Gwen Stacy was an average high schooler, she was smart, was in a band, and had great friends. Until she got bitten by a radioactive spider. Since then, she's been trying to juggle her life as Gwen and ghost spider. What will happen when the avengers...
'These excuses how they served me so well They've kept me safe They've kept me stoic They've kept me locked in my own cell' - Alanis Morissette
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TWO MONTHS HAD passed since Gwen's expedition to Germany yet the lies kept on coming, she decided to only tell Gloria about her internship, but made her promise not to tell another soul. It would've been awkward if Peter Parker, someone who actually interned with Tony Stark, heard the news. Besides, she only missed one day of school, along with band practice that she'd been unintentionally avoiding for a few weeks. It wasn't a secret that Gwen loved music, so her constant absence and excuses led her friends to quickly become concerned. They needed Gwen, as both a drummer and a singer, but most of all, Gloria needed her friend.
"Gwen." Gloria greeted as she approached the blondes locker.
"Hi Glori." She replied, using her nickname to try and ease down the lecture about to come.
"Don't 'hi Glori' me." The girl with braids countered. "You've skipped out on band twice this week. Gwen, we need you. So if somethings wrong then just tell us, or just tell me." Gloriana Grant added, her concern only made Gwen feel even more guilty.
"I'm sorry, I've just been so busy lately. Mr Starks been giving me a ton of work to do and I'm trying to get it together, but it's just difficult." She claimed, telling some of the truth, but that wouldn't cut it for her best friend.
"Why don't you just tell him you need a social life? He, of all people, should be able to understand that." She argued. "Listen, the others are thinking about kicking you out of the band. You need to make more of an effort to show up." Gloria pleaded, in truth, she wanted Gwen to do what she loved, furthermore, allow herself to have a break. As far as she was aware, this internship was wearing Gwen out and if her employer didn't see that, then they didn't deserve Gwendolyn Stacy.
"Is practice on tonight?" Gwen asked, mentally cancelling her usual patrols. Gloria nodded. "I can make it, but I'll have to leave at seven."
"Really?" Gloria smiled.
"Promise." She winked, masking the nervousness she was feeling. Gwen was fully aware that she would get ridiculed by the rest of her band because of her lack of loyalty. Lucky for her, she'd gotten used to lying.
"If you go back on that then I'm going to tell Mrs Warren it's your birthday." Gloria joked as she took out her physics book from her own locker.
"Oh god, no." Gwen replied in all seriousness, last year, the physics teacher had miraculously found out it was her birthday. It was the longest, most embarrassing, and toughest 20 seconds of her life, the song 'happy birthday' still gave her flashbacks to that faithful day.
