Disclaimer: Unfortunately, none of these characters belong to me, except for Elle and Harrison Stokes.
This will focus mainly on Nick with the kids, because I really don't want to write a whole case for Warrick and Sara.
(A/N: "Animal Jam" is a show that is shown on TLC in the early morning. Kids love it!)
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"Daddy, why does Mommy have to leave?" Harrison asked, after finishing his pizza. Nick insisted on Carly and Greg staying for the pizza, and they were all sitting around the dining room table. The couple could tell that Nick was antsy about being with his children for the next few days without Sara.
"Because Uncle Grissom needs her, and sometimes other people need Mommy besides us." Nick said, standing up to start cleaning up. Carly then stood. "No, you sit" Nick said, grabbing her plate. "I have coffee and cake, so don't think you're leaving just yet."
As Nick walked into the kitchen, Carly admired the doll Elle had clutched to her chest throughout dinner. Nick had asked her to put the doll back in her room while she ate, but she refused, and he was in no mood to argue with her.
"Elle, that's a beautiful doll." Carly said, combing through the doll's hair with her fingers.
"Thank you, I got it for me for my birthday from my mommy and daddy." Elle said, keeping her focus on the doll.
"Well, you're a very lucky girl for getting such a beautiful doll." Carly said, noticing that the little girl didn't want to talk. She decided not to push her.
Meanwhile, Harrison was telling Greg about the video he had gotten earlier in the day. Nick then reappeared from the kitchen with a tray of cookies and a cake Sara had made during the day to keep herself busy while the twins were at preschool. He walked back into the kitchen, and reemerged with coffee for the adults, and milk for his children.
They made small talk during dessert, and before they knew it, it was 9:30PM.
"Hey Nick, we're going to go home."
"OK man, sorry that tonight was a little crazy." Nick said, beginning to clean up from dessert.
"No problemo, Nick. And hey, if you need any help with those two," Greg said, pointing to the couches, each with a sleeping Stokes twin "don't hesitate to call."
"Thanks Greg. Bye." Nick said, leading Greg and Carly to the door. "See you guys later."
Nick closed the door, and walked back into his home. He sat on the chair that faced the two couches. He looked at his sleeping twins, and smiled. 'This should be a piece of cake,' he thought.
He finished cleaning the dining room table, and changed his kids out of their day clothes into their pajamas.
"Daddy?" Elle said, as Nick tucked her in.
"Yeah, Elle?" He said, pulling the covers up to her chin.
"I miss mommy" She said, pulling her doll close to her.
"I know sweetie, but she'll be back before you know it." He said, kissing her on the forehead. As he left her room, he couldn't help but think how easy this was going to be. He couldn't figure out why Sara was so nervous. Nick got changed and hopped into bed. He was missing Sara too, he was so used to her being right next to him when he went to sleep. 'She'll be home soon,' he kept repeating in his head.
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"Good morning, daddy!" Harrison said, as he jumped onto his father's bed.
"Oh man, Harrison, what time is it?" Nick said, watching as his son hopped all over his bed.
"Its time for Animal Jam. Come on, lets go and watch it."
"You go and get all comfy on the couch, and I'll be right there." As Harrison was about to leave, Nick said "Hey Har, is Elle awake yet?"
"Yeah, but she won't come out of her room. I think she misses mommy a lot." Harrison said, running towards the living room.
Nick headed towards his daughter's room.
"Hi sweetie, don't you want to come and watch Animal Jam with me and Harrison?" Elle just nodded 'no.'
"Are you sure?" Nick said, she just nodded.
"OK, well if you want to, we'll be in the living room watching Animal Jam." With that, Nick left her in her room, brushing her doll's hair.
"Dad, come on. You're missing it!" Harrison said, sitting on the couch with the remote control in his hand.
"OK, buddy." Nick sat down next to Harrison.
An hour later, after two consecutive episodes of Animal Jam, Nick was completely shocked at how kids could be so mesmerized with something that was so entirely ridiculous.
"Hey Har, go get Elle and tell her I'm making breakfast."
Harrison just simply screamed "ELLE!"
"Hey, hey. I could've done that." Nick said, still recovering from Animal Jam.
Elle came out of her bedroom, still holding on to her doll. Nick remembered her and Sara changing her outfit. He figured the doll reminded Elle of Sara.
"Hey Elle, want some breakfast?" Nick said, trying to make his daughter not feel so bad.
"Yeah, what are we having?" Elle said. Nick was happy that she finally decided that talking was a better approach at communication than nodding.
"Anything you want." When Harrison heard that, he remembered their favorite breakfast food.
"Hey Dad, can we have chocolate chocolate chip pancakes?" At the sound of chocolate chocolate chip pancakes, Elle perked up.
"Sure, we can have pancakes. Can you go turn on something other than Animal Jam?" Harrison went, and turned on Nickelodeon. 'The Rugrats' Nick thought 'I should've figured he wouldn't have turned on the news.'
As Harrison and Elle sat in the living room, the phone rang.
"Hello? Hey, Sara." At the mention of their mother's name, the twins ran into the kitchen.
"Mommy!! Daddy, can we talk to mommy?" Elle asked, leaving behind the doll that had become like a third arm.
"Sure. Sara, Elle wants to talk to you. OK, hold on."
"Hi Mommy, no I'm fine. I miss you, too. No, OK. I love you too, Mommy. Here's Harrison." Elle said, handing the phone to Harrison.
"Hey Mommy. I'm really great, Daddy watched Animal Jam with me. Yeah, it was so cool. Yeah, with the monkeys. OK, I love you. Bye Mommy." Harrison said, handing the phone back to his father and running back into the living room with Elle to watch TV.
"Hey Sar, how's the case going? No, its been fine. Well Sara, its only been 12 hours. If anything goes wrong, Greg offered to help. Sara, I'm just kidding. I wouldn't leave them with Greg. Well, not for long periods of time. Kidding, again, kidding. OK, yeah, go back to work. I love you. OK, bye." Nick said, placing a pancake in two plates for Elle and Harrison. He made a bagel for himself. "OK, you guys, come on. Time for breakfast."
"Daddy, what are we doing today?" Harrison said, his mouth full of chocolate chocolate chip pancakes.
"Well, I don't have any work so we can do whatever you want."
"Can we go to the park? Please, Daddy, I love the park." Elle pleaded, finishing her pancake. Nick just nodded, his mouth too busy with his bagel to talk.
'Today is going to be a very long day.' Nick thought.
This will focus mainly on Nick with the kids, because I really don't want to write a whole case for Warrick and Sara.
(A/N: "Animal Jam" is a show that is shown on TLC in the early morning. Kids love it!)
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"Daddy, why does Mommy have to leave?" Harrison asked, after finishing his pizza. Nick insisted on Carly and Greg staying for the pizza, and they were all sitting around the dining room table. The couple could tell that Nick was antsy about being with his children for the next few days without Sara.
"Because Uncle Grissom needs her, and sometimes other people need Mommy besides us." Nick said, standing up to start cleaning up. Carly then stood. "No, you sit" Nick said, grabbing her plate. "I have coffee and cake, so don't think you're leaving just yet."
As Nick walked into the kitchen, Carly admired the doll Elle had clutched to her chest throughout dinner. Nick had asked her to put the doll back in her room while she ate, but she refused, and he was in no mood to argue with her.
"Elle, that's a beautiful doll." Carly said, combing through the doll's hair with her fingers.
"Thank you, I got it for me for my birthday from my mommy and daddy." Elle said, keeping her focus on the doll.
"Well, you're a very lucky girl for getting such a beautiful doll." Carly said, noticing that the little girl didn't want to talk. She decided not to push her.
Meanwhile, Harrison was telling Greg about the video he had gotten earlier in the day. Nick then reappeared from the kitchen with a tray of cookies and a cake Sara had made during the day to keep herself busy while the twins were at preschool. He walked back into the kitchen, and reemerged with coffee for the adults, and milk for his children.
They made small talk during dessert, and before they knew it, it was 9:30PM.
"Hey Nick, we're going to go home."
"OK man, sorry that tonight was a little crazy." Nick said, beginning to clean up from dessert.
"No problemo, Nick. And hey, if you need any help with those two," Greg said, pointing to the couches, each with a sleeping Stokes twin "don't hesitate to call."
"Thanks Greg. Bye." Nick said, leading Greg and Carly to the door. "See you guys later."
Nick closed the door, and walked back into his home. He sat on the chair that faced the two couches. He looked at his sleeping twins, and smiled. 'This should be a piece of cake,' he thought.
He finished cleaning the dining room table, and changed his kids out of their day clothes into their pajamas.
"Daddy?" Elle said, as Nick tucked her in.
"Yeah, Elle?" He said, pulling the covers up to her chin.
"I miss mommy" She said, pulling her doll close to her.
"I know sweetie, but she'll be back before you know it." He said, kissing her on the forehead. As he left her room, he couldn't help but think how easy this was going to be. He couldn't figure out why Sara was so nervous. Nick got changed and hopped into bed. He was missing Sara too, he was so used to her being right next to him when he went to sleep. 'She'll be home soon,' he kept repeating in his head.
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"Good morning, daddy!" Harrison said, as he jumped onto his father's bed.
"Oh man, Harrison, what time is it?" Nick said, watching as his son hopped all over his bed.
"Its time for Animal Jam. Come on, lets go and watch it."
"You go and get all comfy on the couch, and I'll be right there." As Harrison was about to leave, Nick said "Hey Har, is Elle awake yet?"
"Yeah, but she won't come out of her room. I think she misses mommy a lot." Harrison said, running towards the living room.
Nick headed towards his daughter's room.
"Hi sweetie, don't you want to come and watch Animal Jam with me and Harrison?" Elle just nodded 'no.'
"Are you sure?" Nick said, she just nodded.
"OK, well if you want to, we'll be in the living room watching Animal Jam." With that, Nick left her in her room, brushing her doll's hair.
"Dad, come on. You're missing it!" Harrison said, sitting on the couch with the remote control in his hand.
"OK, buddy." Nick sat down next to Harrison.
An hour later, after two consecutive episodes of Animal Jam, Nick was completely shocked at how kids could be so mesmerized with something that was so entirely ridiculous.
"Hey Har, go get Elle and tell her I'm making breakfast."
Harrison just simply screamed "ELLE!"
"Hey, hey. I could've done that." Nick said, still recovering from Animal Jam.
Elle came out of her bedroom, still holding on to her doll. Nick remembered her and Sara changing her outfit. He figured the doll reminded Elle of Sara.
"Hey Elle, want some breakfast?" Nick said, trying to make his daughter not feel so bad.
"Yeah, what are we having?" Elle said. Nick was happy that she finally decided that talking was a better approach at communication than nodding.
"Anything you want." When Harrison heard that, he remembered their favorite breakfast food.
"Hey Dad, can we have chocolate chocolate chip pancakes?" At the sound of chocolate chocolate chip pancakes, Elle perked up.
"Sure, we can have pancakes. Can you go turn on something other than Animal Jam?" Harrison went, and turned on Nickelodeon. 'The Rugrats' Nick thought 'I should've figured he wouldn't have turned on the news.'
As Harrison and Elle sat in the living room, the phone rang.
"Hello? Hey, Sara." At the mention of their mother's name, the twins ran into the kitchen.
"Mommy!! Daddy, can we talk to mommy?" Elle asked, leaving behind the doll that had become like a third arm.
"Sure. Sara, Elle wants to talk to you. OK, hold on."
"Hi Mommy, no I'm fine. I miss you, too. No, OK. I love you too, Mommy. Here's Harrison." Elle said, handing the phone to Harrison.
"Hey Mommy. I'm really great, Daddy watched Animal Jam with me. Yeah, it was so cool. Yeah, with the monkeys. OK, I love you. Bye Mommy." Harrison said, handing the phone back to his father and running back into the living room with Elle to watch TV.
"Hey Sar, how's the case going? No, its been fine. Well Sara, its only been 12 hours. If anything goes wrong, Greg offered to help. Sara, I'm just kidding. I wouldn't leave them with Greg. Well, not for long periods of time. Kidding, again, kidding. OK, yeah, go back to work. I love you. OK, bye." Nick said, placing a pancake in two plates for Elle and Harrison. He made a bagel for himself. "OK, you guys, come on. Time for breakfast."
"Daddy, what are we doing today?" Harrison said, his mouth full of chocolate chocolate chip pancakes.
"Well, I don't have any work so we can do whatever you want."
"Can we go to the park? Please, Daddy, I love the park." Elle pleaded, finishing her pancake. Nick just nodded, his mouth too busy with his bagel to talk.
'Today is going to be a very long day.' Nick thought.