Our little brother

Chapter 98

Nicholas POV:

Am I even breathing right now? I think I forgot how to. It's just Sophie, the same Sophie I've dated forever, only, she's not the same. She sits across from me with a look I've never seen before, but doesn't say anything. We all sit in silence until Hunter clears his throat. "So should we just jump into this now or?" He says breaking the silence.

"Nicky, when I said I wanted to talk, I meant privately." Sophie finally says. "I don't trust you, especially alone with him, so this is as private as you're gonna get." Bellamy says, and I fight the urge to roll my eyes. I swear to god the only reason Alex and Spencer say dumb shit all the time is because they grew up around my best friend.

"Well, Bellamy. I clearly wasn't talking to you, so Nick, me and you can go talk right?" She says annoyed. "Actually, I'd prefer to stay here, because when I agreed to talk with you, things weren't a shit show like they are now." I say, needing the backup just in case. "Why don't we start with Nonna and why she's so pissed off with him? Usually she doesn't care much, and if she does, she says what she needs to and drops it, but this is different." Hunter continues, and she breaks eye contact with me.

"You do realize she isn't actually your grandma right? She's ours, mine and Sarah's." Sophie says in a snappy tone. "That doesn't change the fact that something you've told her has damaged her relationship with not only Nick, but the boys too." He says firmly. Thank fuck he's here because I'm not sure how many words I can really get out right now.

"Soph, what did you— wait." Sarah starts before her eyes widen. "What?" Hunter says slowly, before sharing a look with Sarah. My own eyes widen as Hunter shoots out of his seat, grabbing Bellamy, and Sarah following, all three leaving me alone with Sophie. So much for doing this together, what the fuck?

"What just happened?" I say slowly, turning my gaze to Sophie who still won't look back at me. "Something... happened." She starts, vaguely. "In Italy, before we came back." She continues quickly, but the way she says it makes me think somethings already off. "We had stayed a while longer remember? I was feeling...sick." she says, and now I'm starting to feel sick, because this cannot be what I'm thinking.

"Sophie..." I say with dread. "This is a good thing, it's exactly what we needed to bring us back together." She says taking my hands in hers. "No! Just stop okay? This is the exact opposite of what we need right now!" I say harshly, pulling my hands away, before taking a breath. "Can we just rewind a bit. You're not—you can't be! We've always been careful, and the timing doesn't even work out! I mean how far along—" I start spiraling and she tries to comfort me, but I get up and step back from her.

"Don't touch me! This isn't a conversation I want to have between just us anymore." I say heading inside. "Nicky wait! Please just hear me out okay! It's okay, everything's going to be fine! I still love you and—" she says following me. "No! You don't still love me, and telling me this now is you doing it out of spite!" I yell. "If you really loved me, you would've told me the minute you even thought you were! We've had scares before and all those times, after a day of being late, you'd be on top of it and tell me!" I say, trying not to yell at her again.

"This was just different okay! I came home and—and wanted to tell you, but you didn't even tell me about Noah! And then he didn't even like me, and you did nothing to help! Then I find out that you're their legal guardian, and you break up with me, and fire me and I know I've been acting crazy but my hormones have been all over the place and I was just scared—" Sophie tries to explain but my head feels like it's going to explode as Hunter cuts her off.

"Paternity test." Is all he says, and that makes her shut up, but only for a minute. "Who the fuck do you think you are accusing me of what? Cheating?" Sophie says incredulously. "This doesn't even concern you, this between Nick and I!" She cries. "This concerns the fuck out of me actually!" Hunter yells, and I wince. He never yells, not at me, and definitely not at the boys, he's always the calm one.