erica quickly wipes her face and straightens her shirt. "its open,sam...i think...fuck it.i'll not be lazy" she says as she gets up and opens the door. " you guys ok? you seem to have all your limbs." she laughs weakly.

erica looks around her room and clears off a chair for sam to sit on. she pats the pillow and shrugs. "i dont put too much stock in it.i hear the hormones during pregnancy can be killer. you may want to take up drinking for the next few months." she giggles and takes a drink from her flask."so...tomorrow's the big day huh? are you scared?"

"me too.it was...awkward,seeing you two go at each other like that.i gotta say,i was impressed though. you didnt back down to her." erica smiles and gives sam the thumbs up. " i think deep down nichole knew i was joking and never would do such a thing to her,you or anyone really. but....i think since she knows there are the off times where i'm not so lesbian.you know what i'm trying to say?" erica glances down at her finger that has natalya's ring on it. "um....do you think nichole picked tomorrow for any reason?" she asks quietly.

erica giggles a bit. "yeah ,she did seem to think you'd given her the slip,huh? crazy coleykins." erica sighs and looks up at sam. "i wonder if she forgot tomorrow was the day natalya and i set. i dont think she even cares." erica starts to tear up,but quickly stops,it'd be too weird to cry around sam.

erica quickly shakes her head."no." she says firmly. "i know she hates natalya.i fully believe she did this on purpose. you're a man,you arent supposed to remember silly things like wedding dates. she owns a pair of ovaries,she should have known."

erica shakes her head.feeling sorry that sam is now smack in the middle of her and nichole's odd friendship. "i....really dont know sam." she runs her hand through her hair." someone is going to end up being very sad,hurt....i'd recommend a good night's sleep for you." she thinks for a long moment. "you know what? i am not going to say anything to her about it. i dont want anything happening to the baby."

erica smiles at sam."it needed to be done,sam. the sooner the better. as you witnessed,she was pissed it took this long to be married.i think she craves that sort of....normalcy." erica fiddles with her ring for a minute. "you know...if you guys get married at noon..natalya and i's thing wont be occurring till evening. this will totally work! " erica wipes her eyes and smiles widely. "i think i can share an anniversary with my best friends."

erica nods at sam. "yeah.i can suck it up and do what a grown up should do." erica laughs a bit. "oh,trust me.i wanted to flip out,and had a good bitchfest all planned . but thinking of the stress that would cause the baby....revenge isnt that important." erica looks quite surprised such a sentence came out of her,usually she lets no wrong go unaddressed.

"i know.its fucking scary" erica shakes her head in surprise. "i guess a stable relationship DOES change people.look at erich,i dont what ada does to him,but she's got him wrapped around her finger." erica laughs and hugs sam. "you're welcome,sam. you're quite a good chap too." erica hesitates for a second,"um....can i ask you something? it isnt easy to ask,and i know it wont be easy to answer,but i really want to know."

erica takes a deep breath. "ok...remember when nichole and i...acted inappropriately on the ship. did you get all pissed off at her,and do you still hold it against me?"