Life Moves On
Disclaimer: I own nothing(except Tyler). Everything else belongs to it's original owners.
One week later:
Nick was starting to pack things up. The new house was now ready for him to move into. He already had a few things packed. Tomorrow Greg, Warrick, and Grissom were going to help move stuff into the new house. Tyler was going to go to Catherine's house.
Nick was packing everything in his room. He was putting clothes in boxes. Tyler was sitting on his bed playing with toys and watching Nick intently.
"You wanna help dada buddy?" Nick asked.
"No" Tyler said.
Nick laughed.
"It's gonna be fun getting you to do chores when you're older" he said.
He put a pile of clothes in the box. The box was full so he closed it and taped it shut. He wrote 'Nick's room' on the box and pushed it off to the side.
He started another box. After awhile he had boxes filled with clothes. Then he started packing other things. After he finished his room he went to Tyler's room with a bunch of boxes. He sat Tyler in a corner and gave him his toys.
"You stay here while dada packs your stuff" he said.
He started packing Tyler's clothes. Once that was set he started taking things apart. He knew that he could have Tyler's room emptied by the end of the day. Tyler watched him intently, not really understanding what was going on.
When Nick got to the crib he took Tyler's teddy bear out of it. Tyler ran over to him and reached up for the bear.
"It's ok buddy. Your bear isn't going anywhere" Nick said as he gave him the bear.
Tyler held the bear tightly in his arms and went back to his spot.
Nick smiled. When he was little he had a blanket that he took everywhere and wouldn't sleep without. That was currently packed away in box. When Nick moved to Vegas, Jillian had given to him and told him to keep it.
He took the crib apart and set the pieces off to the side.
"Ok buddy. That's it for your room. Dada's gonna call uncle Gil and then we'll go eat" Nick said. He went over to Tyler and lifted him up.
He went downstairs to the living room and set Tyler on the couch. He grabbed his cell phone and called Grissom. Grissom answered after two rings.
"Grissom, it's Nick. I can't make it in. I gotta finish packing everything" Nick said.
"I figured you wouldn't come in Nick. I'll see you tomorrow" Grissom said.
Nick hung up and lifted Tyler off the couch. He headed out to the Tahoe. He got Tyler settled in and then he got in and headed out. He went to a diner to eat.
A waitress gave him a gave him a highchair for Tyler. She took his order and left the table.
Nick gave Tyler a few toy cars from the diaper bag. Tyler started playing with them. He made a game of knocking them off the table and having Nick pick them up.
The waitress brought their food and drinks. Nick cut up Tyler's hotdog and put the plate in front of him. Tyler started eating his dinner. Nick did as well.
After awhile the waitress walked over and gave Nick his check.
"Thank you" Nick said.
The waitress smiled at him and walked away. Nick pulled his wallet out and counted his money. He put it with the check.
He waited for the waitress to come back and take the money.
"Keep the change" Nick said as he stood up.
"Thank you. Have a nice day" the waitress said.
"You too" Nick said.
He lifted Tyler up and left the diner. He took Tyler to the park to play.
Tyler played in the sandbox with other kids while Nick sat on a bench just a few feet away.
He quickly scanned the park for anything suspicious. He always did this. This was usually a safe park, but Nick just wanted to be sure. He looked back at Tyler. He seemed to be getting along with the other kids.
Tyler smiled and waved at Nick.
"Hi dada" he called out.
Nick waved back at him. Tyler got up and ran over to him. Nick lifted him up and set him on his lap.
"You all done playing buddy?" Nick asked.
Tyler nodded.
"Ok. Let's go home" Nick said.
He stood up and went over to the Tahoe. He put Tyler in his car seat, got into the driver's seat, and headed home.
Note: there's the tenth chapter. In the next chapter they'll start moving into the new house.