Nicole did her best to listen while trying to keep up with Jenna, eventually having to stop and catch her breath. "Hold on, can we stop running," she said, resting her palms on her knees as she breathed in deeply. "But Merlin, isn't that so typical of brothers," she said once she could breathe a bit better, scrunching up her face in annoyance on Jenna's behalf. "Ryan never seems to appreciate when I'm trying to help him out, I wouldn't take it too personally," she said, moving to pat Jenna gently on the shoulder. "Who's Thomas even dating?" Nicole asked, trying to remember if she'd seem him with anyone lately. Or any blonde girls in their year. There was Rose, but Nicole doubted Thomas would wanna go there.
She felt terrible when Jenna started crying, wrapping her into a tight hug. "Hey, hey it's okay, you've just had a rough time lately," she said, patting Jenna on the back gently, though she couldn't hide her excitement when Jenna switched the conversation to Nicole. "Well, I mean I spent most of my holiday working, which was whatever, but did you get my owls about Ajax? We're totally officially dating now and I'm so excited he's back in the country again," she said, barely stopped from bouncing up and down with excitement.