Nicole's POV

"What?" I asked Elizabeth

She screamed "WHY THE HELL DID YOU DO IT?"

"Do what?" Why was she yelling at me? What did I do?

"I just gave birth and my oldest child DIED. I'm really fucking busy and going through a lot emotionally. Why the fuck did you add this to my list of things to take care of?"

I put the phone on speaker. "Wait what? What did I do?"

"ASSHOLE!"

Travis took the phone. "Hello?" He turned it off speaker.

"This is Travis. " A confused look floated onto his face. "Huh? No I'm in South Orange."

He turned the phone on speaker.

"Look. All I know is song guy called me. He said he was good friends with Molli. He said that she had gotten upset and run off and no one could find her. I told him to try the house in Asbury Park. I gave him the address. I thanked him for looking out for Molli. Then I noticed something. He sounded EXACTLY LIKE ZACH. I asked him for his name, first and last and he said, 'Zach Parise, I mean Travis Zajac.' You're the only one who knew and you BROUGHT HIM BACK INTO THE PICTURE? Now what? I have to- no. Nicole YOU'RE going to. You're going to have to-"

"No." i interrupted Elizabeth.

"WHAT THE FUCK DO YOU MEAN 'NO'?"

"I mean she hasn't been this happy since before the accident! He makes her happy Elizabeth! I'm not just going to ruin her life!" My voice was rising.

Elizabeth screamed, "I don't give a crap! He's going to ruin her life! You seem to want to help her! Are you ever going to realize she CAN'T DATE A HOCKEY PLAYER? As far as she knows she's not even a hockey fan!"

Travis said, "Uh, I think she knows."

"WHAT?"

"Elizabeth you can't keep her hidden from herself like this. This is the right thing for her." I quoted Ilya. "She's being kept from something she had so much passion for. Ilya was right!"

"Ilya? Like Ilya Kovalchuk?"

I realized the word must not have gotten to her that I was getting married. Whoops. "Yes."

"You've been keeping this from me, and known Ilya for hell knows how long, and you've kept it from him?" Elizabeth asked, a change in her tone

"Yes."

Silence.

Elizabeth replied, "I'm still pissed. Just impressed you kept the secret that long."

I didn't say anything. "Can I talk to Travis?" She asked.

I gave the phone to Travis.

"Yes. I play hockey too." There was a pause. "No!" Another pause. "Zajac."

I grabbed the phone away. "Elizabeth. Where do you think Molli is?"

"Try the house in Asbury Park."

I nodded. "Okay. I gotta go. Bye."

I looked at Travis and smiled. "What the fuck just happened?"

"Good question." Travis replied with a little laugh.

We got in the car and drove over to Asbury Park. We didn't talk. I analyzed what had gone down over the phone. Zach tricked Elizabeth into thinking he was Travis. Elizabeth hadn't known Travis was a hockey player, lucky for Zach. So Elizabeth had given Zach the address. Then Zach accidentally let his real identity slip. But it was too late.

I looked over at Travis when we pulled into the driveway. "This is it."

Travis looked the little house over. "Here?"

I nodded. "Apparently. Let's go inside and see if Molli's been here. The car's not here so she's not here either. But- hey! Her car is here!"

I stormed into the house with Travis. "Molli it's Nicole!" The door was unlocked, so getting in wasn't an issue.

"Molli?" No answer.

Travis looked around. "I don't think she's even BEEN here. Everything is so dustly and untouched."

I shook my head. "No. She's been here. Her CAR is here. But Zach was here too. He probably took her out to lunch or something. Let's go upstairs.

Travis was ahead of me. "Oh they've been here. That's for sure!" He sounded so angry.

I ran up the stairs. In the biggest bedroom there was a huge unmade bed. There was a Devils shirt on the floor. It was without a doubt Zach's. Also Molli's sweatpants, bra and shirt were scattered on the floor.

"Can't even clean up after himself!" Travis hissed.

"Whoa whoa whoa. You think Molli, MOLLI REGAN. You think she had SEX?" I was so surprised by his accusation.

"Oh I know they did."

"That's CRAZY." I realized I didn't believe what I was saying. Zach's shirt, Molli's clothes AND bra, there wasn't an alternate explanation.

Travis turned around to look at me standing in the doorframe. "We BOTH know they had sex. Don't even think for a second that ANYTHING ELSE happened here!" He bellowed.

"Take a deep breath and calm the hell down." I said as calmly as I could.

"I can't! He probably raped her!"

I laughed. "Zach Parise? Rape? I don't think so. If she had sex it was because she wanted to. There was no rape."

He didn't crack a smile. "I wouldn't put it past him."

"Don't be an asshole. He's your best friend. He didn't RAPE anyone. You're being ridiculous. And while we have time, why are you so protective over Molli anyway. Why do you care if she had sex? I've had sex. You've probably had sex."

"Because I like her. And I don't want her in bed with someone else. Especially if that someone else used to be my friend."

A door slammed. And there was a laugh. "Thanks! That was so fun!" That was Molli.

"Anytime! I had fun too! Should I leave you here for should I stay?"

"Stay! Come upstairs! I have an idea!"

I looked at Travis who was looking at the floor. He looked like he was analyzing everything they said, trying to prove they had sex.

"They're going to come up here and have more sex!"

There were footsteps on the stairs. "What the hell do we do?" I hissed.

"Hide!"

"No bitch! What are we-"

Molli and Zach were at the top of the stairs. Molli pulled Zach into another room and shut the door behind her.

Travis's hands were balled in fists. "There they go."

I glared at him. "Its a good thing. Now we can sneak the fuck out of here!"

I heard Molli's voice. "Oh I have something for you! It's in the other room!"

"Molli keeps condoms?" Travis muttered.

"Shut the fuck up!" I hissed. "We're screwed!"

Molli walked into the same room. "Well shit." Travis said

Molli just looked at us. "What the hell are you DOING?"

Zach ran over. "Zajac? Nicole?"

We all just stared at each other.

Molli breathed out a sigh. "May I ask the first question?"