It was Saturday night and Peter was getting ready for his date with Gwen. He had picked a nice Italian place around the corner to take her. Everyone loved Italian food right? Peter knew it would be expensive; he sure hoped she wouldn't order something with truffles in it. Peter pulled on a white button down shirt and his uncle Ben's old dark blue tie. It took him a couple of videos on youtube to master how to tie it right. May walked in on him messing with his hair.
"Oh, don't you look dapper." Peter embarasly laughed. "You know, I'm really happy that you're going out tonight." May put her hand on Peter's shoulder.
"Yeah, I am too." Peter looked down at his watch. "I should go. Don't want to be late."
"Go, go. Have fun!" Peter left the room, leaving without his spiderman suit. He can't remember the last time he had gone anywhere without it.
Peter made his way to Gwen's house; it was actually surprisingly close to Peter's apartment. Peter rang the doorbell and waited on the porch, while he rocked on his feet back and forth. Gwen answered the door. She looked amazing. She was wearing a light blue dress with spaghetti straps and had her hair down with one strand of her blonde hair pinned to the back of her head.
"You look incredible," Peter blurted. Gwen blushed.
"Thanks Peter." The two kids walked together until they reached the restaurant, talking about final exams coming up and all the stress in school. When they go to the restaurant, Peter checked in and the two were led to their table. Candles were lit all over and the light was dim. Peter could tell by the velvet curtains that this was an expensive place. Peter pulled Gwen's chair out for her to sit down and then made his way over to his own. "This place is great."
"Yeah, I heard it was good," Peter replied.
"So, how's your aunt?" Gwen asked between sips of water.
"She's good." Peter knew not to ask how her family was doing. He knew that Gwen had some family issues, though he didn't know the specifics.
"How are you by the way? You were out for a long time."
"Yeah, I was pretty sick," Peter lied. "But, I'm better now."
"The workload must be overwhelming," Gwen sympathized.
"Yeah, it definitely is." Peter wasn't lying that time. After a few minutes, a waiter came by to take their orders. Peter got ravioli and Gwen got some sort of pasta special. The two kids talked for a while. It felt nice to just to be a normal teenager for once. Peter didn't have any Spiderman worries. It was just him and Gwen and he was loving it. After they had finished their dishes, instead of opting for dessert at the restaurant, they decided to grab some ice cream. There was a great little ice cream place in Queens where Peter always went to. He had saved the owner's life sometime a while back and would always get free ice cream when he went. Plus, it was just damn good.
"Hey Peter! How are you? I haven't seen you in a while," the ice cream salesman announced
"I've been busy I guess." Peter shrugged.
"Who's the young lady?" The salesman gestured to Gwen.
"I'm Gwen, nice to meet you." Gwen waved slightly.
"So what can I get you two. On the house as usual."
"I'll take rocky road in a cone," Peter replied.
"Hmm, I'll go for moose tracks," Gwen choose.
"Coming right up." When the two got their ice cream, they moved outside to sit at once of the small tables for two.
"Do you know him?" Gwen asked.
"Yeah, we're friends," Peter replied. Peter suddenly felt the hairs on his arm stick up. His head began to pound. It was his spidey-sense telling him something wasn't right. Gwen noticed his concerned look.
"Are you alright?" Peter didn't answer. He was too focused on the feeling of danger that was coming. "Peter?" Suddenly, Peter noticed a giant metal figure figure hurtling towards them.