Spider-Mane15: you know what I reread the chapter and I agree it was, but Laura does have a change of personality shortly, and here is Ava's bit.

I'm a Jesus Freak: glad you're liking the story so far.

latinoheat151: Laura does make passes at Peter from time to time, as for Marek & Sasha their connection comes up in a few chapters.

The sun rose on the 5th day the light of the golden hour shined through the window creeping to the bed reaching Ava's eyes, to cozy in her in yoga pants and tank top to leave her bed she rolled away from the light and into his chest "thought you were the morning Person?" he laughed as his arms wrapped around her midsection. Ava smiled happily as she nuzzled deeper into his embrace she was happy right where she was "I like mornings but I like you a lot more" she said,

She pulled a pillow to her head letting her fingers trace around his face "wish we had more time together…but I was too afraid" she whispered when his finger pressed to her lips "games not over yet" he replied.

"This isn't a game! I really miss you! Do you have any idea how much it hurts knowing I can only see you here, how badly it kills me to know that I'm only here today because you chose to save me?" Ava cried, but he only smiled as he sat up "good morning Ava" he laughed. "Good bye Peter" she replied,

Ava awoke with a jolt to a stormy morning as the rain beat against her port hole window "just another dream" she said to herself. It was the 5th day after the explosion at the Baxter tower and there was still no leads to explain whether or not Spider-man had perished. The dreary grey sky continued its rage as lightning shot across the sky today was not looking to be a promising day.

The team arrived at their first class of the day history, where they came to face a substitute teacher with a TV "ok class today I have an assignment for you, this is the movie the outlaw Josey whales we're going to watch it and then after each of you will pick a subject from the 1800s be it an outlaw or bounty hunter or lawman I want a full 2500 word essay on how and why you chose them and they cannot be fictional characters!" she said. The students found their spots and the movie began, Ava however could care less about the movie and went straight to her assignment page after page she searched through the web trying to find a suitable candidate that would get her an A on her assignment.

Ava looked through countless sites when one name on one random site caught her attention "the former Ranger turned outlaw Marek Parker A.K.A Black Mask Marek was sentenced to hang after he was believed to have murdered his brothers and was hunted by bounty hunters, lawmen and even former confederate General Bryan Stewart. It was often told Marek rode in the company of other outlaws Johnathan Bart the Rawhide kid and Blaine Colt A.K.A kid Colt, later stories would tell of another rider that many eye witnesses described as a monster, a monster by the name Arachnid Kid" Ava couldn't believe her eyes a man named Parker and another named Arachnid kid her heart began to race as a possibility that Peter might still live somewhere had arrived, she continued to read on hoping that this wasn't a hoax page.

"The Arachnid kid's origins were unknown but his reputation quickly spread, with speed of lightning it's rumored that he was able to shoot down 6 men in the blink of an eye. However most witness claim that it was not his speed that led to his fame but his demonic eyes, eyes described as an endless white which reflected a man's soul to see the evil within himself before the Arachnid kid would trap him in what was later named to be a web like cocoon"

Ava's heart stopped beating in her chest Webbing and white reflective eyes she was sure that it had to be Spider-man she finally had a lead or so she thought "the Arachnid kid met his end July 21 1895 during the great train raid" that last sentence dropped her high hopes this couldn't have been Peter in another time or it was and he was dead.

"Ava are you alright?"

Ava looked up to see M.j turned around to face her, she hadn't noticed the streak of tears running down her cheeks "nothing M.j just the light from the screen is hurting my eyes a little" Ava lied as she wiped the tears away.

M.j looked from her friend to the laptop seeing what she was reading "the Arachnid kid? He might be difficult to do project on Ava, you know since his existence was debatable" she said, Ava shrugged "maybe M.j but I was just browsing" she replied.

M.j knew there was more to Ava's tears than just stinging eyes her body language was making that clear "Ava really what's wrong?"

"M.J seriously I'm ok" Ava retorted stiffly.

M.j sighed a defeated sigh Ava was stubborn even when she was hurting "if you say so but if you ever want to talk…" M.j scribbled her cell number on the corner of Ava's binder "…I'm always easy to reach" with that M.j turned back to the movie while Ava resumed her research she wanted to know more about this Arachnid kid before she went to Coulson or Fury with the idea that it was Peter. But her school resources were limited, either that or this guy was almost a ghost with no origin story or any kind of real records other than a few witness accounts.

"Peter where are you?" she whimpered as more tears fell from her eyes, she wasn't going to be able to hide her pain for much longer M.j was already picking up on it and soon the others would to even Sam wasn't that oblivious. "Hey M.j….can we talk at lunch?" she asked, M.j turned back around almost beaming at Ava's request "sure Ava happy to"

Lunch finally arrived and while the guys had taken their usual table Ava and M.j went out to talk in private. They sat in a local diner picking at a basket of fries there was an awkward silence between the two, "Ava what did you want to talk about?" M.j asked.

Ava took a deep controlled breathe she had no idea how to go about talking about this sort of thing except to Peter for some reason he could always get her to open up. "M.j I…I've been having these weird dreams…about Peter"

M.j's eyes widened in surprise and her voice was caught in her throat "wha…what kind of dreams are we talking about Ava?" she choked as her cheeks turned to match her hair.

"Not the kind you're thinking off!" Ava panicked nearly choking on her fries, "but they're always the same we're lying together in bed….stop that laughing or I swear kick a ginger a day is coming early!... and he's holding me and everything just feels…right"

"Have you told Peter this?" M.j asked, Ava shook her head she never told Peter how she really felt about him and now she didn't know if she would ever get the chance to. "you realise if you never tell him you have feelings for him he'll never clue in, as bright as Peter is he's not the most attentive when it comes to the opposite sex" she finished.

Ava took a mouthful of her pop before continuing "I know, believe me I know but lately they've become so frequent and real that I'm happier in my dreams and then I wake up and for the first 5 minutes of everyday I forget it was just a dream and that he's gone"

"He's only on an exchange Ava he'll be home soon but when he gets back I suggest you tell him this…" M.j's face went from gentle to dangerous "but mark my words Ava Peter is my best friend, my family and if you hurt him…I don't care what martial arts classes you've taken I will beat you like a bitch if you hurt him" she said coldly.

Ava couldn't help but smile "is that your way of saying I have your blessing?" she asked,

M.j smiled back at her "yes you have my blessing… and my warning" she replied "now let's eat" with that Ava shot another smile and the two girls resumed their lunch,

"Thanks Mary Jane" Ava piped up from her drink.

"Don't mention it Ava but maybe you could help me with somebody I like?"

Ava raised an inquisitive eyebrow at the velvet red head across from her "whom would that be?" she asked almost eagerly,

"Danny"

Ava sprayed her pop all over the table choking on the little bit she swallowed "Danny? I'll admit I did not see that coming but I think I can help"

The hours passed and school came to an end but Ava didn't return to the tri-carrier with the guys. instead she went with M.j to Peter's house for dinner with Aunt May she also wanted to ask if that clip she read about Peter's parents was true,

Aunt May had lasagna already for them when they arrived the aroma was uplifting "smells good Mrs. Parker" M.j praised sitting in her chair followed by Ava as Aunt May brought the pan out 6 cheese lasagna hope you girls enjoy"

Ava always liked Aunt Mays cooking ever since the team was first invited to stay at her house and missed it when they returned to Tri-carrier she tried to remain composed while the tiger within was trying to convince her to wolf it down and Aunt may saw it In her eyes "Ava if you're hungry please dig in, with Peter away there seems to be more left overs" she laughed, with that Ava slowly added more food to her plate.

"Ava what's on your mind?" Aunt May asked, Ava was often quiet as she knew but this was a different quiet this was a shy/ worried type of quiet, "You know you can talk to me and everything stays as such"

Ava played with her food for a few seconds before looking Aunt May square in the eye "it's well…Mrs. Parker I found a link online about Peter's parents, did they really die in a plane crash?"

The room fell silent as a graveyard aunt may had frozen on the spot while M.j dropped her fork Peter never spoke about his parents and outside the people in the room with the exception of Harry nobody really knew and here was Ava asking about them.

"yes dear they did a long time ago…Peter was 6 at the time when Richard and Mary brought him here, Richard believed the people he was working for intended to steal his research so he and Mary left to hide it and Peter was left with Ben and myself" Aunt May smiled to herself as she remembered Peter in his younger years "he was such a handful a brilliant boy with the imagination of a child…did you know he actually tried to build a catapult…oh god and when he tried to test it"

"I remember that! He launched Mrs. Mavis's cat clear across the neighbourhood" M.j laughed

"He catapulted a poor cat?" Ava gasped.

"It wasn't a nice cat thing was vicious" M.j said.

"but back to Peter's parents: the night they dropped him off they were scared, terrified even but they left him with us to keep him safe, a few days later Richard & Mary made headlines in a plane crash…Peter was so heartbroken it took Ben 3 days to get him out of his room, even longer to get him out of his shell. Peter hasn't liked to talk about them ever since I think he still has some abandonment issues" May said.

Ava slunk back in her seat this wasn't what she was expecting to hear "so he lost his parents as a child and his uncle as young teen?"

"Yes. Why so curious Ava?" Aunt May asked,

"She's been having cuddle dreams about Peter, and is having a hard time with his absence" M.j interjected.

Ava shot her a cold stare but quickly withdrew it "they're complicated and they scare me"

Aunt May however was smiling with both joy and pride "girls follow me please" she insisted leading the girls to the basement over to a stack of old water damaged boxes pulling a family portrait, May and Ben stood beside another couple with baby Peter in the middle of the two women's laps "Peter has only ever known pain and the love of surrogate parents so if you truly have feelings for him please act on them" Aunt May pleaded.

"thank you Mrs. Parker for showing me this…it means a lot to me" Ava said with shaky voice "that's why he saved me, he couldn't take the pain…Peter would rather risk dying than losing someone he cared about" she thought to herself.

The sun began sinking in the west and Ava felt anxious she just had to finish her homework and she could go back to bed, to being happy…back to Peter's arms.

Ava is starting to learn what makes Peter tick as well as understand her true feelings.

M.j has a thing for Danny that could be fun.

and weird lucid dreams are making Ava happier than the real world is, could there be negative side effects?

she's also seen the date of the Arachnid kids death but doesn't know if its Peter she's reading about...how will she react when she realizes it is?

thank you everyone whose reviewed, followed/ favourite this story the support is greatly appreciated suggestions and ideas are always welcomed.