"What do you want to know?"
"Everything" Georg shrugged, pleased that he was finally getting the information he needed about what his younger sister had been up to to make her change a lot in the past year or so.
"She..months ago when the twins were still only a few weeks old she.." Nikki closed her eyes and shook her head, hating herself for betraying her friend but feeling glad that now she wouldn't be the only one who was carrying the responsibility of Ada's actions "She told me that she was pregnant"
"What?" Georg snapped and Nikki nodded "Wha..how?"
Nikki raised an eyebrow and he shook his head.
"I know how I mean who?"
"I.." Nikki frowned as she tried to remember which one of Ada's boyfriends it was, she then shook her head "I can't remember, but I do know that it wasn't a surprise, not really. They..you should have heard me lay into her when she told me" she chuckled bitterly and shook her head again "They didn't have any condoms but they wanted to have sex anyway so they did, then she comes to me telling me she's pregnant"
"Stupid..God how could she have been so stupid?" Georg shouted and William shook his head at his boyfriend.
"Calm down"
"Calm down? You try.."
"Please" Nikki interrupted and motioned to the French doors behind her chair "Just in case"
"I'm sorry" Georg whispered, shaking his head in confusion "So she was pregnant? What happened?"
"She asked me to go to the clinic with her"
"Selfish bitch" Georg laughed bitterly and shook his head "She made the mistake and just thought she could get rid of it like it never happened and taking you as well" he motioned to Nikki "Did she not think about what you were feeling after you.." he waved his hand around in a vague manner and Nikki sighed.
"I told her that I didn't approve of what she was doing but she begged me to go with her, I couldn't let her go through that alone"
"Once again she's guilt tripping you" Georg scoffed, finally seeing a picture to what had been going on "Did you want to go with her? Truthfully"
"No" Nikki shook her head, her eyes filled with sorrow as she remembered her own experience "I never wanted to step foot in one of those places again after what I did but she's my friend, I couldn't say no"
"Of course you could have, do you think she would have done the same if it had been the other way around?"
"But it wasn't" Nikki protested, shaking her head and forcing away her tears "I hated what she was doing I really did but it was her decision"
"Did she pay no mind to what you were feeling?"
"She did but.." Nikki shook her head, taking a breath to steady herself "She couldn't talk to anyone else about it"
"She has a mother" Georg informed Nikki loudly "We're lucky to have one aren't we?" he motioned to William and then to Nikki who had both lost their mothers, one to death and one who just left and didn't come back "I don't think she realises that sometimes"
"She was too scared to tell anyone else"
"Anything else I should be aware of?"
"She's had a few..sexual partners" Nikki told him cautiously "Outside of a relationship"
"And by that you mean one night stands"
"Yes"
"I don't think this is my sister you're talking about Nikki" Georg whispered sadly, looking at the floor as Artemis sat at his feet and meowed loudly "I wish it wasn't her"
"She's just chosen a different way of life" Nikki told him "We've chosen ours and Ada has chosen hers, we may not like it but then again I doubt many people would like what we've chosen. I'm a teenage mother to twins and you two are gay, which reminds me, she's also slept with a woman"
"Jesus"
"No I'm pretty sure he was male" Nikki replied quickly and William had to stifle a snort as Georg rolled his eyes and picked up Artemis from the floor, placing her on his lap.
"Anything else?"
"She..she's not over me like she said she was" Nikki sighed, shaking her head and looking away from her friends "When we had that day away she came on to me, very strongly actually. She wanted me to sleep with her just once" she suddenly felt the need to vent her annoyance at that particular action from Ada, the most selfish thing Nikki thought she had done "She asked me to cheat on Harry with her just because we were miles from home, sleeping in the same cottage together and no-one would have to know. Of course I rejected her but guess who felt very very guilty because she started to cry and told me she was in love with me"
Tears began to fall down Nikki's cheeks as she finished and Georg was on his feet in an instant, making his way over to his friend and then gathering her into his arms as she cried.
"Once we'd..both calmed down..we went back to normal..we didn't talk about it or anything..but.."
"She shouldn't have been so selfish to have asked you that, she knows how much you and Harry love each other, she knows how you would never ever cheat on him and it was so bloody selfish for her to ask you to" Georg told Nikki calmly "No one should ask their friend to do that whether they are in love with them or not and you should not feel guilty about rejecting her"
"Donny dropped right off to sleep upstairs..Nikki what's wrong?"
They all looked towards the doorway when they heard Harry's voice and he quickly walked over to his lover, Georg relinquishing his hold on his friend and letting Harry take over, the German teenager smiling at his friend as he moved away.
"I forced some truths from Nikki about Ada" Georg informed Harry as he sat himself back down next to William "And they brought back some memories"
"Like what?" Harry looked down at Nikki in concern, his girlfriend shaking her head and wiping her face "Nikki?"
"Harry what would you do if I came on to you and told you that I love you" Georg asked Harry with a frown on his face and his friend looked at him with a confused look "Hypothetically. And if I asked you to cheat on Nikki with me just for one night so I could just see what I was missing. And let's just say we're on holiday together miles away from everyone else so they wouldn't ever have to know"
"Uh..." Harry was speechless for a few seconds before he looked down at Nikki, his mind adding things together as she looked up at him and smiled slightly as she wiped her face "Did Ada.."
Nikki nodded and snuggled closer to Harry, clutching at his t-shirt with one hand and burying her face in his chest and sniffing loudly. Harry sighed and stroked her loose hair gently, leaning down and pressing a kiss to the top of her head.
"And did you.."
Nikki moved away from Harry as quickly as she had moved closer to him.
"Did I what?" she hissed at him, pushing his hand away from her as she stood up "Did I sleep with her and cheat on you? Do you think I would sink that low?"
"No Nikki of course not I'm sorry" Harry shook his head, wondering why he had asked her that when he knew she would never cheat on him just like he would never cheat on her.
"But you had to ask" Nikki snapped at him, shaking her head as she slapped his hand away from her when he reached over to take her hand "What does that tell me?
"Nikki I'm sorry"
"You think I would cheat on you?" Nikki asked tearfully and Harry shook his head quickly.
"No I don't, I didn't mean it. It was just a shock hearing that Ada came on to you like that"
"She said no-one would know" Nikki murmured, looking down at the floor in shame "She kept saying that she loved me and I felt so guilty when I rejected her"
"It's not your fault" Georg told Nikki as she allowed Harry to gather her into his arms, stroking her back and her hair gently as he kissed the top of her head.
"I didn't think it had affected me this much" Nikki bit her lip to stop herself from crying again and reached up to wipe her cheeks "We just went back to how we were before and I was fine with that. I didn't..don't want to lose her friendship"
"Ada needs to stop thinking that she has a chance" Georg sighed, running one hand through his blonde hair "I know it's horrible but it's her that's going to get hurt in the end"
"I keep telling her to get over me but if she really is in love with me as she says I know how difficult it is to stop loving someone if you're in love with them" Nikki looked up at Harry when she sat that and he smiled down at her, pressing a kiss to her lips and making her smile as well. "I understand her.."
"Nikki don't start making excuses for her" Georg interrupted and Harry kissed the top of her head again "We all know you're a very kind person who would do that but for what she's done.."
"She's my friend" Nikki told them loudly, tears smarting her eyes as she spoke "She's..she my children's godmother" she sobbed, tears falling down her face "She's my..friend and I..can't..abandon her"
"We're not asking you to abandon her"
"You are" Nikki nodded quickly, tears pouring down her face "You want me to"
"We're concerned for both of you" William told Nikki calmly "It's not good for her if she keeps up this thing she has for you and it's not good for you either because you end up like this" he motioned to her but Nikki just bit her lip and snuggled closer to Harry who tightened his arms around her slightly.
"And also she's being selfish" Georg added bitterly "Asking you to cheat on Harry just like that"
Nikki was silent for a few seconds before she just turned her head into Harry's chest to avoid the conversation altogether, feeling Harry kiss the top of her head and stroke her hair gently as she did so.
"I think we should go" William then prompted Georg, giving his boyfriend a pointed look and nudging him on the arm. "Now"
Georg sighed and nodded, glancing at their friends before turning back to his boyfriend.
"I'll go and get the children"
Georg then walked out of the French doors and into the garden, calling for Angela and Jurian as he did so.
"I'm sorry" William told Harry and he nodded, smiling at his friend as he continued to stroke Nikki's hair.
"Hi" Harry murmured softly as he walked into the bedroom to see Nikki laying on her front on the bed, Gabriel laying in front of her as she tickled him gently, the baby laughing despite his infection. She didn't reply to him but continued to talk quietly to their son, a large grin on her face as she tickled his tummy again, Gabriel laughing and kicking his legs as she did so. "Nikki" Harry sighed as he closed the door behind him and walked over to the bed "What's wrong?"
"Well just the small fact that my fiancé thought I had it in me to cheat on him with a woman" Nikki shrugged, still not looking at him as Harry sat down on the edge of the bed.
"I didn't think that"
"Really? So why did you ask me if I'd accepted Ada's advances?"
"I didn't.."
"No because you stopped talking before you could ask the obvious" Nikki shouted at him and Gabriel jumped, his arms and legs twitching as a look of shock crossed his face "Oh darling, mummy's sorry" she cooed to him as she leant down and pressed a kiss to his forehead, stroking his blonde hair gently and then tickling his sides again to get him to laugh "There we go" she grinned as he did so "Mummy doesn't like seeing her little boy upset, but you're feeling a bit better now aren't you? The medicine helps"
"I was just shocked by it all" Harry sighed, reaching down and taking Gabriel's hand in his own "I'm sorry"
"I'm just hurt Harry" Nikki shook her head as she looked up at him, moving so she was kneeling on the bed instead of laying.
"I know you are and I'm so sorry" Harry told her truthfully, Nikki nodding her head once as she looked back down at Gabriel "I know I never need to ask"
Gabriel then let out a small sob and brought his free hand to his face and then to his ear, tears forming in his eyes as he began to cry loudly.
"Come on you, the medicine is wearing off isn't it?" Nikki smiled slightly at her son, completely ignoring Harry as she climbed off the bed and then scooped Gabriel into her arms, cradling him against her shoulder before she walked from the room, the door slamming shut loudly behind her.