Come Back... Be Here (NEMI Story)

I'll Be There

Demi still hadn't told her parents or anybody that she was pregnant by the next day, just that Joe lied to her about the whole relationship. It was all over E! how Demi ran out of Nick's house in tears, but Dianna always turned it off before they could hear the full story, which Demi was grateful for. She was also grateful that she wasn't really feeling sick yet, but all the crying had given her a headache. She'd spent the night on her parents couch the previous night and her back was killing her, but she didn't feel like talking. There was a knock on the door and Madison got up from the couch to go get it. 
"Check who it is first. If it's anybody you don't recognize, don't answer the door." Dianna warned and Madison nodded her head, going to the front door and she smiled when she looked through the peep-hole and she opened the door, letting Nick come running in and straight through to the living room. He didn't even give Demi a chance to say anything before he pulled her up into his arms, hugging her tightly and Demi burst out crying, holding onto him as she buried her head into his neck, her arms wrapping around him tighter as Nick's did the same. 
"You told them?" Nick whispered so low in her ear, only she could hear. Demi shook her head slightly and buried her head more into Nick, feeling safe and comforted for the first time since Joe broke her heart. 
"I sh-should have l-listened." Demi choked out, her voice quiet but loud enough for her family to hear her. Dallas, who came over as soon as Eddie called her to be there for her little sister, sighed and pulled Madison into her lap to keep her from interrupting them. She, too, could remember the vulnerable, fragile Demi that could have ended up killing herself. This Demi that stood in front of her looked very similar to the one in her memories. 
"Don't think like that, Dems... don't blame yourself, Joe's the asshole for saying yes in the first place. I'm just sorry I didn't tell you sooner or didn't follow you and tell you until you believed me... I never wanted any of this to happen." Nick cooed into Demi's ear, her scent intoxicating him and making it hard for him to breathe as his breath got caught in his throat, but he wouldn't want it any other way. Demi didn't respond, but she was happy to be in her best friends arms. They pulled away from each other and Demi pulled Nick into the kitchen and shut the door so her family couldn't see or hear them. 
"I can't... do this baby thing, Nick. I don't know the first thing about them and I know I was around when Maddie was a baby, but I was... seven or eight when she was born, it's not like I helped much and-" Nick cut Demi off, cupping her face in his hands as she tried to breathe normally. 
"Demi, calm down... you'll be an amazing Mom and if it's one thing that my Mom has taught me about childcare, it's that most of it is all instinct... when you see this baby on a sonogram, feel it growing inside of you, I'm sure all this fear will go away. You'll always have me to help you, anyway. I'll help you with the midnight feedings and diaper changes if that's what you want." Demi couldn't help but laugh at the thought of Nick coming over in the early hours of the morning to change her baby's dirty diaper but it soon went away. 
"I don't know what I want anymore." Demi whispered honestly and Nick sighed, pulling Demi closer to him so they were hugging again and Nick let her sob into his chest as one of his hands rested on the back of her head, tangling in her hair to keep her close. He would do anything to keep her from feeling like this again, from falling for another jerk like his brother. He owed it to his niece or nephew... to the girl he loves.

(i dont own the characters or the story)