She groaned and closed her eyes and turned away from Nick, pushing his shoulder playfully. "Oy, don't you cheat, you cheeky bloke!" Lis laughed softly, shaking her head. "This isn't exactly easy for me, Nicholas. It's against every moral and whatever to allow her to stay. Can you honestly tell me your mom would allow it? Your father?" Elisabeth turned to him again, her look stern, serious...she hated this and in some ways, she was almost pleading with him to understand or find some reason for this to work. Which was insane. She didn't want to be the kind of cool guardian who didn't give a shite and let her kids? do whatever they pleased.