It makes me feel really uneasy how they’re writing Nichole right now. It’s almost as if they don’t expect her to return after her maternity leave. Look at all the bridges she’s burned, EJ, Brady, Chloe…
Doing something heroic (like you mentioned) would certainly help but at this point I can’t really see how she’s going to fit in again. I loved her with EJ and if there’s anything I’d like to see in Nicole’s future, it would be getting back in his good graces and continuing on as the ultimate bad guys on the show. I’m not sure if we’d like Nicole as a goody-two-shoes.