Skin Spring Swing
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Ch10: Swing
Nick starts to open his eyes. He feels tight bandages around his mid section. He opened his eyes slowly as he struggles to lift them. He raises his hand trying to sit up but doesn't he touches his face it was very evident to him he was on some pain medicine.
"How you feel, Nicky?" Catherine asks touching his face.
"Tired," he says using all his strength to sit up trying again and succeeding this time. "Am I alright?" Nick asked looking at the machines at his bedside.
"The doctor said the knife nicked an artery and broke a rib but you are going to be alright." Catherine said.
"Another close one…" he chuckles smoothing his hair. Catherine sat up resting her hands on the rail of his bed, looking directly in his big brown eyes.
"Nicky, I got to talk to you..." she says nervous.
"There he is!" Greg says excited and the rest of the team follows. Nick shakes Greg's hand smiling. Catherine sits back in her chair releasing a deep breath.
"I feel like desert palms hospital is your second home," Ray says.
"I hear you." Nick says laughing but stopping at the pain it causes him. "She got me good." He adds touching his sore back.
"She is now in an 8x10 cell for the eight murders and attempted murder of you and Cath," Sara says.
"And him?" Catherine asks standing up.
"Same." Greg says causing Nick and Catherine both to smile. Greg hands Nick a bag of clothes that Nick keeps in his office.
"You need a ride home?" Sara asks.
"No, I'll be alright." he says and then all there beepers went off.
"Duty calls," Greg says laughing "triple 419. I'll come by and check on you later," they all wave and leave. Brass and Ecklie come in and Ecklie shakes their hands.
"Good work," Ecklie says "the FBI says they can link them to act least 12 other cases."
"How you feeling?" Brass says touching Nick's shoulder.
"I'm alright," Nick says softly.
"They making you stay overnight?"
"No... I'm going to take him home," Catherine says
"Well you both did great and it hasn't gone unnoticed believe me. The sheriff has been talking and a medal might be in the works, I'll keep you informed." Ecklie says smiling Nick rolls his eyes, which causes Catherine and Brass to smile. "I got to go I have a press conference. Call me if you need anything,"
"If you guys need anything give me call. I'm sorry this happened I didn't mean for you guys to get..."
"Jim, don't. It's fine." Nick said reaching for a handshake Jim graciously accepted and smiled. They left and Catherine looked at Nick he was still groggy from the meds he smiles at her rubbing his red eyes.
"You want something to eat?" she asks he smiles at her.
"No I'm alright," he says untying his gown throwing it off to the side nearly falling off Catherine catches him. He laughs; Catherine looks and sees the healing scratches on Nick's back. The sight of them causes her to blush and feel hot all over as she breaks out in a nervous sweat.
"Nicky…" she says trying to put a shirt on him. He looks at her and plays with her hair.
"Catherine… I want to kiss you…" he says kissing her chest. He looked sleepy so she laid him down and he fell asleep.
Catherine was helping Nick inside his town house. Nick had his arm around Catherine using her for support.
"You got it," she asks as they maneuver through his front door.
"Yea," he hisses sitting on his couch. "Thanks... Cath," he says leaning back to get comfortable.
"Alright... So I guess just call me if you need anything,"
"Yea..." Nick says quietly Catherine turns and opens the door. "Catherine wait!" Nick says standing up just as she's about to leave.
"Yea Nicky," Catherine says pretending to be confused. She shuts the door.
"I... I don't want you to just leave,"
"What?" this time she was confused. "Nick I think you might be doped up still from all the pain meds they gave you."
"No! Well maybe that's where all the courage is from but you should stay here with me..."
"What?" she says Nick walks up to her and kisses her. He kisses with the same about of passion that they had when he kissed her at the club.
"Stay with me."
"Stay?"
"Jesus Cath! Yes, stay." Nick laughs as does Catherine, but then Nick's face
turns serious getting Catherine's attention "I want to take care of you, wake up next to you, make breakfast for you, I want to come home to you, I want to be there for you, I want to be the one who makes you happy and be the one you can depend on. Please stay with me,"
"You don't have to say a lot I'll stay,"
"I mean it. Cath, I... I love you,"
"Nicky..."
"I love you Catherine Willows since the first moment I saw you and in this past week I finally realized it and if our watered down fake marriage is just a sample of what our lives could be together I can't wait."
"Geez Nick," she says wiping her eyes, she kisses him. "I've been waiting I hear that. I would love to stay here with you... And I love you too," she says and the biggest smile spreads across Nick's face. Catherine kisses him again, things start to pick up as Catherine eases him onto the couch.
"Easy Cath, I just got stabbed in the back,"
"I'm sorry," she says giving him a kissing him laying him down straddling his hips gently. "We are really going to do this…" she says nervous he smiles. "What about the lab?"
"I'm out for two weeks we can take that time to figure it out…" he says as she kisses him.
"I'm glad we are doing this…"
"I love you Cath,"
"I love you too, Nicky."
The end? Maybe?