I am walking beside aunt May in the park, everything looks so peaceful. There is an small bench and some trees, but apart from that the park is pretty empty. Then I hear the sound of a gunshot. The park swirls and turns into a street. I turn my head, shocked to see aunt May laying on the ground, blood covering her belly.

"Aunt May!" I scream as I kneel down beside her. "Aunt May please hold on." I put my hand on her bleeding wound, but the blood just keeps coming. "Somebody help!"

Then suddenly aunt May grabs my arm and looks me in the eye. "Why didn't you save me? Why didn't you save any of us? It's your fault. It's all your fault."

I am shaking. "I'm so sorry aunt May." I look up to see Gwen staring at me angrily, together with her father. My uncle also appears, and so do my parents. All of them look down on me, disappointed.

I wake up with tears, hyperventilating. It was just a nightmare. Even though I'm sweating I can't find it in me to throw the blanket away. I just grab it tight and try to calm myself down. Aunt May is still alive and she will make it. She has to. But they were right, all of them were right to be disappointed. I did fail them.

"You okay?" Dave, my roommate asks me.

I nod in response. I take a moment to calm my voice. "Just a nightmare."

"I have them too sometimes. I'd say it gets better but to be honest, it never really does." He says. Dave told me a few days ago how he lost both his parents in a car accident when he was 11. He's been in the foster care since then. In a few months Dave will be 18 though, and start living on his own. I am only 16. What if aunt May doesn't make it? What will happen then? Will I have to live in a foster home for two years?

"But if you ever want to talk about it Peter, I'm here."

"Thanks." I answer, but I know I can't. How can I ever explain it to someone without mentioning my alter ego? They wouldn't understand. Besides, if I would tell anyone everything they would only be disappointed in me too.

"Anyways, I gotta get going." Dave says as he stands up and takes his backpack. "You should get out too if you want to be on time for school." He walks out of the room and closes the door behind him.

I look at the clock. I have less than an hour before my first lesson started. Why can't I turn back the time? I wish I was still at that dinner with aunt May. Or maybe I'd go further back, before Gwen died. Or maybe even before I became spider-man and before my uncle died. Life was so much easier back then.

I sigh and decide I really should get up. I promised my foster parents I'd be going to school today. I missed too much already last week and I don't want to miss any more classes.

My school day goes pretty normal. By normal I mean I fall asleep during one of the classes. During lunch time Flash uses me as a punch bag. This time I don't resist at all and just take the hits. I pretty much deserve it anyways.

I don't talk to anyone and leave the school as soon as my last class ends. I visit aunt May again, who still has no progress, and after an hour I go to the foster home for dinner. Luckily Flash hadn't hit me in the face so there are no visible bruises for my foster parents to see. I decide that today was pretty useless, as I can't even remember what the classes were about. I blame it on the painful nightmare that I still can't get out of my mind.

After dinner I go for a patrol again.

Matt's Pov

For the first time in a while, Matt feels content. Yesterday he'd found the missing girls. After a lot of punching he got the victims out. He'd tipped of the police and left the girls as soon as the first police car pulled over. Most of the unconscious criminals were taken and locked up by the police. Some had confessed, but one had called in one of his lawyers. Matt had already decided to take the case and make sure that criminal would get behind bars too. Besides, he has a ton of evidence now. The guy will not be able to get away, no matter how much money he will spend on a 'good' lawyer.

On the other hand the kingpin is still out there, making money of other people's crimes. But just knowing those girls are home and going to be okay makes him feel content. It is a small victory, that gives him hope that he can beat the kingpin.

It is pretty quiet on the streets this night. So after Matt finds out spider-man is patrolling again, his curiosity gets the best of him. With his super hearing radar, spider-man isn't a hard man to find.

Matt follows and studies the young vigilante from a safe distance and is a little shocked to find out spider-man is even younger than he expected after his previous encounter. Based on his build, voice and quicker heartbeat Matt guesses he can't be older than 20. But why is he out there? Why is this man, possibly even kid risking his life for strangers? Yes, Daredevil does the same thing every night, but he'd trained for years before he started. Spider-man hasn't, his fighting moves are sloppy, not bad in particular, just sloppy. He is obviously relying on his powers too much, not his technique. Yes, spider-man can get the job done with the lower criminals, but he needs training. Otherwise he'll just end up dead.

What if I train him? Matt thinks. He dismisses that thought though. He doesn't have a lot of time with the crime boss problems in Hell's Kitchen. Besides, as long as the kingpin is still out there, it will only bring spider-man in more danger if he is associated with Daredevil. Maybe after most of the problems in Hell's Kitchen are solved, he can offer spider-man the training he needs.