"I don't think I want to marry anyone?" Winnie sighed into her cocoa. It wasn't Dory specifically, she didn't think. The thought of being tied down to one person for the rest of her life twisted her insides in a manner that she couldn't quite explain. She had always teased Gus that they would be the perfect married couple, but it was because they simply held nothing but platonic affection for one another. He wasn't attracted to women and she was attracted to too many people. The best part about marrying Gus would have been the freedoms that came with being married, but without any of the emotional entanglement. As much as Dory said she was free to do what she wanted, Win knew it wasn't that easy. He believed in a real marriage and it would get sticky fast. He wanted kids and a little house with a yard and probably a dog; she wanted none of that, so how could it possibly work out?

Dragging one hand over her forehead, Winnie sank further into the pillows. "I hate that it's gotten this messy. It used to be so easy, so simple and now it's all complicated and emotional and ugh." She groaned audibly, wondering if Gus would stop her from smothering herself with a pillow. "He was involved with someone else. It didn't work out, and I feel like he's all in a tizzy coming running back to me because I'm familiar. But I'm not what he wants, not really, I can't give him what he wants out of life." She couldn't. As much as she cared about him, loved him even, on some level, she would never be that person for him.