Title: The New Spider-girl

Disclaimer: I don't own Spider-man. But I do own this story! Thank you and have a good day!

Extra: This is my first Spider-man fic. Please R & R. Thank you. Kehly is pronounced, 'Kelly'. It's the Scottish spelling for it. It's my name! And 'Thomas Wyatt' is my boyfriend. So you may not use these names in a personal story.

Chapter Two Secrets Almost Told

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Kehly laid in bed, wide awake, for two hours until she finally decided to call the only true friend she'd ever had, and the only person she'd ever cared about, Thomas Wyatt. She got up out of bed, grabbed the phone, and dialed his number.

The phone rang a few times. Suddenly a tired voice answered, "Hello?"

"Hey." Kehly replied in a semi-tired and extremely bored tone.

"What time is it? It's like.12:00, what are you doing still up?" Thomas asked.

Kehly was silent for a while, "I can't sleep. I just have a lot on my mind. I needed someone to talk to."

"Oh. Okay, so talk."

"I just had this really bad day. I got in a fight with my English teacher because I was finished early and started to read, then I kept getting these notes from this guy that I really don't like in my French class, then at lunch. At lunch it was awful! I went to sit down and the weirdest thing happened to me." Kehly stopped because she couldn't hear anything from the other side except for faint snoring sounds. Feeling a little rejected she said softly, "Good night to you too." Then hung up the phone.

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Early the next morning, Thomas woke up to the sound of a loud explosion from the basement. He threw some clothes on and ran downstairs to the basement.

There was smoke billowing out from underneath the cracks of the basement door. He slowly reached out a hand to the doorknob, about to think twice; He knows he's not supposed to go in there, but he was worried about his father, so Thomas slowly turned the knob and opened the door. A gush of wind and thick smoke enveloped him, burning his skin and stinging his eyes. Thomas walked down the stairs to see his father laying face down on the cold cement floor.

"Dad? Dad! C'mon! Get up, you have to get out of here." As Thomas spoke, there was another explosion, larger and louder than the one before. It knocked him to the ground, causing him to loose his breath. When he inhaled all he got was the toxic smoke and fumes from the explosion, causing him to cough repeatedly. Throughout the coughing fits, Thomas managed to drag his dad out of the basement and out of the house. One last time he tried to wake his dad, "Dad, c'mon! Wake up." But his efforts failed miserably for suddenly his whole world started to spin, then go dark as he passed out from the fumes.

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The phone rang at Kehly's house and her mother answered, "Hello?"

"Yes, hello. Is Ke-hly there?" An older more refined woman's voice said the name slowly, not wanting to mess it up, even though she completely slaughtered it.

"It's pronounced 'Kelly' and yes she is. Hang on a moment." Her mother replied confused. She put the phone down and walked upstairs to her daughter's room. "Kehly, there's someone on the phone for you." She lightly shook her daughter and handed her the phone. Then walked back downstairs to hang the other one up.

"Hello?" Kehly said still half asleep.

"Yes, Kehly?"

"Yeah?"

"I'm Helen,"

"And?" Kehly cut her off.

" I'm a nurse at the Douglas Emergency Hospital."

"And?"

"There's a young man here, Thomas Wyatt,"

"What the hell?!" Kehly shot up in bed.

"Yes, now he's here under very strange circumstances. Well, when the paramedics found him and his father." Helen paused, "You know what, I think you should just come down here."

"Okay." Kehly gulped and hung up the phone. She got out of bed and threw some clothes on then ran downstairs. "Mom, I gotta go someplace. I swear I'll be back before dinner. If not, I'll call. Okay, I love you!"

Kehly ran all the way to the hospital, which was only a few blocks away from where she lived.

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Kehly finally reached the hospital and ran in the doors, looking like a raving lunatic. Out of breath she shoved her way to the reception desk.

"Excuse me, ma'am. I need to speak with Helen."

"Yes, she's right over there, but you can't," before the woman could finish her sentence, Kehly was already up by Helen.

"Helen?" The woman turned around, "Hi, I'm Kehly. The one you just called. I need to know what's going on."

"Yes, first of all, we found your number in the pocket of his jeans. That's how we got in contact with you."

"Tell me what happened!" Kehly demanded.

"Calm down Little One. Okay, we don't know for sure what happened, all we know is that when the paramedics found him with his father, they were both unconscious on the front lawn. Also, what caused them to pass out, we're still a little unsure about it, and all we know is that it was some sort of fume."

"Well, now that I know this, can I see him?"

"Well, I guess so, but he's still unconscious."

"I don't care. I need to see him! He's my only friend!"

"Right this way Little,"

"Don't call me 'Little One'!" Kehly spat, every word dripping with venom.

"Okay, Kehly. Here you go."

The next sight Kehly saw was the most horrifying thing. Thomas was hooked up to a breathing machine, and IV and all sorts of other things. His eyes were closed, and he looked like he was in a peaceful sleep, but then she noticed the painful grimace on his face, and tears started to fall from her eyes. His skin was paler than usual, and his once mauve lips, now blue and chapped. There were small burns on his cheeks and neck.

"I'll leave you alone." Helen said softly.

"Thank you." With that Kehly slowly walked up to the bed, pulled a chair up close to it, and sat. "What did you do? What happened? Thomas, you can't do this to me, you can't just pass out and expect me to keep going. You're my only friend. You can get out of this, whatever it was that happened. Just wake up and be the usual pain in the ass Thomas. Please!" Kehly held his hand and laid her head down on his chest.

As Kehly lay there, holding his hand and quietly singing a song by his favorite band, KoRn, she felt a tiny squeeze on her hand. She stopped singing and looked up to see the dark blue eyes of her best friend. Thomas smiled weakly, "Hey there."