| Nick Of Time Episode 2 |
| ** "I can't believe you came to work without those papers. How am I supposed to do my work without them?" Rachel sneers, in a very matter-of-fact way, yet with a glowing smile. "I'm telling you, I had those papers with me this morning when I left." Nash laughs as he walks with Rachel down the hallway. "Sure you did." Rachel smiles back at him. "How's Nick?" "He has his good days and his bad days, like anyone else." "How is the Alzheimer's? Any more lapses?" "He's doing fine, Rachel. He'll be fine." "Nash, you can't keep denying the fact that he's ill here. I mean, there will come a day when you have to accept that." "I know, okay. I just don't want to think about it right now." The two arrive at the door and Nash opens the door. "I'll just be a minute." They walk in. "Okay, I'm going to use the bathroom." Nash goes towards the kitchen and Rachel goes towards the bathroom and screams as she opens the door. "NASH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" She finds Nick on the floor, unconcious with blood surrounding his head. Nash comes running in. "OH MY GOD! WHAT HAPPENED?" Nash stoops down to the floor and looks at Nick's eyes and checks his nose for breath. Rachel is listening for a hearbeat and starts chest compressions. "He must have hit his head on the counter, I came in and he was down." Nash waits a moment as he watches Rachel trying to save his father. "What are you waiting for? Call 911!" Rachel continues compressions and listening for breathing as Nash pulls out the cell phone to call. ** Harvey and Antwon walk up the gangway to the SIU. They get in and Harvey takes off his glasses and says "Ah, another wonderful day at work." "Yeah, wonderful for you." "What's that supposed to mean?" "It means I have a date tonight and I want to get to that date..." "I see. I'll make sure there's lots of work for you today then." Harvey smirks. "You do, you die." Antwon laughs as he walks over to his desk and Harvey goes the opposite direction. ** Nash is pacing around the hospital waiting room, waiting for the doctor to come out and give him some word on Nick. Rachel is sitting in a chair, across the room. A doctor comes out and moves towards Nash. The doctor rubs his head and looks around for a moment before he begins, "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting, Mr. Bridges." "Damn right I have. What's going on? Will he be okay?" "I'm afraid the Alzheimer's has progressed. It will only get worse." "But how is he now?" "Well, the gash on his head will heal; but, I think you should consider long term care." "Can I see him?" "Yes, but briefly...he's down in recovery." Nash walks away from the waiting room and down the hall. The doctor sits down next to Rachel, " I know this is a difficult time for the family but is there anyone else who should be called?" "Huh?" "Mrs. Bridges, I know that you and your husband have a very difficult decision to make here..." he is interrupted by Rachel. "I'm not..." she stops and grumbles to herself "Mrs. Bridges." "I know that this is a very hard decision to make, and I was just wondering if your husband had any brothers or sisters you would want us to call to help you." "Thanks, but I'll take care of it." The doctor gets up and walks away while Rachel tries calling Cassidy again on her cell phone. ** Back at the SIU, Antwon is walking around the SIU towards Harvey's desk. Antwon has a stack of papers in his hand, and Harvey looks up at him and smiles. "Awww.... look at what we get." "I know, with Nash gone for the day --- looks like we get to pick up the slack as far as paperwork goes. That's cold." "Where'd he go?" Harvey hadn't heard the news yet. "He went home to get something and he found Nick passed out, so he took him into the ER." "Oh. Everything gonna be okay?" "I haven't heard yet --- looks like its gonna be a long night all around." "Hmm... I wonder what the odds are of convincing Rachel to join us for the evening? Pizza and beer do wonders in bribing that woman." Harvey laughs for a moment, knowing he wouldn't mind in the least if Rachel stayed with them at the SIU. "As fun as that sounds, I believe "your" woman already has plans. She was with Nash when he found Nick." "I see." A little disappointed, but Harvey understands. Antwon laughs at Harvey, who is intently gazing at the massive pile of work. He then walks away, towards his own desk. ** Cassidy arrives at the hospital and runs in. She quickly passes the waiting room and spots Rachel in the hall by the nurses' station. Cassidy, now out of breath, nervously begins "Rachel, where's my dad?" "He's in with Nick, he should be out soon." "What happened?" "Your dad and I stopped by the house to get some papers for a case. We walked in and your dad went for the papers and I went to use the washroom. I found Nick passed out on the floor with a pretty bad concussion." "Is he going to be okay?" "For now, I think he will be but --- I can't say it will get any better. I'm so sorry..." Rachel is interrupted as Cassidy spots Nash and runs down the hall towards him. "Daddy..." she runs into Nash's arms and he hugs her. "Is he going to be okay?" Cassidy's tears begin to flow as Nash looks over towards Rachel. "We just have to wait and see, I'm sure he'll be the same old Nick in now time." He smiles and looks to reassure Cassidy" "Can I go see him?" "Yeah, but keep it short." She hugs him again and walks towards Nick's room, Nash saunters over in Rachel's direction. She waits a moment before saying anything, "do you want to talk or get something to eat?" " No. You can get going now --- things have settled down, I'm sure they can use you back at the SIU." "I can stay if you'd like." "Nah, I gave Harvey and Antwon a huge pile of cases to go through and I am sure they'd appreciate the help.' "What about you?" she sincerly cared, but Nash wasn't doing well at the moment and didn't want to admit she was right about Nick. She should know how he felt. He wasn't mad at her, but mad at the world. "Rachel, I said I will be fine. I don't need to talk, not to you or anyone else for that matter. Now get back to the SIU, that's an order" he barked to her. Rachel looked at him in contempt, picked up her jacket and walked away without saying another word. As she walks away, Nash stands there - rubbing his chin and thinking about what he just said. ** Harvey and Antwon are sitting at the table in the "conference room" and passing the files back and forth. Its after hours and both are wanting to leave. "So much for your date, huh?" Harvey chuckles to himself. "You know, you jinxed me. I just want you to know, next time your little Inspector Femme Fatale is around, I might just tell her what you think." Antwon grins at Harvey. "You would never. You checked her out too." "Watch me" he laughs "oh look, there she is now." Rachel is walking up the stairs and towards the table. They both struggle to fight off the laughter as she approaches them, but then Nick hits their minds. "Hey, how's Nick doing?" "Nick's better, but - I don't know, I don't think it looks too good." "And Nash?" "Is Nash --- and we'll leave it at that." "Oh. Care to join us?" Harvey asks hopefully. "No. I'll take this (she grabs a stack of files) home with me. It's been a long day and I want to get out of here." "You don't have to take those home if you don't want to, Harvey and I can finish up." "I got it." Rachel walks away, back towards the stairs and Harvey gets up to follow. "Rache, are you okay?" "I'm fine Harvey, I just want to get home." He lets her walk ahead and out the door, completely puzzled by what happened with her. Antwon is now behind him. "I knew something was up with her and Nash. I told you." "Oh, just shut up." ** Joe is walking around the SIU, searching on his computer. Nash walks in and startles Joe. "Hey Nash, what are you doing here?" "I just wanted to drop off some paperwork." "Now? How's Nick?" "I didn't get a chance to give these to someone earlier. Nick's doing better, but... I don't know that he'll ever really get better." "Aw man, I'm sorry." "So am I. Cassidy's taking it pretty hard." "How about you?" "I'll be alright. Are Harvey and 'Twon still around?" "Yeah, upstairs. I think they got pizza and some beers to go with the files." "Thanks." He goes upstairs hoping to find Rachel with them, but doesn't see her there. "Is Rachel around?" "No. She left about an half hour ago. You okay, Nash?" "I could be better." He waves them off and goes back down the stairs. ** Nash looks up at the houses on Belmont as he drives down the street, he pulls over to the side and parks. He looks up again, noting the light on in the second story room. He rubs his head and goes to turn around and leave, he gets to the car and looks up. He walks back up to the door and opens it, walking up the flight of stairs. He gets up the stairs and looks around nervously, as he goes to knock on the door. He knocks. "What am I doing here?" he asks himself as he waits. He starts to head down the stairs, she comes out? "Hello? Hello?" coming out in her robe, she looks down the stairwell to find Nash already walking out the door. He didn't hear her in the hall, and she surprises him when she appears infront of him in her robe. "Sorry I didn't get the door, I was in the shower." Surprised, Nash doesn't know what to say. "... I... I was just here to drop something off." "Oh." She doesn't quite believe him but goes with it. "You couldn't leave it?" She is now leaning against the 'Cuda, normally Nash would object but he was making an exception. "Well, I didn't want to leave SIU business out for public viewing. We can get to it tomorrow." She can tell he is distracted and he wasn't there just to drop something off. She figures the only way to get him to talk is to walk away now. "Okay. Till tomarrow then. Goodnight Nash." She turns and walks back towards the door and opens it - midway, he gets back out of the car and calls out to her "Wait." He gets her attention and she stops in the doorway, as he approaches her. " I'm sorry. I was wrong earlier. I need you." "It's okay." Nash kisses her gently, as he enters the doorway, he reaches for her hand as she leads him up the stairway to her floor. This is quite different then he imagined, never guessing he would be needing to be with anyone so much --- especially anyone like her. As they reach the landing, Nash instictively kisses her again --- completely forgetting his intent was "to talk" about his problems with someone he knew would listen. He is surprised she doesn't pull away. She struggles to open the door as things heat up rapidly between her and Nash, one-third paying attention to the door that always sticks and two-thirds completely involved with the man infront of her, they get in and close the door. ** |
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