Nicole wasn't sure what she really expected as she pulled up to what she could only call a ranch house at the edge of town. She could see the trails of smoke coming from off in the distance. Okay, so it wasn't entirely a setup. Then again, why did I let her talk me into this so easily? This could still blow up in my face.

She didn't know how long she had zoned out for but the sudden sound of something rapping at the window caused her to nearly jump out of her skin.

"Fucking hell!"

She relaxed once she saw the smug look on Wynonna's face.

"So you did come, Haught Tamale."

Nicole had to resist the urge to roll her eyes at the pun, although for some reason it calmed her nerves somewhat.

"You're a jerk, you know that?" she retorted, watching as Wynonna's smug look turned into a genuine grin.

"Yeah, the jerk who invited you to her house. Now are you going to get out or are you going to just sit there all night?"

Nicole never thought it would be so relaxed around the wild card that was Wynonna Earp, the twenty-something-year-old that everyone seemed to see as some kind of outcast. She was a hot mess, that was for sure...especially as she got drunker into the night.

But what really caught Nicole off guard was Wynonna's younger sister, Waverly.

Nicole found herself wanting to get to know the other girl despite knowing that it was a bad idea. Especially since small towns like this had a reputation for being homophobic and she didn't want to risk losing the people who seemed to want to be her friends.

"So, Nicole. What pray tell brought you out in this neck of the woods?"

Nicole wasn't sure if she had heard his name right but she was sure that he had introduced himself as Doc Holiday.

"My parents and I don't exactly get along, long story short. I was given the option of going to stay with my ultra-strict grandparents or moving out. Needless to say, I left and didn't look back." Nicole answered, trying to summarize what had happened the best that she could without giving anything away.

"Sounds like we weren't the only ones with shitty parents." Wynonna muttered before downing the contents of her bottle.

"Wynonna, you shouldn't say that." Waverly stated, earning a look from the drunk brunette.

"And why the hell not? Mama left and Daddy treated you like shit."

Nicole shifted uncomfortably as a thick silence suddenly came over them.

"I'm going to go get more firewood," Waverly said after a while, her voice breaking slightly with emotion.

"Was that necessary?"

Nicole turned her attention to Xiever Dolls at that, noticing the concerned look on the man's face.

"Its the truth. It hurts like hell but its the truth, Willa left town after the accident and I basically got stuck raising Waverly myself while our aunt and uncle worked. Our mother should have been here for Waverly, hell if anything she shouldn't have left a four-year-old with a drunk who couldn't remember his own daughters birthday! Waverly deserved more than the card she was handed."

Later that night Nicole headed toward the house in the need of a bathroom only to find Waverly sitting on the couch, eyes trained onto nothing.

"You okay?" Nicole asked, smirking as she saw the short girl jump at the sudden voice.

"Uh...yeah...Jeez, I didn't hear you come in!" she stated, wiping at her eyes as her face flushed slightly.

"Sorry, I needed the bathroom." Nicole said before glancing around the room "are you sure you're okay? That was kinda...harsh what Wynonna said."

Waverly sighed at that and shrugged "She gets mean when she drinks with a lot of stuff on her mind. I know she doesn't mean to be a jerk. But she wasn't wrong, but I don't need to be reminded about all of that."

"Hey, at least you had Wynonna, I was shuffled from house to house growing up because your backwater, hippie parents wanted to travel all over God's creation." Nicole reminded her, earning a slight smile.

"Oh my god, you must think I am so selfish. I mean Wynonna didn't have it easy either and you most definitely..." Waverly began but before she could sink into too much word vomit Nicole spoke again, taking her hand.

"Hey, I'm sure Wynonna's already made peace with it and I know that I am so over the shit with my parents and from what Wynonna said out there, you definitely didn't have it easy either. So you're not being selfish just because you admit that it hurts."