Christine almost couldn't believe it. She was more miserable here with Meg than she was with Erik. Her friend wasn't allowing her to slip an anything, when really all she wanted to do was lay around and mope.
Though she was annoyed, she could admit that Meg was right and it was for the best that she continued to take care of herself. But only deep down and she would never admit that out loud. She couldn't risk giving her friend too much of an ego, after all.
Today, however, she felt too exhausted to really do anything. The morning sickness had also been a little more intense, so her friend was kind enough to admit that they could simply be lazy today.
As long as she took her medications and got a decent amount of movement, slacking for one day wouldn't hurt anything.
Especially if she stuck to her unfortunately healthy diet. It was harder than anyone understood. The babies were making her crave things like ice cream and raw cookie dough. Sometimes she even craved BLT pizza and she could have none of that.
"Christine? Are you going to go home any time soon?" Meg questioned softly. It broke her out of her thoughts.
She bit her lower lip as she hesitated. She was sure that Meg would appreciate some alone time with her man. She hadn't been able to have that very often lately.
It was both her fault and Erik's fault. She was here and Nadir was often leaving to check on Erik. She felt guilty as hell, but the answer wasn't easy.
"I'd love to go home...but I don't want to be the one to make the first move, you know?" Christine finally answered, toying with the hem of her shirt.
Meg hummed softly, looking rather thoughtful. She had to wonder what kind of bomb her friend was about to drop on her. She would quiet literally slap Meg if she suggested leaving Erik.
She couldn't do that. They were having children together and she loved him too damn much. She could only hope that he still loved her in the same way, even if he thought her selfish for her request.
"I think both of you have valid points in this argument. Very valid points. However, this issue comes in with the communication or lackthereof." Meg informed, her tone that of someone who thought they were right.
In a way, she was right. They'd definitely struggled with communication in the past and that issue had returned recently. Christine was well aware that she shared some fault that.
After all, she had purposely twisted his words and stormed off before he could properly defend himself. But she'd just been so angry at the time. She'd love to blame it all on her hormones, but she knew that wasn't it.
Erik had been quite the asshole before hand simply because he didn't know how to handle his emotions or the situation. Anger had always been his first response, especially when he was scared or felt helpless.
God, they had become a mess. Perhaps they should do something. Work on it somehow. But she was at a loss of how to do that. Erik wasn't the only one scared about her potential fate. There was a reason she'd made that request, after all.
"Then what should we do, Meg? I'm at a loss." Christine sighed shakily, peering over at her friend with glazed over eyes. She refused to blink until the tears disappeared. She wasn't going to cry. Not again.
Meg hesitated for a moment, biting her lower lip in consideration. The longer she remained silent, the more antsy Christine felt herself becoming. She wasn't sure that she was going to like this answer.
"I think that this is too big for either of you to get through on your own. It's too heavy. Too draining. Maybe you should consider couple's counseling." Meg finally broke the silence, looking at her apologetically.
Her gut had been correct. She didn't like this answer but she could understand where it was coming from. She sighed heavily and stood, avoiding eye contact with Meg. She made a show of pretending to yawn and stretching exaggeratedly.
"That's definitely something to think about. Now if you'll excuse me, I think I need a nap." Christine murmured before hurrying down the hall. She wasn't lying but she wasn't exactly telling the truth either.
It was unlikely that Erik would agree to couple's counseling. He didn't really have much faith in counselor's, claiming that they failed him in his childhood.
Yet at the same time, she wasn't willing to let something like this ruin their marriage. They needed each other.
If worse came to worse, she'd just have to hope she was still seductive enough to convince Erik. But she was hoping to use that only if all else failed. Maybe if she was lucky, words would be enough in that case.
Nadir was growing irritated with Erik. He'd done his best to offer him advice and assure him that it was understandable that he felt the way he did. What wasn't understandable was the way he'd gone about handling it.
But the man was still waffling about whether or not he'd go get Christine. He'd agreed to apologize, but for the life of him, he couldn't get him to apologize in person.
He could be spending this time with Meg, but instead they were stuck helping the absolute idiots that they called their best friends. Sometimes life really was a bitch.
"Maybe I can just send some flowers to Meg's house? With a note, of course." Erik mused, more so to himself than anyone else.
A loud groan from the slightly older male makes him jump, something that would've amused Nadir under any other circumstances. But right now he felt far too annoyed to really be amused.
Nadir stood and seized Erik's wrist, dragging him towards the door without hesitation. There was some resistance from Erik before he sighed and relented.
"You're going to go apologize in person and the two of you are going to talk like normal people. Then you're going to leave me and Meg alone for the next few weeks so we can catch up on lost time." He informed roughly.
Erik didn't respond but the gagging noise that he produced was more than enough to tell Nadir what he thought about that last bit of information.
Good. It was about time that Erik suffered with such things.