And the Spider Came back, the Very Next... uh. Month?

[girlspider]

The window quietly slides open with barely a whisper and a bag of clothes goes sailing into the neat room. No bed bugs. Harvard wouldn't allow it.

She wasn't thrilled with Harvard. Yes, she was not thrilled with Harvard. She should have stuck with Columbia, she should have but... well, May Parker wanted distance. She's tried of being a super hero, someone else is out there being spider man and she's getting awfully close to the Legal Age of Everything and Girl isn't quite cutting it. So she's still May, and she's hanging out with the Avengers for spring break because that's what everyone dreams of, right?

So she closes the window behind her, feet creeping over the carpet. She quietly opens her door into the hallway.

Sneak. Sneak. Sneak. All the way down to the kitchen... so she hopes.

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[girlspider]

This. This was unfair as she gives a furtive glance to the tall man entering the room. She quickly stuffs another mouthful of pie in, hoping that she won't need to speak until Jay passes by.

And then Roxie-

No, wait. Roxie. NO! She's supposed to hide behind you! Hide perfectly behind you. See if you'll ever get to hide behind her when Vincent enters the room.

She gives the other Avenger a mournful look while she chews her mouthful of pie slowly. Then glances at Jay.

Waves.

[lil_hulk]

"Wait, Rox, you don't need to-" And then it was too late. The brunette was out the door. He just stood there for a second with his hand in the air. "Uhm."

He rubbed the back of his neck. "Hey, May."

He should go get what he came in here for and leave May to enjoy her pie. However, his feet felt stuck to the floor at the moment.

[girlspider]

Why did you think Rox would stay, Jay? Why? May watches him for a moment wondering if she could get away with another mouthful of pie. But Jay's timing was too perfect. She swallowed the fruit and crust just as he greeted her.

She looks up at her ... err. At Jay and smiles sheepishly. "Hey, Jay. Uhm. I don't think Roxy would mind if you have a slice."

[lil_hulk]

"What kind is it?" The question was mostly a cover for him to get his brain on track. May was in the Avengers' kitchen. She was on break from Harvard and just popped in. That's all. She probably had some really smart boyfriend back at college that she totally deserved instead of a guy who turned into a monster full of anger.

Jay really hated his own brain sometimes. Though he covered his internal musings with a half-smile.

[girlspider]

"Ah. Fruit. Rhubarb, that fruit you don't really know exists until someone puts it in a pie with strawberries." She grins sheepishly as she quietly runs the fork on the plate's edge. "I am eating it for the strawberries and Roxie is just kind enough to indulge me on that."

She's making friends. Some asking why she isn't staying in New York City. To this she gives them looks of 'why didn't she get away sooner'. But it's nothing thick, it's nothing sharp or meaningful and the guys. Well, smart guys are talking to her.

Like she's sure nice girls who aren't total flakes are talking to Jay. "How are you guys doing?"

[lil_hulk]

What would make it seem not weird? Nothing. But he did just finish working out. Boo could wait on his food for a bit.

"Sure. I'll have a slice." He made his way over to sit not quite across from May. Just far enough away that casual contact really had to be meant to be done.

"We're kinda in flux a bit. There was a blow-up when we were rescuing Audhild from Asgard, and Vincent was forced to take some time away. How's-How's Harvard?"

[girlspider]

Oh course he was working out. Walking around with clothes that are going to cling and or not even on to being with. That's how the trouble all started prior. Jay walking about showing off his pecs and making stupid girls look.

"I'm a little wary of knives lately. At the school all the pie and deserts are cut out for you." She says lightly, though she handles the knife with ease.

"Is Hildy okay along with Vinny? What did he do?" She slides the plate over to him and shurgs, "It's... boring. I mean there's work but it's... y'know. Teen stuff."

[lil_hulk]

Working out was a daily part of Jay's keeping himself buff regimen. It helped him gain strength for being a Hulk. Though he was oblivious to girls looking.

"Yeah. She's fine. Who knew Kristoff would be a stabilizing influence? As for what Vincent did, he went off half-cocked on his own plan for glory and got Marcus, Erin, and Aether hurt." Jay sounded most peeved about the winged horse getting hurt. He might have had a thing for horses.

He took the plate with a nod of thanks. "Huh. Here I thought Harvard would be all ivy and weird mathematicians mumbling to themselves. With pre-law kids running around objecting to everything."

[girlspider]

It was something that May tended to do, but found it hard at the college's gym. What she could do was beyond most gym equipment and plodding on the treadmill? Sucked. It bored her to tears.

"After the crazy he was raise with? Both by a Doom and a Richards? Who knew." She pauses, looking confused. She knew about Marcus and Aether. She was going to have go and give the winged creature sugar cubes but. "Who's Erin?"

There's laughter. "Oh, there's that! But the pre-law kids like to drink like crazy, and it's a boring mess."

[lil_hulk]

"Erin's the new girl. Mutant. Aqua-kinetic. Had never been to a food court before. Has problems with treadmills in our gym." Jay shrugged before digging into the pie.

He grinned around his chewing at May's laughter. He kinda missed that sound. "Oh! Yeah, there's Kitty Pryde around now to ride heard on us. SHIELD liaison and stuff."

[girlspider]

"Oh!" This is good, isn't it? A new girl. A normal new girl who never has been to a food court and probably just. A lot better than her.

She keeps toying with the fruit though, "Kitty Pryde? You're serious? I thought the X-Men would keep her under lock and key?"

[lil_hulk]

"So, you just on Spring Break?" He tried just to sound casual at it. It wasn't like any answer she gave would make him go into hiding in his room. He just needed to be braced for... something.

"SHIELD must have busted her out and sent her to spy on Mr. Stark or something." He scooped up pie to make himself seem busy chewing.