Chapter 3

A few hours later, Amanda, Declan, Kim, Lorenzo, Olivia, Tucker, ,Cragen, Fin, Carisi, Reese, Nick and Cynthia are sitting in the kitchen having coffee and they're catching up. Olivia hands them each a mug with flavored coffee and they drink it. Nick explains that he finished physical therapy and now has a nice home and a good job in the police area in California.

"So, Kim. What's going on with you?" Nick asks.

"Well, I got my GED and I'm going back to school in the fall. Like I said, I'm engaged and I finally got rid of Jeff. I'll be attending Queens College in the fall. I want to be a nurse, but there might be other things that I want to do." Kim replies.

Kim explains that she also wants to speak about eating disorders, domestic violence, suicide, sexual harassment and nutrition. Everyone thinks that it would be a good idea for Kim to speak about these things so that she can tell her story. Kim mentions that she feels like she's missing something important even though she has her GED.

"I know that I have a GED, but I really want to get my high school diploma." Kim says.

"Go online and type in Penn Foster high school diploma. On the Google page, it'll say Online High School Diploma Program – Penn Foster. Click on Enroll Now and then you fill out your information. I'll pay for it because I think you can do it. You can get your high school diploma online and after you complete the courses, your high school diploma will be mailed to you." Lorenzo responds.

Nick tells the gang that they're staying at his mom's house while they're in New York and that she's glad that they came to stay with her. Amanda thinks that Kim is determined to get her high school diploma even though she has her GED. Cynthia says that she and Nick should sign Gil up for a sex education class in the fall for the new school year since he's only fourteen.

"Why do you want Gil to take a sex education class?" Fin asks.

"Well, it was a few days ago before we left for New York, and Cynthia was cleaning his room." Nick replies.

As Nick begins to tell his friends what happened in California before they left for New York, he has a flashback of when Cynthia was cleaning his room. The gang either sit or stand as Nick tries to figure out what Nick's trying to say. They have their coffee and get ready to listen to the story.

Flashback

Cynthia Mancheno Amaro was cleaning her son Gil's bedroom and she was about to get ready to finish making his bed and she needed to tuck in the blanket that was on his bed behind the comforter and some was on the floor. She saw that it would be hard to do. She saw Nick Amaro walking by and she needed some help.

"Hey, Nick? Sweetie, will you give me a hand with this, please?" Cynthia asked.

"Oh. Yeah, babe." Nick replied.

Nick came into Gil's room to tuck the pieces of the blanket that were under his bed. As Nick tucked the pieces of the blanket in, Cynthia looked at him seductively as she laid in the bed. Soon, the pieces of the blanket were tucked in and Nick went to the bed and started pressing himself against Cynthia and he started to kiss her.

"Is everybody out of the house?" Cynthia asked.

"Yeah, they're all gone." Nick replied.

Cynthia and Nick started kissing as they were in Gil's bed. They loved enjoying their alone time while Gil and Zara were out of the house. They kept their hands busy as they shared a passionate kiss and enjoyed being alone with one another.

The gang wondered if the kids were home or out of the house like Nick and Cynthia thought, but they don't know for sure. Kim and Lorenzo say that they don't have kids yet, but after they get married they want to have a baby and that they try to make time for sex. Amanda and Declan say that they have one child, a girl and that they try to make time for sex since they sometimes have busy schedules.

"Right there, in Gil's bed?" Cragen asks.

"Yeah." Nick responds.

Flashback

Gil Amaro came into his room to grab a book to read and then he saw Nick and Cynthia half dressed in his bed. He grabbed the book "Speak" by Laurie Halse Anderson and was about to leave his room. He turned around to see what his parents were doing in his bed.

"What are you guys doing?" Gil asked.

"Um, I was just playing a game with your father." Cynthia responded.

"It's called secrets and laughs under the sheets in bed." Nick replied.

Gil left his room and he shut the door. Nick and Cynthia got up from Gil's bed and got dressed. They remade Gil's bed and then they left the bedroom to do something else together. Gil was reading his book while Zara was playing with her Barbie dolls.

The gang is shocked to learn that Gil saw Nick and Cynthia having sex in his room. They try to figure out what to think or say. Everyone tries to figure what to do or say next. They drink more of their coffee as they come up with something to say.

"I can't believe the two of you performing like that in front of your 14-year-old son." Cragen says.

"Aww, come on. We didn't send out invitations. He just walked in on us." Cynthia replies.

Everyone wants to help, but they don't know what to say that would help. Carisi says that he hopes that the sex education class will be good for Gil. Everyone else agrees that a sex education class would be best for Gil to take in the fall for high school.

"What is weird about a married couple having sex?" Nick asks.

"You were doing it in the day time." Cragen responds.

"Listen, we have to seize the moment when we can. We got two kids. We don't have an awful lot of alone time." Nick replies.

"No, we're never alone." Cynthia tells her and Nick's friends.

Amanda and Declan say that sometimes they don't have a lot of alone time so that they have to seize the moment when they can. Kim says that she's happy in her new relationship because she wasn't happy in her previous relationship with the late Jeff Parker. Everyone agrees that Kim is with a better man who's nothing like her ex.