Re: Lab: Gwen/Bruce
You should practice often, sir. [She said it with a smile that only just managed to slip past the seriousness of the suggestion. Parenting, on the other hand, was a hard subject for her, and she busied herself with closing the pack and setting it back at her feet.
It was easier, instead, to concentrate on his story of romance with Betty, and she grinned dimples as he admitted to doing the proposing.] What made you ask? After all those years, what made you finally do it? [She couldn't imagine eight years with anyone, but that was, she thought, just the perception of time in the young. It was hard to imagine eight years of anything at the age of twenty.
But he continued about Mary Jane, and she ultimately slid off her stool and picked up the pack from its place at her feet.] I'm not going for Mary Jane, sir. I'm going because I know all three boys are going to be there, and I know I can be useful to them. [Which meant, on some level at least, she fully expected Harry to be present.] Mary Jane doesn't need me to protect her. She has three people who would risk their lives for her already. I'm risking my life for them. [It was, she knew, probably not the most socially acceptable of statements. But it was true. She didn't wish Mary Jane harm, it wasn't like that, but her decision here hadn't been about the other girl.
She regarded him when he spoke of Emily and, after a few seconds, she shook her head.] If Harry and I are both gone, and Mr. Osborn is captured, she'll go to a good home. That's all I wanted for her in the first place.