Nick sat in the layout room trying to control his anger. He wanted nothing more than to walk down to Grissom's office and punch him for the way he talked to Sara, but he knew it wouldn't accomplish anything. So he sat there trying to concentrate on the evidence of the case before him, and not very successfully.

Catherine walked in. She had just left Grissom's office. She place a hand on Nick's arm, "You ok, Nicky?" she asked knowing full well that he wasn't.

He looked up at her and was met with a warm concerned expression. He let out a deep sigh, "Why does Grissom have to be such an ass? Sara didn't deserve that and neither do I. I'm not going to stand by and let him treat her like that. She's my wife." The emotion in Nick's voice was evident.

Catherine smiled and squeezed his arm, "I know Nicky. He can be an arrogant prick. Don't worry about him. I'm going to handle him."

Nick looked at her curiously, "How are you going to do that, Cath?"

She winked at him, "Never you mind, Nicky boy."

Nick's anger melted away and a smile crossed his lips, "You've got something up your sleeve, Catherine Willows."

"And a few other places too." She gave him a sly look that was uniquely Catherine.

Nick chuckled.

"Making any headway on the evidence?" Catherine inquired.

Nick shook his head, "Not really, but then I've had a hard time concentrating on it since the little scene in the hallway. That wasn't exactly how I'd imagined announcing to everyone that Sara and I had gotten married."

Catherine smiled at him, "Nick, I can't think of a better way."

Nick looked at her quizzically.

She continued, "The woman you love declared to the whole world that marrying you was the best decision she's ever made. If anyone had any doubts before, that was all erased out there."

Nick blushed and tried to suppress a grin, "Sara's nothing if not dramatic at times."

Catherine leveled a serious gaze at him, "Nick, not that I want to pry or anything."

Nick looked up, "Why do I get the feeling that the word 'but' is coming next."

She smiled, "Yeah. You know, it is customary when you get married to go on a honeymoon. You both probably have time off coming."

Nick blushed. The thought of time off with Sara on a honeymoon sounded like absolute bliss.

"Earth to Nick." Catherine chuckled.

Nick tried to suppress an embarrassed grin, "Uh, sorry, Cath. Uh, we haven't really had time to talk about it."

She smiled, "Yeah, I guess you wouldn't have."

Nick continued, "I mean we haven't even had time to tell our families yet, and telling mine is going to take a little time, and maybe even a trip to Texas."

Catherine tried to remember the details of Nick's family, "How many siblings did you say you had?"

"Six. Five sisters and a brother. I'm the youngest." Nick explained.

"Oh, Nicky, you are going to be in so much trouble." Catherine's eyes gleamed.

Nick grinned, "Yeah, tell me about it. As it is, my mom's going to kill me for not telling her I was getting married, but she's going to love Sara."

"Come to think of it, I might just kill you for not inviting all of us." Catherine teased.

Nick smiled, glad to have coworkers that were like family, "I'll have to talk to Sara, but I have a feeling that if we don't at least have a reception of some sort, we'll have a posse after us."

"Nah, posses left Vegas just before the mob did." Catherine winked.