Disclaimer: I dont own Spider-Man or any characters in this story as they are owned by Marvel and movie rights reside with Sony. I think I may have accedently borrowed parts of the story from Spectacular Spider-Man the tv series that I haven't seen in about ten years. I also dont own any of that if its there.
Also, before I begin, Peter Parker has been acting as Spider-Man for multiple months before this story and his full origin has taken place (Rip Uncle Ben) and Peter is fifteen along with all of his fellow classmates unless specified otherwise. He has faced Sandman, Rhino, Electro, Mysterio, Shocker, and discovered that Kingpin is behind all of the super criminals in New York City and seeks to take his down. This is my first story... Sorry...
Peter and Gwen finish an experiment with Dr. Connors at his lab and he relieves them for the night. "You know, a bunch of people from school are going to the Ice Skating Rink tonight, right? We should go." Gwen says to Peter as they exit the building. "And be around Flash Thompson? I already get plenty of that from school." Peter responds. "Oh whatever, It'll be fun." Says Gwen.
The two head out and make their way to the Rink. "Wow, its colder than I thought it would be, Wish I'd brought my coat" Gwen states hoping peter will catch on and lend her his. "Yeah, Im glad Aunt May reminded me to grab mine when I left this morning." Peter said completely missing Gwen's disparit attempt to get Peter to notice her obvious feelings for him.
On the bus their, she sat close to him but he kept going on about things happening in the city with Spider-Man. "Why do you defend him so much?" You only take pictures of him." Gwen asked. "He's doing the right thing unlike all the other people given great power. But he gets ridiculed in the news more than the villains he puts away." He pauses. "He is one of the good guys. I wish everyone could see him for what he is." Peter finishes. "I see what you mean. He can do a lot of good that nowadays nobody else can, what with the super power frenzy going on. In fact, whats with all the people getting powers in New York?" Gwen questions. "I'm not sure. We should get Dr. Connors to study it with us. It's odd." Peter proposed. "Yeah, for now let's just hope more super powered people do the right thing or Spider-Man is enough to keep everyone safe." Said Gwen. "Yeah, Let's hope" peter said. They arrived at the Rink.
Peter and Gwen enter the rink and rent their ice skates. Peter remembers he isnt wearing socks because they take too long to take off whem he gets into costume. Instead he wore baggy pants today. He starts panicking, he cant let gwen know he's spiderman. They sit down on the benches, he leads her to the corner bench so that nobody else is around. "Why are we going all the way over here" Gwen Asked. She was glad she got him to go here with her. Maybe this is where she could tell him how she felt. "Uh ... privacy?" Peter answered nervously. She could tell he was acting odd. She thought (and disparitly hoped) he would confess feelings for her before she did to him. That would make it easier.
They sit down on the bench, initially facing the room then Peter swings around to face the wall, hoping Gwen wont follow and he can quickly change shoes. Gwen almost instantly follows suit. "Whats a matter Parker? Afraid of a little Ice Skating?" Gwen asked Peter as he starts to really freak out. Then it comes to him. "Gwen! You'll be too cold to ice skate like that. Here, take my coat." Gwen takes the coat and tries to hide her excitement while blushing uncontrollably. Peter quickly puts on his skates without anyone noticing. They go out into the rink.
Gwen pretends to fumble while skating causing peter to hold her as they go. Then Flash Thompson sees them. "Hey look!" he says to his friends but loud enugh for everyone to here, "Nerdy Parker decided to go skating and brought his equally nerdy date!" Peter quips back, "You know Flash, you shouldnt call me a nerd if you're going to make equations!" Flash doesnt get the joke but his friends begin to laugh at him. Flash goes to trip Peter as he Skates but his spider senses warn him and he jumps over his leg and lands perfectly. Peter thinks to himself, "I cant look too good, people could discover my secret." And he pretends to start slipping and fall but before he can, Gwen catches him and their faces come close to each other. They both blush and back away a bit.
As Peter and Gwen hold eachother and skate, Gwen prepares to tell him how she feels but Peter's spider sense goes off again. "Peter, I need to tell you something" Gwen shyly says. "Uh, I'll go get some hot chocolate and we can talk about it. Wait up." He hears a scream as he exits and quickly goes to the bathroom to change into his costume. He hides his costume in the panels on the ceiling. Now Peter as Spider-Man Jumps back into the Rink. Flying on a glider with a blade centered above him is a man wearing a green mask and body suit with purple ragy clothing on. "Hello Spider-Man! I'm Green Goblin!" It's about time we met." He flies towards Spider-Man and swings at him but Spider-Man jumps away and crawls up the side of the rink wall. "Did anyone tell you that you missed Halloween? Its time for Christmas now." Spider-Man shoots two webs at the Goblin, one at the goblin himself and the other at the Glider, attaching the latter one to the wall and jumping past Green Goblin with the other in hand. This effectively separates the Goblin and his board, pulling Green Goblin down to the icy floor hitting it hard. Spiderman faces the Goblin, "Nice try Spider-Man but the glider is..." he pauses and presses a few buttons on his suit's glove. "Remote Controlled!" The Glider flies at Spider-Man from behind. Peter's Spider sense goes off and he dodges the blade but not the whole glider so it knocks him down. "Anyway Spider, I only want to beat you to take over New York crime and over throw that terrible Kingpin but if you want to team up to do it, he wouldnt stand a chance. What do you say?" Green Goblin says as Spider-Man gets up and recovers from the hit. "As much as I hate the Kingpin, you aren't any better." Spider-Man responds. "Suit yourself Spider" Green Goblin says as he flies up above the open roof of the rink. Spider-Man follows, "You didnt think I was going to let you get away that easily?" He says. "If you're following me Spider-Man, who will take care of the bomb I left at the rink." The Goblin warns him. Sp ider-Man quickly returns to the rink to see the bomb. He takes it and swings out of the rink again. He makes a slingshot with webs and two lamp posts, firing the bomb into the sky, effectively neutralizing its threat. "Goblins long gone by now so I better get back to Gwen" he thinks to himself. He changes back into his clothes and gets the hot chocolates as promised.
Peter finds Gwen and pretends to be confused by all the chaos from his fight. "What happened?" Peter asks. "Crazy fight with Spider-Man and some weird guy." Gwen responds. "Cant believe I missed it. Well lets go some place else." Peter says as he guides her out of the building. They walk the sidewalk, alone, "So what was it you wanted to tell me?" Peter asks. "Well Peter... I really like you and I was wondering... well... if you maybe wanted to... go on a date with me?" Gwen said blushing and looking away. Peter is stunned by the question and gets nervous, "Uh... I... whats the... feel the same way?" He says feeling like an idiot considering he can keep his cool in a fight but not talking to Gwen. He turns away and there's a moment of silence then Gwen pulls Peter in close and they kiss. "It's late Peter, I should go home." Gwen says backing up. "I'll uh, walk you home." As they walk, discussing the details of their date, they pass a statue of Captain America. "Can you take a picture of me with this?" Peter asks Gwen handing her his camera. She opens the Camera and sees the last photo taken which was of Spider-Man fighting Green Goblin. "Peter, I thought you missed the fight, why do you have pictures of it. Before he can say anything, a stray pumpkin bomb rolls before them. "Green Goblin must have put a tracker on me to get another hit in later." Peter thinks as he protects Gwen from the blast. She is unharmed but Peter is knocked down and his shirt is mostly burned off on one side. Fortunately for his secret identity, he rolls when he lands and his burned side that would reveal his costume is hidden. He gets up and in the darkness does his best to hide his suit. He grabs Gwen's hand and says "Run!" They go a little ways and call the police. "Can I have my coat back, its cold with only an uh... undershirt on with my shirt burned through." He asks. She hands him the coat and he puts it on making shore to button it up all the way. He holds her safe and keeping her warm until the cops show up and give Gwen a ride home after they describe what they saw. Peter passes on the ride, trying to avoid the question Gwen asked him before the bomb went off. Gwen gets home realising she never got an answer. Peter deletes the photos, "As great as the pay would be, I cant let her find out." He thinks before he goes to bed.
Its Christmas Eve in New York at seven pm. A descent amount of snow falls on the city as Spider-Man looks over it from atop a building. "I just need to find that Green Goblin" Peter thinks to himself, "and maybe go get evidence linking Fisk to all the crime and expose him as the kingpin." He sees a robbery in progress. "Well, time for the friendly neiborhood Spider-Man gig. He jumps on the the roof above them and shines his spider light and it reflects nicely on the snowy ground. "Guys, its Christmas Eve, cant you give me a break." Spider-Man says to the criminals as they run in an illfated attempt to escape. He quickly webs them up and takes one of their phones to call the cops with. He sticks around to make sure the criminals are taken in and waves to the cops as he jumps away.
He checks his watch, seven thirtytwo now. "Guess I better head home, Aunt May will worry about why Im taking so long." He gets their then He and Aunt May get in their tiny car and drive to Norman Osborn's house. They have been doing Christmas with the Parkers ever since Peter met Harry. Aunt May begins to cry and Peter hugs her. "I miss him too" Peter said, And that's all that's said as she cleans her face of tears and Peter does too. They head inside.
Peter goes in to say hi to Harry while his Aunt says hello to Norman and gets started on dinner. "Hey Pete." Harry says as he gets up and closes his computer that had a picture of a stunningly beautiful redhead close to their ages. "Hey Hare. Who's the redhead?" Peter asks. "Mary Jane Watson, she is transferring to Midtown this semester. My dad introduced me to her through her family, cute right?" Harry says. "Cute is an understatement but yeah." Peter said. "So what's up with you, how's Gwen, heard you two went ice skating before spider guy and hobgoblin destroyed the rink." Harry said. "Spider-Man and Green Goblin" peter corrected. "And yeah we did, she kind of asked me out" Peter said trying not to gloat and clearly failing. "Kind of?" Harry said, "And what did you say?", "I said yes. I need to go see her after we exchange presents, wanna come?" Peter said. "No, spare me the drama." Harry said.
Peter's spider sense went off and he turned to the door to see it open and Norman walk in. "Why did my spider sense go off at Norman, he's no threat." Peter thought to himself. "Boys, dinner is almost ready, Come set the table" Norman says. They go with him and set the table. Dinner is uneventful. They exchange gifts. Harry gets his first car from his dad but it doesnt compare to what Norman gives Peter, a paid job at Oscorp labs. May gives Peter a brand new Camera and a very expensive microscope that to the Parker family must have cost a fortune. At least Peter will be able to help with bills more with the camera and job plus the microscope will help with the job and internship with Dr. Connors. Juggling the job, internship, school and Spider-Man work will be hard though.
He gives Gwen a beautiful necklace to which she replies "You shouldnt have! It's amazing! Thank you so much!" But really, she knows that he really shouldnt have. It must have cost a ton of photos for the Bugle. "I wanted to get you something nice, you're welcome." Peter says. She hands him a wrapped box. When he opens it, he finds an expensive watch with an inscription reading "Gwen's". "Its amazing, Gwen! Thanks!" He says. "Peter? Last week you said you missed the fight but on you camera I saw pictures of the fight." Gwen states. "I really missed it." He says as he pulls out the paper from that week. The photos of the fight are blurry and the byline read "Bugle Staff Photographer". "I'm freelance so those arent mine and I would never be caught dead with those out of focus jokes." Peter says. "Guess my imagination was running a bit wild." She said not believing that but believing Peter. "Trust me, I wish I had got a pics of that. It would help a lot with bills." Peter said. Now Gwen felt like a jerk for asking. "Yeah, sorry I brought it up." Gwen said, "Anyways, Thanks so much for the necklace but I should go."
"Finally, New Years Eve." Spider-Man thinks to himself, "Cant wait to see Gwen. But first, I'd better get some superhero work done." He gets his exact wish as a Sand Hammer hits him across the face too late for his spider sense to save him. "Time to squash the bug" Sandman says as he makes an even larger hammer to hit Spider-Man with. "You know Sandy, I'm not a bug, Spiders are elegant, unlike sand." Spider-Man says as he shoots a web at the sand hammer and pulls Sandman down to kick him in the face. He remolds his face and tells Spider-Man, "You're goimg down." Peter quips back, "Aww come on, Its only our second date and you haven't even taken me to dinner yet." As he gets prepared to water down Flint. While swinging, Sandman swallows Spider-Man, trapping him. Spider-Man gets one hand out, "I've only got one shot at this." Peter thinks before shooting a web to grab a sewer grate. "You dont actually think I will go into the Sewer, right? I'm not that stupid." Sandman says. "Nope but its a great distraction." Peter says while swinging the grate at a fire hydrant and blasting water all over Sandman and freeing himself. "You're lucky I didnt have any steel or else you could have met a Pane-full demise, you get it." Peter says. "Yes, I get it, my name's flint, flint and steel makes fire, fire turns sand into glass, glass panes can be made from it, just take me to my cell." Sandman says. "I'll make sure they add some extra-extra precautions to make sure you dont get out again" Spiderman says as the cops show up and put Flint Marco into a water bucket and drive off.
"A job well done" Peter says he jumps and swings away. "Ten O'clock, better do the friendly neighborhood Peter Parker thing and go meet Gwen." Peter thinks after checking his watch. He shows up and meets Gwen. "Hey Gwen." Peter says, "Hey Pete" , She responds, "You do anything fun today?" She asks. "Not really, you?" Peter says. "Not really but they brought in somehing big at the lab today. I dont know what it is but everyone was curious and their keeping it under wraps, I hope we get to see it." Gwen says. "Me too" said Peter.
The rest of their night is a well deserved quiet for the couple and at midnight they kiss and go home. Peter thinks things are going up for him. Little does he know.
