Re: Jurassic Park: Gwen & Peter
"It's nice to be out of the cold," she added when he hopped up to the hood. She hadn't taken off her jacket and scarf, but she would do that soon. It was warm enough to chase away the memory chill from Marvel, even without the added whatever that helped her to remain more insulated in the days since her ability changed. He talked about seeing the dinosaurs, and she managed a real smile for him as a result. Whatever else was going on, this was cool. Her love of biology was just too strong to let the emo of her romance life overshadow the chance to see the extinct creatures. She thumbed at her iPhone and changed the song, and she moved close enough to hand him one of her earbuds.
She let the song play a while before she said anything else. Yeah, she'd known it would come up, and maybe it was better to get it out of the way first. It was like ignoring the pterodactyl in the room otherwise, and Peter could be way persistent; she wouldn't be able to ignore the topic forever.
"I'm okay." It wasn't a lie. She wasn't spiraling out of control, and she wasn't wishing for the ground to swallow her up. "I'm upset, but I'm okay." She looked out at the treeline in the distance, looking for movement that wasn't caused by the breeze that ruffled everything around them. "When I first got here, years ago, I didn't mind Mary Jane at all. I thought she was fun, and interesting, and she didn't worry me. I didn't constantly compare myself to her. I didn't think anything that I don't think of every girl walking around me. That changed along the way, and I really wish I could change it back, but I can't." She tugged off her jacket, her scarf, and she shoved them into her pack. "I don't know how to be friends with someone I can't trust, Peter. And I know you hate me talking about how things are supposed to be, but it's generally accepted that me dying makes her stop being selfish and wild, so I'm actually kind of causing this all myself."