Disclaimer: I don't own anything that relates to CSI. I also don't own the storyline of "Just a Walk in the Park". I'm just doing a major fine tuning .
AN: Prepare yourself for the longest Author's Note in history. This idea has been in the back of my mind ever since I first saw "Just a Walk in the Park". Throughout the movie, I've imagined that Rachel Morgan was played by Jorja Fox, and it sent my imagination on overdrive. So I'm going to write a CSI version of a fluffy movie. You'd see a lot of elements of the movie in this fic. This fic would be the fluffiest fiction you'd ever read, and only traces of CSI is present.
Well, I'm gonna shut up now and let you read. Enjoy!
Nick sighed as he dropped his keys onto the kitchen counter. 'Another day in the crime fighting business,' he thought. The case wasn't particularly hard, but Nick felt restless.
He approached one of his kitchen cabinets and took out his blender. After setting it down, he took out a banana, strawberries, and something green from the refrigerator. He put it all together, along with ice, to cool himself down and to have something healthy to drink. The outcome became a pureed pink liquid. Nick drank it straight from the pitcher of the blender.
He shrugged off his blue button down shirt and sat on the couch with his gray undershirt on and his dark jeans. He reclined, closing his eyes to just rest for a while. It wasn't until half an hour later when he felt something nudging his leg did he open his eyes.
"Oh, hey, Mav," Nick patted his yellow Labrador Retriever, Maverick, on its head. Maverick jumped on the couch and laid his head on Nick's lap and Nick smoothed out Maverick's fur. Maverick relaxed, and after only a few minutes, he fell asleep on his owner's leg.
Nick turned the television on to see what was on. He wasn't really interested in watching, but it had become a ritual for him to do so.
'You bastard! How could you….' Ten bucks says they'd sleep together by the end of the episode…
'Make sure you put the heat on low before…' Well, when you're born in Texas, you don't really need to watch this…
'Take a deep breath and flex…' No thanks..
Well, that channel surfing went well…
He turned the TV off, and just stared at his bookcase full of books, DVDs and CDs. He continued to smooth out Maverick's fur.
He had been thinking and evaluating his life after the ordeal he had gone through this past year. He had been thinking about how short life really is, and he had wasted that on women, games, and nasty habits.
After his kidnapping, his mother had asked him about what he thinks he's set out for. He had previously thought that he wanted to reach the very top of the ladder when it came to his career. He shook his head and smirked. He then answered, 'I want a family of my own.' He had always thought that being single was great, but not as fulfilling as a family.
He has always been a family man, coming from Texas and the youngest of seven kids. He just thought that he's been drawn to the warmth and the love of a group of people. He's been thinking of having a family of his own for a long time now, but he could just never seem to commit or simply settle down. Every time he spends the night alone in his town house, he had always pondered what it was like to have someone next to his bed, and for a little one to occupy the hardly-ever used bedroom across his.
The thought of tiny little pitter-patter of feet always made Nick's heart skip a beat, almost giddy. It had almost been a little tradition for him to think about what his child might look like. He actually already has a name picked out if a bundle of joy was to ever come.
All the women in Nick's love life weren't really 'mother worthy', by his standards, anyway. About a couple were, but they failed Nick's 'test'. Nick's test for women had always been intricate. His criteria was just so hard to land.
He was always a perfectionist when it came to this. He was the type of guy that never ever wants to go through divorce or separation. He was going to treat his future wife a goddess. The center of his world. His very own life source.
His fear of rejection has always been great. That was why he was always the one who breaks up with the girl first. Then he'd move on with another girl to perform the test on. And before you know it, people had considered it as his specialty: Heartbreaker. Yet it didn't stop the line of women that awaits to be bedded by him. They've all wanted him because of his face, or his physique, or the experience he has under his belt…pardon the pun.
No one had really gone for his personality, for his character, for his…heart. That was the test that he performed—to see what women want in him. So far, only one passed that test. He had moved in with her, it only lasted for two weeks, and that was his longest. She chose a career in France rather than to stay with him. That was crucial.
Nick had known that that relationship was bound to end sometime. All relationships have their ups and downs. Nick wasn't looking for someone who is perfect, but someone who would complete him.
Someone had been on his mind about that. She was certainly not perfect but she will, without a doubt, complete him.
He knows he isn't the perfect man in the world. He's had a lot of flaws when it came to relationships. He had always had a plan on how he would work a relationship, but something, or someone, would prevent him into doing what he has planned to do to make it work. It didn't take long for him to realize that relationships are unpredictable.
He gently and quietly eased out of Maverick after he glanced at his watch to discover that he had been spacing out for quite a while now. Maverick didn't move a muscle, and Nick walked to his bedroom.
He closed his door halfway, and took off his shirt and his jeans. He stripped down to his boxers and climbed in his warm, soft bed. He pulled the comforter up to his shoulder, and turned on his side. It took a while for him to get comfortable. After releasing a long, exasperated sigh, sleep finally overtook him.
AN: And yes, some of the elements I've written about Nick's character came from George, too. I couldn't help it…PLEASE review so I know whether to continue or not. Oh, yeah, be patient on waiting on updates.
