The menu from my first date with MJ.  Wish I could've afforded some place fancier, but she didn't seem to mind.

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Peter is nervous.  He sighs before ringing the MJ's doorbell.  It only takes a few seconds before MJ is opening the door, grinning widely when she sees him.

"Pete!" She exclaims.  "Ready to go?" She asks. 

"Yeah," He replies, breathlessly.

She chuckles.  "You seem nervous," She says.  "I'm nervous too."

He laughs.  "You look really pretty."

And she does.  Peter's heart flutters when he looks at her.  The fact that she even wants to go out with him is mind boggeling to him.

"Thanks!  You too!"

She grabs his hand and they leave, taking the subway and Peter leads her into a small reaurant.  Peter wishes he could afford to bring her somewhere nicer, but he's not exactly made of money.  She doesn't seem to mind though.

"How's May?" She asks.

"She's doing good!" Peter answers.  "She just got a promotion."

MJ's eyes light up, practically sparkling as she looks at him.  Peter would stare into them all day if he could.

"What about your dad?" He asks.

She shrugs.  "Same old, same old," She says.

They sit down at thrir table and pick up their menus.  Almost purley out of instinct, Peter looks for the cheaper options.

"I heard Spider-Man put some dangerous people away last night."

Peter laughs, looking down at the table as his cheeks flush.  "Oh, you know," He mumbles.  "It's just what I do."

A waiter comes over to their table and takes their orders and returns later with drinks and food.  They spend the rest of the evening telling stories and laughing loudly.

"Wait," She wheezes between laughs, picking up a napkin to while her face from almost spitting out her drink.  "He said that?"

"Yeah," Peter says in a breathy laugh, partly from the story he's telling and partly from MJ's reaction.  "Criminals are just getting stupider and stupider."

They pay for their meal and decide to walk home instead of taking the subway.  MJ grabs his hand for the second time that evening.

"This is nice," She says.

"Mhmm..."

A comfortable cool breeze blows past them.  It's fairly dark outside, but the streetlights and lights coming through the windows illuminating the street in warm, yellow light.  It's kind of comforting.

"I'm glad you asked me out," She says, smiling at him.

Peters face flushes.  "Me too," He replies.  He looks at her face.  "I really like you," He adds.

MJ's face flushes bright red too.  "Me too," She says.

She stops walking suddenly, startling Peter just a little.  She looks right at him.  The system change scares him.  What is she going to do?  Did he do something?  Would she tell him everything was a joke and laugh at him?  It doesn't seem like something she would do, but the fear still lingers.

"We should do this again," She says.

Peter stares at her dumbfounded for a moment until his brain finally understands what she said.  He grins.

"Of course!" He says.

"Great!" She claps her hands together, smile radiating actual sunhine.  "I'm taking you to the movies.  Se can see that movie you've been talking about," she says.

"That sounds awesome!" Peter replies.

This had to be the absolute best day of his life.  MJ wants to go out with him again.  He almost can't believe it.

"I'll pick you up on Friday then," She says before grabbing his hand yet again and dragging him with her

How do you write romance?  I have no idea.

Will I do this for each backpack?  Not likely, but I'd like to.

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