~~~~Mary Jane Stacy~~~~

"PETE WATCH OU-"I yell watching as Flash's basketball bounce off Peter's back with a thump. 

"Sorry" I hear Flash and his goons snicker as I glare at them. 

"Morning, Flash" sighs Peter, annoyed with a rolls of his eyes. 

Peter Parker. 

The only person in this entire universe that could make rolling his eyes look absolutely endearing. Also known as my best friend and the only person that could make me do just about anything for him with a single glance and a crooked smile.  We've been friends for as long as I can remember. Him being a bit of a loner and me being extremely sociable, does however, make us the most unlikely of pairs. But that's never stopped us from being completely inseparable or from me being utterly in love with him. 

"Good morning Parker." I hear Flash laugh when Peter jumps back bumping into me almost knocking me over. He catches my arm, steadying me as I shuffle my books, ensuring that they don't fall.

"One day imma deck that kid." I glare at the back of Flashes head as he walks away laughing loudly. 

"That is something I would pay to see," Peter laughs amused at my antics and picks up his skateboard as we walk down the hall. 

I glare at him, annoyed that he's so happy this early in the morning  and shake my head. "Anyway, tomorrow I won't be able to come over for the assignment. I have to lead this group of interns which will hopefully-"

"Hey. It's Peter right?" I'm cut off by a girl, Melissa. I sigh with a roll of my eyes, rude much? Peter glances at me amused once again and turns to Melissa nodding.  "I really liked your photos," she compliments him while completely disregarding my presence. 

"Oh, thanks." Peter replies shooting me a quick surprised glace  and looks back at her with a small smile. "Thanks."

"Listen, are you busy Friday night?" She asks with a smile on her face shuffling closer to Peter. He moves back slightly and bumps into me shifting on his feet, uncomfortable with her forwardness, not use to people randomly speaking to him, let alone pretty girls and shake's his head no. 

"Cool. Can you take pictures of my boyfriends car? You know, I really wanna frame a good one for his birthday." She asks, done with the subtle flirting, sure that she's about to get what she wants. 

I stare at her shocked. Seriously?  I step forward about to tell her off when I feel Peter grabbing my hand softly, stopping me from doing anything. I look at him annoyed and sigh, rolling my eyes. 

"That's really nice of you. Wow, that's such a nice thought." Peter says quickly as kindly as he can.

"Actually Pete, we have that thing this Friday remember?" I jump in. 

"Yep, we do. Sorry Mellissa we have a thing on Friday." He nods, throwing an arm around my shoulders, pulling us away and half waving at her. "You're my hero, you know that?" He smiles at me gratefully, "Though that temper of yours is going to get us into trouble one day." He musses up my hair.

 I glare at him dramatically, fixing my hair and throwing an arm around his waist, "Please, you love my temper."  

"Unfortunately," he mumbles adorably. 

I was about to reply when I'm interrupted by our science teacher Mrs. Wellington claiming that she needs to speak to me for a minute.  I untangle myself from Peter and wave at him distractedly walking towards her.

"I just want to give you your letter of recommendation and maybe pass of Gwen's as well, I doubt I'll see her today." Mrs. Wellington rushes out and she waddles over to her desk, grabbing two envelops. She leaves for her maternity leave today and looks way too stressed out for her own good.

"No probs Mrs. Well. I shall pass it on, how are you feeling though? Can I help you with anything now that you have me." I ask worried about the health of my favorite teacher. 

"Oh Mary," She whimpers and starts to tear up. "You're always so thoughtful. You're my favorite student you know? You and you sister and Peter comes a close second but you're most definitely my favorite," she rambles on and gives me a hug. "I will miss you terribly," she sniffs.

I laugh at her jumping emotions and hug her back. "You're my favorite teacher but if you are going to miss me that much them just name your little guy after me." I joke pulling away. She laughs when her phone rings and she jumps rushing to it waving at me. I wave back with a smile and giggle softly at her walking towards the courtyard while reading over my letter of recommendation. 

When I reach the courtyard I immediately spot Gwen and run up to her scaring her from the back. She lets out a yelp and turns around glaring at me with a small smile tugging at her lips. 

The Stacy's adopted me when I was 5 years old. They found me sleeping alone wrapped in a small blanket in the park that they frequented when Gwen was young.  Gwen and I were the same age and got along instantly and I was adopted a few months later. There was no record of my birth parents anywhere and I don't know or remember anything from before that time. Gwen and I grew up telling everyone we met that we were twins, even though we were polar opposites from one another, in looks and personality. 

I pull tongue at her and wave her letter teasingly in front of her face.  "OMG I thought she forgot." She gasps grabbing it from me and quickly scanning over it with a smile on her face. I lean over her shoulder to read what's written in the letter when we both hear yelling from the opposite side of the courtyard where a large group of students are gathered. Gwen and I glance at one another and jump up from the bench, curious to see what was going on. 

When we reach the group, I peak through the gaps of people only to see Peter on the floor, clutching his stomach in pain grunting out something. I gasp, tugging Gwen's arm when Flash yelling angrily, "Stay down Parker,"  as we make our way to the center of the crowd. 

I immediately go to Peter and cradle his face in my hands, tilting it slightly in my direction, to see how bad his injuries are.  His face was scrunched up due to the pain and his eyes were closed but I felt him slightly relax when I touched him.

"Flash!" I look up to see Gwen with her hands crossed, glaring at Flash. "We still on for after school today? My house 3:30? I hope you did your homework. Last time, I was...disappointed in you." She tells him.

I turn back to Peter, ignoring them and sigh slightly shaking my head when I see him smiling at me cheekily. "And I'm the one that's going to land up in trouble," I tease him sarcastically. Peter chuckles lightly then immediately winces. I help him stand up and  notice the group dispersing.

 Gwen walks towards me and nods at Peter "he okay?" I look back at Peter watching as he picks up his camera and checks for any cracks. 

"He will be." I sigh, taking off my backpack and grabbing my mini emergency kit that our father always forces us to carry around. At least its finally paying off. 

"I'll cover for you." Gwen says shaking her head with a small smile and walks to class, ignoring my subtle glare. She knew about my crush on Peter and never resisted the chance to tease me about it. 

I roll my eyes at her and walk towards Peter, picking up his skate board. "Come on, lets get you checked out superman." I tease. He chuckles as I sit him down on a bench and set out the mini emergency first aid on my lap. "What the hell happened." I whisper, dabbing a disinfected cotton ball on his cheek. 

He shrugs my eyes, "just Flash being Flash." 

I sigh, great explanation Pete, "Beat up Flash all you want, just leave your face out of it." I tease lightly, "No need to mess up this perfect nose." 

"You think my nose if perfect?"

"Well not as perfect as mine but I guess." I smile, removing the cotton ball and focusing on his cheek to make sure everything is okay.

When he doesn't say anything, I look up and my breath hitches when I notice the way he's looking at me. I freeze, my hand still on his cheek and our faces inches away from one another. His lifts his hand and slowly brings it to my hand that's resting on his cheek. I hold my breath as I feel the whispers of his fingers brushing against mine, when the shrill of the bell causes us to simultaneously pull away from one another. 

I sit frozen for a second watching him watching me when I loudly clear my throat, pick up my bag and shove the first aid kit into it to stop my hands from shaking. My actions seem to break him out of his spell and he stands up touching his face lightly.

"Any chance you made the cut disappear?" He asks, his voice a bit deeper than usual. 

I clear my throat and chuckle dryly, seems like we're just going to ignore that, "Sorry bud, aunt May is one person I can't save you from." I quickly get up and start walking towards class and he easily  matches my pace. "So guess what Mrs. Wellington told me." 

"What?" He asks, glancing at me then quickly looking away. 

"That I'm her favorite student." I smile cheekily.

"No ways she said that," Peter exclaimed then went onto saying how he's always the one she looks for when needing help, I smile and laugh at him trying to distract the unsteady beating of my heart and the feel of his fingers on mine.