Angel Dust
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Ch7: Thanksgiving
A week later...
Nick sat up as the nurse and Catherine helped him get dress. Nick's usual modesty was out the window because of the amount of pain medication he was on and the excitement of finally being able to go home. Nick had surgery on his arm yesterday to repair the damaged nerve. His hair a bit longer and he had a quiet scruff going on too. He also had lost some weight from his stay in the hospital.
"I'm sorry you have to spend your thanksgiving picking me from the hospital."
Nick said as they put a shirt on him.
"Its fine, Nick. Lindsay went out with some friends, so it all kinda just worked out." Catherine said helping Nick in the wheelchair.
"It's still a lousy way, sorry." Nick said. Catherine helped Nick into her Tahoe she buckled him as he started to drift off asleep. She went to adjust his sling seeing that it was already leaving a red mark. He opens his eyes grabbing her wrist.
"What's going on?" Nick asked bleary eyed and disoriented.
"Shh... I am just moving your sling," she says softly as Nick drifted off to sleep.
"Okay..." he whispers releasing his gentle grip from her wrist. She looked at
Nick his appearance his certainly changed.
It was a short drive to Nick's house but she watched as he slept at every red light making sure he was still breathing. Her worry did increase because Nick still wasn't himself she just thought it was just post surgery depression. None of Nick's family visited or even called after Catherine left a message. Nick didn't care or at least said he didn't.
"Nicky, wake up. You're home," Catherine said unbuckling and helping out of the Tahoe. He looked around taking a deep breath as the wind blew.
"It's good to be home," Nick said rubbing his eyes.
"You look better," she said seeing him smiling. He did look better at least more awake and a bit happier.
"I feel a lot better," Nick said smoothing his hair.
"Come on, let's get you a situated inside." Catherine said Nick nodded. Nick started to walk towards his door when he noticed someone inside his house.
"Who's here?" Nick asked looking back at Catherine adjusting his sling.
Catherine smiled and opened the door and Nick walked in. He saw the entire team standing around the table. DB and his wife, Brass, Greg, Sara, Morgan, Hodges, Super Dave and his wife, the Robbins including his niece, and Lindsay.
"There he is!" Greg said. Nick looked at everyone confused he looked back at Catherine.
"What's going on?" Nick asked still confused.
"We are a family now. And there is no reason to spend a holiday alone." DB said moving showing the mountains of food that was set up along the table.
"I... I... Don't know what to say," Nick stuttered.
"You don't have to say anything. Come and sit so I can cut the turkey!" Doc Robbins announced. Nick chuckled and hugged everyone saving Callie, Doc Robbins' niece, for last. She engulfed Nick in a tremendous hug.
"Thank god you are alright." Callie asked, Nick refused to let her visit and see him in the state he was in. Nick sat down next to her as everyone was seated, Nick was surprised everyone fit around his table.
"Nick I didn't even recognize you with your Novembeard?" Lindsay said. Nick laughed touching his face, Callie also touched his cheek.
"I like it," Callie said smiling causing Nick to smile and look at her.
"Easy you two. Who will say the blessing?" DB said.
"I will if no one else minds." DB's wife said. No one spoke. Everyone joined their hands together. Mrs. Russell putting her hand on Nick's shoulder being on the side of his bad arm. "For each new morning with its light, for rest and shelter of the night, for health and food, for love and friends, for everything Thy goodness sends. May we be blessed in our daily travels and may we be protected whether it is in a lengthy recovery or protection from the unknown. May we be loved by our friends and family. Amen."
"Amen," everyone else said in unison.
The team passed around the food and shared short stories about previous thanksgiving dinners.
Soon after dinner was done the women and DB picked up as all the guys and Callie watched football. One by one they all started to get the collection of homemade pies Doc Robbins' wife and DB's wife made.
"Mrs. Robbins you make the best chocolate pie I have had," Nick said taking a bite.
"Nick, you tell me that every year." she said laughing.
"It's 'cause you do!" Nick chuckled. "Last thanksgiving Robbins asked me to smell the pie and smashed it in my face." Callie started laughing as did everyone else. Robbins started laughing to the point of tears.
"You should have seen your face!" he said trying to catch his breath.
"Or how about the time, Grissom brought his special pie?" Catherine said causing some people to twist there face and others to laugh.
"Special pie?" DB asked putting his arm around his wife.
"He told us it was chestnut pecan chocolate pie..." Nick said grimacing.
"What was it?" Morgan asked.
"Cockroaches..." Greg added.
"Gross!" Callie yelped.
"I ate two pieces and then he told us what it was," Nick said disgusted.
Everyone laughed.
"Nick has a thing for bugs. He ate a fly once too," Greg adds.
"Yea but the cockroach pie was the best." Catherine said her face red from laughing.
One by one they all started to leave. Until it was just Catherine, Nick, all the Robbins, and the Russell's. Nick was trying not to fall asleep but it seemed inevitable.
"Nicky," Callie said quietly as everyone else was talking. "I'm going to go. I will come by tomorrow and visit you. Don't shave."
"What?"
"I think your scruff is sexy." she whispered in his ear causing him to smile.
"Really," he said she nodded.
"You better rest," she says kissing his forehead as the Robbins leave. Nick fell asleep before they left his drive way.
"Look at this poor man all pooped out," Mrs. Russell said looking at Nick. She went to his hallway closet and pulled out a blanket and covered up Nick.
Catherine was busy cleaning up and then prepared Nick's medicine regime for him putting it on the coffee table next to him with a bottle of water. She gently slid his sling off careful not to wake him or hurt his arm. Catherine moved to sit across from him and covered her face.
"I'll meet you in the car," Mrs. Russell whispered to DB as she quietly left. Giving DB and Catherine privacy to talk.
"He's alright," DB said.
"I know,"
"Are you alright?"
"About thirteen years ago when Nick first started working with us, him and I got into a huge argument. I thought he was just an ass I called him a Texan caveman among other things. I wasn't even that mad at him I was just having a bad day and I was stuck in a bad marriage and I exploded and Nick caught it. But later that night I went home and me and my husband got into a fight he was drunk and ran over our daughter's playhouse. I remember throwing the shutters from it at him, and then... He punched me. Then when I tried to get away he grabbed me and started to choke me. Right as I was about to lose consciousness Nick came out of nowhere and punched him. They started to fight and then I heard Nick yell for me to get Lindsay and we all just left. I stayed at Nick's house, and he took my shift the next day and bought Lindsay clothes and toys so that she wouldn't be bored. He got me out of a really bad time in my life." she said wiping her eyes trying not to cry.
"Why was he at your house?"
"I let him borrow my camera cord he said he was returning it. He could have left it there to spite of me but he didn't. He never told anyone what happened. He gave me a fresh start after I was a devil to him and ever since then we have been best friends. That's why I look after him the way I do, after all he has done for me I don't think I could ever really pay him back."
"Sometimes when you show someone kindness when they don't deserve it they are more grateful then someone who does deserve it... One person's smile can light up a dark day in another person's life."
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