Chapter Nine: Back in the Swing of Things
Lydia got off the plane and entered a crowded Las Vegas airport. She let the crowd pass before she began her search.
"Lydia!"
She turned to see a smiling Nick. She melted into a big puddle.
He walked over to her. "Hi, Beautiful."
They kissed.
Nick and Lydia picked up her luggage and exited the airport to head home. Nick and Lydia had decided they were going to live together until they worked things out.
They pulled into Nick's driveway and unpacked the car.
She remembered his house well; the organization, the color, and especially the smell. She missed Nick and his cologne and at college she wasn't able to find it at any store. She was happy - and her nose was too.
"Are you hungry?" Nick asked as he searched his fridge.
"No, I ate earlier," she explained. "But, umm, I don't recall I ate desert."
"Oh. Well, I don't have much of a sweet tooth."
She smiled. "You don't have a sweet tooth?"
"Nope," he said proudly.
"Oh, well I do. And mine is telling me to have some Nick Stokes pie."
Nick smiled. He grabbed her waist and they moved into his bedroom. They lay there under his covers talking about one another.
"Nick, what do you want honestly?"
Nick stopped stroking Lydia's hair and she turned around and looked at him.
"Well, I think that I am ready to be a dad and -" Nick's paper went off.
Lydia slouched.
Nick crawled out of bed and searched in the pile of clothes on the floor.
"It's Grissom. I'd better go."
Lydia was disappointed. As Nick put his clothes on, Lydia spoke up. "Is this how it is always going to be? It is hard on me, but imagine the baby."
"Lydia, I'm sorry. I don't want to go but I have to." He walked over to the bed and crouched down to her level. "Don't worry. I will quit my job to be a dad if I have to." He smiled and kissed her on the nose. He got up and started to walk away.
Lydia grabbed his arm. "Didn't think you'd get off that easy, did you?" She gave him a nice, long kiss.
"I better go. I love you, Lyds."
"I love you, too," she said with a smile and snuggled into bed.
Lydia got off the plane and entered a crowded Las Vegas airport. She let the crowd pass before she began her search.
"Lydia!"
She turned to see a smiling Nick. She melted into a big puddle.
He walked over to her. "Hi, Beautiful."
They kissed.
Nick and Lydia picked up her luggage and exited the airport to head home. Nick and Lydia had decided they were going to live together until they worked things out.
They pulled into Nick's driveway and unpacked the car.
She remembered his house well; the organization, the color, and especially the smell. She missed Nick and his cologne and at college she wasn't able to find it at any store. She was happy - and her nose was too.
"Are you hungry?" Nick asked as he searched his fridge.
"No, I ate earlier," she explained. "But, umm, I don't recall I ate desert."
"Oh. Well, I don't have much of a sweet tooth."
She smiled. "You don't have a sweet tooth?"
"Nope," he said proudly.
"Oh, well I do. And mine is telling me to have some Nick Stokes pie."
Nick smiled. He grabbed her waist and they moved into his bedroom. They lay there under his covers talking about one another.
"Nick, what do you want honestly?"
Nick stopped stroking Lydia's hair and she turned around and looked at him.
"Well, I think that I am ready to be a dad and -" Nick's paper went off.
Lydia slouched.
Nick crawled out of bed and searched in the pile of clothes on the floor.
"It's Grissom. I'd better go."
Lydia was disappointed. As Nick put his clothes on, Lydia spoke up. "Is this how it is always going to be? It is hard on me, but imagine the baby."
"Lydia, I'm sorry. I don't want to go but I have to." He walked over to the bed and crouched down to her level. "Don't worry. I will quit my job to be a dad if I have to." He smiled and kissed her on the nose. He got up and started to walk away.
Lydia grabbed his arm. "Didn't think you'd get off that easy, did you?" She gave him a nice, long kiss.
"I better go. I love you, Lyds."
"I love you, too," she said with a smile and snuggled into bed.