The two former allies stood completely still, their eyes not moving from one another as the shock of running into one another had addled their brains.

"I work here!" Cat snapped, Peter's eyes dropped down to the name plate on her desk.

Felicia Hardy

"Alright then, Felicia" he said before his face showed a strange emotion: irony "Wow, that's... that's oddly fitting"

"Forget about that, what the fuck are you doing here?" she demanded "I told you to never look for me again!"

"I didn't, I'm here with my friends on a trip" Peter said in an effort to justify himself "And why do you work at the mayor's office?"

"Covers my tracks" Felicia answered before snapping back to her angry mood "Get out of here!"

"Hey, look, I know we don't like each other, but so far the others don't know that" Peter said "So until we leave each other alone, we've gotta act friendly"

Felicia put a hand to her face, sighing loudly before pointing a red nail at him.

"Fine... but just try to not talk to me" Felicia said, standing up and walking into the mayor's office "I'm not quite in the mood to feel like a paedophile today"

"Fair enough" Peter shrugged, turning around to exit before Felicia called out to him.

"If we're gonna be fair here you gotta tell me your name" she said.

"And why is that?" Peter asked.

"Honour among thieves" Felicia answered.

"Fair enough Ms Hardy" Peter said, turning around and smirking at her "The name's Peter, Peter Parker"

"Alright then Parker, get out of my sight" Felicia growled, Peter holding up his arms before turning around and leaving the room, the door closing with a soft click.

Felicia linked her arms across her chest before biting her lip.

"He's... he's still pretty hot for a fifteen year old" she said, drumming her fingers on her arm "No, focus Felicia, we're not into him any more right?"

Another moment of thought passed before Felicia shrugged.

"We'll see how he does today and we might give him another chance, that sound good?" she asked herself "Yes crazy cat lady who is sat in her office talking to herself, that's sounds amazing"

"And as you can see, we're planning to completely refurbish the upper east side of New York after what happened with the Avengers two years ago, that caused a lot of damage to real estate and gave rise to a few... shady characters in this city" Mayor Maer said with a nod, pointing to a section on the map with a ruler as she spoke.

The others were sat around listening intently while Peter and Felicia, both of them having been placed awkwardly together in the seating plan, were bored to tears.

"Has she done this before?" Peter asked, leaning in closer to Felicia.

"She made me watch and grade her rehearsals of it about thirty times before you guys came here" Felicia answered in a dull tone "It was interesting at first but holy fuck did it get boring"

"Fair enough" Peter shrugged, turning back to look at the presentation which seemed to be reaching a recess.

"Would we like some coffee?" Mayor Maer asked the group.

"I'd love some" Celestia said.

"Me too" Twilight answered.

"Me three" Cadance said.

The Mayor smiled and turned to Felicia with a requesting smile.

"Would you find fetching us a few mugs of coffee?" she asked.

"Nope, it's what you pay me for" Felicia said, pushing herself up out of her seat "I'll bring the jugs from the machine down, there's only four of them"

"I'll give you a hand" Peter said, getting up and stretching "I know you're used to carrying around big jugs, but only the two of them"

There was a unanimous look of horror on the faces of everyone gathered as Felicia stared at the grinning teenager with a cold look but, try as she might, she couldn't help but crack a smile before laughing quietly.

"I think you and I are going to get along brilliantly Mr Parker" Felicia said happily, truly tickled by the joke.

"I sure hope so" Peter grinned "So where are we headed?"

"Just through to the catering hall" Felicia said, nodding in the direction of two double doors.

He nodded and the two of them headed off through the doors, Felicia turning to Peter.

"I'm so glad we've had a conversation that lasted longer than thirty seconds before somebody brings up my tits" she said, casting a sideways glance at him.

"Kinda hard not to when they're the elephant, no wait, elephants in the room" Peter corrected, looking at the low-cut orange shirt Felicia was wearing "And you're not really making an effort to keep the puppies locked away are you?"

"No, I get cramps if they're squished against my chest all day" Felicia said, readjusting her bust for a moment "I already have to wear a corset in my costume to support my back"

"I didn't know you didn't wear a bra in your suit" Peter said, holding the door open for her as she walked through it.

"Thank you" she said "And believe me, when the winter comes, you'll notice it"

"I look forward to it" Peter said with a smile before his Spider-Sense began to buzz weakly.

He froze on the spot, his eyes whipping all around the room, trying to get a read on where the danger was coming from.

"What's the matter?" Felicia asked.

"Spider-Sense is tingling" Peter said quietly.

Felicia looked at him for a brief second before stepping closer and slapping him on the back of the head, a loud crack resounding through the strangely quiet building.

"Reasons please?" Peter asked, rubbing the back of his head with a stung look.

"You know how some girls say that their lovers words get them wet?" Felicia asked with a stern face "I think the sheer amount of loser in that statement just made me unhealthily dry Parker"

"Point taken" Peter said "Will never say that again"

"Good boy" Felicia said "Now what's up with your Insect-Early-Warning System?"

"Sacrilege" Peter growled, jabbing a finger into her collar bone.

"Are we in danger Parker!?" Felicia barked.

The explosion from the main entrance answered that question.

"Do you have your costume with you?" Peter asked hurriedly.

"Of course I do honey" she shrugged "Wanna watch me change?"

Peter blinked blankly for a second before raising a finger in questioning.

"I thought you said you weren't-"

"Force of habit, let's just go" she said, rushing off down the corridor.

"So is the offer still on or what?" Peter called as he ran after her. Next Chapter: Three-On-Two Estimated time remaining: 4 Hours, 2 Minutes