"Why do I keep running from the truth?
All I ever think about is you
You got me hypnotized, so mesmerized
And I've just got to know
Do you ever think when you're all alone
All that we can be, where this thing can go?
Am I crazy or falling in love?
Is it real or just another crush?"
~ David Archuleta

3rd Person's POV

Knock knock.

Mila takes off her headphones and stares at her door. She thought she heard someone but then again she could be going crazy.

Knock knock.

"Oh goody I'm not a psycho... Come in!"

The door opens revealing a smiling Gwen. Gwen straightens her skirt before sitting on the edge of Mila's bed.

"What's up Gwen?"

"So um why were you and Peter really at Oscorp yesterday?"

Mila freezes as she looks up from her phone, "Um no reason. He really does love science."

Gwen frowns, "Enough to be arrested?"

Mila throws her hands up in the air, "That's what I said!"

Gwen smiles before looking down at her hands.

"He's something else... Peter Parker. He seems like a pretty cool guy, he's very shy but funny."

Mila raises an eyebrow, "Yeah he's hilarious but definitely not shy. So um how's that crush going?"

Gwen slaps Mila's knee, "I told you I just would like to get to know him."

Mila rolls her eyes as she stands up and walks over to her vanity, "Yeah yeah and I'm the Queen of England."

Gwen scoffs, "Okay well what about you? What about that guy you like?"

Mila smiles making Gwen smile.

"You see there's that face. That doe eyed lovey face. You're a goner."

Mila laughs as she shakes her head lightly, "I don't know about that. I just... he's... it's just like I've known him all my life and I just have this feeling that we're meant to be together. But I don't know sometimes life doesn't work out that way."

Gwen frowns, "It could. Why don't you tell him how you feel?"

Turning around to stare at Gwen, Mila gives her a excuse me look with wide eyes, "Tell him? Really that's your best advice? You want me to tell him I like him... so he can reject me."

"Who would reject you Mila?"

"Him! Literally him! I think he likes someone else anyway."

Gwen smiles, "Oh please I'm sure she's not as great as you. I'm sure she's not even all that. The guy is probably blind."

Mila grimaces. Gwen has no idea the girl she was talking about was herself.

Groaning Mila drops her head on the vanity, "No he's not. He's just... I don't know. I just think he will think we're too close... we've been friends for a while and if anything could've happened it would've already. I'm stuck in the friend zone."

"Who is this guy? He's got you all flustered and crazy. He must be something special."

Mila glances over at a picture of her and Peter in a frame on her wall and smiles, "Yeah he is."

...

During free period, Mila gathered the cheer team and had them practice cheers and flips in the gym. Coincidentally, Flash was in there playing basketball with his team. A few other people were chilling out on the bleachers. A girl named Moira was painting a banner. And Peter had just run inside the gym looking around everywhere frantically until his eyes landed on someone.

He runs over to the other side of the gym and grabs Mila's arm, pulling her away from her cheer team.

"Hey!"

Mila escapes from the person's hold to see Peter. Cora and Blair make kissy faces behind him, making Mila redden slightly while making a shut up face.

"Sorry Mila. I just- something crazy is going on."

Mila frowns as she looks at Peter's frantic eyes, "Aw you're not wearing your glasses Pete..."

Peter freezes as Mila caresses his face and stares at him with her beautiful brown now honey looking eyes. Flash glances over at the two and rolls his eyes. Then he does a double take. He remembered what Mila had said about her liking someone and immediately figures it out.

"Yeah I um- I just d-didn't need them today." Peter stutters as Mila smiles.

He loved her smile. She had a beautiful smile. He could stare at that smile for hours. But there was no way in hell even that she would be interested in a geek like him. They were just friends. Life doesn't work that way.

"What were you saying? Why is something crazy going on?"

"Okay so I woke up this morning-"

A clash sounds across the gym. Mila and Peter turn to see a basketball roll across a banner and a paint can fall onto its side. Mila and Peter hurry over to Moira who looks at the basketball team angrily.

"You did that on purpose Flash."

"No I didn't. But I should've." Flash walks you to the three. He chuckles at the anger on Moira's face.

Mila steps forward and holds her hands on Flash's chest slightly pushing him away, "Hey cut it out Flash. That's not funny."

"You better watch your back."

Mila frowns pinching Flash's arm, "Shut up. Leave her alone and go play ball."

One guy from the team throws Flash the ball. Flash looks down at Mila before shaking his head and running back over to the team.

Mila sighs and turns around them bends down and tries to help dab the spilled paint on Moira's banner.

"I'm sorry about that. About him. Um here I can help make you another banner if you want."

Moira looks at Mila in disbelief. Never had a popular ever talked to her or even offered to help her with anything.

"You're talking to me?"

Mila chuckles and furrows her eyebrows, "Um yes. Why wouldn't I be?"

"You're popular."

Mila scoffs with a smile, "Popular smopular."

"Well that's good vocabulary."

Mila slaps Peter's arm as he bends down to help the two girls.

"Let me live Pete."

Peter sticks out a tongue making Mila shoves him playfully with a giggle. Moira smiles lightly watching the two.

"You two are cute. Well I mean you would be cute together. If you weren't dating Flash."

Mila stares at Moira with wide eyes, "I'm not... I mean me and Pete are... um..."

Peter just watches as Mila tries to form a sentence. His eyes linger every crevice of her face. She was literally gorgeous. It was definitely weird to hear someone think they would actually make a cute couple. He never thought anyone would see them together. He never thought she would see them together. He had definitely given up on that dream.

Just as Peter opens his mouth to save Mila from anymore embarrassment, he senses the basketball flying near them again. He quickly switches the camera to his right hand and then holds up his left arm. In an instant he catches the basketball, which was coming straight for the three of them.

Mila looks at Peter in disbelief, "How did you-"

"Parker ball!"

"Flash seriously?!" Mila yells angrily as she stands up crossing her arms over her chest.

"What? It was an accident." Flash smiles deviously was he winks at her.

Mila shakes her head in annoyance. Peter looks at the ball as he stands up.

"Give it up Parker."

Peter glances at Flash before turning to Mila who gives him a what are you doing look.

"One sec," He just nods slowly and places his camera in Mila's hands.

"What are you doing Pete..."

Peter ignores her and walks up to Flash. He spins the ball within his hands then smirks.

"Why don't you take it from me?"

Mila groans and slaps her head, "Oh here we go."

"Alright Flash take it man." Phillip chuckles from the sidelines.

Mila glares at her brother, "Don't encourage him Phil! Flash don't. Peter come on what are you guys doing?"

Flash looks over at Mila then back at Peter who is still smirking. He breathes out deeply.

"Come on take it. Just take it."

As Flash goes to grab the ball, Peter quickly switches it to the other hand. Flash looks at him in question then goes to get the ball again, until Peter swishes it behind his back to his right hand. He holds the ball up in the air as Flash looks at him in surprise.

Mila watches on the side in confusion. She had no idea what was going on. But she did know one thing. Peter looked hot doing whatever it was he was going.

Flash quickly moves forward but Peter pretend to throw the ball over his head. Flash turns around and as he does Peter throws the ball against his back then catches it once again.

By now the whole gym is watching in disbelief. A few murmurs and ohhhs sound the room making Flash angrier. Peter acts like he's going to throw the ball at Flash's face making him duck for a second.

Laughs sound across the gym. Peter looks to the side to see Mila smiling and shaking her head.

'You're trouble.' She mouths.

Peter shrugs with a smile. Flash watches the small exchange and clears his throat. Peter looks back at Flash and holds out the ball in the palm of his hand.

"Just take it."

Flash just stands and looks at him.

"Alright how about this?" Peter takes his free hand and covers his eyes. He turns away, "How about that?"

Mila giggles making Flash rolls his eyes. He walks up then goes to take the ball but can't. He looks at the ball in confusion as it looks like Peter isn't even gripping onto it. Flash grasps the basketball with two hands as he tries to pull it off Peter's hand.

One of the basketball team players scoffs, "Flash stop playing man!"

Flash tries harder to yank the ball away.

"Flash take it from him man!"

Peter whispers, "Yeah Flash take it."

"Yo Flash come on."

Flash let's go of the ball and starts to back up. Peter starts to dribble the ball.

"Whatchu doing man?!"

Flash backs up then claps, "Alright bring it! Come on Parker!"

Peter runs to Flash then quickly shoulder bumps him and knocks him out the way. He then leaps up into the air and slam dunks the ball. But not before breaking all the glass on the basketball board.

Flash lays on the ground looking at Peter in awe just like everyone else in the gym. Peter looks up at the broken board with a open mouth. Mila quickly runs over to Peter being careful of the glass. She bends down and ruffles his hair getting the glass out.

"What in the world was that Peter Parker?"

"Um..." Peter had no idea what to tell her. He woke up this morning and had powers. He would sound insane. There was no way she would believe him.

"You had insane basketball skills this whole time and you kept them a secret? Wow..."

Peter chuckles as Mila shakes her head staring at him, "Yeah... basketball skills."

Mila smiles, "That was pretty cool."

"You think?" Peter smiles as Mila nods. The two had gotten closer without noticing. Just as Mila realizes how close they were, Peter goes to say something.

"Ror I gotta tell you-"

"Parker!"

The two jump as they hear the Principal's angry voice.

"My office now!"

Mila stands up and holds her hand out. Peter grabs it and stands.

"But it wasn't his-"

"Bleh... I don't wanna hear it." The Principal shakes a finger and turns around. He lives the gym making Mila stick a tongue out at him.

Peter chuckles, "Very mature."

Mila shoves him, "Oh hush you."

After Peter is pulled into the principal's office for humiliating Flash and shattering the backboard his Uncle is called to the school. The Principal talks to Uncle Ben as Peter sits outside the office. After what seems like forever, Uncle Ben finally comes out.

Peter stands up, "I hope they're not gonna make us pay for the backboard."

Uncle Ben shakes his head, "I don't care about the backboard. Was that true?"

"What?"

"What I heard in there, just now? Did you humiliate that boy?"

Peter shrugs, "Yeah, I did. But..."

"But what?"

Peter scoffs ruffling his hair, "This guy... this guy deserved it."

Uncle Ben raises an eyebrow, "Did he?"

Peter nods frantically, "Yeah."

"Is he the kid that hit you? Is he?"

"Uh I mean... yeah... yeah but-"

Peter looks away and coincidentally Flash is standing at the end of the hall with Mila. Uncle Ben looks to where Peter is staring. They both watch as Flash kisses Mila's head but she pushes him away angrily and starts to yell at him.

"No I'm done Eugene!"

"Mila-"

"Don't! I'm done. He's my friend and if you don't like that oh well. Get over it!"

"Mila I don't care that he is-"

"Obviously you do. You have a problem. Why can't you just leave him alone? God I can't do this anymore."

Mila stomps away with Flash following quickly behind her. Once both are out of view Ben turns back to a smiling Peter. He clears his throat and watches the smile disappear from Peter's face.

"So all this is about getting even? If so, I guess you must feel pretty good about yourself now, right? Am I right or wrong? Maybe trying to show off and look good to your best friend since that's her boyfriend."

Peter doesn't reply and looks down.

"Yeah, I thought so. Well, thanks to this little escapade of yours, I had to change shifts at work. So you have to pick Aunt May tonight at nine o'clock, understood?... Is that understood?"

"Yeah."

Uncle Ben nods, "Okay. Good."

As they stand in the school hallway, Ben notices Gwen standing behind them, "She looks familiar."

Peter looks back and sees it's Gwen.

"She's the girl on your computer. Yeah."

Uncle Ben yells to Gwen, "He's got you on his computer. I'm his probation officer."

Peter glares at Uncle Ben making Ben smile, "Don't forget Aunt May."

"Okay."

Ben walks off and Peter laughs nervously as he turns to Gwen.

"He's a character. He's my uncle. He um... he's a pathological lier and thought you were someone else."

"Oh, man. You don't have me on your computer?" Gwen replies jokingly.

"Yeah. Well, I mean like, I had a... I took a photo of the debate team and you're in the debate team, so."

Gwen nods, "Right."

"So, he must have seen... um... cause I was touching up stuff."

"You were touching up stuff?"

They both laugh.

"I was... I was... I'm not gonna answer that."

Gwen smiles then frowns, "Did you get expelled?"

"No. No. I didn't get expelled. I got community service. Um... so uh... you wanna uh... I don't know. Um..."

"Wanna what?"

"I don't know. Just uh.... I don't know. I don't know. We could uh... or we could do something else. Or we could, if you don't like... we could..."

"What? Yeah."

Peter looks at her in shock, "Yeah?"

"Yeah, either one."

"Really?"

"Sure."

Peter smiles, "Okay. Good. Sounds good."

"Cool."

"Okay. You know, I can't right now. I can't right now."

"Yeah, I know."

"I'm so busy right now."

"Me too." Gwen agrees.

"But uh... maybe uh..."

"Yeah, just, you know?"

"Some other..."

"Time." Gwen finishes.

"Okay. Alright."

Gwen turns around, "Bye."

Peter watches Gwen as she walks down the hallway and she turns and smiles at him. He smiles back and then she disappears from his view. He jumps up in the air and lets out a yes. Things were turning around for him.

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