I don't own CSI!

Rated T maybe M

You didn't think Brooke wouldn't have to finish what Jimmy Cole started, did you?

Jolene Parker would make sure she followed through.

After all, a deal is a deal, right?

Brooke headed from the airport and back into the city that she left behind. She wasn't sure if she was sick to be there or if she was thrilled to be seeing Nick again. "I don't care what you say, Nicky, we had something good, we were a couple just like the others in our crew…we loved each other," she said out loud to herself, "I know deep down you know it too…you have to…you just have to."

"What's that, Honey?" the cab driver yelled back at her.

"Nothing, nothing, just go to the Bellagio," she mumbled back at the cab driver.

Once the cab pulled in the front of the hotel, Brooke threw him his money and slammed the door.

Brooke looked around the big city and breathed in the night air. She was really here. This was it. The same city she left behind…the same city she left her heart in…and now, she was back to retrieve it.

Brook had no sooner walked into the Bellagio lobby when her phone rang almost immediately.

"Hello?" she said confused as she picked up her cell phone.

"You look sweet, Doll, I like your outfit," Jolene laughed.

Brooke was startled and looked around spotting Jolene Parker on the velvet couch drinking a scotch and soda.

"No, no, don't look at me, Doll, keep moving, ya never know who might be walking around," she informed. "Go to the front desk and get yourself a room. I will meet you up there as soon as you get your key."

"Yes, okay, okay," she agreed fearfully, hoping she wasn't going to be forced to eat pussy if Jolene came up to her room tonight. She grew very worried.

"We need to talk first. I have a lot of information to share with you. I want this to go smoothly and no fuck ups…for both our sakes. When Cole isn't happy…no one is happy." she explained civilly.

"I understand," she whispered as she began checking in.

Once Brooke checked herself in, she told Jolene her floor and room number. Jolene smirked and told her she would meet her up there in ten minutes and make sure she didn't make her wait out in the hallway.

Brooke wasn't sure how long she would be in Las Vegas. She wasn't actually sure of anything. She just knew she was going to find out information from that crazy bitch Jolene and she was going to have to follow through with everything if she didn't want to get hurt.

Brooke bit her nails as she waited for the knock at the door. She was truly out of her league with these people. She began to wonder if her revenge on Nick for dumping her so cruelly was worth this kind of fear. The money was certainly fantastic. She never made ten grand this fast even when she was dancing her tail off for the perverts of Las Vegas. Yes, the money was a huge temptation but it was getting even with Nick that was the motivation that drove her to this place in her life.

She thought back to her college days. She thought back to watching her best friends all together and wanting so badly to have Nick look at her the way the other couples looked at each other. It wasn't fair. She was the pretties one out of the group and the only one that had to hang on Nick to get the attention she deserved. It just wasn't right. But when she and Nick started hooking up she was sure it would be the beginning of a loving relationship. True, he told her he didn't want more and he would understand if she didn't want to be just "friends with benefits", but she knew it would grow into more if he just gave it a chance. He was such a good guy too. He made her feel like it was more. He lit candles and paid for dinner when they went out all together. It felt like they were a couple…the only thing that kept them from actually being a couple was Nick's reluctance and insistence that they just keep things the way they were. He told her that he loved her but he always added that annoying ending…"as a friend." She hated when he said that. She knew he didn't mean it. He couldn't mean it. They had amazing sex. He was always so passionate when they made love. He never called it making love which annoyed her too. He always called it just "sex", or "hooking up", or "Hey Brooke, wanna get busy?" She sighed at the memory.

She remembered following him to Las Vegas. How he looked at her when she showed up at his door. He was not as happy to see her as she had hoped. She seethed with anger at the thought of him sitting her down at his table and explaining to her that he wanted a different life now. He wanted to make a change and, while they could still be friends, he wasn't interested in anything more. "How could you walk away from me, Nicky! How could you let what we had go? It could have been so beautiful…if you just gave us a chance."

Brooke was getting upset just thinking about how she let him ruin her life. How she pretended to be a top show girl when the truth was she was fired soon after getting her job. She had no money. She couldn't pay her rent. She had nothing. She had been counting on a relationship with Nick and he shot her down flat. It wasn't fair what he did to her and it was about time he felt how it feels to be ruined. It was about time that Nick Stokes felt how it feels to lose everything that matters most to him.

What Nick needed to understand that they were meant to be and they had been since college. He needed to dump his mistakes. He needed to dump that baggage he called a family. He needed to pick up where they left off and make a brand new start. She would even accept his daughter as her own so long as he got rid of that whore he married. It just wouldn't be fair to not rekindle what they had.

Brooke was startled from her thoughts when she heard the know at her door. She froze with fear. She wasn't sure how to handle these people. They were so scary. She thought she was tough, after all she made it on the streets of Las Vegas, but these people, these people were a whole different breed. She was definitely not in her league and that frightened her.

Brooke walked slowly to the door and peeked out the peephole even though she knew who it would be. She opened the door to Jolene Parker who came inside without waiting for an invitation.

"I told you not to make me wait in the hall, Doll," Jolene said as she walked past her and leaned against the dresser leering at her.

"I didn't! You just knocked for God's sake!" she told her trying to sound unafraid.

"Little lady, I don't know who you think you're talking to but you might want to rethink that tone," she scanned her up and down feeling that power that turned her on.

Brooke ignored her and leaned against the wall and kept her eyes at her feet.

"Ok," I am willing to give you some ideas. You need to have a seat and let me tell you what the deal is. You need to pay attention too because I don't repeat myself, got it?" she waited for Brooke to reply. Once she heard her say "yes" she continued, "Now here is what you need to know about what has been happening with the CSI and his bitch," she began filling Brooke in immediately on the situation at hand. "and here is what I think you should do to break up Dumb and Dumber."

Brooke was sure to listen carefully and prepare herself for doing exactly as she was told.

She had no choice but to do what she was told. She was in deep. She was in with the wrong people. So, she followed directions.

And by the time early morning came…she was prepared.