The sequel to The Missing Lyric finds Nick & Demi dealing with full time parenthood, now that they have legally become Lyric's parents. Being full time parents with two crazy careers, while also trying to keep their marriage intact has its challenge...
Nick seemed to be thinking of what he wanted to say as he sat on the window ledge. I knew he was pissed off, hurt & confused when he stood up & started pacing. "This is just fucking great. You just gave birth to my son & I find out you're still in love with Wilmer. Where does this leave us? Our family? Do you want to be with Wilmer?" Nick's voice was angry & loud, so I shushed him, only making him glare at me, harder, as he continued to fume.
I shook my head, rapidly. "NO! Stop yelling & listen to me. I am not in love with Wilmer. I love him. I loved him for a long time, Nick & he was a big part of my life, so I will always love him. That's what I told him. I told him I still loved him, but I did not tell him I was in love with him."
"So, you didn't tell him you had these feelings come over you, when he showed up here?"
I closed my eyes, briefly & sighed. "Okay... I need to explain that. Sit down please, so I can tell you the whole conversation." I put my hands together in a prayer position & brought them to my chin. Nick rolled his eyes, but he did sit down, so he could hear my explanation. "First of all, I do not want someone else to play my husband, in real life. Second of all, I do not want to be with Wilmer & I never will want to be with Wilmer again. Yes... when Wilmer first showed up here today, I was hit with a sense of nostalgia, probably because of hormones & the drugs that were still in my system & fatigue. So yes, I remember these feelings coming over me & they shocked me, but then he came & hugged me & started talking & that's when I realized that it was just all of those factors, I mentioned, that brought those feelings on, because they disappeared as quickly as they came. I knew I was in love with you. I know that, without a shadow of a doubt. So when he brought up the movie, I told him I had to think about it because of those feelings that came over me. I wanted to talk to you about it, too. I probably shouldn't have told him all that, but I was still out of it & had no control over what I was saying." I stopped to take a breath & Nick handed me a cup of water. I could feel myself getting emotional, so I took several breaths before I continued.
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"Anyway, he asked if I was still in love with him & I told him I wasn't in love with him anymore, but that I would always love him." My voice cracked, "I told him I was in love with you."
"He left all that out."
"I'm sorry. I'm sorry you thought for even a second that I was in love with him. You have to know that if you & I hadn't got back together, I would not have gone back to him."
"You wouldn't have?" Nick asked, sounding surprised & relieved.
I shook my head, slowly, watching Nick, a frown on my face. I could feel my chin trembling, thinking Nick thought, even if brief, that I loved Wilmer more than him. "When he reacted the way he did, when I told him about Lyric, it changed how I felt about him. I fell out of love with him, in that instant, because he wasn't the man I thought he was. And I can never forget that. I will never be in love with him again. Besides...." My voice shook, so I cleared my throat & took another drink. "I wouldn't be able to move on if you & I ever split up, because I am so in love with you, it would take a really long time before I could get over losing you." A sob came out of my mouth, imagining that happening, so I covered my face. I felt Nick sit on the bed beside me, then I felt his arms come around me.
