"i am so scared,coleykins. what if i'm a terrible mother? you know me...what if i get the baby taken away from us? " erica goes from kinda normal to freaking out. "i dont want to anymore! what if it turns out like me? " she is practically hyperventilating at this point.

erica hugs nichole tightly. "i dont know what i'd do without you." she says far more at ease than she thought she'd be. "you're like a pretty,pregnant version of ghandi.i can do self control...it's just like this whole monogamy thing.i've been able to do that."

erica giggles. "i've found it pretty easy.easier than i thought. " she gives a little sigh,thinking of natalya." i love you too,coleykins and am very excited at the potential of our children to be siblings..but i know you are going to be like super mom....sans mom jeans.nobody needs to wear them!" erica grins,picturing her friend in mom jeans

erica becomes very serious." nichole,i keep secrets to my grave. i value people's trust in me."

erica thinks for a moment then her jaw drops, "triplets?!!" she yells,whispers.

erica laughs. "holy shit! that is crazy." erica keeps her hand on nichole's tummy. marveling that there are 4 separate lives under her hand. "is it from your side,or sam's?" she lightly rubs nichole's stomach.

erica hugs nichole. "i am so happy for you! i bet they are going to be cute as hell. just promise me you wont name them similar names.that shit is creepy." erica squeals with excitement.

erica starts humming "sciene fiction double feature." before speaking. "if it wasnt already established that you'd be godmother,it was after that.." erica thinks for a minute. "if ours is a boy,i want him to be named jigen....even if he wont look like me."

"it was my brother's nickname. he looked just like the guy from the lupin the 3rd show.so everyone just called him jigen." erica says,slightly sad. "he was in a motorcycle accident when i was 12.he...um,..you know." she shrugs.

erica holds nichole's hands tightly and shrugs again. "i dunno. but i think we can work something out.even if it's a middle name or something. jigen was awesome. he never treated me as a little kid,and took me everywhere with him. he introduced me to punk rock...."erica smiles thinking of her brother. "i rarely ever speak of..what happened to him,or my parents.i am the last of my family." she squeezes nichole's hands.