A Broken Web

I tell Gwen what I found out about my father. "And so, he only really wanted to protect me." I say, tapping my fingers on the desk. Gwen just looks at me, before running up to me and kissing me. I pull away, and say "Wow, I should bring you here more often!! What was that for?" She just looks at me with her beautiful green eyes. She doesn't say anything. She just hugs me, her head against my chest. I put my arms around her, and hug her back. "I'm so sorry Peter. I feel so bad for you. It must have all been so emotional." She whispers, half sobbing. We just stand there, in the train carriage, and hold each other. Gwen buries her head into my neck, and I kiss the top of her head. "I love you." She whispers. "I love you too." I say back to her, with a tone of reassurance in my voice.

We return back to my house, and find that Aunt May left a note to say she was working late at the hospital, and that there was some chicken in the fridge. "Ummmmmm......." I say, knowing that Aunt May isn't the best of cooks. "Pizza?"