Zander stares at Emily, not wanting to believe what he just heard her say.
"You're what?" he asks her.
Emily sighs deeply and drops her hands down to her sides as she looks at Zander. "I love him Zander. I love Nikolas." She says softly. She hated that she was hurting Zander but it needed to be said. She couldn't live her life like this anymore. "I'm sorry Zander. I don't want to hurt you." she starts to say.
"Now's not the time for that one Emily. You don't mean to hurt me?" he asks her. He rests his hands on his hips and shakes his head in disbelief. "I don't believe this." He says. He looks back up at Emily and licks his lips. "So, where does that leave us?" he asks her.
Emily opens her mouth slightly and slides her hands into her back pockets of her jeans. "Zander, I don't know. I don't want to hurt you but I had to say something." She says softly.
Zander shakes his head. "No Emily, don't bother. I shouldn't have even asked." He says. He walks over to her bed and grabs his coat. He glances at Nikolas. "I guess you won." He says. He turns and walks out of Emily's room and shuts the door behind him.
Emily takes a deep breath after hearing her door shut and then falls back down onto her bed. "Oh God." She whispers, dropping her head into her hands with a cry.
Nikolas walks over and kneels down in front of Emily and takes her hands away from her face and into his. "Emily, don't beat your self up over this. You did what you had to do." He says. "You weren't happy living a life with Zander and not being fully in love with him. Just like I couldn't live with Lydia not being in love with her." He says. "We both deserve to be happy Emily." He whispers as he runs his hand over her hair gently.
Emily lifts her head and looks into Nikolas' eyes. "You're right Nikolas. We both do deserve to be happy." She says. She takes a deep breath and slowly lets it out. "I just hate having to hurt Zander just so that I can be happy." She says. "I just hope that he can move on and find someone better for him."
Nikolas takes her face into his hands and looks her in the eyes. "He will Emily. He'll be happy sooner or later." He says. He leans forward and lightly presses his lips to her forehead and then stands up and sits next to her on the bed and pulls her into a hug. "Everything will be alright." He says gently and softly rubs her back.
Emily closes her eyes as she hugs Nikolas tightly, pressing her face into his neck. "I know it will Nikolas." She says. Now that she was with him everything should be fine.
Emily sighs deeply and drops her hands down to her sides as she looks at Zander. "I love him Zander. I love Nikolas." She says softly. She hated that she was hurting Zander but it needed to be said. She couldn't live her life like this anymore. "I'm sorry Zander. I don't want to hurt you." she starts to say.
"Now's not the time for that one Emily. You don't mean to hurt me?" he asks her. He rests his hands on his hips and shakes his head in disbelief. "I don't believe this." He says. He looks back up at Emily and licks his lips. "So, where does that leave us?" he asks her.
Emily opens her mouth slightly and slides her hands into her back pockets of her jeans. "Zander, I don't know. I don't want to hurt you but I had to say something." She says softly.
Zander shakes his head. "No Emily, don't bother. I shouldn't have even asked." He says. He walks over to her bed and grabs his coat. He glances at Nikolas. "I guess you won." He says. He turns and walks out of Emily's room and shuts the door behind him.
Emily takes a deep breath after hearing her door shut and then falls back down onto her bed. "Oh God." She whispers, dropping her head into her hands with a cry.
Nikolas walks over and kneels down in front of Emily and takes her hands away from her face and into his. "Emily, don't beat your self up over this. You did what you had to do." He says. "You weren't happy living a life with Zander and not being fully in love with him. Just like I couldn't live with Lydia not being in love with her." He says. "We both deserve to be happy Emily." He whispers as he runs his hand over her hair gently.
Emily lifts her head and looks into Nikolas' eyes. "You're right Nikolas. We both do deserve to be happy." She says. She takes a deep breath and slowly lets it out. "I just hate having to hurt Zander just so that I can be happy." She says. "I just hope that he can move on and find someone better for him."
Nikolas takes her face into his hands and looks her in the eyes. "He will Emily. He'll be happy sooner or later." He says. He leans forward and lightly presses his lips to her forehead and then stands up and sits next to her on the bed and pulls her into a hug. "Everything will be alright." He says gently and softly rubs her back.
Emily closes her eyes as she hugs Nikolas tightly, pressing her face into his neck. "I know it will Nikolas." She says. Now that she was with him everything should be fine.