Bitten

Chapter 13

      I arrived at the house and was bruised after my tangle with the lizard. Hey, that's a good name. The Lizard. Okay don't judge me. I'm not that geek enough of a person to come up with a stupid name for the beast. I went through my bedroom window. I slowly and quietly crawled on the ceiling. I closed the window with my foot. I crawled into my room and noticed my bedroom door was open. I shot a web silently at my door and closed quietly. I landed softly on the floor. I tiptoed to the door and quietly closed the door shut. I took my mask off and turned around to find Gwen sitting on my bed. I jumped back. "Jesus! Gwen!" I exclaimed freaking out. "Sorry." "Peter! Are you alright?" "Uh...yeah I'm fine Aunt May!" I yelled. I scrambled to get out of my spider suit. I heard aunt May walking up the stairs. I tore the suit off and scrambled to find a pair of pants. "Oh crap. Oh crap. Oh crap. Oh crap." I said quickly. I found a pair of grey sweats and picked them up with my feet and crawled to the ceiling. I put the sweats on and landed on the floor as soon as May opened the door. "Hey Pete you good? I made some turkey meatloaf but it doesn't look very good. Oh. Peter who is this?" "I'm Gwen...Peter's...uh...girl-" "-friend." I said finishing Gwen's statement. "She's my girlfriend." Gwen looked at me and blushed a little. She smiled. I glanced at her and smiled. "Well. Okay. Hello Gwen. I'm Peter's aunt...oh and Peter..." "Yeah?" "Put a shirt on." Aunt May said with a smirk and closed the door. 

"So...I'm your girlfriend now?" "Uh....I guess. I mean. If you want to...You don't have to be if you don't-" "Yes." "What? Really?" "Yeah." "Seriously?" "Don't make me regret it." Gwen said with a smile. "Sorry." I said leaning in and kissing her. I pulled away. "How did you know where I lived?" "MJ lives right next door, Pete." Gwen answered with a chuckle. "Riiiight.....best friend." I stated. 

The next day at school, Gwen and I were talking on the bleachers alone. Gwen was looking at the spider that had bitten me. "Beautiful." Gwen said. "I don't know what you are talking about but, THAT little bugger was a  pain in my neck...literally." I said rubbing my neck reminiscing about that day. "So, who else knows?" "Only you." "Really?" "Yeah." "Why would you entrust me with your secret? Especially, the captain's daughter of all people." "For some reason, I don't know what...I feel like I can trust you, Gwen." "Good to know." "I feel like I want to kiss you." "Then why don't you?" "Uh...I'm not really a good kisser." "That makes two of us." Gwen replied. I leaned in to kiss her. Our lips brushed when my newly named "Spidey Senses" went off. A football was flying towards our heads. I caught the ball with my right hand, kissing Gwen and threw the ball back at the players. Gwen and I pulled away from our kiss when I heard the football hit the field goal with a loud bang and bent the side of the field goal. "SORRY!!" I apologized loudly. 

     I looked back at Gwen. My phone started ringing. I took my phone out and looked at the caller ID. It was Scott. "Oh god." I said. "What? What's wrong? Who's calling you?" "My best friend Scott. I can't talk to him." I said quickly. "Why not?" I sighed. "Okay Gwen what I'm about to tell you. You can tell NO ONE. Okay? Can you do that?" "Yeah. Peter what's going on?" "I left my hometown a bit...unceremoniously, Gwen. The only person who knew that I left to stay here in New York is my dad. The day of the field trip when I met you. The next day was when I left my friends. Nearly, a year ago...in Beacon Hills...I was possessed by an evil spirit called a Nogitsune." "What's that?" "It's a thousand year old dark Japanese fox spirit. It took over my body.......Gwen....I did terrible things.....I killed two of my friends....I killed them while I was possessed. I wasn't in control of my body." I said in tears and my hands shaking. "Oh my god Peter." "Gwen...I killed my best friend's love of his life......along with my former crush's love interest.....you know what they did.....they forgave me. I-I killed them and they forgave me....Gwen....I don't deserve to be forgiven......I'm a monster." I said crying. I said the last statement in a whisper. Gwen took my face in her hands. "Hey. Hey. Hey...look at me. Look at me, Peter. It's okay....You weren't in control of your body. Peter, you shouldn't have to destroy yourself for a mistake you made in the past. It's not healthy." "Gwen...that's why I can't answer Scott. He'd tear me to pieces if he found me." "Why?" "He's not exactly....human." "Hmm...well neither are you, genius." "True...but well....I guess you can say that we are the same. Scott and I. Now anyways. A couple of years ago, Scott was bitten by a...wolf. More specifically a...werewolf." "A werewolf? Seriously?" "Yes. Seriously. He's a werewolf along with two others of my friends. Gwen...all my friends are supernatural beings." "What?" "I know it sounds crazy. Scott is a werewolf so are three others except one of them I wouldn't really call 'friend.' Anyway, then there is a werecoyote and a banshee. Gwen, I was the only human out of everyone. They always felt the need to protect me. I didn't need protection. I could handle myself but, my friends didn't care what I thought. The only thing that mattered was my safety. I had to get away from their pity.....I'm sorry. I didn't mean to tell you my life story." I said. "It's fine, Peter." Gwen assured me. "Are you sure?" "Yeah. It's fine." "Come on lets get out of here." I told her with a mischievous smile. "Oh...I don't like that look." Gwen said. "Whaaaat? Why not? I love this smile. It's one of my best. This is one of my best faces." I said jokingly taking her hand. She rolled her eyes.