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1. Awkward

8:30am. School.

Gwen Stacy is strolling over to Peter Parker's locker, where he's hunched over slightly(his usual posture), rummaging through his materials drowsily. She's forty lockers away.

Peter combs his index, middle, and ring fingers through his disheveled hair, a tad distraught. He left his textbook at home.

Gwen is fifteen lockers away, putting on a delicate smile, creating the conversation she'll have with him in her mind.

"Hey, Peter. When are you open? We should get started on the English assignment."

Peter is contemplating on whether or not he should just skip school to hit the board. Maybe experiment with his webbing.

Gwen taps on the boy's shoulder, her smile growing more genuine when he turns around.

"Hey, Peter. When are you open?-" She didn't get to say another word.

"M-Me? Why?" Peter's eyes were as wide as saucers(Gwen noticed they were darker than his hair, almost a bistre brown. This was the first time realizing Peter's good looks), his jaw slack, yet his mouth shut tight. What could Gwen possibly want from him? She had never approached him before.

The blonde girl's eyes also expanded, her eyebrows pulling them skyward. Had she offended him? The next time she spoke, it was in a softer tone, as if anything more emphatic would frighten the boy.

"We were assigned as partners for the English project, remember?"

"Right. Of course." This time his hand went to the back of his neck, fingers gently tugging at his hairline, gaze averted. She was just so pretty. It was distracting.

"Does Wednesday work for you? At the City Library?" Gwen was obviously becoming more and more uncomfortable, the tip of her Mary Janes tracing circles on the dirty marble floor.

"You're pretty," he murmured, instantly realizing his mistake. Had he been paying attention, that wouldn't have slipped out. His lips curled in and he squeezed his eyes shut. Social skills. Need to work on those.

"Oh. Thanks. That's really sweet of you." Her face reddened. So did his, eyes reopening.

"Wednesday is fine." Any day was fine.

"What?"

"To, um, go to the library."

"Alright, sounds good. I'll meet you there after school," (her words were coming out rushed) "Later, Peter." Then she was gone.

Peter didn't know about her, but to him, this was a date. His heart fluttered suddenly, and he shut his locker with too much force, emitting an obnoxious racket. Several kids shot their best glares at him, but he didn't care. He was going on a date with Gwen Stacy.

[Cover image citation: "The Amazing Spider-Man(2012) Peter & Gwen." Peter & Gwen. N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Oct. 2013. clubs/the-amazing-spider-man-2012/images/31599066/ title/peter-gwen-wallpaper.]