Desri sighed and paced the room. Chevelle sat on the couch and rolled her eyes. "Will you calm down, Nikolas is always like this when it comes to other men." She said and Desri shot her a glare.

"I don't care. He ripped off his mask and was probably going to beat him up." She shouted and her face had a huge grimace on it. Think of the events that had happened that night was really upseting her.

She pictured Erik and Nikolas's crying faces. Her eyes brimmed with tears as she thought of how both had been suffering since childhood probably. "I don't understand how Nikolas had known Erik from birth. Thats oviously what he ment when he said that he had ruined his life since he had been brought into existance." Desri said and had an expression on her face that you'd usually see Chevelle have as she would mix chemicals and try to figure out the solution to one of her problems.

Chevelle began to ponder this too and gasped. "Desri did the thought that they are related ever occur to you? There are so many similarities between the two it's uncanny!" She shouted throwing her arms up in triumph and grinned.

Desri nodded and sighed looking at Chevelle. "Your right, I thought the same thing but their pasts dont match up. From what I've seen Erik has a great family that loves him and Nikolas's mother committed suicide when he was young." She said and sat down on the couch and Chevelle sat back down next to her.

Chevelle thought for a moment then recalled soemthing she had talked to Erik about on the phone when he had invited them to the movies. "Desri..." She said looking at her friend. "...that family isn't Erik's blood relation. They are his foster family." She finished and Desri's eyes widened.

Desri shot up and ran to the door grabbing her coat. "I have to go see Nikolas!" She said slipping the coat on and opened the door. "I'll be back soon, don't worry." With that Chevelle heard the door shut and sighed regretting telling her the fact she had learnt, but at least she knew her friend would have her mind at easy that night when she returned.

Desri now was running down the street. Sighing she turned a corner. Things running throughout her mind like wildfire through a forest. What did all this mean? She knew exactly what it ment. That they were probably related. She had to know though. She had to hear it from Nikolas's mouth.

It didn't take her long to reach the building as she was running with all her strength. She looked up and sighed as she entered without knocking. Everyone was either passed out or drunk and didn't notice her as she went up the stairs and knocked on Nikolas's door. "GO AWAY!" His voice erupted through the door making her shiver from it's hatred.

Desri took a deep breath before speaking in a kind, yet slightly terrified tone. "It's me Nik." She said and heard hurried footsteps.

The door opened to reveil the tear stained face of Nikolas as he tried to hold back a sob making his sholders shudder with the effort. Desri's eyes widened. She had never seen Nikolas like this before. Her heart felt like it was going to explode with sorror for him. "Nikolas..." She whispered and walked in shutting the door behind her taking the man into her arms.

Nikolas barried his face into the crook of her neck letting out silent sobs as tears ran down his cheeks and her skin. Desri rubbing his back as she cooed in his ear telling him things of reassurance. His sobs slowly diminished and he moved away from her slightly. He was now looking into her eyes.

Desri touched her hand to his cheek and wiped stay tears off with her thumb. "Nikolas tell me, please, how do you know Erik?" She said and he looked down and away from her.

"Take a seat. This might take a while to explain." He said and took in a shuddering breath.