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Fernanda Torres

Omg omg. The anxiety is real! 🫠🫠🫠

Gracie

I don’t like where this conversation is going

ACxo

The anxiety that flashed across his face at the last question, and the way he’s about to go into a spiral 🥺

abbie

i understand nick so much omg!!

Kela87

Well... I wouldn't exactly call that thing with Ben "dating". But yeah, I see Nick's point of view here.

Molly Goat

Random people in the pub, PLEASE don't be twats, don't make highly intoxicated Nick do something stupid. Just don't mess things up I beg you, random person 1 and random person 2. Pleaseeeee

Ulises

Ummm how about none of your business 🤷🏽‍♂️

tess ^_^

oh lord oh lord oh lord

Elisa Maria Vlad

Poor Nick… but Charlie is the love of your life!! Dont wast it

Merel

Nick 😭

Laura

Ugh. I'm reallllllly not loving this..... Alice....please confirm it'll all be okay... the legit tummy flutters are real..... 😞

Francineve

I don't think that could be considered dating

Ava

😭😭😭

Klara Dalgren

None of your business random people 🙄

Pansexualdarling

I CAN'T HAVE NICK SPIRALING RIGHT NOW ALICE NOT WHEN THEYVE TAKEN TIKTOK AWAY FROM ME

Victoria Panaro

Mind your own business people!!! Poor Nick he looks so drunk and confused

Chris

Nosy nosy people 🙄

Murphy
>>161783609

I was thinking the same thing. Don't you dare make him get Fomo.

Chris

Nicky don’t start spiraling pookie

Brittney

Aww it's okay Nick, like the small things I have thought about this like how Nick hasn't been with anyone else than Charlie, like it just proved.even more that even though Nick is bisexual, sometimes you don't always need to be without anyone else especially when you know that one person could actually be the one you spend your life with. And it has happened in many ways like they always will find each other in any universe out there

Antje Mertz

Nick, honey, don't you worry about that. Who cares! Some people are just lucky that way.

hllwds

i‘m just patiently waiting for the moment when i can finally breathe out, but the tense ommmggg

tess ^_^

it would not be very nick nelson or nick nelson to have a single thought about getting to explore his choices or whatever the heck

emily

oh my god

Abi

וI need more please?

KayKay

Getting these one at a time is such torture. Loving the deeper look at Nick though!

Sonia

Mistake number one in any relationship: listening to the opinion of strangers 🫠🫠

ruthie.von

As someone who has been with their partner since 17 years old I relate so hard to this. It felt like literally everyone would question our relationship just because I had never dated anyone else, and my partner had only dated one other person. Well, dunk on them because we’re still together 15 years later. But in those moments when people would say stuff like this it was really hard not to question everything. Poor little Nick, I feel you, Buddy. ❤️

Leonie

normalise people minding their own business

Gracie
>>161783609

Nicks gonna get hella insecure or someone is gonna try to get to his head

gunclevanya

I don’t know if I’d call Charlie & Ben’s situation “dating” but I guess Nick is seeing it that way…

Kas

I already don't like the two people.. I don't like the way this is going, I may wait a few pages and then take a look back. I don't want N or C to do anything crazy. 😭

Loveislove

And again...the story goes absolutely no where I thought it would..

Merel

Nick is pretty secure in his relationship with Charlie, but he might see this as another sign that Charlie is more 'experienced' than he is...

Charlie

Don’t let the insecurities seep in. Although, it seems a little too late. 😔

Allegra2346

Oh god oh god- CHARLIE! COME GET YOUR BOYFRIEND HAHA! HES GONNA START CRYING AT STRANGERS IN A RANDOM PUB HAHA! CHARLIEEEE- 😀😀😀

Oliver Midson

They’re not wrong! That’s a year and a half in gay years! In straight years that’s about 11!

Lolli98

Charlie, Tara, anyone! Can you please come and save Nick from this terrible pub that doesn't stop bringing triggering thoughts up?!😭

Katrina

Oh no the anxiety is real. Nick is literally about to spiral. Nick don’t listen to those random people it just means that you have found the person for you! And I wouldn’t really call the whole Ben thing dating. Mind your business you random people. This pub is just bringing all of Nicks insecurities to the surface and I like it and don’t like it at the same time

Maisie

Nick don’t do something very stupid because you’re drunk……. I don’t think I like the stress on his face ☹️ Nick baby it’s ok to have support it’s your turn now 🥺

Lolli98

Also, "he has"...Charlie was abused by one selfish prick...I wouldn't call that he has been with someone else.

Liz

Oh. Oh Nick.

Cole Morin

And who TF are they?!?! 😂 and for the love of….where is Charlie lol we need to be out of this pub already lol it’s been a bit much 😂😂😂

Sarah Duzynski

I don't think of Charlie's experience with Ben as dating. They never spent time together outside of school. When they did see each other in school, it was always in private, and Ben was just using Charlie to experiment with his sexuality. Ben never cared about Charlie or wanted to get to know him. In my opinion, that is not dating.

Loveislove

This reminds me a bit of brain break videos my students sometimes play. They are movement break videos. To reach a goal (Charlie) Nick has to dodge and grab different items to be successful. Poor drunken Nick did not dodge this one and will lose energy and points 😆.

Juliana Barhorst

Oh absolutely not! Random boy with crush on Charlie and random girl please butt the hell out! Nicks dealing with enough right now he doesn’t need this! Also Ben Hope was never Charlie’s boyfriend so that was not dating. Nicks thoughts are severely impaired with too much alcohol! Charlie please come back and take him home 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 (Nick I beg of you don’t do something you’ll regret)

Roxy

This is always a question I've been asked as got with my partner at 15 at school been together 20 years this year married 11 bought a house and have 2 children.... it does work 🥰 even tho people think it doesn't it can happen xx

Loveislove
>>161783921

It reminds me of those students at the prom set up asking if they were dating. As if they had a right to know.

Taco

I know we’re all freaking out about Nick’s spiral but can we just talk about how cool the design is on these two random pub characters’ hair?

Jenny Delcher

Mr Nelson getting very insecure …

Ada Suzany

gosh, like married is a little too much sir KKSKSKK

Elfi

I don't like where this is going... 🫣 Poor drunken, confused, anxious Nick, let me hug you!

Bloomin’ smol cuppa

It’s really upsetting to me that people have this mindset. You know some people do meet their person very young. Some people find their person on the first go. It’s not about “trying around” or “normal”. 😩😩 seriously such a warped mindset for people to have. Nick and Charlie are happy and so what if they have forever in each other.

Nikki

Don’t put doubts in his head please, strange people! I don’t like this, can we skip to the happy ending please 🫣

Barb

what do these bubbles mean🤔?

Elena

Okay, now I really can't tell, where this is going. 😅🤔

Bloomin’ smol cuppa
>>161783857

More than experienced- it seem nicks more so going down the route of “maybe Charlie will want to do other things without me and potentially see other people when I go off to uni. It might change everything”. You know- since this spiral really started when we heard about His brother and girlfriend breaking up over tht very thing.

Merel
>>161785094

Alcohol, to show that Nick is drunk and that's affecting how he reacts to stuff

Elfi
>>161785173

Yes, these last few pages my first thought is always "Ok, what is going on?! That's not what I expected at all..." 😅

Nicole

Why they gotta be so nosy??? 🧐

Charlotte le Chaton

Please do not make Nick leave Charlie to gather more "experience" 😭

David C Witkin

Part of me is glad that Nick has slowed down to engage these two in conversation, rather than simply punching a stranger in the face out of jealousy. But part of me wants Nick to find his sense of self, put up a boundary, tell both of these idiots it's none of their business and they don't know what they're talking about, and when the other guy inevitably laughs, to punch him in the face.

Ashley Robinson

I went on 1 date with 2 different people and married my only real boyfriend that I started dating at 17. We will have been together 20 years this May and married for 15 next year, 2 kids. Sometimes you don’t need to date around.

Theaterboi27

Firstly, these Nosey Nellys have to go. Who asks invasive questions like that anyhow? Secondly, even drunk Nick should never question what he and Char have. Not after all they have been through, which actually has made their relationship stronger. These squiggly line bubble pages are scary as fuck. Plese Nick, go find your guy. Go home and sleep in his arms. Wake up, have some tea and aspirin. Then let's have that long needed talk, hmmm? It's time, right?

Maddy

Hey Alice, it's my birthday today and I really don't appreciate how anxious you just made me feel🧍‍♀️😭(Jk ily and this page is amazing)

Lyndris

Don‘t put any weird ideas into that beautiful mind …. 🤨

Beth Yoshida

I never understood why people insist you HAVE to date tons of people to find your person. Sometimes, people (like Nick) luck out

Maddy

Watch me jump into the screen and bitch slap this dude

Brynn Rabinowitz
>>161785790

I was thinking the same thing. Also, Charlie's relationship with Ben was incredibly toxic and exasperated his mental health issues. Sometimes dating around is a bad thing.

Julie
>>161784780

They also have very nice eyebrows. Much as I dislike that guy, he is cute.

Justin S.

Oh go away, randos! But isn't this the undercurrent of N+C, on some level? It's what happens with big life changes, things start to feel less-grounded. Find your man and get outta da clurb, Nick!

Julie
>>161784677

Yeah it’s a stretch to call Ben someone that Charlie “dated”

Carly Louise

Woah there with the personal question!🫸

Adrian

fair question but they should not be the one asking

Jo Mary

Poor Nick getting asked questions looks like his getting insecure bless him x 🫶🏻

Evergreen

Been there, heard that. 🙄 We need Michael with his speeches about society’s expectations of relationships stat!

Allegra2346

Those poor random pub goers don’t know what they’ve just walked into oh god. I feel like those are relatively harmless questions but Nick just happens to be in the worst mindset for them right now 😬

Crow_pose24

And so what??? How does it impact your life if they are young and have been together for a long time? Guess your are jealous "mate"???

eva cuervo

Why do people have to give their opinion on other people's lives? What do people know about what other people's relationships are like? I really hate stereotypes and labels. Each person is unique and so are their relationships. Why do you have to try a lot of people? What happens if I meet my person the first time? I didn't date anyone until I was 19, it lasted a year and a half. My next relationship was when I was 25, he is almost 10 years older than me and I was his first girlfriend. We have been together for 35 years. What is our label? Ugh I can't with this😡

Brandy78

Why are these randos at the pub even asking?! I

Kela87

I am just LOVING the unexpected turn this is taking... I am constantly on the edge of my seat!

Kela87

Also... for a moment I thought she was the one previously flirting with Nick and I was like "THESE TWO 🤬🤬" ... but that was not the case and I had to calm the f down 🤣

Elfi

It's so weird that this is their first question! Why do they want to know this at all?!

Beam Bugge
>>161783857

eh i wouldn't say one unhealthy situationship counts as "experience" (but drunk nick might think otherwise idk)

Rhonda Mitchum

Don't listen to him Nick they are just jealous of what you snd Charlie have

K Lyn

I wish people would mind their own business 😅

Jmejimz

I would argue that it’s incredibly “normal” to only have dated 1 or 2 people when you’re still in high school 🤷🏻‍♀️ it’s not weird at all imo

Beam Bugge

ok so first of all these two kids look so cool! second of all yes they are practically married 🤭 (well they're not communicating well atm but all marriages have their bumps) but uhhh nick did charlie give you permission to share his past dating life with random strangers?? it wasn't a fun time for him, and it's probably very personal ik he likely won't go into details, but still i do have some concerns

toneelspeler
>>161784553

personally me neither but i expect that charlie does see ben in that sort of way regardless (i think charlie mentions ben as an ex.. or a boyfriend at some point?) and nick is just going off charlie's perspective. if charlie feels like it was, who's nick to not accept that?

Elsie 3
>>161789141

Oo, fair point. Also I do get it though- sometimes random people ask overly personal questions and you just respond before actually pausing to think, and it can be tough for a people pleaser to say “hey, none of your business”. Not that Nick should have shared, but it’s understandable that he did…

Cliff

Nick has a gentle soul, so the scenario of him getting defensive and angry didn't happen (yet!). And besides, what Charlie had with Ben wasn't "dating;" it was cruel manipulation, even with the kissing involved.

Kristen

Nick, darling…what Char had with he who shan’t be named was not dating in any way shape or form, my love!

Elsie 3

Ok, what “counts” is dumb but like, if Charlie’s time with Ben counts as dating, then shouldn’t Nick’s time with Tara count too??? I mean, surely there was a build up to their kiss that would at least resemble the middle school equivalent to dating, right? At the end of the day it totally doesn’t matter and you shouldn’t be down on yourself no matter what, Nick! But still!

toneelspeler

i want to add to the conversation about nick stating charlie did date ben (and that being not exactly a dating experience in many people's eyes): i think he must be going off what charlie himself says about ben and i expect charlie did see ben as an ex / boyfriend. who's nick to not accept what charlie himself says?

Elfi
>>161789898

You're right. I think Charlie even says it one or two times... for example when talking to Geoff he refers to Ben as "one toxic ex boyfriend" or a few times he says something like they broke up (so for him they were together).

Shane Green

You guyyyyysssss... Shut uuuuuppppp... 😬

Ky

chat i’m sooo stressed rn

Klara Dalgren
>>161783737

As someone who has been in the same relationship for 20 years since 16. I can tell you, a lot of people does 🙄

EC

Is that the same girl that was chatting to Nick earlier that made Charlie a bit jealous for a minute?

Jess🍂

Oh hush!!!!!!! Mind your bees wax!

Loveislove

If the sketch we saw of Charlie in Nick's jacket indeed shows him angry, we are being given a whole menu of choices of what it could be about. The smart choice is getting Nick to bed pronto to sleep off this night. But I am hoping for some breakthrough for Nick by their New Year no matter what this edgy night brings.

Elena

I mean, to be honest, isn't that what most people are looking for? A relationship that lasts!

Elena
>>161791005

I also thought that at first, but then I saw, that her hair and her shirt looks different!

Kay

"Haven't you dated anyone else" Why does that matter?

Isak

Ugh now they’re going to suggest that they shouldn’t stick with their first boyfriend and should explore other relationships when we all know that Nick and Charlie are perfect for each other! They don’t know Nick and they don’t know Charlie, so they need to back off

lekka

Is being together for a year+ really THAT crazy? Granted I'm 40, but there were lots of long term couples at my high school and no one thought it was strange.

Fey 🍂

I don't like where this is going 😢 don't listen to them Nick 😭😭

Elena

Seeing all of this in one page per day isn't really that easy at the moment! 😟 I need Nick and Charlie together again. 🥺 Nick needs Charlie so much right now and I just need to see Charlie being there for Nick! 🥺

Teri Lyn

Where is this going… 🤔

Sulagna Maitra

Kids these days are under so much pressure! 🥺 I am glad Nick has a strong mother who is always in his corner. ❤️ Remember when she asked him if he liked her and Nick replied, "...well...her dog died..." 😆😂🤣 Heartstopper makes me feel that growing into an adult is all about holding your space so that you can be your true self. And really there is no age for that. You can start at any age and you kinda have to keep trying until the very end. No wonder Alice's characters resonate with so many generations ❤️

Tanya
>>161789898

Good point because I was definitely like...has he though?

Lolli98

This guy is probably one of these guys who change their partner every other week. Charlie wouldn't be interested in you even if he was single. So back off...🙄

Ania W.

Fuck off, people. Nobody needs to listen to this nonsense 🤦‍♀️ Nick, get your drunk ass away from these people. Please

ucfnurse

Not the time to do this Nick….😯🫢❤️‍🔥❣️🤞💐🚗🏘️🍶🧋✌️🕊️☮️

Jessica Sloan

I dont think anyone asked for your opinion

Julie
>>161793166

I don't think it's crazy. My 16-year-old and his gf have been together for that long. Besides, I think this kid is trying to gaslight Nick into thinking it's weird so they'll break up and he can have a chance with Charlie. (Yes, I realize that's a bit of a stretch, but I do think this guy is messing with Nick.)

Samaria!

Ik a few couples that have been together since we were 14-16 (we’re 23). sure it’s weird to a lot of people, but why would u tell that to a STRANGER?! 😭 that’s not your business??? even if you have the best intentions LMAOOO LIKE WHAT

Chantel D

I am not liking this

Julie

I agree that I wouldn't label Ben & Charlie as "dating", but I think it's relevant that it wasn't because Charlie wasn't into him. Charlie was into Ben, and if Ben had treated him decently, they would 100% have been dating. And Nick knows that Charlie really did like Ben, and that's probably what he's thinking about right now.

CinD

Oh I’m sure sober and less insecure at the moment Nick would have just walked away from these people they don’t know how it is for Charlie and him. Insecure and drunk Nick… well he’s about to take a huge dive down his rollercoaster 🎢 soon.

CinD

People questioning Nick or Charlie’s loyalty in the comments have me confused 🥴 Have we been reading the same comic by the same author???

CinD
>>161799384

Alice lets them experience normal teenage emotions and experiences but to think she’d make either cheat? Yeah nope 🙂‍↔️

Angie Michaelis

The way Nick goes from proud boyfriend in panel 3 to insecure in the last panel…🥺

Doménica Dolly

This could go on so many different directions, very eager to know what happens next

Angie Michaelis

I’ve been in the same relationship since I was 18, and when we were younger, people made comments like this all the time, especially in party settings. Super annoying, but so real.

Bina

the audacity of these random strangers to be casually judging Nick and Charlie’s relationship is pissing me off, get your noses out of Nick’s personal life!! poor Nick is just taking hit after hit tonight…i hope that even while drunk, he has the good sense to just walk away from these two!

DioVosje

Oooooh the worry in Nicks eyes in the last panel…

Angie Michaelis
>>161785490

I can’t picture Nick even considering that, but I can see this causing more of an insecurity spiral.

Calfic

So thoughts. I think considering where we are with Nick, the insecurity will be that Charlie has "dated" before ( Ben, lol.), and Nick will worry that once uni starts and they are apart, Charlie will find someone else. And he doesn't know they will stay together forever, so he is freaked. He may also think he is somehow holding Charlie back and wonders how Charlie could stay with him, because he has nothing to offer, except to be the Best Boyfriend Ever, and to have no needs or hopes for his life independent of Charlie. I don't think this is about Nick thinking he needs to date or anything. (I could actually see him drunkely telling Charlie they could date other people, and Charlie getting upset and not understanding where the request came from.) And it wasn't the worst thing the randos could have said, but it seems a bit of a weird question from strangers who know nothing of the dynamics (or everything they have been through together.) Also, a year and a half in secondary/high school and all isn't really unheard of.

Calfic
>>161799384

Also the context clues from the previous pages are not leading to the storyline with one of them cheating.

Shannon Funt
>>161785019

I think it’s just human nature… we assume our path must be similar to everyone else’s, and want validation of that to make ourselves feel better. So if we haven’t had a meaningful relationship then our ego is of course going to judge others who have/ find some way to make it less than, so we feel better about our own situation. 😌 wish we could all just let people live their lives without 1) feeling bad about ourselves when we compare and 2) needing to make other people feel bad about themselves to compensate ♥️

Elena

All the people are digging in Nicks insecurities even more. Maybe a break down of Nick is on the way now.. 😞

Larisa

Why are you discussing your relationship with complete strangers, Nick? 😑

Beam Bugge
>>161799384

charlie's literally been on the other side of the cheating situation he knows how much it hurts there's no way he would cheat on nick 😭 (idk if nick has any personal vendetta against cheating the same way that charlie has, ik some people have theorized that his dad might have cheated on his mum back in the day but we don't know if that true - either way he's a nice person he would never!)

CinD
>>161799384

Exactly! And yeah I’ve also wondered if Nicks father ever cheated on top of abandoning his family but only Alice can answer that 👀

Beam Bugge
>>161799384

one thing we do know is that david has cheated on (at least) one of his exes and is not at all ashamed of it and obviously nick would not want to be like him!

Meike

First of all, Nick would never cheat on Charlie. That’s completely out of character and I am absolutely sure that is not going to happen. Even though we know in the Nick and Charlie novella we are dealing with a slightly different version of the two of them, there is the bonus material where Nick gets hit on by his roommate and there is no way that novella Charlie would stay as calm and understanding about that situation if there was the slightest chance that Nick could cheat on Charlie in any universe ever. I think there are several things happening at the same time here. First of all, Nick is still a teenager figuring out who he is and obviously his brother and his father have not always given him much confidence. When he was working in his essay with Charlie, he said his extra curriculars were ”just rugby“ as if it wasn’t enough to be super proud of. He is more insecure than he should be. Then there is the fact that he really genuinely loves Charlie so much and (as we were shown when he mentioned them having their own house a couple of pages ago) he really dreams of building a future together. On the one hand, he believes that love can truly conquer it all and on the other hand he is starting to realize that sometimes it still isn’t enough (his parents fought and separated, his brother has just broken up with his girlfriend and moved back home, Tao an Elle are facing their own problems) and now there are these strangers that speak of a truth that must have crossed his mind at some point: most people don’t stay with their teenage partners forever. In the Nick and Charlie novella, this is a thought that crosses Nick‘s mind when he wonders if the intensity of his feelings for Charlie is weird. This boy is scared as f*** that they are not going to make it. He doesn’t know much about himself and what he wants to do with his life yet, but I am pretty sure that he can’t see himself without Charlie in his life. In addition to this, he still very much wants to study in Leeds and knows how much being apart is going to hurt both him and Charlie. When Charlie talked to Tori some pages ago, he seemed really compassionate and sad when he realized that Tori and Michael hadn’t seen each other for three months. I am pretty sure Nick realized that and felt instant regret/shame for soon putting Charlie in a similar situation. And I think Charlie realized it, too, in that moment. So basically I assume Nick is going to freak out about the fact that he is going to make them both suffer so much when he goes to University, he is also going to try to make up for it by trying to be an even better boyfriend which is unfortunately going to annoy Charlie (remember some pages ago, when he was talking to Tao and Aled about Nick being the perfect boyfriend) and cause even more insecurities with poor Nick who just wants to make Charlie happy and who will have to realize that even though we all love him for being loyal and caring and thoughtful he might have to think about himself a bit more.

Jordan

Tara and Darcy have been together a similar amount of time, and kind of Elle and Tao. I wonder if those couples would receive a similar response about their timeline

Brandy78
>>161793166

I don’t think it’s crazy at all! Was I Iucky enough to find my person that young? No, do I think it’s possible? Yes. I have 4 of my best friends from elementary school who have been together since our freshman year in High School(US, circa 1996, yes we are old) and I will not lie, do I envy their relationships? At 47 yrs old, Yes, I do because I have had numerous failed ones. Are they perfect? Um, far from it, but is it the love you dream about absolutely. I do not think age factors in when you have that connection and just know. Am I a hopeless romantic? Maybe, but there is nothing wrong with that either.

lekka
>>161793166

this whole thing just feels a bit contrived to me. lol. Who even are these mystery nameless people dropping in to stir the pot.

GirlHero

i love seeing all the situations and hearing all the conversations swirling around them! these may be questions or insecurities they have of themselves, or each other? i guess i like my emotional growth angsty..who knew?!😭 i don’t know, N+C can only be honest with themselves & each other, say the words out loud, and decide together. but risking loss of trust is a hard no, in love & friendship.

Murgy

Oh, that's going to niggle at the back of his mind if he doesn't react negatively to a comment made in follow up to him admitting its his first (only) romantic relationship. If he was sober this would likely slide off him, but drunk and with insecurities playing heavily on his mind? This could end badly. Hoping that the fear of a bad reaction is just that, a fear. Because Nick is a good person, but then again he isn't perfect so something could come out.

Blissnfaith

Does it feel a bit the reverse of the N&C’s situations from the novella? Nick feeling insecure, drunk in a public place, listening to strangers about their relationship (Charlie on Tumblr; Nick with these two). If Nick overcompensates with Charlie in some way without talking things through, I feel Charlie may shut him down real quick and that could be the start of some serious tension between them. Of course, trying to guess what’s going to happen is a bit fruitless. 😅 What a relief that we are in good hands with Alice. 🤍

HLMac88

Ugh here we go. My husband never dated anyone else before we got together and I did. We never shared this as it was private for this reason exactly. My husband is a lot like Nick in so many ways, good and bad. With the anxiety he has been pushing down and now mixed with alcohol, this cannot be good. I can’t wait to be on the other side of all of this it gives me anxiety! 😬

RCM

Six more really detailed panels...Alice, I am in awe! I love how these panels at first glance seem more "structured' as they are drawn in more defined shapes than what we've seen in the last few pages. It gives the illusion that everything being shared is said with clarity and awareness. But, on closer look, you see the wavy borders and the nicely placed intoxicated bubbles, and Nick's VERY dilated eyes...showing that our precious Nick Nelson is still really under the influence. I also question with the vibe captured in the second panel whether these two new "acquaintances" are in kahoots to cause trouble...the boy clearly is crushing on Charlie, and she seems too amused that he admits this TO Nick (her hand placement over her mouth with her wide eyed grin makes me grrrr), and I can't help but wonder are they working together to plant insecurity into a pretty obviously tipsy Nick Nelson about being practically "married" and how "crazy at this age" that is. I mean, honestly, who would ask a stranger about their dating history for genuinely altruistic reasons? I don't trust them at all...I just don't. And our gentle Nick, doing his best to politely answer, but having to "..." for each moment before he speaks to let his drunkish thoughts catch up to real time. His boyish, smitten, "...yes, he is" is so sweet and so Nick ( I mean, how much does he love CharlieI You can feel the love dripping off of him here!) I can tell he wonders WHY this boy is saying this, but since his thought processes are still a little blurry so he doesn't ask "WTF are you saying?!"...and then, THEN, the "...He has, but I haven't" answer hits so hard. Nick's background darkens, the bubbles lead directly to Nick's head, and he seems to leave the conversation and go inside his head as he replies...like he answers aloud but is talking TO himself, with some of those buried fears and anxieties about "who am I anyway, and am I even good enough to be ME?" he has under the surface projecting to a "am I good enough to be Charlie's boyfriend?" Nick has been quietly placing Charlie on a pedestal for quite awhile: "Charlie is the strong one, he does SO much, He's Head boy, he has a job, he plays rugby, he makes such good grades, he is so good at Mario kart...he is the literally most amazing person I know and I love him so fucking much" while simultaneously deprecating his own self-worth : "I play rugby...that is really it. I don't know what I want to do, I don't know where i want to go, I don't know who I really am AWAY from Charlie. I don't know what my future is going to look like..." It's like these random people's questions give Nick's anxiety and stress and negative emotions permission to come out, but with his current state, they come out in misplaced ways...so he says things that are going to make him fixate on "I'm not good enough for Charlie" when in fact, the real issue is, " am I good enough for me?" God...Alice wasn't kidding. Nick is going through it.

Brandy78
>>161832298

I don’t know how you do this page after page. It’s eye opening for sure

Calfic
>>161832298

I didn't realize the duo of friends could be doing it on purpose, I just thought, they were clueless, but this totally makes sense. (And I don't think Charlie would be a fan of the boy, he likes considerate people.)

Evergreen
>>161830947

Same here, and people consistently asked me if I was worried that he hadn’t “sown his wild oats” and “gotten it all out of his system” yet. 🙄 We’ve been happily married for 20 years.

HLMac88
>>161830947

Oh god please. His dad basically asked him that in the early years before we were married and he said he was happy he got it right on the first try and didn’t have to go through a bunch of nonsense to get there. ❤️ We have been happily married for 23 years and together for 27 just about 28 so yeah…there’s that! 😂

Margot Masclans

I’m on like the edge of my seat on how this is going to pan out

Ania W.
>>161832298

I can officially say that I am addicted to reading your comments ❤️

Sandra Day

Urggh People and their annoying, ignorant comments! (But so realistic, Alice 💜)

Fernanda Torres

Anyone here from Australia staying awake for the next page? 😂😂😂