Demi

"Baby?" I called out, as I opened the front door, holding Mia's carrier. "Nicko where are you?"

His large frame came stalking towards me, and the first thing I noticed were his shaking hands, his knuckles were bloody. I slowly put down Mia's carrier and put my hands on his chest as he came so close my back pressed against the door.

"Nicko." I said slowly. "Tell me what happened."

His hands came up on either side of me, pressing them against the wood and keeping his muscles taught. "I got arrested today." He snarled. "Your boy Wilmer came back. I hurt him Demi. He's in the hospital. He's pressing fucking charges."

My eyes widened and I slid my hands up to his neck. "Nicko what did you do?"

"I couldn't stop hitting him." He growled. "He wouldn't shut up, and he wouldn't leave so I kept hitting him. I broke his nose, probably his jaw and cheekbone." His eyes opened and he stared at me with a baleful expression. "He said you two had been fucking the whole time and that your baby is his."

"Nicko-"

"Is it his?" Nicko hissed, then his voice rose to a roar. "ARE YOU HAVING HIS GOD DAMN BABY?!"

Mia began to cry in her carrier and I squatted down to pick her up, propping her up on my shoulder. "I'm going to put her down. We'll talk later."

"We're talking now Demi." His hand wrapped around my arm tightly and he yanked me back.

"We're not going to sit here and yell while your daughter is crying. I'm putting her in her crib, then I'm gonna give you a few minutes to calm down and then I'll come down here and talk to you."

"Is she even my daughter?" Nicko growled, and I flinched back, curling my lip up in disgust.

"I'm not going to even justify that with a response."

I walked upstairs and rocked Mia for a few minutes until she fell asleep, then put her in the crib and walked back downstairs. Nicko had his back against the door and his arms crossed, clearly just as angry as I left him.

"Okay now tell me what happened." I said, sitting on the couch with a sigh.

"It doesn't matter what happened you didn't answer my question!"

"I'm not going to answer your question Nicko. You know the answer to it."

He pushed off the wall and scoffed, walking towards the fridge and taking out a beer. He ripped the cap off and took a long pull from it.

"You're just avoiding it. Did you have sex with him?"

"Nicko-"

"DID YOU?"

"No!" I shrieked. "Absolutely not Nicko! Why the hell in a million years would I do that!"

"I don't fucking know! Maybe I'm not enough! Maybe old feelings die hard!"

"No." I covered my face as I fought to keep from screaming and let out a soft sob. "I don't want to keep doing this Nicko. I love you. Why can't you see that?"

"I can see that! But why would he keep saying that knowing I'm gonna kick his ass?! It's starting to seem like he's telling the truth!"

"This is what he wants! Baby you can't let him get into your head!"

"HE'S ALREADY THERE! HE'S IN EVERY ASPECT OF OUR RELATIONSHIP! EVERY DAY I THINK ABOUT YOU AND HIM, OR I WONDER IF YOU TWO DID THE SAME THING! EVERY DAMN DAY THAT SON OF A BITCH WORKS HIS WAY INTO OUR RELATIONSHIP!" Nicko roared the words at me and leaned against the wall, putting his head in his hands. "I can't handle it anymore Demi."

I got up and walked over to where he stood. I took his hands in mine and wrapped them around my waist, pulling him close to me. I cupped his cheeks and pulled his face to mine, capturing his lips gently. Nicko kissed back softly and I slowly began walking backwards, towards the stairs. Nicko's hands shifted from my waist to my butt, then my thighs, lifting me into the air easily. With my legs around his waist he walked up the stairs and to our bedroom. Nicko laid me down on the bed and moved over me, his kisses staying gentle and lingering. My hands strayed to his chest and I unbuttoned his dress shirt, pulling it off of his muscled back before running my fingertips over his smooth skin, feeling his muscles ripple as he moved. Nicko lifted my shirt up, and I suddenly tensed, causing Nicko to freeze instantly.

"Are you okay?" His voice was low and raspy, and it made my toes curl.

"We shouldn't have sex."

Slowly, he let go of my shirt. "Why?"

"Because all we're going to do is have sex then not talk about anything until we fight again."

"We talk." Nicko defended, and got off of me.

"No we don't." I sat up too. "Not really. We talk about the future and things in the moment but when we fight we act like nothing ever happened. We didn't even really make up."

"If I apologize can we have sex?"

"Nicko." I rolled my eyes and turned onto my side with my back to him. "Just go to bed."

"Are you serious?"

"Yup." I said, yanking the blanket over my shoulders. I felt Nicko sigh, then lay back as well. A few moments later he turned out the light and laid on his side. For the first time ages, we fell asleep with our backs to each other.

~*~

I woke up in the same position. Nicko was flat on his back, snoring, and I sighed, running my hand through my hair as I sat up. I knew Mia was going to be up soon, so I walked into the nursery and smiled widely at the sight of my daughter standing up and jumping up and down.

"Hi baby girl." I murmured, reaching down to pick her up.

"Mama!" She giggled, and snuggled into me. I decided to leave her in pajamas, and walked downstairs to make coffee and breakfast for her.

While I was putting yogurt into a bowl, I heard Nicko come up behind me, his lips touched the side of my neck for a moment, then he grabbed a mug and poured some coffee.

"What are you doing today?"

I sighed, sitting next to Mia. "I have a meeting at noon, then I have a doctor's appointment."

"What? Why the hell didn't you tell me? What time is it at?"

I sighed, scooping yogurt into Mia's open mouth. "Three o'clock."

"Dammit Demi." He growled. "You need to tell me these things so I can fix my schedule. I have to cancel a huge meeting now."

"You don't have to go. You can just come to the next one."

He gave me a disgusted look. "I'm not going to miss your doctor's appointment Demi."

"It's really not a big deal. He's probably not even doing an ultrasound."

"Demi." Nicko's jaw was tight.

"It's fine." I kept a small smile on my face as I continued to feed Mia and glanced at Nicko. "Go to your meeting."

"Are you sure?"

I sighed and sat back, looking at him. "Yes I'm sure. Go to your meeting, I'll be fine."

"Okay. But you'll call me after it?"

"Sure."

Nicko cleared his throat. "Are you going to be angry with me for much longer?"

"I'm not angry." My tone was light and airy, completely fake.

"Then come here and kiss me."

"No."

He raised an eyebrow. "Why not?"

"Because if I kiss you, you'll want to have sex, and I don't want to have sex with you."

Nicko sighed and leaned his head back. "Demi, I'm sorry."

I rolled my eyes. "It's fine. Whatever."

"So all I get is a whatever? Now who's the one who doesn't want to talk?"

"I don't want to do this with you. I don't want to fight with you. You're still angry and I don't want to hash it out without having a few cups of coffee first."

"Let me know when it's convenient for me to talk to you." He said, rolling his eyes.

"Nicko. Stop it."

"Stop what?"

"Being a fucking dick." I grumbled. "You're acting like a little kid."

Nicko chuckled and shook his head. "Okay Demi, whatever you say."

I continued to feed Mia, and when she was done, stood up and handed her to Nicko. "Watch her please, unless you'd like to do a paternity test first?"

He clenched his jaw, but was silent as he took Mia, his eyes softening as she squealed in happiness and wrapped her small arms around his neck. I turned on my heel and walked upstairs, sitting on the bed and burying my head in my hands. I hated fighting with Nicko. I hated that he doubted us, that he valued Wilmer's word over mine.

Nicko

Demi walked away and I sighed heavily, looking down at Mia who smiled toothlessly. I smiled back and softly stroked her cheek, watching as she earnestly leaned into my touch.

"Dada!" I chuckled and pressed my lips to her forehead, propping her up on my shoulder. As I walked around in slow circles, rubbing her back, Mia's head dropped onto my shoulder and soon she was fast asleep. I walked quietly up the stairs and into the nursery where I laid Mia down in her crib, smiling down at her small sleeping form for a few minutes. The sound of soft sobs reached my ear though, and I cautiously made my way to the bedroom. The door was cracked open, and I sighed when I saw Demi with one of my sweatshirts on, laying facedown on the bed. Slowly, I climbed onto the bed and spread my hand over her back.

"Demi."

She just shook her head and pushed herself up, swinging her leg over my waist and pulling her body onto my lap. I wrapped my arms around her and leaned back against the headboard as she hugged me tightly, pushing her face into the crook of my neck.

"I love you." I whispered, stroking and kissing her hair. "I love you so much baby. I'm sorry."

"I love you too." She whispered, her voice cracking. "I don't love Wilmer. I love you."

"I know that." I whispered, rubbed her back firmly. "I know baby."

"I love you so much." She squeezed me tighter, so tight I could barely breathe but I didn't care pull away. I didn't give myself a centimeter of room. I just pulled her tighter against me, wrapping my arms around her as securely as I knew how. I kissed her temple again and again as she cried into my neck, trying to get her to calm down.

"I love you." She sobbed. "I don't want you to ever think that I don't. Mia's yours. This baby is yours Nicko. It could never be anyone else's. I didn't cheat on you."

"I know." I murmured, closing my eyes. "I believe you. I trust you. I'm sorry for even thinking that."

After a while of sitting there, my arms loosened a bit and she let out a small noise of protest, squeezing my neck.

"Baby it's almost ten, you should start getting ready for your meeting."

"I'm cancelling." She murmured, and I felt her lips move against my neck.

"No, you shouldn't do that. Dems it's okay. We're okay."

Suddenly I realized she was kissing my neck, soft lingering pecks on my skin. Almost instantly I was hard, and my mouth went dry.

"Dems we don't have to-"

"I want to." She breathed out, making goosebumps raise all over my body. "I really want to."

I swallowed hard. "Okay."
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