Jessie fidgeted in the comfy bowl chair, her hands fighting with each other as she picked at the skin around her nails. The woman Across from her was late forties, dark chestnut hair clipped back from her face, her eyes deep and searching, she lifted her head from the file on the desk and smiled serenely at Jessie who stared blankly back.
"Detective Grissom, may I call you Jessie?" she waited for Jessie to nod before continuing. "You have a very distinguished police record, high arrest rate, most closed cases this year, glowing preliminaries, very impressive"
Jessie smiled tightly and Mary continued "but that's not why we're here, I want to talk about you, the real Jessie Grissom who is she"
Jessie sighed irritably "she's five foot five and a half, blonde, blue eyes, and had been pulled away from her job, which by the way she loves, for a very pointless meeting that she only agreed to because her uncles asked her too, can I go now?"
Mary smiled, placing her chin on her hands, "your free to leave at any time Jessie" Jessie stood up instantly and nodded her goodbyes but as she got to the door the woman stopped her
"But keeping it bottled up Jessie is not helping, inexcusable violence at the hands of a loved one leaves scars Jessie, even if you are too scared to admit that"
Jessie whirled around facing the women and Mary felt slightly taken back by the fierce cold anger in her eyes.
"I know they leave scars damn it! But its only people like you that seem to think it is a problem, dragging them up all the time! I'm fine, no I'm more than fine, Im great and you know what, I don't need this! So screw you very much, I'm done here" She stormed out slamming the door loudly.
She calmed down as she made it back to her office and she noticed something was off, everyone was grinning at her like demented cats, and the csi's were lining the glass Walls like picture frames. "What the..?" she caught sight of small stacks of red casino chips littering the corridor; she followed them, scooping them up as she did so, wondering why no one was helping her.
Her office door drew up in front of her but something was wrong, the blinds were closed which she and Jin never did. She pushed the door open and slipped in and gasped.
The room was dark except for strings of White fairy lights around her desk, chair, metal lockers and Jim's desk, with or without you by u2 floated gently from an iPod on a speaker and stood holding a long stemmed lily was nick, dressed in his tuxedo, complete with bow tie.
"Nick? What's going on?" she asked looking around, he stepped closer tucking the lily into her hair.
He took her hands and knelt on one knee and her breath caught. "Jessica may Grissom, I love you with everything I have, your smile, your laugh your eyes, and your ass" she laughed "would you do me the honor of becoming Mrs. Jessie stokes?" he pulled a silk lined black box from his pocket and flipped the lid holding it out to her, a delicate gold band with a large diamond, without being too flashy, flanked by two creamy pearls sat proudly.
"Oh nick, it's beautiful" she whispered and he took it out of the box, she met his dark brown eyes, slightly moistened as he looked at her. "Of course I will!" he grinned from ear to ear and slipped it onto her finger, grabbing her into a kiss, happiness floating like a balloon.
Suddenly a large cheer went up and they broke apart, there squished up to the windows was Catharine, Greg, warrick, Jim, Sarah, doc Robbins and Grissom, and a whole load of detectives. They grinned at the couple, clapping and wolf whistling.
Nick spun Jessie in his arms and took her hand as they walked out, warrick slapped his shoulder "well done nick!" he congratulated him
Catharine grabbed Jessie into a hug and laughed as the younger women stared transfixed at the ring. They were congratulated and Jessie turned to Grissom, "looks like you will be walking me down the aisle g" Grissom's eyes were unusually sparkling with emotion as he embraced Jessie; he clasped nicks hand quickly and smiled at the two, unable to talk. Jim grinned "drinks on you I think Jessie!"
She laughed and kissed nicks lips, her arms snaking around his waist, sneaking pick pocketing his wallet. "Nope, its nicks turn tonight!" nick laughed and laced their fingers together following the crowd of people out.
Later that night after everyone had made a toast to the newly engaged, Jessie turned to nick and kissed his lips softly "you're making me a very happy woman nick"
"Anytime Jess, anytime" he whispered as Greg grabbed her hand pulling her onto the dance floor of the club, yelling something about her final dance with a sexy man as a free woman. Nick shook his head and laughed as she danced with the young kooky detective and turned to warrick.
"Hey man, can I ask you something?"
Warrick put his bottle down and looked at nick, he nodded.
"Will you be my best man?" warrick grinned and hit nick playfully in the arm
"Of course man! I'd love to!"
Nick grinned and gave his order for another beer to Jim and a cranberry juice for Jessie and settled back, watching his bride to be dance under the swirling lights, always grinding over at him and his heart swelled.