"Why does Annika want to go home?" Nick asked after Derek had left a confused Philip alone with Annika.
"She's pregnant," Derek said. He watched the look on Nick's face change. "It's obvious that you knew something had happened between them, so why didn't you tell me something happened?"
"Because it wasn't my business to say anything about that. I also didn't think like that was going to happen."
"Well, it did. I think maybe something else happened as well."
Nick shifted uncomfortably. "What makes you think that?"
"I found this in Ilsa's things," Derek pulled a positive pregnancy test out of his pocket. "You were with her, weren't you?"
The younger man sighed. "She didn't want you to know about... us. I didn't either."
"Let me guess, it didn't occur to you that this could happen?" Derek held the pregnancy test in Nick's face. "You do realize what it means if she hid this, don't you?"
"You know, it might just mean that she doesn't want you to know."
Derek hit Nick on the side of his head. "It means she's planning to get an abortion, you idiot!"
"Oh, come on! You don't know that."
"Don't suggest that I don't know my own daughter! You can't let her do this!"
"Are you ordering me to stop her from doing what she wants? Because I can't do that."
Derek's fist collided with Nick's eye.
"Annika, your father said you were going to tell me something," Philip said after she still hadn't spoken for a while.
She looked at him and couldn't speak.
"Annika?"
The pregnancy test she'd had in her hand earlier hand been shoved under her pillow and she had to pull it out. She burst into tears as Philip stared at it in shock. "You're mad at me..." she cried.
"What? No, I'm not mad at you," he told her. "This is my fault. I should have been able to control myself." He wiped tears off her face. "It'll be alright. We'll get married and have the baby. Our baby."
"You... want it? You want the baby?" she asked while sniffling.
"Yes."
Annika's arms flew around him.
"We'll get married as soon as possible, alright? And we're going to get ready for the baby."
"Baby's not coming for a while."
Rachel walked over to Alex. "Just what is going on around here? I just saw Nick with a black eye."
"Well... Derek went to get Annika from college because she's pregnant. In the process of packing, he found that out Ilsa's pregnant too and that it's Nick's. Nick refused to try to prevent her from getting an abortion, so Derek gave him a black eye. Derek dragged Ilsa home too."
"Hold on... who is the father of Annika's baby? And why was he packing Ilsa's things?"
"When the girls went to college, Derek told them that if one decided she wanted to quit, the other had to leave also. The father of Annika's baby is Philip. And Derek's letting him marry her."
"Philip?"
Alex nodded her head.
"Which one is Derek more upset about?"
"Oh, Ilsa, by far. And she's furious with him because he found out she's pregnant and that he told Nick. She didn't even want Nick to know about it."
"Maybe I should try to mediate between the three of them."
"I don't think any of them will listen. They're all being very stubborn. Nick told Derek that if Ilsa wants an abortion, he'll take her to get it done and Derek made a very clear threat to a certain portion of Nick's anatomy in response. Nick told him he'll still do it."
"Derek does realize that he can't just force her to have a baby she doesn't want, doesn't he?"
"I don't think he cares. If I know that girl, she already has it scheduled. If she's determined enough, there's no stopping her, especially if Nick's going to help her."
The next day, Derek was came downstairs looking furious. "Nick took Ilsa out of the house!"
"He told you he was going to take her," Alex said.
"I didn't think he'd actually end up doing it!" Derek went towards the door.
"Derek, if you're going to go looking for them, it'll probably be too late by the time you find them."
Nick came in with Ilsa thirty minutes later. He shook his head at the questioning look from Alex. "She changed her mind."
"Derek took off looking for you two," Alex told him.
"Yeah, well, I didn't see him."
Ilsa started going upstairs. Alex noticed Nick watching her. "Nick, are you ok?"
"Um... yeah," he said slowly.
"Are you sure?"
Nick took a deep breath. "The doctor did an ultrasound and... there's two..."
"Ahh, I see..."
"I don't even know if she wants to keep them now or give them up."
"I think it's a little early for her to decide that."
"Derek's going to cut my nuts off, isn't he?"
"I don't think he'll go that far. But just in case, you might need a shield."