<em>~ Nicci in Mari's room with the two girls, needing to get into pyjama mode ~</em><br/><br/>The way the other two girls talked to each other and the fact they had not reacted to what Nicci had been saying about them both confirmed Nicci's feelings that the two of them were already connected and she was the one they had not yet opened their hearts to.  Especially Mari, she obviously cared for Mila and wanted to protect her and support her, and Nicci could understand that, but it didn't stop her wishing that Mari felt like that about her too.  She watched them both and how lovely they were together without a sign of it showing on her face that she felt even more like a third wheel<br/><br/>It was so obvious that the guys were enamored of the the both them it wasn't worth saying it again, they'd soon find out just how much, she was sure. And as for Mari being the weakest link, well it was so far off base she wondered if the vivacious woman was saying it for effect. In her job Nicci'd come up against so many women who were nice to your face and just plain evil when your back was turned, or just had different faces for different people.  Maybe Mari was one of the latter, but she hoped not, it hadn't seemed like that at first.<br/><br/>She thought that now might be a good time to go get changed, the two of them were happy talking to each other and she longed to really relax and kick back so she said smiling at the two of them, "If you two don't mind I'm gonna slip back to my room and get into comfies like you guys, I won't be long, and by the way Cathy gave us girlies a treat – there is a little bag of champagne truffles on the tray for us to enjoy."<br/><br/>She left the tray on the bed, beside Mari, and dashed off to her room, nipping into the loo and undoing her heels while she was in there, massaging her feet and wondering how the boys were getting on.<br/>