I've decided to make this fic into one shots of missing scenes. I don't know if I'm going to write one after every episode, but we'll see.

The one shots will have nothing to do with one another.

Enjoy : )

The sun was rising as Nick made his way out of the airport. He'd wanted to spend as much time with Zara as he could so he had to take a red eye to New York. But it was worth it, spending time with his daughter was priceless, and he didn't care that he'd have only a couple of hours to sleep before he had to be back at work.

He called Amanda from the airport, before he boarded the flight. These last days in Cali he'd really missed her and he wanted to hear her voice.

But she sounded a bit off, she asked about his time with his daughter and he was happy to tell her, but when he asked her how she was doing he could hear something was wrong.

She said she was fine, but he'd known her long enough to know when she was lying, most of the time at least.

It was as if he could hear another layer to her voice,

There was just something in the way she said the word fine, when she really wasn't.

He asked her if she was sure and she insisted everything was fine, he didn't probe, he'd read about the case the squad had been working on and figured it had something to do with that. Things went bad and he knew it affected her. She was working hard to prove herself and things weren't going too well lately, with the Holden case and now this.

He took a cab home and put the suitcase in the bedroom, he'd unpack it later. Nick looked at the clock, if he leaves now he'd make it in time to meet her.

There was a place not far from Amanda's apartment where she went to every morning with Frannie.

He just had to see her.

Nick wasn't wrong, Amanda was sitting on a bench with Frannie next to her. She must have noticed him approach since she ran straight to him, catching Amanda off guard.

She turned to see Nick petting Frannie. Nick looked at her at the same moment and she looked very surprised to see him.

"Come on girl" he said and walked with Frannie back to the bench.

"Hey" she said as he sat down next to her "what are you doing here?"

"Well" he answered, looking at her "I wanted to see you"

She smiled at his answer, but then her eyes squinted a little and he knew what was on her mind.

"I was kind of worried"

"Worried?" she asked and he nodded.

"You sounded not so fine on the phone and I just wanted to see you"

She let out a barely there chuckle and looked away, biting her lip a bit "it's ok" she said after a moment of silence.

"Tough one?" he asked.

"You know" she looked at him and unconsciously scooted a little closer "they all are, but sometimes there's at least some sort of closure, maybe even some justice but not this time" she shrugged "when we went to see her in New Hampshire, there was just nothing in her eyes, you know?" she went quiet again so he nodded, figuring she might be waiting for him to acknowledge her words "there was only emptiness in them and I just…there was nothing I could have done, but…" she shrugged again.

"I get it" he nodded.

"Sometimes I just wonder if it's worth it, if it makes a difference" she looked away and sighed.

"I think we all do" Nick replied "so many times things don't turn out for the best, but then there's this one case where it does, and you help someone and you make a difference, and that's worth it"

Amanda looked at him, she had a little smile now "I'm gonna give you this pep talk when you have a crappy case"

"Deal" He chuckled

"We should get back" she got up and he did the same "you're not gonna have time to sleep"

"Don't worry about it" he smiled at her.

They walked towards his car quietly, but it wasn't an uncomfortable silence. They were both happy to just be close to each other.

"I'll see you later then" she said when they were standing next to the vehicle.

"Not soon enough" he gave her a huge smile and she burst into a laugh. Her free hand reached the back of his head and pulled him in for a kiss.

They had rules against it, no public affection whatsoever, they did not want to get caught. But right now she really wanted, and needed, to feel him next to her, his lips against hers.

They pulled away quickly though, and Amanda waved as she and Frannie walked towards her building.

Nick got into his car and watched them for a couple of minutes. He didn't feel tired anymore, maybe kisses can wake you up.