#bergen_county

"Listen.. it.. Lupe.. I'm messed up, okay? Especially when t comes to.. to.. relationship stuff." She swallows. "It was really bad of me to do that to you, and I'm sorry."

"Sure... and you're not..." Lupe looks at her "Hey, what the fu- Girl, you KNOW you didn't try to make me DO anything? You didn't try to force me. I would remember thatt... "A pause "And you would have claw marks . " Irritated look "You weren't 'bad'"

Shrug.

"you weren't bad" She says and pokes her incredibly tall friend in the arm, "Don't make me climb up there and teach you sense. I'm afraid of heights"

Biting on her lip, but a nod.

"I really want to stay friends. Who else can I tell about all this crazy stuff?"

"Ha" She nods "We're friends and we're staying friends. We just established that." A nod

Softly. "Okay."

A hug

She blushes again.

"Thanks for forgiving me."

"Nothing to forgive" A huff "Just.. got to straighten out.. oh geez, not what I mean, I mean have to make sure all is clear between us"

Subdued nod.

"Amazons! Right?" She offers her hand

"Right." A tentative smile and she takes her hand.

A squeeze and a smile

"Obviously, we just need to go monster-hunting and everything will be fine."

"I know, right?"

And they start comparing monsters they hunt or could hunt., Turns out Banes are NASTY.. but she is impressed at how twisted nightmare chimera and Thallian can get

(Fade to Monster Hunting talk)