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Nile walked into the living room where Joe and Nicky were arguing in a dialect she didn't understand.
Nile: "What's that about?"
Booker: "Just Joe who wants to get the car alone without me because it will be faster."
Nile looked over at Nicky, who started to cry. Something Nile never had seen before.
Joe: "Nicky, please stop crying."
Nicky sobbing: "Is just that I will be so worried if you go alone. What if something happens to you?"
Nile looked at Booker for what to do next but Booker just yawned.
Booker: "Wait for it..."
Joe rolled his eyes before he pulled Nicky for a hug.
Nicky still sobbing: "And then I will be all alone in the world. Who will then hold around me at night? And kiss me? And recite poetry about my ass and eyes? And who will..."
Joe sighed very loudly: "Fine, ok, I take Booker with me. Please stop crying."
Nile couldn't believe her eyes when she saw what happened a second later.
Nicky lit up in a smile: "Thanks, glad we agree that you shouldn't go alone."
Joe groaned: "Every single time... One day it won't work."
Nicky: "Keep telling yourself that, my love."
Nicky kissed Joe while Nile looked at Booker.
Nile: "Did Nicky just fake cry so Joe would do what Nicky wanted him to do?"
Booker: "Yep, Nicky's oldest trick whenever Joe is being difficult."
Joe: "Booker. Get your ass moving."
Booker picked up his stuff and followed Joe.
Nile: "And I thought the girls in my high school knew how to fake cry, but you are a true master, Nicky."
Nicky: "Thanks, it took me a long time to perfect that skill. Come let's get going."