A/N- Well here's another chapter!
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Previously:
Eliza was livid, she was pacing in her room thinking about Nick. How dare he just decide that she can't have a boyfriend? He never talked to her about dating and all of the sudden he basically tells her she has to break up with James.
She suddenly got the perfect Idea of how to get revenge on Nick.
Eliza calmed herself down enough to carry out the plan before taking out her phone and dialing. After two rings she got an answer. "Hello?" came from the other end.
"Mom, it's Eliza" she spoke clearly.
"Hey hon, what's going on?" She sounded genuinely happy to hear from her, and this made Eliza happy.
"Well you see I was rethinking the whole L.A. thing. I mean it's not dad's birthday so I don't see why I shouldn't have fun just for his benefit. Plus I really miss you." Eliza said like the ideal daughter that she was (most of the time).
"Oh this is great, are you sure?" she asked hopefully.
"Yeah I've thought a lot about this and I really want to be with you on my birthday." Eliza said truthfully. This may have started with Nick but she really was dying to see her mom.
"Alright, I'll book your flight tomorrow!" Kim said cheerfully. "I haven't said anything to your dad yet, have you?" She asked secretly hoping that she hadn't.
"No, I wanted to tell you first." Eliza said quickly.
"Okay, can you give him the phone and I'll talk to him right now?" She asked wanting to get it over with.
"Actually I think he's sleeping right now, how about you call him when he gets back from work tomorrow?" Eliza asked.
"Oh that would be great. I'm really excited for this sweetie." She stated honestly.
"Me too Mom, me too." Eliza said quietly.
"Oh shoot, honey I have to go, do you want me to call you back?" Kim asked regretfully, she didn't want to end the conversation.
"No, I was thinking about taking a nap anyway, We'll talk tomorrow?" Eliza asked
"Ok, have a good nap. Love you." Kim said
"Love you too, bye."
"Bye." Kim said before Eliza heard the dial tone.
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Nick woke up from his little nap and decided to go see what Eliza was up to. He knocked softly but there was no answer so he gently opened her door and saw her sleeping. He didn't want to disturb her, and he felt like he had to get out of the house so he decided to pull a double tonight and headed into work.
Nick stopped in the kitchen to write Eliza a note. He wrote out a quick explanation about going into work early and left it on the counter where he knew she would find it.
He got into his car when he realized that if he was going to pull a double than he would probably want coffee, not wanting to go back into the house he decided to just drink the lab's crappy coffee.
Nick turned on the radio and it was on one of Eliza's stations, "Fools Must Die" was playing so Nick turned it to a Country Station, 'Love will wait' by Carmen Rasmussen was playing. Nick wanted to turn it off but something in him wouldn't let him, he listened to the lyrics run through the car.
Now listening to a song about a girl whose parents told her she couldn't see her boyfriend ever again and she somehow ended up with him anyway, may seem a little odd for a parent especially when you just had a fight with your daughter about the same subject. Nick however didn't care.
He just listened,
And thought,
And debated,
And then went into work and forgot about it.
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Promptly at 11:00 Grissom walked into the lab. He immediately saw Nick and was very surprised.
"Nick, what are you doing here so early?" Grissom asked. Nick hadn't come in early since Kimberly left, she was usually the reason he came in early at all. Work was his getaway from all the fighting.
"Oh just wanted to get a jump start on the case." Nick lied. Luckily for Nick, Grissom couldn't tell the difference even though it was painfully obvious.
The shift went by pretty well and they were just tying up the case when shift ended so they all stayed a bit late to finish it. Once they finished they all filed into the locker room.
"Hey, anyone want to go have breakfast at the diner?" Warrick asked.
Surprisingly everyone agreed. Most of the time, Sara refused (just being Sara), and two daughters were waiting at home for Catherine and Nick.
They walked happily into the diner and all made small talk with each other until Greg asked the question Nick was dreading. "So Catherine, Nick, what about the girls?" He asked
Catherine responded first "My mom's taking Lindsay to school today because she's supervising a fieldtrip." She said simply. Nick was hoping for something a little juicier to take away all the focus from his and Eliza's dwindling relationship.
"Oh, well what about Eliza? You didn't make her walk to school did you?" Greg asked thinking about the ten mile distance from the Stokes' place to Eliza's school.
"No, she's not going to school today." He said hoping they would let it slide, a vain hope to be sure.
"Oh is she sick?" Catherine asked concerned.
"No." Nick answered and when everyone kept looking at him to continue, he really didn't see another choice. "She's been suspended."
Several gasps went around the table followed by silence until Warrick got up the nerve to say something, "What happened? It couldn't have been her fault; she's one of the best behaved teenagers I know."
"She got into a fight at school." Nick said looking at the table; thankfully he was saved by the waitress. "What can I get you all today?" She asked with a much too happy smile on her face.
Everyone mumbled their orders still thinking about Eliza. Sara, however, was the most worried. With everything going on about Kimberly Eliza was having a really hard time even if she didn't show it.
Once the waitress left, the interrogation started up again. "What was it about?", "Who started it?" "Was it about a guy?" and "I'll Kill the other kid." were all spoken around the table.
Nick sighed before speaking, "I don't really know." He admitted, once he saw the word boyfriend the fight at school seemed to disappear.
"What do you mean you don't know?" Catherine asked in a protective motherly tone.
"I didn't get a chance to ask her." Nick said and then started talking about a case Greg had just closed. For the most part it was forgotten except for Catherine who kept a careful eye on Nick the whole meal. Once they finished eating they headed out to their cars. Nick knew Catherine had been acting funny since Eliza's fight at school came up and they both had their cars parked out back away from the rest of them.
When they arrived at their cars Nick tried a quick escape but Catherine stopped him.
"Nick, what's wrong?" She asked bluntly.
"I'm fine Catherine."
"Be serious, what's going on with Eliza, and what's going on between you and Eliza?"
Nick was slightly annoyed that she always seemed to know when something was wrong; maybe it's a mother thing. Then he thought about Kimberly and mentally scoffed, maybe it wasn't a mother thing.
"We are both fine Catherine." He lied.
"How early did you get into work today?"
"I pulled a double." Nick said getting more annoyed every second.
"Why, there are no big cases right now."
"Fine, I just found out that my fourteen year old daughter has a boyfriend, and she's getting in fights at school, and her mother's a flake, and.." but he got cut off by his phone going off.
"Speak of the devil." He said under his breath before answering. "What is it Kimberly?"
Catherine shot him an apologetic smile.
"Kim, that's only two weeks away, and I really don't think she'd go for it."
Catherine listened intently trying to make sense of what he was saying.
"What do you mean you already asked her?"
Kimberly talked a little bit more and Nick's expression turned from anger to confusion to hurt and back to anger.
"Kim, she probably just told you yes so she wouldn't hurt your feelings."
This time Nicks anger dissolved into hurt but the anger never returned. He just composed himself before speaking.
"Fine, If that's what she really wants then she can. But wait, what do you mean you talked to her last night she's not supposed to use the phone, she's grounded."
Kim's quiet voice ceased and shrieking came from his phone.
Catherine got in her car and left so that she wouldn't impose more than she already had.
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Nick stayed in the diner parking lot for half an hour fighting with Kimberly. They had however come to an agreement. Eliza was going to LA for her birthday, and Eliza could call Kimberly as much as she wanted without getting punished, Nick would have to talk to Eliza about both the fight at school, and about being grounded (i.e. why he was angry, and what she thinks about it.
Basically Nick lost.
Nick lost for a number of reasons, first not only was Eliza going to spend her birthday away from him but at Kimberly's house. Second he had been avoiding talking to Eliza for a reason and now he would have to. Third Kimberly already knew all about James which meant that Eliza was talking to Kim about her life but not him. And Lastly, Kimberly was actually acting like an adult so he felt guilty.
And now he had to go see Eliza.
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I'm sorry! I should have updated a long time ago but didn't. I love reviews but have given up begging for them so review or don't. I'll try to update soon! By the way I saw Twilight and LOVED it, okay well I saw twilight and thought it was unintentionally hilarious and then went and saw it AGAIN and loved it but anyway, thanks for reading! And thanks for my reviewers last chapter!
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