A/N: I own nothing.

Chapter 2: Halfway There

Perenna yawned as she woke up and stretched out her arms. She sat up and pushed her hair out of her face and turned off the alarm clock. She rubbed her eyes and got out of bed, grabbing some clean clothing and heading to the bathroom.

After washing up, drying her hair and pulling it into a ponytail that just barely grazed the nape of her neck, Perenna exited wearing her clean gray hoodie with and light blue jeans, pushing the glasses she wore back up her nose.

When she went down the stairs, she saw her aunt finishing making breakfast, wearing a gray suit for the law firm she works at as a secretary, and her uncle was drinking his morning coffee before he went to the electrical company he worked at.

They had been more like parents than aunt and uncle. And she wouldn't trade it for anything in the world.

"Breakfast is ready Perenna." Aunt May said setting the plates on the table.

Perenna smiled as she put several slices of pancakes on her plate and began cutting it up and began eating after putting syrup on it. She finished it in 10 minutes and put her plate in the sink, then began helping her aunt clean up the table after they were all finished eating.

There was the sound of a horn honk outside and Perenna smiled again. "See ya." She said giving her aunt and uncle each a kiss on the cheek before she put her pack over her shoulder and raced outside, shutting the door behind her. She opened the door to the gray car and got into the passenger seat. "Hi, Eddie." She greeted and closed the door.

The older teen smiled at her and pulled the car away from the sidewalk. "Morning Perry." He greeted her back. "Heard your Science class is going on a trip to OsCorp today."

Perenna nodded. "Yeah." She replied. "You think about what college you'll be going to next year?"

"ESU, Pretty Perry." Eddie responded.

Perenna's face heated, as it did every time she was called that. "Don't call me that."

"What, it's better than the Puny Parker that Flash calls you, isn't it?" Eddie questioned.

"Well, yes." Perenna admitted. "But while it sounded cute when we were kids, now it sounds, well…" she trailed off uncomfortably. "It sounds like something you'd call a pretty person, and I'm nerdy, not pretty."

"Are you kidding?" Eddie asked shaking his head. "Haven't you heard Perry that nerds are sexy?"

Perenna laughed at this. "I think some people might find that a little subjective." She replied smiling, her almost somber mood brightening up.

They continued making small talk until they arrived at Midtown High, Perenna waving at Eddie as she walked away and went into the school. Her mood dampened when she saw Flash, Liz, Kenny, and Sally all talking by her locker. She saw where this was gonna go, and while she wished she could just do the smart thing and avoid them, she needed to put her pack in her locker.

Why? Because the last person who tripped on a bag in class got sent to the hospital with a concussion because they hit their head on a desk, so the principal enforced a strict 'no backpacks in class' rule.

Despite knowing what was likely to happen if she walked over to her locker, she didn't need more trouble than she already got, so she tried to walk over as quietly as possible. Though if one of them saw her if wouldn't really matter.

Perenna grimaced slightly as the locker squeaked when she opened it and took the two books she'd need for her English class after the test, the textbook and her note book, she closed her locker quietly and peeking from the corner of her eye, she saw that they hadn't noticed her.

Not willing to jinx herself, she hurried off to first period.

"Man, this is so cool." Perenna whispered as she looked around the room. She wished she had brought her camera now instead of leaving it home in her room.

"Only you'd think this was cool, Perry." Harry said with a slight smirk.

Perenna scowled half-heartedly at him, before she paused. "Yeah, you're probably right."

"Puny Parker probably fit right in here with the other boring stuff then." Hands grabbed the back of Perenna's hoodie and pulled it over her face and closed the drawstrings on it.

Perenna kept one grip on Harry's arm to keep herself from falling flat on her face, and used the other to loosen her hood enough for her to see again. She let go of her friends arm and pulled the hood down and scowled at Flash's retreating back as he and his friends laughed. "Jerk." She muttered.

The class quieted down as the tour guide began showing them around and gestured to the row of different and exotic looking spiders that were marked red and blue. "…And with genetic material from three spiders; strength, webs, and "precognition," have been molded to make these 15 Super Spiders."

"There's like, only 14." The blond known as Gwen Stacy pointed out.

The tour guide looked at the glass also and nodded. "Well, it seems that the researches must be testing that one." She explained. "Now let's move along."

Perenna went to look at the spider tank herself and felt the hairs raising across the nape of her neck. 'What…?' she reached back and when she put her hand to her neck, she felt something bite down. "Ouch!" she hissed as she flicked the thing from her neck and looked down at the ground to see the now dead missing spider. She looked at her hand and saw two raised red bumps.

"Hey, Perry, hurry up." She heard Harry call.

"R-right." Perenna replied weakly as she suddenly felt very dizzy. She tried to walk, but held onto the support beam to keep herself from keeling over. Something was very wrong.

Having noticed that Perenna had yet to catch up, Harry looked back to see his now pale friend leaning against a support beam. "Perry, is something wrong?"

Perenna grimaced as she clutched her stomach. Maybe it was just something in the school lunch that hadn't sat well with her. "Uh, there's a rest room here, right?"

Harry furrowed his brow. "Yeah, do you want me to show you?" Perenna nodded her head slightly. "Well, okay. But shouldn't we get the teacher?"

"No, I'm sure it's not something that needs any more attention." Perenna protested softly, and while it was embarrassing to have to be lead to the restroom with Harry half-carrying her, she didn't protest it.

"Just, come out when you're feeling better." He said as she nodded and went into the women's restroom.

Half-hour later, Harry was still standing awkwardly beside the door when the teacher came storming up to him, looking rather irritated. "Osborn, why aren't you on the bus?"

"Um, you see, Perenna wasn't feeling too good and she asked me to bring her to the restroom. She hasn't come out." Harry explained sheepishly.

"Then go in and bring her out." The teacher replied.

Harry flushed as he nodded in defeat. "Uh, sure then." He nervously poked his head in, but his expression turned to shock as he saw Perenna lying on the floor. "Perry?" he shouted as he rushed over to her and checked her pulse. He felt some relief that she was still alive, but her breathing was shallow, and her skin looked so pale now. "Perry?" he tried again as he shook her shoulder to give him some response of any kind.

When she grimaced, he took it as a good sign she was still responsive and called out to the teacher who was now looking in to see what was taking so long. "Teach! Call an ambulance!"

He saw the bite marks on her hand, but brushed it off as unimportant to the current situation. Which was his best friend lying practically dead on the restroom floor.

When Perenna came to, she found that to her immense surprise that not only was she in a hospital bed, but that she felt perfectly fine. No chills, or aching muscles, or anything else she had been feeling before she passed out.

She sat up cautiously and found both her aunt and uncle sitting near her bed. "Aunt May? Uncle Ben?" she called.

Aunt May woke first, and when she caught sight of Perenna sitting up, looking perfectly healthy, she shook Ben awake. "Ben, Ben wake up, Perenna's awake."

"What?" Uncle Ben said groggily before he too saw Perenna sitting up in the hospital bed.

Perenna blinked and when she felt both her aunt and uncle hug her, all she thought was that they were both still incredibly speedy given their ages. "It's okay, I'm fine."

"Fine, you call passing out in the restroom half dead fine, young lady?" Aunt May questioned sternly.

Perenna looked at her in surprise. "How did you know that?"

"Harry told us what happened." Uncle Ben supplied.

"Yes, and you're not leaving this hospital until the doctor says you're fine, Perenna." Aunt May said in tone that would not be argued with.

Perenna wisely agreed to this.

One bill of health later and the three of them were walking down the hall of the hospital towards the exit.

"Perry!"

Perenna looked over and saw her red-haired friends quickly making his way over to her. "Hey, Harry. I didn't think you'd be here."

"You kidding, I wasn't leaving until I saw you were okay with my own eyes." Harry replied. "You seriously freaked me out for a second."

"Well, I'm all better now." Perenna said reassuringly.

"I can see that." Harry replied dryly. "Hey, what happened to you glasses?"

"Oh, right, forgot about those." Perenna said putting her glasses on, only for her to get very confused. Everything was now blurry and out of focus. She decided to play along until she could say that she was wearing contacts if anyone asked.

While fixed vision was welcoming, it left a lot unanswered. Like how it got fixed for instance.

Still, she could think about it later.