~~one month later~~
"She did what? Did you slap her hand or at least give her a timeout?" Kim Ann was talking to Nick on the phone. Molly had apparently slapped the young girl across the street and called her a bitch. "Nick you have to discipline her. I don't care how much she promised that she would not do it again..Nick you have to start being their dad and not their playmate. No baby I don't think that you are a bad dad I just think you need to start punishing them" Kim Ann smiled when Kevin walked into her hospital room carrying chinese take out. "For christ's sake Nick why is it that you always take everything so negatively. I know it's my fault that you are having a hard time, and yes I know that it IS MY fault that my children are acting up. I don't want to fight with you Nick" Kim Ann slammed down the phone and looked at a worried Kevin. "Nick is blaming me for everything again, don't worry it's just our normal make Kim Ann feel like a horrible woman and mother type conversation"
"Well I know someone who thinks that you are an incredible mother, a sexy woman and a great kisser" Kevin kissed Kim Ann and broke apart when he heard footsteps in the hallway. They waited for the footsteps to walk past the door and he quickly embraced her and resumed the kiss. "I will be so happy when this baby is born and then you and I can tell everyone we are in love" Kevin whispered.
Kim Ann was silent. It had been a month since she was admitted to the high risk pregnancy unit and not a day went by that Kevin didn't visit. He managed to convince the head nurse to allow him to spend a couple of nights with Kim Ann and the two had spent those secret nights talking all night about how strange it was to discover that they loved each other after all these years. As much as Kim Ann loved Kevin she couldn't fully appreciate the love that was growing between them. She was in love with Nick, though she was not sure if it was the love of a woman to the man who gave her children, the love of a best friend or the true love of man whom she had shared so many memories with. But she did know that the happy existence and frienships that spawned decades would inevitable be risked if they followed their hearts and admitted their love.
~~**~~ Howie walked down the hall talking on his cell phone and turned the corner towards Kim Ann's room when his mouth dropped. Through the curtain he could see his best friend kissing his other best friend's girlfriend. Howie excused himself from the phone call and walked back towards the hospital entrance. He got into the car and sat there trying to comprehend what he had just witnessed. "I had to have seen wrong..there is no way Kim Ann would kiss Kevin" Everyone had been very worried when Kevin broke the news that Skylar had left him for good. They had been worried that he would not be able to handle raising the kids but he had surprised them all. A month into being a bachelor and single father or 6 and he was handling it wonderfully. He had the children on a routine, he had a wonderful nanny and his mother was always around to help him. The kids were doing incredible in school and Kevin was happy, for the first time in as long as Howie could remember. "There has to be some mistake"
~~**~~
"Daddy I will get it" Molly ran to the door and swung it open "Uncle Howie." Molly threw herself into her uncle's arms and kissed him "Did you bring momma home with you, is the baby here? Did you bring me a present?"
Howie smiled and kissed the little girl "Molly I am sorry I don't have better news munchkin, your cousin is not born yet, your momma is still in the hospital and I forgot to bring you a gift.. Will you forgive me?" Howie grinned.
"That's okay Daddy bought me a new doll today so I forgive you." Molly smiled and grabbed his hand "we will go find Daddy" and the two walked through the house.
~~**~~
"So we have talked about the twins, your new recording artist, and the new gel you found for your hair" Nick teased and then got serious "Now why don't you tell me why you are really here" Nick asked point blank.
Howie looked at his friend "Umm..well Have you noticed any strange behaviour in Kevin, I mean he is really happy and if I didn't know better I would think he was in love..do you know anything about this mystery lady?"
"It's Kim Ann" Nick said matter of factly.
Howie's mouth dropped and his head spinned "Nick...what the...how the hell do you know and why aren't you upset?" Howie asked incredulously.
"Simple...very simple actually. Kevin is working on Kim Ann's sensitive side. She is all confused and because Kevin is such a romantic and caring guy that she is being drawn closer to him. Honestly I think that they were seeing each other while we were seperated" Nick looked at his friend who was still listening in shock "Kim Ann and Kevin are meant for each other, there is no question in my mind about that. She fell in love with the wrong Backstreet Boy. They are both kind, sensitive and want everyone and everything in the world to be happy and perfect. They are serious and put themselves whole heartedly into whatever they do. But there is a catch. I won't let her go. I love her, hell I have never been so in love in my life. She makes me the person I am, she raises my kids and let's me do whatever I want, without asking any questions. My house and kids are taken care of, she has her own money and have I mentioned she gives incredible head?" Nick laughed evily. "All those are reasons why I won't let her go, that and the fact that I hate losing and be assured that I won't lose to Kevin. They can fall madly in love with each other but I have the trump card. I have the twins. If I go to the judge and show him proof of their affair, she will be ruined, Kevin will be ruined and neither will see Molly or Alex again. So you see Howie that's why I am not afraid in the least. She will always be mine and I have the tools to make sure"
Howie looked at Nick with disgust and without thinking his fist connected to
Nick's nose with a bone breaking blow and he walked out of the house.
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