[for Friends] happy birthday

[daretodo]

The only reason I remember it's my birthday today at all is because Pepper asked me if I want a party earlier in the week. I declined the offer, of course, both not wanting to trouble her any more than I already have and not up to the celebration. It's an occasion I meet with trepidation instead of jubilation, never having honestly thought I'd live

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[lucked]

Oh, do I have suggestions. The ones that all come to mind first are selfish, of course. No matter how much we might say that all we want is the best for our families and friends, I think... everyone has an idea of how that would ideally look to them. Maybe what Lyle wants more than anything else in the world is to become a monster truck driver, for instance, but maybe what I would most want to see making him happy is, is a normal high school life. Getting to join the semi-jock clique, the boys who play soccer instead of football. Getting into a good college. (God, I sound like my mom.) And so my mind rattles off a million things that I could want. Hundreds related to Peter himself.

I don't know if it'd be cruel, suggesting that he wish for Mary Jane to come back. Probably. Either way, I keep that wish bitten down and silenced.

"I thought it was pretty clear from your speech, you know, those months ago," I reply softly. "Quickly finding the way to get everyone where... they're supposed to go. Safe and sound. Giving people the option of going back."