The Space Between

5

I couldn't sleep at all last night. My brain just keep on thinking about the new kid, Peter Parker.

I woke up rubbing my tired, puffy eyes. I stumbled out of bed and walked over to my bathroom to start getting ready. I decided to actually try to get ready today instead of my usual resort to just throw on some sweatpants. But after all it was Valentine's Day so I tried to put a little effort. It wasn't like anyone was going to ask me out or anything.

The sun felt warm on my skin as I got off the bus and headed to the front doors of the school. I tried to keep my head down as I maneuvered through the halls to get to my locker. Surprisingly for me, there was someone waiting for me there...

"Umm Flash can I help you?" I said very confused on why he was there.

"Lane will you be my date to the Valentines Day Dance?" Flash said with his shinny teeth plastered in a smile.

"Wait really?! Because I would love-

"HAHA Lane!! It was a dare! And we got you on film." Flash exclaims while I notice a group of guys coming out from around the corner, Peter among them.

"This broke me. Nobody wants me. I am not lovable."

Are just some of the thoughts that were racing through my head as I held back a fountain of tears and ran into the storage closet.

"Dude that wasn't cool at all." I heard a familiar voice say before knocking on the closet door. Before the door opened to find Peter Parker on the other side with sadness in his eyes.

PETER POV
I has no idea what was going on until I saw how humiliated Lane was. So I followed her to make sure she was okay. I opened the door to find her curled up in a corner so I sat down next to her.

BACK TO LANE
He came in and sat down next to me.

"Hey partner." He said with a little smile on his face. "I'm really sorry about what happened back there. I promise that I had no idea what was going on."

I gave him a tiny smile and replied, "I believe you Parker."

He scooted closed to me and I placed my head on his shoulder.

"Flash is a jerk." Peter said while playing with your hair.

"Yeah some people just never change." I sighed.

Then the bell rang. Peter got up first and gave me a hand.

"We'll see you later Lane." Peter said before winking and walking off.

I let out a little giggle before we parted our separate ways.

A/N-
From now on I will be posting once a week:)
Sorry this is so short, expect more chapters in the future!