I apologize for the delay update, I started school on Monday, so I've been busy with that. Also from now on, I'm only going to be doing weekly updates, which will most likely be on the weekends. I'm sorry, but school comes first. Anyway, enjoy chapter 7! :)

Monday at school, Peter is at his locker gathering his books for his next following classes when Ned comes from behind him.

"So, how did the date go?" Ned asks.

"I told you it went fine." He answers as he shuts his locker and takes out his phone.

"You didn't tell me the details" Ned says.

"What are you? A girl? We don't ask for the details."

"Oh, come on! I just want to know if anything happened." Ned whines.

"If you think there was kissing, you're wrong. We just went to Ray's Pizza and talked about random crap. That's it." Peter answers as he places his backpack on his shoulder.

"Are you guys going on a second date?" Ned questions, smirking.

Peter blushes as he looks at the ground, "Umm… yeah we are." He smiles.

"Yes! You're ship name can Spideychelle!" Ned raises his voice.

Peter slaps his head, "Shh, Ned shut up, and why Spideychelle? No one even knows my other identity."

"Because it sounds cooler than Petchelle or PJ." Ned smiles and Peter just rolls his eyes.

They hear a familiar voice approach them from behind, "Hey, losers." She looks down at her book.

"Hey, Michelle." Peter greets.

"What's up MJ." Ned greets.

"Not much." She continues to read.

"So umm, Michelle. Is everything okay with you? I mean, Flash hasn't hurt you again, has he?" He asks very seriously.

She looks up at him and tilts her head to the side and gives him an annoyed look, "Yes Peter, everything is fine."

"So, he didn't hurt you again?" He asks again.

"Well he did, but it was only a slap on the face." She looks down at the ground and Ned face fades from a smile to furious.

"Okay that's it! He going to get a kick in the face!" Ned storms down the hall to where Flash is talking to his friends.


"Hey Flash!" Ned calls out making Flash turn around.

"What do you want?!" He calls back.

"How dare you slap MJ?!" Ned picks his right leg up and kicks him in the chin.

"Ouch! What the hell are you talking about?! I didn't slap MJ!" Flash holds his chin and starts rubbing it.

"Flash?" He hears a female voice and turns around to see his girlfriend, Betty.

"Betty, hey." He says trying to stay calm.

"I didn't realize how violent you are, I think its best we don't see each other anymore." Betty quickly says and runs away.

"No wait Betty, come back!" He calls and tries to run after her, but the school counselor stops him.

"Come on Mr. Thomson, it's time for our first lesson." He drags Flash down the hall.

"But I don't need counseling! I didn't do anything!" He yells.

Ned smiles and walks back to Peter and Michelle.


"Well, I gave him what he deserved." Ned has a big grin on his face.

Michelle gives a short laugh, "Ned, that was cool of you to do that, but it really wasn't necessary."

Ned wrinkles is eyebrows in confusion, "What do you mean? Of course, it was necessary! He hurt you again!"

"Well… but still I mean… violence is never the answer." She says.

"I don't care! Anyone who hurts any innocent people, will get an either a punch or kick in the face!" Ned yells and storms off.

Peter lets out a smile, "It's okay, I like seeing Flash get kicked all the time." Michelle lets out a giggle

"Yeah, same here." They both share a laugh when the bell rings.

"Well we got to get to science class." Michelle says.

"Yeah, I'll meet you there." He replies and she nods and walks off.

He opens his bag and quickly takes a glance at his Spider-Man suit. He's planning on going later to her place later tonight to make sure everything is okay, then he was going to go to the police. He knows she going to hate him for this, but he knows this is the right thing to do. Hopefully she'll thank him later on. He walks off to science class.


Meanwhile, Loki enters the S.H.I.E.L.D organization where he finds Nick Fury talking to the rest of the Avengers in the big meeting room.

"Okay we have the Tesseract gem, next we need to find a way to get the power stone. Have you guys been able to do anything?" He asks.

"We've been trying to, but it is very difficult for us to get into that region, Fury. All we know is that Nova Corps is looking after it." Captain America explains.

"Well of course I know that Cap, but what we need is to find a way to get to that region! You guys have any thoughts?" Nick asks again annoyed and the rest of the avengers try to think of an idea.

Loki lets out an evil smile, showing all his teeth, "I do." He says quietly and quickly runs off.


Later that evening, Peter, in his Spider-Man suit, is sitting in his tree looking through the window at Michelle. Everything seems to be okay so far, she's just sitting in her room either working on her homework, or drawing. He's about to let out a sigh in relief, when her father storms into her bedroom and violently pulls her out of her seat. He raises his hand and whacks her right in her face, making her fall backwards into her chair and onto the floor. He starts yelling at her.

Peter immediately takes out his phone and dials 911.

"911, what is your emergency?" A lady answers.

"Hi, I need to report abusive parents." He says.

"Okay sir, is the location we tracked where the incident is occurring?" She questions.

"Yes." He responds with his voice shaking.

"Help is on the way." She says and he hangs up.

He swings through the window, shocking both Michelle and the father.

"And to think, I wouldn't notice! You seriously disgust me!" He says as he shoots a web and pulls him away from Michelle.

"Listen Spidey Boy. You need to mind your own business!" He swings a punch making Peter fall to the ground.

"Then I'll make it my business! And its Spider-Man!" He swings a kick at Mr. Jones' face making him fall backwards and he ends up with a bloody nose.

Peter walks over and punches him repeatedly on the face, until Michelle's mother comes in and screams.

"Hey! Get off my husband!" She tries to pull Spider-Man away, but he just violently pushes her away and she turns towards Michelle.

"Did you cause this?!" She yells at Michelle.

"M-Mom I-I- but her mom ends up slapping her across the face.

"Hey! Get away from her!" Peter yells as shoots a web at Ms. Jones and pulls her away from Michelle.

The police burst through the doors.

"Nobody move! Hands behind your head!" An officer yells as he holds out a gun.

The police approach Mr. and Mrs. Jones, who have their hands behind their heads, and handcuffs both of them.

Michelle's eyes are wide as she knows what's about to happen.

"No, please! Don't take them away from me! Please I beg you, officers!" She cries as she tugs on one of the officers.

"I'm sorry, sweetie. But you're not safe around them. I know it's hard, but in the long run, you'll understand that this is for the best. A social worker will be by soon to get you." The officer says and leads her parents outside to the car.


Michelle runs outside to stop them but it is too late, they've already been put into the car, and the police drive off. She kneels to the ground and just sobs, while thinking about how this happened. It suddenly hits her, Peter was the only person who she told! It had to have been him! How could he do this to her?! Why couldn't he had just stayed out of her personal business, instead of getting involved?!

"Excuse me Mi... Miss, are you okay?" She hears a somewhat familiar voice and turns around and sees Spider-Man hanging upside down in the tree. It then hits her that he was the other person who knew about her parents.

"Did you do this? Did you tell the police?!" She yells.

"Yes, but you have to under-

"No! How could you do this? My parents were the only family members I had! Because of you, I'm going to get put into a complete stranger's house, and I'm most likely not going to be able to see my friends again!" She screams angrily as tears continue to fall from her eyes.

Peter didn't even think about that, if Michelle didn't have any other family members, she'll have to go to a foster home since she's under 18.

"Well umm… you don't have any grandparents who you could stay with?" He asks.

"No! They're dead!" She folds her arms.

"What about aunts or uncles?"

"Don't know! You're the worst! I hate you! I hate you! I can't believe you do this to me!"

That's when Peter got slightly offended, "What do you mean, how could I have done this?! You weren't safe with them! I saved you! You should be grateful If I didn't do anything, who knows what they could've done later on!" He starts yelling.

"They were only showing me tough love! I'm a stronger person because of them!" She argues as she steps closer.

"Tough love?! That's not tough love! Tough love would be them pushing you to do something you're not comfortable doing and not helping you because they know you have potential! Plus, if they did love you, they would show it! Have they ever once told you they loved you? Have they ever hugged you or kissed you?"

Michelle thinks for a few minutes about what he just said. Now that she thinks about it, her parents have never showed any signs that they loved her or cared about her. She remembers when she went to DC with the decathlon team and how the monument collapsed, her parents didn't even come to get her, or even called her to see if she was okay; she had to take the train home.

She lets out a sigh before she speaks, "No, I guess not." She stares at the ground.

"Look, I'm not trying to make you feel bad or anything. I'm just trying to make you understand why I did it. You can be mad at me, but in future, you're going to thank me."

She nods her head yes and says, "But I don't want to go to some stranger's house."

"Well, how old are you?" He asks even though he already knew the answer.

"Fifteen but I'll be sixteen in May." She answers.

"Well if you can convince the social worker that you're mature and responsible enough, maybe you can get emancipated."

She looks up at him, "That may not be a bad idea, but I doubt they would let me, I'm still under 18." She says sadly.

"I understand. You can hate me all you want, but I just want you to know that I don't regret what I did. I know I did the right thing." And he truly means it.

"I don't hate you, I understand why you did it. But I'm still annoyed that you butted into my personal business, but I guess that's your job."

"I guess I can't argue with that." They both let out a small chuckle.

"Well let me at least give you something in return for what you did." She says.

She walks closer to him and starts moving his mask down slowly; Peter's heart starts beating rapidly and he sweats a little bit inside his mask, his stomach also starts to burn a little. He just can't believe he's going to get a kiss from Michelle Jones! The weirdest, yet the most amazing girl he knows! However, as soon as she removes his mask down to his nose, she ends up giving him a slap across the face.

"Ouch! I thought you were going to kiss me!" He places his hand on his slapped cheek.

"Are you crazy?! I'm not going to kiss a stranger! Anyway, I should head inside and get ready for the social worker." She runs back into the house.

"Michelle, wait!" But it was too late, she already went inside, "It's me, Peter." He says quietly, removing his mask as he pulls himself right side up.

Will Michelle end up moving away? How will Loki get the purple gem? Will Peter ever tell Michelle he's Spider-Man, or will she find out herself? Stay tuned to find out. Remember to Review! :)