Here is another chapter of my story. Thanks to the few people who reviwed this story.

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Chapter 4: Light and Shadow

~*~*~* 3 weeks later *~*~*~

Things went pretty smooth for Gwen after the first awkward night. Omega still hadn't found her yet so that was a plus. Harry had started to grow on her and she thought of him as a brother. Peter on the other hand was like her guardian angel. Goblin hadn't been seen after the incident on the roof and she was starting to think he was history.

It was Thanksgiving and for the first time Gwen was actually looking forward to it. Gwen and Aunt May were going to spend the day making the dinner and then Mr. Osborne would be coming over at two. It was going to be the first time she'd meet Harry's father. Gwen had never been home when he came to make the weekly inspection. Gwen was jarred out of her thoughts when the doorbell rang. When she opened the door she smiled seeing Aunt May.

"Hello Gwen. Happy Thanksgiving"

"Happy Thanksgiving to you Aunt May"

Aunt May Hugged Gwen before she went to the kitchen to start working. Gwen loved Aunt May like the grandmother she'd always wanted. She was so sweet and caring. The first time she meet Gwen she had been so welcoming, ever since then she had treated her like an extended member of the family.

"Gwen dear could you get the turkey out for me?"

"Sure"

She pulled the huge 22lbs. turkey out of the fridge. After she had placed it on the counter she heard someone coming down the stairs. She smirked when she saw Peter groggily walk into the kitchen in boxers and an undershirt. Aunt May and Gwen exchanged the same smile before greeting Peter in unison.

"Good Morning Peter dear"

That made Peter wake up fast as he looked at the two smiling faces. This was a weird picture Aunt May and Gwen were in the kitchen starting dinner.

"Aunt May it's 6:30 in the morning. What are you over here so early?"

"Well Peter if you want dinner to be ready by two then we have to get started now. Oh and on your way home from work today could you go pick up some cranberries?"

"Sure Aunt May."

'Peter'

Peter looked up, he had heard Gwen talk to him but her mouth wasn't moving at all. She looked right at him and he heard her again.

'I'm speaking to you telepathically. Make coffee so Aunt May doesn't suspect anything.'

"I'm going to make you early birds some coffee."

"Why thank you Peter"

'You never told me that you could do this.'

'I only started to last week. Listen Peter I have a feeling that Goblin is going to show up soon.'

'What makes you say that?'

'For the past week I've been having the same dream. You and Goblin fighting surrounded by fire. Then Goblin finds out your true identity.'

Peter dropped the coffee on the floor and made a huge bang. Aunt May turned and Peter saw that Gwen hadn't broken eye contact with his face.

"Sorry about that. I guess my brain hasn't fully woken up yet."

"I'll help you clean up Peter."

'The reason I'm telling you this is so in case you run into Goblin you can contact me and I'll come help you.'

'I'm not going to need your help.'

'I hope your right'

"Gwen dear"

"Yes Aunt May?"

"Can you start on the stuffing for the turkey?"

"Sure Aunt May. Anything else?"

"No dear. Peter when do you have to be at work?"

"I'm not reporting to the office. I have to be at the Macy's parade by 8:30."

"Hey Pete could I tag along? I've always wanted to see the parade."

Peter looked at Aunt May, and she nodded.

"Sure Gwen. We'll be back by one so we can help you finish up dinner."

"Oh don't worry about me Peter. Mary Jane will be over at around nine to help me. We'll be fine, just remember to get that cranberry sauce."

"Don't worry Aunt May. I won't let him forget"

"I'm sure you won't dear. You two have a good time and take some great pictures Peter."

"I will."

"I'm going to go get dressed. If I want to look presentable in two hours. You never know when some strange reporter may take a snap shot of you."

Aunt May laughed and continued cooking. Peter understood where Gwen was going with this and decided to play along.

"Yea. Some of those reporters are animals. They have no sense of privacy. I'd hate to be seen with one of them."

"But Peter how do you get ready in the morning if you can't look at yourself in the mirror?"

"Ha Ha. You're so funny. You should go on the road."

"The thought had crossed my mind. I'm going to go get ready."

Aunt May simply shook her head at the two 'they don't see what's right in front of them.'

"Oh Gwen make sure you wear something warm. It was a bit chilly when I came over."

"Okay Aunt May."

Gwen smiled inwardly; it was nice to have some kind of normalcy in her life for once. No worrying about losing her control and hurting someone, or her parents were going to have her committed to a mental institution. She could really get use to this kind of life. Still Gwen knew that she would never have a completely normal life as long as she had her 'gifts'.

~An hour later~

"Gwen c'mon, if you don't hurry we'll be late."

"I'm coming! Jeez, it takes time to look presentable you know."

"We're just going to a parade not some royal coronation."

"We're not? Damn, I'm going to have to change now."

"Just quit the sarcasm and get your butt down here."

"Peter, be nice. Your Uncle and I didn't raise you to be rude."

"It's okay Aunt May. I know he means well."

Peter turned around and had to use all his willpower not to let his mouth drop to the floor. Gwen was wearing a lavender bell-sleeved turtleneck, and black leather pants, with boots. The bottom half of the shirt and sleeves had holes going all around so that he could barely see the glittering of the belly button ring she'd gotten two weeks ago. Her hair was done in a high ponytail with some loose strands framing her frame in the front.

"Peter didn't your aunt ever teach you it's not nice to stare?"

"Wha….yea, I'm just trying to wake my brain up."

"Well let's go get you some food and stronger coffee to wake you up."

"Sounds good. See you later Aunt May."

"Have a good time you two, and don't forget the cranberry sauce."

"I won't. See you in a couple hours."

"See if you can see us on TV later"

"I will, bye"

They walked down to the street and headed down to the kick off point for the parade. Gwen looked happy excited about the day ahead. Peter was glad that everyone was accepting her, and it seemed like some of her past scars were starting to heal.

Before either of them knew it they were at the starting point. Gwen looked down the street a little and saw a Starbauch's.

"Hey Pete, there's a Starbauch's. I'm going to go get us some breakfast, what do you want?"

"A blueberry muffin and tall coffee, you remember how I like it?"

"Two sugars right?"

"Your good. I'll be by the street corner okay?"

"Okay, see you in a bit."

Gwen walked off to get their caffeine and sugar fixes for the day. Lately Peter had been thinking about Gwen more and more. It was strange, but he had come to care for Gwen very deeply in the last three weeks. They'd done so much for each other. She'd saved his life helped him develop his spider sense more. He'd given her a semi-normal life.

~Starbauch's~

"Can I help you ma'am?"

"Yes, I'd like two blueberry muffins, one tall Colombian coffee, and one tall caramel machiado."

"Okay that'll be $11.57 (A/N: I have no idea how much it really costs. This is just a guess.)"

Gwen stepped of to the side and waited for her stuff. She realized that this was the first time she'd been to a parade since her Uncle; John (father's brother) had taken her to a Memorial Day parade when she was five. She got her food, and went to put the sugars in Peter's coffee when her cell phone went off. She figured it was probably Aunt May, because only five people knew the number (Peter, Harry, Mary Jane, Aunt May, and herself).

"Hello?"

"It's time to come back to us agent 109."

"Who are you? How did you get this number?"

"You should know how Omega gets it's information by now."

"When are you people going to leave me alone? I'm doing anything to harm your organization, So why do you keep following me?"

"I'm afraid that since you know about us you're a threat, besides we need our secret weapon back."

"I'm sure Gen. McNeely is the one who ordered you to call me. So I want you to give him a little message from me. You may want to write it down so you don't forget. Tell him to go fuck himself."

With that last line Gwen hung up her phone. 'I'm going to need to get a new one now.' Gwen erased all the information on the phone and put it in a homeless persons coffee cup when she was walking by. She knew that it was time for her to leave. She always knew this day would come, but deep down she'd been in a state of denial about it.

She found Peter, by the street corner waiting for her. His eyes lit up when she gave him the cup of coffee, and his muffin.

"You're the best."

"Are you just saying that because I've just given you coffee and sugar?"

"Yes an no."

Gwen didn't answer him back. Her mind was pre-occupied on the phone call she'd gotten. How much did OMEGA know? Did they know where she lived? There could be agents watching her right now. Gwen started to get very tense. Peter gave her a puzzled look.

"Gwen are you okay?"

"I'm fine Peter. Perfectly fine."

A/N: Well there you have it. Please review with comments. Thanks