A surprised look crossed Sara's face and she whispered in response, "Do you
want to?"
Nick's voice softened as he nodded and looked into her eyes searchingly, "May I?"
Sara smiled and nodded, closing her eyes. She felt the palm of Nick's hand gently caress her cheek.
He leaned toward her, eyes closing. He could feel her breath on his lips. He took a step closer to her. The anticipation of this kiss was intoxicating.
A loud noise startled them and their eyes flew open as they jumped apart. Nick and Sara exchanged a glance as they noticed the door to the roof open and Warrick step out.
"Hey, Nick, there you are. Hey, Sara. I've been looking all over for you, man. We're all going out to breakfast at the diner, do you guys want to come, or did I interrupt something?" Warrick could tell he'd interrupted something, but decided to play it cool since he couldn't tell what.
"Uh, yeah, that sounds good. I didn't realize shift was over already." Nick commented in response running his fingers through his hair, trying not to look at Sara.
Warrick looked at Sara and raised an eyebrow. "You in, Sara?"
Sara cleared her throat as she looked at Warrick rubbing her cheek where Nick's fingers had just been, "Yeah, sounds good."
Warrick turned to leave, hiding his bemused smile, "I'll meet you downstairs then." He chuckled to himself as he walked back across the roof to the door.
Nick and Sara glanced at each other knowing the moment had been spoiled and after a few moments of awkward silence slowly followed Warrick's path down the stairs toward the break room.
As Warrick entered the break room, Catherine inquired, "Did you find them?"
He smiled and nodded, "Oh, yeah."
Catherine's eyebrows shot upward, "Do tell." A smile formed on her lips.
A guilty look crossed Warrick's face, "I think I may have interrupted something."
Catherine grinned at him, her arms crossed in front of her, "Oh, really."
"I'm just not sure what." Warrick continued, "But I'm pretty sure that it was personal whatever it was. They were trying a little too hard to not look at each other."
Catherine just smiled.
"Did I miss something?" Grissom inquired as he entered the break room, noticing the conspiratorial looks on Warrick and Catherine's faces.
"Uh, no. I was just telling Catherine about my last date." Warrick explained, hoping that Grissom would buy it.
"Oh," Grissom commented, no longer interested, "Where are Greg, Nick, and Sara?"
"Right here, Grissom." Greg answered as he came down the hall toward the break room to join the others.
Catherine interjected, "I think Nick and Sara were checking something back into evidence. They should be here any minute."
A moment later, Nick sauntered into the break room with Sara right behind.
"Are you guys ready?" Nick inquired.
"Just waiting for you." Grissom replied.
Nick and Sara glanced at each other briefly and a bit of color infused both of their cheeks before they turned back to the rest of the group. Only Catherine noticed the change in color.
"I'm driving," Grissom asserted.
The group began to file out chatting amiably, Warrick and Catherine were last to leave. Catherine whispered to Warrick, "I definitely think you interrupted something. Did you see the look on their faces when Grissom said we were waiting on them?"
Warrick chuckled and the pair followed the rest of the group out to Grissom's Tahoe to drive to the diner for breakfast.
Nick's voice softened as he nodded and looked into her eyes searchingly, "May I?"
Sara smiled and nodded, closing her eyes. She felt the palm of Nick's hand gently caress her cheek.
He leaned toward her, eyes closing. He could feel her breath on his lips. He took a step closer to her. The anticipation of this kiss was intoxicating.
A loud noise startled them and their eyes flew open as they jumped apart. Nick and Sara exchanged a glance as they noticed the door to the roof open and Warrick step out.
"Hey, Nick, there you are. Hey, Sara. I've been looking all over for you, man. We're all going out to breakfast at the diner, do you guys want to come, or did I interrupt something?" Warrick could tell he'd interrupted something, but decided to play it cool since he couldn't tell what.
"Uh, yeah, that sounds good. I didn't realize shift was over already." Nick commented in response running his fingers through his hair, trying not to look at Sara.
Warrick looked at Sara and raised an eyebrow. "You in, Sara?"
Sara cleared her throat as she looked at Warrick rubbing her cheek where Nick's fingers had just been, "Yeah, sounds good."
Warrick turned to leave, hiding his bemused smile, "I'll meet you downstairs then." He chuckled to himself as he walked back across the roof to the door.
Nick and Sara glanced at each other knowing the moment had been spoiled and after a few moments of awkward silence slowly followed Warrick's path down the stairs toward the break room.
As Warrick entered the break room, Catherine inquired, "Did you find them?"
He smiled and nodded, "Oh, yeah."
Catherine's eyebrows shot upward, "Do tell." A smile formed on her lips.
A guilty look crossed Warrick's face, "I think I may have interrupted something."
Catherine grinned at him, her arms crossed in front of her, "Oh, really."
"I'm just not sure what." Warrick continued, "But I'm pretty sure that it was personal whatever it was. They were trying a little too hard to not look at each other."
Catherine just smiled.
"Did I miss something?" Grissom inquired as he entered the break room, noticing the conspiratorial looks on Warrick and Catherine's faces.
"Uh, no. I was just telling Catherine about my last date." Warrick explained, hoping that Grissom would buy it.
"Oh," Grissom commented, no longer interested, "Where are Greg, Nick, and Sara?"
"Right here, Grissom." Greg answered as he came down the hall toward the break room to join the others.
Catherine interjected, "I think Nick and Sara were checking something back into evidence. They should be here any minute."
A moment later, Nick sauntered into the break room with Sara right behind.
"Are you guys ready?" Nick inquired.
"Just waiting for you." Grissom replied.
Nick and Sara glanced at each other briefly and a bit of color infused both of their cheeks before they turned back to the rest of the group. Only Catherine noticed the change in color.
"I'm driving," Grissom asserted.
The group began to file out chatting amiably, Warrick and Catherine were last to leave. Catherine whispered to Warrick, "I definitely think you interrupted something. Did you see the look on their faces when Grissom said we were waiting on them?"
Warrick chuckled and the pair followed the rest of the group out to Grissom's Tahoe to drive to the diner for breakfast.
