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A/N: Hey again. Thanks so much to all who left feedback for the first chapter: Emily Elizabeth, britbrat, Sprinkles143, PeTiTeCaT, Stokes-CSI3, kellie, oOoOo, BOOGAH, kelsie, Stoked-55, k.m and MissyJane. You guys are great. This was ready earlier, but schoolwork has prevented me for updating it soon * shakes fist angrily * But luckily I'm now on half term, so I have a whole week of freedom! Special thanks to my beta, Brianna and a special 'hello' to all Snickers. Well R&R and Enjoy!!! - Bex
'There's just too much that time can not erase,' - 'My Immortal' Evanscence
The way his eyes bored into her like laser beams, probably didn't help her nervousness, but right now he had no idea how else to react. His head swam with confusion as he tried to make sense of what he was seeing. To register the fact that she was back; only a few meters away from him. But why now? Why after seven months without so much as a phone call to say she was doing fine? And as if to giving an answer, she anxiously fiddled with the bottom of her shirt; a shirt that covered her already very swollen abdomen. "Why are you here?" He barely managed to say, his voice no louder then a whisper.
"We need to talk," She replied quickly, still avoiding his eye.
He had to force himself to move out of the doorway to let her pass. She sat down on his couch, gazing at the floor like a girl waiting for her father to punish her. There was an unbreakable silence as he continued to stare at her in shock, neither of them making a sound. Then her eyes left the floor and skittered around the apartment, almost as if she was seeing it for the first time. "You've repainted," She stated as if it was the most surprising thing in the world.
Nick swallowed hard. "Why are you here Sara?"
"I thought it was obvious," She mumbled. "I agreed with my mother that the father of my child should know."
"You're pregnant. And it's mine," Nick whispered slowly, not noticing her irritated glare. "How did this happen?"
"Well Nick, when a man and a woman-" She started to lecture sarcastically, but he cut her off.
"Lay off Sara. How did you expect me to react? What did you expect me to say?" He demanded staring straight at her. "You disappeared for seven months - hell I didn't even know if you were still alive - and then you turn up without any notice and tell me this! So tell me Sar, what would you do if it was you?"
Sara stayed quiet for a moment, staring guilty at the floor. "Try and work something out with the mother. Do you want to be a part of this child's life?"
"Do you want me to be?"
"Why else do you think I'm here?" She snapped. He paused as he tried to think. "There's no way I'm letting my child grow up without knowing me." He looked hesitantly up at her. "So I guess we should work something out. Are you hungry? How about we get breakfast?'
Before Sara could give her answer, the apartment door opened. "Hey honey, I- " Piper stopped mid sentence the second she saw Sara.
"Hi," Sara greeted with a grim smile. "I'm-"
"Sara Sidle?" Piper finished with an incredibly thin smile. "I know."
There was an awkward silence as both women continued their stand off. "Sara, this is Piper. She's my..."
"I'm his girlfriend."
"Oh." Was all Sara said to that, her look unreadable.
"Piper, can I have a word?" Nick asked as he headed for the privacy of the bedroom, his girlfriend following. She brushed past him and sat down on the bed, waiting for him to close the door before speaking.
"What's going on Nick?" She asked in her usual cut-to-the-chase manner.
Nick shrugged unsurely. "Sara came back."
"I can see that. I can also see she's pregnant." She paused to give him the opportunity to speak; he didn't take it. "Is it yours?"
He nodded and she let out a heavy sighed. Nick slowly walked over and sat down beside her, though she flinched back when he tried to hold her hand. "Talk to me," He requested softly.
"I don't know what to say."
"Are you mad?"
She shook her head. "I don't know. I just managed to put a murdering son-of- a-bitch behind bars for good, was in a very good mood, and came here to find this! What a morning," She stated and laughed dryly despite herself. Then she turned to look at him. "I guess you guys need to talk right?" He nodded and she got off the bed. "Then I guess the champagne will have to wait."
Nick managed a smile and followed her out of the room. She strode over to the door, but stopped before she left. Piper gave Sara a polite nod. "I guess it's nice to meet you. And I guess I'll be seeing you again."
"I guess you will," Sara answered with false pleasantness and a fake smile, causing Nick to shoot her look.
"Call me ok?" Piper asked Nick.
"I will," He promised and she gave him a light kiss goodbye.
After she left, he turned his attention back to Sara, who was watching him intensely. She smiled sweetly at him. "How about breakfast then?"
A/N: What do you think? I'm hoping to get the next chapter up soon. So in the meantime, why don't you just hit that little button and give me some inspiration? Lol! :o)
A/N: Hey again. Thanks so much to all who left feedback for the first chapter: Emily Elizabeth, britbrat, Sprinkles143, PeTiTeCaT, Stokes-CSI3, kellie, oOoOo, BOOGAH, kelsie, Stoked-55, k.m and MissyJane. You guys are great. This was ready earlier, but schoolwork has prevented me for updating it soon * shakes fist angrily * But luckily I'm now on half term, so I have a whole week of freedom! Special thanks to my beta, Brianna and a special 'hello' to all Snickers. Well R&R and Enjoy!!! - Bex
'There's just too much that time can not erase,' - 'My Immortal' Evanscence
The way his eyes bored into her like laser beams, probably didn't help her nervousness, but right now he had no idea how else to react. His head swam with confusion as he tried to make sense of what he was seeing. To register the fact that she was back; only a few meters away from him. But why now? Why after seven months without so much as a phone call to say she was doing fine? And as if to giving an answer, she anxiously fiddled with the bottom of her shirt; a shirt that covered her already very swollen abdomen. "Why are you here?" He barely managed to say, his voice no louder then a whisper.
"We need to talk," She replied quickly, still avoiding his eye.
He had to force himself to move out of the doorway to let her pass. She sat down on his couch, gazing at the floor like a girl waiting for her father to punish her. There was an unbreakable silence as he continued to stare at her in shock, neither of them making a sound. Then her eyes left the floor and skittered around the apartment, almost as if she was seeing it for the first time. "You've repainted," She stated as if it was the most surprising thing in the world.
Nick swallowed hard. "Why are you here Sara?"
"I thought it was obvious," She mumbled. "I agreed with my mother that the father of my child should know."
"You're pregnant. And it's mine," Nick whispered slowly, not noticing her irritated glare. "How did this happen?"
"Well Nick, when a man and a woman-" She started to lecture sarcastically, but he cut her off.
"Lay off Sara. How did you expect me to react? What did you expect me to say?" He demanded staring straight at her. "You disappeared for seven months - hell I didn't even know if you were still alive - and then you turn up without any notice and tell me this! So tell me Sar, what would you do if it was you?"
Sara stayed quiet for a moment, staring guilty at the floor. "Try and work something out with the mother. Do you want to be a part of this child's life?"
"Do you want me to be?"
"Why else do you think I'm here?" She snapped. He paused as he tried to think. "There's no way I'm letting my child grow up without knowing me." He looked hesitantly up at her. "So I guess we should work something out. Are you hungry? How about we get breakfast?'
Before Sara could give her answer, the apartment door opened. "Hey honey, I- " Piper stopped mid sentence the second she saw Sara.
"Hi," Sara greeted with a grim smile. "I'm-"
"Sara Sidle?" Piper finished with an incredibly thin smile. "I know."
There was an awkward silence as both women continued their stand off. "Sara, this is Piper. She's my..."
"I'm his girlfriend."
"Oh." Was all Sara said to that, her look unreadable.
"Piper, can I have a word?" Nick asked as he headed for the privacy of the bedroom, his girlfriend following. She brushed past him and sat down on the bed, waiting for him to close the door before speaking.
"What's going on Nick?" She asked in her usual cut-to-the-chase manner.
Nick shrugged unsurely. "Sara came back."
"I can see that. I can also see she's pregnant." She paused to give him the opportunity to speak; he didn't take it. "Is it yours?"
He nodded and she let out a heavy sighed. Nick slowly walked over and sat down beside her, though she flinched back when he tried to hold her hand. "Talk to me," He requested softly.
"I don't know what to say."
"Are you mad?"
She shook her head. "I don't know. I just managed to put a murdering son-of- a-bitch behind bars for good, was in a very good mood, and came here to find this! What a morning," She stated and laughed dryly despite herself. Then she turned to look at him. "I guess you guys need to talk right?" He nodded and she got off the bed. "Then I guess the champagne will have to wait."
Nick managed a smile and followed her out of the room. She strode over to the door, but stopped before she left. Piper gave Sara a polite nod. "I guess it's nice to meet you. And I guess I'll be seeing you again."
"I guess you will," Sara answered with false pleasantness and a fake smile, causing Nick to shoot her look.
"Call me ok?" Piper asked Nick.
"I will," He promised and she gave him a light kiss goodbye.
After she left, he turned his attention back to Sara, who was watching him intensely. She smiled sweetly at him. "How about breakfast then?"
A/N: What do you think? I'm hoping to get the next chapter up soon. So in the meantime, why don't you just hit that little button and give me some inspiration? Lol! :o)