#bergen_county

"...separately, right?"

"Chickenshit" she teases

She mock gags. "Weirdo."

"Oh you can handle it spicy but not weird" A faux scoff, and a swig of her soda "By the way, I've been thinking about it. You should ask Lulu out"

PINK.

"But you said she's.. like.. off limits..."

"And I don't think... um.."

"I thought about it, and you know what? She might still have puppies latter even if she dates you now. It's something you annd she might talk about if you got super serious.... I'm not talking guaranteed true love, happy ending stuff... though one can hope, but you're allowed to enjoy life, and put your neck out with anyonne you damnned well want. And Lulu thinks you're hot. At least your eyes. She won't shut up about your eyes"

Sam rubs the back of her neck and shakes her head. "It's probably... it's not smart. I'm not really very good at dating, anyways."

"Oh yeah, and I'm rocking in guys who are flinging roses at me.." A snort "it's not about being good or bad. We're allowed to try for happiness. You like girls, you gonna let some jerkass homophobe nod approvingly as you end up as a lonely cat lady with no one special?" A look at Odin "that's right, I said 'cat lady' pejoratively, wanna fight about it?"

Odin IS special, doesn't Lupe know?

"Told you, don't like cats" She informs him, but will pet him again if he insists, then she looks to Dagmar

Dag chews on her cuticles.

"Those would taste better in salsa and peanut butter" She observes with an utterly straight face

"Gah! Woman!"

But she folds her hands in her lap.

A slip of a smile, then she gentles it "Yeah yeah I know, I can be a bitch. But.. it just seems stupid for me to stand between you two when you both like each other .I won't press, but I have to warn you, she may ask YOU out. "

"I.. uh.. just."

"I don't need to date, you know? I have a lot on my plate, and we'll have basketball again soon..."

"Okay" A nod "Anyway... would you like to hear the GOOD Side of things?"

"Sure!"

"Hammer Fang, that's Baldy's garou name by the way, did not get his way with us. Well, when he left, I ended the pizza party fast and we rushed to the Caern to get their first before he could try to twist things. "A smile breaks out "The elders were impressed. Our pack got a BUTTLOAD of Renown and respect and everyone agreed we had done a ggood thing. What really impressed them? " She reaches into her bag and pulls out a fancy blade "was that we brought proof of our battle with the black spiral pack on top of it. This was once corrupted. We purified it, andn the charmstone helped with that. Now it's mine"

"Sweet!"

"Thanks. I owe it in part to you and a lot to the whole pack" the blade gleams , there's something primal about it's syle, yet still expert work, "I guess you could say our pack has more rank now? Not a lot, we're no longer cubs "

Lupe seems pleased by this

"Congrats!"

"Thank you" A hug "Anyway, Hammer Fang doesn't like Club Zero Cool much. And hardly ever shows, and you are always welcome here if you want to hang with the pack. I talked about it, and we all agree you are a friend to the garou many times over" She taps where the scar from that other pack was put "Even if you arre seeing other weres" A mock indignant look

"Well, Hammer Fang can suck it."

"Hey, donn't get in a fight with him. He's an asshole, but it would take our whole pack to take him down. We still might lose someone even then. You're good, and Flyswater is Silveer, but he's faced Silver before and won"

"He still sucks."

"But I won't be reckless."

"Because girls on our team play hard, play brave, and play smart" A thumbs up

"Do you practice sounding like Coach?" But she smiles as she says it.

"Give me lip about and I'll make you run a lap" She informs her with a finger poke

Snort.

And then a hug

"You're a good friend, Lupe." She flops back, head cradled in her hands as she looks up at the ceiling. Content to just chill out.

"I'm all right" She flops by her side, both looking up "You know... if you use your imagination.. these clouds look kind of like the ceiling of your room"

A jocular elbow.

Snerk and then quiet chilling. Then Odin sits between their heads so he can maximize who he is intruding on

"Ca-at!"

And now he curls up, so he can fluff them both

"Cats" A huff from her friend

Still , it's good

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