#bergen_county

She rubs the back of her neck. "Being cheated on hurts. I get that, too."

"Dagmar, we LOVE him. We can't just ... quit him if he gets upset. We..." Siv shows vulnerablity near Dagmar she never did in front of Piper, not now anyway "I need to be strong for Piper, but I don't know if I can stand the idea that we might break up over this. Did you know I almost.. I thought maybe someohne got her drunk and took advantage? I was so ready to hunt them down and break their legs...because THAT would make it all so much easier for me. Goddess, I'm a selfish bitch"

She looks ashamed

"Siv, you can love somebody, and still have things... not work, yeah?"

"You can still love someone, and not be together, even." A little crease between her eyebrows.

"I know that" Siv says "But I'm Fiona. What.. what if all this drama is my fault? A house flaw old school winding it's way through?"

"But... but you have to love the whole person, maybe? It's... you can't change someone. They can't be who you make them in your head, they're gonna be who they are, so you have to either accept it, or... accept being apart, if you decide you can't live with it. You can't.. can't hurt yourself, just because you very much want to be with someone, just because you still love them."

"I do" Siv sighs but sees the point

"I don't know how things will work out, if it's an... an outsider? Because I know it hurts. But... but there's a difference, I think, with intent? I don't know. What do I know, yeah?"

The guys are talking as Piper comes back, there's mutters of "So we kill this guy if he took advantage?" "THink PIper is going to be okay? She was upset" and "We should do something for her"

Piper comes back - she had hoped that maybe the guys would wander off and forget this ever happened... Face damp from a splash of water, but she looks less green.

Siv nods "ALso, well, satyrs are... "She turns to see Piper return "Hey baby, you okay?"

A nod. "Mostly... embarrassed, right now. At least no boggans are here, but.. so much for keeping things on the downlow. I'm sorry. I shouldn't have let Dirk, well, get my goat..."

Dagmar wraps her arms around her torso.

"I didn't TOUCH your goat" Dirk protests

She murmurs to Dagmar, "I'm sorry you had to go through all.. this drama. I'm gonna text Sylvi, see if she can help."

"It's fine, I'm good."

"Okay" Siv turns to the guys " I want to thank you all for coming guys. Please, please keep this on the downlow as much as possible? I... otherwise I'll ask Dirk to eat you. Dirk , I will pay you to enforce the silence"

Dirk GRINS "HOt damn"

"Now," Siv says to Piper "Let's get back to the apartment. Get you some toast or the like, let you rest okay?"

Siv looks at Dagmar "Thanks , Dagmar. For everything" meaning the advice as well

Shrug. "No big. Um. I got... gotta.. y'know, horses. Patrol."

"Right. " Siv nods. Her own duties are going to wait until Piper is rested, " Enjoy the pizza guys" Siv says, and guides Piper out.

And the fellows remember there's still pizza to be eaten, and hey, they'll finish that. And Dagmar? She has... patrol and y'know to tend to

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