(A/N: I just want everyone to know that not every update will be this quick. I have a few chapters that I wrote ahead of originally publishing it but not the entire story. Just letting you know in case there comes a time in which I don't update for a bit
Also, I do not own Spiderman. That right belongs to Sony).
Thoughts went into Peter's mind on how to explain this. He was panicking. How would he explain this to her? He was practically trembling.
Liz noticed and held his hand.
"Petey, calm down" Liz said, trying to soothe his mind.
"It'll be ok. Just tell your aunt what you told me" Felicia said, kissing his cheek.
"But I-" Peter tried to say before he was interrupted.
"No, baby. Listen. Your aunt loves you. Nothing will change that. All she wants to know is that you're safe and that you're being cared for. Tell her what you've been going through and she'll get you the help you need" Felicia said, sternly at him.
"She's right, Petey. You're a kind boy and the last thing you deserve is to go through is something like this. Your aunt will help you get through this...as will we" Liz said, kissing his lips one more time.
Peter looked between both of them and nodded, knowing they were right.
They both moved to the sitting area of the room. A few moments later, the door opened and his Aunt May rushed in as quickly as she could and went up to his beside.
"Peter! My baby boy! What were you thinking?! And you're drinking?! Have I taught you nothing?! Why didn't you come to me?! We could have worked something out! Why would you ever want to do this?! You have your whole life ahead of you" May said, with a mix of different emotions filling her voice. Fear of losing her only nephew, sadness at the pain he must have been going through, anger that he would do something like this without even talking to her.
Peter sighed. He knew he had a lot of explaining to do...so he got down to it.
*10 minutes later*
Peter explained everything to May, about him and Gwen, about both Harry and Gwen abandoning him, about his depression, everything he told Felicia (Apart from him being Spiderman).
"I'm really sorry, Aunt May. I should have told you. I swear again it won't happen again" Peter said.
May, holding back as many tears as she could (And failing) only said, "Just don't scare me like that, Peter. I love you so much. I couldn't bare to lose you...not you too"
She gave Peter a big hug and cried into his shoulder. Peter just held her back and the back of her head as they sat there like that for a few minutes.
"It's ok, Aunt May...I'm not going anywhere. No way" Peter said.
"Good...keep it that way" May said, practically muffling into his hospital gown.
A few more minutes later, May finally pulled her head back to reveal a mess of tears and snot that a lot of which got on Peter's hospital gown. This was disgusting to Peter but it didn't matter at the moment. All that mattered was comforting his aunt.
"Did they say when you would be let out?" May asked.
"I think my schedule said tomorrow morning" Peter answered.
"Alright, good. We're going to need to schedule some therapy sessions and sign you up for AA meetings for youth, young man but for now, I'm just glad you're ok" May said as she kissed his cheek.
Peter nodded. "I understand. That's fine"
May then turned to see both Liz and Felicia sitting down at the sitting area of the room.
"Oh, I didn't realize you had company. Liz, is that you?" May said, adjusting her glasses.
"Yes, it is, Mrs. Parker. It's good to see you" Liz said, standing up and holding her hand out for a handshake.
"Oh, call me May, dear. It's good to see you too" May said, giving Liz a hug in place of the handshake the girl had previously offered.
"Yeah, the hospital called me and I wanted to come over and make sure he was alright" Liz explained.
"Oh that's very sweet of you, dear. Thank you. It's very nice considering the two of you had a bad break up from what I heard" May said, recalling how her nephew explained that he and Liz broke up at the beginning of summer.
"Yeah...we actually just got back together. After I heard, I...I just couldn't imagine losing him...not like this...I...I think I love him, Mrs. Parker and with your permission, I'd like to help him get through his issues" Liz explained which caused May to smile widely.
"I think that would be great, Liz. Thank you and I'm very happy to hear that you two were able to sort out your issues" May said, giving Liz another hug which she returned.
After parting, the elderly lady then turned to the white haired girl.
"Felicia Hardy, was it? You're the one who found Peter and brought him here?" May asked, taking a new interest in this girl.
"Yes, ma'am, I am" Felicia said, nodding.
May then couldn't help herself. She quickly embraced Felicia in a deep hug. Felicia was a bit taken back by the suddenness of the hug but it didn't surprise her. She returned the hug as Liz did.
"Thank you...thank you" May said, more tears flowing, grateful that this woman saved her only family left.
"It was my pleasure. Peter's actually a good friend of mine. We've known each other for some time now" Felicia explained.
"Oh, really? Where did you meet?" May asked, curiously.
"Well...we were at a demonstration at Dr. Curt Connor's lab together. We discovered that we both had a...liking to one of his latest discoveries, I don't know exactly what it was...but...we just sort of bonded" Felicia said, not exactly lying but...dancing around the actual truth which Peter appreciated with his Aunt May not knowing he was Spiderman after all.
"Oh well I'm glad to meet any new friend of my Peter. A pleasure to meet you, especially after what you did for him today" May said, tenderly.
"Peter's one my favorite people right now, Mrs. Parker. I was glad to make sure that he's safe and cared for" Felicia said, nodding.
"Well I'm thrilled to hear it. Well...I guess Peter's taken care of it seems so I guess I should be going. I'll be here to pick you up tomorrow, dear" May said as she leaned down to kiss his cheek goodbye. She then left the room. Peter then sighed a deep sigh.
"That went better than expected" Peter said, wiping some sweat off his forehead.
"See, babe? Everything's fine. No one's mad at you, they just want to make sure you're safe" Felicia explained, kissing his cheek.
"I...I guess so" Peter said, still feeling guilty over the emotional trauma he just made his aunt go through.
"So...I have a question...how exactly do you know Peter? You've mentioned going to Dr. Connor's lab for some demonstration but...that sounds like a half-truth, really" Liz said, raising an eyebrow.
"It's...It's nothing, Liz" Peter said, trying to get off the subject desperately.
Liz looked to him with a bit of a half glare.
"Look, Petey, I really like you and I really want our relationship to work this time around but from now on, we need to be true and honest to each other. I feel like you've been hiding something from me for some time and quite frankly, I want to know what it is so...spill it" Liz said, giving him a glare that was every man's worst nightmare while holding her hands to her waist.
Peter contemplated on doing this for a second before sighing. She deserved to know the truth so he decided to just suck it up and go for it, he thought.
"Ok...uh...could you come here for a second?" Peter asked, not wanting the possibility of any cameras to pick this up.
Liz hesitated for a second before moving her head down to his level to where he could whisper in her ear.
"Liz...I'm...I'm Spiderman" Peter confessed.
Liz blinked for a second before moving back and blinking at him. After staring at him for a second, she glared and slapped him across the face.
"Petey! I'm trying to take this relationship seriously and here you are still making jokes! Just tell me already" Liz scolded.
"Liz...look at this" Peter said before he gestured for her to come closer again. She rolled her eyes and obliged again. When Liz was close enough that he was sure no camera in the room was picking this up, he moved his eyes down and used his good hand to shoot a small strand of web at his other arm at the bandages and stiches.
Liz did a little gasp and blinked. She examined his arm, taking it in her hands and looked around to see if there was anything on his arm that made that happen. However, she didn't find a single thing.
"Petey...you...I...you're...actually him!" Liz said, widening her eyes. Peter moved a finger to his lips, signaling her to keep it down.
"Shhh! There may be microphones" Peter said. Liz realized this and nodded.
"Right...sorry...and sorry about...you know" Liz said, rubbing the cheek she slapped.
"It's ok" Peter said, chuckling.
"I assume you told her, handsome?" Felicia asked, raising an eyebrow and moving down to their level.
"Yeah, I did. Figured I had no choice with an angry and frustrated woman staring down at me" Peter said, smirking at Liz who rolled her eyes and kissed his lips.
"Good thinking, Petey" Liz said.
"Well while we're being honest, Peter and I didn't exactly meet at a demonstration...but we did meet at Dr. Connor's office. That was no lie. However...I was there under a different name...a name by Black Cat" Felicia explained.
"...You're not some stripper, are you?" Liz asked, raising an eyebrow at the name.
"Liz!" Peter chastised.
"Hey, I'm just asking. It's not exactly a saint's name" Liz said, raising her hands up.
"Black Cat is my code name when I'm in my costume. I was...trying to...commandeer the black ooze that Dr. Connor's lab was researching a while back" Felicia explained.
"Psst! That's a fancy word for steal!" Peter whispered to Liz, earning him a light smack from the cat based thief on the chest. He rubbed his chest in response.
"Anyway...there was a bit of a misunderstanding going on about where the ooze went after our spat but I helped clear his name because I thought he was cute" Felicia said, running her hand up and down her arm.
"So...what, you're some super thief?" Liz asked, skeptically.
Felicia shrugged. "We all need hobbies"
She honestly didn't really need to as she came from a rich background but she felt obligated to follow in her father's footsteps...without the whole killing thing.
"...And you're ok with this?" Liz said, looking to Peter.
"Well...she's a thief yes but she's also really sweet and does the right thing when the need arises for it" Peter said, smiling at Felicia.
"Yeah and I'm sure the fact that she looks like a supermodel doesn't have any effect on your thinking of her, right?" Liz asked with a smirk.
"...It doesn't hurt" Peter said, sheepishly, causing Liz to roll her eyes and playfully shove him lightly. Felicia just smiled proudly, taking it as a compliment
"Well...if you're fine with her, so am I" Liz said, smiling at Felicia who smiled back.
"Good. Glad we were able to make peace" Felicia said. At that moment, her and Liz shook hands with each other.
"Yeah, so am I. Anyway, I think I have to get home before my parents get suspicious" Liz said, looking down at her phone for the time.
"Yeah, I better go too. Visiting hours will probably be over soon. By the way-" Felicia said, grabbing a pen by a nearby sitting table and writing her phone number down on his good arm. Afterwards, she gave the arm a kiss.
"Call me" Felicia said, winking.
Liz raised an eyebrow at this.
"You still have my number, Petey?" Liz asked.
"Uh, yeah, I do. I'll call you too, Liz" Peter said, blushing over Felicia's recent actions.
"Hm...still, I don't like being left out. Give me that pen" Liz said, snatching the pen out of Felicia's hand and writing her number as well down on Peter's arm, putting her name by her number to distinguish the two phone numbers on his arm and like Felicia, gave the area of the arm where she wrote her number a kiss.
"Call me tomorrow when you get home, Petey?" Liz asked.
"Yes I will...I'll call you both" Peter said, smiling at both of them.
"Good...now you better get some rest, handsome. You need your rest" Felicia said, kissing him on the lips.
"Yeah, you do. Sweet dreams, baby" Liz said, giving him a kiss as well.
Afterwards, they both left the room together, leaving Peter alone to contemplate his thoughts. Many emotions were running through him. First, he was excited. Liz had given him another chance and Black Cat wasn't angry with him anymore (Or at least enough to cut him out of her life) and was dating both with both of them being fine about this whole thing. He was also feeling some fear because he didn't know if he could handle something like this and a hint of regret because he still would have liked to have ended up with Gwen but at the end of the day, she made her choice and he had to make his as well. He needed to move on for his sake and for the sake of everyone around him (Which wasn't a whole lot of people but still, he had his aunt to think about at least).
Peter lied back in his bed and closed his eyes, allowing a new sense of peaceful bliss to carry him off into dreamland.