Hollie woke up early the next morning while everyone else was still sleeping, She carefully got up from the bed so as to not wake Nick and straightened out the t-shirt she had slept in. She made her way downstairs, rubbing her eyes to wake herself up properly, and found Veronica lying awake on the couch. She'd stayed there last night after Kev's ex-wife showed up unexpectedly.
"Morning V," she said quietly, rounding the couch and sitting down by Veronica's feet.
"Hey Hol," Veronica replied glumly, "you okay?"
Hollie nodded, "Yeah I'm fine, Sleep doesn't come easy these days," she mumbled gently rubbing her swollen stomach, "Are you okay?"
Veronica shook her head with a sigh. The sound of footsteps came from the kitchen stairs and both Hollie and Veronica peered over to see Fiona groggily step into the kitchen.
"Hey," Veronica spoke catching Fiona's attention.
"Hey, you're awake," said Fiona as she walked over to them and sat down on the edge of the coffee table.
"Never fell asleep," said Veronica.
"Just go talk to him," Hollie advised. Fiona nodded, "It's not his fault the crazy ex-wife showed up out of nowhere,"
"She's not his ex, she's his wife," V corrected miserably, "and you should have seen his face when he saw her," They were all quiet for a moment before V muttered, "This house is so quiet,"
Fiona frowned before abruptly bellowing out towards the stairs, "Kids, breakfast!"
"Jeez Fiona!"
"This shit is all in your head V," said Fiona, "This house ain't quiet and she is not Kev's wife. you are. Go talk to him." She stood up from the coffee table and walked into the kitchen as the kids began to come downstairs.
"What the fuck is up with foghorn mouth in there?" Nick grumbled as he came downstairs making Hollie chuckle, "Morning babe, help me up?" She held her hand out to him as he stepped around the couch.
He took her hand and pulled her up to her feet, pecking her lips. She scrunched up her face, "You need to brush your teeth," she stated before pecking his lips once more.
Nick chuckled and released her hand, making his way into the kitchen. Hollie turned to Veronica and grabbed her hand, "Get out of your head V, everything is gonna be fine." She assured and kissed the back of V's hand before making her way into the kitchen for breakfast.
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"What about Lila?" Nick suggested as they walked into the reception at the clinic, he held Liam on his hip as he was too heavy for Hollie to carry. Hollie shook her head, they'd been discussing baby names to whole ride there and had yet to come up with one they both liked, "No,"
"No?" Nick sighed, "That's the fifth name you've vetoed since we got out of the car,"
Hollie shrugged, "Yeah I know," She rang the bell on the receptionist's desk and told them she had an appointment. They were instructed to have a seat so they did.
"Uh, okay, how about Olivia?" Nick suggested and Hollie thought about it for a moment before shaking her head.
Nick sighed, "Okay, why don't you suggest names?"
Hollie clicked her tongue as she thought, "Amber," she said after a moment, "I think it's cute,"
"Amber Carter," Nick nodded, "cute,"
"Uh, you mean Amber Gallagher," Hollie corrected smugly, Nick was about to protest but Hollie interrupted him, "The baby can have your last name when you carry her for nine months. Until that happens she's getting mine,"
"Right, well sat we get married what then?"
"You can take my name duh," Hollie said with a grin.
"Fine," Nick gave in, knowing that he never had a choice anyway. Hollie placed her hands on his jaw and pulled his lips to meet hers. They pulled apart as Liam made a noise and pushed Hollie's chest away.
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After an eventful day of blackmailing the manager of a grocery store who tried to make Fiona give him a blowjob in exchange for a job as a catchier Veronica sat at the kitchen counter drinking tequila from the bottle while Fiona and Hollie prepared food for dinner.
"Alright, what are we gonna do? whose ass am I kicking first?" Fiona asked as Veronica threw back another glass.
"There's no ass to kick," said Veronica as she poured herself another glass, "Kev's a little boy with a white picket fence fantasy and in walks his wife with his son."
"We don't know that's his son," Hollie pointed out, "First thing we do is get a paternity test,"
"It's not about blood to Kev," V sighed, "There's a woman he grew up with them married saying her son is his,"
"That's stupid,"
"It's not, look at you guys," said V, "You guys are mothers to your kids doesn't matter that neither of you pushed them out." They stayed quiet as she took another drink, knowing she had a point, "Kev's the first good man I've ever loved you know?" She told them, "My first love was named Apollo. Enough said. The. There was Spider."
"Spider?"
"You can't make that shit up," V scoffed, "No, I—I can't fight for Kev. Asking him to pick me over them is asking him to change the thing about him that I love the most."
"Screw that," Fiona snapped, beginning to clean her hands.
"Fi," Veronica said warningly, trying to stop her from doing anything drastic.
"No. Screw that." Fiona snapped as she dried her hands and stormed out of the kitchen.
"Fiona," V yelled after her but Fiona didn't stop. Hollie and V quickly scrambled to follow her as she stormed out of the house and into the street where Kev was sitting in a chair throwing a ball to Debbie and Kyle.
"Kev! What the fuck?" Fiona yelled as she stormed over to him.
"There's kids around," Kevin warned.
"Oh, you think they haven't heard it before?"
Hollie and Veronica stopped at the gate to watch her, "What are you drunk?" Kevin questioned with a disbelieving chuckle.
"No I'm not drunk," snapped Fiona, "I'm out of my mind because there are only two things that have ever made sense to me in this whole fucked up world. Nick and Hollie. You and V." She grabbed the beer out of his hand and tossed it on the floor, it smashing on impact, "And if you guys can't make it Jimmy and I should just quit right now." She yelled and Kev looked visibly taken aback, "I swear to god if you leave V—"
"Who's leaving V?" Kev questioned.
"You're leaving V?" Debbie asked.
"No." Kev insisted, "Fiona what the hell?"
"The notary Kev? The divorce papers?"
Kev dragged his hand down his face, "Oh...shit. I had some drinks. And Cheryl dropped this kid bomb and...I forgot."
"Hey..." Cheryl called out to Fiona as she stepped out of Kev and V's front door, "You're interrupting,"
"Excuse me?"
"Kev's trying to get to know his son," said Cheryl, "Give my boys their time,"
"Your boys?" Fiona questioned in a threatening tone.
"No, no. Fiona, it's not what you think." said Kev as he stood, "Look, Cheryl and I have history that's it," he tried to explain, "She's not trying to steal me away from V. She just wants me to meet my son."
"I know school was never your thing," said Fiona, "but you've never been dumb. If you don't see what's happening here-" she pointed behind her at Cheryl, "-just plain dumb," she turned around and began walking back towards the house, "come on Debs, dinnertime,"
"Can Kyle come?"
"No."