Catherine reached forward and grabbed another egg roll, "So, that's when
you started dating then?"
Sara glanced over at her, taking a sip from her soda, "Sort of."
Warrick raised an eyebrow, "What do you mean, sort of?"
Nick had a sheepish expression on his face, "Well, on the way back to Vegas we both started to panic a little."
Sara chuckled, "You were afraid Grissom would kill you if he found out we were dating."
Nick tried to suppress a grin, "Ok. That's true. But you were afraid of the crap that our friends Catherine and Warrick here were going to give us if they found out we hooked up on a case."
Sara grinned, "Ok, that's also true" She looked over at Catherine and Warrick, "Sorry guys."
Catherine glanced at Warrick and then smiled at Sara, "It's ok. But if you didn't start dating then, when did you?"
"Well, we did go out, but for a while it was only grabbing breakfast after shift and stuff like that." Sara explained.
"You know, nothing that would raise suspicion," Nick added. "I don't think either of us was ready to admit that we wanted a serious relationship."
Sara took another sip of her soda, "It was your parents though that sort of pushed things, although I don't think they realized it at the time."
Nick chuckled at the memory.
Warrick raised an eyebrow, "Are you going to share with the rest of the class?"
"Sorry, War." Sara giggled. "We were over here watching a marathon of James Bond movies one weekend and Nick's parents showed up unannounced."
Catherine chuckled, "Ooh, I would have paid to have been a fly on that wall." She took a sip of her soda and leaned back into the chair.
Nick raised an eyebrow at her and grinned, "Well, I open the front door and there stands my mom and dad. I was a little surprised. Then I realized that Sara was sitting on the couch and I had to introduce her to them."
Sara raised an eyebrow at Nick teasing, "You had to introduce me to them?"
Nick gazed at Sara and in a very gentlemanly voice he answered, "I wanted to introduce you to them." He turned to Catherine and Warrick, "And I introduced her to them as my girlfriend."
Catherine wore a bemused smile, "Had you guys talked about this?"
"No!" Sara laughed, "I think it surprised Nick as much as it surprised me."
Warrick just chuckled.
"So, of course they insisted that they take us out to dinner." Nick continued.
"When exactly was that, Nicky?" Catherine queried.
"About three months after Arizona." He answered.
Sara leaned forward and grinned at Catherine conspiratorially, "He forgot to mention one little detail."
Nick turned to Sara, his face flushing red, "Ok, sweetheart, if you really want them to know."
Warrick chuckled, with an amused expression on his face.
"At dinner, Nick's dad told him he should marry me. Right there in front of me, his mom, and the waitress, who if I recall correctly, you had dated once, Nick." Sara continued with a smile on her face.
A looked of horror and an amused grin crossed Catherine's face, "He didn't."
Warrick just leaned back in his chair and laughed.
Nick just nodded his head feeling embarrassed, "Oh, but he did. My dad's not exactly one for subtlety."
Sara smiled at Nick, "The funny thing though is that it didn't freak us both out. We didn't really talk about it until about a month later, but I think we both started thinking that things were more serious than we had wanted to admit."
Nick leveled his gaze at Warrick, "And then you started trying to set me up with every woman on the planet except Sara."
Warrick flashed an innocent smile, "I thought you needed a woman, who knew you and Sara were getting it on?"
Nick and Sara exchanged a bemused grin. Nick turned back to Warrick, "Actually, we weren't. That's probably why you thought I needed a woman."
Catherine looked confused, "But I thought you said you were dating?"
Sara tried to suppress a grin, "Uh, we were. Uh, not that this is a big secret or anything, but neither one of has had a great track record in relationships."
"So, we didn't want to rush into sleeping together," Nick continued, "In retrospect, we'd been dating four months by the time we started talking about things being serious between us."
Warrick narrowed his gaze at the pair, "So when did the 'M' word come into play?"
Nick chuckled and looked at Sara, "Do you want to tell this, or do you want me to?"
Sara reached over and squeezed his hand smiling, "You can tell it."
Sara glanced over at her, taking a sip from her soda, "Sort of."
Warrick raised an eyebrow, "What do you mean, sort of?"
Nick had a sheepish expression on his face, "Well, on the way back to Vegas we both started to panic a little."
Sara chuckled, "You were afraid Grissom would kill you if he found out we were dating."
Nick tried to suppress a grin, "Ok. That's true. But you were afraid of the crap that our friends Catherine and Warrick here were going to give us if they found out we hooked up on a case."
Sara grinned, "Ok, that's also true" She looked over at Catherine and Warrick, "Sorry guys."
Catherine glanced at Warrick and then smiled at Sara, "It's ok. But if you didn't start dating then, when did you?"
"Well, we did go out, but for a while it was only grabbing breakfast after shift and stuff like that." Sara explained.
"You know, nothing that would raise suspicion," Nick added. "I don't think either of us was ready to admit that we wanted a serious relationship."
Sara took another sip of her soda, "It was your parents though that sort of pushed things, although I don't think they realized it at the time."
Nick chuckled at the memory.
Warrick raised an eyebrow, "Are you going to share with the rest of the class?"
"Sorry, War." Sara giggled. "We were over here watching a marathon of James Bond movies one weekend and Nick's parents showed up unannounced."
Catherine chuckled, "Ooh, I would have paid to have been a fly on that wall." She took a sip of her soda and leaned back into the chair.
Nick raised an eyebrow at her and grinned, "Well, I open the front door and there stands my mom and dad. I was a little surprised. Then I realized that Sara was sitting on the couch and I had to introduce her to them."
Sara raised an eyebrow at Nick teasing, "You had to introduce me to them?"
Nick gazed at Sara and in a very gentlemanly voice he answered, "I wanted to introduce you to them." He turned to Catherine and Warrick, "And I introduced her to them as my girlfriend."
Catherine wore a bemused smile, "Had you guys talked about this?"
"No!" Sara laughed, "I think it surprised Nick as much as it surprised me."
Warrick just chuckled.
"So, of course they insisted that they take us out to dinner." Nick continued.
"When exactly was that, Nicky?" Catherine queried.
"About three months after Arizona." He answered.
Sara leaned forward and grinned at Catherine conspiratorially, "He forgot to mention one little detail."
Nick turned to Sara, his face flushing red, "Ok, sweetheart, if you really want them to know."
Warrick chuckled, with an amused expression on his face.
"At dinner, Nick's dad told him he should marry me. Right there in front of me, his mom, and the waitress, who if I recall correctly, you had dated once, Nick." Sara continued with a smile on her face.
A looked of horror and an amused grin crossed Catherine's face, "He didn't."
Warrick just leaned back in his chair and laughed.
Nick just nodded his head feeling embarrassed, "Oh, but he did. My dad's not exactly one for subtlety."
Sara smiled at Nick, "The funny thing though is that it didn't freak us both out. We didn't really talk about it until about a month later, but I think we both started thinking that things were more serious than we had wanted to admit."
Nick leveled his gaze at Warrick, "And then you started trying to set me up with every woman on the planet except Sara."
Warrick flashed an innocent smile, "I thought you needed a woman, who knew you and Sara were getting it on?"
Nick and Sara exchanged a bemused grin. Nick turned back to Warrick, "Actually, we weren't. That's probably why you thought I needed a woman."
Catherine looked confused, "But I thought you said you were dating?"
Sara tried to suppress a grin, "Uh, we were. Uh, not that this is a big secret or anything, but neither one of has had a great track record in relationships."
"So, we didn't want to rush into sleeping together," Nick continued, "In retrospect, we'd been dating four months by the time we started talking about things being serious between us."
Warrick narrowed his gaze at the pair, "So when did the 'M' word come into play?"
Nick chuckled and looked at Sara, "Do you want to tell this, or do you want me to?"
Sara reached over and squeezed his hand smiling, "You can tell it."
