That night I couldn't sleep. I was too busy thinking about how I could be friends with Andrew. The next day at school during lunch, I was eating my food when Andrew and his friends came over.

"Hey dude. Look I'm sorry for what happened the other day. Me and my friends want to make it up. What if we started fresh?"

I was a little suspicious at first but my desperation to have friends overcame that.

"Ok sure. What do you want to do?"

"Well, what if after school we meet at the Brooklyn Bridge and hang out there?"

I accepted his invitation. I couldn't believe that I was being accepted into their group. I went to Peter.

"Hey Peter. You won't believe what just happened! Andrew and his friends want me to be a part of their group. We are going to meet at Billy's Burgers after school today."

"I'm happy for you pal. Have fun."

As soon as school ended I headed straight to Billy's Burgers. However, when I got there several of Andrew's friends grabbed me and pulled me into an alley. Andrew was waiting there.

"Wait. What are you guys doing?"

Andrew doesn't say anything. He just stands there smiling.

"Hold him."

I try to free myself from their grasp but it's no use. Andrew walks up to me. He punches me right in the stomach. I fall to the ground.

"Parker's not here to protect you this time," he said with a sneer.

He pulls me up and kicks me in the legs. I try to scream in agony but he puts his hand over my mouth muffling the scream.

"What's that old saying Tom? No pain no gain?"

He grabs a bat out of his backpack and swings it at my head. My head hits the pavement. Several of Andrew's friends join in and start beating me up. This one guy who must be 6'4" kicked me in the stomach. Another guy who was shorter grabs me and bends my arm. I thought to myself, "This is it. I'm going to die." A third guy grabs a wrench and starts beating me with it. I could hear my bones crack but I didn't scream. What good what it do? The guy's about to deliver a final blow with the wrench when all of a web flies out of nowhere and lands on the guy's hand. The web pulls both the wrench and guy up and he disappears. Spider-Man jumps down from above and confronts Andrew. I could barely see a thing because I was laying there on the edge of being unconscious. My vision was blurry. All I could see was him webbing several of the guys. Finally I blacked out. When I woke up I was laying in my bed with my parents sitting at my bedside. There are bandages on my shoulder, arms, and legs.

"Why didn't you tell us about the bullies? You are lucky Spider-Man saved your life. He delivered you to the hospital. The doctors were kind enough to treat you without any surgery. You should have talked with a counselor or us about it."

I was frustrated and angry.

"I THOUGHT I COULD BE FRIENDS WITH THEM AND THE REASON WHY I DIDN'T TELL YOU GUYS ANYTHING WAS BECAUSE I'M AFRAID THAT THEY WOULD KNOW ITS ME AND BEAT ME UP AGAIN!"

I started sobbing and my mom puts her arm around my shoulder.

"You can't keep living life in fear. You really should have told us about it. We could have made sure that they wouldn't bother you again."

"I know it's just so hard going through what I have to deal with."

My parents hug me and walk out of my room. I just sit on my bed contemplating about what to do next. I tried to follow Peter's advice but it didn't work.

I needed to end this once and for all.

Suddenly I had an idea. Before I started planning I wrote a letter and sent it to Peter. Then I started planning.