Nico

**Nicolás "Nico" López**, portrayed by Nicolás Goldschmidt, is a main character of the First Story (seasons 3 and 4) of *Chiquititas*.

## History

### Background

Nico's father left him with an old lady when he was little and disappeared. The old lady could no longer care for him, when he crosses path with Belén at the court.

### Season 3

#### First Appearance

On Episode 23, when Belén and Facundo are finally able to get Mora back, Facundo pleads her not to take another kid, as they have too many and he still wants many kids. Belén receives a call from court asking for her to be there urgently. When she's waiting at the court, Nico holds Belén's hand and asks her if she came to take him with her, which she denies. His smiles fade from his face. He starts a conversation saying he is bored and they start playing together while they both wait. Slowly, Belén grows affectionate towards the boy.

When the agent shows up, Belén asks her about Nico's history. The agent shares that the boy's father left him many years ago with an old lady who can no longer look out for the boy. Belén asks if they have tried to find him, to which the agent says they have failed. Nico tells them his father disappeared but that one day he will come back for him. The agent says he wasn't allocated to any place and still had nowhere to go. Nico asks Belén if she's also waiting for a home. She leaves him and says goodbye, clearly conflicted. Nico hides an airplane on Belén's folder with things written she couldn't understand. When she finds it later at the manor, she runs back to the court to look for him and finds he's still there. She asks him to read her the letter. He ways that she's pretty and asks if he can wait for his father under her care.

Belén calls Facundo to ask him if not getting another kid was a joke. She feels more conflicted, but like a lice Nico holds her like she's a savior as she gives a funny, incredulous and awkward look of WTF am I gonna do now. The next episode, Belén tries to talk to Facundo about taking in another kid, but he's irreducible.

#### Hiding Nico from Facundo

Belén reunites the kids to ask them to hide Nico from Facundo for a while until she muster the courage to easy him into the truth. Georgina asks her if she fell in love with another man like in the movies, Sol gets angry and Belén says that as a matter of fact there is another man and that she wants to keep them both. She asks Nico to get down and introduces her to the kids. Georgina asks Belén when they are going to tell Facundo the news as he is walking into the room. Mosca and Corcho hide him in the pit and Georgina makes up an excuse. The comedy tone is set. The boys start to make fun of the boy saying that Facundo is aggressive as a joke. It's their way of training him to become one of them. Nico starts jumping around, showing his adventrous side, instead of the scared boy the boys were expecting.

Roña walks into the room saying Nico's name in front of Facundo but is able to pretend he meant to say something else. Guille tries to teach Nico how to play chess, but he throws a piece out of the window. He is wild and unpredictable and goes on the roof to look for the piece and gets stuck there. Only Marquitos sees and tries to help him, but nobody believes him when he says Nico is on top of the roof. After hours and unable to get help, Nico jumps on top of Facundo's car and Facundo drives away with the boy on top until he is stopped by the police and he finds out about the boy. Facundo returns him and gets super angry at Belén for the lie. The next day Nico apologizes to Belén because they fought because of him and he asks her when they are getting married, giving her a hint and idea about how to make peace with Facundo.

## Personality and Traits

Nico is outgoing, cute, and completely wild and unpredictable.