"You sure your okay?" Peter asked, "You don't have to-"

"I need to. Besides, it was a mild tranquilizer." She waved him off.

"You passed out and broke your nose." Peter said, "Not too mild."

Katalina tripped over her own feet. Peter grabbed her before her face met the ground.

"You okay?" He asked.

"I lost my contacts this morning. I cannot see." Katalina groaned.

"Don't you have glasses?" Peter asked.

Katalina blushed, "I do. They're in my backpack but...I stopped using glasses when I was 12. I look...not pretty in them."

"Well you'll need to use something." Peter said, "I doubt you look bad."

"I'm not wearing those stupid glasses." Katalina sighed, "I can survive without them."

"Fine." Peter agreed.

Peter had never seen Katalina with her glasses on.

He's seen her with hipster glasses but they have no lenses. The girl absolutely hates her actual ones.

Katalina sighed, holding onto Peter's arm because everything seems blurred.

She still felt the effects of the electric trancilizer but ignored it. She took a deep breath and steaded herself.

"I want to ger ice cream today." Katalina told him. Peter rolled his eyes.

"Fine. Just because you punched Tony Stark in the face." Peter said with a grin.

Katalina beamed, "Only cool thing about secret identies is you can punch your boss in the face and not get in trouble."

"You can punch Tony Stark in the face and not get in trouble." Peter corrected, "You get more praise for that."

"Peter."

"Hmm?"

"Go away." She swatted his arm, "If I recall, you have school."

"Oh crap."

"Bye. I still want ice cream after~"

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Peter had to admit, he liked school. A lot.

For one his beautiful angel faced, blonde girlfriend was there. Gwen Stacy was perfection, Peter knew it. And he loved every second he got with her.

Second, at school he had no worries. He didn't have to worry about SHIELD, paperwork that needs filing, bad guys. At school, he was just nerdy Peter Parker and he liked that.

Third, is since he misses a good bit of school being Spider Man, he has a lot to do. Meaning he can get his mind off hoping Katalina doesn't do anything dangerous. Because Peter Parker is a worrier.

Katalina will tell it to him daily.

Peter sighed, sitting down in his 1st Period Class. Science, which he's good at.

"Here." Gwen held out a piece of paper.

"What's that?" He asked.

"Your book report." Gwen said, "I had a feeling you forgot it. It's for next period."

"Thank you." Peter leaned up and gave her a kiss. "How'd you know?"

Gwen smiles, readjusting her pink bow thats in her hair.

"Our Glow Stick told me that you helped her out when she fainted. She said you fell asleep there. So I naturally assumed you didn't do it." Gwen explained. Glow Stick was Gwen's nickname for Katalina. She usually only said it in private but no one was really listening.

They had a substitute and their teacher left an educational Bill Nye video to watch.

Peter sighed.

"What's wrong?" Gwen asked. Peter sighed again.

"Nothing." Peter admitted, "How are things at Oscorp?"

Gwen shrugged, "Same as always. Thankfully no giant lizard men."

"I hear Oscorp and Jager Industries are competing now." Peter murmured.

"They're competing with everyone. Oscorp is just number one on the list. So, you have what your going to say at the Stark Expo ready yet?"

Peter groaned, "No even a little bit. The most I have is "Hello" and that's pushing it."

"Why not ask Ms. Potts for help?"

"I did. She laughed and said I was smart enough to figure it out." Peter said.

Gwen frowns, leaning in closer to him. Her finger brush up against a large bruise on the side of his face. She rubbed, it was obvious that he tried using make-up to hide it.

"That's not your shade." She noted. Peter jumped.

"It...I...It was all...Shiny had. I had gotten before I came to help her out. " He seemed embarrased. Shiny was also a well known nickname for Katalina.

He met Gwen's gaze. It took everything he had to not tear his eyes away and worry her.

Ever since the night Gwen's father died, Peter had felt guilty and upset being anywhere near the blonde beauty. Captain Stacy's dying breath had been used to make Peter promise that he'd leave Gwen out of his life.

And here he was, still dating her, still with her, they were almost always together when ever they had the oppurtunity to be.

Gwen slapped the back of his head, "Instead of using make-up, try not to be reckless."

Peter glanced down at his binder as if they were the most interesting thing ever.

"Sorry-"

"Don't apologize. Take a break. I'm absolutely certain New York will survive a couple of days without a masked vigilante fighting in alleyways taking a beating from every guy in town with a crowbar and getting horribly brusied."

Peter huffed, "I'll have you know that Shiny was the one who got crowbarred. I was the one who got a baseball bat to the face."

Gwen nodded, "See. Just let Glow Stick deal with New York. Then after you're all healed up and well rested, you two can switch and she can rest." Gwen planted a swift peck to Peter's lips.

Peter and Gwen laughed for a moment, knowing full well that Peter would not take a break.

Besides, Glow and Spider Man couldn't seperate like that. SHIELD and the Avengers were after them. An attack on Katalina was enough proof of that.

But Gwen didn't need to know that. That would make her freak out and worry more. Not to mention probably demand both heros stop being heros so SHIELD leaves them alone.

"So how about we go to that chinese resturtant you like? I can pick you up around seven." Peter gave her a hopeful look.

"I would love to." Gwen gave him a kiss on his cheek, "It'll be fun."

They turned towards the video.

"Our teacher does know we're not little kids right?" Gwen murmured.

"Mrs. Bess is as old as a dinosaur. We're basically five years old to her." Peter replies"Besides Bill Nye is educational. It makes people smart."

"How do you know that?" Gwen asks.

Peter grinned, "Because if you ask Shiny, she watched these when she was in school and she's a genius."

Gwen stared for a moment before laughing. "Oh my gosh. Gotta love that girl."

Peter nodded his agreement. "Until she tries to blow up your house."

"Or your car so it is and I quote "a glowing testimony to the art of explosions." Gwen said.

"We need to get her therapy." Peter said.

"Or a need hobby."

"SHHH!" The substitute shushed.

"Rude much? Interuptting our conversation." Peter said, glancing at his watch.

Gwen rolled her eyes at him but smiles anyway.

Peter could only wonder how he got so lucky as to have someone like her.

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It was an unspoken agreement that Peter come get Katalina after his school day was over.

To his surprise, when he arrives, Katalina's hands were covering her face.

"I am wearing the glasses." Katalina says.

"Let me guess, tough day without seeing?" Peter said.

"Yes. I almost got hit by two taxes, I kept falling into walls, I thought Natasha was Pepper because I can only see blobs, and I fell off of Stark Tower." Katalina said, "So I put them on. Tony laughed at me."

Peter's eyes widen. "How did you fall of Stark Tower?"

"Tony asked me to come to the top where the quinjets land and see how cool his new suit flies. He just wanted to brag. I couldn't see where I was goin' and fell. Tony caught me."

Peter sighed, "Who needs SHIELD to put you in danger when you can do that naturally."

"Haha. Very funny." Katalina removes her hands. "Don't laugh. They're coke bottle thick and too square. But since I'm rich, they were 1000 dollars. So I guess I have to wear them at least once."

Peter squints at her, "You actually don't look that bad."

"Wait, what?"

"They suit you. You look cute in them. In the nerdy-cool way." Peter said.

Katalina rolls her eyes, "Wow. A compliment from Spider Man. I'm so touched and grateful." She said sarcastically.

Peter grins, "I'm not kidding. You look cute."

"Don't care." Katalina waves him off.

But she wears her glasses the next day and the day after that. Because hey, if Spider Man calls you cute, you don't ignore it.