I can't stand the sight of seeing the man I love looking like a shadow of himself...you're more than your difficulties Peter...much more. And the only way you will ever lose, is if you let yourself get defeated."

She looked into my eyes, and for a moment I felt my pain and sorrow leave me again. I felt so alone, with no one to share this, this hurt with. And suddenly, here she was. Probably the only other person other than Felicia who could even begin to understand.

She leaned forward and kissed me. Her hands immediately reaching down my pants, unbuttoning them her fingers while her telekinetic powers took her own bottoms off.

Out clothes flew off as we curled up underneath my bed's blanket. I bite her neck as my hands went under her shirt, taking it off and throwing it across the room. I kissed her breasts, unhooking her bra, Jean moaning into my ear as she removed my clothes with her mind.

For the rest of the night we made love, for the first time in months, I didn't feel alone. I woke up the next day with Jean still in my bed, wrapped around my arms, I held her tight, afraid to let her go.

"Don't worry," she said as she wrapped her arm around my body, holding me close as she pressed her ear against my heart, "I won't be going anywhere…for today you can stay with me. So you don't have to worry Peter." I smiled, I believed her.

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