Tegan listened, still a little confused at first, but eventually smiling softly and shaking her head. It was fine. Of course it was fine. It was Nick. He'd taken care of her and her brothers, and this was just part of that. She didn't quite know how to describe everything, but she reached for the pad of paper and pencil that she'd been keeping by her bed, reclaiming her hand from Nick again.
It's fine. It's been really good that he's here. & it's not a big deal - we've done it before
She blinked and looked at the paper, at what she'd written. They'd done it before? She frowned to herself, not looking up at either of them. She chased a hazy memory, an almost familiar voice saying "They're married", and knowing that it had been talking about her and Nick. But why would they have been pretending that?