That's what friends are for
Chapter 1: A place to sleep
Surprised about the late visitor Nick switched off his TV and went to the door. Puzzled he stood in front of a drained Sara.
"Hey honey… Damn it- what happened?" he asked and dragged the crying woman in his apartment.
"He's such an egoist. Everything is about him!" she sobbed and sat down on Nicky's cosy sofa. The Texan noted that she talked about their boss Grissom with whom Sara had a relationship.
"What happened, Sweety?" he asked again and went for the kitchen to get something to drink and some tissues.
"We have anniversary next Sunday – we're together now for a whole year and what is he doing – he'll visit a conference from some bug-things. Although he knows that I booked us a suite at the Bellagio. Why is he doing this? Why are those stupid bugs more important than I am?" She took one of the beers and drank it without hesitation.
"Com'on Sara, you know how he is. He didn't do it to hurt you – it's Gris – he just forgot about the whole anniversary thing!"
"Yeah well, I'm sorry when I'm upset but I think that I can expect more from my boyfriend – don't you think?" the woman from San Francisco answered sarcastically.
Nick didn't answer instead he went to the kitchen and got more beers.
"What do you do now?" he asked and gave her a new bottle.
"Well I probably enjoy the suite on my own…and I'm going to stay away from him until he apologize!" she said and emptied the third Heineken.
"You think this is a good idea? Perhaps you should talk with him. Tell him how you feel!"
"No way!" she simply answered and took the next bottle.
"Can I stay with you for a while?" she asked and got rid of her shoes and her jacket.
"Of course you can! You know that I am always there for you – don't you?" the CSI answered and got himself comfortable next to his friend.
"What do you want to do now?" he asked and took a blanket and put it around the woman.
"What did you do before I destroyed your day?" Sara asked and snuggled up to him.
"I tried to find something interesting to watch in TV but with no luck."
"We could stay here and enjoy the silence and each others company. I'm a bit sleepy!" she answered and put her head on his shoulder.
"You can use my bed if you're tired. I sleep here."
"Not yet!" she answered and squeezed his hand.
An hour later Nicholas woke up again. He noticed the woman next to him and smiled. He was happy that she came to him. To be honest he'd kind of missed her since the day Gris and she had made it official, he had hardly seen her. It became worse when the two had moved together. She wasn't coming to their monthly evenings again, when they met with Rick and Greg for games, movies and other things. The last times the three guys had always been on their own. Even the team breakfast was different now that everybody knows about the relation of their supervisor and Sara.
He looked once again to his best friend and brought her to his bedroom.
One hour later he was sleeping again. This time crushed between the big pillows of his sofa. He has always been the opinion that it was great and very comfortable to sit on it but now he noticed that it was terrible to sleep on it.
