Disclaimer: I own nothing of CSI
"Stokes." Nick said as he answered his phone.
He was sitting in a crowded restaurant with Jackie and the kids.
He was in his CSI vest because he had met them there after coming from the lab. He was just on a break, he needed to return to work when they were finished with lunch, he, Morgan, and Greg were busily working on a tough case so they all decided to take a bit of a break.
Greg went home to unwind for a bit, Morgan went home to shower, and since it was Saturday Jackie had agreed to load the kids in the van and meet Nick for lunch.
"Ok, I'll be back there in about an hour or so." Nick said before hanging up his phone.
"Everything ok?" Jackie asked.
"Yep." He answered.
He was tired but he was glad he was getting to spend time with his family.
"Daddy dunk?" Jasmine asked as she pulled on his shirt sleeve.
"What kiddo?" He asked.
"Dunk?" She asked again.
He looked at Jackie.
"She wants your ranch so she can dunk her chicken fingers in it." Jackie explained with a laugh after seeing the perplexed look on his face.
"Oh." He chuckled as he slid his cup of ranch dressing to her.
She smiled and immediately dunked a piece of chicken into it.
"How do you feel today?" Nick asked Jackie.
"Good, I've been starving all day today though." She replied.
He chuckled.
Nick and Jackie had gone to her doctor's appointment a few days prior and she was in fact pregnant and everything looked great.
"Hey hon, for dinner can we go to that Mexican restaurant by our house?" She asked him.
Nick laughed
"Yes you're definitely pregnant."
"I know, I'm worrying about dinner in the early afternoon is a sure fire sign isn't it?" She agreed with a smile.
"That too but I was referring to the fact that you want Mexican food, we've been married how long and I can count on one hand the times you've requested Mexican food."
"That's not true, I like fast food tacos." She protested.
"They're still not one of your favorites." He argued.
She gave up, mostly because she knew he was right.
"Help yourself there son." Jackie told Sloan with a laugh as he reached over and stole a French fry off of her plate.
"Oh but you can't stick the whole thing in your mouth at once, you'll choke." Jackie said as she pried the fry away from Sloan and tore it into smaller pieces.
"Dada what that?" Johnna asked him as she pointed to one of Nick's tater tots.
"Those are called tater tots, they are really good, daddy likes these better than French fries. Do you want to try one?"
"Chocit?" She asked.
"No, they're not chocolate you goofball. Here try one." Nick said as he handed her one.
"Good." Johnna declared as she reached over and took another one.
They finished their lunch.
"Karlie is that cheeseburger good, you have ketchup all over your face." Jackie told the little girl as she wiped the little girl's face.
"Alright guys, daddy has to go back to work, I'll see you later." He told all of his kids.
"Me go with you." Houston announced.
"Oh buddy, daddy would love to have you come with me but I can't take you to work."
"Peas?" Houston asked.
"I just can't bud." Nick told him.
"We'll go to the park Houston, you'll see daddy later little guy." Jackie told him.
Houston got excited about that and then he seemed to forget about going with Nick.
"Bye, thanks for meeting me for lunch." Nick told Jackie once he'd helped her load the kids in the car.
"Thanks for asking us to, bye, I'll see you later. Love you and be safe." Jackie said as she leaned over and kissed him.
"I will, love you too."
Jackie then got into the van.
Nick watched as she pulled out of the parking lot. He smiled as he got back into his car to drive back to the lab, he had enjoyed getting to spend time with his family.
Little did he know that the rest of the day would be a nightmare.
TBC…
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