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"I've arrived, large room of people that I will probably mainly dislike in the future."

Everyone's head turned at the self-introduction from the teen that had just entered the classroom. A girl Peter had never seen before was standing there, a kind of crazy-but-cute smile plastered on her face.

Ms. Warren looked up as well, beckoning the new girl in. The brown-haired beauty skipped to the front of the classroom, grinning. "Do tell me I'm in the right classroom, cause if I'm not I'm probably gonna do something stupid then dramatically exit."

"Zoe Frader?" Ms. Warren asked, receiving a nod from the teen.

She was a pretty girl, that was definite, and Peter was pleased to see that she wasn't dressed inappropriately (as far too many girls did). She was sporting a wrinkled plaid shirt with jeans, her long brown hair pulled into low pigtails.

"That's me! Sorry I'm late, I was abducted by aliens. After being transported to the mothership, the aliens decided not to suck out my brains. They sent me back home. But I do have good news! The aliens have decided that the human race is too dumb to be their slaves, and they've moved on to Mars." Zoe smiled proudly, while looking off into the middle distance overdramatically.

A few people chuckled, including Ms. Warren. "Would you like to tell the class something about yourself?" the teacher offered, half gesturing to the mostly groggy teenagers.

The brunette rubbed her hands together devilishly, smirking as she made her way to the front of the class. "Alrighty, but don't say I didn't warn you." she then turned to the rest of the class mischievously. "Aloha peoples whom I hast never met before!" she cleared her throat, then continued. "My name is Zoe, and I just moved here from Brooklyn — yeah, I know, really far — because of my parents' jobs. Anywho, I always carry a jar of peanut butter—" she produced one from her nearly-empty looking backpack, then dropped it back in. "I ain't looking for a boyfriend, so don't get your hopes up guys, cause I know I'm irresistible, and I most definitely didn't break out of an asylum. Yay! Oh, and I rule everything with an iron fist, pushing down those that get in my way. Long live the tyrant queen!" She pumped her fist in the air, resulting in a couple of whoops.

"Alright, um, thank you Zoe, take a seat somewhere please."

"I dunno Teach, the chairs look pretty heavy. Besides, where would I even take one to? I don't really feel like going on a Hawaiian vacation right now…" this earned a few giggles from her new classmates, and Peter couldn't help but crack a small smile.

"As much as I already enjoy your jokes, Zoe, we do need to begin class now."

Zoe gave a little salute, before spinning on her heel and looking at the two empty chairs thoughtfully. Flash had an empty chair by him, and so did — oh, geez — Peter. Flash gave her one of his flirtatious grins, which Peter nearly rolled his eyes at. Zoe gave a polite smile, but instead plopped loudly into the seat beside Peter.

Naturally, by this time, the entire class had begun talking. "Hi," she grinned at him, holding out her hand. "You already know my name. What's yours?"

"Oh, uh, I'm—I'm Peter. Peter Parker." he shook her hand with a nervous smile, trying to ignore the glare Flash was pointing at him.

"Well hello then, Peter Parker." she turned to Flash, who instantly changed the glare to a grin at the brunette. "Sorry 'bout that, I typically like sitting further towards the back. Perhaps another time."

"Right then! Now, if you did the homework last night, which, I trust most of you did…" Ms. Warren continued talking, and Peter went ahead on the worksheet. He was the top of the class, after all. Of course, as he absent-mindedly worked, his mind had gone right from math to — what else? — Spider-Man. God, he couldn't wait to get out of this stuffy school, and become the hero in red tights (he did not just mentally say that…), and swing around like Tarzan with webs… it was the highlight of every day, really, and he loved it more than almost everything (besides, you know, May, Ned, food, air, saving people, stuff like that! Oh, and of course sleep).

He was startled out of his thoughts by a semi-harsh hit to his side. "Wha?" he looked up, meeting the eyes of Zoe, who was raising an eyebrow at him.

"Dude, you were called on." she muttered.

"Oh! Uh…" he trailed off, having no idea what the question had been.

"How do you solve number 11." she added under her breath.

"Right, right! I know that…" Peter went on to explain how he had gotten the answer (and of course, was right).

"Nice job, Pineapple." Zoe remarked to him.

"Uhh, what?" he asked, confused.

"That's your name until I can think of a better one. Peter starts with a P, and Pineapple starts with a P, so it makes perfect sense."

Peter grinned slightly at her logic, even more so when she oh-so-inconspicuously pulled out her peanut butter jar, along with a spoon.

"Are you really going to eat that?" he asked as she opened the jar. Peanut butter was good for sandwiches, but eating it plain? Wouldn't it stick to the roof of your mouth? And it was dry. The jelly in the famous sandwich style made it perfect, but… peanut butter was just so… bland, alone.

"Are we really in class right now?" she offered back, shrugging as she scooped a comically large spoonful of the brown substance for effect. "Yes, yes I am. You got a problem with that?"

A few days later

"How's the internship going?" Ned asked for what must have been the tenth time that week (okay, that might have been a bit of an exaggeration…) Peter gave a small laugh at his best friend.

"Oh, you know, the exact same as it was the last time you asked." he teased, while Ned whined. To be honest, it had been awfully dull recently. Ever since he had turned down Tony's offer to be an Avenger, he hadn't really been contacted, and that worried him.

"Honestly though, it's kind of boring right now."

"Spider-Man, boring?" Ned stared at the spider themed superhero like he had two heads. "Dude, how is it boring?!"

Peter shrugged his shoulders as he opened his locker, switching out supplies. "Well, you know that Mr. Stark hasn't really contacted me since Homecoming..."

"It hasn't been that long." his best friend replied, while shuffling around in his own locker (which was somehow even messier than Peter's), until pulling a folder out of it. "Anyway, did you hear about that blog about you? Er, about Spider-Man."

Um, no. He had not, in fact. Did it really come as that much of a surprise, though? I mean, it was Peter, he was always out Spider-Manning, he didn't exactly have time for a social life. "There's a blog about me? Like, a single post, or…?"

"The entire blog is dedicated to you!" Ned squealed quietly. "It's awesome, you need to check it out!" Yes, he squealed. Kay then…

"That's so cool!" Peter exclaimed in excitement. Yeah, he had been on the news and stuff, but an entire blog dedicated to him?—Spider-Man— I don't know about you, but he found it insanely cool.

"Hey guys!" Zoe greeted from behind the two. Ned jumped, startled, while Peter just chuckled at his best friend's jumpiness. "What's cool?"

"Oh! Um… you know, just like…" Ned cleared his throat, looking around as subtley as he could manage, "Peter's… explanation of…" he looked at the superhero for help, blanking.

"Thermodynamics!" Peter nodded along, giving a nervous chuckle.

"That is exactly what we were talking about, thermodynamics." Ned nodded vigorously, until Peter hit him lightly to get him to stop. "Yes, thermodynamics."

"Uhh… you… sure, about that?" the brunette raised her eyebrows, looking slightly concerned.

"Of course!" Peter grinned as confidently as he could at his new friend.

This earned a shrug from Zoe. "Yeah, okay." Wow, she was easily convinced… Peter would have laughed triumphantly at his brilliant lying skills, but, you know, Zoe was still there. "Anyway, what are ya'll doing after school?"

"Stark internship," Peter replied, almost automatically. What, with the number of times he had said it in the past few months, he felt like a broken record.

"And I've got to go see my grandma." Ned added, looking at her, "Why did you wanna know?"

"Just wanted to know if you wanted to hang out or somethin. My parents say I need to get out of the house, make friends and stuff."

"Sorry, maybe another time." A part of Peter was actually kind of sad to have to decline. Nobody ever wanted to hang out with him except for Ned, especially not a girl. Being a superhero seriously messed with his social life…

"Yeah…" Zoe gave a small sigh, before grinning again. "Well, if you get out of the internship before midnight, shoot me a text. I'll probably be up. Later, guys." She spun on her heel, waving as she walked down the hallway.

"Well that was weird." Ned commented after a minute.

"What was?" Peter asked, confused.

"A girl talking to us and not insulting us."

"Well she's talked to us before…" Peter offered, shrugging. Although not a lot, and not really both at the same time all that much. But definitely more than she had talked to other people (from what he had observed). It was… weird, to say the least. But at least it was weird in a good way.

The rest of the day's classes passed pleasantly fast for Peter. Before he knew it, there were five minutes left of the day before he could go home.

The teacher droned on, people mouthed words or whispered to each other, Peter was tapping his pencil rapidly against his leg, and in front of him, Zoe ate peanut butter casually.

Flash was looking over at her every little while (Peter wasn't a stalker or anything, the teacher was just in that general direction…), but the girl seemed unaware to it.

Finally, the bell rang. Peter sprang from his chair, scooping his things into his backpack, before bolting from the room. He didnt even realize that he had forgotten his homework folder.

Zoe nearly let out a startled gasp when Peter almost ran into her as he rushed out of the classroom. What could possibly lead to that amount of urgency? She kept quiet, however, and glanced at his desk - where a blue folder was sitting, undoubtedly Peter's. If she hurried, she could probably catch him.

Boys and their forgetfulness, she grinned to herself as she grabbed the folder and hurried after said boy. Peter kind of reminded her of someone… two people, actually. Specifically, her two best friends from back home. Shut up Frader, you can be homesick when you get home.

She had just exited the school when she saw Peter glance around, before jumping over the gate effortlessly. Okay, that wasn't normal… it was a dang tall gate… how had he done that?

Zoe frowned, speeding up to catch up with Peter. What the heck was that? Why wasn't she calling out for him to stop? Why was she suddenly feeling rather suspicious about the closest person she had to a friend at her new school?

She felt guilty about following him, but he was definitely hiding something. He was always running out of class, and he seemed to always have a bruise or two somewhere on his body. And this was after three days of her attending this school! Something had to be going on.

After a few minutes, Peter ran into a small deli. Zoe decided to wait outside, at a safe distance, because she certainly couldn't go in without Peter noticing her.

Little time passed before Peter ran out again. He crossed the street, and ducked into an alleyway. An alleyway? Well, that totally wasn't sketchy in any way at all… what was he, a drug dealer or something?

Zoe lingered outside the alley, debating with herself. Following him could be potentially dangerous, or a serious invasion of privacy. It wasn't really any of her business… but she hadn't followed him for nothing…

With a deep, yet silent breath, she entered the alleyway. Someone was making an awful lot of noise… then she saw it. Peter was pulling a Spider-Man mask over his head, then pressed his hand to his chest. And then he shot a web. Like, a legit, Spider-Man web.

Oh. My. God.

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