3 The first upload.

So the first video I wanna make is from JLaservideos spy series, those are easy to make, cheap and I can get them done in probably a couple of hours.

I grabbed the money Peter saved for his Lego Star Destroyer set as peters cheap stake mentality makes me think "We could probably make a cheaper version right" I force down his attachment to the star destroyer and tell myself "The better the video is the more money we will get" and holy guacamole Peter saved 1200$ for a freaking ancient Lego set.

"It's a collectors edition" I remember and ask myself "where did he get this much money from anyway?" I can practically feel the old Peters frustration as I remember how Peter got the money and I whistle in appreciation before saying "that's what 5 years of summer work and patience gets you" poor kid, 'don't worry peter I'll get you one when we become rich'

I run out of the house and buy a cheap but good enough quality action camera and leave in search of an old workshop that is nearby to get all the other things i need for the video before going back home and waiting for uncle ben as I try to make a prototype before i start making the video.

-3 hours later-

10:30

Oh my god uncle ben works late into the night and this body isn't used to staying up late, why did you have to be a good boy Peter? whyyyy?. I can feel myself losing consciousness but force myself to stay awake for 2 more hours.

It took another 10 minutes for Uncle Ben to arrive and I wait for him to finish his dinner patiently before going upto him "Uncle Ben." he turns to me and asks "what is it peter?" "I need your help with something" I say quickly "well what's the problem?" He asks with concern so i explain "I want to make a video with this new camera I brought and I need your help to do it".

"What is the video about?" He asks curiouly and peters instinctively dodges the quetion and summarizes the whole thing before I can even think of what to say "It's just a video about an experimental scooba tech I made" that is much better than what I would have come up with anyway so i let it be.

"Ofcourse I can help you with that I will always make free time for you, I uhm I will most likely be free tomorrow afternoon is that okay" he asks and I am hit with a truck full of guilt as Peters memories of hanging out with his uncle, going fishing or just going to the nearby park to play come to the forefront of my mind.

And the guilt is because peter didn't just stop talking to people at school he completely became a loner and stopped going with Uncle Ben once puberty hit him that's no way to live because I know Peter would regret closing himself off from his own family, I know I would.

So I hugged uncle ben and said a quick "thanks" before going to my room and wiping the waterworks off of my eyes, now this whole thing is influencing me waaay too much because I did exactly this in my last life, I stopped hanging out with people and stuck my face to my phone reading pointless wish-fullfillment stories.

I ignored the people that loved me, I forgot how to show people that I cared, I was almost apathetic to the plight of my friends, family and everyone. That is why I became what I am today, a soulless man with nothing to show for the life he lived, a man not bothered by his own death if not for the regrets he had, a man who would gladly forget who he was and take a second chance at life, a man who got a second chance at life, a second chance where I will be better and die with no regrets.

I'll be different from now on, I can't afford to waste another perfectly good life on just being a passive asshole, I need to be a better Peter Parker, I need to mark my place in this world in whatever way possible, i have to live in the hearts of the people, I want to know for sure that there will be people who will cry when I die.

Because I got a second chance

--next day afternoon--

I was setting up a table and cleaning the store room as I hear uncle ben coming back, I wait for him to freshen up and look up to find Aunt May coming into the store room.

"Peter, wow..you cleaned the room well, but you could have asked me for some help you know" I reply shyly "I didn't want to bother you" she scoffs as she says "don't worry about that I am always ready to help"

"I know" I say with a smile as she starts looking at the camera and the device I made for the video "you seem to have put a lot of money into this, are you sure about what you are trying to do?" I reply to her doubts confidently "I am 100% sure" we hear the door opening as ben enters.

"I'll leave you boys to your work then" As she walks away after giving uncle ben a peck on the cheek and whispering something in his ear. "So what can I help you with peter" he asks as he sees my humble and empty storag---lab, lab it's a lab.

"Well there isn't much, I am not up for the whole scripting my video and droning on thing so it will mostly be a vlog style video which means you can talk to me and ask questions or talk to the audience too if you want to" I rushed my words too fast due to peters old habits making it hard for uncle ben to follow.

"Do you want me to say it again?" I shyly say as he blinks "i have lived with your mutterings long enough to understand you peter, I was just surprised because I thought you stopped muttering since 8th grade"

I blush at that and start instructing Uncle Ben on how to manage the camera, the zoom, the focus and all the basic things "So, all you have to make sure is that I am at the center of the video" he nods and clicks record and we complete the shoot in 3 hours with enough laughs shared between us.

"So is that it peter" Uncle Ben asks and i say "well we have to take a video testing it" here he frowns as he asks me "where can we test this" I brace myself as I tell him "i spent most of the the money I saved up on renting a pool" his surprise is evident by how loud he shouted "You did what?".

After a lot of explaining on how it wasn't an impulse purchase and was a planned event, we went to the pool and filmed the rest of the video and went back home.

As our car was nearing our house Uncle Ben turns to me as he says "It's nice to see you proactive again peter and uhh it was good to finally spend some time with you again" I try to stop my quivering lip from old peters enotions as I give Uncle Ben a nod.

Once back home I quickly start working on the video as aunt may yells "don't be up all night working" I yell back "yes aunt may" and continue working until 2:00AM and hit the sack after uploading the finished video.

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