That night:
"Go Midtown Tigers!" the announcer cheered soon followed by the sizeable crowd that had gathered in the gymnasium to cheer on the girl's basketball team. The Home team was leading by twelve points, while the visitors were quickly catching up.
I sat in the fifth with a giant poster held over my head with the words, 'Get them Tigers!', held over my head. The match was kind of slow for my taste, but heck, what can you do.
May and Felicity were killing it on the court, like two perfectly in sync partners that spent years working together. Seeing the way May passed the ball to Felicity reminded me of me and Kitten, how we had each other's back while in costume. Hm, these two would make a great team now that I think about it.
Flash was there as well, or as the rest of these kids call him, coach Flash. I didn't have the pleasure of taking his class yet, thank god, but I seeing him now, heh, I'm glad I got the chance.
Flash had aged, badly. He didn't just look forty, he looked like Ben did in my time, well into his fifties with a big belly, wrinkle covered face and a fat nose. While my future self looked fit and sexy for his age, despite the beard.
I knew this wasn't my Flash, and sure, maybe he does mature eventually, but fuck it. It felt good knowing this was what awaited him. Wahahaha!
I grinned seeing the bald spot on his head, hehe, sucker.
"You know, if you keep staring at him so much, the bald spot might just grow bigger."
"You'll slipping up in your old age Kitten," I smiled turning around to see the older Felicia Hardy staring down at me, "I heard you sneak behind me three minutes ago."
"It's the cast," she pointed at her leg. She was discharged from the hospital only a few days ago, Felicity was all excited about it. Felicia still had an eyepatch and a cast over her left shin, but otherwise she was fine. She wore a pair of jeans and a leather jacket, an odd combination for a woman of her age, but she managed to pull it off.
"Sure it is," I smiled as I sat down next to her, putting the banner aside. We both turned to the match, Felicity had just scored three points, "that's some girl you raised Kitten."
"Yeah," Felicia smiled, "she's something else."
"Is she close with her dad?" I asked looking at Flash cheering her own from the side, "she hardly ever talks about him."
"Just between you and me? She's a full on daddy's girl," Felicia chuckled, "she and I actually began to fight a lot after I divorced him. She lives with me, but he was always her favorite."
"So weird," I grumbled, "Flash Thompson, parental figure."
"You really need to get that chip off your shoulder Peter," Felicia smiled, "girl's don't find jealousy sexy."
"I beg your pardon, but I know one girl who definitely does," I grinned, "don't even pretend for one second you don't like it when people fight over you. I know you Felicia Hardy, even if you aren't the one I grew to love."
"Maybe," Felicia shrugged, "so, any luck finding a way to leave this place and back to your own world?"
I sighed, "no...it's more of a wait and see kind of deal. Why? Are you eager to see me gone?"
"You remind me of a world where I had the man of my dreams Peter, of course it's difficult to talk to you."
"Then why did you?"
"Because...I would kick myself in the ass if I didn't at least try," Felicia's smile turned sad as she looked at her ex-husband, "did you know I only began dating Flash to spite my Peter?"
"You did?"
"Yes. I was so angry he chose MJ over me I decided to try and seduce his best friend."
"I'm going to stop you right there missy," I held up a finger, "Flash was my best friend?"
"Yup."
"God this world is fucked up. Please, continue," I sighed.
"Right. Anyway, at first it was just for pure manipulation, I didn't care for you. But then...I found myself slowly falling for the guy. Until...well, you can see the result yourself," Felicity and May cheered as they called for a break to discuss team strategy for the last ten minutes of the game.
"So why did you split up?" I asked her.
"Because we wanted different things," Felicia sighed as she scratched her eyepatch, "he wanted a docile wife and I wanted my space. I wanted to travel, he wanted to...well be a damn coach in this small little place. I refused to be tied down...is your Felicia the same?"
I nodded, "yes, she is. But so am I. I may have a scene of duty to this city, but I wouldn't mind spending a month or two in Rome or Paris, just being with her wouldn't be so bad."
"Right...well, anyway," Felicia huffed, "things just escalated from there. We had kids, though we kept fighting. Eventually we separated, Flash got our son and I got our daughter. And...that's just the way things have been."
We sat in silence as we watched the end of the game. She and I watched our children work together to gain victory, though I was only genetically May's father. I turned to her and spoke, "tell me Kitten...do you wish you could go back and change it all?"
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