The whole Whitney and Nick situation had came back into play in early December when they'd had a get together as a whole group. Nick had apologized yet again, Whit getting tired of listening to him had finally accepted it. They weren't a couple or dating, they'd just began talking on a regular basis and being able to actually sit down and have a conversation. Due to the holiday most of the household was gone. Lauren had moved in with AJ in November and they were staying the week in North Carolina, visiting Lauren's parents. Ashley, Brooke and Sarah were also back home, visiting, they'd return on the thirty first. Amber and Brian as well as Kevin had went to Kentucky while Howie and his family had flown to Cananda to be with Claudia. Portions of Whit's family had came in on December twentieth and flew out on the twenty seventh while Nick's family was scheduled to stay in Florida the first two weeks of Janurary. Due to the lack of friends at home Whit and Nick had ended up hanging together.

Whitney yawned as the 'Nation Lampoons Christmas Vacation' went off of the screen and she stood up, throwing the pillow she'd been holding back down where she'd been sitting. "Goodnight Nick, you can stay here if you want, that way you don't have to go all the way back to Tampa, it's sorta late, I don't really want to stay bymyself anyways" Whit commented as she made her way towards the stairs.

"Whit?" Nick asked.

"Yea?" Whitney answered, turning around to face him.

"Oh, nevermind" Nick sighed as he turned his attention back to the screen. Whit just nodded as she found her way through the darkness and up the stairs, soon falling down on her bed as she water made waves beneath her. Nick looked at the VCR clock as the show on Nick at Nite went off, it was close to four o'clock. He had to get this off his chest, slowly walking upstairs he crept into Whit's room and gently sat on the bed, he pushed all his courage forward, "Whit" he said, shaking her shoulder gently from behind.

"Nick, Nick, what do you want?" she murmered.

"I have to tell you something" Nick stated.

"Well can't it wait until at least sunrise, its four in the morning" Whit replied as she wrapped the sheets tighter around her.

"No, it can't, it's important" Nick replied as Whit just rolled over in the darkness, awaiting him to continue so she could go back to sleep. "I love you" he said softly.

"I love you too" Whitney said back, barley able to hear her.

"No Whit, I mean I love you, I really love you" Nick said as he cut on the bedside lamp. "I mean theres not a minute that passes that I don't think of you, that your not there, and I'm sorry. I'm sorry for everything that I've ever done that hurt you in any possible way, for all the times I broke your heart, I apologize. For breaking up with you to begin with in ninety nine, then saying all that shit about three years wasted, I never meant it Whit, I promise I never meant that. God only knows what in the hell I was thinking when I hit you, I didn't mean to do that, I'd never intentionally hurt you. But I miss you, every morning I wake up and I ask myself what am I even living, whats the point. Then everynight I lay down in my empty bed and I wish that you were there, laying beside me..." Nick paused to see her expression, it was of intent listening. He also started to cry before he started talking again, "I mean, I'm just, just not myself without you, you make me who I am, ever since I first saw you I knew there was something different about you, you'd make a difference, it just took me this long to find out how big of one you'd make. When you walked out my world crashed, you were my world and even if I wasn't the best at showing you, you were, and you always will be. Alot of times I find myself just sitting somewhere, spacing out and I see you with me, its me and you, but we have a baby. Like its a sign of what we did, I mean theres times when I wish we hadn't done that...." Nick stopped when Whit began to speak.

"Nick, I know what you mean, but we can't turn back time" Whit stated, wishing he'd stop bring the subject of the abortion up.

"I know, thats not what I'm saying, I'm just saying that I see us in this daydream or whatever it is and we're so happy, and I realize thats how I want my life to end up. Me and you with children, I want to spend every moment with you, from now until I can't. I'm just asking, I'm begging, damn I'm pleading for one more chance, just to show you how much you mean to me, to show you that to me, Whitney you're everything" Nick finished as he looked at her, herself crying. "Can we make it last, this time?" he asked as he slid a diamond on her ring finger.

"You got me" Whit stated as she laughed slightly and Nick's thumb wiped away the tear that slid down her cheek. "You'll always have me" she whispered as she leaned in and kissed him gently and for the first time in their relationship, they made love.