Gwen sighed before entering her dorm. The last thing she wanted was to deal with Chloe. The girl really needed to get over herself and whatever petty problems she had with her. She didn't come here to have some unessasary rivalry with a mean roommate, she came here cause she wanted to study Science and Biology.

"Gwen?" She asked as she looked up from the magazine she was reading. "I had a feeling that was you."

"Just leave me alone Chloe. I'm not in the mood. I get that you don't like me, okay? I get that and noone's telling you that you have too, but I'm not going to let you mess things up for me here."

Chloe looked down with a guilty expressing before looking at Gwen again. "No, Gwen, I- I just wanted to apologize for how I treated you earlier. That was really wrong and I am truely sincerely sorry. I guess, I don't know," She sighed. "I guess I'm kind of jealous of you. I mean you're so pretty, smart and you're truely an amazing person. I just want to be like you. I want to be a better friend. I would really like us to be friends."

Gwen really wasn't expecting this to be honest and she felt a bit bad for Chloe, of course that didn't give her the right to treat people the way she did but she seemed more sincere this time about wanting to be her friend. "I- I don't know what to say."

Chloe stood up from her bed and looked her right in the eyes. "You don't have to say anything Gwen, not if you don't want too. I don't deserve my friends, you were right. I really want to make it up to my girls, I really do. They mean the world to me."

Gwen smiled. "I would really like us to try being friends too if you really want and you can apologize to Stephanie and Valerie. Let them know that you're really sorry."

"Thanks Gwen, you really are a great person!" Chloe hugged Gwen.

Unknown to Gwen, Chloe had an evil smirk on her face as they hugged.

"And I'm sure you're a really great person too." Gwen replied.

Gwen got ready and made sure she had the paper of her Graduation speech in her pants pockets. She couldn't wait to share her speech with Miles.

"Hey roommate, whose the leter for?" Chloe asked, teasingly.

"Oh, it's not a letter, it's my Graduation Speech that I wrote last year. I'm going to share it with Professor Miles." Gwen explained. "He said that he would also show me his speech from years ago."

Chloe nodded. "Oh, well I don't want to keep you here or make you late for your course so good luck, alright?"

"You too Chloe."

Gwen left the dorm and made her way to the Labrotory where she was immediately greeted by Professor Warren. "Good morning Miss. Stacy."

"Morning Professor Warren." She replied. "I um brought my Valectorian Speech." She pointed to her right side pocket.

"And so did I." He replied, taking a seat next to her. "We can go over them during break."

A couple of girls at a table not to far away were watching the interaction between Miles and Gwen and they didn't look too happy about it. One girl had straight black shoulder length hair, brown eyes and wore horn rimmed glasses, the other girl had blond hair tied up in a bun, Blue eyes, lots of freckles and also wore glasses.

"Unbelievable," The black haired girl remarked. "The new girl is sucking up to Professor Warren. She's only been here for four days and already she thinks she's all that."

"I think Miles Warren feels the same. She's already a Professor's pet." The blond haired girl replied.

Gwen had heard their quiet conversation after Miles went to check on another student. Gwen slightly lowered her head before getting started on her work. She couldn't help but feel hurt that some of the people here thought she was stuck up. She knew she should be used to hearing things like this from other students especially since she heard stuff like this since Elementary.

She was always the top student of her class and because of that, she didn't have many friends as a kid. The other kids weren't interested in learning and would rather play so Gwen was considered a geek, a nerd and she would get bullied. There was only one kid who didn't bully her and that was Peter Parker who was always second. He had a crush on her since the first day of Kindergarden. It was the year before his parents left him with Aunt May and Uncle Ben.

September 5th, 2000

Peter was in the back of a car while his parents drove him to Midtown Elementary. He had a camera in his hands and was looking out the window. Buildings and trees passed by as they were nearing the school.

"Mom, Dad, are we there yet?" He kept asking this question every few minutes.

Mary chuckled a little. "Not yet sweetie."

Ritchard Pulled to a stop near the sidewalk. "And we're here. Don't worry son, you'll have friends in no time."

Mary gave Peter a quick kiss on the cheek. "Behave son and have a great day. We'll pick you up as soon as School's over." She got back in the car and She and Ritchard took off.

Peter glanced around at his surroundings and it wasn't long until something interesting had caught his eye. It wasn't something that caught his interest, it was a little girl, the same age. She was sitting on a bench, reading a book. She had blond hair and green eyes. He pointed the camera in her direction and zoomed in on her. As soon as she looked up from her book, he took a picture.

When the picture came out of his camera, he looked at it and smiled. "Perfect."

A female teacher walked over to the little girl. "Well aren't you cute? You must be Gwen Stacy, I am Miss. Prestine and I am going to be your Kindergarden teacher."

Gwen nodded, a bit shy.

"Class is going to be starting soon and," As the teacher glanced around, she spotted Peter looking at the picture he took. "Look, it's a little boy."

Peter stared down at the ground and began to fidget nervously, knowing that Gwen was looking his way.

"What's your name?" Miss. Prestine asked, walking over.

"Peter. Peter Parker." He answered.

"Yes, I have your name Mr. Parker. You're going to be in my class as well. This here is Gwen Stacy."

Peter barely made contact with the little girl.

"Miss. Stacy, this is Peter Parker."

"Hi." Gwen said, shyly.

Peter blushed. "Uh h-h- hi Gwen."

She giggled and once Peter saw her adorable smile, he grew more nervous. Miss. Prestine knew what was going on by watching their interaction. "Since I've already introduced you two, you can sit next to each other in the first row."

The two kids blushed.

During lunch, Gwen was sitting outside at a Lunch table and Peter just walked over to the trash can to throw out the crumbs. Miss. Prestine smiled and leaned near Gwen's ear. "So what do you think of Peter?" She asked the young girl.

"I think he's cute." She replied, dreamily.

After throwing out his lunch, he glanced at Gwen before heading off to the playground. He sighed dreamily and took the picture out of his pocket. "What an angel."

...

Through out the years, Peter never had the courage to talk to Gwen. He was always too shy and nervous. He couldn't do it. He could barely look at the girl without wanting to melt into a puddle of goo. He didn't think a girl like her would want anything to do with a fool like him. Well that's what he thought of himself when it came to her.

Why would she ever be interested in him when she could date a popular joke or a guy with tons of money? He used to sigh at the thought of his crush being in the arms of someone else. At the beginning of every single School year, he would take a picture of her and every single year, his feelings for her grew and grew.

Gwen Stacy had developed her first crush on Peter Parker in Kindergarden and she felt like the fool with no chance. She remembered the first time she got lost in his great big brown doe eyes. it was their second day of Kindergarden, after lunch. Peter had triped on his untied shoe laces as he was running for the playground and Gwen was sitting on a Lunch bench watching the whole thing.

She watched as he began to tie his shoes and that's when she really got a close look at his eyes. He had the most gorgeous brown eyes she had ever seen in her life! She could have just melted then and there if it weren't for the taunts coming from her other classmates.

Through out the years of knowing each other, they didn't have very many interactions. He would say Hi to her sometimes or if they accidentally bumped into each other in the halls, they would apologize and he'd even help her pick up her books. It wasn't until after the 'Flash incident' in their Junior year of High School that they had their first real interaction. The most words they spoke.

There was that time he managed to sneak into Oscorp using someone else's badge and they had a somewhat playful conversation. He told her he snuck in cause he loves science. There was no doubt that he loves science, just not as much as she does. She took away the badge when he snuck away from her group. She heard him yelp in pain as she walked off. She had no idea how much he's life was going to change.

She remembered waiting out in the halls for Peter when he got in trouble for breaking the Scoreboard. She hoped that he wasn't in too much trouble. Peter actually mustered up enough courage to ask her out! Well sort off. They were both awkward, not really knowing what to say and there was a lot of stuttering.

Losing Uncle Ben was a very hard time for Peter. She watched with sadness and concern as he walked through the hall like his whole world had crashed on him and nearly beating Flash Thompson to death before realizing he didn't want to start anything. She didn't like seeing Peter so torn. When he was walking her way, she gave him a hug.

She couldn't help but be curious one day in class as she would often glance at Peter, who appeared to be doodling instead of focussing on the lesson.

She had asked him to have dinner with her and her family. Her father and Peter got into a debate about Spider-Man and she suggested that she and Peter should get some air out on the Rooftop. She was concerned about him and what happened to his face.

He wanted to tell her something but had trouble saying it. When he said he's been bitten, she thought he meant he was bitten by love. She told him she's been bitten too hopping that would make things easier for him and let him know that she feels the same. She got way more than she expected. When she turned from him, he webbed her close to him, revealing that he was Spider- Man and then he kissed her for the very first time!

She was shocked to find out he was Spider-Man and she knew she would be keeping this a secret from her dad who was after Spider-Man. She watched as he jumped from the Rooftop to fight crime as Spider-Man.

She was good at keeping his secret and was flattered when he told her that she was the only one who knew. When he got badly injured from a battle with the Lizard, she was his personal nurse and tended to his wounds. She expressed her worry for his new dangerous life and told him she was always worried about whether her father would come home. He took her out for a nice swing across the city. This was one of the perks of having a super hero boyfriend.

She created a Serum at Oscorp and refused to leave when Peter told her The Lizard was on his way. Instead she decided to stay behind and get everyone else out. She hid in a Maintance closet and sprayed him with the fire extinguisher when he tried to attack.

Gwen knew how stubborn she could be. She took after her father in that way. She also knew that she makes her own choices and decisions. She knew her father only wanted her safe but this was her life and her choice.

During break time, she and Miles were walking through the halls and he took his Valictorian speech out of his pocket and began to read it.

"Good morning my fellow graduates, it's a real honor for me to deliver my speech. I know that High School has had its ups and downs but we all managed to get through it and here we are. This is the beginning of a new chapter in our lives, and we need to make it Count for something cause we're never promised tomorrow. People are going to tell us we can't do things or we'll never succeed but we mustn't give up. We have to keep climbing up the ladder to our success. This is our life and we only get to live once. Don't let anyone decide how you are going to live. I've really enjoyed my four years here and I'm really looking forward for the rest of my life."

She was blown away by his speech. "Wow, that was a very meaningful speech, it was great."

"I'm sure yours is great too." He replied.

"Right." She cleared her throat and began to read her speech. "Good morning esteemed facility and family of my fellow graduates. It's an honor to be standing up here today. Now I know we all think we're imortal. We're graduating, we're supposed to feel that way but like our brief four years of High School, what makes life valuable is that it doesn't last forever. What makes it precious is that it ends. I know that now more than ever and I say it today of all days to remind us that time is luck, so don't waist it living someone else's life. Make yours count for something. Fight for what matters to you, no matter what cause even if we fall short, what better way is there to live?

It's easy to feel hopeful on a beautiful day like today but there will be dark days ahead of us too. There will be days when you feel all alone and that's when hope is needed most. No matter how burried it gets or how lost you feel, you must promise me that you will hold on to hope. Keep it alive. We have to be greater than what we suffer. My wish for you is to become hope. People need that and even if we fail, what better way is there to live? As we look around here today at all of the people who helped make us who we are, I know it feels like we're saying goodbye but we will carry a piece of each other into everything we do next and to remind us of who we are and of who we are meant to be. I've had a great four years with you. I'll miss you all very much."

Miles was impressed and amazed by how powerful her speech was. There was so much emotion. "That was a very inspiring speech, Miss. Stacy. It must have meant a lot to you."

"Yeah, it did." She replied after a few seconds of silence. "It really meant a lot." She thought about how she was delivering her speech last year, hoping to inspire many of her fellow graduates but the one who was most important to her wasn't there to hear it.

"That's great because you have a bright future ahead of you, Miss. Stacy." He replied with a wink. "The future is and should be bright."

She smiled.

After Gwen was finished with her class for the day, she headed back to her dorm, took off her lab coat and tossed it aside on her bed. Her roommate looked up at her, smiling. "Hey roomie! Thanks for everything! Your advice totally worked! Stephanie, Valerie and I are BFF,'s again and it's all thanks to you!"

Gwen smiled. "I knew you could do it Chloe. I'm really proud of you."

"Aw! Come here Roomie!" Chloe pulled Gwen into a tight hug. "I'm really glad that you're my roommate!"

"Uh, Chloe?" Gwen began feeling uncomfortable. She was happy that Chloe appreciated her advice but she was hugging her too tightly.

"Yes Roomie?"

"I'm glad to have you for a roommate too but you're squeezing me a bit too tight." Gwen told her.

Chloe immediately stopped. "Sorry Roomie."

Gwen shook her head smiling before looking down for a few seconds. "It's cool."

"So," Chloe began before clearing her throat. "I would be so honered if you came to the Roxbery this Saturday to watch me and my friends perform. It starts at 6 PM."

Gwen smiled. "I'd like that a lot Chloe. I'd love to come."

"Great and after our performance we're going to have an after party to celebrate our victory." Chloe explained, excitedly.

"I'll be there, promise." Gwen replied, still glad that things were working well with her and her roomate.

Chloe's eyes beamed with excitement. "Really? You promise?" She asked, sounding touched by Gwen's response.

"Promise." Gwen replied, putting out her pinky. Chloe did the same with hers and they pinky promised.