-1Sorry it has taken me so long to update… I've been busy being sick. Today I am even sicker then the last time I said I was. I stayed home today and I am feeling a lot better. Now where was I?…

When Nick got up, Melissa was still sleeping so he decided to shower. Melissa awoke to the sound of water in the bathroom. She glanced at the clock; it was 3:30pm and she still had time before Erin would have to be into work. Melissa reached to get her cell off of the night stand when her eyes met the locket. Picking it up she then put it on and decided to call her sister.

"Hello?" Her sister's voice was groggy.

"Did, I wake you?"

"No, What time is it?… Oh… It's going to take a while to get used to this schedule."

"So, what did you do after work?"

"I had a drink with Greg-"

"Really? And where are you now?" She teased.

"At my place… he is a really nice guy."

"Is that so," She laughed at her sister.

"Yeah, and hot… but nice…"

"Oh, well I hope you had fun."

"Nothing happened!" Erin gaffed.

"Oh sure I believe you-" Melissa stopped.

"What? Hello… sister of mine are you there?"

Melissa's eyes got huge and she smiled.

"Hello? Melissa? What's going on?" Erin's voice buzzed from the other end of the phone.

Melissa laughed quietly and then whispered into the phone, "Nick's only wearing a towel."

"What! What have you two been doing?" Erin giggled.

"Nothing, I swear! He just got out of the shower…" She cleared her throat, "Hey Nick, I'm awake."

Nick turned and faced her, "Oh, sorry I was just going to grab some clothes."

Erin was taunting Melissa in her ear, "You think he's hot… But yours he's not… You can only look… Cause he's not yours to-"

"Erin!" She literally yelled to stop her sister as Nick walked back into the bathroom.

"Sorry. I got carried away." She laughed.

"Well I am going to go shopping, do you want to come?"

"And you are going to go buy stuff with… what money?" Erin asked her.

"Well yours of course! That's why I invited you." She chuckled.

"Ok, sounds like fun, but if I get called in-"

"You'll leave me your credit card and not care how much I charge to it, because once you inherit everything from our parents… You can pay it off."

"Okay… Well I'll pick you up in a few minutes. Where are you at?"

"Nick's… duh." Melissa said as Erin sighed.

"Okay, later…"

They hung up and Melissa laughed to herself as Nick came back out of the bathroom… This time fully clothed. She realized she was smiling at him and attempted to stop, but no matter how hard she tried, she couldn't completely wipe the smile off of her face.

"Sorry about that… I totally invaded your privacy." She got up and went over to her bag.

"Now… you see," He looked at her, "You didn't invade anything… I didn't think you would have been awake."

"That's my fault… I shouldn't have been in your room-"

"I was the one who said that you could have the bed…"

"Oh, well I am going shopping with Erin."

"Cool, want some coffee before you go?"

"Sure…" She pulled a pair of capri pants, a slogan T, and a pair of silver strapped heels. "I'm just going to change and then I'll be out."

"K…" And with thathe walked out of the room to put on a pot of coffee.

Melissa went into the bathroom and changed. She looked in the mirror and then looked down and read her shirt, "Even on the highest throne, you are still sitting on your rear." -Unknown. How true her shirt was. Her parents had the all the money they could possibly want and yet they were now dead. All the money in the world couldn't have prevented that. She heard a knock on the main door and then heard Nick answer it.

"Hey, Erin… She'll be out in a minute."

"Great. Hey Nick, nice apartment." Erin said as she entered and looked around.

"I was just making coffee, you want some?" He offered as Melissa walked in the room.

"Yeah, sure… Good morning- I mean- evening Melissa." Erin raised an eyebrow at her.

All three of them sat at the table and began to drink. It was quiet and slightly awkward, mostly because of what Nick had said last night… even though Melissa was supposedly asleep.

"So… you and Greg, huh?" Melissa asked as she sipped on her cup.

Nick looked up, "Greg got you?"

"Yeah, is there something wrong with that?" Erin looked up with defense in her eyes.

"No, it's just that…"

"What?" Melissa asked.

"Well, you see, Greg and David are always at it… After 'The Girl' or something around that cause. But that doesn't make him bad or anything. I just think it's funny. Can't wait to see the look on David's face… David is always trying to find Greg's "stash" to turn into Grissom, but he hasn't yet." He chuckled and then looked up to see the both of them looking at him odd, "What?"

"I have no idea…" Melissa said as she got up to get another cup.

"He wouldn't just go out with me as a joke or bet or anything…" Erin asked, "Would he?"

"No! Greg isn't like that… He may have his quirks, but that isn't one of them." Nick said.

"Oh, well that is good." Erin said as she sighed in relief.

"He is a man though and he does have his own things, but I am positive that isn't one he would dare try." Nick explained.

"Hey, you said something about what David keeps trying to find, but has been unsuccessful… What would that be?" Erin asked curiously.

"Ohhh…" Melissa said as she sat back down with a slight grin on her face.

Nick laughed, "Not sure if you want to know-"

"I think I know what you're talking about…" Melissa said.

"Awe come on, tell me… I can take it." Erin said looking at her sister curiously.

"What do guys look at?" Melissa asked as Nick got up to get another cup.

Erin thought for a minute and then her eyes got huge; a strange noise came out of her, "Okay, You know, we ought to get going, it is almost four-thirty." Erin said as she stood and Nick took her cup.

"Ok," Melissa said as she stood up and put her cup in the sink. "I'll try to be back before you go to work, but I can't promise anything because I am going to spend her money."

"Yeah, all of my money." Erin laughed as they left the apartment, "Bye, Nicky!"

When the twins were finally done shopping they were carefully lugging the bags up to Nick's apartment. Melissa and Erin struggled to get Melissa's keys out of her bag, when they noticed the door ajar. They entered and placed the bags near the table. The apartment looked partially messy and Nick was no were to be seen.

Erin pulled out her gun and stopped Melissa from going into the bedroom, "Let me go first incase there is a problem." She whispered as she stepped in front of her sister.

"Fine," Melissa said as she let her lead.

Nick was tied to a chair, unconscious and bleeding from a spot on his head; where he was obviously caught off guard. Erin relaxed when she saw no one else was in the room… but she let her guard down to soon. A figure came out of the bathroom firing, three bullets hit Erin. One in the thigh, one in the shoulder and as soon as the third one pierced her chest; she managed to fire a bullet off and it hit the figure in the chest, causing it to fall to the ground. Erin started to fall too, but Melissa wrapped her arms around her sister and carefully placed her broken body on the ground. Crying she pulled out her cell phone and dialed 911... Shaken and attempting to stop her sisters bleeding, she told the operator what had happened.

When the police arrived with the paramedics, they had to pry Melissa off of her sister.

"Ma'am if we don't get her to the hospital, she could die…" One of the EMT's said as she felt them pulling her away. She tried to fight but eventually gave in so that these people could save Erin's life.

Her vision was too blurred for her to notice the CSI team had come into play when they heard the news. She stood in the middle of the living room and could barely hear people coming in and go out. She was still crying when she felt strong arms embrace her and lead her to the ambulance.

"Go with your sister… she needs you." She heard Nicks voice off in the distance, "We'll met you there." She felt him slightly push her into the ambulance as the doors behind her began to close.

Do you every notice how Petri always starts a song at the end of almost every Land Before Time movies? I am… was watching the 10th one… but now it is over. I'll update soon. Oh… and who is looking forward tothis Thursday's (3/9/06) new CSI episode? I am so excited… oh wait… I always am… lol… Later.