Nick woke up just before his alarm went off. He glanced over to the side of the bed and found it empty; placing a hand on the mattress he found it cold which meant Sara had been up for a while.

He switched the alarm off so it wouldn't ring and got out of bed to go and find her. He found her dressed and sat on the couch nursing a mug of coffee and staring at the box which still hadn't been opened.

"Hey." He said hoping not to startle her too much.

"Hey to you too."

"How long have you been up?"

"About an hour." She replied.

"Still haven't made a decision about the box?"

"Not yet."

"Okay." Nick replied. "Need a hug?"

"You should get ready for work; you don't want to hold up the production."

"You know Catherine is probably going to stay and watch the show, just for scientific purposes."

"She mentioned something about wanting to see it a while ago." Sara recalled.

"Sounds about right."

"You hungry?" Sara inquired.

"You making or sending out?" Nick asked.

"I can probably manage pancakes."

"Pancakes would be good."

"Or French Toast."

"Either way is good." Nick stated. "I'll take a quick shower and get dressed."

"You might want to shave; you seem to have 4 o'clock shadow."

"Thanks for the advice." He was glad she was in a slightly better mood.

"That was great." Nick said when he finished eating.

"You know working graveyard really screws up your eating patterns." Sara commented.

"Breakfast food is good whatever time of the day."

"Some of it." Sara agreed.

"I've got to leave to meet Catherine in about fifteen minutes. Do you want to talk before I go?" He offered.

"I think it's going to be a longer conversation than fifteen minutes." Sara replied. "But thanks for offering."

"You know if you don't feel you can talk to me about it, the department has a…"

"I made an appointment with her for tomorrow." Sara said.

"Good."

"Can I ask a favour?"

"Of course." Nick wondered what she would want.

"Do you mind if I come with you? I don't want to be alone right now."

"When you have to fingerprint 50 people the more hands on deck the better."

"I think with fifty people you'll have more than enough hands, it's the trained eyes you need."

"Which ever you're more than welcome to come with us and help out." Nick told her.

"Thanks. I'll go and put some shoes on."

"Take your time."

CSI CSI

"Hey Nicky." Catherine said when he got out of the Denali. "Sara."

"Sara came to help out." Nick told her.

"I didn't want to stay at home and thought you could use some help."

"More the merrier." Catherine said. "Are you feeling better?"

"It's the anniversary of my Dad's death. I forgot about it."

"That's tough. How long ago?"

"Nineteen years. Can we not talk about it?"

"Sure." Catherine replied.

"I didn't expect to see you here Sara." Brass said walking over.

"I thought I'd help out." Sara stuffed her hand in her pockets.

"I have the paperwork." Brass said.

"I grabbed the equipment we needed on the way over here, so let's go and get this done and catch our potential killer." Catherine stated.

TBC