Unfortunate Reunion

Nick starts to act out at work because of some bad news from home. Can his team help him even if he refuses to tell them what's wrong or accept their help? Please Review!

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Ch1: Torment


The team catching up on paperwork in the break room and keeping each other company. It was a slow day... Or night, even though shift just began usually they have a few homicides or assaults waiting for them but to everyone's surprise and liking it was a slow night. The energy was calming as they watched TV and caught up with their work.

"Sara, do you have an extra pen mine died?" Greg pouted.

"Greg, this isn't high school. What makes you think I have extras?" Sara said smirking, sliding a pen over. Greg graciously takes it but fiddles with the top causing it to fly in the air and land in Morgan's coffee. Everyone is in awe briefly before Morgan starts laughing and then everyone starts laughing.

"Nice, Greg." Catherine says chuckling.

"How does that happened?" Morgan says watching the top sink to the bottom of her fresh coffee cup.

"I swear it was an accident," Greg said trying to cover his laughter. Nick enters the room confused.

"Party in the break room?" Nick said touching the back of Catherine's chair.

"How was court?" Catherine asked. Nick had seemed a little preoccupied lately and no one knew why. No one dared to ask but Catherine asked him if everything was alright and he assured her that everything was fine like he always did.

"Did you warm them up for me?" Morgan asked fishing for the pen top out.

"Are you kidding? Juries love me," Nick said his accent peeking its head.

Catherine nearly choked hearing him say that.

"What about the juror who called you a dumb redneck?" she says wiping her mouth with a napkin.

"Really?" Morgan said as Greg laughed.

"Okay... Most juries love me. But I sealed it, for sure." Nick said smiling giving a cocky nod.

"Hook, line, sinker." Greg said mocking the car insurance commercial, causing everyone to start laughing again. Nick's phone vibrated the whole table; Nick grabs his phone searching through his pockets finally finding it. His face changes as he sees the caller ID.

"Who is it, Nicky?" Catherine said as Nick just left, without saying a word to anyone.

"Important phone call?" Sara said, as Morgan pushed her coffee cup in front of Greg.

"You got it in there. You get it out." Morgan demanded with a smile.

"My pleasure," Greg said smirking.

"Easy you too," Catherine said as DB came in the room.

"I'm going to get lunch. Does anybody want anything?" DB said pausing as Nick's voice echoed throughout the lab. His tone was that of someone who was very angry. Even though his words were not understandable but the rage in his voice certainly was. Everyone's hair on the back of their neck stood out and Catherine felt goose bumps. The only other times Nick ever gave her goose bumps was when he was buried alive, seeing him on the screen just shocked all of her nerves, and when he said he wasn't scared to die. They heard Nick's echo again and everyone else was quiet, and looked around confused.

"What's wrong with Nick?" DB asked, Catherine shrugged her shoulders and walked towards Nick voice finding him in the layout room.

"...well I wish them the best of luck!" Nick yelled in a sarcastic tone, hanging up his phone and shoving it in his pocket. "God damn!" Nick says harshly under his breath. He leans against the evidence shelf covering his face with his other hand.

"Nick..." Catherine said quiet but still startling him. "Is everything alright..." she said trailing off as Nick left walking past her. He hit the elevator button like a maniac. Catherine followed just watching. Once the elevator proved to slow Nick raced down the stairs. "Nicky!" she yelled grabbing his arm and turning him around. "What is going on?" she begged, Nick's eyes were glistening and she saw a tear rolling down his check. "Nicky..." she said but he quickly wiped it away and pulled his arm away.

"Leave me alone..." Nick said not anger but more so second guessing his own words.

He continued on to the garage stopping when he got to his jeep. He holds the back for support and loosening his tie. He felt as if his world was spinning and all the air was being sucked out of his chest. He walks over to his car seeing Catherine in the mirror. Guilt and the feeling of shame took him over when he saw Catherine worried. He felt terrible and plagued with guilt, and threw up right next to his car. Catherine got worried but she couldn't do anything because Nick had sped out of the garage.

Catherine turned around and saw DB eating a muffin and raising an eyebrow at her.

"Is everything alright with Nick?" DB asked.

"Um... I think he got some bad news from home." Catherine said unsure of what did just happened.


I'm continuing this. What do you think is wrong with Nick?