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Chapter 22

The Dinner (Part 1)

THINKING of last night, Peter couldn't help but keep smiling. Widely. After those times—seems like forever—finally he can be happier Peter Parker. He kissed Gwen. Eventhough she didn't kiss him back, that's good enough because Gwen didn't slap him.

Today, as a thank you—and he meant it—Peter swinging from ESU to Roosevelt, after his class. He should gives her some free time, like taking a walk with him or something. Shortly, today is their day and he cannot ruin this with his spiderman job. His spidey-self told the police to do more effort in keeping city safe just for a day.

Ten minutes later, Peter arrived. He continues to walk down the alley, then to railway. Peter peeps down. The peron showing the train with Gwen is seemingly doing something in there. Hurried, he went to train's door.

And, that's just right. Gwen, with Richard's lab-sungglasses, looking in through the tube. She has too serious-gaze into it, but that won't stop him.

"Knock-knock." Then Peter said, with the cutest smile ever.

She tilted up, smiling back. "Hey,"

Just "hey"? After last night-??, he suddenly thinks to himself. But remembering the old-Gwen, Peter changed his furrowed eyebrow into the usual, then walking in. "You busy enough with this stuff.." commenting, Peter points to the tube and the equation beside her.

Gwen shrugged to answer that. "Yeah. I almost done. But-" Was, Peter almost furrow eyebrow again seeing Gwen's act just showing she didn't really need him at all. Eh, yea, Peter never came here for long discussion since May's death. But then, Gwen took a needle that containing her blood. "It's just...I haven't found the right equation for this. Maybe decay rate algorithm equation just too old for Stacy's DNA.."

Found her little-mocking-joke, Peter chuckles. "Dad didn't tell me how to do it. So..." Then the gaze showed, Sorry, i cant help you.

Gwen just replied that by smiling softly, then pats his shoulder. "I'm not asking for your help. So... It's fine."

Found her soften gaze to him, Peter knows this is the time. So, he cuts off her business with those lab things with remembering her about last night. "It's fine too, when you're not slap me on the face after last night."

She...looks down. Blushing! Seeing that, Peter grinned, "It was pretty good for me."

"Yeah, me too."

"Why you didn't angry?"

Meanwhile, Gwen frowned, thinking that as stupidiest question he ever said. She look at him, disbelief. "Why'd you asked?"

"So you like the kiss?"

Shoot. Gwen become awkward in sudden. He makes her doesn't have any bravery at all for just steal a glance. He's too sweet—and sly, but in a good thing.

Deliberate, Peter looking at her in intensely. The old Gwen didnt like his brown-doe-eyes staring at her too intense. Who knows it would bring back some memories, right?

Peter smiles when seeing Gwen can't take it anymore. She changed her gaze to glance her equation book, then says, "Peter,"

Wanna end this teasing session, finally Peter just sighed. "Well... i mean you're supposed to be angry when i kissed you because... you know- I havent ask you out. The last time was—"