It had been about three and a half weeks since Beth and Mercedes had been taken down with a single bullet. A lot had happened in these three weeks, Wynonna had took off for 2 of them without talking about where she'd been and returned trying to act as if nothing had happened. Waverly and Nicole had fallen out, again, after 'the talk' about everything that had happened between them. Much to everyone's disbelief, they had decided that they both needed some time after everything and were going to take things one day at a time and get to know each other more. Waverly had finally realised how little she knew about Nicole.
It was the kiss with Rosita that changed everything. Waverly had burst into tears as she come clean to Nicole at her house after the whole ordeal with Nicole seemingly unable to process what she had just told her.
"Nicole I'm so sorry, please say something!"
"Waverly what do you want me to say to that? Everytime we fight or fall out you're just going to go and kiss someone else?"
"Nicole it wasn't like that and I am so so sorry you have to believe me. I never meant to hurt you I was just so mad and all I could think of was you!"
"How can you think of me and kiss someone else at the same time?"
Yes Nicole had hidden the DNA results from Waverly, but she had done it with good intentions, so she thought. She thought she was doing the right thing and Waverly had so much going on she just didn't want her girlfriend to break at the time. But kissing someone else, there were no good intentions placed within them actions and at that moment in time, Nicole didn't know how to see past it. She couldn't forgive Waverly straight away and she wasn't sure how long it was going to take before she could give her forgiveness.
Nicole had been angry before, when Waverly had been in harms way, or the time she tried to talk to Wynonna about her girlfriend acting seemingly different, or when Champ confronted her at the poker spectacular. But the anger she felt as Waverly made her confession about Rosita was different. She could feel the disappointment and anger flowing through her and she hated it.
"Waverly I can't.. I can't forgive you for this right now, I just.."
"Nicole I'm so sorry! I lo.. I hate that it happened I am so so sorry!"
"I'm mad at you Waves, I'm so mad at you and I can't help it.. I think I just need to leave right now and think.."
"Baby please don't leave! Nicole!"
"Don't follow me.."
Nicole had just left her own house that night, she couldn't grasp what had just happened. The love of her life, Waverly Earp, had kissed someone else whilst they were fighting. The girl she told she had loved more than she had loved any other before had betrayed her trust.
It was going to be a hard thing to get past for both of them, but that wasn't going to stop them from trying. They had agreed to meet the next day for lunch at the diner, not that either of them could stomach anything, to discuss where they were going.
"I don't want you out my life Waverly, I could never want that. I'm just asking for some time here.."
"How much time?"
"I don't know yet, I need.. to bring myself to forgive you before I.. Before we can get past this.."
"I'm so sorry Nicole, I've messed up the best thing that's ever happened to me, the best thing that will ever happen to me!"
"Just give me some time okay? We're still going to be working together and maybe we should get to know each other better.. I understand that I haven't told you much about myself and no doubt there's going to be questions you're dying to ask me, with Shae. So why don't we do this properly? I'm not going anywhere.."
After a few days of Nicole being alone giving herself time to think, they'd agreed to meet up at least twice a week for lunch, and on the other days Waverly would take it to her at work. As much as they tried to keep what was going on with them between themselves, Wynonna was constantly hounding Waverly with questions asking when they were going to kiss and make-up. The youngest earp never got to confess her feelings for Nicole, never got to tell her how much she deeply loved her, but she was adamant that she was going to get to one day, and she was going to do it right.