Chapter 30
Kate looked up at the early morning sky as she walked up to the house. She smiled as a plane flew overhead. Nick wrapped his arm tighter around her shoulders. "You sure you wanna be home Kate? Your Dad told me to take you to mine or Robins'"
She grinned and shrugged his arm off playfully. "I'm a big girl Uncle Nick. You're staying with me and you said Piper's gonna stop by too, so." She giggled as he shook his head.
"Fine. I'll ring your dad and tell him." Nick told her as they entered the house.
Kate stopped just inside the door and looked around. "Darwin!" She called, but he didn't come.
"He's probably outside sweetie. You go get changed and I'll make us some hot chocolate." Nick suggested and watched as Kate nodded and walked towards her room.
After a while, Nick turned around with two cups and packet of biscuits. "Kate!"
"Yeah!"
"Don't let your drink get cold." He smiled when she popped her head out the door. "Come on." He motioned towards the couch.
She sighed and dropped down on the couch with a blanket wrapped around her. "Thank you." She smiled and leaned against him. "When's Piper getting here?" She asked as he turned the TV on.
Nick checked his watch. "Shouldn't be long, why?" He turned his head and looked at her.
"No reason. I haven't seen her since we went to see Auntie Catherine." She drank her chocolate and watched the movie that was on.
While they watched the action movie, the phone rang. Nick reached over and picked it up. "Hello?"
"Hi, Can I speak to Sara please?"
Nick took a bite from his biscuit. "She's not here. Can I." He pulled the phone away from his ear and stared at it. "That's odd."
"Huh?" Kate murmured as she ate another biscuit, clearly consumed by the movie.
Nick looked at the girl and smiled slightly. "Nothing." She leaned her head on his shoulder as he replaced the phone. If it's important, they'll ring her cell or at work, possibly at home later.
A knock on the door revealed Piper in jeans and jumper. She let herself in and walked over to the two on the couch. "You should be in bed missy and you." She pointed at her fiancé. "You should have rung Grissom. He's frantic."
Kate and Nick shared guilty looks before shrinking. Kate elbowed him in the ribs and hissed. "You said you were ringing him."
"I forgot." He hissed back, afraid for his life at the look on Piper's face. "Is he mad?" He asked hesitantly.
Piper sighed and shook her head. She sat between them and snuggled closely to Nick. "He's upset to say the least, but I knew you were coming here and told him. He was ok with that, but you know you have to tell him Nick."
"I know. I'll talk to him later. Kate, honey, you better go to bed." He leaned over Piper and kissed Kate's cheek. "Go on."
"Ok." She groaned and plodded off to her room.
Nick wrapped his arm around Piper's shoulder and held her close. "How mad is he?" He asked once Kate's door was closed.
"Big time, mad." She sighed. "That stuff Kate got at the lab." Piper turned her head to look up at him. "Sara rang me when Grissom couldn't find you. She had to practically hold Grissom back. The chocolate box had prints on them and came back as you know whose and the card wasn't any different. You can just imagine how angry he was when you did a runner."
"He told me to take her to ours, but she wanted to come home." Nick protested.
"You tell him that and I'll be standing at the alter by myself on our wedding day." She advised him.
Kate looked up at the early morning sky as she walked up to the house. She smiled as a plane flew overhead. Nick wrapped his arm tighter around her shoulders. "You sure you wanna be home Kate? Your Dad told me to take you to mine or Robins'"
She grinned and shrugged his arm off playfully. "I'm a big girl Uncle Nick. You're staying with me and you said Piper's gonna stop by too, so." She giggled as he shook his head.
"Fine. I'll ring your dad and tell him." Nick told her as they entered the house.
Kate stopped just inside the door and looked around. "Darwin!" She called, but he didn't come.
"He's probably outside sweetie. You go get changed and I'll make us some hot chocolate." Nick suggested and watched as Kate nodded and walked towards her room.
After a while, Nick turned around with two cups and packet of biscuits. "Kate!"
"Yeah!"
"Don't let your drink get cold." He smiled when she popped her head out the door. "Come on." He motioned towards the couch.
She sighed and dropped down on the couch with a blanket wrapped around her. "Thank you." She smiled and leaned against him. "When's Piper getting here?" She asked as he turned the TV on.
Nick checked his watch. "Shouldn't be long, why?" He turned his head and looked at her.
"No reason. I haven't seen her since we went to see Auntie Catherine." She drank her chocolate and watched the movie that was on.
While they watched the action movie, the phone rang. Nick reached over and picked it up. "Hello?"
"Hi, Can I speak to Sara please?"
Nick took a bite from his biscuit. "She's not here. Can I." He pulled the phone away from his ear and stared at it. "That's odd."
"Huh?" Kate murmured as she ate another biscuit, clearly consumed by the movie.
Nick looked at the girl and smiled slightly. "Nothing." She leaned her head on his shoulder as he replaced the phone. If it's important, they'll ring her cell or at work, possibly at home later.
A knock on the door revealed Piper in jeans and jumper. She let herself in and walked over to the two on the couch. "You should be in bed missy and you." She pointed at her fiancé. "You should have rung Grissom. He's frantic."
Kate and Nick shared guilty looks before shrinking. Kate elbowed him in the ribs and hissed. "You said you were ringing him."
"I forgot." He hissed back, afraid for his life at the look on Piper's face. "Is he mad?" He asked hesitantly.
Piper sighed and shook her head. She sat between them and snuggled closely to Nick. "He's upset to say the least, but I knew you were coming here and told him. He was ok with that, but you know you have to tell him Nick."
"I know. I'll talk to him later. Kate, honey, you better go to bed." He leaned over Piper and kissed Kate's cheek. "Go on."
"Ok." She groaned and plodded off to her room.
Nick wrapped his arm around Piper's shoulder and held her close. "How mad is he?" He asked once Kate's door was closed.
"Big time, mad." She sighed. "That stuff Kate got at the lab." Piper turned her head to look up at him. "Sara rang me when Grissom couldn't find you. She had to practically hold Grissom back. The chocolate box had prints on them and came back as you know whose and the card wasn't any different. You can just imagine how angry he was when you did a runner."
"He told me to take her to ours, but she wanted to come home." Nick protested.
"You tell him that and I'll be standing at the alter by myself on our wedding day." She advised him.