A/N: Thanks to anyone who has read and reviewed for the previous chapter, I really can't thank you enough. There are times I feel like crap and it just seems nobody cares but then I update and I get reviews and it gives me the strength to go on. So therefore, I would like to extend my deepest appreciation to all of you.
Special Thanks: CSIFan4Life, Mishelle20, Paige Halliwell- Matthews, necira, MontyPythonFan, KittyDoggyLover, wraiths-angel, Nicki-hunny, jdcocoagirl, katydid13, TTT1901
Extended Thank you's: This is a new thing that I have decided to add. Anyway I would like to extend my many, many, many thanks to: TTT1901, KittyDoggyLover, jdcocoagirl, necira, katydid13, MontyPythonFan, wraiths-angel, Nicki-hunny, Paige Halliwell- Matthews and CSIFan4Life.
Challenge: This is new but I wanted to try it anyway. Visit my profile here and click on my homepage link. Try and guess which episode my background picture is from.
Disclaimer: Don't own 'em though I wish I did.
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"Sara...Sara come on wake up." Nick said while shaking Sara gently, "Come on babe." he tries again and this time is rewarded when her eyes slowly flutter open.
"Hi" she says, her voice still laced with sleep.
"Come on sleepyhead our flight leaves at 10:00." Nick leans down and kisses Sara on the lips. The kiss was full of passion and promise. After a couple moments Sara deepened the kiss, Nick reluctantly pulled away saying "If you start that now we'll miss our flight darling, now come on you need to get packed up."
The two crawled out of bed and began packing for the trip. After they finished Nick made a light breakfast while Sara got ready. After she came out the two ate in silence, once finished they cleaned up. They dropped Poncho off at Greg's house with enough food to last him the two weeks they would be gone.
The ride to the airport was a short one and Sara slept most of the way there only waking up when they had to board the plane. Nick was starting to worry because it seemed like all Sara wanted to do was sleep. He decided not to say anything about the fatigue until they told his parents surely his mother would know if that was normal.
Nick and Sara arrived at Dallas International Airport around 2:00 in the afternoon. Since they wanted their arrival to be a surprise Nick didn't call his parents. They found a rental place and rented a car. Once their bags were loaded the two of them made their way to the ranch.
Ever since they got off the plane Sara had been feeling queasy but didn't say anything to Nick about it. About forty minutes later the couple arrived at the Stokes Ranch. Sara could see Nick's father Bill down by the stables and Nick's mother Jillian tending to the garden. They exited the car slowly and made their way to the garden hand in hand.
"Oh my God!" Jillian yelled when she saw Nick and Sara. She took off her gloves and made her way over to them. She pulled Sara into a warm embrace. When she released Sara she pulled Nick into a warm hug also.
"Oh my baby boy has come back to visit." she whispered into his ear.
"Sara, Nick" Bill greeted. Having heard his wife yell he came to investigate and was more than ecstatic to see Nick and Sara there.
"Cisco" Nick said while shaking his father's hand.
"Mr. Stokes" Sara said warmly.
"None of that Sara, call me Bill." he whispered in her ear as he pulled her in for a hug.
"How long have you two been dating now?" Jillian asked.
Nick smiled and put one arm around Sara's shoulder while answering, "Two years now ma."
Sara tried to focus on the conversation but her stomach was doing flips. She tried to not think about it but it seemed like every time she tried not to the flips would get stronger and stronger until she couldn't take it anymore.
Jillian took one look at Sara and noticed the paleness that had settled over her face.
"Sara, dear are you alright?" she asked, concern was evident in her voice. Bill and Nick also looked at Sara.
"I'm gonna be sick." Sara said before placing a hand over her mouth and the other on her stomach. She dashed over to the nearest bush before losing the entire contents of her stomach. Nick had followed her and had held her hair back while she continued to heave. He rubbed small circles on her back and leaned down so he was level with her ear.
"Morning Sickness?" he asked her softly. Sara could only nod her head.
Once Sara had finished they made their way back to where Bill and Jillian stood with shocked expressions gracing their faces.
"Are you alright dear?" Jillian asked her.
"Yeah I'll be ok." Sara said with a small smile.
"Well let's go inside and I'll make us a light lunch." Jillian said escorting Sara in while Bill and Nick went to the car to retrieve the bags. After Nick and Bill had everything settled upstairs the joined Sara and Jillian in the kitchen.
Sara was sitting at the table trying hard to focus on the conversation Jillian was having with her. She was startled when Nick took her hand in his.
"You ok?" he asked, noticing how tired she looked.
"Yeah I'm fine just tired." Sara said.
Just then Jillian brought over some salads for them to eat. The minute the food was placed in front of Sara she turned green.
"Excuse me," Sara said before jumping up and running to the bathroom. Nick excused himself and followed her. He waited outside the bathroom door until it sounded like she was finished. He pushed the door open slowly and found Sara leaning against the wall for support. He grabbed a washcloth from under the sink and wet it with cold water.
He placed it on the back of her neck before pulling her to lean against his side.
"You wanna lay down for a bit?" She nodded her head to tired to do anything else. Sara was starting to fall asleep when Nick picked her up, upset from being moved around she moaned.
"Shh it's alright just relax." he told her as he carried her up to their room. He placed her on the bed gently and grabbed the blanket at the end of the bed and covered her up before sitting down next to her on the bed. He wrapped his arm around her and waited until she was finally asleep before leaving.
Meanwhile Jillian and Bill sat at the table in shock this was the second time in less than an hour that Sara had gotten sick.
"Do you think she is ok?" Bill asked his wife.
"I am sure that she is fine." Jillian reassured her husband even though she had a pretty good idea herself, after all she did have seven children herself the signs were loud and clear to her.
"You're right its probably the flu or something."
"Yeah the baby flu" Jillian thought to herself.
A couple minutes passed and Nick had finally come back down.
"She's sleeping." he told his parents and they nodded.
The rest of the day went smoothly. Sara slept until Nick went to wake her for dinner.
"Hey baby." Nick cooed and didn't get any reaction from her.
"Sara come on, it's time to wake up." Again Sara didn't budge. Nick knew what he need to do to get her up.
He gently placed his lips on hers and kissed her softly almost immediately Sara began to wake up. As soon as her eyes opened Nick pulled away from her and she whimpered.
"I knew that would work." he said with a smile.
"You're evil," she pouted then added, "you know that right." Nick chuckled.
"I know baby, but you needed to get up I missed your company."
"Aw that's so sweet Nicky, what time is it?" she asked as she rubbed the sleep from her eyes as Nick looked at his watch.
"Almost 7:00 you slept all day."
"Sorry I am just really tired." she explained.
"Don't apologize," he smiled at her, "so you wanna tell them tonight."
"Yeah, I mean you mom probably knows what's going on with me."
"She hasn't said anything to me." Nick said, "Why don't you go take a shower and by the time you get out dinner will be ready okay." Nick kissed her forehead and pulled her up from the bed.
She nodded and grabbed some clothes before entering the bathroom. About a half an hour later Sara emerged from the bathroom feeling refreshed. She made her way downstairs and into the kitchen.
For dinner Jillian had made Vegetable Fajitas. She greeted Sara as she walked into the kitchen. Sara greeted her and the rest of them before sitting next to Nick at the table.
"What's for dinner I'm starving." Sara said, shocking them all.
"Vegetable Fajitas." Jillian replied while bringing their dinner to the table.
Sara had eaten two before the others finished their first one. When she noticed that everyone was looking at her she stopped eating for a minute.
"What I'm hungry." she said.
"Nothing baby I'm just glad to see you eating something." Nick said. Sara ate one more before announcing that she was full.
"Those were delicious Jillian." Sara said while rubbing her stomach. Jillian began to clean up and Sara quickly joined in.
"Sara go sit down I can take care of this myself." Jillian said.
"No, I can help you." Sara insisted.
"Sara, my goodness you are a guest please go sit down and relax I can take care of this."
"Are you sure, I mean after all I did eat most of the food."
"I am positive why don't you and Nick go watch TV, Bill and I will be in as soon as we finish up ok."
"All right" Sara finally relented and grabbed Nick's arm pulling him into the living room. They sat on the couch and flicked on the TV. A couple minutes Bill and Jillian walked in and sat down on the love seat.
Nick looked at Sara and she nodded her head in response to his unasked question.
"Mom, Dad we have something to tell you well two things actually." Nick started and Bill and Jillian looked at the couple.
"Ok I'm pregnant and we're engaged." Sara said.
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