Along Came a Spider Part 1

WA! WA! WA! WA! WA!

Peter Parker sat up with a smile on his face.

Oh man! This is it! Today's the day!

He slammed his hand down onto his alarm clock to stop the buzzing and got undressed to take a shower. As he stripped down, he heard his cell phone ringing. He walked over to his dresser and picked up his phone. The caller ID said 'Harry Osborn'.

Peter grinned and answered the phone. "Hey, Harry!"

"Hey, Pete. You ready for today?"

"You know it, man! Do you know what we'll see?"

"Gee, I dunno, Pete. Just because my dad owns the company doesn't mean I know about every little thing going on in that place."

"Yeah, true. Anyway, I'll see you in a bit, Harry. I have to shower."

"Alright. See ya."

Peter hung up and ran to grab a towel from the closet. In the process he almost ran right into his Aunt May.

"Goodness, Peter! Slow down! I know you're excited but-"

"Sorry, Aunt May," Peter interrupted. "it won't happen again." He kissed his aunt on the cheek and went into the bathroom to shower.

Peter sat down a few minutes later to eat breakfast. He saw his Uncle Ben sitting at the kitchen table, drinking coffee and solving a Sudoku puzzle.

"Uh, Uncle Ben, the nine goes there." Peter said as he pointed to the puzzle to show exactly where it had to go. His uncle just laughed and shut the newspaper.

"You're getting smarter everyday, Pete. I swear it." Ben Parker joked. "Isn't he, May?"

"Oh Ben, don't tease him." she replied.

"I'm not!" Ben said with a smile. "Our boy is turning into a great man!"

Peter blushed at that statement. He loved his aunt and uncle but they were pretty embarrassing at times. "Thanks, you two." Peter said while blushing. He glanced at his watch and his eyes nearly bulged out of his head. "Oh crap, I have to go!" He took one more bite of his toast and kissed his aunt and uncle. "Love you guys. See you later!"

Ben and May Parker watched as their nephew grabbed his stuff and walked out the door. May sighed. "Teenagers, huh?"

"Yeah." Ben said with a chuckle. Soon enough he went back to solving his Sudoku puzzle.

Peter arrived at school with a minute to spare. He was late for the bus by only a few seconds but even then it was too late. He ran after the bus for around six blocks before he started to cramp up and had to catch his breath.

"That was close." he said, panting. He had his hands on his knees and it took almost all of his effort to stay standing.

When he finally stood up straight, he took one step forward. Then he was knocked over by Flash Thompson, the bully of Midtown High School. "Sup, Parker. Welcome back to Hell."

"Good one, Eugene." Peter replied, but immediately regretted it. Flash stopped dead in his tracks. Uh oh, Peter thought.

"What... did you... just call me?"

"Um..." Peter gulped. He was probably dead. "...nothing."

Flash picked Peter up by his collar. "Say it, Parker. Your beating will be worse if you lie about it."

Peter sighed. "I called you Eugene." Not long after he said that, Peter Parker had a black eye and was laying on his back, looking at the sky.

"Great start to the day, Pete. Just... great."

He tried to sit up, but it was too painful, so he just laid back again. Eventually the sunlight was covered by a shadow, and he opened his eyes.

There she was. The most beautiful girl Peter knew, with her straight red hair and gorgeous eyes and that soft smile. Mary Jane Watson.

God, she's an angel.

"Hey, Tiger. What're you doing?" she asked.

"Uh, yanno, just... checking the ground for-"

"Flash did this, didn't he?"

"Yeah, but MJ, please don't ask him about it. He'll just get madder."

Mary Jane rolled her eyes and sighed. "He's just gonna keep doing this to you, Pete. You know that, right?"

Peter just laughed. "Yep. I know. On the bright side, I think I'm building up a resistance to him, though. C'mon, let's get inside. They need to take roll call so we can leave for Oscorp."

Sorry for the short chapter, guys, but I just needed to set up the back story for how Peter is doing in both school and at home. Obviously, school is a problem, but his home life is great, as we should all expect from Peter Parker thus far. Anyway, I hope you guys enjoyed. Next chapter will be much longer and will introduce more characters. Until next time!