"I hear you, Fin." Amanda finally responded.

She hadn't called Nick since she left after Patton had agreed to the plea; not evening a text saying she's fine. He had to ask Fin if she was ok and his response was to call her himself. He must've been mocking him because he knew they were on a "break" soon turning into a break up. Honestly, Nick wouldn't have minded if Amanda had called it quits on whatever they were. He soon later found out from Olivia that she took some time off.

She did leave a voicemail asking him to walk Frannie everyday for her; he didn't mine because now he had an excuse to take another 2 breaks. Every day at one and eight he'd leave for about an hour letting Frannie walk, chase after balls or just to use the bathroom and roam Brooklyn a little more. He kept Frannie at his place, so he wouldn't be driving as much to walk Frannie. Nick even took her on his morning jogs sometimes.

Four days passed since he got Amanda's voicemail, but she called on the second day asking how Frannie was doing and what he did with her. She scolded at Nick for giving Frannie so much air and taking her out a lot. Then after Nick explained most times she just used the bathroom Amanda stooped scolding him. He asked how she was doing and he got a couple of answers before the conversation got awkward. Once it did he made an excuse and hung up.

He didn't bother asking where she was. It didn't seem ideal to do over the phone; asking her in person would be better. That way if she was lying he could tell and probably call her out on it. He didn't even know when she was coming back from wherever she was. The other day he had to ask Fin to get Frannie's dog food at her place; he didn't feel comfortable looking about for the food in her apartment.

Olivia hadn't known Amanda and Nick were no longer seeing each other. He had been watching her dog since she left, but definitely sensed something happened. When she told the squad Amanda was taking a vacation for a little bit, he seemed surprised. His face resembled Amanda's when she got off the phone with Nick telling her he got arrested. She should've known from there they were seeing each other.

Olivia sent everyone home around nine. She got a call from Sgt. Hank informing her about a possible case and to be ready just in case they were coming. They talked for awhile and she learned that Hank had gotten shot in the arm. She mentioned this whiskey she drank when something terrible happened and he told her to send him a bottle of this whiskey.

When she went home she looked for a bottle of wine to drink. The moment she poured a bottle it reminded her of the evening Nick was arrested. It was funny and hectic because he had agreed days earlier not to touch Simon Wilkes. Just thinking about that whole day made laugh just a little bit. Who knew that small scene would lead to a relationship between the two.

A few days later Amanda called Liv informing her she'll be back in a week. This was Olivia's greatest news all week. Dealing with testosterone all week was tiring. She did enjoy the boys, but she needed another female helping maintain them. It wasn't the same with Amanda gone, but it showed how much the squad needed her.

Olivia was hoping for a peaceful week, but she spoke too soon. Nick's father was in town and getting married to a girl who was much younger than Carisi. The moment she saw Nick and Nicholas look at each she saw pain and anger in Nicks eyes. Something obviously happened in the past that Nick hadn't revealed to her. Than Nicholas' wife to be gets beaten up and now they were dealing with the case. Trouble finds Nicholas as he had priors from previous arrests. One for assault and the other for harassment including resisting arrest. Couldn't he just obey the law?

Olivia hated cases that were close to someone in the unit; it meant they could watch the results of the investigation. Sometimes the whole unit couldn't touch the case, but most of the time they could handle personal cases. They were definitely the hardest to close.

Barba told Olivia he was gonna have to call Nick on the stand. At first she begged for him to not call Nick on the stand. Barba agreed if she could find evidence, so he wouldn't be called. Olivia couldn't find any evidence and when she did it lead back Nick. When Barba was told by Olivia she had no strong evidence, he served Nick.

Nick saw this coming and acted as if nothing had happened. Olivia asked him if he was ok with going on the stand and he just told her it was bound to happen. His response couldn't scare her more; the anger management classes were working as Olivia saw the results of it.

Barba questioned him about his childhood. He asked him the reason as to why his father left, Barba was sure they would have his father found guilty. When the jury said he was found Not Guilty to all charges, you could see actually steam coming out of Barba's ears. Nick just remand calm.

Nick was the last one at the precinct when his father came in. He rambled on saying to never hit someone you love, implying that Nick had hit the ones he love. Then what took Nick by surprise was that his kissed him on the cheek; as if it was a message to inform him that he was always here. When his father left Nick sat down at his desk and burst out crying. It was soft and quite.

After he composed himself he left a drove until he reached a familiar place. Nick didn't know what to say and then he felt like crying again. First he knocked softly then his knocks became a little bit louder until he heard footsteps and that's when he stopped knocking. His face was down looking at his shoes. The door unlocked and he looked up. Now he knew where he was; he was now staring at her. The blue eyed blonde detective he called 'Manda alone, but Amanda at work.

When he finally spoke he managed to say, "Hello."

tbc…

A/N: This chapter was to show the first step of them getting back together. I skipped the whole episode of Forging Rollins because that episode maybe me so sad. It just starts from the end when he took the plea and it goes to Padre Sandunguero. This took a while to write because I kept deleting and adding stuff. Anyways I hope you enjoyed the 10th chapter of 24 Hours! Review if you like!