Peter Parker's life was what anyone who had a brain would call tragic. He had lost his mother and father at the age of four. He lost his uncle Ben at the age of 14 and at the age of 15 he lost his last living relative, May Parker.

However, none of that pain seemed to hurt Peter as much as the fact that his soulmate always seemed to be in pain. No matter what day she was hurting. Peter hated the feeling of being unable to do anything, he hated not being there. Yet, he had to suffer through the pain.

"What's wrong?" Tony asked looking over to his son on the couch. Pete looked up and Tony knew what was wrong. "Hey, she'll be okay, you haven't even met her yet." Peter smiled at Tony but even he knew that was little comfort. Anyone could die at any time.

"I don't care about the pain… That's normal, but the fact that she's getting hurt… that tears me apart." Tony only held his son closer to him as they continued to watch another movie. The Avengers all rested on the couch with the young Stark son.

Peter had been adopted after May passed. Tony and Pepper were both his parents and the Avengers went by Aunt and Uncle. The rest of the group had fallen asleep on the couch, but not Peter, Ohhh no there was no way, he couldn't sleep if she was hurt.

However, he would never trade his bond for something like an emotional bond, or a timer. With this, he at least knew she was either okay or that she was in pain. It helped him know if something went wrong or something went bad.

While Peter hated the pain that he had from her, he understood that the pain he transferred to her must be infinitely more. For instance, he had been shot four times in the same night a week back and all he could think was what about her.

The thought of her having to feel his hurt and suffer made him more worried than anything. Any pains he felt or had, burned at his soul. If he could be there to protect her, Ohh he would be there at a second's notice.

The pain still coursed through Peter, but it began to steady to just a heavy sting. He knew it was over and Peter was glad for her sake.

School the Next Day.

Michelle had gotten up at around 5 am and slowly got dressed. She could hardly move, yet she did manage to and so, without a word to her parents she was gone. She didn't eat anything; she didn't say anything… She just wanted out.

Michelle walked to school from her apartment, it was painful as hell but she made it. Michelle walked up to the school doors and leaned against one of the open doors. She was tired, tired like she always was.

After a few minutes, Ned walked up and gave her a small wave. She always appreciated it, even if she knew it was only out of sympathy… No one actually cared about her.

Then, as usual, a black Audi pulled up to the school and one Peter Parker stepped out. He was a clumsy, emotional, hyper, teen who Mj had just a wee soft spot for. The kid gave a small "Thanks Hap." Before closing the car, door and walking up the stairs.

"Hey Mj" he said as he walked past her. Michelle smiled at him and finally decided to head to her first class. It was English, so Michelle just chose to read a book while the teacher lectured on about something unimportant.

Then she had math, and that went by slow, especially sitting down. Yet, somehow, she made it through, and she wiped her tired face as she sat down on one end of a lunchroom table. On the other end sat Ned and Peter who hadn't said much that day.

Ned had somehow gotten onto the topic of Soulmates; it was something everyone talked about. Yet the two never really said anything about it. They were always too busy talking about Star Wars to really care.

"Yea, I've still got another year until I meet my Soulmate." Ned showed Peter the clock on his wrist and Peter nodded. The brown-headed teen let go of a sigh as he looked off at the cafeteria, he was thinking about something.

"Ahhh… I have no way of telling who mine is… All I know is that I'm worried about her." Ned looked questioningly at Peter and he smiled at his best friend. "What makes you say that?" He asked, Peter let go of a sigh.

"She always in pain, I'm… I'm worried something isn't right at home." Ned nodded and Peter let go a sigh.

"Yea, but I can't imagine what she must feel from you… like last week." Pete nodded if she could feel that he was so, so sorry and would defiantly apologies for the four gunshots and a stab wound.

Michelle had taken some interest in the conversation. She never felt anything from her soulmate. He was always quiet, he never bumped anything, never got hurt, never gave her any sign that he even existed. Michelle had begun to think she was without one, destined to be alone like she always thought she was.

Lunch went by and Mj found herself in science at the end of the day, nothing happened again and then when she began to move in her seat the pain started. It came coursing through her abdomen and she nearly yelped in pain. She'd been sitting all day and it didn't help that her father was even more rough than usual.

Peter had noticed her discomfort and the small whimper. His super hearing came in handy for things like this. He turned around slowly and looked Michelle over. She still hadn't noticed him, and Peter could see tears fall from the girls' eyes… He knew something wasn't right.

He had suspected it before, whether it was the pain that she displayed or her tiredness… or the fact that she couldn't walk straight to her desk without nearly falling over. He knew something was wrong…

"You okay?" He asked rather soft and she looked up to him.

"Yea, I'm fine." Pete knew she wasn't, and she wasn't getting off the hook that easy.

"Are you really?" Michelle looked up at him and let go of a sigh.

"Yes, I'm fine Peter." Pete looked at her and shook his head, her eyes still had small tears in them.

"Let me walk you home… you shouldn't be going home when you don't feel well. You can't fool me Mj, you're in pain." Michelle didn't say anything and only managed to nod to Peter.

After Class...

Michelle rushed out of science as fast as she could, she didn't want to bother him, and he really didn't need to walk her home. Peter was sweet but even if he was, she could never love anyone. No one ever loved her, so who would now?

When Michelle rushed out the door of the school, Peter had gathered as much as he would and hurried to catch up with her. Michelle wanted to run, wanted to hide from Peter but she didn't. Peter caught up, he was fast for a spider.

"Hey, I said I would walk you home, I'm not letting you run off." She gave a small smile and the two began to walk home. Peter didn't say much, it was unlike himself to not say anything. The two walked silently until Mj nearly fell. Her legs had given out on her from the weight of her book bag.

"Wow, careful, you could have fallen." Michelle really wanted to respond with 'so what if I did, it doesn't matter.' However, it was Peter and she could never bring herself to say it to him.

"Michelle, you need to be careful, you could have gotten hurt." Michelle let go of a huff of air and rolled her eyes. "So what? It's not like I'm going to hurt you or something." Peter nodded but he couldn't help but say.

"But what about your soulmate… you should at least be worried about them," Tears began to bubble to the surface, why did he have to mention that…

"Peter, I don't have a soulmate… I don't have anyone, I can't feel them, I don't have a timer, I don't have tallies, I can't hear them sing, I don't have anything! And… and" She was stuttering, she couldn't do this…

"And, soulmates are nothing but a big stupid lie! Just because you have a soulmate doesn't mean they won't leave you and berate you...and hurt you!" Peter hadn't flinched, he hadn't moved, he just looked at her. A single tear bubbled to his left eye as he looked at her.

"Is… is that…" Peter couldn't take it, he just wanted to make sure she was okay. He didn't want to hurt her or, or make her mad… "I'll… I'll go, you can be alone." Michelle wanted to say something, wanted to yell at him but she didn't, she couldn't.

Authors Notes…

I had originally planned to make these two chapters but, that didn't happen, and I hope you all enjoyed this. It'll get worse before it gets better…