The next morning I awoke in an empty bed. I looked around my bedroom but there was no sign of Peter. Then I heard someone singing Barry Manilow's 'Mandy' outside my door. Peter pushed the door open with his foot and carried in a huge dinner tray. "Oh, Gwennie…when you kiss me and stop me from shaking. I need you today ,oh Gwennie." I sat up as he placed the tray on my lap. Peter had cooked me a full English breakfast in bed.
"What's this?" A huge smile crept on to my face. Peter sat beside me on the bed.
"It's my way of saying thank you." I glanced at him suspiciously.
"For?" I took a bite out of a piece of toast.
"Last night. You have done so much for me Gwen, thank you." Peter kissed my forehead.
"So your feeling better?" I asked him.
"Yes I am. It was just a few cuts and burns. It's nothing Spiderman can't handle." He took a slice of toast from my plate and pulled it to pieces, eating it like candyfloss.
" Ahahhh…" I didn't believe him but decided to leave it. "Thanks for this Peter."
"My pleasure."
Peter and I walked hand in hand all the way to Midtown High, not once did he step on to his skateboard. We talked about things normal couples talked about like my debate team and Peter's latest run in with Mr. Hernandez . Just before we walked throught the main door I grabbed Peter's camra from his open backpack. I held it and arms length and told Peter to smile." Your new screensaver." I took a look at the screen. The picture was perfect. We were both grinning and the sun was beaming down on us like it was the middle of Summer. I thought we looked like any other normal teenage couple...I couldn't have been more wrong.
Lunchtime came and Peter decided we should sneak off to the back of the school. He grabbed my hand and led me down an alley at the side of the school. I put my bag on the floor and sat down against the brick wall.
"Have you ever wondered what it would feel like to soar through the sky with the birds? To fly alongside the sun?"Peter sat down next to me.
" All the time." He leaned over and kissed me. I cradled his face in my hands and kissed him back. Peter's arms wrapped themselves around my waist and he oulled me into him. We both got on to our knees. I stoked his face with my right hand and unzipped his jacket.
"Gwen?" He breathed. I pulled his shirt off and placed my hands on his chest, I could feel his burnt skin and traced a cut with my finger. "Gwen ,I want you to come with me."
"Where?" I wasn't paying that much attention to what either of us were saying. Kissing Peter in that alley put me in a trance ,it made me feel as if I was dreaming. As if Peter and I were the only two people on the planet.
"We're going to fly." I pulled my lips away and rested my head on his shoulder. " I'll come for you tonight at 9." He held my hand and brought it to his lips. Peter gently kissed each of my finger. I heard a distant bell go off and jumped up. We only had 2 minutes to get back to school. I started to panic.
"Peter we have to go." He pulled me back down.
" Not yet."
I walked into study hall 10 minutes late. Peter had finally won the 'Just 5 more minutes' battle. I 'd never been late before in my life which meant I only got a warning. I had no idea what we were learning that lesson. All I could do was dream about Peter's date later this evening and what he meant by '...soar through the sky'. I was the happiest I had been in a long time.