A/N - So, quick note. My break is over, so I'm going back to work tonight. I'll try to start updating every Friday/Saturdayish. Another thing. I'm warning everyone who's reading this story that I have a tendency to get stuck on chapter 5, but I will try my hardest not to. And I'll give you a hint: it starts to pick up a bit in this chapter.

Disclaimer: I do not own Spider-Man.

It's Monday and I'm finally back to school. After all, I promised Ned I'd be back. It took me a few hours to finish my homework from all the days I missed. It's not that it was hard, there was just so much of it. The days off that I was conscious for were nice while they lasted. Nothing too weird happened except for that dream. I can't seem to get it out of my head. Oh, and the fact that I'm seeing a lot more spiders around the house. Or maybe I'm just noticing them more. I haven't really decided what I'm going to do with that spider that bit me yet, so I just put it in a container and hid it in my room. Hopefully nobody finds it.

"Dude! You're back," Ned calls down the hall when I finally make it to my locker.

"I told you I would be. What, didn't you believe me?"

"No, I did. Let's just get to class before Flash finds us."

Ned and I got lucky this year because we share almost every class together. Even the dreaded PE. Our first class of the day is English, but unluckily for us Flash is in it, too. We make our way in with a few minutes to spare. Only a few people are in there before us and Ms. Garns is sitting at her desk. Ms. Garns is in her late 20s, average weight and height with dirty blonde hair. We got lucky and Flash comes in right as the bell rings.

I can feel Flash glaring at the back of my head the entire way through class. I don't think I'm going to make it to my next class without him catching up to me. The bell rings, I look at Ned and we book it out of there as fast as we can. The only problem is that we had to stop at our lockers to get our books for Algebra. That's where Flash caught up to us.

"Hey, Penis, I missed you. I had to pick on your friend Nerd over here while you were gone,"Flash says, shoving me into my locker.

"Hate to break it to ya, but I didn't miss you," I mumble, rubbing my shoulder, which doesn't hurt as much as it should.

"What was that, Parker?"

"Nothing, Flash."

"That's what I thought." Flash saunters off in the direction of his next class and Ned and I finish getting our books.

"Dude, why didn't you tell me he was picking on you?"

"I didn't want you to worry, plus it's not like you could do anything about it."

"Yeah, but still. . ." I trail off as we walk into the classroom. The rest of the day is pretty much as boring as the first two classes were. The longer the day goes on, the more tired I get. I think I'm going to take a nap when I get home. I tell Ned I'm tired and I'm just going to go home and fall asleep. He understands and we split after PE. Luckily we only had to do a few laps around the gym, then we watched Captain America PSAs for the rest of class.

I walk home and let Uncle Ben and Aunt May know I'm going to take a nap. I climb under my covers and I know no more.

I wake up in the weird dream with the spiders again. The only thing different is that the cocoon is further along then what it was before. It's under my feet (I have no idea how they did that) and halfway to my knee. I try to step out of it, but my feet won't move. I don't know why, but I'm still not freaking out. The spiders are still building the cocoon around me when I wake up.

I open my eyes and it's dark out. I put my glasses on and look at the clock. 10:07 PM. What the heck?! Why didn't they wake me up? I jump out of bed and immediately regret the action. My entire body is sore. I groan and lay back down. I set my alarm clock for early enough that I can get my homework done and fall back asleep.

I wake up to my alarm clock going off and turn it off. I get out of bed and start on my homework. About an hour and a half later Aunt May hollers up the stairs.

"Peter! You better be awake. Ben and I are going to work."

"I'm awake Aunt May!" I holler back, "I've been working on my homework. Have a good day at work, you too Uncle Ben."

"Bye, Peter, have a good day at school," they both say.

I finish my homework and finally get ready. I don't know why, but for some reason my pencil had kept breaking. Maybe the pencil was just part of a bad batch. I shove everything into my bookbag and head downstairs for breakfast. I'm super hungry and my stomach won't stop growling. I manage to eat two bowls of cereal and a bagel. It's probably because I missed supper last night.

I do up my dishes and head out the door. I dodge all the pedestrians on their way to work or who knows where while I'm walking to school, you know, the normal, everyday thing. I make it to school a little earlier than most people. I go to my locker, get to my first class, take out a book and start reading. Jeez, now that I'm actively thinking about it, it makes my life sound boring. . . and I probably just jinxed myself.

The bell rings a warning and everybody starts showing up. The bell sounds slightly louder than normal, but I just shrug it off. Ned comes in and we start talking about the new Stark Phone coming out, even if neither of us can afford it.

The day progresses with the usual; Ned and I talking, me spacing out in class and answering questions, and, of course, Flash cornering us at every opportunity. The only thing different is that it seems like everything is becoming progressively louder. Nothing I can't tune out, but annoying all the same.

As I'm walking home everything is still getting louder and I swear I'm starting to feel the vibrations in the air and through the sidewalk. It's all getting a little too much to bear. I make it home and Aunt May and Uncle Ben are still at work and will be for a couple more hours. They're both working overtime. Uncle Ben in an office and Aunt May as a nurse.

I go to my bedroom feeling and hearing every little thing. I lay in my bed not moving with the covers pulled completely over me. I can hear and feel all the spiders in the house crawling over me. It feels like I'm in a nest and it's very comforting. It feels like-like I'm one of them. It feels like I'm a spider. I calm down enough and fall asleep.

I wake up around six and it seems like most of my senses are still enhanced, but they're bearable. I figure out I'm able to focus on what I want to hear and feel and now that I'm able to focus I can tell my sense of smell and even taste are also enhanced. Maybe that spider from OsCorp did this to me. Maybe that's why my eyesight is getting better! I block out everything that isn't normal and head downstairs, not even noticing all the spiders in my room.

Aunt May and Uncle Ben are setting the table for supper and when I walk in they don't even notice me. "Hey Uncle Ben, Aunt May." They both jump and I start laughing. Uncle Ben looks at me for a second, then he, too, starts laughing.

"Oh, Peter," Aunt May chuckles, "I was just about to come get you. Supper is ready."

I finish two helpings of spaghetti and I still probably could eat more, but I refrain myself. That is, until my stomach growls loudly.

"Go ahead and get some more, Peter," Uncle Ben tells me. "You're a growing boy. You're probably going through a growth spurt."

"Pr'olly," I say around a mouthful of spaghetti. I swallow and continue, "All I know is that I'm super hungry and tired all the time. I think I'm going to go back to bed after supper."

"You do that, Peter. If you keep this up, I swear you're going to eat us out of house and home," Aunt May jokes.

I finish eating and I'm finally full. I put my plate in the sink and head upstairs. I open the door to my room and I finally notice all the spiders in the room. I shrug my shoulders and flop down on my bed. I look up and notice the spiders are building a web. They're all working together and it looks like they are making the web super thick and strong. It looks like it will be strong enough to hold me soon. As I drift off I think about how much more welcoming that web looks than my bed.