I swing back to S.H.I.E.L.D; Gwen's arms around my neck and my hand holding her waist. Once we reach the ground, Gwen let's go of me and we walk inside the headquaters; into the lobby, where the avengers approach us. "Well here's the guy who decided to ditch us at lunch," Tony teases.

I laugh slightly before I explain, "Yeah, I should have told you guys before. I'm sorry. I just wanted to spend some alone time with my amazing girlfriend." I quickly give a wink and grin at Gwen as she blushes. "Besides, I won the bet so I don't owe you lunch money."

"No worries, lovebirds," Tony replies.

"So did you guys go to that shawarma place like usual?" I ask.

"Yes, and you guys missed out," Thor answers. "Today's was the best shawarma they've ever made!"

"Really?" I say. "Wow, well we still didn't miss out. We had very good pizza with chicken fried rice on the clock tower."

"And chocolate cupcakes!" Gwen adds. We all look at her. "What? You can't forget about chocolate!" she insists.

"Have you ever considered going to a therapist?" Natasha asks.

"Have you, for your shawarma obsession?" Gwen asks back.

Natasha's silent.

"Thought so."

"Well, we better get going, Peter," Tony tells me. "Nick's waiting for us."

"Right," I agree. I turn to Gwen. "Well, I better go. I'll see you after work then?"

"Of course!" Gwen says. "Or earlier if you get another injury." She winks.

"Hopefully not," I smirk.

"Hey, be careful, bugboy," she tells me in a serious, concerned tone.

"I will," I say in assurance. I give Gwen a quick kiss on her light pink lips. "I love you!"

"I love you too!" she tells me.

"No matter what?"

"No matter what!"

"Bye!" I smile, turning to walk away.

"Bye!" Gwen calls, heading back to the hospital.

- - -

Around five o'clock, after the avengers and I finish training, Nick calls us into the conference room. "This won't be long, I promise," he says as we file in. Once we're seated, he begins. "So I have an important announcement to make. This weekend, we will be going to Paris."

"Yes!" Natasha blurts out.

"Was that really necessary?" Tony asks.

"What?" she says. "I can be excited. Man I'm going to be doing a lot of shopping!"

"And there goes your inner sparkle!" he taunts.

Natasha gives Tony a death glare in response, causing him to scoot his chair a few inches away from her. Yup, she definitely scared the crap out of him!

"May I continue?" Nick asks, annoyed, looking directly at Natasha and Tony.

"Yes, sir!" they say in union.

"As I was saying, we've been invited to go to a party being held by the president of a medical company, that's proud to release a new medicine to the country, that will supposedly cure cancer," he continues. "I was told it can kill a tumor right on the dot."

We all gasp in awe at what we were just informed.

"That's amazing!" I exclaim. "How's this possible?"

"I have no idea," Nick answers. "But we'll find out sometime after this Friday. They've arranged a tour for us, and they'll show us around their headquarters and how they make the medicine. The president, Miss Grace Winter, has payed for our stay as well. We'll be in Paris for a week so you'll have a lot of free time too. This is basically just a free vacation for their appreciation. All they want is our appearance at the party in return. Miss Winter said it will be an honor to have the earth's mightiest heroes supporting their new medicine that can save the world."

"So they're planning on bringing it to the U.S.?" I ask.

"Looks that way," he replies. "Anyways, be at the headquarters, ready to leave at ten on Friday morning. And make sure you guys have a suit packed with you; for you Natasha, a dress." Tony laughs quietly, stopping due to Natasha's death stare. "The party is Friday night, and there won't be anytime for you to go shopping before hand; so if you don't have one in your disposal as of right now, please go buy one before Friday. Understood?"

"Yes, sir," the avengers and I chorus.

"By the way, Peter, you're in luck," Nick says. "Gwen and your parents will be coming with us."

"Really?" I say, excitement filling up inside of me.

"Yup. Your parents are coming since they're the best scientists we have, and Gwen, along with a few other doctors, will be coming as well since they're the best and most educated."

"Wow, that's awesome! Does Gwen know?"

"I believe so. I sent someone to tell her..." His voice trails off as Gwen barges into the room, running up to me.

"We're going to Paris, Peter!" she exclaims, smiling.

"Yeah, I know, Nick just told me," I say. "Congratulations, Gwen! I told you that you were the best."

"Oh, bugboy!" she says, hugging me. I return the hug, lifting her slightly off the ground, spinning around. When I put her back down, she says, "We're going to have so much fun together."

"You bet," I grin.

"Aw great, look what you did, Nick!" Tony complains. "You invited the two lovebirds into the city of love. Now this trip is going to turn into a mushy getaway."

"Like you don't have a wife!" I retort, referring to Pepper Potts, whom he married about a year ago.

"You know what, Tony, I think you need a time out," Thor says.

"What?" Tony says, confused.

"I agree, Thor," Steve chimes in.

"But why?" Tony asks.

"Because all you've been doing today is picking on people," Steve replies. "First, Natasha, now Peter and Gwen. Go sit in the corner."

"What?"

"You heard me! Sit in the corner."

"You're kidding me, right?" Tony laughs.

"No," Steve says.

"This is stupid! This is ridiculous; absolutely childish."

"Should have thought of that before acting like one."

Gwen and I, along with Nick and the rest of the avengers, can't help but laugh.

"Go!" Steve commands, pointing to the left corner at the end of the room.

"No," Tony says, walking out of the room instead.

"At least he's gone!" Thor exclaims.

"Heard that!" Tony yells.

Thor just shrugs his shoulders, causing us all to laugh again.

As we're laughing, I look at Gwen, thinking about what Tony said. We're going to Paris, the city of love. Gwen and I will have a lot of alone time together. This is the place. I've been planning on this for a few weeks now. I'm going to finally do it there.

I'm going to ask Gwen to marry me.