Orphan Spider

Chapter 30

"Peter, you lived in an abusive orphanage for god knows how long. It was on the news. So I hope your new home is better." She says as we make it to our lockers and she looks a little worried.

"Actually, about that... I...uhh...I got adopted..." I say just above a whisper.

"What?! Really?!" Ned yells excited, making a lot of heads turn towards us. "Oh...uhh... sorry!"

Me and MJ chuckle a bit and everyone in the hallway just continues their ways.

"Congrats man! I'm so happy for you!" Ned says a little quiter and MJ pats my shoulder and gives me a warm smile. "So, who is it?" Ned asks and he's shaking with anticipation.

"His boss." A voice says from behind us and we turn around see Wade stand there with a grin. I would smile at him, but I see a big bruise on his cheek and he has a black eye that he didn't have when I saw him yesterday during patrol.

"Wade, what happened to your face?" I ask worried and visibly tenses up a bit.

"O-oh... uhh... well... I got into a 'fight' yesterday on my way home from... uhh... you know..." He says with a small grin, but I can tell he's lying. But I nod and Ned looks a little confused.

"Wait... your boss...? *Le gasp* That means...!" His voice goes up a couple octaves put I put a hand over his mouth so he won't yell.

"Yes Ned, My boss." I whisper and his eyes lights up again. MJ looks pretty happy and Wade is just smiling.

As I take my hand away from Ned, the bell rings and we all head to our shared class. As we enter the classroom, me and Wade sit in the back and Ned and MJ sits infront of us. The teacher walks in and the class starts.

"Was it your parents?" I quietly whisper to Wade. He doesn't answer so I take that as a yes. I take his hand and he looks at me with sadness in his eyes.

We continue to hold hands throughout the whole class and when the bell rings we head to our next class.

~Timeskip to ze end of ze day~

My last class today ends later than others classes so when I went to my locker, the hallway was empty. And since I didn't have that class with my friends, I assume they also went home. I'm actually surprised I haven't run into Flash, I  mean he hasn't bot-

"Hey look whos back! We missed you Penis!" Flash yells from down the hallway and he looks a little pissed. His 'friends' are behind him and they're all smirking. "You know, it's a shame I couldn't get you expelled."

"Flash, please just... *sigh* Just leave me alone."  But of course, instead of leaving me alone. He grabs me by the collar of my hoodie and starts to hit me in the stomach and sometimes in the face. But I just let it happen.

After a couple of minutes, Flash leaves and I'm sitting on the floor next to my locker and I'm bleeding from my nose. I have a bunch of bruises on my stomach (since he also kicked me), some bruises on my face and a black eye is starting to form around my eye. I take a deep breath and stand up.

"Ah, Petey, there you... are...- What happened?!" I hear Wade yell and I look down the hallway where he's walking up to me. He carefully puts his hands on my cheeks and looks at the injuries. "God Peter... was it Flash?" He asks and he doesn't sound happy.

"Wade, I'm fine. Just a scra-" I start, but he cuts me off.

"Just a scratch, my ass. Was. It. Flash?!" I nod and takes a deep breath. I take his hand and he gives me a hug.