Chapter 24

When they got to the hospital is was 40 minutes until the doctors allowed anyone to see Tracy. When Link entered her hospital room she was half awake.

"Tracy darling." Link said as he sat in the chair right by the hospital bed.

"Link is that you?" Tracy asked sounding really out of it.

"Yeah it's me." Link picked up Tracy's right hand and holding it tight.

"Link your hand is too tight." Tracy cried in pain.

"What?" Link looked at his hand. "Oh I'm sorry Tracy."

"It's okay Link."

"Mommy!?!" Came and scared 5 year old voice.

"Jer Jer." Tracy said with tears strolling down her cheek.

Link pick Jer Jer up and set him on the hospital bed right beside Tracy.

"Mommy." Jer Jer sobbed.

Each sob tore up Tracy's heart.

'No 5 year old should ever go through this.' She said to herself.

"I missed you mommy." Jer Jer said still crying.

"I missed you too baby." Tracy said now having tears come to her eyes.

"Are we interrupting?" Seaweed asked as he and the rest of the gang entered the room.

"Yeah you're interrupting a tear fest." Link said in a little laugh.

"Link." Tracy said in anger.

"What? It's true."

"Well it's great to see you all." Tracy said still holding Jer Jer.

"We missed you to Tracy." Corny said.

"But who are you guys?" Tracy asked the CSI's.

"My name is Grissom."

"I'm Catharine."

"I'm Sara."

"My name is Greg."

"I'm Brass."

"My name is Warrick."

Tracy and Nick looked into each other's eyes. Not in a lovers way though both Link and Sara thought that it was.

"And what is your name?" Tracy asked Nick with a knot in her throat.

"Um…" Grissom said getting really irritated with Nick and how he was acting.

"Oh sorry. My name is Nick. Nick Stokes."

"It's a pleasure to meet you all. I also want to thank you for helping my family and friends find me." Tracy said not taking her eyes off Nick.

"It was our pleasure." Grissom said.

"Yeah." Nick added still not taken his eyes off Tracy.

"Well it's been a long day and I think that Tracy needs her rest." Link said trying to get Nick out of the room and to stop him and Tracy from staring at each other like they were lovers.

"Yeah again thank you all for all of your help."

"But daddy I don't want to leave mommy. What if she leaves again?"

"That won't happen. Because we will watch over her room so that nothing will happen to her." Nick said putting a huge smile on Jer Jer's face and angry looks on the other CSI's. When everyone except the CSI's left the hospital that was when everyone spoke their minds about what Nick signed them all up for.

"Nick what the hell were you thinking?" Warrick asked in anger.

"What?"

"Look Nick it seems that you have a thing for Tracy but please. What you just did was not cool." Greg added.

"Look I just thought that since we are in Law Enforcement then we could ensure that nothing happens to her." Nick explained.

"Nick are you in love with her?" Sara asked with tears starting to stroll down her cheeks.

"No. Look it's just that… well I feel sorry for her."

"Why?" Grissom asked wanting to understand what was going on with Nick.

"Well…it's just that she was buried alive just like I was and it just makes me feel a little," Nick looks over to Sara. "Connection to her and it makes me want to ensure that she doesn't go through the same thing again. I also want to let her know that the guy that did this to her is going to be in jail and…"

"You don't need to say anymore." Grissom said in an understanding voice.

"What do you mean Gris?" Brass asked.

"Well it just seems to me that Nick feels a little responsible for what had happened to Tracy and he wants to be like a knight in shinning armor for her." Grissom in sighted.

"Whoa Gris that's not…" Nick looked over to Sara and saw hurt in her eyes. "Sara I love you not her."

"I know that Nick but it just seems to me that you care more for Tracy then you do for me and I'm sorry but that won't do for me."

"Sara what are you saying?" Nick asked in fear of what she was going to say next.

"I'm sorry Nick." Sara took off her engagement ring and handed it to Nick.

"Sara I don't love her. I love you." Nick said in tears.

"I just can't keep second guessing if your thinking of me or if your thinking of her."

Just then Link came up to where the CSI's were gathered.

"Hey sorry but I need to talk to Tracy for a minute." Link started to walk towards Tracy's room.

When Link entered he saw that Tracy was wide awake.

"Are they fighting over me?" Tracy asked with tears strolling down her cheeks.

"Yes. Do you care?"

"Link what's wrong with you?"

"Just answer me one thing."

"Okay."

"Are you falling for that Nick guy?"

"What?"

"Are you falling for that Nick guy?"

"Link what are you…"

"Just answer the damn question Tracy."

"Link…"

"Are you or are you not?"

"Link stop this."

"No. Now answer the damn question bitch!"

"What did you just call me?"

"I called you a bitch. Isn't that what you like to be called? I mean its how you act."

"Link get the hell out of here."

"Not until you answer the damn question."

"GET OUT!?!" Tracy yelled in furry.

Just then all of the CSI's poked their heads into the room and saw Link in furry and Tracy in tears.

"Tracy I will not leave until you answer the God damn question."

"I already told you no." Tracy took off her engagement ring and threw it at Link. "Now get the hell out of here and take your damn ring with you."

As Link left he gave Nick an evil glare and said, "Have a great life with her bastard." With that Link was gone again.