Hearts of Delmar 2... ( 2 many Nicoles)

Chapter 9: The Game

"I'm a horrible person. I'm the bad Nicole." She said, looking dazed and sad sitting next to Hyde.

"Why? Why are you so horrible now?" Hyde sighed, rolling his orange eyes.

"I'm sitting here complaining about my sex life with my husband's mortal enemy. Just like we're pals or some shit. Am I insane?"

"Debatable, the other one definitely is, HEY, sorry. I was joking."

"What is it between us? I'm your hostage, and we're eating pizza and watching TV as I complain about my husband being too gentle with me like I'm a...virgin princess. Why are we more honest than I am with my husband?"

"You really don't know? Boy, you really do get lost in those tunnels, don't you...the ones up here." He said tapping her head.

"Please spell it out." she said with annoyance.

"Because you don't love me. What Am I gonna do... leave you, make you leave the ship and never come back? You love Vinn. Love is scary, there's risk there. You just need someone you can talk to that understand you, and who understands a Nicole better than me? I know you almost as well as he does, and you don't care if you drive me away...in fact you'd probably prefer it. You gotta talk to him about it."

"I don't want to."

"Then good luck ever getting past it."

Vinn sat confused as Evil Nicole sat beside him.

"What happened?" He asked. "We went from being grossly affectionate and having regular sex to...whatever this suddenly is."

"Ugh, regular sex." She muttered to herself. "There's your problem."

"What?" he asked, looking concerned.

"Nothing. I just don't wanna be intimate right now. Vinn, I'm experiencing a lot of weird emotions lately with the... you know."

"Evil clone banging my sworn enemy, threatening to blackmail us with THEIR sex tape."

"I was gonna say alternate Nicole, but overall let's say yes. Vinn I really wanna be with you right now, I really do so much. I just can't, and I can't explain why. This is gonna sound strange but, can you just sorta be more like my bestie...or my doggy?"

"Details are needed to answer that." he squinted nervously.

"Can I just play with your ears? I really wanna just mess with your ears and watch TV together."

"Odd but okay." He said, shifting positions so she could just pet him like a giant puppy, stroking his ears and smiling with a weird sense of childlike joy.

"Have I ever told you how shockingly soft your fur is?"

"Yea, we use the same conditioner, just...I use a whole lot more of it."

Jack paced the ship, knife on his back just under the shirt. He turned to see Hyde leaving Nicole's room. She seemed rather healthy for confinement.

"Hyde, we need to have a conversation."

"Do we really, or do you just need answers to things?" hyde snipped.

"Both." What's wrong with Your Nicole?"

"She just gets a little sick feeling if she's not in her tank every so often."

"You don't seem very concerned, in fact she's always dry and on the couch when you leave, she looks very healthy for someone refusing to leave her room. How about you bring her out, and we all just chat for a bit. She IS a Nicole, so she must miss hanging out with me."