Disclaimer: I don't own The Amazing Spider-Man! Just my OC, "Madeline Beckett", and any other characters or plot lines I make up along the way!

Author's Note: HOLY CRAP I JUST NOTICED THIS STORY HAS 202 FOLLOWERS YOU ARE ALL THE GREATEST READERS EVER AND I THINK I MIGHT BURST INTO TEARS.

Also! Because of the news of no more movies in this franchise, I have decided to end this story in a way where if I come up with my own idea to continue it I will! And that's all I'm gonna say!

Enjoy!


"What do you think?" I asked Gwen as I twirled in the mirror in my bedroom. I was wearing the bridesmaid dress that Amy had picked out and to be honest, I wasn't feeling it.

Apparently neither was Gwen because she sucked in a breath and said, "At least you only have to wear it once. Then, if you want, you can burn it."

"At least I didn't have to pay for it," I said as I turned around to have her unzip the dress.

She did so, but her hand was shaking as she did it. I dropped my hair when she was done and turned around to face her. I grabbed her hands, steadying them. "You are gonna knock 'em dead," I assured her. Gwen had her big interview for Oxford in a couple of hours and she wanted me to calm her down and distract her for a bit before she went in.

"And what if I don't?" She asked as she began nibbling on her nails. "What if I don't knock 'em dead and I miss the greatest opportunity of my life?"

I sighed. I quickly shrugged out of the dress and into my jeans and longsleeved black shirt before turning back to face Gwen. I put my hands on her shoulders. "Listen to me. The last thing that I want is for you to be thousands and thousands of miles away where I can't see you every day of my life. But this is you, Gwen. I want this for you more than anything because I know how good you are and how far this is going to take you. You are going to do great. You're going to wow 'em so hard that they'll never know what hit them."

Gwen let out a half laugh half sob as she reached forward and hugged me. "I love you, Mads. And nothing is gonna tear you away from me. I promise."

"I promise, too," I said as I hugged her tightly back.

She pulled away after a couple of seconds. "Will you come with me?"

I nodded. "Of course I will."


"You got your purse?" I asked.

"Check," She said as she held it up.

"Is your hair looking fabulous?"

Gwen chuckled a bit as she reached up to gently touch her hair. "I sure hope so."

"Do you have the confidence that you can do this?" I asked.

She took a deep breath in and nodded. "I do."

I clapped my hands together. "Then you got this. Now, I'll be waiting right out here for you to finish, unless something comes up in which case I will text you and let you know."

"Okay," She said, quickly nodding her head.

I grabbed her shoulders and turned her around, giving her a gentle push towards the door. "Break a leg, Stacy."

She gave me a smile as she grabbed the door and pushed it, going inside to what could make or break it for her.

I sucked in a breath and blew air out of my lips. I stuffed my hands into my pockets as I leaned against the wall next to the door.

"You're doing the right thing, you know," Eddie said as he materialized next to me.

"Yeah, I know," I huffed as I tapped my foot against the ground.

"You also must know that if you hadn't given Gwen your blessing, she wouldn't have gone for it," Eddie revealed.

I swivled my head towards him. "What? You can't be serious."

Eddie gave me a look. "I see a lot more than you do, Mads. Gwen was doubting that she could really do this and with your attitude towards this whole thing from the beginning, she almost didn't send the application. But when you told her that she deserved this and how good it could be for her and that you were okay with it, it was just what she needed to send it in."

I looked towards the door that Gwen had disappeared into. Did I really matter that much to Gwen? The fact that she felt close enough to me not almost not pursue something that could change her whole life and career simply because I wasn't okay with her going made me feel so bad. She was going to do this huge thing for me, and she didn't even know who I really was. The guilt sat in my stomach uncomfortably, and the thought of telling Gwen the truth about who I was crossed my mind.

"Yes, you really do matter that much to Gwen, and no, you should not tell her who you are," Eddie said, replying to my thoughts.

I gave him a look. "Oh, come on. Is nothing sacred?"

"Madeline," Eddie said seriously. "You know the rules. If you tell anyone and I do mean anyone-even the hot dog guy on the corner over there-the truth about who you are, you'll be immediately eliminated and sent home. If you truly love Peter and Gwen as much as you say, then you won't tell them."

"But they love me too, and they have no idea who I am," I insisted. "What's the worst thing that could happen if I told them?"

"The whole point of the 'don't tell them' rule is that so they're not influenced by any outside source," Eddie explained. "If you told Peter the real potential of Spider-Man, he could change his mind and become evil and you'd alter the whole course of the comics."

"What if I didn't tell him about that, but just about who I am?" I asked.

Eddie shook his head. "No dice. If you do tell, you'll be given a trial but you'll be found guilty. And your mind will be erased of this whole deal."

"But I feel so guilty for lying," I told him. "What do you recommend for that?"

I didn't receive an answer because the next thing I knew, Peter was crashing into Eddie, who disappeared as soon as Peter touched him. I gasped in shock as I watched Peter tumble to the ground. "Oh God, are you okay?" I asked as I grabbed his upper arm and helped him stand up.

"No, not really," He mumbled as I helped him stand up, and I noticed the tears prickling behind his eyes.

"Peter, what's wrong?" I asked as I put my hands on his arms to help stabilize him.

"Okay, okay, everything right now is a mess," He said, running his fingers through his hair. "My mom, my dad, everything I thought about them: lies!" He chuckled a bit hysterically. "Lies, lies, lies, and none of it makes any sense anymore! And I don't know what to do with Harry because he's my best pal and of course I want to help him but what if my blood works? Or what if it doesn't work? I have no idea!"

"Hey, Peter?" I said. His eyes were looking everywhere but me when he was saying his little speech, so I grabbed his chin so that he was looking me directly in the eye. "You just keep your eyes on me, okay? See how calm I am? Take deep breaths, like this."

I demonstrated the breath, and he followed me for the next few breaths.

"Okay," I said when he was nice and calm. "Tell me what happened."

"Aunt May said that FBI agents came to our house a few days after the funeral," He began. "He said that my father was a traitor and ran off with the money on his research."

I scrunched up my eyebrows. "But that can't be true. I mean, your dad wasn't like that."

"I don't know what I think anymore," Peter said. "But there is one thing that I am sure of."

"What is that?" I asked.

He reached forward and cupped my face. "I love you. You're the one thing that I keep coming back to and I don't know what I'd do if I lost you. I can't lose you."

I felt my lower lip tremble a bit as I blinked my tears back. No mattre how many times Peter said something like this to me, it always brought on tears. "I love you too, Peter," I told him. "And I don't want to lose you, either."

Peter leaned down and kissed me, and it was unlike any other kiss we'd had before. I felt his fear, his nervousness, I felt him.

And in that moment, I knew I could never tell him. I could never tell him the truth about who I was. He'd lose me, and I'd lose him, and that was the last thing that either of us needed.


Peter had gone home shortly after, but I received a text from him that he needed me for something. I felt bad leaving Gwen, but I could sense the desperation in his voice as I told him that I'd meet him wherever he needed me. I texted Gwen and told her that I had to go but to call me after she was done his interview and met Peter down at a weird tunnel entrance.

"Are you sure this is legal?" I asked him as I eyed it.

"No," He shrugged as he turned around for me to climb on his back. I did so, and he dropped down gracefully to the ground, not even missing a beat.

I climbed off of his back as we made our way to the rain. Luckily for me, I picked my quietest sneakers today. The last thing we needed was to get caught.

We got to the platform, and I felt Peter automatically tighten his fingers around mine. I gave him a comforting squeeze as we walked towards the turnstile. He pulled a coin out of his pocket that would grant entrance. I fell back as he went forward, slipping the coin into the turnstile slot. We waited for something, anything, to happen, but nothing did.

I let Peter let out his anger by pounding the wall in front of him a few times before going over to him. I touched his back. "Let's just get out of here before we get caught, Peter."

Suddenly, the ground began to shake. Peter came out from where the wall was and wrapped his arm around me, hugging me to his chest as the ground continued to shake.

"Is it an earthquake?" I asked Peter over the sound.

He shook his head, his eyes flickering over to the tracks of the train. "I don't think so..."

I watched in confusion as a freaking train erupted from the ground-literally. It raised from the tracks and settled on top, acting as if it had just pulled into the area. All the lights inside turned on and it seemed fully functionable. But the question was, why was it down here?

Peter stood in front of me as we carefully walked over to the train. He walked in before I did, and I followed behind him as I observed the area. It reminded me of when we found Dr. Connors's lab. It was filled with tools, different types of lab equipment, notes upon notes, and a computer that was clearly very old and had collected lots of spiderwebs.

The screen of the computer said "DOWNLOAD COMPLETE", and Peter sank down in the chair as I wondered what the hell that meant.

I stood behind him as he clicked the file that had been downloaded and a video playing window showed up.

Who I assumed to be Richard Parker based on pictures I'd seen showed up on the screen. The quality was pretty crap, but we could still make out his face and features. "Test. My name is Richard Parker, whatever lies have been told about me, I would like the world to know the truth. Oscorp was already a leader in genetic research when Norman Osborn made a deal with a foreign military organization to continue funding my research. And I discovered what they were going to use it for-weapons. Biological weapons of course. So, I refused."

Seeing Peter's father on the screen surely must have been freaking him out, so I put my hands on his shoulders and rubbed them in comfort.

"And now to eliminate me from the picture, Norman Osborn has falsified evidence against me in order to take control of my work. But it doesn't matter because there is something else that Norman doesn't know. The human DNA that I implanted in the spiders was my own. Which means without me, without my bloodline, Oscorp can't replicate or continue experiments. I have destroyed as much as possible from the archives. But I didn't have time to kill all of the spiders so as a scientist, my choice is very clear now. I have to disappear. I have to get far away from here as I can, but as a father..."

I felt Peter tremble under my fingers, so I reached down and hooked my arm around his neck. He reached up and grabbed a hold of my arm.

Richard continued. "It means I may not see my boy again, and nothing is as important to me as my son Peter. Nothing in this world. But I have a responsibility to protect the world from what I've created and protect him from what Oscorp is capable of. People will say I'm a monster for what I've done, maybe they're right. I always thought I'd have more time-"

"Dad?" A kid's voice-presumably Peter's-called out. "Dad!"

"I'm sorry," Richard said, and the video was ended.

I could feel Peter's tears on my arm, but I didn't say anything. After about a minute, he turned around and began sobbing in my arms. I wrapped my other arm around him and let him continue to cry.


I had my phone turned off when Peter and I went inside, but I turned it back on as we began to leave the tunnel. When it was on, I saw that I had a voice message from Gwen.

Since my left hand was tightly in Peter's, I used my right hand to listen to it. I put the phone to my ear as I listened to the message. "Hey, Mads, guess what? I got into Oxford! It's very exciting. I actually went to your house a bit earlier and you weren't there...I guess I thought I'd get to say goodbye. I'm on my way to the airport right now because there's this early summer class I found out about. I'm sorry I didn't tell you before I left but...I know how you feel about me going to Oxford, no matter how much you deny it. So yeah...I really hope you don't hate me. I'll call you when I get to England."

I was smiling at first, but when she got to the part about her leaving for England right now, my smile dropped. I stopped walking and as a result Peter did too. He turned around to face me and asked, "What's wrong?"

I brought my phone down from my ear. "Gwen's leaving for England right now."

"What?" He asked.

I shook my head a little. "I don't-I don't know why she...She promised nothing would take her from me." I snapped my head up to Peter. I grabbed a hold of his arm. "I have to see her. I have to see her before she leaves or I'll regret it forever."

"Okay," Peter said. He quickly slipped into his Spider-Man uniform, grabbed me, and we flew away to talk some sense into my best friend.


TBC...

Had a bit of difficulty writing the ending but hopefully it turned out good!

And I can't believe the movie's almost over! I'm going to try and drag it out a bit, but I have a cool surprise coming up that'll hopefully make up for the story coming to such a fast ending!


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