Nick and Sara spent several hours at Lake Mead, walking hand in hand and talking, stopping occasionally to share a lingering sensual kiss. With the hot Nevada sun rising higher in the sky the pair decided to head back to Vegas.

"Sara, I'm going to drop you by your Tahoe. I'm afraid if I take you home, I won't want to leave." Nick confessed with a hint of color in his cheeks.

Sara blushed and squeezed Nick's hand, "I understand, I feel the same way, but I know you don't want to rush this and neither do I."

Nick grinned. He had been scared to pursue a relationship with Sara, just as Warrick had said he was, but once he and Sara had talked, he knew that they both wanted to see where it would go, and he was willing to take the chance. Sara was unlike most of the woman he had ever dated. She was brilliant for starters, most of the others would never be mistaken for rocket scientists, beauty queens maybe, but certainly not rocket scientists. She was beautiful, but even that was different. Her beauty radiated from the inside out.

Sara kept looking at Nick out of the corner of her eye, blushing each time she did. She was amazed at how the events of the last few days had played out. Who would have thought that Grissom turning her down and breaking her heart could have turned out so well, and in a way she never could have imaged. Sara chuckled.

Nick looked over at her quizzically. "Feel like sharing?"

Sara smiled at Nick, "Yeah, remind me to thank Grissom for breaking my heart."

Nick chuckled, "Oh, I will." He took her hand and brought it up to his lips where he placed a soft kiss on the back of it.

They continued holding hands the rest of the way back to the lab. Nick pulled his Tahoe alongside Sara's. Glancing around the parking lot to make sure that they were alone, a grinning Nick leaned toward Sara, looking into her eyes, and placed his hand on her cheek sliding it back to tangle his fingers in her hair. She placed her hand on the side of his face, caressing his cheek with her thumb before the distance between them closed and their lips met in a soft sweet kiss. They parted regretfully eyes still caressing each other's faces.

"I need to go." Sara whispered.

"I know." Nick replied huskily.

"See you before shift." Sara smiled.

"Yeah," Nick smiled back.

Their hands lingered as Sara descended from the Tahoe. Nick winked at Sara before he released her hand and Sara blushed as she closed the door and turned to her own vehicle.

Two Tahoes left the CSI Lab parking lot and headed in different directions, the driver of each wearing a dopey grin, lost in thoughts of the other.