A canon-compliant drabble from The Amazing Spider-Man #34.
Gwen wore red and blue with white frill. It was just before the last class of the day, Chemistry. She was surrounded by a small hoard of boys all vying for her attention. "C'mon, Gwen! You promised you'd go to the game with one of us!" Faceless boy wanna-be-number-one-but-technically-still-number-one whined.
"Admit it, doll, you've decided on me!" Faceless boy number two tried.
"Uh-uh! I'm the lucky guy this time!" Faceless boy number three smirked.
"Give us a break, Gwen! Who is it?" Faceless boy number four inquired hopelessly.
None of these boys really grabbed her attention, but she loved how hard they tried. Gwen smiled wickedly, flicking her wrist in a dramatic fashion as she walked away from them. "Sorry, lads... I've got to rush to class now! But I promise to think about it!"
Faceless boy number four called back to her. "But you've been keeping us on the string all week!"
"I know, and you love it!" Gwen shot back cheekily.
"Honey, the guy who finally takes you out of circulation will be the most hated joe on campus!" Faceless boy number five chimed in.
Gwen made it to her locker, her joy wearing off as her mind wandered back to Mr. Parker. 'It's strange! Peter Parker is the only boy who hasn't paid any attention to me!' she thought to herself. Just then her book tumbled out of her hands, dropping to the floor. "Oh! My book..."
She spun to see Peter Parker bending over in an attempt to grab her book. "Allow me, fair maiden...!" He tried, and she put her foot down over her book, successfully preventing him.
"You! Don't you dare touch my book!" Gwen argued. Just because he suddenly noticed her existence, doesn't mean she's going to make it easy on the boy. Just then Harry and some other students finally caught up with them.
"Look, I don't get it! What gives?" Peter asked, perplexed.
Harry put his hands on his hips, as he shot back. "Do we have to spell it out for you? You're as popular here as Mao Tse-Tung!"
"You tell 'im, Harry boy!" one of the boys retorted.
"You've been snubbin' us since school started... Walking around here like a swell-headed snob, just because you won a scholarship! Well, that's okay with us! But don't think you can become one of the crowd anytime you feel like it!" Harry argued.
Gwen turned her back to him angrily. Peter looked frustrated but didn't defend himself. She tried time after time to try and get to know him, but he wouldn't give her the time of day, so she was in no mood to deal with the complicated mess that was Peter Parker.
He was quiet for the rest of the day, and it was noted by Harry and Gwen. "I guess we showed that egg-head, where to go off eh, Gwen?"
Gwen ignored Harry, slowly glancing over her shoulder towards Peter. 'I guess so, Harry! But I wonder why I feel a bit ashamed of myself!'
'After all, he has cold-shouldered all of us, since he came of E.S.U! And yet... Perhaps he had a reason! Perhaps we just don't understand.' The blonde found it hard to shake this feeling off of Peter, she was so drawn to him despite how reclusive he came off.
Gwen grew more frustrated the more she observed Parker from afar. He seemed to be in his own little world, and she was all up in knots about him!
'But he couldn't care less! Look at him bending over those test-tubes! He doesn't even know I exist! Well, Mr. Parker...! Just you wait!'
Gwen didn't bother trying to catch Peter on his way out of class this time.
The following day, the school was all abuzz about Spider-Man's latest antics, everyone couldn't stop talking about him. Peter Parker was extra quiet today, and even seemed frustrated, Gwen noted.
She didn't like being mean to Peter, but he puzzled her. And despite his odd-ness, Gwen couldn't take her mind off of him.
A/N: Issue two, and despite giving her no reason to, Gwen's drawn to Peter. She's crazy about him from the first minute she saw him, but yet JMS claims she and Peter never slept together? Hm. Interesting. Has he ever read any of the first 121 issues, or does he not give a crap? #RetconSinsPast
