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Summary- "She always said you were her knight in shining armour." Mia appeared from nowhere, her face stained with tears as she looked down at the car. Leon looked up at her and his face fell. "I'm so sorry, Le. If we hadn't…" She started to sob again and Leon stood up pulling the girl into a hug, pressing a kiss into her hair. "Hey Mia, it wasn't your fault, baby."

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Sympathy – Goo Goo Dolls


Chapter Three – While the citys still dark

"I'm not ignoring Vinces calls." Steph said and Nicola rolled her eyes.

"Doesn't sound like it to me. He said he tried to call your mobile and the studio and you just ignored him. What gives?" Nicola looked pointedly at Steph who shifted in her seat and pulled the white blouse down a bit as tried to ignore Nicolas intense scrutiny.

"I know you have this half-cocked idea of Vince and I getting together La, but it's not happening." Steph snapped and Nicola looked taken aback, blinking quickly as she registered her friends words.

"You've already hooked up, I don't see whats wrong." Nicola replied.

"You haven't seen him at home the last few weeks La. I know he tries to be normal with you but he's changed. And he's got this thing for Mia." Nicola bit her lip as Steph spoke and felt sorry for her friend who was running her fingers through her long red hair tiredly.

"I'm sorry he's being an asshole, Steph." She said quietly and Steph shrugged, giving a small smile.

"Seems like you and Leon have sorted things out." She changed the subject quickly and Nicola rose her eyebrows.

"Very stealth there. And Leon and I are fine. Just took a bit of time to get our heads around this whole thing." Using her now moveable arms she gestured around at the bed.

"You guys are so good together. He really loves you."

"Yeah well I love him too, its hard not too when he's so damn gorgeous." Nicola laughed and Steph reached over and placed her hand on Nicolas arm.

"But are you okay?" Steph asked, knowing Nicolas tendency to bottle things up until she exploded.

"I will be."

There was movement near the door and Nicola dragged her eyes from Steph to see Letty standing at the door, biting her lip as she stuck her hands in her jean pockets.

"Hey." She said quietly and Steph glanced over and saw the other girl standing there.

"I'm going to go and…do something." Steph looked between the two and gave Nicolas arm a squeeze before leaving, greeting Letty as she went past.

"Hey there girl." Nicola said smiling up at her friend, but Letty didn't smile back and Nicola knew instantly something was wrong. "What is it Let?" She asked and tried to push herself up. Letty rushed forward as she saw Nicola try to move and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"It's fine, just lie back down, you're making me nervous." She gave a husky laugh and Nicola fell back into her pillows. "I'm sorry I haven't been around lately." She said quietly and looked down at her hands.

"I know you Let, if it wasn't important you wouldn't have stayed away." Nicola said understanding.

"That's just it, it's not that important. Not as important as you." Tears started to leak from her eyes and Nicola reached over and placed her hand on her shoulder.

"Tell me what is wrong Let."

"I had another pregnancy scare the day before your accident." She finally spat out, her hands running down the length of her jeans. Nicola felt her stomach lurch at the thought of being pregnant, but she took a deep breath to calm the tears.

"You and Dom really need to change your contraceptive methods." Nicola laughed and Letty sighed deeply before looking up at Nicola, her brown eyes glistening as tears poured down her face.

"I wasn't pregnant, La. Dom made me go to the doctor and…" She wiped at her face and sniffed loudly, "And I've never been pregnant and I never will be. They did tests and I've got a growth on my ovaries. It's hereditary or something." Nicola felt the tears well up at the sight of her friend in tears. "My mum had the same thing." Letty added.

"Well that's hope isn't it?" Nicola asked and Letty shook her head.

"She only had it on one whereas I have it on both." Wiping the tears away again she gripped Nicolas hand for support, "The thing is I never even wanted kids, but the look on Doms face when I told him I wasn't pregnant- he looked upset, La."

"You didn't tell him about the whole infertility thing?" Nicola asked, her eyebrow raised. Well that would sure explain a few things. Like the fact that Dom was complaining about Letty being hormonal and him hiding out at the grocery store on the day of the accident. "Wait…Letty!" She shrieked and Lettys head snapped up. "I remember. The day of the accident, Dom was hiding at the store and I told you we'd talk about it." She smiled at the fact she'd finally remembered and looked over at Letty who didn't look thrilled at all. She looked even worse than before. "Shit, I'm sorry Letty. I didn't mean to cut you off."

"No sweetie that's not it…" She opened her mouth to continue but instead snapped it shut and squeezed Nicolas hand, giving a small smile. "That morning we'd had a fight because I'd told him I thought I was pregnant. You know he hid down at the store for two weeks?" She laughed and Nicola rolled her eyes.

"What is it with men these days?" Nicola laughed and this earned her a smile from Letty. "Are you going to be okay Letty? I mean there are other options if you want kids in the future."

"Nah I think I'll just wait to have lots of nieces and nephew from you guys." She went to laugh but saw the crestfallen look on Nicolas face. "I'm sorry La, I wasn't thinking."

Throwing her a small smile Nicola took a deep breath and squeezed Lettys hand again.

"Did you see the last photo of him? He was so big- I stuck it on the corkboard in our room for Leon." Nicola said quietly and Lettys eyes widened.

"It was a boy?" She asked and Nicola nodded.

"Yeah they told me in my last appointment. I didn't tell Leon I knew, he was so set on a girl." Nicola let a small chuckle as tears started to stream down Lettys face again. "Oh sweetie, please don't cry." She said softly at the sight of her friend in tears.

"I'm so sorry, it just you guys would have been great parents…I'm so sorry Lala." Letty said and Nicola shook her head, smiling.

"Don't be sorry, girl, it's not your fault." Lettys hand quickly let go of Nicolas and she stood up.

"I just remembered I have to go do something. I'll see you 'round girl." Without another word Letty left, leaving Nicola staring after her, what the hell was her problem?

"You done socialising now?" Nancys voice asked and Nicola looked up at her nurse.

"What are you doing night shift for?" Nicola asked as Nancy gestured for her to open her mouth.

"The boyfriend is out of town and I was bored at home so when they offered I jumped. Besides, I didn't think you'd still be having visitors at this time of night, you're lucky I'm on the reception tonight." She then held the cup up to Nicolas mouth and she swallowed some of the water with the pills.

"Thanks, it's been a long day- I don't think I could sit here all night with my thoughts." Nicola said gratefully and Nancy shrugged.

"You know me, always happy to send you to the magical land." Sighing as she felt the drugs kicking in, Nicola leaned heavily into the pillows and closed her eyes.

"With your impeccable timing I am grateful." Nicola said as sleep finally came and as she peeked through her lids at the clock beside her bed she saw it was past midnight, Mia would be well on her date with Brian Spilner and Leon would be sleeping.


But he wasn't. He sat staring at the bar on the side of the bath and stared at it so hard he thought maybe the powers of his mind would weld the bar to the wall. But it didn't and when he let go it fell into the bath, narrowly missing his sock clad feet.

"Fuck." He muttered as he heard the front door opening and light footsteps down the hall.

"Leon?" He looked up expecting Mia to be standing there again, but this time it was Letty. She looked upset, but she had been looking like that for awhile now.

"Yeah?" he asked.

"You want some help?" Taking a deep breath he nodded.

"Yeah, Letty, that would be good." Without another word Letty walked over and climbed into the bath, holding the bar up to the holes that he'd drawn onto the plaster with a lead pencil. Placing the drill directly in the holes he pressed the button and they went in with no hassles.

They finished the job in silence and when they finished both stood back and admired their handiwork. As she stepped back out of the bath Letty grabbed the shower curtain to support herself and once she was balanced she looked up at it, finally speaking.

"This shower curtain is fugly man."

"You're telling me." Leon muttered, his voice hoarse from swearing.

"Lets take it down." She ripped the curtain from the bar effortlessly and threw it towards the door. "Got any other fugly shit for me to destroy?" She asked and Leon nodded.

"The whole fucking house." Letty grinned and followed Leon out to the kitchen and laughed at the sight of the white tiles with pictures of ducks along the wall above the sink and kitchen bench. Her eyes skimmed the walls where someone had painted the plaster in an ugly brown colour.

"You're right. You got a chisel or something?" Leon walked over to the sink and pulled one out from underneath it. Letty rose a sceptical eyebrow as she took the chisel from him.

"I was going to get around to it eventually, I was prepared." Accepting his explanation she crawled onto the bench and positioned the chisel before looking back at Leon.

"Hey you got a hammer?" He disappeared for a few minutes and came back wielding a hammer. Slowly they set to work, even if it was the early hours of the morning and Leon found a can of white paint in the car shed and made about painting over the ugly brown.

A few hours they stood back and smiled at each other at their progress, it wasn't a total makeover but it looked a bit better.

"Thanks for this Letty." He said and she reached over and squeezed his arm.

"It's the least I can do. I'll see you later Leon." She went to turn away but Leons voice made her turn back.

"Don't tell La about the paint or the ducks." He gestured at the pile of broken tiles on the floor.

Letty drew a cross over her chest with her forefinger before giving him a small wave and leaving.

Leon turned back to the kitchen and smiled in satisfaction. It looked a lot better. He felt a wave of tiredness come over him and he walked down the hall to the room where all Nicolas stuff was. He took it off the bed and dragged the duvet from their bed at the Torettos out of a box, wrapping it around himself and fell onto the mattress. The duvet still smelt like her and he couldn't help thinking how lucky he was that she'd survived.

As he lay there in the dark he stared out the window at the cars slowly driving by and by the time it was four o'clock he had decided that just like every other night he wouldn't be able to sleep. He only ever slept when she was with him. Climbing off the bed he went and showered before grabbing his car keys and making his way out to the Skyline just as the sun was coming over the horizon.

Nancy smiled at him as he tiredly walked through the doors of the hospital and he gave a small wave as he made his way down to her room and slumped in the chair as she slept peacefully, before intertwining his fingers with hers and resting his head on the mattress and going to sleep.


A/N: Okay so it's a little short…but I hope you enjoyed and it explained a few things. If not please let me know. REVIEW x