A Tale of Mischief and Mutants part 2

Relationship Advice

—-Loki—-

I wake up to find it's past noon. Sam is gone she probably just left me to sleep knowing how taxing using my magic can be on me. I lay for a moment still feeling tired enough to roll over and go back to sleep until a message alert from my phone lets me know what the probable cause of me waking in the first place was. I look to my phone and I became a bit more awake by what I see. I have a little under half a dozen messages from Peter. I open them up and scroll through them.

9:07 AM-'Hey sorry to bother you man but I really need to talk to somebody and Ned's too busy with shield stuff let me know when you see this'-

I feel guilty now knowing that he's probably been wondering why I haven't replied to him.

10:11 AM -'Just making sure you got my text earlier I understand if you don't have time to talk today just let me know if you don't'-

11:20 AM -'I'm kinda freaking out over something but I can wait to talk until tomorrow if you want sorry if this is annoying I just don't have anyone else I think I can talk to about this'-

And... there's the sentiment. 'Ned wasn't an option and he sought me out over anyone else?!'

12:15 AM -'Just you know if you don't want to it's fine just never mind I don't wanna bug you you probably have more important stuff to do.'-

12:20 AM -'It's about a girl so not that important I guess'

Damn I have to call him, he seems distressed. I immediately dial him not even thinking to get ready for the day before doing so. He picks up.

"Hey Lokes. Sorry about all the texts this morning they were probably annoying."

"Peter it is I who should be apologizing to you I failed to wake up at a decent hour and slept through them."

"Oh! So you've got time to talk? -I understand if you don't."

Peter, he always thinks his problems are irrelevant. He downplays them if they inconvenience others a trait I once thought was unique to Peter but have since found is typical of his generation from spending time with Sam and her friends. I speak with certainty evident in my tone.

"I have time."

For Peter I always have time, he's as good as a younger brother to me.

"Well umm... so... the actress who was one of the hostages we saved yesterday, she invited me to the premiere of Lobster Man and well, I don't know what to do..."

And I don't know what to tell him. Why is he asking me for relationship advice?! I have got to be the single worst person to ask about such things! It is purely a miracle that Sam and I found each other as I'm far too much a mess to have built any semblance of a steady relationship with anyone else. There's not another soul I can see being as trusting and patient with me.

"You know I'm not really the best person to be asking..."

"That's ok I don't need you to fix it I just need to tell someone what's going on because otherwise I'll explode."

And this is perhaps one of the biggest differences between us as long as nobody's inconvenienced by them he shouts his emotions and struggles from the rooftops while I hide them away to fester and become worse.

"Well I can listen."

"Ok so I just don't know what to do she said we'd be going as friends but she was also flirting with me before I told her about MJ."

Ah, MJ I remember back to the first time I met the girl she hadn't introduced herself to me or gone about the situation as a normal person would. I was confused as to who she was and why she was in Peter's apartment but he seemed unfazed by her presence so I ignored her.