"Why won't you give me a chance," Lucy asked Linus.

"We've been over this; you can't be trusted, you're only feeling bad, because you're forced to face your consequences."

"I genuinely feel like shit, little bro, for what I did. I think I deserved to get beat up… I don't know if I deserved my bike to get trashed. I'm mad at myself, I hate myself… do I feel bad over the consequences, sure, but not because they happened."

"I still think it's poetic justice, you finally get what's came to you. The way you picked on Charlie, Marcie, me, and others, how you gave Schroeder so much grief, and are part why nobody really trusted Patty. Now you've got Charlie and Patty… Marcie in your clutches."

"They came to me."

He just looked at her.

"They did! Patty said that she missed me, too. Would it make you happy if I just pushed them away?"

"Why do you care about what makes me happy?"

"Because I love you, I love Rerun…"

"I know you love him, always your favorite."

"I don't want us to be enemies," her voice wavered, "how long do I have to suffer? Are you ever going to trust me… love me? I know I was wrong- you don't really love me, like you said, do you, I just want to prove myself, okay?"

Linus groaned heavy, "I just can't stand this side of you! I don't want to sympathize with you."

"Because you've never seen me this weak, this… fucked up? Or does it just remind you of Charlie, and you can't stand dealing with this again?"

"That's different!"

"Is It?"

"Yes, your issue stems from your own fault."

"Other than the catalyst."

Linus didn't say anything for a moment, avoiding that, "and why are you always wearing long sleeve shirts, as hot as it is?"

"Why does it matter? You don't care, so don't pretend to care now. I'm just wearing a long sleeve shirt," she went to leave the house.

"Lucy," he grabbed her arm.

She shoved him, "don't pretend," she left.

"So you promise you're telling her today?"

"Yeah," he opened the door for her, "that's why we're here, most of our friends don't know about this spot, but Frieda and Schroder."

"It is a nice, cozy, hole in the wall place- you sure you want her knowing about it?"

"Like she would even come on this side of town. She barely came over my house anymore."

"All that's over now," she kissed him.

They sat next to each other in a booth, she held his hand and kissed him lovingly until they were interrupted by the waiter.

"So… Frieda told you about this place, it's where her and Schroeder went?"

"Yeah, she said the food was great, it's just down this way."

"Okay, I'm going to call her," Shermy pulled out his phone and waited for her to pick up, but it went straight to voicemail.

"What's wrong?"

"I think she's ignoring me," he called back.

"Here sweetheart," she fed him a nacho.

She didn't answer, and he called again.

"What's this? Shermy and Peggy-Jean, yeah, time for some evidence," Joe said from a corner booth, pulled out his phone and took pictures.

"Shermy! Can't you take a hint‽ You ignore me all day yesterday, and think I'm going to spare you a minute‽"

"This is important, Vee."

"Yeah, so was my need for you to actually be my boyfriend, but did that happen, no."

"Will you just listen to me… hello… hello…?"

"What a bitch. I've gotta go to the little girls room."

Shermy moved to let her out, and she pulled him into a kiss.

"Just keep trying," she walked away.

Charlie and Patty walk in the restaurant.

"Not bad," he looked around, and spotted Shermy, "hey dude."

"Charlie, Patty, did Schroeder or Frieda tell you about this place?"

"Yeah," Patty smiled.

"You waiting here for Violet?"

"Pretty much. The live stream was pretty cool last night… except that stuff about Lucy."

"I know… she just can't catch a break, no offense, but I really don't wanna be around Violet, c'mon Charlie," she grabbed his hand.

Shermy tried to call her again, after they walked away.

"This better be good Joe, you'll get the same treatment Shermy is."

"So you're who he keeps calling," he chuckled, "not too long ago I saw Peggy and Shermy come in this diner, holding hands, kissing. I have proof to send… I told you I was telling the truth- I do that sometimes."

"Okay, then send it to me, yeah?"

"Of course, gimme a sec," he hung up, sent her the pictures he took.

After a few minutes she called him back, "what diner is that," she asked with an edge in her voice.

"It's over here on Clementine- got good food, too."

"Thank you, Joe… I owe you one."

"Nah, I wuz doing this for you, Violet, you 'on't owe me anything."

"Th-thanks. I'm on my way," she hung up.

Joe saw Peggy coming back and decided to take a video; she stood and talked to Shermy before he got up and gave her a kiss, and patted her butt, when she slid back in the booth. He sent that to Violet, too. Violet was out for blood, she went as quick as she could to get there after finding it on her phone's map, she was too mad to cry.

"It's showtime," Shermy said, when she came in. He had been watching the door.

Violet was scanning the area, spotting her targets, "you dick, and you bitch," she said, when she found them.

"Oh! How did you find us," Shermy jumped.

"Never mind that! Why are you cheating on me with this… bumpkin‽"

"If you'd have answered his phone call, and talked to him, we were hoping to have a peaceful conversation about it. And I'm not a bumpkin."

"That, that's why. You ignored my phone calls, and when you did answer, all you did was talk about you, and hung up."

"You're cheating on me over that? That just happened."

"No it didn't just happen, it's just the most recent selfish thing, Violet. I'm tired of dealing with you treating me like crap."

"You treat me like crap… just the other day I wanted you to sit with me."

"It's always what you want these days, that's the problem, I'm sick of it, and talking to you doesn't work."

"I've been going through some things, obviously! Lucy, Patty, those girls destroying my car! What do you expect‽"

"I'm sorry those things happened, but that's not an excuse, and this has been going on before that."

"You're the reason your friends ditched you, that's your fault, because you're a bitch! I know all about it, and I was the one to pick up the pieces, I was there for him, you weren't, you're the cause. He's too good for you! I love him, and he loves me, I treat him like he deserves to be. The only thing I'm sorry about, is that we went behind your back… it just happened, and we're happy together."

"Relationships are a two-way street, Vee, even if one party is having a bad day, you don't take it out on them. I wanted to be there for you, but you haven't been there for me… it's done… we're done. Maggie makes me so happy, she cares about me, all you care about is yourself, you're self-centered, and even your friends you treated like… like shit, Violet! I saw it, and Patty is much happier without you, and Lucy is getting there, too."

"Fuck you," she hissed, "…fuck you both! Don't make me the bad guy here… you cheated, you!"

"Because you're a shitty person! He didn't want to cheat on you, but it happened, you pushed him away, and even now you can't even take accountability for what you did, and didn't do. You think I wanted this to happen, no, but I was doing everything you should have, and I fell in love with him, and waited until he thought the time was right to tell you, because unlike you; I put him first, sometimes. Here we are," Peggy glared, "doing it the hard way, because the great Violet couldn't even answer one phone call and listen… you had many, many chances, I was there for most of them. So here we are."

Violet slammed her fist on the table, "you're going to pay for this! He's mine!"

"Child, don't make me climb over this table, and toss you like a hay bale. You lost!"

"It's over, Violet, done… deal with it," Shermy spat, "it's been over."

Violet was shaking with rage, she simply screamed, and stormed out.

"Dayummm," Charlie, and Patty said.