*Gash*

Todd knocked John to the ground and punched him over and over again. John rolled over and managed to hit Todd a few times as well. He pulled out his knife and sliced his cheek.

"John, stop it...please just go," Nora pleaded with him.

"This isn't over Nora. One day...you'll see that you want me just as badly as I want you," John promised as he walked out the door.

"Todd, are you okay?" Nora asked as she went to his side.

"I'll be fine...it's just a little gash," he whispered as he sat up.

"You shouldn't have done that...I had things under control," Nora stated as she grabbed the bandages out of the cabinet.

"That's not the way that it looked to me. John's an asshole and I wasn't going to just stand by and let him man handle you so stop trying to act so tough all the time and just say thank you."

"Thank you Todd," Nora whispered as she placed the bandage over his scarred cheek.

XOXOXO

*Home*

"Nora, I want you and Matthew to move in with me," Todd stated.

"What?" Nora asked as she paused. Maybe she was hearing things...Todd couldn't actually want her and Matthew to go home with him could he?

"It's not safe for you here with John and his raging hormones. The next time he comes here I might not be around and the thought of anything happening to you...just come home with me and I'll keep you and Matthew safe," Todd pleaded.

"Shouldn't you be leaving Llanview before John arrests you for shooting Collin," Nora argued.

"John can't arrest me without evidence, besides I've already set up an air-tight alibi," Todd explained. "So now there's no other excuses to keep you and Matthew from coming home with me."

"Todd, I know that you're trying to help, but this was the home that I shared with Bo and I'm not ready to leave it."

"I understand that...I can move in here with you."

"This is crazy," Nora whispered.

"This is necessary. John isn't going to stop harassing you and I'm not going to let him hurt you, so where can I sleep?" Todd asked as he looked around.

"You can sleep on the couch, but it's just for tonight," Nora stated.

"We'll see about that," Todd stated.

"Goodnight Todd," Nora whispered as she handed him a blanket and pillow and headed towards her bedroom.

XOXOXO

*Ice cream*

Nora laid in bed trying to sleep, but she just couldn't get comfortable plus she couldn't stop thinking about Vanila Ice cream with a side of pickle.

She climbed out of bed and crept past Todd into the kitchen. She pulled out the gallon of Vanilla Ice Cream and the jar of pickles.

Todd opened his eyes when he heard Nora walking past him. He watched her with amusement as she cut up the pickles and put them in her bowel of ice cream. It was a strange craving to have in the middle of the night and then it occurred to him that women generally only had strange cravings like that when they were pregnant.

"Nora, is there a chance that you might be pregnant?" Todd asked as he sat up.

"What? Why would you even ask me something like that?" Nora asked.

"Look at what you're eating Nora. The last time Blair was craving Ice Cream and Pickles she was pregnant with Jack. Is there a chance that you might be pregnant?"

"It's a possibility," Nora said after a few minutes when she realized that her period was a few weeks late.