Consequences
Peter went out that night into the city. He thought of running away for the longest time, sure that Ben would be better off without him. It was then that he noticed a robbery; a young couple being mugged and almost instinctively he dropped down into the street and performed an act of bravery and selflessness, saving both of them. Then with an almost frantic determined he spent hours protecting those who needed him; he stopped those that would hurt others in a blaze of hatred. He thought that maybe if he helped enough people, than maybe, just maybe the pain would go away. Yet, with every relieved face that thanked him he only realized how monumentally he had failed May.
However, there was something there that wasn't there before. Purpose. Something began to stir in him, a sense of morality that he had lost along the way. He finally understood what Ben had meant, what he had been trying to tell him all this time: With Great power must also come Great responsibility. Now it was time for him to accept the responsibility.
When he came home that night, tired from a night of loss and change, he found MJ there in the doorway of his home. Whatever arguments they had suffered before now evaporated as the great loss found here united them in a way too powerful to know. They stood there for a moment unable to speak, realizing that words could not describe the loss felt by both of them. So they didn't try to put it into words and simply embraced one another in a moment of regret and immense sorrow.
Aunt May's funeral came some time later. Harry and Norman Osborn were there to send their condolences. Norman did the best with words he did not know the meaning too.
Ben and Peter made an agreement, to rely on one another. It was going to be a long road ahead for both of them and they realized that they could not make it alone.
Finally, Peter made May a promise, to never make the mistake of negligence and apathy again. So, he began to go out every night dressed in a garb of red and blue, with only his passion to keep him going at the darkest of times. In a world full of injustice and cruelty, a hero had been born at last. He called himself Spider-Man.