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Possibly the End of a Marriage

Chapter 1: Date Night

Nick Stokes and his wife were on there way to a nice restaurant, it was their date night. Once a month they planned a special night out together, just the two of them. They didn't get as much quality time with each other as they wanted because both had demanding careers, he as a CSI and her as a kindergarten teacher, but setting aside one night a month helped a lot, and it was something they both looked forward to. On the way to the restaurant they just engaged in small talk, the usual "how was your day" type of thing. Another thing they liked to do on the way to the restaurant was listen to music, Jackie was a die hard country music fan, Nick wasn't so much, but as Jackie would put it "he was coming around." On their date nights the car radio was turned to country music, Jackie wasn't sure if this was Nick being a southern gentleman and by her choose, or if Nick liked country music more than he let on, but Jackie didn't care what the reason was as long as the station was turned to country. The couple drove in happy silence listening to the radio and enjoying the lights on the strip. The silence however was interrupted by Jackie when a certain song came on the radio, she hated that song, ever since Nick had known her, she hated it, it was a romantic song and once early in their relationship Nick had tried to sing it to her, he thought she would like it, but instead she told him she hated that song, and she instructed him to never sing it to her again. Nick never did, and nothing had changed, to this day when it came on the radio she got mad. This night was no exception, she didn't even have to hear a word of the song and she knew which song it was.

"God, I hate that song." She said, and quickly changed the station. Nick laughed at his wife's antics

"Calm down Jackie, there is no rule that says you have to listen to it." He teased.

"Hush Nick, you know how I feel about that song."

"How come you've never told me why you hate it?" He asked.

"I told you Nicky, I don't know why; it just gets on my last nerve."

He chuckled

"Oh come on Nick, that isn't so weird, I mean, there are songs that you don't like." Jackie said.

"Yeah sure there are some songs I don't like, but none that make me so mad I want to rip the stereo out of the car." He said with a grin.

She just playfully stuck her tongue out at him.

They got to the restaurant and were about to order when…. "Jackie" a voice said.

She looked to the side of her and saw an old college friend, a guy named Zach.

"Zach, hi, what a surprise." She said happily. She got up out of the booth and gave him a hug.

"Nick, this is Zach, Zach this is my husband Nick." She said introducing the two men.

Was Jackie imagining things or did Zach look disappointed when she said "husband."

"So are you enjoying Vegas, it's a cool place isn't it?" Zach said.

"Actually we live in Vegas." Jackie said.

"Really, you didn't strike me as a Vegas type of girl, more of a small town girl." Zach said surprised.

"Well you're right but Nick lived here when I met him, and he has a good job, so I moved here after we got married."

"What do you do exactly Nick?" He asked.

"I'm a crime scene investigator." Nick said.

Zach looked impressed "wow that would be an awesome job." Zach said.

Nick chuckled "well there's never a dull moment, that's for sure."

Zach nodded."

Jackie, would you like to dance?" Zach asked. "If that's alright with you Nick?" he quickly added.

"Sure go ahead." Nick said with a smile.

Jackie was getting up when suddenly the song that was playing ended, and a new one begin.

Zach looked surprised but he got a huge grin on his face "come on, that's our song." He said grabbing her hand.

Jackie looked surprised but for a different reason, and Nick looked stunned.

The song that Zach had just referred to as "our song" was the exact same song Jackie had expressed so much hatred towards just twenty minutes ago.

"Uh, she hates that song dude." Nick said,

Zach just laughed and said "yeah right, she loves it."

He gave Jackie's arm a pull "come on, or it will be half over before we even get on the dance floor." He said.

Jackie let herself be led away but she turned back towards her husband and mouthed the words "he's crazy." Nick watched as his wife and her friend danced, Jackie had a huge smile on her face, she seemed to be having fun, and it looked like her level of hatred towards that song had dropped dramatically. Nick was confused, very confused.

TBC