It had been a long and slow night as Nick stokes wandered the corridors of the Crime Lab looking desperately for something to do. As he passed the break room he found Sara intensely staring at her ring, the look in her eyes suggested that she was most likely missing her husband. A year had gone by since she had come back to them- the real reason why she left was still unknown. He found himself walking up to her and taking her in his arms- the look on her face rapidly changed from sadness to one of utter surprise. It was the day before Christmas, and she had eagerly volunteered to run the shift from hell while most of them were spending their time with family and friends, he himself would be away for Christmas with Greg for a family get-together.

"I know how you're feeling", said Nick to Sara "I am still wondering why you didn't want to go home for the holidays?" "With the amount of vacation time I have already taken, the department would go bankrupt" said Sara laughing "besides, Grissom is busy this week with his quota of scheduled lectures". "Then why not come over to my place for my family get-together?" asked Nick. "But who will run this place in our absence" countered Sara "You know Ecklie would be up our asses if there was no one from graveyard helping out" "I guess you're right, but anyone else could do it" said Nick. "Right now everyone else is on holiday too, you know and the labs running on a skeleton crew, someone has to be here, besides I don't have anything to do. Just go have fun from my side while I try to keep Las Vegas safe, will you?" said Sara "Alright then, workaholic Grissom 2.0, you be safe" said Nick as he kissed her goodnight and made his way out of the lab.