Chapter Three
"I see Nick is very hands on with his job" Jessica said to Claudia after she had phoned Lester to update him on there progress. Claudia turned to Jessica with a blank expression formed across her beautiful features.
"Yes he is, he's a very brave man I admire him for that .. He cares about whatever comes through the anomalies and will do what ever he can to keep them safe and put them back through" Claudia replied to the younger woman. Jessica nodded seemingly thinking about something, she grabbed Claudia's attention again before speaking.
"Is he spoken for? I know he had a wife but she's been dead eight years technically" Jessica asked Claudia unaware that she was gritting her teeth slightly and tensing up. Claudia didn't quite know what to say she shouldn't be jealous as Nick had kissed her back at the hotel and had kissed back before he went through the anomaly, so was he taken by her, she would have to get him alone and ask then.
"No he isn't spoken for, well not technically" Claudia replied and watched Jessica's face for a reaction.
"Oh how do you mean technically?" Jessica asked clearly confused.
"Nick and I have kissed before, once he kissed me before he ran to get help when we were trapped in a hotel with these flying creatures trying to eat us, and the second was before he went into the Permian where I kissed him and he also kissed back" Claudia replied to Jessica's question. She noticed Jessica's face fall for a moment before she pulled up a mask hiding her emotions. There attention was refocused when they heard the stegosaur let out another bugle followed by a hiss of pain only it sounded human.
"Oh god Nick" Claudia gasped and ran to the doors and pulled them open, she ran along to the wall and around to the corner to see Nick leaning against the side of the court clutching the back of his shoulder where she saw blood running slowly down his back. The dinosaur was no where to be seen nether was the anomaly, at least it was safe to get to Nick. Claudia ran over to him as quickly was she could and dropped down next to him once she had reached him instantly moving his hand away to check the wound. The wound didn't look too deep by Nick cringed violently as she touched his shoulder.
"Sorry I'm so sorry Nick" Claudia said rapidly taking her hands off of his wound. Nick forced a smile through his pain placing a hand over hers in comfort.
"Don't worry it isn't that bad, bloody tail got me as it went back through" Nick managed to get out past his pain, he felt short of breath and a sharp pain as he took in breath. Claudia seemed to notice his breathing had become laboured and searched her pockets for her mobile phone, as she found it she flipped it open to see the battery had died.
"Jessica call Lester get him to get medic's here and fast" Claudia called over to the young woman as she came around the corner. She looked shocked at Nick's wound for a moment before quickly searching for Lester's number, she watched as Claudia laid her hand over the Nick's as she sat beside him trying to keep him calm. Jessica felt a slight jolt of jealousy as she watched Nick wince out a smile in reply to Claudia's actions.
"The medic's have been sent" Jessica called back.
"Professor oh god are you ok" she heard Connor and Abby shout from the other entrance to the court. They both rushed over to the professor crouching down also and talking to him, Jessica walked slowly over to them she watched as everyone gathered around Nick, their leader their pillar of stone. She could see why she was attracted to the man he was strong, straight forward and most of all determined, he would do anything to keep both human life and the creatures alive and unharmed.
She hard him talking to Connor about one of their little projects they were working on to help them understand the anomalies more. She watched as Connor's face was a mixture of worry and happiness, she felt as if she was narrating a story by watching the four on the grassy floor three of the four doing there best to keep Nick calm and keep is breathing steady. When she took the job she wasn't expecting dinosaurs she thought Lester was pulling her leg, she got that wrong, she had been lucky no one had seen what had happened this time. Fortunately the court had not been damaged apart from a net post which was easily fixed, so the tournament would go ahead as planned the following week.
Jessica saw the special forces medic run over to Nick moving the rest of the team out of the way as he inspected the deep wound. Everyone stood silently as the medic made his prognosis on the wound and see if any internal damage had been caused, seconds felt like hours until finally the medic looked up with a smile on his face.
"He's going to be fine, sore for a few days but fine the spike just missed his lung and chipped his collar bone so he will need to take it easy for a couple of days, so no more hunting dinosaurs professor" The medic said to the team and Nick after slowly easing Nick into a standing position he handed him some painkillers just in case. "Oh and that includes driving" the medic called before turning around the corner presumably heading back to base.
"Come on Nick ill give you a lift" Abby said standing by him just in case he fell. Nick smiled and nodded, as Abby lead the way Nick stopped for a moment and pulled out and pen and his little note pad and scribbled down something before placing it in Claudia's hand and then followed Abby once more.
Claudia read the note carefully and she smiled slightly it read "Call me, you have my number or if not you can get it from Connor". Claudia whispered it aloud before looking up at Jessica and Connor. Jessica felt another jolt of jealousy flow through her at what she had heard, she barely noticed Claudia telling them they could go home for the day. Jessica watched Claudia walk away with a slight spring in her step much to her displeasure.
"I knew those two would hook up all along, well there not together yet but you know" Connor said brightly standing next to her.
"Isn't that nice" Jessica replied before also walking off. Connor stood there shocked before putting two and two together and muttered.
"Ah now I get it, oh damn Abby gave me a lift down here .. Abby wait" Connor shouted the last word before running after the team. He ran past Jessica waving before picking up speed again in an attempt to catch up to Abby and Nick, just as he got out to the entrance he saw Abby's mini pull away and drive up the road.
"Need a lift Connor ill drop you off at Abby's" Claudia offered as she opened her car door. Connor smiled and stepped into the passenger side before Claudia headed for Abby's flat. He began asking questions about her and Nick's relationship and the fact Jessica may have a crush on the professor also.
"Well at the moment me and Nick aren't in a relationship Connor but maybe we will be soon I don't know depends if he wants to be" Claudia replied to his questions.
"You mean you don't see the way he looks at you from his office and the fact at he kissed you back at the anomaly, plus he talks about you all the time when we are working together" Connor said out of the blue after a few moments of silence. Claudia turned her head rapidly at the words Connor had said.
"He talks about me" Claudia asked. Connor suddenly wished he hadn't said anything, the professor was going to kill him.
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Jenny left the show L and when she woke up from nearly dieing her first word was Nick with a couple of tears streaming down her face. /sniff
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