The New Girl

By: Amy Shaffer

Chapter one-

She was beautiful. Those were the only words that could describe her. Her name was Kelly Davis. She was one of the most popular people in the whole school. Her best friend, Mary Jane and her hung out at the mall and did all sorts of stuff. You'd never see one without the other.

Peter Parker would never, ever get the chance to talk to either of them.

Peter had a really bad morning. He got up late and Aunt May yelled at him. Then to top it all off, he had to miss the bus. So he looked like an idiot while the bus driver and the rest of the bus just sat there and laughed at him while he chased down the bus.

When he was almost out of breath, he heard a familiar voice, "Stop the bus! He's been chasing us since Woodhaven Boulevard!" Mary Jane yelled.

"Thanks." he told the bus driver as he hopped onto the bus. Wads of paper were thrown at his face. Not even the ugliest, most unpopular girl in school wouldn't let him sit next to her. All of a sudden, he was lying flat on his face in the aisle. He had been tripped by one of Flash Thompson's stupid friends.

"Here, let me help you." A gentle hand helped him up into the seat. When he got his glasses back on, he couldn't believe his eyes. It was Kelly Davis.

"Th-thanks." He smiled.

"No prob, those guys are jerks anyway." She glared at the one who had tripped him.

"Not to sound ungrateful or anything, but isn't this bad for like your reputation?" He said and raised an eyebrow.

"Naw, they couldn't care less, it's all about how you look." She sighed. "Besides, you look like you're a pretty nice guy."

"Well, thanks." he blushed. "I'm Peter by the way. Peter Parker."

"Well, it's nice to meet you Peter Parker, I'm Kelly Davis." they both shook hands, then Kelly asked, "Where are we going again?"

"To the spider lab place. I don't remember exactly what it's called." Peter replied.

"Spiders…. I can handle the big ones and stuff, just not the little ones, they creep me out." she shuddered.

That's when the bus had come to a stop. They could hear the teacher outside yelling at kids to calm down.

"Well, maybe we'll see each other again, or like maybe you could hang out with me and MJ someday." Kelly said.

"Maybe, that would be cool." he replied.

"Well…. See ya." she waved and hurried to catch up with Mary Jane, who quickly started asking questions.

"Bye…." he said, then eyed the car that looked kind of like his best friend, Harry Osborne's.

"Hey Harry, won't you be needing this?" his father asked as they both turned around. "Who this?"

"This is Peter, Dad. Peter, meet my father Norman Osborne."

"It's a pleasure to meet you sir, Harry's told me a lot about you, I've also read your magazine." he said.

"Really? And you understood it?" he was surprised.

"Yes, I loved it." Peter said.

"Come on you two." The teacher yelled.

"It was a pleasure to meet you, sir." They both walked into the Spider laboratory.

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While they were in there, Peter had a go at Mary Jane, but failed miserably.

He noticed that Kelly got bit or something, because she had jerked her hand away from something and almost started crying. Peter too had gotten bit, but by a very special spider.

That afternoon, he went directly upstairs to bed, and ended up having some unusual dreams. When he woke up, he was fine. He noticed some big changes though. He had gotten more buff, and he didn't need glasses anymore. He though it was pretty strange.

But while that was happening to Peter, something very similar was happening to Kelly as well.