Chapter 2

"But Sara I can't leave you now," Nick as tears filled his eyes.

"Nick I love you but you got to go this is a great opportunity for you, and I'm not going to hold you back from a great opportunity." Sara replied. It broke her heart to have to say that but she was right it was a better opportunity for him.

"Ok Sara, but know that I will be calling you as much as I can, and I promise we will find some way to make this work." Nick said as pulled her close one last time and kissed her on the forehead. Sara burst harder into tears, as she then watched him walk out of sight to catch his plane.

~Later that night~

Sara was at home reading a book, trying to keep her mind busy so she wouldn't think about Nick.

*Ring Ring*

Sara heard the noise coming from her cell phone; she quickly reached over and picked it up from the coffee table. Without even looking at the caller ID she answered, "Sidle."

"Hey there beautiful." Came the voice from the other end. It was none other than the voice of that handsome Texan Nick.

"Oh hey Nicky, did you have a nice flight?" Sara asked as she laid her book down so that she could concentrate on Nick.

Their conversation continued for an hour and a half, they weren't talking about anything particular, just listening to what one another had to say. But it was time to hang up the phone.

"Well Sara I really don't want to but my phone is beeping in my ear indicating to me the battery is about to go dead. But let me say this before I hang up I love you sweetie and I hope you have a goodnight."

"Ok Nicky, I love you too goodnight." Sara said as she choked backed the oh so familiar tears of heartbreak forming in her eyes.

And with that the two of them hung up their phones. Sara walked into her bedroom where she plopped down on the bed and cried harder into her pillow. "It was so hard to have to say goodbye today but it was even harder to talk to him tonight," She thought to herself. She finally quit crying long enough to drift off to sleep.

~ Weeks went by and the two of them talked three, four even sometimes five times a day and each time Sara was heartbroken, and she could tell in his voice that Nick was too. She couldn't keep putting herself through this. She did love him; however, she was making herself more miserable only being able to talk to him over the phone. Not being able to hold him, not being able to touch him and she needed that sense of security, but she couldn't have that at the moment. So she figured it was in the best interest of both of them if they went their separate ways for now. It was the hardest thing she ever had to do but it was the best thing.

After getting off a double shift, Sara was in the car on the way to her house when she reached for her phone to make the dreaded phone call to Nick.

"Stokes" he answered in a professional manner.

"Hey Nick" Sara replied.

Their conversation continued as it normally did. Nick asked Sara about her nightshift and Sara would ask how his day was going so far.

"Nick I have something we need to discuss." Sara began.

"What's that baby?"

"Nicky I'm sorry but I've been thinking, all I do is cry every time we get off the phone, I miss you so much but I can't keep making myself miserable like this, so maybe its best if we part ways for now. If it's meant to be Nick it was happen."

"But Sara I love you, and you're the one who told me to leave."

"I love you too and yes I did I wasn't going to get in the way of a great opportunity, I told you that. Nicky you are just too far away for me to even come and visit on the weekend or on my day off. Maybe its best if we just remain friends and leave things in the past."

Nick was hurt by Sara's words. They cut him like a knife but he knew she was right. It was hard for him to say goodbye each time they talked, and like Sara said if it was meant to be it will happen.

Before hanging up the two of them agreed to let things go and talk regularly but not as often as they did.

Nick placed his cell phone back into his pocket and began drumming his nails on the case file that lay on the table before him. His mind was racing but finally he had come to a decision. He quickly picked up the case file and headed into the office of Detective Williams. "CSI Stokes, how can I help you?" Detective Williams asked. Nick walked over and placed the case file on his desk. "Yeah Williams, I'm officially handing over this case and I'm resigning as a CSI in your department."

"What? Why?" The detective asked.

"Because I have some business back in Vegas that I can't let slip away." Nick answered as he turned and walked out of the detective's office.

"This is meant to be and I'm not going to let her go." Nick thought to himself as he rushed to the locker room to gather his things. He was returning to Vegas.

…..TBC… Sorry it's taken me a little while to get things updated, life gets busy at times. Also I'm sorry if this chapter seems rushed but I wanted to get this out of the way so the next chapter (which is the last chapter) can be posted. Reviews are very much appreciated.