A/N: It is actually quite difficult at times to write along with the show's going storyline, but its fun. I get to watch some of my favorite episodes over and over again.

Love Is Your Color

Chapter 12: You Still Won

It has been a long night, but Roxie still had work to do. She was so tired; must more tired than usual, but work had to be done. She stood in the middle of a living room. This living room was a crime scene. There was the body of a young woman on the floor with an obvious gunshot wound to the head. Roxie walked around the body taking photos and documenting everything she saw as she always did. A uniformed officer stood outside the door. Roxie was alone on this case. Everyone else was so busy and with Nate Haskell running around everyone was on edge. She sighed as she placed a marker at a shell casing and took a photo. Suddenly she heard the sound of a floorboard creek. She quickly stood and pulled out her gun.

"Hello…" she called out. She heard more noise. "LVPD come out with your hands where I can see them." She said trying to remain calm with her gun pointed towards the hallway.

"What's up in here Jones?" questioned the officer who had now stepped inside the house with his gun also drawn. Roxie pointed into the hallway. Suddenly there were the sounds of small footsteps and a small little girl appeared. Roxie quickly put her gun away and slowly walked to the girl.

"Hello… what's your name?" Roxie asked the little girl who couldn't be much older than 4.

"Sasha." The little girl said.

"Hi Sasha. I'm Roxie I work with the police…is this your mommy?" Roxie asked as she pointed to the woman on the floor. Sasha simply nodded. Roxie noted the little girl had some blood on her. "Alright Sasha did you see or hear anything?"

"The scary man came back… he yelled at mommy. I hid in my room." Sasha said looking at Roxie. She was hugging a little teddy bear in her arms. "I hear a big bang. I came out and I see mommy."

"Thank you for telling me Sasha. We are going to find the scary man and make sure he can't hurt anyone else." Roxie smiled at Sasha. "Who is this?" Roxie asked the little girl as she referred to the teddy bear.

"Mr. Bear-Bear." Sasha said.

"I'm sure Mr. Bear-Bear did a good job keeping you safe." Roxie said. Sasha nodded.

"Your hair is blue." Sasha said noting Roxie's pastel blue hair. Sasha giggled.

"Yep my hair is blue." Roxie said smiling at the little girl. "So Sasha my friend over here is going to take you to get checked out. Just to make sure you are 100 percent ok and I'm sure he will have a lollipop for you."

Exhausted Roxie pulled up to the lab after spending a couple hours at the hospital processing Sasha. Roxie was starving and felt like she could eat everything in her sight at the moment. Her stomach growled loudly as she entered Nick's office. He was sitting there on the phone. She leaned against the doorsill waiting for him to finish his phone call.

"Alright… yep… will do. Thanks." Nick said as he hung up the phone. He looked up to see Roxie who wasn't looking to hot in the moment. "You don't look well." He noted.

"I'm just tired and very hungry." Roxie said as she sat down at the chair in front of his desk where she used to do all her work before she closed up all the cases the lab was left with after Riley unexpectedly left. Now Roxie was working along with the team on new cases. "Just spent a couple hours at a scene and then a couple hours at the hospital processing a little girl who was hiding in the house. I just want some food and a nap."

"I can promise food." Nick said. "A nap might have to wait."

"Oh yeah your mom is coming in." Roxie groaned. She was actually quite excided that her future mother-in-law was coming to town because she was going with Roxie to pick out a wedding dress.

"Yeah her plane lands in like 2 hours." Nick said as he stood. "We should head out now. Get some food and then go pick her up."

Roxie felt the zipper of the dress zip up her back. This was the 7th dress she'd tried on today. She was so tired and was feeling sick to her stomach, but despite how sick and tired she was, she was actually enjoying herself. Jillian had arrived with a positive attitude and very excited to help Roxie pick out a dress. Roxie had always imagined this day in her head. She'd always imagined her mom sitting there waiting for her to come out in the next dress. It broke her heart that her mom wasn't there, but she was grateful that things were will between her and Nick's mother and she at least had her there. Roxie exited the dressing room. She heard a gasp come from where Jillian was sitting. Nearly every dress had some type of emotional response from Jillian, but this reaction was different. She seemed mesmerized. Roxie turned to the mirror setup in the corner. She gasped at her own reflection. This dress was everything she could want and more. She felt tears escaping her eyes. She knew in that moment this was the dress she was going to marry Nick in. She had to marry him in this dress. It was everything and more.

"There are tears." Announced the shopkeeper. "I think we've found the dress." Roxie simply nodded in response. This was definitely the dress.

Waking up from a nap Roxie rolled over in bed. She was alone. She looked over at the clock and it was much later than she anticipated it to be. After finding her dress she had lunch with Jillian before taking Jillian back to the airport, she was only there to dress shop with Roxie and headed back home to Texas. Roxie was appreciative of Jillian for coming out just to shop with her for a dress. Roxie sat up in bed and looked at the clock, she had definitely overslept. She dragged herself from bed and started to get herself ready for work. As soon as she stood she felt the huge urge to vomit. She rushed into the bathroom and all of her lunch came out. She closed her eyes for a second and took a deep breath hoping the nausea would fade away.

Going into work there was something in the air. Everyone was running around all excided about something. She didn't have time to figure it out. She was very late getting in, but she was glad that she got the extra rest. She put her things away and walked down to Catherine's office. She knocked on the door and Catherine looked up and gave her a smile.

"Sorry I'm late. I wasn't feeling well and overslept." Roxie said truthfully.

"It's cool I totally understand." Catherine said.

"Thanks so much." Roxie said feeling better knowing that she wasn't going to be in any trouble. She then saw Sara walking up he hall with Greg. She was just the person she wanted to talk to. "Hey Sara." She said as she approached Sara.

"Hey Roxie." Sara said. Roxie and Sara had actually become close friends in the months that Roxie had started working grave. It was nice to actually have a friend at work outside of her fiancé.

"Hey I was wondering if I could talk to you for a sec." Roxie said.

"Sure." Sara answered. The two of them walked into the break room together and both took seats.

"So Nick has told me you aren't the most traditional person and you frown at certain traditions especially when it comes to marriage…" Roxie started. "Of everyone I know I couldn't think of anyone else to ask. Would you be my Matron of Honor?"

"Wow umm…" Sara said not really knowing how to respond.

"You don't have to wear some fluffy dress and there won't be a gaggle of bridesmaids. We are just doing a Matron of Honor and a Best Man. You've become my closet friend outside of Nick and I would love if you could do this for me. You get to pick your own dress. As long as it's this color." Roxie said as she pulled out a color swatch from her pocket. The color on the swatch was a pastel green.

"Let me guess. You are going to dye your hair this color?" Sara asked with a smirk.

"Actually… I don't know." Roxie said truthfully. "My future mother-in-law has already asked me to dye my hair back to my natural color just for the wedding."

"Oh mother-in-laws." Sara said with a laugh.

"Yeah." Roxie said laughing.

"Well… You gave a good argument. I will accept and be your Matron of Honor." Sara said happily.

"Thanks so much!" Roxie said giving Sara a hug. "So umm… what is going on around here?"

"The cycle." Sara simply said. "So bets on which CSI Nick or Greg bring in the Natural death to complete it."

"Oh God." Roxie said rolling her eyes.

"Yeah." Sara said laughing. "Well I better get going."

"Yeah me too. Thanks again." Roxie said as she stood.

Roxie strolled down the hall towards autopsy. She had to get the report on the female DB from the house with the little girl. She hummed a song as she walked. She was feeling a lot better as the nausea seemed to have faded. She bit her lip thinking about something. She had suspected something, but it wouldn't be until later that she could confirm her suspicions. She then saw someone walk out of autopsy. She was greeted with Nick's smile as she saw her. He walked to her and took her by the hand. He pulled her through a door into the supply closet that had once been Ray's office. Once he closed the door behind them he pulled her close and placed a kiss on her lips.

"Hey you." He said holding her by the waist. "You were asleep when I left. I didn't want to wake you since I knew you were tired and not feeling well."

"I overslept, but I feel so much better." Roxie said sweetly. She allowed him to kiss her and run his hand under her top. "We can't do this in here."

"Nobody will find us." He whispered as he slipped his hand over her breast. Roxie let out a moan.

"No, no." she then said as she moved his hand away. "Later."

"Alright." He said still holding her close.

"So I heard about the cycle." Roxie said rolling her eyes.

"Did you put anything down on me?" he asked.

Roxie then laughed. "Not putting anything on anyone. Even though I was born and raised in Vegas…I don't gamble."

"Smart lady though it's all mine when I get my natural." Nick said running his fingers through her blue hair.

"You can keep it all." Roxie said before she kissed him quickly. She then wiggled from his arms. "Now I have to get back to work."

"Alright I'll see you later." Nick said as Roxie made her way to the door.

"Later." Roxie said giving him a wave and walking down to autopsy.

When she walked in there was a young guy she'd never seen before. He was walking around in sunglasses. Roxie stopped in her tracks trying to figure out who this guy was. He then noticed her and walked in her direction.

"Well helllllllooooo." The guy said.

"Umm hi... who are you?" Roxie questioned.

"I want to know are you Ma?" he asked removing his sunglasses for a second and giving her a wink.

"Did you really just call me Ma?" Roxie questioned. "Why do men think it is cute to call a girl Ma? Seriously you are trying to come onto a girl. I'm not your mother unless you have fantasies of having sex with your mom."

"Oh snap girls got tongue." The guy said.

"Kevin!" yelled out Dave's voice sounding very annoyed. "Please leave CSI Jones alone."

"Whatever!" Kevin said as he turned and walked away.

"Sorry he's the new guy from LA." Dave said.

"It's fine." Roxie said shaking her head.

"Hello Roxie." Doc Robbins said as he entered the room. "You just missed your other half." He said referring to Nick.

"No I saw him." Roxie said. "So cause of death for my DB?"

"Yep as you suspected a gunshot wound to the head. I did find some sticky brown substance on her neck. I sent it over to trace for you and there was a foam in her mouth along with lesions that reminded me of drug use. I sent a blood sample to Tox." Doc Robbins said.

"Thanks Doc." Roxie said happily.

"You're welcome and I wanted to let you know that the Mrs. And I bought our plane tickets to come to the wedding." He said.

"Thank you so much." Roxie said beaming.

Walking into the Toxicology Lab Roxie saw Henry with a pile of money. She was intrigued to what it was for. Henry then looked up at her and shook his head.

"I've been waiting for you." Henry said.

"Really?" questioned Roxie.

"Of course you are coming to put money down on your Boo Thang." Henry said. Roxie could help, but burst into laughter.

"Did you really just say Boo Thang?" she questioned shaking her head still laughing.

"Maybe…" Henry then said shifting on his feet.

"Cute, but no I'm not here for that. I'm not putting any money down. I'm here about the blood sample that Doc sent over from my DB." Roxie said.

"Oh that." Henry said walking over to his printer. He pulled out a paper and handed it to Roxie. "It seems your DB has been using Heroin for quite some time."

"Thanks." Roxie said.

"Hey Roxie." Henry said.

"Yeah." Roxie answers.

"If Nick wins I hope he take you out for a nice dinner." Henry said.

"Aww thanks Henry." Roxie said before she walked down towards Trace.

That shift felt like it lasted forever. Roxie lied in bed waiting for Nick to get home. She was trying to contain her excitement. She seriously couldn't believe this was happening. Her suspicions had been completely correct. She only hoped she wouldn't scream it out when Nick came home. She heard the front door open knowing it was Nick coming home. Minutes later she saw Nick walk into the room. He kicked his shoes off and collapsed onto the bed. He didn't look too pleased.

"You didn't get your natural?" Roxie questioned.

"No. It went to Dave and Doc." Nick said.

"Good for them." Roxie said happily. She turned to Nick who was just looking at the ceiling. "Well you still won anyway."

"No I didn't." Nick said turning to Roxie trying to figure out what she was getting at.

"Yes you did. You won." Roxie said as she handed him a white stick. Nick quickly realized the stick was a pregnancy test. He looked at the little digital screen that simply said: YES+

He looked at her. He didn't have words for the moment. Roxie just simply smiled at him. Nick quickly pulled her to him. He placed a huge kiss on her lips and just looked at her.

"Say something." Roxie said.

"I'm in shock." Nick said.

"I am too." Roxie said with a laugh. "But I told you… you still won."

"I'm going to be a dad…we're having a baby!" he said happily placing his hand on her belly. He was beyond excited and beyond happy. He was going to be a father. He and the woman he loved were not just getting married in less than 3 months time, but they were going to be having a baby.