Un-Professionalism 3: Broken Home
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Ch2: Confusion
Nick and Moreno sat in DB's office like children in the principal's office. Both men were a little dirty from the parking garage floor. Nick had a little bruise on his nose, some dried blood on his nose, hand and shirt. His once blue tee shirt had a bacon collar and garage floor shmuck and blood on it. Nick still had no idea why Moreno had punched him. However after his and Patrick fight Nick isn't going to let anyone hit him. But that wouldn't help him now as DB and Brass stared at the men as they looked down ashamed.
"So, who is going to tell us? What the hell that was about?" DB asked angry. Both men remained quiet. They were guilty of fighting and even if either of them talked it wouldn't change the fact that they were in trouble.
"I guess they have nothing to say." Brass said equally upset. Moreno had been transferred to homicide in the McKeen aftermath and it hadn't been the smoothest adjustment either. "Come on, Moreno. On your feet." Brass said leaving Moreno following behind. It briefly reminded Nick of his childhood when they would follow his father to the next room and receive their whooping.
"So?" DB said shutting the door behind them. "Do you have anything to say?" DB asked sitting on his desk.
"I'm not sure." Nick said wiping his mouth.
"What do you mean?"
"I don't know. Look, DB I know I am in trouble but I really have to go." Nick said standing.
"I know this is about Finn." DB said stopping Nick by grabbing his arm. Nick froze and looked at the older man unsure of what was going too happened next. Nick didn't know if DB knew more then he led on and besides DB was Finn's pseudo best friend. "Keep it out of work." DB said stern.
Nick was rendered speechless and just nodded as he swallowed hard. DB let Nick go and Nick walked out. His mind was racing. First Moreno sucker punches him and now DB is messing with Nick's head. What if he knows what happened in San Francisco and he tries to blackmail him or like that. Nick shakes the thought from his mind. DB doesn't know, and he's too straight lace to try to black mail him with it.
Nick cleans himself the best he could in his truck and heads straight for Finn's she's the only one that can tell him once going on. It's going to be weird seeing her outside of work after everything but Nick has to see her. After San Francisco Nick became distant on purpose because Finn wanted her life to be back to normal and Nick understood what she meant. She wanted to be with Moreno so Nick went back to Lauren. It didn't take a genius to figure out that Moreno knew something was up.
Nick walks into Finn's apartment building and is hit with a mixture of feelings. He felt nervous and uncomfortable, he wanted to leave immediately. Nick just thought that he didn't belong there. After everything that had happened he started to have mix feelings about Finn. Every time he saw her he had glimpses of flashbacks of the shooting, the salsa concert, Dan's funeral, fighting Patrick, and carrying Finn up the same stairs that he was staring at now. Nick heads up the stairs and feels his phone vibrating. It was Lauren, checking up on him… again.
"Hey," Nick said leaning against the wall.
"Hey, I was going to come over. Are you home?" Lauren asked slightly seductive catching Nick's full attention.
"No." Nick said remembering the task at hand.
"Where are you?" Nick rolled his eyes. Here comes the five W's brought to you by Lauren.
"I'm finishing up a case right now. I should be home soon." Nick lied but it was the only way to avoid a fight.
"Is it the same case from earlier?" Lauren asked suspicious because Nick had already told her that he would be home soon but that was before him and Moreno squared off.
"Yeah, there was a flag on one of the lifts. We are straightening it out now. Listen I got to go." Nick said itching to get off the phone before a background noise became too suspicious for Lauren.
"Okay, I'll see you later. Call me." Lauren said her tone was slightly annoyed.
Lauren had no trust for Nick. Nick did cheat on Laura with Finn, the first time they were together, but he told her right away and she broke up with him. However Nick won her back but he was unaware of her trust issues. She called and texted him several times a day, she accused him of cheating a couple times any time Nick had to work late with a female coworker Lauren thought he was cheating. Nick was taken with her though and he couldn't explain it. When she wasn't acting jealous or insecure she was great and they had a great time together.
Nick walked up to Finn's apartment remembering the location from previous times. He just stares at the door unsure of what to ask or do. What if she doesn't know that Moreno hit him or why she did? He should warn her then she probably doesn't know. Finn would have given Nick a heads up if Moreno knew something so she must not know, Nick thought. Nick knocked on her door, with no answer. He knocked again.
"Finn, its Nick." Nick said, he saw her car and knew she was home. "Come on, Finn." Nick said knocking again. He heard footsteps and Finn came to the door. She didn't look surprised to see him, and Nick realized that she did know something was up. It was almost like she was expecting him. Nick quickly grew angry.
"Hi Nick." Finn said trying to be nonchalant but Nick saw through her façade and grew madder as he entered her house ignoring the memories of the last time he was here.
"Is there something you have to tell me?!" Nick asked excited. His eyebrows slanted and his face stressed. He was expecting Finn to be angry with him about being distant he was prepared for a classic Finn and Nick argument.
"I'm pregnant." Finn said not missing a beat. Nick's face completely fell as he felt like his brain was going to explode. That was the last thing Nick expected to hear.
Please Review! This is chapter was suppose to catch Nick and what he was thinking and what he has been up to since the last chapter was primarily Finn-centered. What do you think?
