A canon-compliant drabble on The Amazing Spider-Man #44.
Gwen was at the Silver Spoon, having a study date with Flash and Harry. It was raining, and they started off with some coffee before they began, before Peter Parker entered from the pouring rain, closing his umbrella.
"Hi, Pete! I didn't see you in class this morning!" Harry introduced, taking a sip from his coffee.
"I, eh, had some personal things to take care of, Harry!" Peter returned mysteriously.
"Sure! Like not going out in the rain, because little Puny Parker might melt away!" Flash taunted.
Gwen rolled her eyes, getting oh-so tired of the yummy dummy on her left. "Come off it, Flash! You're as funny as a tooth-ache!"
"If you'd like fill-in on what you missed in the lab today, I'll be glad to review it with you, Pete." Gwen tried, feeling cooled off from their last encounter.
"That'll be swell, Gwen! I'd really appreciate it!" Peter replied, taking his overcoat off and taking a seat in the booth next to Gwen.
"Since when does he need help? I thought that egg-head knew everything!" Flash mocked.
"I could know nothing, and still be smarter than you, big-mouth!" Peter shot back.
"Lucky for you, I've got more important things on my mind than mopping the floor with you!" Flash said, smiling insincerely.
"Flash reports for his Draft Physical later today, Pete!" Gwen attributed.
"Hey! Doesn't the big brass know we need you on our football team, Thompson?" The boy in the next booth invited himself into the conversation.
"Has anyone told Flash the news...?" Peter deadpanned.
"What news?" Flash asked.
"They don't have cheer-leaders for you in the army!" Peter continued.
"Hey, Parker, maybe we won't miss Thompson after all! We'll just get you to take his place on the team!" The nameless boy continued, and Flash laughed cruelly at the idea.
"Yeah! They can always use a few laughs during scrimmage!"
Gwen was taking her textbooks out of her bag, growing weary of the testosterone-fest. "Gentlemen.. we're trying to study."
"That's real emotional!" Flash shot back.
The nameless boy in the next booth turned to face them properly, holding up a newspaper and gesturing to it. "Now that Flash is being drafted, they oughta grab Whitey Mullins, also! What chance'll we have against him when we play Metro U? Unless Parker is our secret weapon!"
"Aww, I was saving it for a secret surprise!" Peter returned.
The door to the Silver Spoon opened. "Wow, look at that!" One of them said. They all turned to see a girl with red hair, a green overcoat and a white and yellow dress at the door.
"Where'd she come from?!" Flash asked.
"I dunno.. But how'd they ever let her get away?" Nameless boy attributed.
"She must be new, I've never seen her here before!" Harry said.
"Hi, Mary Jane!" Peter said suddenly, and Gwen's eyes flared. He knew her?!
"Three living breathing males, and only one gal, eh? Where has this place been, all my life?!" Mary Jane grinned, gesturing over the table.
"She walks! She talks! And I can tell you, she's been busting to meet ol' Flash!" Flash said, getting to his feet urgently.
"Let me introduce you to the crowd, M.J-" Peter began, getting to his feet.
"Imagine, sly Pete keeping her all to himself till now!"
Peter introduced Mary Jane to the group, and their study session was suddenly forgotten.
The boys were all standing up around Mary Jane now, and Gwen was still seated in the booth.
"Tell me, doll- did you wanna meet me because I'm a football star, or because I'm about to be a war hero?" Flash bragged.
"Neither, dad! It's your shy-ness that grabs me!" Mary Jane returned. "So you're Gwen Stacy! I've heard Peter mention you!"
"How nice!" Gwen feigned politeness.
Mary Jane began fawning over Peter, and Gwen's eyes shot daggers at the girl as Peter shot a look over his shoulder towards Gwen.
"Now, Petey-O! Suppose you wave bye-bye to all these nice people... Because you're cutting out now to take Mary Jane to a little spot I know where they've got the grooviest guitarist in town!"
"There's only one answer! It's a sorority invitation! She's gotta date the most nothing guy in town... So she picked Parker!" Flash tried.
"Let's face it, son! She doesn't look as though anybody's twisting her arm!" Harry smirked.
"I guess I'll have to take a rain check on that science review, Gwen!" Peter called after Gwen.
Peter and Mary Jane were heading out of the Silver Spoon, and Peter shot another look over his shoulder towards Gwen for a moment.
"Don't worry about his lesson, lady! Going out with me is an education in itself! Where'd you park the wheels, Petey?" Mary Jane inquired suddenly.
"Eh... I didn't bring the cycle today." Peter replied, putting his overcoat back on. They back and forth a little more before finally leaving, and Gwen folded her arms over her chest. This was all too familiar, snubbed by Peter and stuck behind with studly and dudley.
"I don't know what's gotten into Pete! Even a scholarship student like him can't afford to let his studies slide!" Gwen finally said, displeased with how Mary Jane and Peter got along so well.
Flash had his arm draped over the back of their booth behind Gwen's back. "Awww, come off it, Gwen! That's not what's buggin' you! You didn't like seeing that new chick wrap him around her little finger! But don't worry, kid! Any gal who's taste is that bad can't be any competition for a gal like you!" The blond attempted, making Gwen's mood only worse.
"Flash, do me a favor...?" Gwen asked flatly.
"Sure, baby! You name it!" Flash grinned, completely oblivious.
"Stop breathing on me!"
