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Tony was working on his lab when FRIDAY informed him that he had a call coming in. "Tony Stark speaking." He said in his normal enthusiastic voice.
"Mr. Stark I'm sorry, but I didn't know who else to call." Peter said in a scared tone, his voice shaky.
"Kid what's wrong?"
"Aunt May died."
"What? How?"
"Our apartment building burned down. She didn't get out."
"Where are you now?"
"I'm at Queens Hospital."
"I'm on my way." Tony hung up, and got in his fastest car.

Peter sat outside the room where his aunt was being kept. A few days ago his apartment build was on fire. His aunt made it out alive, but she had burns all over her, and had inhaled too much smoke. She was doing fine, but then she just stopped breathing and her heart stopped beating. The doctors had presumed her dead at 4:48 pm earlier today.
When Peter found out, his stomach had turned and it felt like his gut was punched. He went to see her body, but couldn't bare seeing her so lifeless. He ran out and called Tony. He wanted to call Ned and maybe MJ, but he couldn't bring himself to do it. He knew they were both having good days, and he didn't want to ruin it by telling them such bad news.
Peter kept telling himself that maybe this was all a dream and he'll wake up soon. "Kid. You alright?" Tony said snapping Peter out of his thoughts.
"Mr. Stark, I don't know what's going to happen. May was the only family I had left." Peter said panicking.
"Don't worry, I'm convincing them to let you stay with me." Tony said hugging Peter.
"Thank you Mr. Stark, Thank you so much." Peter said starting to cry. He forced himself to stop crying as he hugged Tony.
A couple hours later Tony called lawyers and social workers asking about if he could adopt Peter. "His Aunt just died earlier today, and I just don't want him to have to go through the system." Tony told the social worker. He drove Peter to Ned's and went back to the hospital to try and work everything out.
Peter arrived at Ned's and told him what had happened. Ned's parents, who are always so nice to Peter, sat him down on the couch and got him some water. "Do you want anything to eat?" Ned's mom asked.
"No thank you." Peter said politely.
"Well you should get some sleep. You look tired."
"Yes ma'am. Can I call Michelle first and let her know what's going on?"
"Of course." Ned's Mom got up and walked out of the room giving Peter some privacy. Peter dialed MJ's number with his shaky hands. It rang a couple times before she finally answered.
"Hey Peter, why are you calling me so late." Peter looked at the clock and sure enough it was 11:27pm.
"I need to tell you something."
"What? Is everything okay?"
"No nothing's okay. May died." MJ could hear his crying over the phone and it broke her heart.
"Oh my god! Peter I am so sorry."
"It's okay. Well, I gotta go. Mrs. Leeds made me promise to get some sleep."
"Okay goodnight. Just get some sleep."
"Okay I promise."
Peter couldn't keep his promise though. Each time he closed his eyes, he saw Aunt May die. He laid still all night, just staring at the ceiling.