CHAPTER 4: I wish I hadn't been passed out at that time

Empire State University.

This is New York's main university.

Gwen walked excitedly across the campus and soon arrived at the university court.

As soon as she entered the doors, she saw the girls from her rock band already packing their bags to leave.

Looking at them, Gwen said apologetically, "I'm sorry guys, I'm too late."

But there was something that Gwen didn't notice.

She came running from Arthur's house to the university, and she wasn't tired at all.

The girls in the band expressed that they didn't mind Gwen arriving late

"But you're lucky today wasn't a performance, it was just a rehearsal."

"But if you're late again next time, you'll have to rehearse alone, Gwen."

"Well, we could even rehearse another song now with you here, but the basketball team's cheerleading rehearsal is about to start."

The girls played with Gwen as they packed their things.

Gwen continued to express her apologies.

As they were talking, Gwen felt someone approaching her from behind, turning her head, she saw a hand about to pat her on the shoulder.

She knew the owner of this hand.

It was his friend Peter Benjamin Parker.

Or as everyone usually calls him, Peter Parker.

"Hey! Hello Peter!"

Gwen smiled and greeted Peter, Peter in turn suddenly became a little shy when he saw Gwen with a bright smile.

"Hi, Gwen."

"Uh... I happened to be free today, so I came to watch your rehearsal."

Upon hearing this, Gwen immediately clasped her hands together and apologized, "I'm sorry, Peter."

"Something unexpected happened on the way here that made me a little late."

"It's okay Gwen, I also came here unannounced."

Gwen elbowed Peter in the chest like a good friend, "As an apology, how about I invite you for a cup of coffee?"

"I don't think you're in a rush to get back to the lab, right?"

Peter froze for a moment, then nodded, "Yes, there's no one in the lab who needs my help right now."

"Then it's settled."

Before Peter could continue speaking, Gwen turned to her band members and said, "It's the same with you girls, let's have a drink together."

Everyone applauded immediately.

Behind Gwen, Peter's eyes were a little lost now, there was even a little disappointment in his eyes.

[A/N: Poor Peter...✊😔]

Only when Gwen called him did he come to his senses.

"Hey, Peter, let's go."

"OK."

Peter took a step forward, walking side by side with Gwen.

Gwen continued, "How are the experiments going with Dr. Connors?"

"Still the same, not much progress…"

"But yesterday's Oscorp Industries tour gave me some new ideas."

"I'll talk about it with Dr. Connors this afternoon."

As soon as the Oscorp industrial tour was mentioned, Gwen remembered the spider bite.

And when she was passed out in Arthur's house, she dreamed that she had turned into a giant, horrible spider.

Thinking about it made Gwen shudder a little.

Suddenly, she felt something strange.

It was as if her senses had suddenly warned her that something dangerous was about to happen.

She could feel something coming towards her.

Danger!

It was about the same time, Mary Jane suddenly shouted, "Gwen, be careful!"

Behind Gwen, a basketball quickly flew towards her head.

The ball came from the court where the basketball team and cheerleaders were practicing.

Anyone could see that it was a member of the basketball team who wanted to show off in front of the cheerleaders, but he probably didn't expect to make a mistake all of a sudden.

The basketball coincidentally flew towards Gwen and Peter.

But unlike what everyone expected, the ball that was supposed to hit Gwen's head simply stopped behind her head making a muffled 'Poof' sound.

The ball had been caught.

The one who caught the ball was none other than Gwen.

Gwen, without looking back or even realizing what she had done, picked up the ball.

Gwen, who at this moment came to her senses, looked at the basketball in her hand in astonishment.

She didn't even know what was happening now.

Without her realizing it, her body responded practically automatically to danger.

"Are you okay, Gwen?"

Peter beside her also reacted and immediately asked in concern.

"I'm fine, Peter."

"You're not hurt, are you?"

Gwen shook her head, indicating that she was fine.

Holding the ball in both hands, she threw it back to the basketball team.

The little incident ended like this, Gwen, Peter and the girls in the band packed their things and went to a coffee shop.

"Gwen, you were really cool when you caught that ball. Where did you learn to do that?"

"Yeah, Gwen. You want to know something? I was really scared right now."

Faced with their praise, Gwen could only give a superficial smile: "Stop it."

"Let's go to the cafeteria, I'm already thirsty."

So, Gwen went to the coffee shop surrounded by Peter and the members of the rock band.

All afternoon, Gwen thought about everything that happened today, she felt that something strange was happening to her.

She thought this was probably related to last night's spider.

But she couldn't find evidence to prove whether she was right.

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Outside the university gate.

After finishing all of today's activities, Gwen walked to the gate looking at her hands.

As she stared at her hands in a daze, the sound of a horn brought her back to reality.

Looking up, he saw a black car parked in front of it, the windows were slowly rolled down, revealing a middle-aged blond man.

Gwen placed her hands on her chest and said angrily, "Dad, you scared me."

"Sorry, Gwen."

"I just wanted to get your attention, did something happen to your hand?"

This blond, middle-aged man is Gwen's father, George Stacy, the Police Captain of the New York Police Department.

Gwen didn't answer George's question and got directly into the car, continuing to watch her hands.

George said as he drove, "If you want to paint your nails, I have no objection."

"That's not it, Dad."

"What happened was..."

Gwen didn't know how to explain what had happened, so she made up a random reason: "I just think my hands look really nice today."

"Haha! So, you inherited the excellent gene from me and your mother."

Looking at the narcissistic George, Gwen didn't want to speak anymore, so she just closed her eyes and meditated.

She kept thinking about everything that happened from last night until now

Thinking of this, she unconsciously thought of Arthur.

(I wish I hadn't been passed out at that time...)

The scene of her being carried in a princess hug flashed through Gwen's head again.

Not knowing why he was thinking about it again, his face turned completely red.

(End of chapter)