~~~ "Really fat jokes?" She gave him a glare but it had no heat in it, she was used to this. "Your sister's little boys right?" She asked. "Lions are cool but I don't know...I like the idea of a family...neither of us had a great one and all that." River was chewing on the side of her thumb again, listening to him. "You know you can become more responsible, more parental without losing yourself. Who you are, Jon is exactly who you've always been. Yes you grow up and stop doing really stupid shit, you take on responsibilities and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. Yes you've changed but it's all good changes not bad." ~~~ "Your ass asked for it," he grinned. Of course he loved her ass. It was a little bit thick, yeah, but that was the way he liked it. He'd dated a few skinny girls, like Peyton and Dizzy, but he kinda liked a little meat. Elle and even Ollie had been proof of that. "Yeah. Finally got the good sense to run away and come find me." He smiled and then said in a soft voice, "We'rre already family, Rive." Lion, hyena, vampire... It didn't matter which path she ended up going down, nothing was going to change that. He smiled as she spoke. "Thanks. I... I've really been tryin', ya know? And it wasn't easy. I mean I've been on and off the wagon so many fuckin' times but... I got too much shit I need to be clean for now to just... go down that path again." ~~~ She threw a goldfish at him and then smirked. "That's awesome, you must have been happy to see them." River said as she got up to get another drink of water. Motioning for Rez to sit, she could get a glass of water for pete's sake. It was nice to be taken care of but there got to be a point in the day when it drove River crazy. When she came back with the water and sat the young woman nodded. "We are family, nothing is going to change that." She took a sip and then nodded quickly. "I am really proud of you boo, you've done amazing. I mean...really proud."