"So you went to the doctors right? What did he say?" AJ cornered them as soon as they stepped off the elevator onto their floor.
"I think we all need to get together to talk about it." Brian said, before Nick could open his mouth.
"The five of us, or do you want management there too?"
"No!" Nick replied. "Just the five of us. Management don't need to know yet."
"Can you find Kevin and Howie and ask them to come to my suite?" Brian asked AJ. "Tell them it won't take long but it is important."
"OK. Tell me one thing." AJ added, turning back around to look at them. "Is it good news or bad news?"
"That depends how you want to look at it. Lets just say it's not the end of the world." Brian replied. AJ nodded and carried on down the hall in search of Howie.
"Maybe not for you." Nick muttered as they entered Brian's suite.
"It's isn't the end of the world, Nick, I promise. We can get through this." Brian reassured Nick. "Take it one step at a time."
"How am I supposed to do that? No matter which way I look at it I'm going to have a baby in a few months. You can't tell me that I'm supposed to just roll with the punches and not be shit scared." Nick sounded incredulous but his face looked neutral and he was getting increasingly worried.
"I know it sounds ridiculous but try and keep calm, Nick."
"I am trying." Nick sank back on the sofa.
"So, what's this news then?" Howie asked as he entered the room behind AJ.
"I think we should wait until Kevin gets here." Brian replied.
"I'm here." Kevin entered the room and sat down opposite Nick. Brian watched as Nick tensed and pulled his legs up underneath him, unconsciously making himself smaller the way he always tended to when he was scared or nervous.
"Well, as you know, Nick's not been feeling himself for a few days now so we went to the doctors today to get him checked over." Brian started.
"We know all this Rok, can you just cut to the chase? I'm starting to get worried." AJ interrupted.
"She just basically confirmed what we thought it was." Brian started again.
"And what was that?" AJ and Howie looked at Kevin in surprise. His voice was as cold as steel and his eyes were focused on Nick. Nick looked up nervously, looking down and then back up again to meet Kevin's determined gaze.
"I'm.....I'm pregnant." He stuttered. There was silence in the room as Brian looked round, trying to gauge the reaction of the other three men to Nick's little bombshell. Howie and AJ looked shocked and worried but not really surprised giving Brian the impression that they had discussed what was wrong and realised that he could be pregnant. Kevin was still starring at Nick who was tugging the hem of his sweater nervously.
"Are you ok, Nick?" Howie asked. Nick broke eye contact with Kevin to look over at his friend. He shrugged and opened his mouth to speak.
"How could you be so stupid!?" Kevin demanded before Nick could speak. "God, Nickolas, if you knew this could happen you should have been more careful."
"He didn't do it on his own, Kevin." AJ defended before Brian even had chance. "And we all knew it was a possibility that Nick could carry children. It was just as much our responsibility as his."
"And who's the father, Nick?" Kevin yelled. "I don't know why I'm even bothering to ask, you sleep with so many different people there's no chance that you'd even have the remotest clue, is there?"
"That's enough!" Howie shouted, drawing Kevin's attention from Nick. Howie never yelled, not at them anyway. "What the hell is your problem Kevin? Do you think yelling is going to make anything better?"
"He knows who the father is, that's his problem." Brian hissed. "You remember don't you, Kevin? You remember not using protection even though you knew as well as the rest of us that it was a real possibility that Nick could get pregnant."
"You are not blaming this on me!" Kevin said, suddenly quiet. "Do whatever you want, have it, don't have it, see if I give a fuck, but you are not blaming me."
"It's yours." Nick said quietly, fighting to hold back his tears. He'd known that Kevin would react badly but he hadn't been prepared for this. He'd always looked up to Kevin, hero worshipped him even, and for Kevin to treat him like this broke his heart.
"It is not mine. You can't have a clue who's it is. How are you supposed to know whose it is? You're such a little whore I'm surprised you can even remember who you've slept with let alone whether they used protection or not." Kevin spat. Nick couldn't hold back his tears anymore, they rolled down his cheeks as he stared at Kevin helplessly.
"Get out." AJ said venomously. "And don't come back until you feel like you can apologise for what you just said. Even if you don't think the baby's yours that was completely uncalled for." Kevin stared at AJ, but decided to leave rather than have to have AJ dragged off him by security, he knew better than to mess with AJ when he looked that angry.
"I need a whisky." AJ grunted, slumping down on the sofa next to Nick.
"Me too." Nick agreed, sniffling.
"You're not having one." Howie and Brian said simultaneously.
"Who?" AJ asked.
"Neither off you are having a whisky. Drinking won't help solve your problems." Howie lectured.
"It used to." AJ sighed.
"Before it became the cause of most of them." Brian added.
"It's not the cause of Nick's problem." AJ argued.
"Oh really? Are you trying to tell me that Kevin was sober when he forgot to use a condom?" Brian looked from AJ to Nick who blushed.
"I wouldn't exactly say sober but he wasn't shit faced." Nick said blushing.
"Maybe that's why he's acting like this. He might honestly not be able to remember." Howie suggested.
"The reason that he's acting like this is that he does remember but he wants to pretend that he doesn't so that it won't have to be real and it can all go away. After all the lectures that motherfucker's given to us about dealing with our problems and facing up to them instead of running away. What a hypocrite." AJ sighed.
"So, what happens now?" Howie asked, looking between Nick and Brian.
"Nick needs to look at his options and decide what he's going to do." Brian replied simply.
"Options?" Howie asked glancing at Nick who was being comforted by AJ.
"Adoption, abortion, etc. Am I right?" AJ asked. Nick nodded his head which was leaning against AJ's chest.
"I've already decided though."
"You have?" Brian asked.
"I'm keeping it. I know it seems like I've just made the decision really quickly but I've had a couple of days wondering if I was pregnant to think about it and I don't think I could live with myself if I had an abortion. I guess adoption would be different but I don't think I could go through 8 or 9 months of pregnancy just to give the baby up in the end, it's just not worth it, plus I can look after the baby, I mean, I have enough money and everything." Nick explained.
"You need a lot more than just money when you're raising a child Nick." Howie responded.
"I know. It's scary but I think it's something I have to do, I just honestly don't think I could give the baby up." Nick shrugged. "I guess I've got plenty of time to think about it though."
"If you've decided that you definitely don't want an abortion then you've got months yet." AJ agreed.
"Well, if you've decided to go through with the pregnancy then you need to let your mom know." Brian suggested softly.
"I think I might just give it a few days. Until I'm over the shock. I don't think she'll react like Kevin, she'll probably be excited but I'm not ready to discuss it with my dad or the kids yet."
"You don't have to do anything until you're ready." AJ said soothingly, stroking Nick's hair.
"Thanks guys." Nick said sincerely. "For being so supportive, I mean. I couldn't do this without you."
"We're gonna be here for you throughout the whole thing, Nicky." Howie promised. "Hey, the first Backstreet Baby. I always thought it'd be LeighAnne who produced that one but hey, this way's even better, it's gonna be a thoroughbred."
"Let's hope it's a boy so that it can replace Kevin." AJ said venomously, nobody reprimanded him for it.
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