As shift came to a close, Catherine popped her head into Grissom's office.
"Hey, Gil."
"Catherine." Grissom responded looking at her over his lowered glasses.
She rested against the door frame, arms crossed in front of her.
Grissom continued to study her, "Did you want something?"
She smirked slightly, "Yeah, shift is over. You need to get out of here."
He looked at the array of files on his desk and gestured to them before he looked back up at here, "I have work to do." He turned back to the files before him.
Catherine's hands appeared on the desk before in him in the periphery of his vision. "No, you need to get out of here for a while, Gil Grissom." There was an insistence in her voice.
Grissom looked up at her. Catherine wore an expression that was uniquely hers. He began to protest, "Catherine, I've been gone for almost a week. I have work to catch up on."
She leaned a little closer and the firmness in her voice increase, "Gil, you and I both know that you're not going to be assigned any new cases for at least a week. Doctor's orders. You're pushing your luck as it is by being back this early. You have plenty of time to catch up."
He knew she was right, but he was hoping to lose himself in the diversion that work provided for him. He found his meaning and purpose in life in his work. Anything outside of that made him extremely uncomfortable. The words that Sara had yelled at him earlier that night still rang in his head. She had been miserable trying to emulate him, and had found happiness when she finally opened herself up to Nick. Why couldn't he let himself take that kind of chance? It was too risky. But being confronted with the frailty of his humanity and the implications it made to his work had caused him to second guess the way he'd been living his life. Never letting anyone he truly cared about get too close. It scared the hell out of him that Sara and Nick had been friends and had fallen in love. What was he afraid of? He couldn't fall in love with Catherine, or could he? He wasn't sure he could take that risk.
"Gil. Gil. Did you hear me?" Catherine repeated herself.
"Sorry, I was thinking." He responded. He only then noticed that she had stacked the files he'd been working on and stacked them neatly on the corner of his desk. He looked up at her slightly perplexed.
"You are coming over to have breakfast with me and Lindsey whether you like it or not." Catherine stated.
He knew he was defeated. Catherine had that way about her. He didn't quite understand why she could do this to him and no one else could. He went to reach for his keys. Catherine shook her head and took them from him. "No. I'm driving. I'll bring you back to your Tahoe after Lindsey goes to school."
He gave her a half smile and followed her out to the parking lot. He noticed Warrick, Nick, and Sara chatting amiably near Nick's Tahoe and took note of the way Nick and Sara looked at each other and couldn't keep their hands from touching.
Warrick noticed Catherine and Grissom exiting the building. He smirked. Sara took notice and gave him a curious expression and then looked at Nick who also noticed. Warrick just gestured toward Catherine's Tahoe. The trio turned their eyes and tried to contain their smiles.
"Looks like Catherine has something up her sleeve," Warrick commented.
Nick grinned, "And maybe a few other places too."
"Yo, Nick." Warrick's eyebrows shot up.
In his defense, Nick said, "Hey, I'm quoting Catherine."
Sara's curiosity was piqued, "So when did this come up in conversation?"
Nick looked at his wife and smiled, "Well after your conversation with Grissom earlier I was a little mad, Catherine said she was going to handle him. I think she's afraid that if Grissom doesn't lay off, we might leave."
Sara grinned at Nick, "Not that I can't handle Grissom myself, but is sure is nice to have friends and a husband to defend my honor." She leaned into Nick and kissed him, still smiling. Nick reached around her waist and pulled her closer and deepened the kiss.
Warrick cleared his throat, "Mr. and Mrs. Stokes."
Nick's head popped up in surprise and then realized that Warrick was referring to him and Sara. Sara looked puzzled. Nick finally smiled, "Man, I was expecting to look up and see my parents."
Warrick and Sara laughed at him. Sara release her hold on her husband, "Nick, I think maybe we better call your parents and tell them we got married before you have a heart attack every time someone calls us Mr. and Mrs. Stokes."
Nick nodded at Sara and looked over at Warrick who was amused by the whole thing, "Did I mention that my mom is going to kill me for not telling her I was getting married? She is going to love you, Sara, but she is going to kill me. And then my brother and five sisters are going to get in line and finish the job."
Sara chuckled, "Maybe we should have a reception or something."
"Yeah," Warrick chimed in, "I'm ready to kill you both for not inviting me."
Nick smiled, "Or maybe we could have a wedding for everyone else." He leaned down and kissed Sara once more.
She smiled at him as they broke this kiss, "We could do that, but you still have to call your mom." With a very serious look, she continued, "No more kisses for you, Mr. Stokes, until you call your mom."
Nick gave her woeful eyes and Warrick just laughed.
With a nervous grin on his face, he pulled the cell phone off his holster and punched in the number for his parent's home in Texas. Several seconds elapsed before someone on the other end picked up. Nick looked up at Sara and Warrick as he spoke, "Hey, Dad. It's Nick. Yeah, everything's good. I know it's early, yeah, I just got off work. No, I didn't hear that. Really, that's great. When is she due? Yeah, I hope she does too. Uh, Dad, is Mom there? Oh, I just need to tell her something. Ok, thanks." Nick's face looked really nervous. A few more seconds elapsed before a smile crossed his face, "Hi, Mom. Yeah, I know it's early. Yeah, I just got off work. He did, huh? Yeah, I wanted to tell you something. Uh huh. I know, Dad told me. That's great. Yeah. Mom, yeah, I really need to tell you something. It's important." Nick chuckled, and his face turned slightly red. "Yeah, Mom, I am in love. Yeah, her name is Sara. Yeah, she's the one I work with. Ok, so you were right. Uh, well, that's the thing. No were not exactly dating. No, it's not like that. I, uh, we, uh, well, Mom, Sara and I eloped yesterday. Yeah, I married her. I know. I'm sorry. Mom, don't cry. You're going to love her, Mom. Yeah, I'll talk to him. I love you too, Mom." Nick looked over at Sara who was grinning at him. "Hi, Dad. Yeah, she's amazing. Her name is Sara. Yeah, she's the girl I work with. You did? Well it seems everyone thought that then. I guess I did talk about her a lot. When? Ok, yeah. I'll see you then. I love you too, Dad. Bye." Nick ended the call and put the phone back into its holster. He looked at Sara, "Sara, I love you."
She just smiled, "It sounds like they're coming out."
Nick nodded, "Next weekend. They want to meet you." He looked deep into her eyes.
"Who's due?" Warrick inquired, having met some of Nick's family in the past.
"Uh, my Dad's horse." Nick replied with a smirk.
Warrick and Sara laughed. Warrick decided it was time to let the newlyweds head home to be alone, "Hey, I'm out of here. I have a feeling that the two of you would rather be somewhere else too. See you tonight." With that Warrick waved goodbye and headed for his Tahoe.
Sara raised an eyebrow suggestively at Nick, "Well, Mr. Stokes, I don't know about you, but I'd like to go home and spend some time showing my husband how much I love him."
Nick grinned at Sara, "Mrs. Stokes, have I told you how sexy you are?" He leaned down and kissed her.
"Let's get out of here, Nick." Sara whispered as they broke the kiss.
The pair got into Nick's Tahoe and head toward Nick's house.
She rested against the door frame, arms crossed in front of her.
Grissom continued to study her, "Did you want something?"
She smirked slightly, "Yeah, shift is over. You need to get out of here."
He looked at the array of files on his desk and gestured to them before he looked back up at here, "I have work to do." He turned back to the files before him.
Catherine's hands appeared on the desk before in him in the periphery of his vision. "No, you need to get out of here for a while, Gil Grissom." There was an insistence in her voice.
Grissom looked up at her. Catherine wore an expression that was uniquely hers. He began to protest, "Catherine, I've been gone for almost a week. I have work to catch up on."
She leaned a little closer and the firmness in her voice increase, "Gil, you and I both know that you're not going to be assigned any new cases for at least a week. Doctor's orders. You're pushing your luck as it is by being back this early. You have plenty of time to catch up."
He knew she was right, but he was hoping to lose himself in the diversion that work provided for him. He found his meaning and purpose in life in his work. Anything outside of that made him extremely uncomfortable. The words that Sara had yelled at him earlier that night still rang in his head. She had been miserable trying to emulate him, and had found happiness when she finally opened herself up to Nick. Why couldn't he let himself take that kind of chance? It was too risky. But being confronted with the frailty of his humanity and the implications it made to his work had caused him to second guess the way he'd been living his life. Never letting anyone he truly cared about get too close. It scared the hell out of him that Sara and Nick had been friends and had fallen in love. What was he afraid of? He couldn't fall in love with Catherine, or could he? He wasn't sure he could take that risk.
"Gil. Gil. Did you hear me?" Catherine repeated herself.
"Sorry, I was thinking." He responded. He only then noticed that she had stacked the files he'd been working on and stacked them neatly on the corner of his desk. He looked up at her slightly perplexed.
"You are coming over to have breakfast with me and Lindsey whether you like it or not." Catherine stated.
He knew he was defeated. Catherine had that way about her. He didn't quite understand why she could do this to him and no one else could. He went to reach for his keys. Catherine shook her head and took them from him. "No. I'm driving. I'll bring you back to your Tahoe after Lindsey goes to school."
He gave her a half smile and followed her out to the parking lot. He noticed Warrick, Nick, and Sara chatting amiably near Nick's Tahoe and took note of the way Nick and Sara looked at each other and couldn't keep their hands from touching.
Warrick noticed Catherine and Grissom exiting the building. He smirked. Sara took notice and gave him a curious expression and then looked at Nick who also noticed. Warrick just gestured toward Catherine's Tahoe. The trio turned their eyes and tried to contain their smiles.
"Looks like Catherine has something up her sleeve," Warrick commented.
Nick grinned, "And maybe a few other places too."
"Yo, Nick." Warrick's eyebrows shot up.
In his defense, Nick said, "Hey, I'm quoting Catherine."
Sara's curiosity was piqued, "So when did this come up in conversation?"
Nick looked at his wife and smiled, "Well after your conversation with Grissom earlier I was a little mad, Catherine said she was going to handle him. I think she's afraid that if Grissom doesn't lay off, we might leave."
Sara grinned at Nick, "Not that I can't handle Grissom myself, but is sure is nice to have friends and a husband to defend my honor." She leaned into Nick and kissed him, still smiling. Nick reached around her waist and pulled her closer and deepened the kiss.
Warrick cleared his throat, "Mr. and Mrs. Stokes."
Nick's head popped up in surprise and then realized that Warrick was referring to him and Sara. Sara looked puzzled. Nick finally smiled, "Man, I was expecting to look up and see my parents."
Warrick and Sara laughed at him. Sara release her hold on her husband, "Nick, I think maybe we better call your parents and tell them we got married before you have a heart attack every time someone calls us Mr. and Mrs. Stokes."
Nick nodded at Sara and looked over at Warrick who was amused by the whole thing, "Did I mention that my mom is going to kill me for not telling her I was getting married? She is going to love you, Sara, but she is going to kill me. And then my brother and five sisters are going to get in line and finish the job."
Sara chuckled, "Maybe we should have a reception or something."
"Yeah," Warrick chimed in, "I'm ready to kill you both for not inviting me."
Nick smiled, "Or maybe we could have a wedding for everyone else." He leaned down and kissed Sara once more.
She smiled at him as they broke this kiss, "We could do that, but you still have to call your mom." With a very serious look, she continued, "No more kisses for you, Mr. Stokes, until you call your mom."
Nick gave her woeful eyes and Warrick just laughed.
With a nervous grin on his face, he pulled the cell phone off his holster and punched in the number for his parent's home in Texas. Several seconds elapsed before someone on the other end picked up. Nick looked up at Sara and Warrick as he spoke, "Hey, Dad. It's Nick. Yeah, everything's good. I know it's early, yeah, I just got off work. No, I didn't hear that. Really, that's great. When is she due? Yeah, I hope she does too. Uh, Dad, is Mom there? Oh, I just need to tell her something. Ok, thanks." Nick's face looked really nervous. A few more seconds elapsed before a smile crossed his face, "Hi, Mom. Yeah, I know it's early. Yeah, I just got off work. He did, huh? Yeah, I wanted to tell you something. Uh huh. I know, Dad told me. That's great. Yeah. Mom, yeah, I really need to tell you something. It's important." Nick chuckled, and his face turned slightly red. "Yeah, Mom, I am in love. Yeah, her name is Sara. Yeah, she's the one I work with. Ok, so you were right. Uh, well, that's the thing. No were not exactly dating. No, it's not like that. I, uh, we, uh, well, Mom, Sara and I eloped yesterday. Yeah, I married her. I know. I'm sorry. Mom, don't cry. You're going to love her, Mom. Yeah, I'll talk to him. I love you too, Mom." Nick looked over at Sara who was grinning at him. "Hi, Dad. Yeah, she's amazing. Her name is Sara. Yeah, she's the girl I work with. You did? Well it seems everyone thought that then. I guess I did talk about her a lot. When? Ok, yeah. I'll see you then. I love you too, Dad. Bye." Nick ended the call and put the phone back into its holster. He looked at Sara, "Sara, I love you."
She just smiled, "It sounds like they're coming out."
Nick nodded, "Next weekend. They want to meet you." He looked deep into her eyes.
"Who's due?" Warrick inquired, having met some of Nick's family in the past.
"Uh, my Dad's horse." Nick replied with a smirk.
Warrick and Sara laughed. Warrick decided it was time to let the newlyweds head home to be alone, "Hey, I'm out of here. I have a feeling that the two of you would rather be somewhere else too. See you tonight." With that Warrick waved goodbye and headed for his Tahoe.
Sara raised an eyebrow suggestively at Nick, "Well, Mr. Stokes, I don't know about you, but I'd like to go home and spend some time showing my husband how much I love him."
Nick grinned at Sara, "Mrs. Stokes, have I told you how sexy you are?" He leaned down and kissed her.
"Let's get out of here, Nick." Sara whispered as they broke the kiss.
The pair got into Nick's Tahoe and head toward Nick's house.
