Chapter 16:

A few days went by without a word from Marty. Nix was more preoccupied with her musician dad now. He was still a lawyer yes, but at night he would play at a local night club with Dane. That made Nix so happy to hear that Mike and Dane were gonna be home late. That meant that her job was a success! Her cold had gone away shortly after being home back in her own era.

"Where are you, Nicole? I need you here in the court house in ten minutes!"

"Daddy, calm down. I just left CVS, I'll be there in five," Nix said.

Nix was skateboarding down the sidewalk down to the court house to help her dad work with a case. Marty and Mike were working on a new case together and needed some extra help on how to question the criminals.

Nix rounded a corner and collided with a boy. They both fell down on the sidewalk.

"Oh my gosh, I am so sorry!" Nix exclaimed.

"It's no big deal. I should've been looking where I was going," he said.

They both looked up at each other and their eyes met. A spark seemed to just fly up from both of them. They smiled at each other and the boy got up first. He extended a hand to Nix and helped her up.

"Thank you," she said with a smile.

"No problem," he smiled back.

She looked at the attractive teenager that helped her up. He had on a blue sweater vest, grey khaki pants, a pink short sleeved collard shirt and to top it off, a grey and pink stripped tie. He was a good looking kid with blue eyes and the same colored light brown hair Marty had. Nix had almost sworn she'd seen him somewhere before.

"I'm Alex," he said extending his hand.

"Nicole, but my friends call me Nix," she said shaking the kid's hand.

"What a pretty name," he said.

Alex could get lost in her hazel eyes. They were just so gorgeous to him. He was especially happy to see a girl in a blue and grey plaid skirt and a black long sleeved collard shirt. He also took notice to her wedges and a skateboard.

"Heals and a skateboard?" he asked with a laugh.

"Not one of my smartest ideas. Listen, I don't mean to be rude, but I'm due at the court house in five minutes to help my dad."

"That's odd, so am I," Alex said.

"Weird."

"May I walk you to your destination?"

"Sure," she smiled.

Nix kicked up her skateboard and held it as she walked side by side with her new friend Alex. She had seen this boy before, but where just baffled her. something made her think of the one letter Marty had left her. I have a son and I think you two will cross paths someday. She looked out of the corner of her eye at the kid. He was taller than Marty, but not by much. Same blue eyes she took notice too, as well as the hair color. Marty never said his son's name, but who cared right now, Nix thought this guy was amazing.

"Does you dad work at the court house or something?" Alex asked.

"Yeah he does," Nix said, "He needed a lab rat for a case later on this week."

"My dad said the same to me, that's really, really weird," Alex said.

"It is. Honestly, I wouldn't be dressed like this if I weren't working for my dad."

"Not a fan of clothes like that?"

"Nope. You?"

"Yeah I am. This is a normal get up for me. I don't know why either. I just I'm just the kinda guy that wants to get into something that would require to wear this everyday. I might take after my dad and be a lawyer or some type of business man. I haven't decided yet."

"I can tell you're a smart guy," she said with a smile.

"I suppose you could say that," he smooth talked.

The two walked up the stairs to the Hill Valley Court House. They walked down hall after hall until they got to the main room. They were a bit curious on why they were following one another. Once inside the main room, they saw Mike and Marty.

"Nicole Amelia Fox, you're late," Mike said crossing his arms.

"Sorry, daddy," she said quietly.

"Alexander Pierce McFly, where were you? You said you were stepping outside for a minute," Marty scolded.

"Sorry, dad, I got distracted…"

Then it hit Nix. The guy she just ran into was Alex McFly. Marty's son! She knew she'd seen him before. He looked a lot like Marty!

"Kids," Mike said.

"Tell me about it."

The two adults sat their kids down behind the defendant's desk. They started to ask them questions about the case they were working on. After a while, Alex and Nix were getting bored with all the questions. This is what they did all day? Lame!

An hour and a half went by before they finally called it quits for the day. They gotten all the help they needed for their case on Saturday. Mike and Alex had walked away for a few minutes leaving Marty and Nix in the room alone. Nix had hopped up on one of the desks and sat there bored.

"I told you you'd cross paths with Alex sooner of later," Marty said.

"Yes. Yes you did. I shouldn't've doubted your instincts. There's one thing I don't really get. Your son's smart."

"You're funny, really," he said with think sarcasm.

Nix smiled, "I'm kidding, really."

"Take the car out for a spin yet?" he asked.

Marty jumped up on the desk next to her. She smiled and turned to him.

"Not yet. I haven't found the right time to travel back yet," she said honestly.

"Well, promise me you'll tell me about your first time."

"Are you saying that I'm a time traveling virgin?"

"Yes, I am. But don't worry; tons of people are time traveling virgins."

Nix laughed. Good time to stop their awkward conversation as Mike had walked back in the main room.

"Marty, the judge is kicking us out for the rest of the day. They have a few cases today to deal with."

"Alright," he said jumping off the desk, "When's the gig tonight?"

"Eight. Dane can't make it tonight, you in?"

"Wouldn't hurt," he shrugged.

Alex had joined them again. He just starred at Nix, dumbfounded in love. He tapped her shoulder and she smiled to him as their dad's talked about their gig tonight.

"I was wondering, if you, I dunno… wanna go out tonight?"

"Like, on a date?" she smiled.

"Yeah, like on a date. If you don't want to I totally understand…"

"I'd love to."

"Really?" he beamed.

Nix hopped down and smiled to him, "I can't wait."

Mike and Marty looked over at their kids as the two teen's grabbed hands and walked out of the court room talking.

"Finally," Mike said.

"Finally what?" Marty asked.

"Finally that Nix has another friend, or possibly more than one."

"She's never had a boyfriend before?" Marty asked kinda confused.

"She did, like four years ago. I didn't approve of this kid, but she insisted on seeing him anyway. That was her first broken heart and she sworn never to love again. Seems like that's changed."

"Well, at least you know who the kid is," Marty said, "Besides, Alex's a good kid. He's smart and knows right from wrong. I think Nicole would actually be his first girlfriend."

"That doesn't really surprise me, Marty. Everytime we invite you and Jen over to the house for a party, he's never around."

"He's a loner," Marty said honestly, "He sits up in his room reading books about the stock market and business. Alex's is smart that way, but not socially smart, if you get what I mean."

"Yeah, I get ya. Been through that same situation with Channing. But in his case, he sat up in his room working out for hours. Took him till college to finally start dating."

"I'm surprised at you, Mike," Marty said. The two had finally walked out of the court room, "I thought you'd be more protective of your only daughter dating."

"Well ya know, Marty, I'm not as much with Alex because I know the kid. I trust him with her."

"That's great to hear, Mike, it really is."