Peter POV:

Finally! Christmas season! Oh I can't wait to decorate the tower, and I can't wait for everyone to get here! Aunty Carol is coming today and when she called yesterday, she said she was on Xandar picking up a special gift for me. I'm so excited!

"Peter," I hear Dad say and turn around. He's smiling, and starts to laugh.

"What?" I ask and he gestures to all of me.

"You do realize that you're jumping around?" He says and I chuckle. I guess I had been absentmindedly.

"Oh uh- whoops?" I grin and then run over to my dad. "But I'm super excited for Aunty Carol to get here!"

"I know, I can tell." Dad chuckles, and then Pops walks in. He spots me and Dad in the kitchen and comes over. He squeezes us into a big group hug, and when we pull apart Pops has a big smile on his face.

"What's got you in such a festive mood?" Dad asks, poking him in the arm.

"Me and Buck are going out to the store to buy decorations for tomorrow." Dad explains. "It's a tradition we used to do every day on the second of December. Decorate the house."

"That's cool." I say and Pops walks towards the elevators, grabbing his brown leather jacket off the coat rack next to the doors.

"Do you wanna come with us Pete?" Pops asks me as he slips his arms into the jacket, which had been a gift from Dad last christmas.

"Oh, I would but Aunty Carol is coming today!" I say and start to jump around again. Pops laughs.

"Well maybe next year then?" He asks and presses the down button.

"Definitely. I would never miss out on an opportunity to see you and Uncle Bucky argue about which color christmas lights we should get." I say and Dad chuckles.

"Nor would I." He says and puts his hands on my shoulders, standing behind me. Then the elevator dings, and Pops steps in. As the doors close, Dad turns to me.

"So, what do you wanna do to pass the time until Carol gets here?" He asks me and I think for a second.

"Ooh! I know!" I grab Dad's hand and drag him towards the elevator. "You know how I said that we should make Pride decorations this year?" I ask as I press the button for the lab. Dad nods. "Well, I had an idea! And it involves your new 3D printers." I say.

TimeSkip

It's been just about 30 minutes and me and me and Dad have printed just over a dozen tiny little plastic christmas trees in practically every color. We were about to begin the next part of my project when Friday alerted us of something outside the building.

<Boss, it seems that a certain Glow Queen has arrived> She said and I leapt up from my spinny chair. After a quick mental debate, I chose to run up the stairs instead of take the slow elevator to get to the launch pad, which is where we meet every time she comes.

"Peter! Wait up!" Dad calls after me, choosing to take the stairs to follow after me. But I don't wait for him, because I can see the exit door leading out to the launch pad just up these next few steps. I push it open run out to the middle of the platform, looking around for my aunt.

"Aunty Carol?" I call out when I don't spot her immediately. Suddenly my Spidey Sense warns me of something behind me and I turn around. "Aunty Carol!" I squeal and run towards her. She was hovering a few feet above the ground but that didn't stop me from jumping up into her arms. She cuddles me like a baby and then someone clears their throat. She slowly turns around and we both see a smirking Tony Stark tapping his foot.

"Got something of mine Carol?" He asks and my aunt sets me down.

"Actually I got something of Thors. Speaking of, is the big oaf around here?" She asks and Tony gestures towards the door of which we both just exited.

"He's downstairs in the living room with Bruce." Tony says and Aunty Carol starts walking towards the door, but not before looking back at me.

"Don't worry Spidey Boy, we've got a lot to catch up on, and I've actually got something to give you later." She winks at me, knowing that she knows I know she means the gift she brought me. I smile back at her, and watch as she disappears into the stairwell.

"What do you say we go inside Pete?" Dad asks me, and I nod.

"Y-Yeah, it's getting colder out and s-spiders don't do well in the c-cold." I say and shiver, gripping my shoulders as a cold breeze blows into me. Dad comes over and guides me inside where it's nice and warm.

TimSkip

Later, about an hour or so before dinner, Aunty Carol comes into my room where I was doing my history homework. She goes over and sits on my bed, and I put my homework into my backpack. Finally! I run over and jump onto the bed with her. I love talking with Aunty Carol.

"So, Peter, what's new with you since I last visited?' She asks me, and I lean back.

"A lot." I say and she gives me a 'go ahead' expression. "Well, about a month after you last visited, a new kid started going to my school. He was shy, barely talked to anyone, and very cute. Then we got paired as partners for a science project, got to talking, and became good friends." I shrugged, and my aunt had a smirk on her face.

"Aaaaand?" She asked, which made me blush and look down.

"I was getting to that part!" I laughed, but continued on with my story. "And, well, I've tried to hint around, to see if he's, you know, into boys. But he always changes the subject!"

"Just kiss him!" Aunty Carol teases and I blushed even more.

"Aunt Carol!" I groaned, and hit her with a pillow.

"Hey!" She laughed, hitting me back with my Iron Man plushie.

"No way what if he's straight! I don't wanna ruin our friendship!" I say and she hits me again with the plushie. "But what's new with you?" I ask her. "And who was that woman you were hanging out with earlie-" My eyes widen as I realize who she was. "WAIT-"

"Yep!" Carol smiles. "She's my new girlfriend." She says confidently, and I smile widely.

"OMG I need to show you something!" I exclaim, suddenly remembering what me and Dad had been working on in his lab earlier. I grab her hand and rush out into the elevators, bringing her into the labs.

TimeSkip

"And all I have to do is let it sit overnight?" Aunty Carol asks me and I nod.

"Yep! In the morning it will be all dry and after me and Dad go and get those heat activators tomorrow they will look so cool hanging on the tree." I tell Carol and she ruffles my hair.

"I appreciate it, this will be a nice gift to Val. And speaking of gifts..." Aunty Carol pulls a ring out of her pocket. She hands it to me and I put it on. It was silver, with a spider that looked like it was holding the ring together. It's abdomen was made up of a black-looking gem.

"Wow, this is..." I'm speechless admiring the ring. "This is so cool." I finally say, looking up at Carol.

"I know, but it gets better." She says and reaches over and presses her finger down on the black gem. After a second or two, a holographic projection pops up. It asks something in a language I'd never heard before, and Aunty Carol responds back in the same language. I heard her say my name when responding, and when she was done, she gave me an 'I'm sorry about this' look. Suddenly I felt a prick on my ring finger and took off the ring to check my finger. There was a small dot of blood, and I just looked at Aunty Carol.

"What was that for?!" I exclaimed, still very confused.

"Okay Peter, are you ready? I went to Xandar, to a person friend there, and asked for a special request. Gave up one too many units then I should have, but I think this gift is worth it." She explains to me, but I'm still confused.

"Yes but, what does it do?" I asked, and she told me to press down on the black gem. I did so, and then gasped verbally.

"Woah..." I looked on with astonishment as a holographic projecting displayed with various things like my current vitals; heartbeat, pulse, temperature. Things like that. But there was also some other stuff. Like what looked like a DNA analysis of my DNA, and it looked like I could have some serious fun with this ring. Maybe explore different kinds of molecular structures of my web fluid and othe-

"Do you like it?" Aunty Carol asks smirking, with her arms crossed. I run over and hug her.

"I love it." I smile and then pull away from her, just as Friday's voice rings out over the speakers.

<Mini Boss, Glow Queen, it's time for dinner.>

"Guess that's our que." Aunty Carol says and I press down on the black jewel-piece. The projection goes away and as I look back on the ring, I tap the jewel out of curiosity. Suddenly, in the jem, I can see everything that was just being projected, but just one thing at a time. Like I can see my heartbeat in the jem, sort of like it's a phone screen. Then I swipe it to the left, and it changes to my pulse. Oh that is too cool. I tap it again and it goes away.

"Let's go." I say, heading for the elevator.