They finally arrived at the lab, an hour late for work. This was because Nick was so
excited that he drove immediately to Sara's apartment and she picked out what she'd
need while he did all the manual labor. They went back to his place to put her stuff away
with the various things that she already had there.

"Nick. Sara. Nice to see you here," Grissom stated, clearly angered at their tardiness.

"Sorry Grissom. We just had some things that we had to take care of before we came to
work," Nick explained.

"Sara cleared her throat and said, "actually I need no we need to tell you something."

"Alright."

"I think it would be best if everyone was here."

Grissom picked up his pager and beeped Catherine and Warrick. They arrived in the lab
several minutes later. "What's up?" Warrick questioned.

Nick grabbed Sara's hand and she began. "When I was 17 I got really sick. I had cancer,
leukemia. I went through chemo for a year and a half and went into remission." Sara
glanced at Nick. "I have to go back to be tested every year to see if it's back. I went last
week and Nick and I went to find out the results today." A look of recognition dawned
on Grissom's face. "Everything says I'm cancer free, but there's a problem with one of
my blood tests. My WBCs are high and my RBCs are low, so I have to get more tests
done and take some meds so that I can stop whatever I have, just in case." Nick and Sara
looked around the group to find looks of confusion and sadness.

Grissom's voice quivered, "why didn't you tell me? Why didn't you say anything?"

"I didn't want you to worry over nothing."

"Sara, you've been here for three years. You've gone through this three times and didn't
say anything!" Catherine exclaimed.

"I'm sorry. I'm so sorry," she whispered. Nick wrapped his arms around her, a sign that
everything would be all right.

"Who's going to take care of you Sara?" Grissom asked in a protective father-like way.

"I am," Nick answered. "I asked Sara to move in with me last week and I started moving
some of her stuff today."

Their pagers all started vibrating/beeping, which pulled them out of their somber
moment. Catherine and Warrick had to go question the producer scheduled to work the
boards the day that Jaime died. Before they left, they hugged Sara and Catherine
whispered, "we'll help you through it."

Grissom kissed her cheek and said, "take off as much time as you need. I mean it." Sara
smiled and hugged him.

Nick kissed Sara, looked into her eyes and stroked her cheek. "I'm proud of you. Will
you be all right?"

She smiled and nodded. "I'll be fine. Go to work on the prints." He walked away, but
didn't go far because Grissom stopped him.

"Nick, take care of her."

"I will. I always will. I'll make sure that she gets better. I'll strap her down in bed if I
have to."

"Nick! I don't want to hear that! She's like my daughter!"