Spiders Crawl

Eight

I stood there shocked, facing a beaten up Peter Parker. He was being supported by two guys.

"Who are you!" I asked while checking Peter for internal bleeding. There was a high chance for that.

"Can we come in or not?" The dark skinned guy said. I nodded and they

set Peter down on the couch. I quickly grabbed the first aid kit and started healing most of the major cuts. After about an hour, I left him to rest.

"Ok. Who are you and why is Pete so badly beaten up?" I demanded answers. The blond one came up first.

"I'm Danny." He introduced the others. "Thats Ava, Luke, and Sam." I remembered the names from the files. Ava was looking around my library and noticed her picking up my favorite book. She seemed happy.

"You have the original version?" She stared at me surprised.

"Yeah. It was a birthday gift from my mother." I looked down. Danny placed his hand on my shoulder, but said nothing.

"You have any sport channels?" Luke asked and I stared at him annoyed.

"I barely know you guys and you're already settling in as if this were your home! What happened to Peter!" I shouted and Danny spoke.

"I'm sorry for intruding. We won't be long I promise. For what happened to Parker," He glanced at Sam. He shrugged and went to the bathroom.

"He got in a fight." Ava said. Luke agreed and so did Danny. I sighed. I could feel the mystery and lies radiating from them.

"I can believe that." I simply said. I went along with it giving them the thought that I was as stupid as they thought. I heard them sigh in relief. The toilet flushed and Sam came out.

"You're out of paper."

Harry called me giving good news. Well, I think it is.

"I'm moving back in with dad. Thanks for letting me stay."

"No problem." I told him.

"I'll be by tomorrow to pack up." He said. I was going to say something but I heard his dad come in. "I gotta go. See you at school." He hung up and silence filled my room. Suddenly, I hear a knock on my door.

"Come in." I shot a web at the handle and quickly turned the knob. I saw Pete's face and sat up. He walked in and stopped when he stepped on the fallen web. He smiled.

"Practicing?" I nodded and he sat next to me. "Thanks for helping me." He scratched the back on his neck. "I guess I really owe you one."

"It's ok. I actually owed you. You helped keep this," I gestured to myself. "A secret." He laughed. Once again, silence filled the room. Why did things have to be so awkward!

"I better go. I have to work." I got up and grabbed my notebook.

"Oh! Wait!" He called me back and handed me some pictures. They were pictures of Spiderman. "Can you sell these to the Bugle?" He asked and I stared at him shocked.

"How did you get these?" I flipped through them. They all seemed to good to be true.

He stayed silent but I didn't care. I was already late and I knew that James would want to talk about yesterday.

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Sorry it was short. Promise this will be the only short chap but I couldn't sleep so I wrote! I would love to thank everyone who has voted, commented and added this to their reading lists! Love you all and thanks for the support and quick progress!

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