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Chapter 1

DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Spider-Man. Marvel does. The only thing I do own is my OC, Laney.

"Well well well, if it isn't little miss Laney" the head cheerleader, Amber, stated as I was washing my hands in the girls bathroom.

"Oh, um hello Amber, what is it? I need to get to Biology". Biology is my favorite subject so naturally I wanted to be the first one there.

"Oh nothing, I just wanted to say HAY" and as she said that I saw one of her followers hand her a puffy Wal-Mart bag. She opened it and dumped its contents onto my head. I instantly recognized the smell. It was hay.

"See you round, horse teeth!" and they strutted out the door.

My teeth were on of the many things Amber and her group of sluts liked to make fun of. I never wore my retainer, so my front teeth still came forward a bit. If that wasn't enough this hay was REALLY stuck in my muddy brown hair. I guess I should tell you my name now. Sorry, I'm a bit awkward so I'm not very good at introductions! My name is Elizabeth Elaine Carter. My only friend, Gwen Stacy, calls my Laney though, because I like my middle name better, so you can call me that. I'm a sophomore at Midtown High school in Queens, New York. I have a pretty normal life, especially the typical high school bullying. I pulled a few of the last pieces of hay out of my fringe as the late bell rang. "Shit" I muttered under my breath. I raced out of the girls' room and jetted down the hallway.

As I turned the corner I ran into something tall and warm. We both fell to the ground, both our glasses going on the floor.

"Oh shit I am SO sorry! Please forgive me, I am so very sorry! I just wanted to be the first one to Biology class but obviously that's not gonna happen and—"

I stopped short when I realized I was making myself look like a complete idiot in front of such a cute boy. He was very attractive from what I could make out. I pulled my glasses on and checked. Yep, he was definitely VERY attractive. He had messy brown hair plopped on his head, as if he had just gotten out of bed. He wore thick glasses and a goofy smile. His attire suited him well. The jeans and hoodie fit him well, making out not a very muscular, but still toned body, as if he did a lot of running. Bullies I assume. He didn't look like the most popular kid, or else I would have seen him teasing someone.

Come to think of it, I HAD seen Ambers boyfriend, Flash, teasing this kid earlier today. I wanted to help him, but obviously my social anxiety wouldn't allow me to have any confrontation with anyone. He smiled softly down at me, and chuckled an awkward laugh. He stammered out an answer,

"No really it's my fault I—I shouldn't have been, you know, skate boarding down the uhh..." He kept looking around nervously, as if trying to come up with such a simple word like…

"Um, hallway?" I offered him the word

"Uh yeah! Yeah that's it. Im Peter by the way. Peter Parker" He extended his hand at me awkwardly. I was a little surprised and took his hand hesitantly, as I am not that used to being touched by anyone, let alone a handsome boy.

"I'm Elaine, but you can call me Laney. Everyone does. Well by everyone I mean my friend, Gwen Stacy. You might know her! Well maybe not. I don't really know if you're that kind of person who knows everyone in school. I sure as hell am not that kind of person, though. And I'm rambling aren't I?"

"Well maybe a little bit. It's okay though. It's kind of cute actually" My eyes widened when he said that. He bit is lip when he realized what he had said to me. I bit mine too and looked to the ground. I laughed awkwardly and decided I was going to be braver than I have been in my entire life. I worked up the courage and finally asked him,

"Do you maybe wanna uhm s-sit with me at lunch? If not I totally understand! I'm sure you have more friends or better things to do than sit with someone like me. You know what I shouldn't even have asked I'll just go and—"he cut me off

"Yeah I'd love to!"

"Really?" I brushed a stray piece of hair away from the frames of my glasses

"Yeah definitely"

"My friend Gwen might come too, if you don't mind"

"I don't mind at all. Alrighty then, I guess I'll see you at lunch. Nice to meet you, Laney." He shook my hand again and headed down the opposite direction I was going. "Yeah okay. Bye Peter."

I ran into my Bio class and took my usual seat in the back. The teacher was 10 minutes late as usual so I didn't get into any trouble for being late myself. She went straight to the black board and began talking about some sort of crazy moon project the government was working on, but I didn't pay any attention. My mind was too busy thinking of Peter Parker and his amazing smile.

After Biology class, I went straight to the girls' room to prep for lunch. Now I NEVER wear make-up unless it's a special occasion, like picture day. But thankfully, I brought my mini makeup kit. I grabbed my mascara and swiped it on my lashes 3 times each. Next, I drew on a very thin line of black liner to make my hazel eyes REALLY pop. I put my glasses back on and was satisfied. The glasses magnified my eyes to make them seem somewhat bigger and more cat-like, thanks to the liner. I put on a few swipes of honey lip balm to make my lips shiny and kissable and headed out the door.

I strutted in the hallway, but my confidence what somewhat shaken when I tripped a bit over my chucks' shoestring. I took a deep breath when I reached the cafeteria doors. I opened the doors and immediately saw Gwen sitting in the far right corner. It wasn't hard to see her, thanks to her platinum blonde hair. I walked over to Gwen and sat next to her. As soon as I did there was some kind of commotion going on in the courtyard. I gave her a worried look, praying it wasn't Peter and we both bolted out the door. I got there first since Gwen was wearing her signature high-heeled boots. I saw that it wasn't Peter that the school bully, Flash Thompson, was humiliating. Flash had some poor kids face crammed into his lunch food. Everyone had made a circle and was chanting, "Eat it", over and over again. I was going to say something, when I heard a Flash start yelling at a familiar kid. "Hey Parker!" uh oh. It was Peter. "Take the picture!" I saw Peter step forward and say "Flash just put him down" Flash looked surprised that anyone would say no to him, so he tried again "Take the picture Parker."

"I'm not gonna take the picture, EUGENE, now put him down." Flash looked at Peter and threw the kid to the side.

Flash went over to Peter and started punching him. He fell to the ground. Peter tried to get up, but Flash started kicking and screaming at him. I looked to find Gwen, but I saw her calmly walking up to Flash and made him turn around. Gwen looked at him and simply stated,

"Flash! Are we still on for tonight? I know you need help with your homework. I was very disappointed in you last time." He looked at Peter, then back to Gwen and said, "Yeah. Yeah okay." Gwen looked back at me and mouthed, "I got this" and walked away with Flash. Some kid threw Peters camera at him on the ground. I quickly rushed over to him and knelt down. His eye was a bit swollen and he had a bruised cheek.

"Are you okay?" I asked him.

"Yeah! Totally fine see!" he jumped up quickly, but his knees wobbled a bit.

"Are you sure?"

"Yes. I promise."

"Good. I guess lunch was kinda ruined, huh?"

"Yeah, but it was my fault. I'm just sick of people getting bullied"

"That was really kind of you."

"Thanks. So uh, since lunch was ruined, I was wondering maybe if you wanted to uhm. Maybe do something. Or anything." I smiled at his awkwardness.

"Yeah. Either one is fine with me."

"Okay. Uhm, there's this new movie, something about a girl… It's supposed to be a 'romantic comedy', if you maybe wanted to see that tonight." He made finger quotes when he said "romantic comedy".

My smile fell when he said romantic comedy.

"Or we could have a Lord of the Rings movie marathon at my house?"

"Wow. Yeah that sounds a lot better. Okay so um, I'll see you then."

"Yeah okay. Let me give you my address" I wrote it down for him and we said our good byes. I turned to walk away with the biggest smile on my face. I turned to see him skipping away and I thought, "Wow what a nerd."

~~~AFTER THE MOVIES, AND PETER HAS GONE HOME~~~

I waved good-bye to Peter and closed my front door. I raced up to my room and climbed out onto the roof. Tonight had been amazing. When Peter came over, we fixed popcorn and only got through the first movie when he said he had to leave. Halfway during the first one, he put his arm around me. Remembering that moment I didn't notice the huge object flying my way. It was about a football field away from me at the time. I heard a weird creaking noise and looked up. I did just in time to jump off my 2-story house. I felt a sharp flash of pain shoot through my right leg. Everything went cold when I heard a crash and I hit the pavement. I saw a weird glowing coming from the object that hit my house and everything went black.