"Nice to meet you Athena. Sorry about all this, if I had known that you two were going to be all snuggly, I would have just gone straight upstairs and bothered the boys."

Darby's instant response was a desire to tell River that it was nothing; no big deal. Absolutely nothing to worry about. Really. Because, as far as he was concerned, that was the case. But he wasn't factoring a new and now angry girlfriend into the mix. Her pulling back from him gave him more than enough of a reason to realize just how big of a mistake he may have made.

And yet, he was still male and his ability to keep full control of his words was a bit beyond him.

"Ya know, Ath, I gave you first opprotunity, yeah? But you wanted to stay in your place. But, you and River should get along great. Really, ya should. You're both witches, ya know."

Because, yes, that would smooth over any issues that Ath might have.