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The location? Shea Stadium, circa late 90's. Two innings in, Mets down by two and up to bat. The occupant? Well, it was mostly filled with a semi-decent crown of fake people, but the only member of the crew currently watching the game was the younger Peter Parker.

The current score didn't really concern Peter. Plenty of time left in game to get back, and the game itself was kind of secondary. He was mostly there to reconnect with himself after the mess that was Fairplay, and what better way than the place where he learned one of the other key lessons that made him who he was.

Still, he didn't mind if anyone else decided to watch the game.

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Peter waved his had dismissively

"Nah. Kory and me were just talking about what things were like back home, and she told me about her sister."

"whew." Beastboy breathed a sigh of relief and relaxed, "It would be our luck really. With so many people here already I'm surprised we don't have as many big league baddies or even part timers like back home."

A second passed and he added, "Knock on wood." and he did so on the bench.

Another pitch, a crack, a great drive into center field!

"So um...you and Star. Been hanging out much?" There was a niggling thought in the back of Beastboy's head and he had to ask.

Peter shrugged. "Pretty much, yeah. Why'd ya ask?"

"Oh nothin'." He lied and then corrected himself, "OK Somethin'...I mean..." He rubbed the back of his head uncomfortably adjusting his seat for a moment before blurting out "What are your intentions with Starfire." He then winced and smacked himself in the face. "Dude...that sounded so lame!"

"Seriously?" Peter raised an eyebrow. "We're just friends. And I've got this big, unresolved thing with a friend from home.

A huge sigh of relief and then laughter "Sorry dude, so sorry." He sheepishly grinned, "It's just, I've never heard anyone call her "Kory" before other then the Titans, and I haven't been seeing her as much. Robin would have totally freaked." He laughed again.

"Eh, it's mostly because I tend to use nicknames more often than not." Peter explained.

"That's a relief." He chuckled a little more and relaxed, "Things are crazy enough around here. Wasn't sure what I'd do." He decided to carry on with the conversation "So what was this about lady trouble back at home?" He wiggled his ears comically, "Beating them off with a stick huh?"

"Not really." Peter sighed. This was not a fun thing to talk about.

"My best friend Gwen and I were kinda interested in each other, but we never really did anything about it and ended up dating other people, with me going out with another girl I knew and her going out with my other best friend Harry. We figured out that we'd screwed up kinda badly, and agreed to break up with who we were dating at the time, but before Gwen could talk to Harry, his father died. Coincidentally, in a fight with me, since Harry's dad turned out to be my archenemy. I blew up his glider and he and it fell into a stockpile of bombs before I could rescue him."

The teenager realized he'd gotten off topic, and continued. "Anyways, Harry had, until a few months prior, been using an extremely addictive experimental drug. He'd gotten off of it, but we were afraid that Gwen breaking up with him, on top of everything else, might cause him to go into relapse. Several months later, we still hadn't done anything about it, and then I ended up here. And that, my green friend, is one of the biggest contenders for the Top Reason Why Peter's Life Sucks award."

Beastboy was naturally floored by the explanation, but he shook it off and summoned up a trophy with the words "Why Peter's life sucks"

"Yeah dude that's...yikes." He laughed weakly, "Well on the upside, you've got plenty of time to think about what you're gonna do right? I don't think we'll be saving our worlds within the next week."

"Taking a vow of celibacy is starting to sound pretty good." He joked.

Beastboy snorted and laughed out loud, "I dunno dude wouldn't you have to like, shave your head and stuff?"

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Peter rolled his eyes.

"Please. I'd be booted out of an abbey faster than you can say "Bless me Father for I have sinned.""

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