Chapter 7--"The Cat"
"So?" Catherine asked.
Nick tore his eyes away from the door, away from the seemingly dark, lonely void Greg left behind when he walked away.
"So? ...what?" Nick asked Catherine as she sat down in the chair Greg had just vacated.
"So...how are thing with Greg?" Catherine asked with one brow raised.
"He seems to be doing just fine. The worst part--the shock--is over. Now he's focused on solving Scott's case. ...HEY!" Nick shot a glare to Catherine as she turned off the computer monitor.
"That's not what I meant." Catherine put a hand on Nick's knee and leaned toward him. Her eyes seemed to be searching his for some truth. Catherine then sat back and laughed softly.
"If it were anyone else. I'd venture to say it was just a...crush, or a curiosity at best." Catherine then stood and patted Nick on the shoulder. She whispered into his ear, "but you, my friend...you, Nicholas Stokes just might very well be in love."
With that, Catherine left the room.
After the weight of Catherine's words finally sunk in, Nick spun around in his chair. "Cat...!"
"Meow?" Greg now stood in the doorway, file folders in hand. He laughed. "Um...anyway...uh, Catherine's still down the hall, you want me to go get her?"
"No...no, that's okay." Nick shook his head.
Greg tapped the folders in his head. A grin lit his entire face. He bowed his head and spoke, "The lovely Sophia is on her way...as we speak." His then looked up, his eyes meeting Nicks, "...with a warrent for the driver of 'Vehicle A.'"
Nick's grin matched Greg's. Nick also felt his heart skip a beat. Could he be...? He inhaled sharply.
"She hates it when you call her that." Greg pointed out the door and spoke in an exaggerated whisper. He then made a small mewing sound and a clawed scratching movement with his hand.
Nick gave Greg a scolding look, that wasn't too menacing considering the dimples that began to form on either side of his smile. "No, no...she hates it when YOU call her that."
Greg flashed Nick and evil, mischevious toothy grin.
And it was then, at that very moment, that Nick knew Catherine was right.