>>18176039Amy immediately picked up on Nicole's hesitation, she could read Nikki well enough to know that something was slightly off here. For a second she felt herself at an impasse, let it go or pry. She reclined back on the sunlounger warming her belly in the afternoon sun.
>"Hey Nicole... are you lonely?""Oh God, why did I frame it that way?", Amy chastised herself, "she's gonna think you're trying to babysit her or something".
>"I was just thinking that with Jen gone, Priscilla in and out of here every day on business and me being busy with Immaculate Connection that you might be feeling a bit... y'know... left out?"Amy pauses, that maybe sounded a bit better, a bit less pitying.
>"I've never been a champion but I guess it must be tough having people constantly hassling you for title shots and stuff. I guess it's kinda cringy but what I'm trying to say is that you're my friend and I love you and whatever happens I'll always have time for you, okay?"Amy feels her phone vibrate in her pocket,
>>18176355, and quickly types a message back.
>Oh I didn't realise we were at the matching clothes phase yet :kissingemoji:>Nicole and I are hanging out by the pool right now>There's only one thing I'd like right now and that store definitely doesn't sell it :winkingemoji:>why don't you hurry back so we can cuddle and watch some tag team matches? I picked out some good ones from the library 