Chapter 11

Nick waited until Brass left before he glanced at Krisalyn again and just stared at her. He could tell she was uncomfortable with him now and he wasn't sure why. He had seriously thought they were making a connection. He sighed as he leaned back in the chair that he was sitting in and continued to stare at her. He knew eventually it would annoy her enough that she would look at him, even if it was only to yell at him.

"Stop staring." She whispered without even glancing his way.

"Why are you so anxious to get rid of me?" Nick asked seriously.

"Why are you sp upset over being caught like that with me?" Krisalyn shot back finally glancing at him. "I get it, you got caught up in the moment and you aren't attracted to me anymore, I just think it's best if you leave then."

Nick just stared at her, unsure of what to say. What in the world would have made her think he wasn't attracted to her?

J.J. walked through the halls of the hospital and came to a stop in front of Krisalyn's room. She had a feeling that Nick was the one inside with her at the moment. She felt her anger rise as she pushed her way inside the room and smirked at the two people sitting there talking to each other without even noticing she was there. She cleared her throat and saw the shocked expression that crossed Nick's face.

"Nick, can I speak to you alone for a moment?" J.J. asked sweetly.

"No." Nick said simply, shaking his head.

"Please honey." She tried again.

"First off, I am not your honey and secondly I am working right now. My job is to protect Krisalyn from this psycho and my orders from my supervisor are to stay put in this room with her." Nick said throwing an icy stare towards J.J.

"First off you are my honey and secondly don't you dare talk to me like that again. I don't know why you would even bother with this woman. She won't be here much longer anyway. Don't you know that the deal with my transfer was that one of the lab people would be transferred back there and you are looking at my New York replacement." J.J. threw at them both with a smirk.

"Over my dead body." Krisalyn said with a furious look. "I have a contract little miss stupid that says I can't be transferred at all."

"What?" J.J. asked clearly taken aback.

Nick stared at Krisalyn with wide eyes. He had never heard her act as furious as she sounded at that very moment. He could tell that she hadn't meant for any of that to come out at that moment but he was kind of glad it had. He knew that there was a chance of a contract since Ella was buried here, she wouldn't want to leave her daughters grave behind.

"I said I have a contract. I can't be transferred unless I request it and you can bet I won't be requesting it." Krisalyn said slowly. "What part of that didn't get through that small brain of yours?"

"You have no right…" J.J. started as she started towards the bed.

Nick jumped up and walked around the bed until he was standing in between Krisalyn and J.J. He stood there and watched as J.J. studied him and frowned even more when she realized she wasn't getting past him.

"How long have you two been seeing each other?" She asked softly.

"WE haven't been. I don't even want him." Krisalyn lied about the last part, her pride still hurting over his request earlier.

"Well sweetheart I know that you only want to reassure J.J. but lying about not wanting me is a little to far." Nick drawled turning towards her, crossing his arms in front of him.

"Someone has an ego. Maybe I really don't want you." Krisalyn said starting to get even more annoyed.

"And maybe just moments ago we were about to kiss." Nick said leaning towards her. "And maybe I want to finish that."

"Maybe I don't." Krisalyn said her eyes going wide. Moments ago he had asked Brass to keep quiet and now he was going to kiss her in front of another investigator. She figured it out in no time, as long as the display worked to his advantage he would be okay with displaying affection. She started to feel her anger build as she raised her hand, getting ready to slap him.

Nick already knew what she was going to do and smiled at her. He grabbed her hand gently and held it on the bed. He could tell that move had shocked her and he heard someone else enter the room. He glanced over his shoulders and saw Grissom walk in and frown at them .Figuring this was the time to show her he was serious and turned back to face her and kissed her hard.

Krisalyn felt her eyes widen as Nick kissed her roughly. She was to shocked to do much of anything but sit there in her hospital bed until he pulled away. She didn't know what to say about what had just happened but when she saw Grissom and the look on her face she had a feeling that he had seen everything. She gulped and bit her bottom lip nervously. She wasn't sure how her supervisor was going to react to the display of affection he had just been a witness to.

"Grissom I can probably explain this." Krisalyn said hastily.

"Somehow I doubt that." Grissom said with a smile on his face. "So it's about time you two realized you had feelings for each other."

"Excuse me?" J.J. asked stepping in. "Nick and I are going to be together."

"Nope." Nick said shaking his head. "I don't think so."

"What is so special about her?" J.J. asked pointing to Krisalyn who was still in super shock mode.

"I love her." Nick whispered softly, shocking everyone in the room, especially himself.

Krisalyn felt her jaw drop as she heard those three works escape Nick's mouth. She gulped as she tried to think of how she was supposed to respond to that but couldn't. Suddenly Nick left the room very quickly and Krisalyn wasn't given a chance to respond. She looked over and saw Grissom studying her intensely, almost as if he could read her mind.

"I didn't know." Krisalyn said lamely.

"I can tell." Grissom said nodding his head.

J.J. left the hospital with anger feeling up every inch of her. She felt her chest tighten as she replayed the words that had been uttered from CSI Stokes mouth. How in the world could he love Krisalyn and not her? She had a feeling she had known all along that there was no chance for the two of them but something inside her head told her that she would have to fight for him. She clenched her fists as she made her way back to her car and tried to think of a plan of action. Maybe if this serial killer succeeded in killing off Krisalyn she might have a real shot at Nick Stokes. Just maybe she might actually get something she felt like she deserved.

Nick felt the humiliation throughout the core of his body as he sat in the cafeteria of the hospital. He let his head fall to rest on his right arm and groaned inwardly. How could he have been so stupid as to utter those words out loud? Why didn't he control what came out of his mouth? He heard someone clear their throat and looked up to see Warrick and Greg standing there staring at him. He gave them a forced smile and sat up completely straight.

"We went by the room to talk to you but Grissom said you ran out of there pretty quickly." Warrick explained as they slid into the booth across from him.

"Yeah well I said something pretty stupid. I'm pretty sure that I screwed everything up." Nick said with a sigh. "Warrick, do you remember when we came back to Vegas after I met Krisalyn for the first time?"

"Yeah, you were so long gone it wasn't even funny anymore. You almost screwed up three different cases until Grissom and Eickly both jumped in and chewed you out." Warrick said nodding his head.

"I think it was because I knew she was the one for me." Nick said softly. "I know it now."

"Well then why are you down here and not up there fighting for her?" Greg asked his friend confused.

"Why did you just give up on Sara?" Nick asked pointedly.

"Because she and Grissom love each other, therefore I had no shot. Krisalyn loves you man, and no one else." Greg pointed out with a sigh of his own. "Besides I am kinda happy with that new patrol cop, she is something else." Greg said with a knowing smirk.

"She must be pretty brain dead to be with a guy like you." Warrick teased.

"Haha that is so funny." Greg muttered annoyed.

"Uh guys, can we kind of get back to me now?" Nick asked looking between his two friends. "I don't want to scare her off. She has been injured a few times and she is suffering from a head injury right now. Anything I say or do might tick her off."

"Maybe right now is the best time to make your move. Her defenses are down and her standards are low." Greg teased and then laughed at his own joke.

"Thanks Greg, that's what I wanted to hear." Nick said dryly.

He was happy with the results of his latest kill. This one was personal and about revenge. It originally had nothing to do with his plan but he could improvise. He smirked as he realized how much mayhem and panic this one was going to cause. Because for the first time he was going to leave her in a very public and very weird place. He was going to leave her body on an elementary school playground just to be completely and totally evil. He laughed at his own wittiness and made sure that he left nothing behind that wasn't supposed to be left there. He would only give them enough to work with that was it.

Krisalyn looked up when she heard the door open and almost breathed a sigh of relief when she realized it wasn't Nick. She smiled when she saw Sara and Katherine standing there and looked over to see Grissom getting to his feet. She watched as he walked out of the room with a slight nod at the women and she couldn't help but feel like someone had called them to talk to her about Nick. She was the new team member in the equation which meant their loyalty would be completely for him. She almost wished she had never transferred out here, that she had her old team and friends back so she wouldn't feel so alone.

"He loves you, didn't I tell you that." Katherine said with a knowing smile.

"Yes you did and so did he." Krisalyn said with a pout.

"Did you say it back? You know that you want to." Sara teased as she sat in a chair across from her.

"No I didn't say it back. He kissed me." She blurted suddenly.

"He kissed you?" The two of them repeated in unison.

"Did you kiss him back?" Sara asked leaning forward in the chair.

"No, I couldn't believe he did that. Honestly I was in to much shock to know what to do or how to react. The same with when he said that he loved me. I thought maybe he was kissing me and saying that because he wanted J.J, off his back and she was standing right there but the look on his face as he realized what had popped out of his mouth was enough to convince me it was the truth." Krisalyn said with a sigh.

"What are you going to do about it?" Katherine asked pointedly.

"So what are you going to do about it?" Warrick asked his friend with an arched brow.