One thing Maria was learning about being in something even remotely resembling a relationship was that everyone asked about the other person. She was beginning to get the idea that people, especially friends, truly would be interested in the other person in her life.
"He's good," she said then chuckled. "He made Barton fall on his face during my party after the dipshit stripped down and decided to run around naked. I think before he got with me Peter would have just punched him in the face. Maybe I'm a mellowing personality."
Okay, even she couldn't keep a straight for for that.