Nick had someone on his mind and he couldn't stop thinking about her. He was on his way to the locker room when he nearly collided with Sara Sidle. She could tell just by the smile on his face that he had the hots for someone. He apologized and kept walking. He turned into the locker room and heard a voice singing his favorite song, Remember When by Alan Jackson. The voice was the most beautiful voice he had ever heard. He started to sing along with her. Catherine Willows was in the locker room hiding in the nook between Nick's locker and the dayshift's lockers singing her best friend's favorite song, Remember When by Alan Jackson when somebody came in and started to sing with her, it was a man's voice, it was a very husky voice and it had a hint of southern twang. She instantly knew who the voice belonged to. She sighed and bit her lip with a smile. Nick walked over to his locker and found his mystery singer smiling at him. He smiled his sweet Texas sized smile and she felt her heart flutter. He spoke breathily "Cath, that was beautiful! Your voice is amazing." She bit her lip and smiled and it was obvious to him she had the hots for him that he had for her. He moved closer to her and cupped her face in his hands and his hands moved to her waist and they came together in a hug. Once they came apart she smiled at him. Nick reminded her that they were at work. At that moment both of their pagers beeped. They ended up with a 419 in Henderson. After they were both in the car he looked over at her and couldn't help but think about how beautiful she was. Nick sadly pulled away and got back on the road. They pulled up to the scene and parked. Grabbing their kits they got out of the Denali and headed towards Detective Jim Brass. Jim relayed the details to the two CSIs. They walked in and surveyed the scene in front of them. A young woman of about 28 years laid on her back in a pool of her own blood. From the look of things the probable cause of death is 15 stab wounds to the chest and abdomen. They processed and took the evidence back to the lab. They went down to the morgue to get their COD from Doc Robbins. "Your COD is asphyxiation due to a punctured lung." reported Doc Robbins. They had found an unknown substance on the victim's cheek and had Hodges run it. They were able to get DNA from under her finger nails so they had Greg run a tox report on the victim's blood. They went to see Hodges and to their surprise the unkown substance was mucous, and it was a match to the DNA they had gotten from under her finger nails. The fiber they had found was from a rug that hadn't been manufactured since 2000. Catherine looked at Nick and said "So we need to find a rug shop that sells these rugs." Hodges responded "But wait there's more!" "The rug came from Dawn's Home Furnishings , they only sell a specific brand of rug, the same brand as your rug." "I have narrowed your search down to three houses." "Here's your print out." The first address was 156 Gingham Street Las Vegas Nevada 89018. Armed with a warrant Catherine and Nick approached the house. They knocked on the door . A woman who looked to be 30 years answered the door. She was also very pregnant. "Hello I'm Caisen Matthews, how can I help you?" Cath spoke " Hello Caisen I'm Catherine Willows and this is Nick Stokes of the Las Vegas Crime Lab we have a warrant for your rug." She nodded "I am unable to drive and I would greatly appreciate it if you could bring it back to my house." Catherine smiled "Of course. When are you due?" "My due date is June 24th but of course since it's the 18th I am due any day now." Catherine questioned "Caisen are you married or are you single?" She lowered her head "I am single." Catherine put a hand on her shoulder, "I understand completely, I was basically a single mother due to my husband never being around to help out. Although I had Nicky at my side before, during, and after my pregnancy." She pointed at Nicky. "You need anything at all call one of us here's our card." She whimpered and Catherine's eyes widened. "Catherine, I think she could use some help right about now." She gave Nick a look and he picked her up and put her in the passengers seat of his Denali. Catherine sat in the back seat and coached the mother to be. As soon as they got to the hospital Nick pulled into the first available parking spot he found. He scooped Caisen up and carried her inside. As soon as they walked in the door a nurse was ready with a wheel chair. Nick could of kissed her, but he didn't. Catherine held her hand and stayed right next to her offering Caisen the moral support that Nick offered her when she gave birth to Lindsey, during Caisen's delivery. Two hours and lots of labor pains later Nicholas George Matthews was brought into the world. Catherine rushed out of the delivery room when Nicholas was handed to Caisen. "Nicky! Guess what she named him?" Nick surprisedly asked "What?" "Nicholas George Matthews! She named him after you Nicky!" With wide eyes he watched as Mom and baby were taken to a room in the maternity ward. Catherine was so happy that she ran over to Nick and pressed her body to his hugged him.

_ I am working on chapter two and I intend to continue this story to at least 10 chapters. I promise I will update asap!