Nicholas' face broke out in a huge grin and [i]laughed[/i]. He actually [i]laughed[/i]. He shook his head, giggling softly and closing his eyes. After a moment of soft laughter, he opened them again and looked at Mattie. "Hey," he said incredulously, "You didn't l-let me down back there at Hippie Manor," he cracked another smile at the term. "If anything, I let you and Cole down. All we had to do was g-get some stupid milk from the stupid goat, but nooooo, I just had to go and see if someone was in the house."

Still smiling slightly, he shook his head again. "Hey, never mind. N-Neither of us let one another down, okay?"

As he started coughing, his smile faded. He was worried about still being infected, especially now that he was coughing. Maybe Jacob had misjudged the amount of time the infection took to sink in. However, he had to keep positive about it, and he looked at Mattie as if he had never even coughed. "And by the way, you are [i]so[/i] crazy." He grinned, "But in a good way."