Disclaimer: I own nothing except Tyler
Nick and Catherine had been dating about a month already. They loved each other. Lindsay seemed ok with Catherine dating Nick. Tyler was ok too. He was proud of the fact that he helped Nick and Catherine get together.
Work had been difficult lately. Conrad Ecklie had split the shifts up. So now Catherine was supervisor of swing shift, Nick was with her and Warrick. Grissom ran the Graveyard shift with Greg and Sara.
Nick was on his way to the preschool to pick Tyler up. He'd started going back to school two weeks earlier. Nick had spent the morning with Catherine. They'd gone to breakfast and shopped a little bit.
Nick pulled into the school parking lot and went inside. He went to Tyler's classroom. Tyler ran up to him.
"Hi daddy! Guess what we did?" Tyler asked.
"What?" Nick asked.
"We finger painted" Tyler said showing Nick his paint covered hands.
"I guess you did" Nick said with a laugh.
"I painted two pictures. But I can't have them yet cause they have to dry" Tyler said.
Ms. Clove walked over.
"Sorry. I lost track of time or I would've had them cleaned up. Tyler go wash your hands at the sink" she said.
Tyler ran off.
"Tyler is very smart" Ms. Clove said.
"Thank you" Nick said.
"He loves science. I show them different little science experiments and he is fascinated" Ms. Clove said.
"He takes after me" Nick said with a laugh.
"Oh yes. He always talks about his daddy the scientist" Ms. Clove said.
Tyler ran back over and Nick lifted him up.
"Ready bud?" he asked.
"Yeah. Bye Ms. Clove" Tyler said.
"Bye Tyler. Bye Mr. Stokes" Ms. Clove said.
Nick walked out and headed out to the parking lot. He went to his car and buckled Tyler into his booster seat. Then he got in and stared driving. When they got home they headed inside.
"What do you want for lunch Ty?" Nick asked.
"Ravioli's" Tyler said.
Nick went to the kitchen and made Tyler's lunch.
"It's ready Tyler" he called out.
Tyler ran in and climbed into his chair.
"Do you have to work today daddy?" he asked.
"Yeah" Nick said.
"Can I go?" Tyler asked.
"No. You have school tomorrow" Nick said.
"Please daddy" he begged.
"No. You can come to work with me over the weekend buddy" Nick said.
"Ok" Tyler said.
"Are you gonna eat daddy?" Tyler asked.
"I had a big breakfast with Aunt Catherine buddy" Nick said.
"Can we play outside?" Tyler asked.
"It's supposed to storm today Ty. We'll play inside until it's time to go" Nick said.
"Ok" Tyler said.
When he finished eating he and Tyler picked a board game to play.
Note: In the next chapter I will do Grave Danger.