"She was really pretty," Peter says. "And really smart. She used to be the head of our Academic Decathlon Team. When Flash was being a jerk, she just ignored him and what he was saying, and that's kind of the right thing to do with Flash."

Not that Peter was ever successful at it; he had a tendency to react.

"I don't think I've ever seen her be mean to anyone, but she wasn't a pushover, either. And even though I was a sophomore and she was a senior, she still agreed to go with me to Homecoming."

Which really meant a lot to Peter, even though he ended up ruining it.