1A/N: Well here's chapter 5 for anyone who is actually reading this story.

Chapter Five: What Just Happened

After they made their statements they were told they should leave and stay somewhere else, so Cath agreed to stay at Nick's again. But this time she packed a pair of clothes for the next day. However, she purposely did not pack pajamas because she liked wearing Nick's sweat pants and T-Shirt.

When they got to Nick's apartment he told Catherine to sit on the couch and he would bring her some ice packs. She complied with his request while he grabbed two ice packs and then got one for himself because his head was killing him. And if his head hurt this much, he could only imagine the pain Catherine was in. He went and sat down beside Catherine and gave her two of the ice packs, which she applied to the side of her eye and the other to her ribs. She looked over at Nick holding his ice pack to his head and she managed a slight smile.

"Well we make quite a pair right now, don't we"

He just smiled back, "Yeah, that we do"

Once they were through icing, Catherine got up to take a bath and she grabbed her ribs in pain. Nick jumped up to help her walk.

"Cath I think you should have gone to the hospital"

"I'm fine Nick, really"

"Then let me see your ribs"

"Nick"

"Catherine I'm serious"

Catherine rolled her eyes, but complied and unzipped Nick's jacket to show him her stomach, which by this time was bruised, but her left side was bruised so bad it was turning red.

"Catherine you could have some broken ribs. I think we should go to the hospital"

"Nick, I'll be fine. I'm too tired to go wait in line at the hospital, okay. Besides you're here to take care of me, so I'll be fine" she told him smiling, "Now if you don't mind I think I'm going to take a hot bath to help me relax"

"Okay just let me know if you need anything"

"Okay"

Catherine was in the bath for almost 45 minutes and then decided to get out before she fell asleep in the tub. After she had gotten dressed in Nick's sweat pants and one of LVPD T-Shirts she went back in the living room to see if he was still awake, which he wasn't. So she took the blanket that was sitting on the coffee table and covered him up. Then she whispered another thank you and went back to the bedroom and got into bed, before she knew it she was asleep.

Around 3:30 AM Nick woke up to another scream and ran into his bedroom to find Catherine tossing and turning. He sat down next to her and tried to shake her awake. She sat up quickly and started hitting him, until he got hold of her arms and told her to calm down.

"Cath it's me, Nick. Calm down"

"Get away"

"Cath, it's me"

When she realized it was him she immediately stopped swinging and just completely broke down. Nick wrapped his arms around her and rubbed her back trying to get her to calm down. But she had been holding so much in over the last few days that now she couldn't stop crying. She had her arms wrapped around his waist and she was crying into his chest.

"It's gonna be okay Cath, I promise" he tried to tell her, "I promise I'm not going to let them or anyone else hurt you ever again"

Nick didn't realize how much she was hurting or hhow scared she had been because it seemed llike she had been crying forever, until she finally fell asleep in his arms around 4:45 AM. But he didn't want to startle her or wake her by moving her, since apparently she hadn't been sleeping well. So he decided he would wait awhile before he tried moving her. But before he knew it he had fallen asleep also.

Around 8:00 AM he woke up to find he was in his bed lying on his back and noticed Catherine was sound asleep with her head on his chest and her arm draped across his stomach, while he had one of his arms around her waist and the other one on top of her arm. She looked like she was sleeping so peacefully that he was afraid to wake her up so he just laid there watching her sleep.

About fifteen minutes later he felt her move and she opened her eyes and looked at him and then realized the position they were in. She felt slightly embarrassed but didn't say anything or even move.

"Good morning" Nick said casually

"Morning" she replied, "I'm sorry about this Nick" she said as she sat up leaning against the headboard.

"Sorry for what?" he asked, while moving to sit up against the headboard as well.

"Everything" she answered looking up at him, "For being a burden, for keeping you up at night, especially last night. I usually don't-"

"Cath" Nick said looking directly into her eyes, "It's okay, really, and you nothing to apologize for about last night. Besides, because of last night I got to wake up next to a beautiful woman"

Catherine smile and punched him playfully in the arm before saying, "From what I here that happens a lot"

Nick just laughed and replied, "Yeah but I never thought this dream would come true"

"Nicky"

"What?" he smiled at her, "I can't help it that I had a crush on you when we started working together"

Catherine rolled her eyes, laughed, and said, "Yeah I get that a lot"

They were both laughing when Nick's phone rang.

"That was the lab. They need me to come in tonight because they are shorthanded"

Right when he finished that sentence Catherine's phone rang.

"That goes for me too" she told him as she hung up

"This suck Catherine. I mean it's Sunday"

"I know"

"Well then do you want to get up and have some breakfast?" he asked her

"Actually I was thinking I might try to get some more sleep. It's been awhile since I slept that good. I know it was only a few hours but-"

"Say no more. It sounds like a great idea" Nick said

He started to get up when Catherine grabbed his arm.

"Will you stay in here? I think the reason I slept so good was because you were with me and I knew you wouldn't let anything happen to me"

Nick nodded and sat back down on the bed with his back against the headboard. Catherine crawled back underneath the covers and turned over so her back was to Nick and before she knew it she was asleep.

Around 1:30 PM Catherine woke up and noticed she was in bed with someone who had their arms wrapped around her and pulled tightly inot his body almost protectively, like he was afraid he might lose her. That's when she realized it was Nick. She also realized she was holding one of his hands. When she turned her head behind her to look and see if he was awake she noticed he was still sleeping peacefully with a content look on his face, so she didn't want to wake him. She knew when he woke up they would both be embarrassed about the position they were in. Although ti felt nice to her to have someone who cared about her. Not to mention she had slept really good these past few hours because she knew he was there.

She started to wonder why Nick wasn't married already, or at least have a steady girlfriend. 'I mean hell, he's cute and sweet and he only dates casually' That's when Catherine stopped herself from thinking any further. She knew that if she thought any further she would be wanting to hook up with Nick, and that couldn't happen. 'I mean teammates should not get involved, especially not bosses and coworkers. That's why nothing has happened between Warrick and me, right?'

That's when she felt Nick move and pull her closer to him and then he stopped moving and slowly tried to unwrap his arms from around Catherine. That's when Catherine decided to have a little fun with him. She tightened her grasp on Nick's arms and moved her head like she was still asleep and trying to get closer to him. Nick tried to move at least his lower body further away from her body. But she just moved her lower body closer to him so that she was pushed up against him. That's when he gave up and decided to stay the way he was. He pulled her closer to him which Catherine wasn't expecting and he wrapped his arms tighter around her. That's when she turned her head to look at him and noticed he was awake and they looked at each other, but neither of them pulled away from the position they were in.

Catherine looked into Nick's eyes and she saw him differently. She didn't see him as the coworker from Texas who was known as a ladies man. She saw a guy who had been there for her and would do anything possible to protect her. And they both let their guard down when their eyes met and both saw something else there. They both leaned in at the same time and as their lips met they both left something that neither of them had felt in a long time. As the kiss deepened Catherine rolled completely onto her back and Nick moved on top of her. When Nick began pushing up her shirt, he saw her bruised ribs and he realized everything she'd been through the past few days and he knew she was too emotional to realize what she was doing, so he stopped.

"Cath I don't think we should"

That's when she realized she was in bed with Nick and that she had just been making out with him.

"Oh my God, Nicky what did we just do"

"Nothing Cath we fell asleep remember"

"I know that, but we were just kissing"

"I know, I'm sorry. I never should have let that happen. You've been through too much right now"

"Okay well maybe we should just get up and get ready for work"

"But we don't have to be at work until 7 PM tonight" Nick reminded her

"So"

"Okay, well let's get up take a shower, and get something to eat" Nick suggested

Catherine was about to respond, when Nick added, "Separate showers of course"

Catherine just smiled and agreed as they both got out of bed and tried not to make direct contact with each other. That's how it was for the rest of the day and at work that night. Every time they would touch or accidently bump into each other, they would quickly jump away and say 'Sorry',and then quickly walked away.

When they got off of work Nick followed Catherine home and sat outside for surveillance, without her knowing. But the next morning Catherine went outside to get her paper and she recognized the blue Tahoe outside her house.

When she got to the window she saw that Nick was sound asleep. So she slammed both of her hands into the passenger window and watched as he jumped up, before spotting her making a face at him. He rolled down the window and just smiled.

"Morning Nicky"

"Morning"

"Sleep well"

"Not really"

"I wouldn't think so. Want to come in for some coffee and some breakfast?"

Nick just looked at her knowing he would probably get yelled at if he went inside, but he could really use the coffee.

"Nicholas, get out of the car and come inside" she told him sternly

"Okay okay" he replied, getting out and walking around the car to walk up the drive with Catherine.

When they got inside Catherine began the conversation,

"I can't believe you slept in your car all night"

"Actually I didn't go to sleep until the sun came up" he smiled at her

A/N: Well there's the next chapter. Obviously people don't really like my story, I'm guessing because it's going to end up probably being a Nick/Catherine story. But I'm still going to finish the story. Review if you feel like it