My Spider Senses

My Study Session

"Listen, Harry and I are going to start this study session and we were wondering if you would join us? It starts at 5 o'clock in the public library on 5th Avenue"

"Yea... Yea I know the one. Been there plenty of times to uh... Get my uh..." I don't know what it is, maybe it's that I've had a crush on Gwen since I first met her, maybe it's that she's as perfect as an angel, or maybe it's that I just can't talk to girls, but I seem to be at a loss of words.

"Books?" She answers for me

"Yea, books. Cause you know, that's what you get at libraries. But yea I'll meet you guys there. When does it start?" I quickly try to get back on topic before I make an even bigger fool of myself.

"Uh it starts tomorrow. Thank you so much, we'll see you there" She smiles at my agreement and walks to her friends.

I skate home feeling ecstatic. This awful day just became the best day so far and it's just gonna get better and better. I get home and quickly finish my homework with time to spare to help my uncle do some house work I promised him I would do yesterday. But when I say house work, I literally mean 'house' work. I fix the pipes, fix broken doors, fix the TV, basically anything that gets broken, I have to fix. But it's no big deal since I'm not too bad at building things.

The next day, I go through the same routine. I take my classes, eat disgusting lunch, deal with Flash's incompetent insults, and finish all assignments early. That day, I rush out the door out of eagerness. It's only 3:30 so I still have to kill an hour and thirty minutes. I decide to go home and finish my homework. After all, I don't need help with my homework, they probably wanted me there to help them since I'm top of my class.

I finish the elementary work my teachers call high school work and head to the library. I find Gwen and Harry sitting at a table with an empty chair across from Gwen. I walk over and sit down.

"So what're we studying today?" I reach over to grab the book but so does Gwen and our hands touch. I look up at her and she does the same but quickly pulls away.

"Geometry" She quickly replies at which looks like an attempt for her not to let Harry notice what just happened. I shrug it off and help Harry with his proofs. It seemed like Harry is who needed help, not so much Gwen.

"Okay well I'm gonna go use the bathroom so I'll be back. I might even look for a few geometry books." Harry laughs obviously joking as he walks to the bathroom.

'Crap, now I'm alone with Gwen and I don't know what to do.' I think to myself as there's an awkward silence in the air. "You look beautiful today..." I try to break the silence but it just makes it seem more awkward. "Well you look beautiful every day, it's not like only today you look good and the other days you look bad because that's not what I meant..." I attempt to explain my random comment. 'Why am I still talking? Shut up!!' I keep telling myself but clearly I don't listen.

"Uh... Thank you Peter." I can tell she doesn't know what to say.

"Gwen, sorry about that. I just get so nervous around you, sometimes I don't know what to say. But now I do..." 'What am I doing?' I keep asking myself in my head 'Becoming a man that's what! No! Don't become a man. Just end it now before you embarrass yourself even more!' I fight with myself but my mouth seems to not care. "I've liked you for a long time, I know we don't talk much..." 'How about never?!' "...but I feel like there's something here." I reach over and put my hand on hers.

She doesn't move clearly surprised by my recent gesture "Uh... What? I'm sorry Peter but I can't right now." She pulls her hand away "I already have a boyfriend... Harry. I thought you already knew that." 'I told you not to say anything!' I yell at myself feeling like a dumbass.