Unfortunately i don't own CSI or the characters (except maybe in my dreams).
KNOCK, KNOCK
Nick rolled out of bed and pulling on tee shirt, trudged to the door to admit his morning annoyance into his house.
"Mornin' sunshine ready for a trip to the great out doors?" Grissoms happy greeting died away as he found the younger CSI in boxers and a tee shirt. his rumpled brown hair and dazed dark eyes, told him that Nick had been in the mist of a dream when he arrived.
"Don't tell me you forgot about our weekend get away. just us guys you, me , Warrick, a weekend in the woods." Grissom filled in for the man as he stepped inside.
"Oh right sorry it must have slipped my mind while I was working working a double, so I could have the weekend off," Nick groused
"Just give me thirty minutes man, and we'll be gone I swear." He continued as he walked to his room to shower and change, thirty minutes later he tossed his gear in the back a Grissoms truck and they sped off the Warricks place.
"Hey guys took ya long enough." Warrick griped as he tossed his stuff in the back with the rest and climbed in the back seat.
"No Fair, why do you get the front?" He asked, Nick glanced at him in the mirror on the visor and grinned.
"Because He picked me up first." Nick smiled.
"Now, children lets not fight, Warrick you can have shot gun on the way home on Sunday."Grissom smiled easily steering the truck onto the freeway, and heading it to the lake and what would hopefully be a quiet vacation.
"YAY!" Warrick gave a mock cheer, and laughed with nick who flipped the mirror back into place, and watched the scenery go by the window. He couldn't remember the last time he had taken a vacation, let alone a camping trip with his two friends. He was so ready to do nothing but relax and may get in some fishing, or maybe some hiking would be nice too.
"Hey kind of quiet over there Nicky, everything okay?" Grissom asked, Nick snapped out of his reverie and look at his friend and smiled.
"Fine, I guess I'm still a bit tired." He was quick to answer.
"Alright you may want to find some way to keep him entertained his has the attention span of a cocker spaniel, Nick laughed at the look an Warricks face.
"Hey, maybe we should have brought some toys for him to play with?" Nick suggested Warrick tried to look offended but the smile on his face caused his scowl to be a little lopsided.
"Ha ha, guys very funny." Warrick smile though, Knowing they were just fooling Nick turned on the radio and they sang along to songs they knew until Grissom stopped off at a gas station off the freeway to refill.
Nick and Warrick went in to grab some road trip snacks and drinks, while Grissom pumped gas into the Guzzler.
"Hey man you we were just funin' on ya right no hard feelings?" Nick asked eyeing Warrick as they grabbed chips and soda's from the self.
"Nah. It's cool man don't worry your pretty little head about it." Warrick waved him off grinning, it toke Nick a minute to pin down the remark to cause the grin and he gave Warrick and look.
"Are you calling me pretty, cupcake?" He asked as the walked up to the counter to pay for the items Grissom stood waiting there paying for the gas, he eyed the snacks and then looked at the junk food kings lifting an eyebrow he smirked.
"Do I want to know?" He asked, Nick just shook his head as he handed the bills to the cashier and awaited his change, they were coming out the door talking and laughing amongst themselves, when a hand stopped Nick from going any further. He turned his head to follow the hand, up an arm, to a scowling face, nick jerked back involuntarily.
"Help you?" He asked moving the hand out of his way, only to have it take up residence around his neck, Nick gave a choked yelp as the grip tightened.
"Hey what are doin' let go of him." He heard Warricks voice faintly yell and felt a hand tug him back but the hand didn't let go, it only pulled him towards the owner of the hand until his a face to face with a man taller and broad shouldered, at least 250 lbs, and had a least two feet on Nick. He tried to plant his feet on tera ferma, but found the tactic useless as he was not a clean foot off the ground he kicked and squirmed sucking in every half breath he could get into his lungs.
"Let me go!" Nick choked out, barely able to breath at all now.
"HE didn't anything to you why don't you just put him down so we can get on with our vacation." Grissom reasoned.
"You were flirting with my girl in there." HE sputtered as if insulted that they were aware of what he'd done, Nick stare him like he'd lost his mind.
"Let go now!" HE screamed as load as he could ad lashed out and felt his feet make contact with a place no man kicked unless desperate and nick was. The guy howled in pian, and dropped nick so fast that he barely had time to get his feet beneath himself, and fell with a plop, into the dirt rubbing his throat and coughing in air.
"Hey Nick you alright man?" Warrick asked helping him stand.
"Yeah I think so." Nick replied, his voice hoarse now, and they grabbed their sacks and hurried to the truck jumped in. Grissom turned the key and hit the gas so hard the wheels spun out and they sped off onto the freeway.
HE HE I'm bad i know, i just can't help myself. This is a different take on camping trip but I'm still kinda working on that one.