"Alone Again..."
~Max DeMarco

The storyline/timeline is going to be a bit wacky at times but this is how it's going to be so we can get some background info of what's happening in Mila's life!! Hope y'all enjoy!!

3rd Person's POV

"Oscorp Industries is proud to announce the world's first electromagnetic power grid. By converting aging power stations into a field of hydroelectric towers, we are generating clean, green, sustainable energy to power Manhattan, the five boroughs and eventually the world for generations to come."

"Dillon. You're late."

Max walks up to a man as he holds a set of blueprints in his arms and a briefcase in his free hand, "Doggone trains are so slow, sir."

"Don't you realize Oscorp is now responsible for the entire city's energy supply?"

"I-I do... I submitted a lot of designs for the power grid and they used a lot of them,
and I noticed that, and those power grids were designed by me."

The man freezes with a condescending smile, "You designed them? Sure you did.
And I'm Spider-Man."

Max gets angry and grabs the guys sweater, "You're no Spider-Man! He's a Leo, you're a Sagittarius! You besmirch him again, I'm gonna rip your well-groomed head off!"

Suddenly Max, shakes his head ridding himself of the quick daydream that just played. He wished he could not allow people to run him over, but he had no idea how to talk back in real life.

Instead of grabbing the man, Max stands frowning at him. The man nods his head towards Max as he stalks off angrily, "Now, get to work."

"What floor, please?" Kari the electronic voice of the building asks as Max steps into the elevator.

"Seventy-four."

"Thank you."

"Oh, hold that!" A voice calls out from outside the elevator as a pair of shoes get closer and closer to the closing doors.

"Can you hold that, please?!"

Max nods to himself then puts his hand out to stop the elevator doors from closing, "I got it."

"Thank you, you're a real gentleman." The girls says as she and her friend hurry into the elevator.

"Most people would have just let those close." Mila states as she pulls her bag up onto her shoulder.

"Well uh... Most people don't notice other people."

Mila scoffs with a light smile looking at Max, "Ain't that the truth."

"What floor, please?" Kari states robotically.

"Um, ahem... what is it?" She looks over at her friend.

The girl purses her lips and thinks for a moment before saying, "Dang it I think-"

Max clears his throat, "I got it. I got it. What is it?"

"How many floors are there?" Cora asks Max who smiles at her softly before looking down.

"108."

"Well then 108."

Max nods and looks to K.A.R.I, "108, please."

"Thank you."

"In a hurry..." Max murmurs quietly.

Mila smiles, "We're sorry. Didn't mean to take too much of your time. Thank you very much, we appreciate it."

Cora smiles at Max then looks down at her phone as Mila looks out the elevator at the floors as they go up. Max suddenly feels bad for being so rude. These girls were actually nice to him ame he was just projecting because of his boss earlier.

"Um... I'm sorry, I'm Max. Max Dillon."

Mila waves a hand nonchalantly before sticking it out to Max, "You're fine. No harm, no foul. I'm Mila, Mila Stacey."

Max nods shaking her hand.

Cora looks over and nods a hey, "I'm Cora Osborn."

"Osborn as in..." Max stares at her with wide eyes.

Cora shrugs with a grin, "Yes my daddio, is Norman Osborn. Not as cool as you think. But nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you both."

"So how long have you worked here?"

Max's head snaps to the side as Mila smiles at him. He never had someone actually try to make conversation with him.

"Uh um 15 years."

"Wow... that's amazing! It must be so rewarding to see so many different ideas created by you put to action."

Mila couldn't imagine how everyone felt inventing ideas and concepts and equations and just anything and everything, then having it actually used by other people. Or being know for creating something so amazing. She wanted that feeling.

"Well uh I actually did some drawing and made the grids that they use here at Oscorp."

"You did that? That's insane! You must be one of the smartest people here. They must be so grateful that you've stayed here for 15 years."

Max smiles shyly while running his hand over his combover with a light shoulder shrug, "Well..."

Cora looks at her phone scrolling through Twitter. She then hears the tv in the elevator and gasps as it plays a clip from the news. Catching both Mila and Max's attention, all three stand watching Spider-Man save a group of people and take down bad guys as usual.

"And he does it again." Cora smiles shaking her head, "Man I'd love to know who he is. Phil is dying to figure it out."

Mila chuckles nervously not trying to bring attention to the fact that she was now starting to nervously sweat.

"Spider-Man..." Max murmurs to himself.

Mila not hearing Max, bites her lip shrugging, "Yeah... he's pretty great."

"It must be cool, huh? To have the whole world look at you like that? You know, Spider-Man saved my life one time. Out of all the people in the whole city, he saved
me."

Mila smiles painfully, "He knew you were worth saving."

Max chuckles shaking his head, "It's so crazy... He said he needed me."

"That must be a good feeling." Mila slowly frowns thinking about Peter.

Shaking her head, she takes a deep breath.

'Don't do this to yourself. It's been a whole month now. You're fine. He's fine.'

"Seventy-fourth floor." K.A.R.I states.

Max steps out and waves at the two as the doors close.

Mila waves back with a grin, "Oh. It was nice to meet you, Max."

Just as the doors close, Max mouth falls open, "Wait. She remembered my name."

The girls stand in silence as the elevator continues to make its way to the top floor. After another minute, the elevator door opens and the girls make their way through the corridor. Cora tells the secretary/assistant that they were here for Harry and the lady walks over to large double doors. She squeezes between the doors and gives the girls a look up and down before leaves them waiting on the other side.

Mila raises an eyebrow looking over at Cora, "Well she's weird."

Cora snorts laughing, "A little. She likes to gatekeep my brother."

"Ew like you're interested."

Both girls laugh shaking their heads.

Cora shrugs, "Maybe you could be interested."

Mila makes a pshh sound waving her hand nonchalantly, "I am not interested in anything at the moment, thank you."

"You might be. Felicia says he's cute all the time."

"Felicia needs to grow some balls and ask him out already before he gets eyes for another girl."

Cora nods, "Yeah you."

Mila rolls her eyes and opens her mouth to reply but freezes as the doors open once more. Felicia stands sneering at the two.

"Harry will see you now."

"Thanks. You're free to leave." Cora waves her hand as she walks past Felicia.

Mila chuckles to herself as Felicia rolls her eyes at Cora. Felicia then glares slightly at Mila before shutting the door. Mila shakes her head then turns to the desk in the middle of the large office.

Harry sits in his chair turned to the city with a glass of water in his hands, "Well well well what brings my baby sis to see me at such a time as this?"

Cora rolls her eyes, "You're in town and you didn't even come see me."

"I didn't even see Norman. Don't be upset, Cora."

Cora pouts as Mila stand awkwardly trying to stay invisible. Harry finally turns in his seat and stands up, walking over to Cora.

"I know we're not super close, Har. But I did miss you when you were away."

Harry nods pulling Cora into a hug, "Sorry I know. I missed you too short stack."

Cora hugs him back then pulls away. She groans slapping her forehead then turns to a still Mila.

"Har, this is my friend Mila. The one I was telling you about."

Harry glances over at Mila then does a double take. Her caramel skin, glistening black hair, shimmering honey eyes. She was beautiful.

"Hi."

"I'm Harry. Nice to actually meet you, rather than hearing stories."

Mila blushes as Harry reaches for her hand and kisses it. He was actually very handsome. Not quite her type, tall goofy and nerdy. But he was cute.

"Likewise."

"So uh I hear you were an intern for Oscorp last year?"

"Yes-"

"And she was wondering if she could get an actual super cool job while she tries to figure out what she actually wants to do with her life."

Mila gapes at Cora as the clueless girl stands texting on her phone. Harry chuckles shaking his head at his sister.

"As much as I would love to help you out. I actually don't have any super cool jobs. Well scientist and technicians and stuff like that. All I have is a boring desk job and nobody wants to do tha-"

Mila scoffs, "Um I love boring desk jobs. What does this entail?"

"Well you would have to get me coffee and lunch, file papers, type up some emails, schedule my meetings and boring stuff like that. Oh and sit pretty at that desk outside my office."

"Mila can definitely do that. I mean look at her."

Mila stares at Cora with wide eyes warningly, "Thank you, Cora Obvious. Bring it down a few notches."

Harry chuckles shaking his head, "Seriously though my assistant, Felicia, is going on vacation and I just need someone for a month."

Mila bites her lip thinking about whatever she should do this or not, "Just a month?"

Harry nods holding his hands up in surrender, "It's up to you. I understand if you don't want to. I mean who wants to be around me."

Mila smiles making Harry grin. Cora snorts looking at the two.

"Could you guys flirt after I leave the room? Thanks."

Mila's smile falls as she playfully glares at Cora. She takes in a deep breath and nods.

"Okay I'll do it."

...

"I'm not late, Harvey. I'll be there in 15 minutes. I just wanna know if you can find another waitress to replace me because I start my training rounds at the hospital." Aunt May talks into her house phone as she puts laundry in the washing machine, "And don't mention this to Peter. I don't want him to know. Because he'll worry."

May freezes hearing Peter's footsteps come closer to the kitchen. She smiles at Peter as he walks past her.

"Uh, yeah. Yeah. Okay, you got it. Uh, double shift on Thursday. Okay, bye."

Peter frowns, "Who was that?"

"Harvey." May says closing the washing machine then walks over to the island standing beside Peter.

"Doing a double shift, huh?" Peter asks as he stuffs a grape in his mouth.

May shrugs pulling her bowl of fruit away from him, "Sometimes. Got nothing else to do. I like the girls. I miss Ben. Gives me a little extra in the cookie jar."

Peter nods as May makes a money sign, "Mm. I sold another couple of photos to the Bugle, so that ought to help."

May nods watching Peter drink a cup of coffee, "Yeah, it would really help if that guy would pay you a fair wage."

"Jameson pays me a fair wage. If it was 1961, he pays me a fair wage."

Peter walks over to the washing machine making May hurry in front of him waving her arms.

"Hey, wait. What are you doing? What are you doing? No, I do the laundry."

Peter frowns at her confused, "I'm doing my laundry."

"No, I do the laundry. This is my job. I've been doing your laundry since you were 6 years old."

Peter nods, "I understand that, but I'm in college now. I think it's time that I took care of my own dirty underwear."

May shakes her head frantically, "Last time you did the laundry, you turned everything blue and red... so no."

Peter raises an eyebrow as he bites the inside of cheek trying not to laugh, "T-that was a mistake."

"My... Can I please just...?"

He tries to side step May as she persistently stands in his way.

"Also that was... Because I was washing the American flag."

May stares at him bewildered, "No one washes a flag."

Peter shrugs, "I do, and I won't anymore."

May rolls her eyes, "This is my machine. This is my laundry, my home, my machine. Back off, eat your breakfast."

Peter stares at her as if she was crazy while she holds up a breakfast sandwich to him.

"All right, laundry sheriff." He scoffs jokingly.

FINALLY AN UPDATE!!!

Sorry about the wait. I had three exams due on the same day, two papers, and now have two projects due!! :) love that for me!! Wish me luck y'all!!

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