Parachute

It had been a long, fun night. We all stood outside the restaurant, most of us of were tipsy and feeling pretty happy at the moment, I was sitting on the edge of the sidewalk with Grissom as everyone else were laughing and joking behind us, I yawned loudly and checked my phone for the time, 01:34, I groaned and wondered where our taxi's were, Grissom yawned now too and rubbed his eyes,

'Oh God, where are these cabs, I'm ready for bed' I sighed and glanced over my shoulder at Greg and Nick laughing at Warrick fast asleep on the ground with his back against the wall and Ashlee was having a conversation with Catherine, I turned back and looked at Grissom,

'Are you enjoying yourself here ?' Grissom asked, I smiled widely and nodded,

'Yes, I am, you have made my dream come true' I exclaimed, he smirked gingerly,

'I'm glad I gave you the job, you're hard working and you really seem to hit it off with the boys' he teased, I grinned and laughed slightly,

'Thank you' I said, we both jumped up when four cabs we ordered pulled up in front of us, everyone else cheered and joined us on the side of the path, Nick woke Warrick up and helped him into a cab, it was cold now and I shivered as everyone decided on who went in what cabs, there were three cabs left as Nick and Warrick had gone in one already, there were three cabs left, Catherine and Grissom decided to go together and I convinced Ashlee to get one by herself and hugged her goodnight. Greg and I were alone at last, we got into the cab and he placed his arm around me and pulled me into his chest, I laughed and looked up at him, he kissed my lips gently and then began kissing my jaw line playfully, I giggled slightly and glanced up at the cab driver grinning at us in the mirror, I felt violated and pushed Greg back, he look puzzled and I glanced over at the cab driver once more,

'Oh, I see, I can wait' he chuckled and held my hand, I laughed and rested my head on his shoulder. We arrived at my apartment shortly and Greg quickly paid the cab driver as I pulled his arm to the door, he was laughing loudly, we staggered up the stairs to my apartment and Greg resumed kissing my neck as I attempted to open my apartment door, once it was open we both fell in and Greg shut and locked the door, I threw my bag down on the sofa and pulled Greg over by his collar, he kissed my jaw line softly as I pulled his jacket off and threw it on the floor, I pulled him by his tie into my room and kissed him passionately, he undid his tie quickly and grinned cheekily, I turned around motioned Greg to unzip me, he slowly and gently unzipped my dress, I let the dress dropped to the floor, I was wearing a red lacy strapless bra and underwear, Greg bit his lip and kissed my neck once more, Greg's kisses were passionate, gentle and sometimes aggressive but not forceful. Greg pulled his shirt and jeans off quickly and lay me down on the bed, he leaned over me and pinned my arms down on the bed, I smiled and felt my cheeks flush red. I woke up the next morning with pounding headache, I glanced at the clock, 12:06 pm, I yawned and rolled over on my back, I glanced over at Greg who was fast asleep, I smiled and quietly got out of bed, I tip toed to my drawers and grabbed some clothes and headed into my en suite bathroom and ran the water for a minute before I jumped in and let the hot water run down over my whole body. When I got out of the shower I dried myself quickly headed over to my large sink and mirror area, I plugged the hair dryer in and dried my hair. I needed to look nice for my parents, I did very natural make up and put on a cream chiffon laced dress and brown girly brogues I left my hair mad and curly but neated it slightly and headed back into my room, Greg was still asleep so I tip toed out into the kitchen and began cleaning up slightly, I filled the coffee pot and turned on the radio, Cooler Than Me by Mike Posner came on and I began dancing,

'Well look at you' Greg teased from behind me, my heart skipped a beat and I jumped slightly, I turned around and saw Greg standing there smiling at me, I frowned and pushed a mug of coffee at him, he was wearing his clothes from last night and yawned loudly,

'I'm going to run home and get dressed' Greg explained, I smiled and nodded,

'That's cool because I've to go shopping for lunch stuff anyway' I added, Greg smiled and sipped his coffee. Greg drove home and I walked to the supermarket across the road and grabbed a trolley, as I strolled around the aisles I grabbed random things like cereal and bread and tried to decide what to make my parents for lunch, I glanced at the pasta and set my mind on carbonara, I picked up a packet of spaghetti and threw it in the trolley, I went up the dairy aisle in search for cream, I froze at the end of the aisle when I saw Warrick glancing at a milk carton,

'Warrick' I called from the bottom of the aisle, he perked his head up and flashed a grin when he saw me approaching,

'Don't tell me we shop at the same store' he exclaimed and pulled me into a hug when I reached him,

'What brings you to the store on this fine day' I teased and glanced in his trolley, he had the usual boy things in there like Lynx deodorant, frozen pizza, beer, juice, chips, shaving cream and razors,

'Just doing some essential shopping, what's your excuse ?' he asked as he placed the milk carton in his trolley,

'My parents are coming over and I have the lovely job of cooking for them' I explained, his eyes widened and he nodded,

'Wow, what are you making them ?' he asked, I grabbed the pasta and showed him,

'Carbonara' I giggled, he nodded in approval as I unsuccessfully tried to reach for the cream on the very top shelf, how was anyone of my height suppose to reach that, Warrick, being tall and what not effortlessly got the cream off the shelf for me, my cheeks flushed red as he handed me the cream, he was slightly taller then Greg at about 6'2 and I was still petite at 5'1,

'Thanks' I gushed and placed it in the trolley, he laughed gingerly and shook his head,

'No problem' he chuckled as we both headed in the same direction together,

'Work tomorrow' Warrick sighed, I pursed my lips and stopped walking,

'What's with you and work recently ?' I asked curiously, he half smiled and shook his head,

'Nothing, I just miss sleeping at night time' he chuckled, I smirked in agreement and placed a half dozen eggs in my trolley. I left Warrick to continue my search for my ingredients, once I had everything I joined the long line of people for one of the available two pay points open, I sighed and looked at my watch, it was half one already, my parents would arriving in half an hour and I was still at the shops, out of the corner of my eye I saw a small fat man waddling over to open a new checkout, I gripped my trolley tightly and ran for, only to have a collision with Warrick, my shoes slipped on the shiny floor and fell down on my back, my trolley had escaped from me and Warrick's trolley luckily only gently banged into the checkout, he was still standing, he ran to my side immediately and checked to see if my head was bleeding, a small audience had gathered around and a few teenage boys stood laughing at me,

'Are you ok ?' he asked, I pouted and dropped my brow,

'My dress is up isn't it ?' I asked, Warrick laughed, nodded and fixed it down quickly, he helped me up and shooed the people away, I held my head in pain and fought back the tears of shock and pain, I had no serious injuries but I was a baby about getting hurt, Warrick fetched my trolley and allowed me to go first, he grabbed a bag of frozen peas from his trolley and placed them on my head,

'How embarrassing' I mumbled as people began telling their friends and partners who had not witnessed it, Warrick laughed quietly and shook his head,

'It's alright you don't know any of these people' he explained as the cashier scanned my items through, I handed him the peas for him to scan and then he handed me them back,

'I know you' I groaned as the redness in my cheeks wore away a little bit,

'Don't worry about it boo, I was to worried about you to see any funny side to it' he admitted, I smiled and took some money out of my purse,

'That's $38.45 altogether please' The cashier chuckled from behind his till, Warrick grew angry at him and slammed his hands down on the conveyor belt,

'What are you laughing at tough guy ?' he barked, the cashier shook his head as I pulled Warrick back,

'Relax, it's alright' I chuckled nervously, I paid the man and waited for Warrick to make sure he didn't do anything stupid, we walked out of the supermarket together and I squealed loudly when I saw the rain, Warrick shivered and produced car keys from jacket pocket,

'Where are you parked ?' he asked, I wasn't really paying that much attention to him as I was going into stress over load, there was no way I could afford to wait for the rain to stop and I hadn't got enough time to have a shower and get dressed again if I walked in the rain,

'I walked' I cried as I ran my hands through my hair nervously, Warrick gasped and took my shopping bags from me,

'I'll give you a lift, come on' he exclaimed and led me to his car.