Hey guys! Here is the first chapter to my new CSI fanfic! It's a Morgan Brody/ Nick Stokes fic and there aren't like any of them two together but I ship them so I'm gonna write one... and this is it! I'm kinda nervous about it but whatever! It takes place after the episode "Malice in Wonderland". Hope you like it! Please review if you can!
PS I do not own CSI or any of its characters.
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"He'll be back soon." Ecklie said as he walked into Morgan's office.
She snapped her head up and looked at him. He smiled gently at her and walked over to her desk.
"What are you talking about?" She asked him tucking some of her curly blond hair behind her ear.
"I'm talking about Hodges and you know it." He said sitting down across from her.
"It was all a show, it was a show from his mother." She told him but he was sure it was a lie.
"Bullshit. I know you feel something, I can see it. Everyone can."
"Dad..." She protested.
"Don't bother because I already know."
Morgan's mouth dropped open. "Uh- no. You don't."
Ecklie threw his hands up innocently. "Oh, okay then."
He got up and walked to the door. Just as he went to walk out he turned back to her and smiled. "Tell him."
Morgan shuffled paperwork around her desk and ignored the fact that her father was still standing in her doorway.
He simply chuckled and left, leaving her sitting there fading into a daydream. But it wasn't a daydream about Hodges, it was a daydream about Nick.
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Nick walked into Morgan's doorway and knocked.
She looked up at him and smiled. "Hey you."
He grinned at her. "Hey Morg."
Morgan stood up and walked to the doorway just so she could stand near him. "What's up?"
Nick just shrugged. "I was on my way out and I just wanted to stop by and say hi."
When he said it he flushed a little and he looked like a little boy. He had a gorgeous tiny smile and dimples. His eyes shined as they looked at her and he reached back to rub his neck.
"Well hi." Morgan giggled. "Where are you going?"
"Oh, well I promised Hodges I'd get him from the airport. Cause he gets home from Italy later today." Nick told her.
"Oh, right." Morgan mumbled slipping her hands into her pockets.
"Hey! Why don't you come with me?" Nick proposed.
Morgan swallowed. She couldn't. "Uh- I don't think so.
"Come on," Nick urged, smiling at her warmly. "I could use some company. Besides we all know you're dying to see him.
Morgan groaned. She walked back to her desk and sat down. She looked up at him and picked up a report that needed to be filed. "Forget it."
Nick laughed and walked over to her. "I'm only playin'. Please come?"
Morgan thought and chewed on her bottom lip. She looked up to see Nick smiling playfully down at her.
"Oh alight." She agreed. She grabbed her coat and followed Nick out into the parking garage.
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Morgan sat in the passenger seat of Nick's big black truck and stared blankly out the window. There was country music playing quietly out of the speakers and muddy footprints over the floor mats.
"You should tell him." Nick said as he exited off the freeway.
Morgan groaned. "Oh come on, not you too."
"Just hear me out." Nick begged as threw up his hands innocently.
"But I don't like Hodges." Morgan argued.
"Oh...uh- you don't?" Nick asked her.
"No! Everyone assumes I do but I don't. It was a act for his mother and I just saved his ass. I don't have feeling from him."
"Oh..." Nick mumbled.
Morgan looked at him and smiled. "But I do like someone, so if you want you can give me your motivational love speech anyway."
Nick's lips twitched up into a smile and looked over at her. "Okay. I was just gonna say that if you did have feelings for him, even if they are small, don't hide it forever. Tell him, because it's the best to let him know."
Morgan turned to her friend. "But the guy I like... well he is perfect and could have anyone that he wanted. I can't tell him because there is no way that out of anyone he would want me."
"But you feel something for the guy?" He asked.
"Well yes." She told him.
"Then tell him!" Nick proclaimed. "What have you got to loose?"
"But Nick, what if he didn't feel the same? I mean, why would he even like me anyway? He could have anyone... anyone he wanted, so why would he choose me?"
Nick looked over and smiled at her. "Why wouldn't he?"
Morgan smiled shyly. "Because I'm... me."
"Well he is very lucky." Nick told her. "Even if he doesn't know it."
"Nick..." Morgan blushed but he ignored her.
"You have to be willing to take a risk and tell him." Nick told her as he glanced over at her. "Tell me how you feel about him."
"Nick..." Morgan started.
"No." Nick said. "Just tell me how you feel."
She took a deep breath. "I like his smile, his laugh, his dimples. I like his sense of humor and the way he cares. His passion, his eyes, the way he talks. He is smart and funny. I love the way he gets all cute when he's embarassed. I love the way he is always himself. And I love the way he is a bit of a dork because it's just who he is. He is sexy and just perfect all around."
Nick smiled. "He's a lucky man."
Morgan blushed.
Nick looked over at her. "Tell him. Because he doesn't know how lucky he is yet."
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"Tell him." Nick told her as he parked the truck in the airport parking lot.
She turned to him and gave him a stern look. She was getting tired of the advice.
"Hey." Nick said throwing his hands up and laughing a little. "I'm just trying to help you out."
Morgan smiled at him. "I know but if you haven't noticed I'm not a child and I can do thing on my own. I can tell a guy how I feel. I mean it's not my first time."
"I know you can. But were you gonna tell him?" Nick asked her as he turned the truck off.
"No." Morgan said quietly.
Nick turned to her. "See, that what I mean. You gotta tell him. If you don't you'll never know if he feels the same way."
She chuckled and shook her head. "No, I can't."
"Yes you can." Nick said taking her hands in his. "You are CSI Morgan Brody. You are beautiful and kind and smart and one of the strongest women I have ever known. You can so absolutely anything you set your mind to. You can solve a crime, convict a killer, send a monster to jail, and you can most defiantly tell a guy how you feel about them."
Morgan shook her head but Nick squeezed her hands harder.
"Please, do it for me." Nick begged.
"But why? Why does it matter to you?"
"Because I care about you and I want you to be happy. And by the way you talk about him, it's obvious you care and I know you'll be happy with him... whoever he is."
Morgan smiled. "Thanks Nicky."
"No problem." He grinned.
They got out of the truck and Morgan ran over to Nick and hugged him tightly.
He wrapped his arms around her and chuckled quietly.
"Thank you." She mumbled into his ear. And then she giggled. She found it very ironic that Nick was giving her advice on telling the guy she liked that she liked him, and the guy that she liked was actually him.
"You're welcome." He replied, smiling into her hair.
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They walked into the busy airport and tried to find the terminal that Hodges would be coming out of. When they found it they sat down at a bench and waited. They had arrived about an hour early and they had some time to kill.
"What about you?" Morgan asked once they had sat down.
"What about me?" Nick asked rubbing his hands together.
"Do you... like anyone?"
Nick sat silent for a moment and then a small pink blush rose to his cheeks.
"I'm sorry." Morgan apologized. "I didn't mean to pry."
Nick wiped his sweaty palms on his jeans. "Nah. It's fine. It's only fair because I kinda pried into your life."
Morgan shrugged. "I had it coming."
Nick's face was still flushed and she giggled lightly. He was too dang cute.
When she had first came to CSI Morgan had taken quite a liking to the sexy Texan. But after a while she had given up on waiting around for him to notice her
But lately she had found herself staring at him, and found herself daydreaming about him and his entrancing smile. And right now as she watched him blush and smile and just be the person she had fallen for so many months ago, she could feel herself falling in love with him all over again.
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"Yes, I do." Nick finally said.
Morgan smiled and turned to him. "Who is she?"
Nick blushed again and shook his head. A huge grin broke out across his face and it was the cutest thing Morgan had ever seen.
"Oh, come on!" Morgan begged. "I get to pry, remember?"
Nick laughed. "Yeah but-"
"But nothing! Come on, I'm not asking for a name, just tell me about her."
Nick smiled. "Well, okay."
Morgan adjusted herself on the uncomfortable chair and turned to him, ready for everything he was about to say.
"Well, I haven't known her very long but I have strong feelings. She is beautiful, smart, and one of the kindest and most caring women I have ever known. She is brave and won't let anyone tell her what to do. She doesn't let anyone get in her way, she stands her ground. She is creative and funny. She always surprises me and I love that about her."
Morgan smiled. Her heart was practically pounding through her chest. Was he talking about her? Did he have feelings too?
"Tell her!" Morgan urged him smiling.
"No... I can't." He said blushing and he dropped his head.
"And why not?" Morgan asked him.
"I just can't."
Morgan nudged him. "Come on! You're Nick Stokes! The strongest, bravest, roughest, toughest CSI in Vegas! You can do anything! Besides you're wonderful with the ladies, or so I've heard, so just tell her. Let her know cause you never know... maybe she feels the same way."
Nick laughed. "I doubt it."
Morgan gave him a questioning glance. "And why not?"
Nick shook his head, blushed, and stood up suddenly. He wiped his hands on his jeans and looked down at Morgan.
"Hungry?" He asked. And before she could even answer he walked away.
She stared after him and sighed deeply. Why not? She wondered. But even though the question ate at her brain she smiled. She had fallen for Nick all over again and suddenly she thought that maybe, just maybe he had fallen for her too.
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Aw, I hope the first chapter turned out okay. I'm a bit worried about it so please review and lemme know what you thought. This story was originally supposed to be Hodges/Brody that took place after "Malice in Wonderland" but when I was writing the scenes between Morgan & Nick, I liked them better... So then I rewrote it all and this is what happened! Haah. Hope you like it. New chapter soon!