About an hour later she heard a noise in the doorway and looked up, Nick was standing there with a paper bag in his hand. He walked into the room not surprised to see Sara awake.
"I thought you might need something other than hospital food and stopped to get you a little something" he placed the paper bag on her lap and a most heavenly scent escaped it.
Sara opened the bag and looked inside, she pulled out a plastic container and lifted the lid. Inside was a generous size helping of vegetable lasagna.
She looked up at nick, "I could kiss you."
Nick leaned in close and exposed a cheek, Sara gave him a quick peck and dove into what could only be considered one of the most wonderful things in the world. Nick sat there and watched Sara devoir the lasagna wondering if he had ever seen her eat so much and with so much gusto.
He was thankful he was told to put a little something more in the bag when he saw her finish the dish off. He looked at her with disbelief etched on his face, "I guess you were a little hungry?"
She sighed in contentment, "you have no idea just how good that tasted."
He grabbed the bag off her lap, "do you still have enough room for this?" and he pulled out another container, opened the lid, and showed her the contents.
Inside was a piece of chocolate cake surrounded by strawberries and smothered in syrup. She looked up at him with wide eyes, "how did you know?"
His expression turned sheepish, "Grissom asked me to come and look in on you, he let me know what you like and where to get it. I didn't believe him when he told me to get a larger serving, but now…"
Sara just looked at him for a minute, trying to decide to be angry or thankful. She finally decided to not look a gift horse in the mouth.
"Thanks, and watch it. I am eating for two you know."
She gratefully took the container from Nick and offered to share it with him. He sat in a chair next to her and together they ate the desert. The two of them sat there and chatted, talking about the B&E he and Greg had worked on the night before.
It turned out one of the workers at the shop got his arm stuck in a vending machine trying to get a candy bar out of it. Apparently he had paid for it but it didn't fall down, so he reached into the machine to get it and got stuck.
Sara burst out laughing just as Gil came into the room.
"Hey, what's so funny?" Sara looked up at Grissom still chuckling, "Nick was just telling me about the B&E he and Greg worked on tonight."
Grissom chuckled himself, remembering how Greg told the story. Sara looked up at him, "what time is it? I thought you couldn't get here until 8?"
Grissom looked at his watch and then up at Sara, "It's 9 o'clock. I'm actually a little late."
Nick looked at his own watch and yawned "I think I'm going to go home and get some shut eye" he looked over at Sara, "am I going to see you at work tonight?"
She was about to answer when Grissom did it for her, "you will, but she has been confined to the office for the next week."
Sara was about to protest when she saw the look in his eyes. She decided she had better agree with him. Nick was just about to walk out of the room when Grissom's phone went off.
He answered it and held up a hand to stop Nick from leaving.
"I understand, I'll be there in half an hour."
He hung up the phone and gave both Sara and Nick an apologetic look, "there's a DB covered in insects off 115 and they need me."
Sara could see the spark in his eye at the prospect and understood; she looked over at Nick, "Mind taking me home before you head to your own?"
Grissom chimed in, "I'm really sorry guys."
Sara gave him an understanding look, "Don't worry about it, no one understands work more than Nick and I, go play with your bugs and I will see you at home."
Grissom leaned over and gave her a kiss. This is really going to take some getting used to thought Nick to himself. Grissom stood back up and thanked Nick.
"No problem Griss, I'll make sure she gets home in one piece.