The ticking of the clock slowly filled Nora's veins with agitation with every lingering minute Nick was late.  How dare he keep her waiting?  Nora knew the job he took on was dangerous; she should definitely have been used to the dangers of the time they lived in, but how the hell could she not worry for his safety.  "Love is so stupid..." She scoffed under her breath as the clock chimed ten times.  "He's an hour late!"<br/><br/>Standing up, the chair screeched behind her the same time the door opened, causing her to turn around in time to see the guilty look all over Nicholas' face.  The green in her eyes darkened and her elegant hands grabbed the screw driver that rested on the table she was fixing his super-nova energy shield he so carelessly broke.<br/><br/>"Where have you been?  Do you know how fucking worried I've been?"  Although she was tiny, Nora was a force to be reckoned with and she knew it.