A Little Too Late

Chapter 12

Sean chuckled, "Gabriel is fine. He's just trying to refrain from cussing because he knows you won't allow it around the babies."

"I don't like it," She pouted. "He sounds weird."

"So you want him to cuss around the babies when they are born?" Sean asked.

"No, but it's still weird," She pouted. "I don't like it."

"I'll be sure to tell him that," He chuckled as he handed her the sonogram pictures. "There you go. Now I need to replace the bag. After this last one you should be well enough to come home with us. Will you like anything while you are here?"

"Just my work, please," She shrugged. "I have a ton of paperwork that I can do while I'm sitting here."

"I'll go to your office and have your paralegal get it for you," Jess smiled.

"Thanks," Nicole smiled gratefully and Jess left.

"Do you want to try and eat something, Pookie?" Sean asked.

She thought about it and frowned, "Actually one of Marc's sandwiches and some of Luke's cookies sound really good right now, but I know they are busy so I guess just whatever you have in the cafeteria will work."

"I'm offended you would prefer the hospital food over mine Beautiful," Marc said as he walked into the room with the rest of the group behind him.

"What are you doing here?" She asked shocked.

"We wanted to come see for ourselves that you were okay," Kota said softly. "And we figured you would be bored while you were here so we came to keep you company."

"Well you are going to be bored because once Jess get's here I have work to do," Nicole shrugged.

"You need to rest," Owen said, "Work is not resting."

"It can wait for one more day, Doll," Axel said as he leaned against the wall and crossed his arms. "Come on, you have to admit hanging out with us is better than lousy paperwork."

She sighed and closed her eyes then inhaled slowly then let it out, "No," She shook her head, "I've already fallen behind by shortening my hours, I need to get caught up. I might as well do it while I'm in this hospital bed."

"Fine," Owen said as he straightened his tie, "but we aren't leaving and if this is how we have to spend time together then so be it. If you change your mind, we are more than happy to figure out something."

"Hey Girl, whoa..." Jess trailed off as she walked into the room with a messenger bag. "Hey Boys."

"Did you speak with Emily?" Nicole asked and Jess nodded.

"Yeah," she said as she headed over to the bed. "She said your work laptop is in here and all the documents that you can work on from home are in it as well. She will keep her phone by her in case you need help with anything."

"Thank you," Nicole smiled as she pulled out the laptop and powered it on.

"Just be sure to take it easy, Pookie," Sean said as he checked her charts. "Don't stress yourself out."

"Got it," she nodded as she began typing.

"Hey Beautiful."

She looked up and groaned then rubbed her eyes, "I zoned out, didn't I?"

"Yes, you did," Marc chuckled. "Here."

"You didn't!" She beamed as she moved the laptop out of the way and he put the tray over her lap. She beamed spotting the sandwich and cookies.

"It was no problem," Marc smiled. "We will gladly make you something whenever you want."

"Just remember you said it when it's two or three in the morning and I'm craving something crazy," She smirked as she took a bite and moaned. "So good."

Luke chuckled, "Glad you like it, Cupcake, and with all our crazy hours, it won't phase us what time it is when you want something."

"We just want to be in your life, Princess," Victor said. "We know we betrayed you and hurt you and we are deeply sorry for it. We honestly thought you would just always be here for us, and we were stupid for thinking it. We can tell you sorry over and over again, whatever we need to do to be in your life."

"So you are only doing this to earn my forgiveness back?" She asked.

"No," Victor shook his head, "we just want to be in your life again if you let us."

"I kind of have," She scoffed, "you are here and I'm going to be staying with you for a little bit."

"Alright Miss Sassy Pants," North chuckled making her chuckle. "We want to be your best friends again."