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Chapter 7
The day at court was brutal but Ariel was perfect. The trial was to continue on Tuesday. They had a weekend to themselves. There was nothing else for them but to wait for this trial to be over. Nick felt sure Johnny D would be convicted. The girls, their testimonies were chilling. Barba argued to the best of his abilities and cornered the defense.
"Rollins. I'll drop you home. Weekend people." He strolled out of the squad room.
"You could be less obvious." Amanda was nervous. It would be the first time she properly spent time with Gil.
"It will be fine. He's like his dad. He likes blondes." He joked.
She tried to not crack a smile but the corners of her mouth twitched. "What if it's too soon?"
"Nah. He'll meet you this summer either way." Nick said openly. He wanted Gil and her to get to know each other.
"What movie are we watching?" Amanda asked.
"Avengers Age of Ultron." Nick was actually excited to see the film.
"Well at least the men will be hot." Amanda muttered
"Hey." He frowned.
"I call you Captain America later if you want." She was so funny and sexy.
They were in front of Cynthia's. "I'll wait for you here." There was no power on Earth that would convince her to leave the car.
He knocked on the door. "Gil, hijo are you ready?" He shouted as he entered. Cynthia kissed his cheek.
"Can he stay over with you?" Cynthia asked.
"Yes, of course." Nick replied without hesitation.
"Thanks. I need to run some errands." Nick nodded. He didn't need explanations from Cynthia.
Gil came down with his backpack ready. "Mami said I get to stay with you until Sunday." Nick loved that his son got excited about spending time with him.
He nodded, "Come on, our movie starts in forty five minutes."
"Gracias Cynthia." He kissed her goodbye.
"Have him back by early afternoon." She whispered.
Nick had less than a minute to tell Gil about Amanda, "Gil, I invited a friend."
As usual his son had no problem, "Cool."
His son went into the backseat. Nick stepped into the driver's seat. They were quiet. Amanda looked nervous, really nervous.
"Gil, this is Amanda Rollins. You met her a couple of years ago." Nick started. Cynthia did a great job with their son.
"Nice to meet you again detective Rollins." Gil gave her a winning smile.
"Likewise Gil, please call me Amanda." Amanda smiled back.
Nick didn't want to force thing so he let Gil and Amanda set the pace. "Did you see the first movie Amanda?" Gil asked.
"Dad and I watched it together." His son was willing to make conversation; the ball was in Amanda's court.
"I never got around to see it." Amanda said with hesitance.
"Have you seen any of the other movies?" Gil asked again.
"Yes, I watched Captain America." She replied enthusiastically.
"Both or only the first one?" Gil was in his element. His son was into superheroes, comics, anime, movies, and drawing. Gil could actually draw really well.
"There are two?" Amanda asked. Nick and Gil laughed at her surprised face.
"Don't worry Amanda I'll explain everything until we get to the theater." His son explained the Marvel cinematic universe in forty-six minutes to be exact. He did the best he could.
"I won't help you during the movie. You'll have to ask dad if you don't understand something." Gil shrugged apologetically.
"I'll get the popcorn. I'll meet you two inside. Anything you want?" Nick asked Amanda and Gil.
"Nachos." Amanda said. Gil asked for hot dogs and Reeses's bars.
Amanda was between them. The theater was not as crowded as he expected. There were a lot of young adults and teenagers. There were a few people around his age as well. Nick enjoyed the movie. Amanda's eyes were fixed on the screen as were Gil's.
He smiled when they went to get food. Gil was starving; Nick could eat again. Amanda looked at them as if they were insane. "We ate two large servings of popcorn, nachos and candy. How can you two be hungry?"
Gil smiled, "That isn't real food."
"He's right. Let's go to that place by your place, the Italian bistro." Nick drove to Amanda's neighborhood.
She ordered a salad. Nick and Gil had pasta.
"So what did you think about the movie?" Gil asked between bites of food.
"It was good. A lot of action." Amanda said.
"It was a mistake to take the Black Widow. She would a have never been taken."
"I thought that was sexist too." Amanda replied. Gil nodded and they went off on the movie and the difference between the powers of each superhero. Nick couldn't help but grin. He knew Gil would like her. Amanda seemed to genuinely like Gil as well.
"Too much food." Amanda said after she ate bits of her salad. Nick and Gil finished their servings.
"So you work with my dad and Olivia." Gil stated.
"Yeah. I'm a detective too." Amanda engaged his son. They spoke more about her and then about him. His son was making a great impression, as was Amanda.
Soon it was time to drop her off. "Good night Amanda." Gil shook her hand goodbye.
"Goodnight Gil." She smiled.
"Goodnight Nick." She kissed his cheek.
"I'll call you later." Nick saw as she entered her building.
Gil couldn't contain his question, "you're going out with her."
Nick smiled, "yes, Gil. No one knows yet. Did you like her?"
"She's very pretty and smart. Does Zara know?" Gil asked.
"No, Zara doesn't know yet." Nick drove on.
"Gil, I really like Amanda I would like for her to spend a lot of time with us." Nick wanted to get his son's blessing. It would crush him if Gil or Zara were not ok with his relationship with Amanda.
"Dad, I like her but would it be ok if we spent this weekend, just us."
"Of course Gil. I just meant if you have a problem with Amanda since you'll live with me once your mom moves to San Diego."
"Dad, it's fine. She makes you happy. You were grinning all the time. You look sad sometimes but with Amanda you always smile."
Nick laughed, "Thanks Gil. I have a surprise for you. I got you that video game you wanted. Don't tell mom."
"Can we play it tonight?" Nick nodded. "That's the plan." He was so happy. Nick always tried to make up for lost time with Gil. He wanted to know his son. He wanted Gil to have a dad. He wanted his son to have a good dad.
They played until 3:00AM. Once they started it was addictive. There were war scenes and violence but it was not as bad as GTA.
"Don't tell your mother." Nick said after drinking coffee with Gil. Cynthia didn't like it but Nick didn't see the harm in letting him have a cup every once in a while. Hell, he'd been drinking coffee since he was ten and nothing happened to him.
"We won't be doing this once you move in with me. We're getting this out of our system now. We'll have rules just like you have at Cynthia's. Besides your abuela agreed to look after you when I'm working." Nick wanted to let Gil know that he wouldn't be fun weekend dad anymore.
"I know dad. So you and abuelita are talking now." Gil asked after drinking his coffee.
Nick wanted to avoid the topic. His mother still was mad at him. His sister didn't speak with him either. "No, not yet."
Gil didn't ask anymore. They dropped the controls once they finished their missions. Gil went into his room. Nick would have to get a bigger place. He needed a room for Zara.
Nick forgot to call Amanda but texted her goodnight. She wouldn't mind. She hated talking on the phone or texting.
Gil was energetic the next morning. Nick took him to the basketball courts and they played most of the morning.
"Come on. Let's get you home." Nick said after Gil scored.
"Right, not because I'll beat you if we keep playing." Nick smiled. Gil was getting better at basketball.
They drove back to Cynthia's. She was talking in rapid Spanish. "Bye papi." Gil said and hugged him goodbye.
"Sorry Nick." Cynthia mouthed and pointed to the phone.
"Bye. See you next week." He kissed her goodbye. She smiled back at him and continued with her conversation.
It was still early so he decided to go to Amanda's. He tried to reach Zara but she didn't pick up. Nick left a message. "Princesa. I was just calling to say hello. Call me back when you get this message." Nick was opposed to his baby girl having a phone but he trusted Maria in that sense. Zara was a good and smart girl.
He knocked on the door for fifteen minutes before a very sleepy Amanda opened the door. He felt bad for waking her up. "Come in." She pulled him in.
"I can go if you want me to." She shook her head.
"I'm tired Nick, want to cuddle with me?" She yawned. He nodded.
He stripped to his boxers and spooned her. Nick must have been tired because he was asleep in no time.
Nick smiled; Amanda was kissing him awake. He kissed her back. "I'll remember this when we're fighting."
"We would never fight if you weren't so stubborn." She kissed him more. Nick chuckled.
"You're wrong. I can't help but point it out. I only want to help you see the right way cariño." Nick offered a winning smile. She rolled her eyes, "Please."
He nuzzled her neck. "I'm hungry." He said.
"Let's get take out." Amanda purred when he massaged her lower back.
"Call the Chinese place." She pulled a leg over his. His hands were on her ass.
Nick called and got the order. They ate and he told her all about his weekend with Gil.
"I'm happy for you. Does he like me?" Amanda asked out of the blue.
"He said you're smart and pretty." Nick liked the look of relief Amanda showed him. Nick felt better knowing that she cared about what his children thought of her.
"You two have the same smile." Amanda noted.
"My mom says he looks exactly like me when I was his age." Nick was proud of that.
They finished eating and spent the afternoon watching movies on Netflix. "I liked this way too much." Amanda muttered half asleep. It was barely 10:00 PM but they decided to turn everything off and sleep.
"What?" He asked as he cupped her ass. "You spending the night with me. You and Gil, watching movies, and talking. Us. I like us too much." She didn't open her eyes.
"That's not a bad thing. I like us a lot too." He kissed her shoulder. Nick realized this was so domestic and perfect. He held her and fell asleep.
He woke up to the sound of his cellphone. "Hello." He was sleepy. Amanda moved closer to him.
Nick heard Maria's voice. "I'm awake yes. Is there something wrong with Zara? Why are you calling so early?"
He yawned and kissed Amanda's forehead. "Yes, I got them on Saturday. I'll send them later today." Maria stressed the importance of him sending his written and notarized permission so Zara could travel abroad. Amanda sighed and kissed his chest.
"Maria, I know. I have to go now." Amanda kissed his jaw. Nick put the phone on the nightstand.
"Good morning." She said and ran her fingers over his cock. "Sexy time." She straddled him.
"Yeah." He grinned.
Amanda kissed him on the mouth and then pushed his underwear down. She shimmied out of her underwear. They laughed when she rubbed against him until the panties were finally off. Amanda straddled him once more and fucked him. "I'm close. Nick, I'm close." She whispered moving up and down up and down until she came undone. He jerked inside of her and came too.
She rested on top of him. "What did she want?"
Nick sighed and caught her breath. "To remind me to send my permission for Zara to leave the U.S." Not even thinking about Maria could ruin the moment for him.
"Will we get to see Zara at all this summer?" Nick's heartbeat sped up when she said we.
"Yes, late August but Gil won't see her." He wanted his children to know each other better but it was almost impossible when their schedule conflicted.
Amanda kissed him and stood up. "Walk Frannie. I'll make breakfast."
