Secrets Part Nine/Helping
Well that wasn't completely out of character. Nope, not at all.
He can't say that he was anything but surprised when Jack told him Allison and Nathan were getting married… again.
They were trapped in this never-ending love triangle. Nathan, Allison and Jack. And while Nathan and Jack were presumably head-over-heals for the nice lady, and she couldn't seem to choose between the two, Henry had always seen something more. Between Nathan and Jack that is.
They were his best friends for crying out loud. What kind of friend would he be if he didn't notice?
Of course, Nathan hadn't been much of a friend lately. Jack had come to visit him almost every day. Nathan had come once, and that was only because he needed help.
Help saving Jack. And Allison, but Henry knew it was more than that.
Not that he could blame him. For not visiting. After all, he had broken about a dozen laws: faking a contagion, helping a felon, kidnapping the head of DG and her son, the list went on.
But even Allison had come to visit him a few times.
"Dr. Deacon?" one of the guards said, approaching his cell. "You have a visitor."
He can't say he wasn't surprised. Jack had already made his visit for the day and Allison had been there yesterday. Who was it?
"Hey Henry," Nathan greeted when Henry arrived in the room.
"Nathan," he replied curtly. He was certain this wasn't a conversation he was in any particular mood to have.
"Relax. I just wanna talk. Not about what happened at Global. Just talk."
Well that wasn't completely out of character. Nope, not at all.
"Okay. Talk," he replied, leaning against the wall and staring out the tiny window.
"You think I'm making a mistake?" he asked.
"What?" He was surprised by the words.
"Carter must have told you. That Allie and I are getting married again."
"He did."
"Then tell me, do you think I'm making a mistake."
Henry thought for a moment.
"Are you happy?" he finally asked.
Nathan looked at him, unsure of how to answer. "Of course."
"Can you see yourself with her in the future?"
"Yes," he nodded.
"Then I don't see the problem." Well obviously there was a problem. A big honking one.
"It's just… something Zoë said. And something Sam said. Well, not Sam exactly. Her dad said it. Well, not actually her dad said it, he was just one of her delusions…" he went on for a moment about Sam having a concussion and … Henry wasn't paying attention to the words.
Nathan Stark was babbling. How peculiar.
Nathan stopped talking about aliens when he saw the look Henry was giving him.
"What?" he asked.
Henry skillfully resisted the urge to burst out laughing, but couldn't hide the smile.
Prison was doing strange things to him.