chapter three

"in order to rise from the ashes, a phoenix must first burn."

L-Lexie..." the fragmented version of my name made me feel so disappointed in myself. Although I couldn't bear to look at him, he was looking directly at me. I was ashamed of myself, even though I knew if I had told him immediately he would have reacted in this way. Summoning the courage to look at him, I pushed myself up from the ground. He seemed to be concealing tears, he was scared for me; But I wasn't scared of what I have become. To be truthful, I was intrigued.

"Why wouldn't you tell me?" Peter's voice snapped me back to reality, I am quite good at drifting off into a daydream. "Don't you think I've been through enough since I've been back without my best fried lying to me!" I could feel the annoyance in his voice and the way he looked at me; He looked disappointed.

"You lost Tony..." I trailed off. I was going to say it could be worse, but for him could it?

"Exactly! What have you lost recently Lexie? And don't you dare say you have no parents because neither do I!" This pushed me too far, far enough that I snapped at him.

"I LOST YOU PETER!" I screamed. Tears began to roll down my cheeks, he looked startled... confused. To him, he was only gone for 5 minutes... for me it was 5 years. Wiping my tears from my face I waited for Peter to say something, he stayed silent tears avalaching down his face. "I needed you to be there for me at the time, but you weren't and that's not your fault... but this is my problem now." I sighed, we fought everything together. Every problem was our problem.

"What happened Lex?" he whispered wiping the tears from his face. "When? How?"

"I mean it first happened when you were gone, the summer of 2021, but I don't know why." I looked at the floor, ashamed for some reason... I mean this wasn't my fault.

"Did you get bitten by anything?" I laugh at this.

"Don't worry Spidey-Boi, I'm not coming for your brand!" he cracks a smile, a genuine one for once. "But seriously you don't need to worry about me..."

"Why does it happen?" again with the questions, I was beginning to feel anxious, stressed; I had never thought this much about how these powers came to me. Taking deep breathes I tried to answer, but couldn't. "Lex? Are you ok?" In. Out. In. Out. My breathing accelerated, I wanted to cry and scream but I couldn't, I couldn't hurt him. "Lex! What's wrong!" he said again grasping my arm. Beads of sweat trickled down my forehead. Stop. Stop. Please. "Alexia!" he shouted, he began to shake me lightly.

"STOP!" Energy coursed through my body. I threw my hands out infront of me to try and push Peter back out of the way, but instead me flew backwards, hitting a pile of crushed cars. Looking at my hands I began to cry again, my face had only just dried from the last round of tears. Suddenly I had no idea who I was anymore; I was a monster! Ashamed of what I had become. Unable to bear the guilt of what I had done to him I began to sprint, as fast as I could to escape whatever had just happened.

peter's pov

My head was throbbing as I opened my eyes. Lexie was gone and I had no recollection of where she could have disappeared to or when. The last thing I remember was being thrown backwards by a wave of energy emitted from her hands after she began to have a panick attack. That must be the trigger.

It would upset her even more if I tried to follow her, so instead I made my way home... Aunt May would be worried.

lexie's pov

I made my way through the streets of New York towards my foster home, I was so preoccupied with my problems and worries that I didn't notice the hooded figure tailing me... until it was too late.

A/N - Thanks for reading this chapter everyone. I got major writers block watching this, so I apologise if it's a bit boring, but it's necessary for what's to come. I would really appreciate it if you liked and followed this story and if you have the time write a review!

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