Re: Gwen + Felicity: Going out
"It's how car engines work." Internal combustion. Gwen was only marginally interested in the subject. She was more into the experience of actually riding in a car, and reveling in the way the world totally sped by outside. She thought it was maybe a small-time version of flying, which just made her more interested to ride in a plane (which would probably lead to an obsession with the concept of space travel).
But Felicity's reaction was way more important than anything about a car, and Gwen wasn't the kind to be distracted or derailed easily. "I know we weren't talking about you, but you had a physical reaction which leads me to believe that you have some experience with the situation at hand." And, as an olive branch, Gwen tried to find a way to explain the frigid situation (which she kept doing lately, and she kind of thought everyone had already known the puzzle pieces that comprised how badly things went back when she was in college). "Kind of. The implication was that I was responsible for what happened, because I didn't engage in sex. Which was totally his right to decide." She added the last part quickly, because she was starting to feel like she was majorly ruining everything for Jason. "But it was a long time ago, and he's apologized so many times, and he feels super sorry. I just don't want to be that girl."
Gwen didn't have to consider very long about whether she wanted good things for MJ (or MJ and Jason). "I liked them both a lot, and I want them both to be happy. If happy means them being together, than I totally want that for them." There wasn't any jealousy about this particular pairing in the girl that shared the backseat of the cab with Felicity. In fact, maybe there was an echo of potential relief in the statement. "MJ is a really good friend. I'm not angry with her. I think she's great." Gwen meant that.
"You can tell me about the frigid thing. I won't tell anyone," she promised, even as the lights of the Capital caught her eyes and lit her features in awe and taller buildings than she'd ever understood existed. "Wow."