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The New Jersey Connection	By : Brassfan24 Category: CSI > General Views: 1658 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter 13
/Las Vegas, Nevada/
The plane finally landed in Vegas and Jim, Catherine and Nick were finally back home. They couldn't believe they made it back in one piece. The group made their way to the long term parking garage where Grissom's truck was parked.
They all piled in and Jim drove back to the Crime lab. When they arrived, they all went inside. Warrick was making his way down the hall when he saw them. He looked right at Jim and Catherine and laughed. "My God, if it isn't Ma and Pa Kettle."
Catherine glared and Warrick. "I'm not in the mood for anymore smartass remarks. I just want to shower, change and go home." she said walking off down the hall.
"What's up with her?" Warrick asked.
"Look 'Rick, it's been a rough couple weeks. I really don't wanna talk about it right now." Jim said and followed Catherine down the hall.
Warrick turned back to the remaining group and noticed Grissom with his arm in a sling. "Whoa, what happened Gris?" Grissom just shook his head and walked off. "What the hell is up with everyone?"
"Look, Warrick, we're all kinda tired and hungry. Give us a chance to settle in and relax a little bit and we'll fill you in later." Nick said and turned to Andrea and Peter. "Come on, I'll show you where you can freshen up a bit."
Warrick watched them walk off as Sara came up beside him. "Hey, what's going on? I just saw Catherine and Brass and they look like they've been through the ringer."
"I don't know but I can't wait to find out." Warrick said as he and Sara made their way to the lab.
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Catherine walked up to the shower stall. She couldn't believe what had happened over the past week. And God was she stressed and sore from what had happened. Though she was glad that it was over, and done with. And that her and Jim could be together safely. Considering she was still planning on helping him recover from what his brother had done to him.
She turned on the water and when she stepped in it was like heaven. Vegas was heaven to her, and there was no way she was returning to New Jersey. Her and Jim were going to stay safe and sound in Vegas. Though she knew that New Jersey is where he came from, she hoped never to have to return there without a damn good reason, and three simple words were not involved: The Soprano Crew.
Catherine stood under the hot water for what seemed like an eternity. When she finished, she shut the water off and reached for her towel. She felt along the wall and noticed the towel was no longer there.
"Okay, whoever took my towel has a death wish." Catherine yelled and walked around the corner of the shower room.
"Looking for this?" Jim asked. He had showered, shaved and changed his clothes and now he was standing there with the towel and a smirk on his face.
Catherine smiled. "Can I have my towel please?" she asked.
"Okay, since you asked nicely." Jim held the towel open and Catherine walked into his waiting arms. He wrapped the towel around her and held her close.
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Nick had shown Andrea and Peter where they could freshen up and then he showered and changed himself. Once he was finished he found Andrea and Peter in the break room. Peter was sitting at the table reading the newspaper, while Andrea was asleep on the couch.
"If your thinking of waking her, you have a death wish." Peter said not bothering looking up from his newspaper.
Nick looked at Peter. "Are you kidding. I wasn't thinking of waking her. Quite a few of us had spent a few hours sleeping on that couch before." Nick said getting an Ice Tea from the small fridge.
Just as Nick sat down at the table, Warrick walked into the break room. "Okay, Nicky, I wanna know what happened while you guys were in Jersey. And why I just saw Jim go into the women's showers."
Nick sighed and looked at Warrick. "Okay, you know we were assigned the Romano homicide right?"
"Yeah, I wanted a piece of that but Grissom had something else for me." Warrick replied.
"You should thank him for that." Peter said putting the paper down.
"And you are?"
"Peter Brass." he said holding out his hand to Warrick.
Warrick shook his hand and asked. "Brass?"
"Yeah, he's Jim's brother." Nick answered. "And that's his sister Andrea sleeping on the couch."
"Okay, so what went down?"
"Long story short. None of us plan on ever going back to New Jersey." Nick answered.
Warrick pulled a chair up. "Okay no long story short. I want full story, man."
"Well, it all started when genius here shot Jim..." Nick started.
"That was an accident." Peter said defensively and looked at Warrick who had a shocked look on his face. "We were struggling on the floor and the gun accidently went off."
"You shouldn't've pulled one in the first place." Nick said.
"Well, if you guys had of took my advice and just left when I told you to, we wouldn't be in the mess were in." Peter replied.
"Okay, anyway, what happened next?" Warrick asked.
"So, we got Jim to the hospital, which if Catherine hadn't of been in the room with Jim he wouldn't have made it." Nick said glaring at Peter.
"Okay, why was Catherine there to begin with?"
"You didn't know that she and Jim are seeing each other?" Nick asked.
"What!?" Warrick yelled.
"Yeah, just before this whole mess started. Anyway, while Jim is in the hospital, Catherine gets grabbed by the Soprano crew..."
"The Soprano crew? Shit, man, you're lucky you're here at all." Warrick stated.
"See? Even he knows what they're like." Peter said.
"Will you shut up, Peter?" Andrea said groggy as she rolled over to face the back of the couch.
"I didn't do anything." he said.
"Okay, so what happened next?" Warrick asked eagerly.
"Anyway, Catherine got away and she made her way back to the hospital. So, then she gets the bright idea to go back and find a grave that she thinks she tripped over. Well, anyway she drags me along and we see two members of the crew digging up this grave when he," Nick said and pointed to Peter. "showed up and shoots the chick in the shoulder. So, now these guys want blood. Well, when we get back to town, Catherine dropped me off at the hospital so I could talk to Andrea and warn her about what was going on. Only when I get there, she has to deal with a patient and two guys from Tony's crew grab me and take me to some butcher shop. They beat the shit out of me because I wouldn't tell them where Peter was. Although, if I knew what an asshole he was I would have talked."
"Fuck you, Stokes." Peter said.
Andrea rolled over. "Peter Brass, will you fucking shut that goddamn mouth of yours?"
Peter ignored her as Nick continued. "So, after Andrea helped me out of the jam I was in, they dropped me out in front of the hospital where Andrea took care of me." Nick said and smiled at her.
Warrick looked at Nick. "What was that, man?"
"What?"
"That smile on your face when you looked at her."
"Nothing. Let's just get back to the story. So, we all hide out at the hotel until we could slip out and make it to Andrea's house. Only they found us somehow and torched the place. Well, we managed to get out and the only way we knew how to get home was to call Gris and have him fly out with some cash. Although, that didn't really go as planned. Grissom got shot trying to get Cath's truck out of the hotel garage. Not only that, I shot a member of the crew."
"Which was pretty stupid." Peter stated.
"Hey, he was going to shoot Jim. I had no choice. So, we get Grissom to the hospital and while Andrea was fixing him up we ended up crawling around in the heating ducts trying to get away from these guys. Thankfully we got out of there and made it to the airport and here we are."
"Holy shit! Man, that sounds like something out of a movie. But I'm glad you made it out of there in one piece. Okay, so now explain to me why I saw Jim going into the women's showers."
"Well, my guess would be that Catherine was in there." Nick said.
"Yes, I was." Catherine said from the doorway.
"You know, Rick, you're way too curious for your own good." Jim said walking in behind Catherine.
"I can't help it. It's what makes me a good CSI." Warrick said in defense.
Andrea shook her head and looked at Jim. "So where do we get to sleep tonight?"
Jim looked at Catherine and she looked at him. "Well, I guess my house if you want. I still got to talk to my sister, to see how my daughter is doing."
"Daughter?" Andrea asked.
"Yeah, with my hours I work, she stays there." Catherine answered.
Andrea smiled. "I know what you mean, unlike some others." She said looking at Peter.
Peter jumped up from his chair. "What is that supposed to mean?"
Andrea smiled. "Oh nothing."
"Someone must have a guilty conscious." Nick commented.
"Nicky, Peter has always been like that." Jim answered.
/Newark, New Jersey/
Nicole was asleep in the chair by Paulie's bed when she thought she heard someone enter the room. She looked up but no one was there. She swore she heard the door open.
She jumped up from the chair and spun around. There was no one in the room but her and Paulie. She could feel her heart beating rapidly in her chest and her head felt like it was about to explode. She shook her head wildly. No it was just her mind playing tricks on her. It had to be. There was no other explanation for it.
/Las Vegas, Nevada/
Jim sighed as he layed down in bed, Catherine joined him once she took off her house coat. Jim wrapped his arms around her. "It's been one hell of a couple weeks, Jimmy."
Jim nodded, "Yeah it has been. But don't worry Cath, everything is going to work out okay."
She closed her eyes. "I know, Jimmy."
Closing his eyes he smiled. "I promise. Everything will eventually work out, no matter what happens."
"I love you, Jimmy." Catherine whispered as she started to fall asleep.
Jim kissed the top of her head, "I love you too, Catherine."
/Newark, New Jersey/
Nicole was standing in the middle of Paulie's room breathing heavy. Paulie opened his eyes and saw how terrified she looked. "Hey, what's the matter, Nic?" he asked.
"I swear I just heard someone come into the room." she said shaking and on the verge of tears.
"There's no here but you and me, sweetheart." Paulie said looking around and then looked back at Nicole. He held out his hand. "Come here, honey." Nicole slowly walked over to the bed and took Paulie's hand. He lifted up the covers on his bed and she climbed in beside him. "Everything's gonne be okay."
Nicole looked up at Paulie and smiled a little. He smiled back and tilted her chin up with his finger. Then he leaned in and gently kissed her lips. Nicole returned the kiss and wrapped her arms carefully around him. "I always feel safe when I'm with you, Paulie."
"I'm glad, honey, because I'm never leaving your side."
/Las Vegas, Nevada/
Nick looked at Andrea, "Are you sure you want to sleep on the couch? I mean, you can take my bed and I'll take the couch." he offered.
Andrea shook her head. "No Nick. I'll sleep on the couch. But thanks for the offer."
"No, I'll take the couch. You take the bed. You need more sleep than I do."
"Nick. You go to sleep in your bed, I'm quite fine with the couch."
"Andrea..." Nick said sitting down on the couch before she did. "I'll sleep here."
"Nick..." She said sitting down on the couch next to him. "I'm sleeping on the couch. You take your own bed."
"No." He said gently trying to get her to stand.
Andrea laughed, as she pushed him down. Before they knew it they were in each others arms. Nick gently kissed her and was glad when she returned the kiss.
/Newark, New Jersey/
The next morning, Nicole woke up in Paulie's arms. It had been the best nights sleep she had gotten in a long time. She didn't move, she just layed their with her head on his chest and listened to his heart beat.
"Good morning." Paulie said.
Nicole looked up at him and smiled. "Good morning."
"It's too bad the first night we spend together has to be in a hospital bed."
"I don't care about the location, Paulie, I'm just happy to be with you."
Paulie was about to kiss her again when the door opened. "Well, don't you two look cozy." Tony said walking into the room.
"Morning, Ton." Paulie said.
Tony sat down in a chair as Nicole was about to get out of bed. "No, no, don't move on my account."
Nicole layed back down and then looked at Tony. "T., I have to ask, are you serious about dropping this whole matter?"
"Hey, if we find out they're still in town, I'll let you deal with them. But I have a feeling they're already gone anyway."
"Those lousy fucking cocksuckers. One of these days they'll get what's coming to them."
"Paulie, relax. You just worry about getting better. Let us worry about them." Nicole said.
"I want that little prick that shot me for myself. I think I'm entitled."
"You're right, you are. But like I said, if they've left town, then that's it we have to let it go." Tony repeated.
Neither Paulie or Nicole liked that idea one bit. One of these days, with or without Tony's consent they were going to take matters into their own hands.
/Las Vegas, Nevada/
Catherine woke up to the smell of freah coffee brewing. She reached out across the bed and found that she was alone. She smiled and got out of bed. She put on her house coat and made her way downstairs.
Catherine walked into the kitchen and found Jim and Lindsey having breakfast. "Hi mom, Jim made pancakes."
"He did, huh?" Catherine said and hugged Lindsey. "How did you get here?"
"Your sister had to work early so she dropped her off." Jim answered.
"Well, I'm glad she did." Catherine smiled.
Catherine poured herself a cup of coffee and watched Jim and Lindsey together at the table. She was happy to see them getting along. But she still felt nervous about Lindsey's reaction when she found out that Catherine and Jim were now officially a couple. But truth be told Lindsey needed a strong male role model in her life and Jim could definitely provide that. Eddie's death had been particularly hard on both of them but now, with Jim there, things seemed a lot brighter.
"Are you hungry?" Jim asked.
"Mmmhmm." Catherine said and sat down at the table. "It smells great." Jim dished her up some pancakes and bacon and passed the plate to her. Catherine picked up her fork and dug in. "These are delicious, Jim. I knew you could cook but I didn't know how well."
Jim smiled and winked at her. "Just one of my many talents."
Catherine understood what he meant and blushed. When she finished her breakfast, she suddenly felt sick. She put her plate in the dishwasher and ran to the bathroom. Jim followed her. He stood outside the bathroom door and heard her throwing up.
"Honey, are you okay?" he asked as he opened the door. Catherine looked up at him but then had to throw up again. Jim walked over to her and held her hair back. "I think everything is finally catching up with you. Maybe you should see a doctor."
Lindsey appeared in the doorway looking worried. "Mom, are you okay?"
"I'm okay, sweetheart." Catherine said wiping her mouth.
Just then they heard the front door. "Hello? You guys up yet?" Nick called out.
"We'll be out in a minute." Jim called back. He handed Catherine a glass of water and some kleenex.
"Thank you."
Jim made his way out to the living room and found Nick and Andrea there. "How was your night?" Jim asked.
Andrea slipped her arm around Nick's waist and smiled. "Pretty amazing." she said.
"Well, I see you two have gotten closer." Catherine said walking into the room with Lindsey.
"Hey, Nick, can I steal you away from my sister for a few hours. I was hoping you could help me with something?" Jim asked.
Nick looked at Andrea, who nodded and then back to Jim. "Sure thing, Jim."
/Newark, New Jersey/
Tony and Nicole walked into the Bing and found Christopher and Sil waiting there. "Hey, T. So, what's the plan?" Christopher asked.
"For what?"
"For finding these pricks."
"There isn't one. If they're not at that fucking hospital or Pete's place then they're definitely gone. So, fucking drop it." Tony warned him.
"Come on, Tony, they can't get away with what they've done." Christopher continued to argue.
"Hey, Chrissy, if Tony wants this dropped then we have to drop it." Nicole stated as Christopher looked at her in surprise. "I know I don't like it either but we have no choice."
"Okay, we have other business to take care of." Tony said and looked at Christopher. "You have to deal with that scooter shipment coming in. I don't want that fucked up." Then he turned to Nicole. "I talked to Paulie's doctor, he said he's gonna be released this afternoon, so I want you to pick him up."
"No problem, Tony, I'll be there." Nicole replied.
"Okay, I have a meeting with Johnny Sack about our New York contracts. We'll all meet back here later." Tony said and left.
After Tony left, Christopher looked at Nicole. "You really wanna give up on finding them?" he asked.
"Fuck no! But I also don't want to piss Tony off anymore than we already have. Don't worry, Chris, we'll get them. No matter how long it takes." Nicole replied.
/Las Vegas, Nevada/
A few hours later Jim made his way back to Catherine's. He walked into the house and noticed it was empty. "Catherine? Are you home?" he called out.
When no one answered he went into the living room and relaxed on the couch. Twenty minutes later he heard a car pull into the driveway. Catherine walked into the house and found Jim in the living room.
"Hey." she said.
"Hey, where have you been?" Jim asked.
"I went to see my doctor." Catherine replied and sat down beside Jim on the couch. "We have to talk, Jim."
"Wait! I need to talk to you first." he said.
"No, Jim, I don't think this can wait."
"Please, Catherine, just hear me out."
She sighed and nodded. "Okay."
Jim took her hands in his and looked into her eyes. "Now, I know we haven't been seeing each other that long but what we've been through these last couple of weeks, most couples wouldn't go through in a lifetime. I guess what I'm trying to say is that I love you more than anything..." Jim said and pulled a box out of his pocket. "Catherine, will you marry me?"
TBC...
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