One month after the wedding Lindsay returned to the lab full time. Everyone was happy to have her back, everyone except Sarah. Lindsay was Sarah's best friend but Sarah was not dumb, she could do the math. Suddenly there was an extra person in the lab. Sarah was convinced that soon or later she would get the boot. She loved living in New York. She loved working in the lab and she especially loved the people she worked with. The thought of having to find another job was more than she cared to think about. She let out a small sigh as she tried to block it from her mind. The sigh had been louder than she meant it to be and it caused the person lying next to her to wake.

"Morning sunshine." A very sleepy Flack said as he placed a kiss on her forehead. "What are you doing up so early?" Flack asked as he glanced at the clock.

"Can't sleep. I am sorry that I woke you."

"Don't be. Something on your mind? Do you want to talk about it?"

"No everything is fine."

"Nice try. You have to be the worse lair I have ever met." Flack said with a smirk. "Talk to me, what is bothering you? Does it have anything to do with Lindsay coming back to work?" The look on Sarah's face told him that he had hit the nail on the head.

"How do you do that?"

"I am a detective, remember?" Flack pulled her a little closer. "You have been, I don't know, distant since Lindsay came back to work. I thought you two were friends?"
"We are. I am closer to her than anyone else here." Flack raised his eyebrows. "Okay well maybe not every one." Flack laughed. "It's just with her being back, working full time, I am afraid that things are going to change."

"Change? How would they change?"

"Do the math Don, there is one too many people in the lab."

"Oh. So you think that just because Lindsay is back, Mac is going to fire you?"

"Something like that."

"That has to be the dumbest thing I have ever heard. There is no way that Mac is going to fire you. I know that you have only been here a few months, but you are a valuable asset to the team and Mac knows that."

"I hope you are right."

"Of course I am. Plus I don't think that Lindsay would let that happen." Flack pushed Sarah over on her back and began kissing her lips. They finally pulled apart breathless. "Did I ever tell you how glad I am that Lindsay convinced you to come out with that night?"

"Oh, just once or twice." Sarah joked, before pulling him into another kiss.

Flashback…

The team was having a great time at the bar. Mac was glad that his team was letting loose, having fun. Lindsay and Danny had just left and Sheldon was teaching Stella how to play pool, when Flack walked back to the table where Sarah was sitting quietly by herself.

"Hey, having fun?"

"Yeah, I am glad that Lindsay asked me to come. I really do not have many friends in the city yet."

"Well you have you have seven friends now. The lab is more like a family. We will do anything for anybody."

Flack and Sarah talked for several more hours. They talked about everything. Flack could not believe how easy it was to talk to Sarah. The continued to talk until Sarah realized that they were the only ones left in the bar.

"Wow, it has been a while since I closed down a bar." Sarah laughed as they got up to leave.

"Let me walk you home."

"I can take care of myself. It is not that far."
"Now, what kind of detective would I be if I let a single woman walk home by herself at 2am?" They both laughed and headed for Sarah's apartment.

They walked in silence. Sarah could not believe how her life had changed in just a few short weeks. Just 4 weeks ago she was working for the Kentucky State Crime lab in Lexington and now she walking the streets of New York with a handsome NYPD Detective. She felt a chill run down her spine when she felt his hand brush hers as they walked.

"Well this is it." Sarah said as they reached her apartment building.

"Well, Sarah I have had a great time tonight. I am really glad you came out with us tonight."

"I did too. I am glad that Lindsay asked me. Uh, maybe we could, I don't know, do this again some time?" Sarah looked down at the ground, clearly blushing. For Sarah it seemed like an eternity had passed as she stood there waiting for Flacks answer. In reality it only took Flack a few second to lift her chin with his fingers and pull her into a deep and passionate kiss. They broke apart once air became necessary.

"Does that answer your question?" Flack asked, as Sarah tried to remember what she had asked. "How about dinner tomorrow?"

"That would great."