Meanwhile, in Queens.
Peter Parker was agonizing over whether to accept Hawking's terms and whether to tell Uncle Ben and Aunt May about his mutation when he suddenly saw the silhouette of a beautiful figure illuminated behind the curtains across the way. His expression instantly turned dazed.
It was Mary Jane, the Goddess he had secretly loved for so long, changing clothes after a shower.
That was right. Mary Jane, the Goddess everyone at school secretly admired, actually lived next door to him. However, her boyfriend was Thompson, the school's star football Captain, and his family was fairly wealthy.
Peter, on the other hand, was just an unnoticed nobody at school whose parents had died early, whose family was poor, who was skinny, and who had always been bullied.
So even though his room was less than five meters away from the Goddess's, he had never dared to take the initiative and say a single word to her. The same was true at school.
"Did you buy the beer?"
"Can't you buy it yourself?"
"I work every day to earn money for this family!"
"And I take care of all the housework for this family!"
Before long, however, he heard arguing from across the way. Mary Jane's parents were fighting again.
"I'm sick of this! All you ever do is argue! I'm going out!"
"You stupid girl, where are you going this late?"
"None of your business."
"Get out, get out, get out! You're just as stupid as your mother! Instead of studying properly, all you know is how to fool around!"
"The dishes in the sink haven't been washed. You can't go out until you've washed them."
Seeing that the Goddess seemed to be heading out, Peter hurried downstairs, picked up the kitchen trash bag, and pretended he was