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A/N: Hey. Thanks once more to everyone who reviewed my last chapter; Jessica, The Madhatter, MissyJane, jhfortier and jnp. Please keep them coming. Sorry if I managed to offend anyone last chapter who's deaf or mute. I didn't mean to, but because I can hear well I had to try and imagine what it was like. So sorry if I got it wrong. Like I promised there is definitely romance in this chapter. You'll just have to read on to find out who though. I'm off to London for a few days, so I'll bit slow updating the next chapter. Any who, here it is. R&R and Enjoy! - Bex
Sara found Jenny Sinclair sitting huddled on the bed in her cell, staring blankly at the wall. Her cheeks were still stained with tears, but it seem like she had no more of them left to fall. Jenny didn't seem to notice her as she walked into her cell.
"Mrs Sinclair?"
Jenny turned to look at her with hollow eyes. She studied Sara's expression.
"I'm guessing I'm not free to go, so why are you here?"
"Your friend, Estella Dickens, we've just interviewed her. She asked me to give you this."
"Thanks."
Jenny offered her a small smile as Sara handed her the book. Whilst she was passing it over, something fell out of the pages. Jenny picked it up confused and nearly burst into tears again after reading it. Sara looked over her shoulder to read the note, which only had the words 'I love you' written on it.
"Ethan always used to do this," Jenny explained tearfully, "When ever we had a fight or he went away, he'd leave little notes all over the place for me to find. He'd write on them things like 'I love you', 'I miss you', or 'I'm thinking about you', things like that. It was his way of reminding me just how much he loved and cared for me."
She smiled in a bittersweet way at Sara, her eyes misted over with tears.
"You know, I still remember the first time he kissed me. We were sitting on a park bench after a date and a loose bit of hair fell in front of my face. Ethan gently brushed it behind me ear and I remember getting lost in his eyes. How they seemed to merge into mine. Then he kissed me and everything else disappeared. All there was, was that moment and that was all that mattered. And that was when I realised that I was falling in love," Tears fell down her face, but she continued to smile at the memory. "I asked him after why had he kissed me. Why then? And he just said that he decided to seize the moment. That you should never let a perfect moment pass, because you don't know if you'll ever be given another one."
Sara was unsure what she should do. Unsure what to say. She was anything but a people person at the best of times, and right now she felt very awkward. Jenny just gave her a knowing look.
"I loved him you know," She whispered tearfully, "I really did."
~*~*~*~*~
"Everything ok?"
A voice broke Sara from her daze. She looked around to see Nick staring at her with warm eyes. Jenny's words still echoed through her head, but she shut them out and looked away.
"I'm fine," She looked back up, "What are you doing back?"
He began to answer, but another voice behind the pair got there first.
"That's a very good question. What are you doing back Nicky?"
They spun around to see Grissom staring at them. He looked calmer then the last time Sara had seen him. Gris stared at Nick expectantly, as he waited for an answer.
"Cath sent me back. She said that her and Warrick could finish searching the crime scene, so she told me to come back and see if you needed any help. They'll be back soon too," He explained.
"Good, I need to go see a friend," Gris muttered.
He was about to leave, but stopped and looked back at them again.
"You two should go."
"What?" They both blurted out.
"You know, go home. Get some rest."
They exchanged looks, then stared at Grissom suspiciously.
"Ok. Confess now. Who are you and what have done with our Boss?" Nick demanded.
Grissom pulled a 'ha ha' face.
"I'm serious. We can handle the workload we've got at the moment and if we need you, then we'll page you. Ecklie's team is handling any other case that comes in. There's no point in us all ending up exhausted. So go."
And with that, he walked off before either of them could protest. They stood there in silence for a few moments, then turned to face each other.
Nick was the first to speak; "You wanna get something to eat?"
~*~*~*~*~
She felt very awkward. The drive here was mostly travelled in silence. She couldn't bring herself to look him in eye, because she was scared about what she might see. Right now she was sitting next to him in a restaurant booth, silently cursing at herself.
'It's just Nick," She reminded herself, 'Only Nick.'
"Sara?"
"Mmm?"
"Are you sure you're ok?"
"Sure," She replied, hiding herself behind the menu.
She could feel his eyes watching her thoughtfully. She felt so relieved when the waitress finally came over to take their orders. The waitress was a shy looking ginger, who was probably just doing this to pay her way through collage.
"Hi. What can I get you?" She asked timidly.
"I'll have the salad sandwich and an ice tea," Sara replied.
"Sounds good, I'll have the same," Nick agreed.
The waitress collected their menus and offered a tiny worn smile. After she'd left, Nick turned to Sara and tried to get her to look him in the eye.
"Sara, what's going on?"
"Nothing," She replied, still avoiding his eye.
"Sara? Sara look at me?"
When she still refused, he cupped her face with his hand and turned it to face him. Their eyes locked perfectly together. They stayed like that for what felt like an eternity, just loosing their brown eyes in the other's.
And then Jenny's words began to flood back into Sara head; 'I remember getting lost in his eyes. How they seemed to merge into mine.'
"Sara? Please tell me what's wrong?" Nick begged quietly.
"It's nothing... It's complicated," She replied trying to break away from his eyes, but failing.
'The problem is you Nick,' She thought sadly, 'The problem is that you're not 'Just Nick' anymore. The problem is that I think I'm in love with you. The problem is that I don't know how I would cope with out you, but yet I'm too afraid to be with you. And it hurts. That's the problem Nick. And it scares me so much.'
"Come on Sara. You know you can tell me anything. I'll understand."
"I know, but how can I tell you this and expect everything to be the same," She blurted out before she could stop herself.
"What?" He asked surprised.
She tried her best to turn away again, but his hand stopped her. Instead she looked away.
"Sara?" The reassurance in his voice made her look him in the eye again, "What's going on? Please tell me."
She didn't know what it was about his eyes that made them so hypnotic. What it was about them which made apart of her never want to look away. What it was that made apart of her want to open up. To tell him everything.
'Seize the moment,' The ghost of Jenny's words whispered to her, 'you should never let a perfect moment pass, because you don't know if you'll ever be given another one.'
"I'm afraid," Sara confessed hoarsely.
"Afraid of what?" He asked confused.
She searched his eyes again for the answer to the question she was too scared to ask.
'Seize the moment.'
"Of this."
And if Jenny's words were pushing her, she leaned closer and kissed him. It was gentle at first, but turned fiercer as if she was trying to explain everything through this one kiss. Explain how she felt. Her heart sunk when Nick made no move to return it. Ashamed and embarrassed she began to pull away. That was when a strong hand grabbed the back of her head and pulled her back in.
It had taken Nick's brain a few moments to process what was happening. Someone was kissing him. Someone's lips were on his. That someone just happened to be Sara, the woman he'd admired for so long. The woman who happened to be kissing him! Alarm bells went off in his confused mind as he felt her begin to pull away. And without knowing what he was doing, he grabbed the back of her head and pulled her lips back to his.
They both felt the sparks fly when their lips met. This kiss was full of passion, unspoken words and feeling that had remained too long cooped up. This kiss was full of understanding. The understanding about how each one of them felt about the other. Everything else had disappeared. Everything else was forgotten. All there was, was this moment. And that was all that mattered.
It was interrupted by a small coughing noise. They broke apart, gasping for air and turned in the direction of the noise. Standing in front of them was their waitress, with their orders on a tray and her face coated scarlet in embarrassment.
"You orders," She mumbled sheepishly, before quickly placing them down and hurrying off.
"Someone's going to be getting a good tip," Sara muttered, embarrassed.
Nick chuckled softly and turned to her.
"Was that all you were scared about?"
She nodded, " Because I think I'm falling in love with you."
Nick smiled, "I know I'm falling in love with you."
And with that he kissed her softly on the lips. It wasn't as passionate as the first, nor as long, but there was still just as much electricity. He pulled away gently and inspected her face.
"Suddenly, I don't feel that hungry anymore," He confessed.
"Me neither," She agreed.
"How about we pay for this and take our food with us for later?"
She nodded in agreement and a small smile touched her lips as the last of Jenny's words drifted through her head; 'And that was when I realised that I was falling in love.'
A/N: What do you think? Does that make up slightly for the lack of romance in the other chapter? Go on. Hit that little button. You know you want to. ;) Lol!
A/N: Hey. Thanks once more to everyone who reviewed my last chapter; Jessica, The Madhatter, MissyJane, jhfortier and jnp. Please keep them coming. Sorry if I managed to offend anyone last chapter who's deaf or mute. I didn't mean to, but because I can hear well I had to try and imagine what it was like. So sorry if I got it wrong. Like I promised there is definitely romance in this chapter. You'll just have to read on to find out who though. I'm off to London for a few days, so I'll bit slow updating the next chapter. Any who, here it is. R&R and Enjoy! - Bex
Sara found Jenny Sinclair sitting huddled on the bed in her cell, staring blankly at the wall. Her cheeks were still stained with tears, but it seem like she had no more of them left to fall. Jenny didn't seem to notice her as she walked into her cell.
"Mrs Sinclair?"
Jenny turned to look at her with hollow eyes. She studied Sara's expression.
"I'm guessing I'm not free to go, so why are you here?"
"Your friend, Estella Dickens, we've just interviewed her. She asked me to give you this."
"Thanks."
Jenny offered her a small smile as Sara handed her the book. Whilst she was passing it over, something fell out of the pages. Jenny picked it up confused and nearly burst into tears again after reading it. Sara looked over her shoulder to read the note, which only had the words 'I love you' written on it.
"Ethan always used to do this," Jenny explained tearfully, "When ever we had a fight or he went away, he'd leave little notes all over the place for me to find. He'd write on them things like 'I love you', 'I miss you', or 'I'm thinking about you', things like that. It was his way of reminding me just how much he loved and cared for me."
She smiled in a bittersweet way at Sara, her eyes misted over with tears.
"You know, I still remember the first time he kissed me. We were sitting on a park bench after a date and a loose bit of hair fell in front of my face. Ethan gently brushed it behind me ear and I remember getting lost in his eyes. How they seemed to merge into mine. Then he kissed me and everything else disappeared. All there was, was that moment and that was all that mattered. And that was when I realised that I was falling in love," Tears fell down her face, but she continued to smile at the memory. "I asked him after why had he kissed me. Why then? And he just said that he decided to seize the moment. That you should never let a perfect moment pass, because you don't know if you'll ever be given another one."
Sara was unsure what she should do. Unsure what to say. She was anything but a people person at the best of times, and right now she felt very awkward. Jenny just gave her a knowing look.
"I loved him you know," She whispered tearfully, "I really did."
~*~*~*~*~
"Everything ok?"
A voice broke Sara from her daze. She looked around to see Nick staring at her with warm eyes. Jenny's words still echoed through her head, but she shut them out and looked away.
"I'm fine," She looked back up, "What are you doing back?"
He began to answer, but another voice behind the pair got there first.
"That's a very good question. What are you doing back Nicky?"
They spun around to see Grissom staring at them. He looked calmer then the last time Sara had seen him. Gris stared at Nick expectantly, as he waited for an answer.
"Cath sent me back. She said that her and Warrick could finish searching the crime scene, so she told me to come back and see if you needed any help. They'll be back soon too," He explained.
"Good, I need to go see a friend," Gris muttered.
He was about to leave, but stopped and looked back at them again.
"You two should go."
"What?" They both blurted out.
"You know, go home. Get some rest."
They exchanged looks, then stared at Grissom suspiciously.
"Ok. Confess now. Who are you and what have done with our Boss?" Nick demanded.
Grissom pulled a 'ha ha' face.
"I'm serious. We can handle the workload we've got at the moment and if we need you, then we'll page you. Ecklie's team is handling any other case that comes in. There's no point in us all ending up exhausted. So go."
And with that, he walked off before either of them could protest. They stood there in silence for a few moments, then turned to face each other.
Nick was the first to speak; "You wanna get something to eat?"
~*~*~*~*~
She felt very awkward. The drive here was mostly travelled in silence. She couldn't bring herself to look him in eye, because she was scared about what she might see. Right now she was sitting next to him in a restaurant booth, silently cursing at herself.
'It's just Nick," She reminded herself, 'Only Nick.'
"Sara?"
"Mmm?"
"Are you sure you're ok?"
"Sure," She replied, hiding herself behind the menu.
She could feel his eyes watching her thoughtfully. She felt so relieved when the waitress finally came over to take their orders. The waitress was a shy looking ginger, who was probably just doing this to pay her way through collage.
"Hi. What can I get you?" She asked timidly.
"I'll have the salad sandwich and an ice tea," Sara replied.
"Sounds good, I'll have the same," Nick agreed.
The waitress collected their menus and offered a tiny worn smile. After she'd left, Nick turned to Sara and tried to get her to look him in the eye.
"Sara, what's going on?"
"Nothing," She replied, still avoiding his eye.
"Sara? Sara look at me?"
When she still refused, he cupped her face with his hand and turned it to face him. Their eyes locked perfectly together. They stayed like that for what felt like an eternity, just loosing their brown eyes in the other's.
And then Jenny's words began to flood back into Sara head; 'I remember getting lost in his eyes. How they seemed to merge into mine.'
"Sara? Please tell me what's wrong?" Nick begged quietly.
"It's nothing... It's complicated," She replied trying to break away from his eyes, but failing.
'The problem is you Nick,' She thought sadly, 'The problem is that you're not 'Just Nick' anymore. The problem is that I think I'm in love with you. The problem is that I don't know how I would cope with out you, but yet I'm too afraid to be with you. And it hurts. That's the problem Nick. And it scares me so much.'
"Come on Sara. You know you can tell me anything. I'll understand."
"I know, but how can I tell you this and expect everything to be the same," She blurted out before she could stop herself.
"What?" He asked surprised.
She tried her best to turn away again, but his hand stopped her. Instead she looked away.
"Sara?" The reassurance in his voice made her look him in the eye again, "What's going on? Please tell me."
She didn't know what it was about his eyes that made them so hypnotic. What it was about them which made apart of her never want to look away. What it was that made apart of her want to open up. To tell him everything.
'Seize the moment,' The ghost of Jenny's words whispered to her, 'you should never let a perfect moment pass, because you don't know if you'll ever be given another one.'
"I'm afraid," Sara confessed hoarsely.
"Afraid of what?" He asked confused.
She searched his eyes again for the answer to the question she was too scared to ask.
'Seize the moment.'
"Of this."
And if Jenny's words were pushing her, she leaned closer and kissed him. It was gentle at first, but turned fiercer as if she was trying to explain everything through this one kiss. Explain how she felt. Her heart sunk when Nick made no move to return it. Ashamed and embarrassed she began to pull away. That was when a strong hand grabbed the back of her head and pulled her back in.
It had taken Nick's brain a few moments to process what was happening. Someone was kissing him. Someone's lips were on his. That someone just happened to be Sara, the woman he'd admired for so long. The woman who happened to be kissing him! Alarm bells went off in his confused mind as he felt her begin to pull away. And without knowing what he was doing, he grabbed the back of her head and pulled her lips back to his.
They both felt the sparks fly when their lips met. This kiss was full of passion, unspoken words and feeling that had remained too long cooped up. This kiss was full of understanding. The understanding about how each one of them felt about the other. Everything else had disappeared. Everything else was forgotten. All there was, was this moment. And that was all that mattered.
It was interrupted by a small coughing noise. They broke apart, gasping for air and turned in the direction of the noise. Standing in front of them was their waitress, with their orders on a tray and her face coated scarlet in embarrassment.
"You orders," She mumbled sheepishly, before quickly placing them down and hurrying off.
"Someone's going to be getting a good tip," Sara muttered, embarrassed.
Nick chuckled softly and turned to her.
"Was that all you were scared about?"
She nodded, " Because I think I'm falling in love with you."
Nick smiled, "I know I'm falling in love with you."
And with that he kissed her softly on the lips. It wasn't as passionate as the first, nor as long, but there was still just as much electricity. He pulled away gently and inspected her face.
"Suddenly, I don't feel that hungry anymore," He confessed.
"Me neither," She agreed.
"How about we pay for this and take our food with us for later?"
She nodded in agreement and a small smile touched her lips as the last of Jenny's words drifted through her head; 'And that was when I realised that I was falling in love.'
A/N: What do you think? Does that make up slightly for the lack of romance in the other chapter? Go on. Hit that little button. You know you want to. ;) Lol!