A/N: Sorry it's taken me so long to update, but started a new story, and finals are coming up, so I got slammed with hw! Well enjoy! Ly

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Chapter 10—The Office Again

          Catherine walked through the LVPD Crime Lab doors.  She was sober, freshly showered, clean clothes, and fresh makeup, and had her hair up in a ponytail.  She walked into the locker room.  "Hey Sara."  She smiled and opened her locker.

"Hey Cath, feeling better?"

"Yeah, thanks …uh have you seen Nick?"  Catherine poked her head out from behind her locker.

"Yeah he got here about twenty minutes ago.  I think he's in the break room with Warrick." 

"Thanks Sar.  I'll see you later."  Catherine closed her locker door and headed for the break room, where she saw Warrick and Nick laughing.  She opened the door and leaned against the doorframe. "Hello boys having fun?"

"Oh hey Cath how you feeling?"  Warrick asked.  Nick just smiled at her.  She shifted her eyes towards Nick and she smiled.

"Hey Nick."

"Hey Cath"

"I'll uh see you guys later, Gris and I are working a tough case."  Warrick got up and left.

"OK bye Warrick."  Nick never took his eyes off of Catherine.  "So how are you feeling?"  Catherine walked closer to him and shut the door.

"Better, a little lonely, without you." She frowned.

"Well I'm sure I can make it up to you…"  He grinned and put 1 arm around her waist and pulled her as close as possible.  He gave her a quick kiss and released her, "later!"

"You'd better cowboy, now let's get to work."

"OK let's see what we've got."  Nick opened the case file as he and Catherine headed for their own separate Tahoe's.  "Our vic's are one 20-25 year old male, and one 20-25 year old female.  They were found outside a hospital in the bushes.  The hospital landscaper was going to trim the bushes when he found the bodies and then called it in."

"So do we have any witnesses?"

"Not yet, but we need a warrant for the hospital security tapes, but the Janitor is willing to talk to us."

"Ok, I'll meet you there."  She placed a quick kiss on his cheek, and got in her truck and pulled away.  Nick did the same.

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          Catherine got to the scene a few minutes before Nick, so she waited.  "You ready?" She asked.

"Yep, let's get to it."  Nick grabbed his kit and headed for the bushes.  They went to work.  Nick and Catherine were collecting evidence for about an hour.  "Hey Cath did you find anything interesting?"

"Couple of fibers in the bushes."

"I found a footprint, but I'm not sure how helpful it's going to be, it could belong to anyone."

"Hey can we get some help getting these bodies out of the bushes?!" Catherine yelled to some police officers just standing around.  They came over and pulled the bodies out.  "Thanks guys.  Hey Nick could you get me another roll of film?  There some in the glove compartment."

"Sure Cath."  He ran to her truck opened the glove compartment, and what he saw shocked him.  "What's this?"

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A/N: DUN DUN DUN!! Cliff hangers gotta luv em.  I'll try to update again soon!

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