The Book Of Kid Lightning

Issue Two

"If I'm going down, you're going down with me-"

"Not Cool Man!"

"Who else have you been hanging with besides Grayson!? Gankey?!"

"What do you have against Gankey!?-"

"He calls me by first name!" Jefferson tells Miles

"Ugh, we hate that." Rio remarks

"I have more friends than Just Gankey and Grayson."

"Oh yeah? Who?" Jefferson asked

"Well...There's Peter...He dipped out of town...And then there's Gwanda...She dipped town due to a family emergency..."

"Miles, danos a break." Rio remarks

"Is that Spanglish?" Rio gives Miles a death glare.

"You're making this worse..." Grayson mutters under his breath.

"Look, does it ever occur to you guys that MAYBE I'm doing some private-remarkable things when I'm not around you guys-"

"Nope/Never." Jefferson and Rio replies

"Look, I am 17 years old, I'm basically an Adult-"

"Oh really?"

"You don't even have a driver's license-"

"NEITHER DOES MOM-"

"That's because we live in New York and we're not leaving anytime soon." Jefferson replies, with Rio agreeing.

"It's my life-"

"It's not your life Miles." Rio tells Miles: "Es mio. Es de tu padre. ¡Son tus abuelos y abuelas los que dieron esta vida que daría cualquier cosa por revivir de nuevo!"

"Alright-Alright-Whatever-Whatever." This moment...Right here...would be the moment...Miles...Fucked up.

'Ooo...Shit.' Grayson nearly turned pale

"Whatever?" Rio asked

"You shouldn't have said that." Grayson whispered

"Whatever?" Rio asked again

"You really shouldn't have said that."

"WHATEVER!?"

"Now you're gonna get it."

"Can I say it? Please allow me to say it." Jefferson replies

"Say it."

"Thank you-YOU'RE GROUNDED!"

"WHAT!?"

"Oh yeah!"

"For how long!?"

"A Month!"

"A Month!?" Grayson and Miles said in unison

"Mrs. Morales, you and Mr. Morales gotta reconsider-"

"Didn't you say you didn't want any PART OF THIS?"

Grayson sweats: "I did say that..." He nervously chuckles

"You guys don't understand-"

"YOU'RE RIGHT! WE DON'T UNDERSTAND-"

"JUST LISTEN TO ME-"

"YOU GOT IT CHAMP! SAY WHATEVER IT IS YOU GOTTA SAY! WE DUNNO WHAT'S GOING WITH YOU LATELY!? SO YOU GOT THE FLOOR! TELL US WHATEVER IT IS YOU WANNA SAY SO BADLY!"

Grayson's heart was rapidly beating in his chest. If Miles told his parents he was Spider-man...

"....." Miles took a deep breath. The music stops. Everyone looks at the Morales family as the family argument reaches its peak. He rubs his face: "You know what? Nevermind. Come on Grayson. We can chill in my room."

"...Uh...Sure..." Grayson had a sad look on his face. It was hard to see Miles hide the truth from his parents. But telling them would put them in harm's way. What could Miles do? What could Grayson do? He couldn't do anything until Miles broke first. If he wasn't breaking, Grayson wasn't breaking either.

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"Man, this is some bullshit!" Miles shouts in anger: "Ugh..."

"Well...At least you get a break from fighting mutants and super-villains that wanna kill you."

"You're trying to find a bright side to this!?"

"Too soon?" Grayson cringed

"You know what? You're lucky. To have parents be cool with the fact that you're a hero and all. I wish I could have your life."

"...Miles...Trust me...You don't want that life." Grayson says it as low as he could so Miles couldn't hear him.

"You can look through my journal if you want." He tells Grayson: "Imma put on my beats. If you need something, throw something at me. Kay?"

"Um...Sure." When Miles places the Headphones on his ears...

"MILES!"

"Huh?" Grayson could hear a female voice call out Miles's name.

"MILES!"

There it was again!

"MILES!"

Grayson turned around...And he couldn't believe what he was seeing.

A LITERAL PORTAL.

And coming out of this said floating portal...Was none other than Gwen Stacy...

The one...

The Only...

Spider-Gwen.