Nichole laughs and nods. "She sure does... I bet my kids will, too. Castor and I have been friends forever. His family is my family. Two of his sisters are hangin out with his mother right now, so I bet they're just all over my kids..." She smiles. They were her kids. She had stopped referring to them as Sam's kids when he left. If he wanted to ever see them, he would have to fight for them now. The vindictive bitch in her was really starting to come out when it comes to her kids. Nichole takes a long drink of the vodka and then refills her glass. "Botanist?" She asks with a laugh. She and Alec were fairly good acquaintances. "Alec's a music professor. And he's a good guy." Nichole sighs and shakes her head, taking another long drink. "Nobody deserves to only be half-way happy. Poor Faith. Poor Alec."

Nichole laughs and shakes her head at the idea of going after Alec now, although it had crossed her mind once or twice. "No... I'd sooner go after Faith," she admits with a shrug. "There was this old lady that used to live in the apartment across from mine right when I first graduated. She was sweet to me, but so mean to Castor. One day she told me that men were the devil, and they'd put a baby in you and leave before you could even blink. I remember thinking that she had just had a bad experience with men and was bitter because of it, but I think she knew what was going to happen to me. She knew about this moment." Nichole sighs and finishes her third drink. "I'm done with men."

Nichole smirks when Erica asks if she and Faith had ever done anything before. "Uh, no. I'd rather not go down the road. I'd either end up falling in love with her or hating her in the end. That's the way it tends to go with me, isn't it?" She takes the bottle from Erica and takes a long swig of it. "I'm just done with anything meaningful, do you know what I mean? I don't want another Sam relationship, where a week in we're confessing our love and all over each other. I want really meaningless sex. And really dirty shit. Like, the dirtiest." She laughs and takes another drink before handing it back to Erica. "Not really that bad. I just don't want to get married again. Not any time soon."

Nichole shakes her head, laughing. "Uh, no. There would be no raise. In fact, I would be docking her pay a bit for the time it took her to have sex with me. That's the way it would go." She winks and then shakes her was again, thinking about Chloe. "I know she's your friend and part of the group and everything, but... no." She takes the bottle back and smiles. "Her forehead is big enough to land a plane on. I can't just ignore that fact. I'd be staring at it the entire time..."

Nichole smirks. "I'm sure if I slept with more of my employees, I would be getting my drinks pissed in. Thankfully, I have a strict 'fire 'em, then fuck 'em' policy. Sometimes the other way around. Either way, they don't get anywhere close to my drinks after that." She raises her bottle, as if toasting not having a piss-filled drink, and then takes a sip. "Looks like I'm doomed to date outside of the Hess clan, huh?" She ponders. It had been a while since she did that. Honestly, she was starting to realize that she had a very limited amount of friends, and all of them were with somebody. A look of regret passes through her face quickly as she wonders if this divorce might have been a major mistake.

Erica smirks back at Nichole. " it may be too late to extend they policy to friends. " Erica gives an evil chuckle and winks at Nichole. " don't worry,it should be sterile." She giggles. She has the same look of concern on her face. She loved sam and Nichole. Nobody would ever get her approval go dated Nichole. She could already see that. They would feel like an outsider. They hasn't been there through the hard times,they'd just waltz in and scoop Nichole up. "Yeah....I guess so. Mariko could probably be persuaded with a nudge to leave nina. She is super pissed at her." Erica gives a little shrug. " how do you feel about affairs? Dirty and sordid affairs?" She asks jokingly.

Erica takes a drink from the bottle and makes a show of smacking her lips. " yum!" She giggles. The idea of drinking pee disgusts her,but it makes for good jokes with Nichole. " probably would been more believable with whiskey or something not clear." She adds while inspecting the crystal clear fluid. Erica's eyebrows raise sharply. " oh my god,yes! That nina. I totally forget there were two. Wouldn't that be some shit if nina sangria had both kobayashi sisters?" Erica laughs hard,in spite of suggesting Nichole do the same thing. " you always have such a way with words,coleykins." Erica says,tappig Nichole's foot with hers. " a lying slut is not you. So I guess you are indifferent to affairs?" She asks with a quizzical look on her face. Erica takes another drink. Hoping to quell what was going on inside her.she rubs her foot on the carpet,as she does when she is nervous. " I won't tell,if you don't." She laughs back with a wink.The tried and true hess clan joking to cover the truth.

It was out. Erica had initiated it.she was officially the worst person alive. She couldn't help it,knowing Nichole was single....it was something erica couldn't resist. She rationalized that Nichole must have some sort of feelings for her,even it it was just lust,from their tiff in the hospital. Erica could deal with just lust. " well,you know culture uncut loves a good story. " she says with shrug before leaning over to kiss Nichole.

When the kiss is returned and the arms to around her,Erica runs her hands through Nichole's hair as they kiss. This is what she wanted,she never stopped wanting this. She inhales deeply,and with satisfaction. No one ever could replace Nichole in her heart. As Nichole rests her forehead on Erica's,Erica looks into her eyes and slowly shakes her head." No regrets....I know exactly what this will end up costing me. " she says,giving Nichole a quick kiss on the lips. " promise you won't hate me?"

Erica smiles back at Nichole,twirling her hair around her finger. She had always loved Nichole's hair. "You are right." Erica says brightly. It wasnt like nichole didnt know that Erica was evil enough to cheat on her very pregnant wife. There was no use going over it. She leans in and enjoys the real kiss with Nichole. It said all that needed to be said. This wasnt just lust. " I am so glad this is out. I don't know how much longer I. Like have pretended to not want this!" She laughs,caressing Nichole's face with her hand. This was it. She couldn't even use the excuse "it just sorta happened."