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"Peter?!" Michelle yells with her eyes wide.

Peter pulls himself right side up and lands to the ground on his feet.

"Michelle, let me explain." He says as he picks his mask up.

"Explain what? That all this time you were the mysterious hero behind the mask? You're the one who saved the team from the monument?! You're the one who sent Liz's dad to jail?!" She yells angrily as she stands up.

He rubs the back of his head. "Well that pretty much sums it up, but-

"But more importantly, you're the one who sent my parents to jail."

"Okay, you know why I had to do that. Don't tell me you're still angry about that?!"

"Of course, I'm angry! But not at that, at the fact that you didn't tell me! Why didn't you tell me?!" She grits her teeth.

"Because I-

"I told you about my parents! Which was the biggest secret of my life! Yet, you couldn't tell me yours?! What?! Did you not trust me?" She keeps interrupting taking a step closer to him

"You keep me interrupting me! How am I supposed to explain!" He raises his voice.

"Fine explain!" She crosses her arms.

"Okay first, it wasn't that I didn't trust you, I do. It's just that I didn't want to put you at risk of getting hurt. I really love you Michelle, and I can't bear the thought of my enemies hurting you. I wouldn't forgive myself, if you got hurt." He says getting a little choked up.

"Oh please! What enemies?! You're a friendly neighbor Spider-Man?! The only enemy you had was Liz's dad, but he's in jail now!"

He can't help but realize that she's right. He doesn't have any major enemies right now; he does have the Shocker but he disappeared after the event and he hasn't heard from him since. But then again, he still can't take that chance.

"Still, I have to protect you and everyone else that I love."

"Does Ned know?" She asks.

He hesitated for a second, "Well yeah but-

"What about May?"

"Yeah but-

"So, you told two people that you love the most, yet you couldn't tell me!" She un crosses her arms and stares at him.

"I didn't tell them! They found out themselves! Both of them walked in on me wearing the suit!" He points his finger at her.

"You know, I was suspicious for a long while! But after I told you my biggest secret, I brushed that thought out thinking you couldn't be Spider-Man because you would've told me! But I was wrong!" She looks down at the ground.

He walks closer to her and takes her hand but she yanks it away.

"Michelle, please don't do this!"

"I'm sorry, Peter. But I'm just really hurt right now. I really thought you would've told me." Tears well up in her eyes as she looks back up at him

"I wanted to tell you for a while now, but I just couldn't. You have to believe me about that."

"Then, why didn't you?" Tears stream down and she covers her mouth.

"Like I said before, to keep you safe."

"From what, Peter! You don't have any enemies!" She gets annoyed and stomps her foot.

"I know, but still. Enemies can always form."

She places her hands on her face and shakes her head no. This is all just too much for her right now. She needs time to think; plus, she's too hurt by Peter keeping this from her.

"I need time, I'm sorry." She turns around to leave.

"Michelle, please!" She ignores him and continues to walk back.

"Do I still get that thank you for saving you from your parents?" He calls.

She stops and thinks. Yes, she is very hurt right now but still, he did get her away from the misery of her parents. She figures he still deserves a proper thank you, a small peck can't hurt.

She turns around and walks over to Peter. She looks into his eyes, "This is only because I really appreciate what you did. And I won't tell your secret, obviously."

She gives him a quick peck on the cheek and turns back. She wanted to kiss his lips, but he doesn't deserve it right now.

As soon as she goes inside, Peter lets out a sigh and slowly walks back home. He can't believe how badly he messed things up. He ruined his first love, all because he can't be more careful with his secret. He might as well just come out to the world. He shakes his head no, knowing that'd be the worst idea in the history of worst ideas.


Later that night, Peter and Ned are hanging out in Peter's bedroom.

"I really messed up, Ned! Big time!" Peter yells in frustration, hitting the back of his head against the window.

"I know, you said that like five times." Ned says as he continues to look at his phone.

"You're not even listening to me, you keep looking at your phone." He walks over to his bed lays next to Ned who's sitting up and smiling at his phone.

"Sorry dude, but Betty and I are planning our date. We already set a date, we just figuring out where we want to go." He explains, not taking his eyes off his phone.

"Why not just take her to the movies?" Peter suggests.

"That's what we're thinking about doing." Ned still hasn't taken his eyes off his phone.

Peter lets out a small sigh and sits up, "You're lucky you don't have issues with your girlfriend."

Ned finally looks up at Peter and sets his phone down. "Okay first, she's not my girlfriend yet. We haven't got out on our date yet. Second, Peter, MJ probably just needs time."

"I know but I can't believe how badly I messed things up." He buries his face into his hands.

"I get that. You told her you were in love with her, then she found out about your other identity. It must be a lot for her take in. She's most likely still sinking everything in. Just give her time, she can't stay mad at you forever."

"True. I guess you're right." He lets out a small smile.

"See, everything will work out." They do their cool handshake.


Later at school, Peter is walking to his last class when he spots something outside the window. A woman is being mugged by a robber. He sprints out of the school stripping out of his normal clothes, luckily, he's already in his suit, and he places his mask on. He shoots his webs and swings across buildings; he spots the woman and the robber. He lands to the ground and screams, "Hey! Get away from her!" The robber turns towards him.

"Yeah, what are you going to do about, Spidey Boy?"

"It's Spider-Man!" He shoots a web at him and brings him closer to him.

The robber throws a punch at him but he blocks it and kicks him in the stomach. The robber falls backwards but he gets back up immediately and runs away with the purse.

"Please, I need my purse back! My mother's really sick and her medicine is in my purse!" The woman cries.

"Don't worry ma'am, I'll get it back for you." He says and runs after the robber who heads inside his school.


Meanwhile, Flash is in his regular scheduled counselling session. He rests his cheek on his hand.

"Okay, we're going to do a writing exercise. You're going to write down everything that makes you so angry that you want to hurt others. Then, we'll talk about how handle it."

"But I don't need-

"Just do it, remember violence is never the answer." The counselor says as he hands Flash a piece of paper and a pencil.

"Get started." He says pointing to the paper.

Flash shakes his head and starts writing. The door opens to reveal the vice principal.

"Excuse me, Mike. Sorry to interrupt, but can I talk to you for a minute?"

"Yeah sure, Flash I'll be back in a minute, try not to break anything while I'm gone." He says getting up and heads out of his office.

As he's writing, Spider-Man comes bursting through the window. Flash eyes are wide as Spider-Man starts pushing everything off the desk and he knocks the counselor's chair down and runs over to the book shelf, knocking everything down. He quickly looks under his desk. "He's not here!" He swings out of the window.

"Are you really friends with Peter Parker?" Flash calls out of the window, just as the counselor walks back in.

"Flash, what did you do?! This isn't the way to deal with your anger!" He yells, angrily.

"What?! But I didn't-

"Now, you're going to have to clean everything up!"

"But sir I didn't-

"Now!" The counselor yells as he hands him a broom and a dust pin.

Flash starts sweeping the floor.


Meanwhile, Peter webbed the robber to a tree, near the school, with a note "Tried to steal a woman's purse, from your friendly neighbor Spider-Man."

"Hope you learned your lesson." He says to the robber as he hands the woman her purse.

"Oh, thank you so much Spider-Man!"

"No need to thank me, just doing my job." He swings back to his school.


As soon as he puts his clothes back on, he suddenly spots the last person he'd expect see staring at the trophy cases.

"Liz?!" He runs towards her.

"Oh, hey Peter." She looks at him.

"Hey, what are you doing here?"

"Oh, just came for a visit. Mom really likes Oregon, so we're staying there permanently."

"Oh well, that's good I guess. So umm… how have you been? Is everything okay with you?"

"Oh well no actually, my dad died." She admits getting chocked up and stares at the floor.

"Oh my gosh, Liz. I'm so sorry, what happened? If you don't mind me asking."

"I don't know what happened. All I know is that he escaped from jail, and the next thing you know, his dead body is found in his lab. Anyway, I got to go, but it was good seeing you again." A few tears fall from her eyes and she walks out the door.

"Yeah you too." He says as he walks down the hall.

He suddenly stops and thinks, "Wait a second, Vulture escapes from prison and then dies? He had to have been working with some ally on some new illegal project!" He sprints out of the school.

Will Michelle forgive Peter? How will Peter find out about Loki? Stay tuned to find out! Remember to Review! :)