Nick looked at Sara with a rather confused and hurt expression on his face. "I'm Nick." They had just been in the middle of what he would have described as one of his top ten make-out sessions of all time and it appeared that it was headed towards perhaps being number one when the unthinkable happened. He had just shared a rather mind numbing kiss with Sara and was coming up for air, his hand having already claimed territory well up the front of Sara's blouse when she moaned out a name.
Only it wasn't his name.
Sara looked at him confused as to what he was talking about for a moment; her body rather keyed up by what his hands were doing when she realized what it was he was referring to. Her eyes widened. "No, it's not what you think." The sound of her cell phone ringing was muffled by the couch cushions where it must have fallen off her belt. "My phone...Grissom's calling." She was silently cursing the custom ring she'd given her former boyfriend and boss.
"Huh?" Nick wasn't sure he was buying her story; his worst fear was that she would be using him to get over Grissom and as much as he truly cared for her, he couldn't deal with that if it was true.
"My damn cell phone is ringing." She let her head fall back on the couch and began to grope around to find it; finally locating it under her butt where the phone was just beginning to work its way between the couch cushions. The fact that Nick hadn't removed his hand from underneath her shirt gave her hope that he believed her.
Nick's brow furrowed as the phone began to chirp indicating that there was a message. Before Sara could flip it open to check the message, he pulled it out of her hand and tossed it onto the floor. "Fuck the damn cell phone." He wasn't sure what pissed him off more; being interrupted or knowing that the caller was Grissom. He was intent on getting right back to where things had been headed; the words 'I'm on the pill' were still running through his mind and she had seemed very open to taking advantage of that factoid.
Sara tried to restrain the smirk flitting across her face with little success. "It might be important, Nick." Technically there were on administrative leave and that meant that if IAB was ready to interview them they could be called back in at anytime; they didn't have the luxury of getting pissed off that work was calling simply because they were getting hot and heavy in the middle of foreplay.
Nick let out a frustrated growl. "Whatever it is can wait." He didn't want to seem impatient, but his libido had been all worked up with the woman he'd dreamed about being with for some time and now that the opportunity was here; he had to be interrupted by Grissom of all people.
Sara reached up and touched his cheek. "You're cute when you're turned on." She leaned up and kissed him chastely; the kiss definitely not as involved as the last kiss. As she pulled away, she arched a single brow. "What if IAB wants us to come in?" It wasn't that she didn't want to get completely carried away with Nick; she did. But they couldn't ignore a phone message if it was related to the investigation.
"What if it's not?" Nick was trying to get his body to line up with his mind; Sara was right, if Grissom was calling because IAB wanted to question them finally, then they had to go in. Unfortunately, his body was fully aware of his proximity to Sara and it was trying to rope his mind right back into where they'd been before the damn phone had rung.
Sara giggled. "Well, I'm pretty sure we can solve the mystery if you let me check the message." She pushed gently on his chest and smirked. A much as she was enjoying this, she had to be the rational one here.
Nick reluctantly extracted himself from the way they'd become tangled up and then sat back on the other end of the couch disappointed that the mood had apparently been broken. A frown appeared on his face as Sara went and retrieved her phone from where it had landed on the floor. "What if he didn't call about IAB?" Perhaps he shouldn't have said that out loud because it caused a frown to flit across Sara's face as she flipped the phone open.
"Nick, he's still our boss." Sara sounded maybe more abrupt than she'd meant to, but she needed him to know that he could trust her. She'd made her choice to break things off with Grissom; she had chosen him and he didn't need to wear his jealousy like a neon sign
"I know that." Nick knew he needed to tread lightly. The last thing he wanted was to completely blow things with her and have her go running back to Grissom; secret relationship or not. He may have garnered a reputation over the years as being popular with the ladies, but it didn't mean that he didn't have moments of insecurity. He really thought that Sara could be it for him and he wasn't sure he could survive if she broke his heart. He was in far deeper than he was willing to admit to her and he really needed to rein in his jealousy.
Sara's expression was stoic as she listened to the message and a few moments later, she flipped the phone shut and looked over at Nick with a smile. "IAB is still backed up with that officer involved shooting in Henderson and Sophia's been moved to a private room and seems to be doing really well. Grissom just thought we should know...he said he figured that I was with you and I could pass the information along." She set her phone down on the coffee table and sank back into the couch sitting close to Nick.
"Oh." Nick looked relieved. "That's good; if she's in a private room that probably means that she's going to go home soon." He was also relieved that Grissom hadn't been calling to try and win Sara back with some announcement that he'd decided to give up his career so they could go public.
Sara reached for his hand, giving it a squeeze as she looked over at him. "Since the moment is kind of ruined, I have a confession to make." She'd been putting off telling him exactly why she'd taken off for an impromptu road trip. She could tell that Nick wasn't feeling terribly secure right then and she'd known him long enough that despite his tough manly exterior that he was sensitive and genuine and tended to wear his heart on his sleeve. "I stopped by to see Sophia before I went for that drive and she said something to me about dating coworkers that freaked me out a little..." She let out a nervous laugh as she saw Nick's eyebrows shoot up. "Ok, maybe it freaked me out a lot." She took a deep breath and continued. "I know that she was talking about her and Alex..." She smiled and continued. "What I'm trying to say is...dating you...and even when I was dating Grissom...it's risky because we work together and maybe part of why I agreed at first to keep things with Grissom a secret was because I was afraid of how everyone would react...but with you, I don't have to hide it and I don't want to hide it, but I'm still scared that everyone else will think we're making a big mistake, that we won't be able to do our jobs."
Nick could appreciate that Sara took pride in her career and that she didn't want to jeopardize it, but when it came to matters of the heart he'd learned a long time ago that in the end following your heart was more important. "Hey, I know it's risky...and I don't know how everyone is going to react either...they'll probably say I'm not good enough for you." He grinned at her as she rolled her eyes and mumbled something about how they could say the same for her. "But it really doesn't matter what they think, Sar. What matters is what you want and what I want."
Sara looked at him thoughtfully. "Yeah, you're right." She smiled softly. "How would you feel if we got out of here for a while?" For her at least, the mood was gone for now and it was clear that today was not going to be their first time together and although she was sure that Nick was probably disappointed, maybe that was a blessing in disguise.
Nick slung his arm over her should and leaned in to kiss her lightly before pulling back with a smile. "I would love to take you out for a while." He knew that she was telling him without so many words that maybe she wasn't quite ready to sleep with him and while his hormones were definitely disappointed, he was more than ready to wait so he could make the moment special for her.
