~ Girl time in Mari's room ~<br/><br/>Nicci's eyes opened wide at Mari's admission, that really seemed amazing to her, she couldn't believe the seemingly so confident woman felt like that, "Lord Mari," she said, smiling, "You know, that sounds just so strange to me, I felt the opposite, that the guys liked you two so much more than me.  I upset Bo before we even went to dinner and he's blown hot and cold on me since, and you - well you  are so confident so animated and sexy, when you walked in the door it was like the lights had come on and all of the guys literally had their tongues hanging out.  And there was you Mila – so shy and lovely, like a beautiful tender rosebud, the guys were all so protective of you and looked at you with such care and longing – it was me who felt as though I was bringing up the rear – still do."<br/><br/>She smiled at Mila, "You know I was even a little jealous of you and Mari - sitting together you looked so at home with each other, already a unit without me, I felt a little lost and on my own." She shrugged and looked a little shame-faced, "I know I shouldn't let myself feel such a klutz, but I do feel it rather – you two are just so lovely in so many ways, I think I've a lot to learn."<br/><br/>"And I agree with Mari you know, not only is Bo smitten with you, but that small misunderstanding was nothing compared with what I did to upset him, and I'm not even completely sure how I did - he got so angry and withdrawn with me, it was just awful, honestly you have nothing to worry about."