Spider-Man: Duty and Loss Chapter 106: Phone Call

*Ring Ring* *Ring Ring*

Felicia slowly made her way through the room, still marveling slowly at the sight through the windows. She had been in lavish apartments and 5 star hotels before, thanks to her family, but this one still left her a bit in awe.

A few of the expensive ornaments and trinkets might have also spiked her blood pressure as her mind worked out the best way to make off with said expensive items. Reaching down to grab the phone that was discarded onto the bed, a smile lit up her face as she looked down at the caller ID.

Peter's big dumb face stretched across the screen, his arm resting over his shoulder as the two took a selfie. She had taken it just before she had to leave, before the battle of New York, things had been so much simpler back then, the smile on his face much wider.

She had even been getting closer to Peter at the time. Just a little bit more and it would have been a done deal, well that's what she thought at the time. Of course Peter didn't know that the picture was now her home screen and caller ID, she had been careful to make sure he didn't find out.

She didn't want to be too obvious. *Click*

Pressing the phone to her ear, there was a slight relief in her voice as she spoke. It was coming to the close of the second day after Peter left, she was expecting him to come back by either the end of the day, or possible tomorrow. Too bad she would be disappointed.

"Peter?" It took a few seconds for him to respond, but his gentle voice over the receiver was a nice sound to her ears. "Hey Felicia are you ok?....I mean I heard that some sort of attack happened in New York and I just wanted to make sure you were alright...I know you can take care of yourself, but I just wanted to make sure...Is the apartment ok....everything good? You're not hurt are you? Why arn't you talking? Oh god is it bad?!"

Felicia gave a small giggle at his worried tone and even though he wasn't there also shook her head in exasperation. "Well if you would let me talk for a second I would tell you, now wouldn't I?" That shut him up real quick and she could just hear his embarrassment over the phone. "Sorry about that, I was just a bit worried."

Felicia gave another laugh as she rolled her eyes sitting now on the bed. Her voice tuned just that bit gentler as she responded. "Don't worry Peter, I'm fine. Though I've got a few surprises for you when you get back." Felicia looked around her lavish room and couldn't help the grin on her face. "Surprises what surprises?"

"Ohh you'll find out~" She put in just the right amount of teasing in her voice to know that it would worry him. Her thinking was confirmed when she heard a gulp from the other end of the line. She could just imagine him sweating up a storm trying to think about what she was talking about. She couldn't help but continue.

"I've got a few people that would love to talk to you. Though I'm surprised you never mentioned me to them before, I'm hurt Peter, Truly." Felicia leaned back into her bed and rolled over to smother her giggling as his stressed response came in.

"People?! Who?! I would never forget you! Whatever they telling you it's all false." "Ohh really~ All of it?" He paused for a second. "...Well all of the good stuff they say, it's all true. But none of the bad stuff, those are just rumors, you know how it is being such an upstanding citizen that I am, why just last week I..."

She had to once again smother her laughed as she heard him ramble on for another few seconds about how great he was as a person to salvage the situation. Continuing to banter for the next few minutes as they caught up Felicia finally asked the one question that had been on her mind the whole conversation.

"When will you be getting back?" There was a notable pause this time before he responded, this time in a more serious and even regretful way he spoke. "That's why I called actually. I'm going to be helping my friend for the few days to finish something they're working on and think I'll be back in 4 days maybe a week."

Felicia's body noticeable slumped as she heard the news. She did really want to see him again. The time they spent together before he had to leave didn't feel long enough. On the inside she resolved that this time when he returned he would have to stay for at least 2 months before letting him leave the country again.

'Or maybe next time I'll just go with him.' She didn't let her disappointment show though and kept a bit of slyness in her voice. "Ohh, would this friend be a woman~?" Adding a bit of a sultry undertone to her words she was trying to keep her cool, but was thankful that they weren't face to face. Because she couldn't help the small amount of anxiety in her eyes as she waited for an answer.

Contrary to what Flash Thompson used to say and all of the other Jocks at school that, for some reason, had a boner on for bullying Parker and any other person that excelled in science and maths, something she had been trying to personally deal with before she left, Peter was a hot commodity for women.

Something made more obvious after her recent dealings and interactions that somehow revolved around Peter. Just the thought of it made her want to sigh. Though a new idea had been rambling around in her mind since she had gotten to talking to Laura, someone that had an almost unhealthy obsession with Peter, or that's what she first thought when she met the girl.

But after talking to her for the last day and a bit, she had become fast friends and her heart couldn't help but go out and connect to hers for some reason. But she was getting side tracked. Her mind snapped back to reality when she heard his answer.

"Y-y-yes." The slight stutter in his voice and obvious nervousness were enough of a sign for Felicia to start rubbing her forehead in trepidation. But she still kept the sultry tone as she continued. "Well you better not have too much fun~ with her on your business trip..." Peter choked on the other end of the phone. "...Remember that I'm waiting here all by my lonesome back in your friendly neighbourhood. I'm ever so cold and need your strong body to warm me up when you get back. Not to mention my strong little spider and its Sticky~ webs."

The spluttering on the other end gave her a good laugh for a few seconds before she once again turned serious. "Stay safe Peter, I'll be waiting for you to come back." Her voice was just above a whisper as she spoke the words softly, meaning them with ever fiber of her being.

Peter stopped spluttering on the other side and spoke back with the same amount of care. "Don't worry I'll be back in a Flash....wait I mean I'll swing back into your life before you know it...wait..." Felicia gave one last giggle. "I'll be back before you know it. See ya cat." Felicia smiled gently. "Catch you around, Spider."

*Click*

Felicia threw her phone once more off to the side of the bed as she starred at the roof above her. *Sigh* Letting out a small sigh she stretched her limbs out like a cat, stretching all her muscles in the right ways. She would have been content to just lie down and take a cat nap then and there, but she had other things to do.

One of them, meet up with Laura for some light sparring, she couldn't keep her friend waiting now could she? Scooping up her phone on the way out, a predatory grin came to her lips as she thought about the fight she was about to have.

She hadn't been this excited for sparring since she had first started practicing martial arts.

Chapter end