Jean nodded, "Yes, I believe so, and the spider was said to be an enhanced spider, not a normal spider. If it was a normal spider, you would've remained normal, with maybe an allergy to spider bites after that, but after hearing what happened to you, how else would you survive that very extremely close call? People could have called it as an act of pure adrenaline and survival instinct, probably, but if you hadn't gotten the spider bite and all, you would have...been injured easily or worse...".
"Yeah... so I can tell...", Peter glanced away as Gwen cleared her throat. "So... incredible spider reflexes... an almost sixth sense for danger... sticky grip which if we find a wall, we got to get you to try to climb... and shooting webs.", she said.
"Webs?", Peter asked as Gwen looked at him, "Already forgotten that one?".
Peter blinked before nodding in remembrance, "Oh, that's right...", looking around before finding a spot of two trees, and replied, "Okay, let's see if it works like last night.", twisting his hands around to be upside down, in love signs, and focused, and a sound of whipping was heard before the two trees were covered in webs.
"Whoa...", Peter gaped in awe. Jean whistled, "I bet if you focus, you could do different kinds of webs.".
"Maybe so... guess I got lucky then since it's coming from my wrists rather than say...", Peter shook his head in disgust. "Don't even want to think about that.".
"Agreed.", Jean said as she took a deep breath, trying to bring the conversation back to what she was saying before. "Peter, what I asked before there... what was your opinions on mutants?".
Peter took a few moments to think about that while Jean resisted the urge to read his mind, and glanced at Gwen who smiled reassuringly at her, squeezing her hand, and Jasmine flickered her tail gently as she waited patiently to hear what Peter has to say.
Taking a deep breath, Peter replied, "I realize that mutants are people with powers, some visible and dangerous if not controlled, and some minor and harmless, if not useful. But they are still people who can get afraid, scared, happy, sad, and more, especially with their powers appearing while they are kids or teenagers.".
"So, you would say that you wouldn't have a problem with them... if say, you knew one?", Jean asked as Peter looked at her for a moment before his eyes widened.
"No way...", Peter whispered. "So that's how you know what Jasmine's saying..". Jean smiled nervously, "Yes. I suppose the word for me is a telepathic physic. I ask for permission most of the time, unless it's an emergency or perverts.".
Peter was actually fairly stunned in hearing that, but looking back, it did make some things fit in a few cases. The ability to read minds, what a blessing and a curse that must be... Knowing what someone you're talking to is actually thinking, a great way to make sure you wouldn't be tricked or hurt... but then again, you'd know like every dirty thought and stuff like that.
"Is that an issue with you, Peter? I mean... I know it's probably a bit worrisome to know that I could read your mind...", Jean whispered anxiously.
Peter exhaled deeply, "I guess I can't blame you when high school is full of drama and gossip, and it can't be easy either in busy places like the subway or bus.", and Jean gave a small smile, "No, it isn't easy, and I have control most of the time, or have Gwen close to me, and I have no problem then...".
"I am the only one who can't be read by her, and when I'm close to her, those perverts and everybody else's thoughts disappear.", Gwen nodded with a gentle smile at Jean who smiled gratefully.
Peter blinked, "Wait, am I and Jasmine the only ones who can be read while Gwen is close to you?", and Jean nodded, "Yes. I think it has to do with Jasmine's situation as a cat, and you, now after being changed...Before, I couldn't read you while Gwen is close by.".
Jasmine mewed, and Jean replied, "Yes, I think the four of us are bonded by powers and soul magic, which is why it's currently so peaceful and quiet, hearing no other thoughts out here besides yours and Peter, with permission, that is, of course.".
Peter blinked, "Wait, all four of us? You are a mutant too, Gwen?", and Gwen exhaled, "People would assume so, I suppose if they saw me, but the truth is...I..I'm an alien, and I don't mean an alien from overseas, but an alien from out there...", with a finger pointing to the sky, having a nervous look, and Jean squeezed her other hand comfortingly.
Peter gave Gwen a look as she rolled her eyes and sighed before floating off the ground by a few inches, "Space alien, Pete... though I look completely human... I promise you, I'm anything but at times...".
Peter widened his eyes in awe and shock before realizing a few things he remembered last night, "So, everything you said about the changes happening to my body, you heard everything in me?".
Gwen exhaled, "Yeah. I'm apparently the last survivor of my people as my original parents sent me here to be safe and healthy when I was a baby. Dad found me, took me in, and taught me to slowly control my powers as they came in over the years. He has a theory that the sun is the source of my powers as I am clearly not a mutant...", as she floated back to touch earth.
Jasmine mewed, and Jean replied, "And of course, you know about dark magic sending Jasmine here, and you apparently saw her memories...", and Peter exhaled, looking at Jasmine who rubbed her nose with her paw, her ears flattening in sadness.
"You two know then about all of her past and...him?", Peter whispered softly, still a bit upset on the inside that Jasmine's life has been literally ripped away from her, thanks to that bastard. He was most horrified when that bastard crossed the line and took her chances of being a mother away from her by force, especially when he saw the good memories of her talking with Rajah and later, Genie, wishing to have a lot of children to love and adore and give them the choice to live their lives, and not be alone, like her, stuck behind the palace walls almost all her life.
"Yes... we know about Jafar and what he had done to Jasmine before sending her here.", Jean said as Peter took a deep breath to gently pet Jasmine, trying to give her some support.
"So... I take it you three all knew each other about the other's secrets for quite some time before me then, right?", Peter asked.
Gwen nodded, "Yes, through it was a few months for Jasmine as before that, I technically knew her as Princess like you. She...met both of us, as if it was fate or something else, and we gave her friendship and ways to be human again as the curse is very strong, through Jean says that it has been getting weaker, thanks to you being her friend and all, treating her with respect and all, through it was you being her owner and companion in a way, and then with our help of befriending her and, ah, teaching her to be able to fit in our world once she becomes human officially one day...".
Jean replied, "And for us, it has been two years with our secrets, and...there's actually another reason why we asked you out to the prom to escort us...", glancing at Gwen who nodded with a smile.
Peter blinked, "Oh?", and Jean exhaled, "I and Gwen are open lovers...", as Gwen leaned her head on Jean's shoulder.
"Meaning?", Peter asked in a shocked whisper, yet looking back through his memories, it made sense as there were some situations involving them, and then there was the subtle lies around Flash and other people, and Gwen replied, "We are working on our relationship as we have confessed to each other a few days ago that we love each other, but before that, we were best friends with benefits...", with a soft blush.
Jasmine mewed, and Jean replied, "You sure?", and Jasmine nodded with another meow, and Jean then replied, "Jasmine has been involved in our friends with benefits relationship those few months as best as she could, and she is still very hesitant about falling in love with men, but she's considering seriously about joining us as an official threesome, just for experimental reasons, and she's willing to sacrifice herself for us to be happy if you want us instead, or try to learn how to love again if you want to be part of a, ah, foursome...".
The girls then went quiet, waiting for Peter to process all of that as it is quite a lot of information in the past several minutes there.
Peter immediately fell down onto this backside as the wave of information, especially that last part, hit him like a ton of bricks. Just everything that had happened today almost would be too much for some folks.
But Peter wasn't like most folks, and certainly not now. "You... you girls would be willing to share each other with me?", he pointed to himself. "I... I should be screaming yes to the high heavens right now... but...".
"Still feel unworthy?", Jean raised an eyebrow as Peter blushed, considering that she read his mind there. "Sorry, Peter... sometimes I can't help but be curious and I just had to know what you were thinking there... but... I'm glad how honest you are in your own thoughts.".
Peter gave a little smile, "Well, you can give the award to Uncle Ben and Aunt May...They gave me so much...Raised me with no hesitation after my parents died...Taught me to be respectful and open-minded to anyone...They literally saw that I needed a friend, and you know what? If you say that fate led you two together, and then meeting Jasmine, I think fate helped me too in finding Jasmine in that shelter...", with a glance at Jasmine who flickered her tail, purring loudly.
"Sometimes I find it crazy that you know what to say for the best moments any time, Peter.", Gwen smiled as she took a deep breath. "Okay... so... I think we've mostly got all of our secrets out in the air now amongst each other... and we certainly aren't going to say anything...".
"Trust me, my lips are sealed.", Peter reassured them. "Hell, I'm keeping Jasmine a secret for sure from Uncle Ben and Aunt May... they... they wouldn't fully understand unless they somehow had the same soul journey that I had last night... however that worked.".
Jean frowned, "I didn't detect your soul coming and going...Where were you?", and Peter blushed, "When you helped Jasmine take form of her human soul, I was in her bedroom, on the balcony...I saw Jasmine's memories, good and bad, alongside a window through the eyes or mind, I think...I saw everything you were doing with my physical body mostly in the bathroom and bedroom.".
Gwen blushed wildly, "Are you mad?", realizing that Peter literally saw and heard everything while Jasmine was in human soul mode, including that bit of being nude before their eyes, through the changes and all.
"Well... embarrassed quite a bit for sure there...", Peter admitted. "Especially since you three saw... me...". He shook his head, "Okay, I'm better now, hopefully, so that sort of embarrassment is a thing of the past. Still... I wish you girls would've at least asked or something... I know I wasn't in any position to give you an answer, but... whatever, it's in the past now... and no, I'm not mad.".
Jean, Gwen, and Jasmine looked relieved, giving out sighs and smiles, and Jasmine mewed as she flicked her ear, and Gwen blinked, looked at her watch, "Yeah, you're right, I gotta go. Dad's taking me upstate to have some father-daughter relationship.".
Jean smiled, squeezing her hand, "See you Sunday afternoon or at school, then?", and Gwen smiled, "Yeah, best guess there for timing. You help Pete practice his powers. Probably use one of the abandoned warehouses by the waterfront, okay?".
Peter nodded, "Yeah, I need to check out those powers for sure...", as Jean nodded, "Yep. You be careful up there, even if I know you can take care of yourself way better than anyone.".
Gwen smiled, "I will.", before glancing at Peter who seemed to know what she wanted to do, and he replied, "Hey, I accepted you as my friends, I accept your relationship, go on and kiss your girl, Gwen.", with a smirk.
"Thank you, Peter." Gwen chuckled as she went right up to Jean and gave her a kiss on the lips. Peter watched the two of them for a few moments, trying to keep his head clear of any sort of naughty thoughts with the sight, but he was human after all, which the girls never would really mind since Peter was certainly nothing like most guys that they would encounter. Gwen's worries about Peter the night before of becoming someone like Flash seemed to have just been more of a crazy thought at that moment as the two finished their kiss.
"You want us to give you a nice peck on the cheek?", Jean asked as Peter blushed. Peter glanced at Jasmine who purred, nodding, and he whispered, "I want to be fair...Since you're leaving for upstate, you could do the peck on my cheek...and on Jasmine's forehead.".
Gwen smiled gently and glanced at Jean who only smiled back at her, and Gwen chuckled, "You truly are an honorable gentleman, Pete.", before moving closer to kiss him on the cheek nicely, and then turned her attention to Jasmine, kissing her on the forehead above the eyes.
"See you on Sunday afternoon, or school on Monday, whichever timing is right by Dad if we're staying overnight in a hotel or something. Text me about the progress of everything.", Gwen nodded with a hum before zooming off in a flash of super-fast speed of flying, heading back to her apartment.
"And no one else knows?", Peter whistles as Jean chuckled, "Gwen's done a pretty good job at hiding her powers for the past few years... think she has us beat in terms of powers.".
"Being a human spider, a cursed cat and a mind reader... yeah, I would not feel good about our odds in a fight against her.", Peter smirked.
Jean chuckled, "Actually, not just a mind reader. I mean it when I said that I was a physic too. I can move things around with my mind as well. And Gwen would never turn bad...She's too compassionate and loving, not that it's a bad thing.".
Peter nodded, "Well, I wasn't thinking that, to be fair, I was just saying if you needed to pick someone in a fight, I think everyone would bet on her.". Jean nodded in understanding. "Okay then... so this place you know... I guess we start heading there then? I... I actually really want to see what I can do.".
Jasmine mewed, and Jean replied, "You gotta text your uncle and aunt that you're hanging out with a friend for the day so they wouldn't worry about you.", and Peter blushed, "Oh, yeah!".
And so, Peter texted to his guardians that he's gonna be out, and after that, Peter took up his bike, with Jasmine in her basket once more, and he blushed again, "I guess you don't have your car?".
"Nope. I left a note for my folks that I took the bus and subway to save some money and gas on the car in the pretense of...ah, spending time romanticizing with Gwen.", Jean smiled with a bashful smile...
"Ah.", Peter nodded as he glanced around. "Well, I guess we better get a move on with things then... hopefully it's not too far of a trip... unless you think you can ride with me on my bike.".
Jean flirted teasingly, "Is that an invitation, Peter?", and Peter blushed, stammering, and Jasmine rolled her eyes with an amused purr, and she mewed, and Jean chuckled, "That's right, Jasmine, he needs to know...This is my true self...You have to get used to this, Peter...You wouldn't believe how I had to contain myself in high school, being so good and perfect to all the kids and teachers.", with a frown...
Peter blinked, realizing that Jean and Gwen are so shockingly similar to Jasmine, having to hide their true selves from public, sick of all the guys lusting after them and trying to get into their personal space, along with the jealous looks of all the girls there.
"I had a feeling that you weren't truly a goody two shoes outside of school... but... certainly has been quite the realization. Aside from everything else on top of it.", Peter said as Jean laughed, "Come on, tiger, let's get going then...", with a smile.
Peter nodded, swinging his legs over on the seat, scooting closer to the front, gulping under his breath as he felt Jean sit behind him closely, blushing as he felt her arms wrap around her, knowing that Jean's feet is on the frame.